"By the way, Haoer, what you brought back last time..."
Jia Yu's eyes were full of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "The new steel-making method is very good. Once used, the steel-making capacity can be increased five times. In the future, our Yanmen Army may really be able to achieve one armor per person.
Goal."
Before returning to Yanmen, Qin Hao used up the five lottery opportunities obtained from the system upgrade, and finally won the blast furnace steelmaking method and a complete set of design drawings for riding equipment.
After returning to Yanmen, Qin Hao immediately handed over these two technologies to Jia Xu, and in Jia Yu's opinion, among the two technologies Qin Hao gave him, the most valuable was the blast furnace steelmaking method.
Due to the limitations of mining technology and forging technology, the production of steel is really limited, so it is impossible to produce iron armor on a large scale. Only mid-level and high-level generals are qualified to wear iron armor. In the military, leather armor is the mainstream armor.
In the general army, the proportion of armored equipment is only one-tenth, so soldiers equipped with iron armor are a symbol of elites.
Although the Yanmen Army is rich and powerful, only one-third of its soldiers are equipped with iron armor. It is not because of lack of money, but because of insufficient steel production.
There is only so much steel in total, so it’s impossible to use it all to make armor, right? So do we still need weapons?
If the converter steelmaking method that Qin Hao won through the lottery can be promoted in Yanmen, Yanmen's steel production will definitely increase significantly.
By then, there will be enough steel to make iron armor, and the Yanmen Army's combat power will be greatly increased after all members of the Yanmen Army are redressed!
"However, although this method is good, the requirements for the quality of workers and steel-making equipment are too high. The craftsmen will not be able to create a qualified mold in a short period of time, so it may take a while."
"Those riding equipment can be made and used immediately, but Hao'er, are you sure this can really improve the cavalry's combat effectiveness?" Jia Yu asked with some uncertainty.
If iron plates are nailed to the horse's hoof, won't the horse's hoof be lame? Jia Yu is a little confused.
When Qin Hao heard this, he immediately smiled and explained: "Of course, horses' hoofs are actually equivalent to human nails. Horse's nails are different from people's and are very thick, so as long as you are careful, you will not hurt the horse's hoofs.
Installing horseshoes is actually equivalent to putting a pair of shoes on a war horse, which can protect the horse's hooves. In this way, the war horse will run faster and run longer! And saddles and other equipment will make the cavalry more stable on the horse.
You won’t drop your war horse easily!”
"That's it."
Jia Yu suddenly realized, but then he said worriedly: "However, these riding gears really have no technical content. They can be easily copied and obtained by other princes. That is fine, but if they are obtained by foreigners, it will be terrible.
Just..."
The total number of cavalry in the Han Dynasty is only a few hundred thousand, but all the foreign people in the north are soldiers, and everyone, even women, is a qualified knight.
The foreign races are the big ones in cavalry, and once they are equipped with horseshoe saddles, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry will definitely become stronger, and then the people of northern Xinjiang will be miserable.
Qin Hao naturally knows what his mother is worried about, but there is absolutely no way to stop it. You can't give up the opportunity to become stronger just because you are afraid that your enemy will become stronger, right?
"Mom, the best way to deal with aliens is not to prevent them from getting stronger, but to work hard to make yourself stronger until you finally defeat them!"
Civilization is always progressing. Even if you don't take out the riding equipment, it will appear sooner or later. And with so many balanced figures nowadays, who knows who will bring out the riding equipment?
Qin Hao must try to maximize the effect of the harness before it is exposed by the balancing figure. This is the best way to respond.
"But..."
"Don't worry, we are not the ones who will make the biggest profit when the riding equipment is born, so we are not planning to promote it now.
The child will find an opportunity to maximize the use value of the harness and make Yanmen the most profit, and then promote it!
From now on, we can only try to keep it as secret as possible, and it can be postponed for a while!"
"Hey, that's the only way it can be."
Jia Yu sighed, then asked: "Hao'er, where did you get these two technologies?"
"Um, this, of course... I found it in the master's classics. It is said that it was invented by the ancestors of the Gong family!" Qin Hao said, full of nonsense.
"The wisdom of our ancestors, the contention of a hundred schools of thought is the most glorious time of Chinese civilization. Is it a blessing or a curse for the Han Dynasty to only respect Confucianism?"
Jia Yu couldn't help but sigh, and then asked: "Hao'er, why did you summon so many troops this time?"
Yanmen Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. To defend Yanmen Pass, you only need to gather all the defenders of Yanmen. Twenty thousand defenders are enough.
However, Qin Hao not only borrowed troops from aristocratic families, but also forcibly transformed the captives into an army. Now the total strength of Guangwu has exceeded 30,000, not counting the defenders of Yanmen Pass.
Why did Qin Hao summon so many soldiers and horses? There is no need for so many people to guard the pass? What exactly does he want to do?