"You kid, stop playing around with Confucian etiquette and do more practical things. That will be your greatest contribution, old man."
"My subordinates pay their respects to the general!"
A craftsman holding a bundle of weapons suddenly noticed Zhang Kuang's figure and quickly knelt down on one knee. Mobile version https:m.
Although the clanking sound of the prisoner could not be heard, the people near the craftsman still heard the craftsman's name and knelt down together.
One person's voice may be very small, but when several people speak together, the voice is a bit loud.
The succession of craftsmen directly caused hundreds of craftsmen to kneel down on one knee.
"Greetings to the general, the general is mighty."
"Everyone, get up, don't be too polite, and quickly take care of the embryo in the furnace. Don't waste it, otherwise it will take a lot of effort to rebuild it."
"Thank you, General."
After many craftsmen stood up, they hurriedly waved their hammers and started hammering.
It is no accident that Zhang Kuang can command hundreds of thousands of troops in Yingzhou. Apart from anything else, his friendly personality alone is absolutely convincing.
Follow the steps and perform their duties. You will never delay other people's things because of your special status. If you put it somewhere, there will never be a craftsman within ten meters. Stop work for two hours to show respect. What a great official authority.
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Even though Young Master Liu disagrees with some of Arrogant's shameless behaviors, Young Master Liu absolutely admires this point. As a second-rank general and a second-rank honorary protector of the country, it is easy for him to do so.
He is a person who strictly disciplines himself.
"The Duke of the State has invited me inside. The Marquis is on official business with Mr. Liu in the General's Prison."
The soldiers who had just left Zhang Kuang were leading the way for an old man wearing shiny black armor.
It was none other than Wu Guogong Wan Buhai. Wan Buhai was wearing a tiger-style armor, walking steadily and powerfully, with his left hand on the handle of the knife at his waist, and walked into the general's prison in a dragon-like and tiger-like step.
After a short inspection, I saw the two Zhang Kuang people standing next to the wooden racks of weapons, and walked over quietly.
"My lord, please go down and inform the Marquis and Lord Liu."
"I'm busy, I can just go by myself." Wan Buhai stretched out his hand to stop the soldier who wanted to report, and walked towards Zhang Kuang and the other two.
Zhang Kuang was holding a spear head in his hand to explain to Liu Mingzhi. The spear head was cold and angular. Judging from its appearance, it was not much different from the three-edged military spurs of later generations. It was just that the blade was reversed. Once it was struck,
Stabbing into the body also cannot stop the wound, and the blood can only flow out and die.
"Although this gun head is good, it has some limitations after all. It is too small and difficult to make, and it is often severely worn."
"You can cast a mold, pour iron juice in it, and then polish it, which saves time and effort. However, the mold is not very durable, but the advantage is that you can produce gun tips in large quantities and quickly."
Young Master Liu looked at the gun in his hand and made a suggestion.
Zhang Kuang frowned slightly and looked at Liu Mingzhi doubtfully: "Casting mold? There is no problem in smelting copper liquid, but the consumption of iron liquid is too high."
"Copper coins require molds to produce a large amount of copper coins. Why not use stone molds to cast gun heads? Although they are not as durable as the hammered gun heads, they are just as easy to replace, especially arrowheads. As long as you have a stone mold, you can make them in a short time.
It is more practical to produce a large number of arrowheads and then remanufacture them when they are no longer durable, rather than repeatedly building them.”
Zhang Kuang's eyes narrowed slightly after listening, and a trace of light was revealed, as if the door to a new world had been opened. As Liu Mingzhi said, making weapons requires skilled craftsmen, but ten people can make a gun head after watering it.
If quality is not good, quantity will make up for it.
Liu Mingzhi explained the convenience of casting to Zhang Kuang in detail, and suddenly Liu Mingzhi even remembered an important thing, armor.
You must know that if the soldiers of the Great Dragon Dynasty want to make a piece of chain armor, it will take a skilled craftsman a month to make it. For armor, it also requires a skilled craftsman to hammer continuously for half a month to make a perfect piece of armor.
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If we imitate the plate armor of Westerners and use the method of making pots in later generations to cast a mold and then pour iron juice to cool the plate armor, wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort.
Liu Mingzhi's eyes lit up, and he felt more and more that this matter was more feasible. If he really used molds to make plate armor, he would definitely consider reducing the craftsman's time.
As for the issue of durability, as Liu Mingzhi just said, as long as there is a stone mold, a new pair of plate armor can be poured out in a short time, saving time and effort. Even if the poured plate armor is not durable, it is safer than leather armor.
Moreover, you only need to change the gaps between the stone molds to control the weight of the plate armor, and the lightly armored infantry can be made thinner. No matter how bad it is, it is still stronger than the leather armor made of various woven materials.
"General, I would like to think that not only the spearheads can be poured out, but also the armor can be poured out."
Liu Mingzhi felt that his inspiration was flowing like a fountain, and he endlessly explained to Zhang Kuang the various advantages of mold pouring, even extending to the shield in the end.
In addition to sharp weapons for charging and killing enemies, many things can be molded and polished to become handy equipment.
Even the biggest problem is the issue of iron ore reserves. There is a lot of iron ore, but it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to produce pure iron. This will be easily solved with the use of coal.
He stared at Mr. Liu for a while with his arrogant eyes: "I will have hundreds of masons summoned right away. We will only know if it succeeds or not after trying it."
Zhang Kuang is obviously a man of action. As soon as Mr. Liu's idea was spoken, Zhang Kuang planned to implement it. As he just said, you will only know if it succeeds or not after you try it.
"Little madman, you are still so impatient. Can you take charge of such a big thing?"
Wan Buhai stood behind Zhang Kuang and the two men and listened quietly for a long time. Even the Duke of Wu, Wan Buhai, couldn't help but gleam in the eyes of the conversation between the two.
"Uncle General, when did you come?"
Only then did Zhang Kuang realize that Wu Guogong Wan Buhai was standing behind the two of them. If Wan Buhai hadn't spoken out on his own, the people who were obsessed with the discussion would not have known about Wan Buhai's arrival.
"It's only a moment ago. This matter is so important that you can't make the decision on your own. Let's give His Majesty an explanation first. This kid is here and can't run away. There's no need to worry at this moment."
While Wan Buhai was speaking, he couldn't help but stare at Young Master Liu, obviously trying to identify carefully which young talent in the capital Young Master Liu was from.
While Wan Buhai was sizing up Wan Buhai, Young Master Liu was also sizing up Wan Buhai and guessing Wan Buhai's identity. Although he changed his story in a timely manner because there was no father and son in the army, Young Master Liu still heard it.
It is clear that there are very few people in the capital who can be called an uncle.
Especially for people of this age, Mr. Liu thought about it carefully and there were only those few.
"General, I would like to introduce you to you. This is Liu Mingzhi, your majesty's newly appointed Duke of Tongyuan County."
"Liu Mingzhi?" Wan Buhai was confused for a moment and then looked at Liu Mingzhi curiously with wide eyes: "Liu Boldness? Liu Boldness who caused trouble in the official department?"
After coughing twice, Young Master Liu looked extremely embarrassed. Why did he always exclaim when he saw him for the first time? Liu Da boldly told him his identity as Duke of Tongyuan County, okay?
Call me Liu Dadan in front of me and pretend I don’t exist? I don’t want to lose face!