That day, the Tiefutu soldiers of the Ding Navy charged into the battle with a hail of arrows and knives, and destroyed Li Quan's camp of tens of thousands of people in one breath. Yu Mao'er witnessed it with his own eyes. He was very confident in his personal martial arts, but
Thinking of the sophisticated equipment of the Ding Navy, I had to accept it.
Later, he followed Guo Zhongyuan's troops to Yidu Prefecture. On the same day, he followed Tang Jiuyu, the officer in charge of the surrender, to meet the team of craftsmen who arrived from Laizhou.
In that group of people, Yu Manger recognized the blacksmiths who made weapons, the bowsmiths who made crossbows, as well as carpenters, stonemasons, masons, tailors, etc. There were so many people that they carried more than a dozen carts with tools.
I thought that so many craftsmen were the personal belongings of Guo Jiedu of Laizhou, but after asking Tang Jiuyu, I found out that these people were actually directly subordinate to General Manager Guo Zhongyuan. Everyone had the status of a full-time soldier and could protect the people.
The team of craftsmen under Guo Jiedu are treated similarly, but the number is much larger. There is an organization called the Ordnance Department that is responsible for the production of various kinds of armor sticks day and night.
Because the Ordnance Department's craftsman camp must ensure output while relocating, large-scale mining and metallurgy cannot be moved, and other industries must also adjust to the mining and metallurgy. The final decision will take several months. Right now, Yu is busy waiting.
People only need to help Guo Zhongyuan's home craftsmen settle down.
Among these craftsmen, the one with the highest status is a blacksmith named Fang.
When Yu was working for him, he always heard him boast proudly. He said that as early as the year before last, he followed Guo Jiedu and settled in the Xijunhe camp in Hebei Province. Anyone who had repaired the green velvet armor for Guo Jiedu would have been there if he hadn't
He doesn't care about fame and fortune, so how can he be promoted to the Ordnance Department now?
Even if he hadn't been promoted to the Ordnance Department, he now had a blacksmith workshop with the army in charge and was living a very comfortable life.
The iron materials are provided by the military government on a monthly basis. He only needs to promptly respond to the needs of Guo Zhongyuan's soldiers, repair them, and make standard armor weapons. The excess iron materials can be used to make small protective weapons for the soldiers, such as
Hammers, daggers, throwing axes, etc.
All this had to be paid for by the soldiers themselves, so Blacksmith Fang made a lot of money from it.
Now that he heard the sound of blacksmithing, Yu Maanger immediately recalled the location of the blacksmith workshop. He looked at the high walls on both sides and suddenly felt familiar. It turned out that he had walked half a circle around the school grounds and arrived at the southwest corner of Dongyang City.
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It is not difficult to return to the school from here, but those spear-throwing competitions are not interesting anyway, so you might as well go and see what Blacksmith Fang is busy with.
He took a few steps forward and turned to the right, and there were bright lights in front of him. Sure enough, it was already the craftsman's camp.
The blacksmith's stove in the craftsman's camp was temporarily set up. It was not very big, but it used a wooden fan to blow the air, and the firepower was sufficient, lighting up the entire workshop a bright red. Blacksmith Fang was using iron tongs to clamp out the red-hot steel bars.
Then, in cooperation with his eldest apprentice, he struck repeatedly with large and small hammers.
Looking closer, Yu Man'er could see that they were making long or square armor pieces.
In the work shed, there is a wooden frame used to support the armor. There is a piece of armor hanging on the wooden frame. Although it is not a particularly thickened and weighted iron floating pattern armor, the armor is covered with a shawl, legs bent down, and a hood at the head to protect the neck.
It's also very sophisticated.
It seems that Blacksmith Fang is making armor plates to be used in this set of armor. I don’t know which officer needed it so urgently that Blacksmith Fang started working on it overnight.
The work was almost done. Blacksmith Fang's youngest apprentice was spreading out a set of tools on the large wooden table, preparing to punch holes in the cooled armor pieces and then braid ropes into the entire set of armor.
Blacksmith Fang had four apprentices, all of whom he took in as refugees. They were raised from childhood and brought up, and they also took his surname. Because some of his apprentices died in military disasters or diseases in the early years, the ranking of these four people was staggered, and they were named Fang Three and Fang Four respectively.
, square six and square seven.
At this moment, those sweating profusely and blowing the wooden fans were Fang Si and Fang Liu.
While pulling the bellows lever, Fang Liu asked half-jokingly: "Fourth brother, tell me, how can we workers have any worse hand strength than soldiers? Guo Jiedu is good at hitting people with a hammer.
Are we good at it too? You think, if we go into battle and fight, can we gain some military merit?"
"What do I need to do in war? I want to practice my blacksmithing skills and become the leader of a craftsman's family like my master, and then save money to marry a wife and have children." As he spoke, Fang Si licked the saliva from the corner of his mouth.
Fang Liu rolled his eyes.
"Being the leader of a craftsman's family is nothing more than that. It's better to achieve military success faster. I asked Lao Lu a few days ago and they will win a battle..."
He crossed his two fingers and said in an emphatic tone: "Each person was rewarded with five acres of land! They were all irrigated! Do you think you are happy or not?"
Fang Si chuckled: "What's wrong with ten acres of land? I don't know how to farm. Besides, I still have to deal with the farmers... The few farmers under the master's name are not easy to take care of. They need this all day long.
Want that...thinking about them gives me a headache!"
"What do you think is so hard to do? By then, you will be a regular soldier and a security chief! It will be too late for them to serve you!"
When Fang Liu was about to speak again, there was a muffled sound on his forehead.
He was hit by a wooden bowl casually thrown by blacksmith Fang, and fell to the ground.
Blacksmith Fang shouted loudly: "Stop dreaming! How can war merit be so easy to earn? People will die if you win a battle, and even more if you lose a battle! Those who will die are you, a loser who has never been on the battlefield!"
After a few curses, he said to the other party: "You covered the fire door. These pieces of armor are all healed!"
"Okay!" Fang Si quickly took the iron drill, covered the fire door until only a small crack was left, and then used wet mud to seal the edges.
Fang Liu sat on the ground, touched the sudden bulge on his forehead, rubbed his neck, and shouted unconvinced:
"The navy is expanding very fast. Not one or two people who have never been on the battlefield are signing up for the army! What does it have to do with me whether they die or not? If they are all dead, I will not die either! Lao Lu and I
As I said, the key is to have strength and courage!"
He turned around and saw Yu Manger next to him, and called out: "Yu Manger, do you think so?"
Fang Liu was too unprofessional, and Yu Man'er didn't know how to explain it to him.
What's more, the military achievements of those people Fang Liu envied were coming from the slaughter of Yu's former partners, and Yu's became increasingly lazy to pay attention to them.
He felt a little bored, so he turned around and left. Suddenly he heard heavy footsteps coming from outside the work shed.
A man stomped over and shouted in a deep voice: "So what if you haven't been on the battlefield? Are you the one who can say whether the soldiers will die or not?"
If it is broken, it means that trouble comes from the mouth!
Blacksmith Fang hurriedly stepped forward to greet him with a smile on his face: "Don't be surprised, Xiaolang Yu, my apprentice is always full of nonsense... Xiaolang, the armor you want will be ready soon, and you can't delay tomorrow morning..."
The man who was called Yu Xiaolang sounded young. He looked about fifteen or sixteen years old. He was dressed in the clothes of an ordinary warrior. He was tall and fat. He came in a hurry, sweating profusely and panting loudly over the stove.
At first glance, it looks like a wild boar that was provoked and jumped: "If I can't do it tomorrow morning, I want it tonight! Old Fang, hurry up! I'll give you extra money!"
He shook off Blacksmith Fang and continued walking into the work shed. He glanced sideways at Yu Maanger and sneered again: "No wonder your apprentice expects to kill people in the navy? Is this too much dealing with surrendered soldiers?"
As he spoke, he stretched out his thick arm and pushed Yu'er's shoulder violently: "Get out of the way!"
Yu Man'er really didn't block his way. Yu Xiaolangjun was just making excuses. I don't know what happened to him to be so angry.
The clay figurine also has a bit of a rustic temperament, and even if Yu Man'er becomes a surrendered soldier, he is not willing to be bullied by cats and dogs.
At this moment, he stood still with a slight effort on his feet.
Yu Xiaolang pushed Yu Manger's shoulder with one hand, like pushing an iron pillar, and it didn't move at all.
"Good boy!"
Yu Xiaoyang's strong body paused, and the strength in his arms suddenly increased by several percent.
Yu Man'er made a wrong step at this moment, and Yu Xiaolang staggered a few steps forward. If his reaction had not been so quick, he would have almost hugged the stove and performed a cannon fire.
"Good boy! Dare to fight back!"
Yu Xiaolang turned around with an evil look on his face, said nothing more, and punched him.
With his physique, even if this punch is not full force, it still looks fierce and vicious. But this kind of direct method used in battle battles is not the same as Yu Mang'er's reckless martial arts. Although Yu Mang'er is young, he can
He has been fighting with Li Quan for many years and is a well-known expert among more than 10,000 red-coated troops!
Yu Man'er spread his hands to wipe away the fist that was thrown at his face, turned sideways and raised his knees, followed by a side kick.
This time, following Yu Xiaolang's momentum, he kicked hard on the side of his thigh. Yu Xiaoyang screamed, his toes went weak, and he fell to the ground.
