After Chen Xi realized that plate armor was the right way to go in Yuan Fengnian, scale armor and chain armor were gradually eliminated. The problem was that too much was done in the early years of reserve, and the powerful warming secret had not yet been developed.
In order to use this technique, the army must rely on reserve soldiers for warmth and maintenance, resulting in an excess of scale armor and chain armor.
Even though they continued to find ways to consume these armors, considering the safety of the soldiers, the scale armor and chain armor issued were eventually recycled. Basically, all the Han Dynasty troops now have plate armor. The difference lies in
It's thicker.
As for dismantling scale armor and chain armor as horse armor, you need to consider the number of horses. Obviously, even if Chen Xi is crazy, he cannot complete the replacement of cavalry in a short time and expand the size of the cavalry to about 200,000.
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Based on the above reasons, as of now, there are still 700,000 scale armor and chain armor in the treasury. Since the beeping process started back then, there are still so many who are still being returned during the process of issuance, and the plate armor is still being withdrawn.
A is constantly being produced from the forging room, and we are not fools. The situation is not that urgent, so why use defective products.
As a result, there are still a large amount of scale armor and chain armor accumulated in various government treasuries. Unlike plate armor, which is relatively easy to maintain and easy to oil and rust-proof, the structure of scale armor and chain armor is destined to be time-consuming and labor-intensive to deal with.
, now the cost of scale armor is not only the original sunk cost of resources, but also the increasing cost of manpower maintenance.
But if you don't maintain it, it's no joke that the steel these days will rust. It will be finished in a few years. Especially in the warm and humid environment in the south, the armor needs to be maintained every once in a while.
These are all costs, just like driving a car is affordable, maintenance and repairs, fuel costs, etc. are unaffordable.
Okay, it's not that exaggerated. Chen Xi can handle it, but it is indeed a waste of resources.
"How can I pay it back?
"Because of the upgrading," Chen Xi said helplessly, "the local legions that used to use scale armor have gradually phased them out, although I recommend that we produce less weapons."
While talking, Chen Xi looked at Li You. Li You had always been in charge of military equipment. In fact, the biggest reason for cutting Li You's steel share was that Chen Xi felt that military equipment was sufficient and other things were more important. Otherwise, Zhuge Liang and others wouldn't cut Li You every time.
of.
Therefore, every year when Li You gets his share of steel, he starts to make plate armor, various types of plate armor. Even if the frontline soldiers complete the change of clothes, the guards in various places, the border troops, etc. also need to change their clothes. The final result is that
The usable scale armor has been eliminated.
Again, the scale armor is with the local guards, and the local guards maintain it by themselves. Chen Xi does not bear any maintenance costs. Each locality will solve it by itself, so he goes to the legion with the new recruits. It is inevitable that he will need to take over from the older generation.
The work of drying and maintaining military vehicles is the same.
This not only strengthens the recruits' understanding of weapons and equipment, but also dilutes manpower. Moreover, the process of maintaining weapons and equipment for recruits is also a kind of learning in itself, and the combination is beneficial to both parties.
But if these things are returned to the treasury, the local government will have to make efforts to maintain them. This will cost money and time. It is not worth it, so sell it.
"The production of weapons and equipment still needs to be guaranteed." Liu Bei said, "If you are willing to fight, you will perish, and if you forget to fight, you will be in danger. We cannot relax our weapons and equipment. Putting swords and guns into storage and releasing them on Mount Manan is not something we, the Han Dynasty, can do."
"It's not that we don't want to produce it, but there's no need to produce so much." Chen Xi explained weakly, "In short, except for a few legions who need it, scale armor and chain armor have been eliminated by various types of plate armor.
, selling it to the common people can be regarded as reducing inventory."
It is true that there are still several legions in need of scale armor and chain armor as of now, but on the one hand, light armor is still needed so far, and the legions that can pass through Chen Xi are basically top-notch elites, and the number is very small, so they cannot be used like this at all.
More, another one, Du Yuanfeng has been in the ninth year, and the legions that cannot wear heavy plate armor are basically made to order.
The three crispy arms of Baima Yicong, Lao Ruizi, and Yueqi are now directly researched by a large group of professionals, and then most of the links are moved to the assembly line for rhinoceros leather armor and crocodile leather armor. Currently, most of the inner linings are
It is densely woven silk, and a small part is lotus silk cloth.
Can’t wear heavy armor? No problem, you can always wear leather armor. Look at this top-notch one
Although the custom-made products are not as good as a complete set of plate armor no matter how they are made, the leather armor produced after a long period of tanning, strengthening, hammering, and intensive warming is really better than the chain armor in front of Yuan Feng.
There was no way. At that time, Chen Xi was engaged in steel, and the blacksmiths he led were new to blast furnace smelting. They didn't understand the ratio of iron ore at all, so they could only try again and again.
After ten years of continuous attempts, we now have an accurate ratio of various materials and the concepts of various additives for molten steel.
Ten years ago, in Taishan, when Qingzhou was first captured and the Qingzhou Smelting Department was established, even if Chen Xi had this knowledge, Chen Xi could still take a pile of ores and study the ratio. Even if Chen Xi took the lead and knew the approximate ratio, it would not be possible.
A reasonable ratio can be found a dozen times.
That's why Chen Xi asked the blacksmiths to smelt the waste earlier. Anyway, the waste is still steel, which is hard and brittle. Anyway, what Li You wants is scale armor and chain armor. Even if the quality of the steel is not good, it can be cut into thin slices and strung together to become what Li You wants.
thing.
Therefore, if we really want to say it, this matter is not just a matter of Li You talking nonsense and not explaining clearly, but also a lot of factors that caused Chen Xi's unqualified technical ability back then.
And since the technology is not up to standard, the strength of this kind of thing is certainly not as strong as that of similar products in the later period, let alone the later upgraded stuff. But after all, it is a military product. Compared with the current iron pots, kitchen knives and so on of the common people,
It still needs to be more reliable.
"Chen Hou, with such a large-scale release of inventory, I don't doubt the current purchasing power of the people. What I'm worried about now is the subsequent impact and the greater impact in the future." As the eldest princess, Liu Tong really can't do it at this time.
She stopped talking. She had no choice. Even if Liu Tong felt that Liu Bei and Chen Xi would live like this, Liu Tong had to consider who would let her sit in this position in the future.
"At this level, instead of talking about digesting inventory, it is better to just carry out the military reform of the Han Dynasty." Guo Jia said with a somewhat teasing tone.
"Because I can't put more armor into it, so I'm just clearing out the inventory." Chen Xi explained with a smile, "So it's an occasional wartime behavior. After all, if the Huns go south to fight against the Huns, the weapons themselves can be issued.
Young and strong."
This is not nonsense, but it is true that weapons will be issued to young people. However, due to the actual situation, this weapon is really useless. Don't expect to be able to give you a suit of armor.
"I am somewhat worried about whether it will become a social problem in the future. People who have armor and have experienced national service are two different things from ordinary people." Zhuge Liang said with a heavy face.
In the case where both sides have no talent, there is no difference in other qualities. The one with armored stomach can beat the one without armored stomach to death, and there is no problem in one against two or three.
Therefore, if the stomachs of 700,000 soldiers are in full swing and there is an unrest, the army may not be able to suppress it.
"Don't worry, at least if Mr. Xuande is here, there won't be any chaos." Chen Xi turned to look at Liu Bei with a smile and said. At any other time, Chen Xi would definitely not have added such a dangerous proposal, but now that he has learned about Liu Bei's outrageous
After that, Chen Xizhen didn't care anymore.
People who get Jiawei may indeed have some vicious events. The question is, do these vicious events occur because of Jiawei? In the general environment of the Han Dynasty, several villages fought over a water supply issue in the early years.
It is normal for a lot of people to die.
This is why Chen Xi works hard to build water conservancy facilities. He knows that his spiritual talent has the ability to ensure smooth weather, but the short-term value of water conservancy facilities is not great, so he still needs to build them. Isn't it just to reduce internal consumption?
Therefore, Chen Xi, who has been in the Han Dynasty for more than ten years, is very open-minded about this kind of thing and doesn't take it seriously at all - as long as there is no large-scale turmoil, if these armor stomachs continue to spread, some personnel losses may be reduced.
, from a certain perspective, this can be regarded as mutual deterrence.
As for completely resolving the mutual struggle between local villages, to be honest, it has not been resolved in the 21st century, not to mention the third century. Both sides clearly support Liu Bei and Chen Xi, but once Liu Bei and Chen Xi left, both sides started to pay again.
Drawing weapons and starting to fight, there was nothing Chen Xi could do about it.
If the problem of the two villages is specifically solved, Chen Xi is still confident.
The problem is that there are so many villages in the Han Dynasty, and Chen Xi has a lot of time to solve them one by one.
What's more, new problems are still arising, so Chen Xizhen has a muddled attitude towards this kind of thing. As long as it doesn't cause trouble, the two villages each pull out a thousand young people to form a team. Under the leadership of their respective veterans,
It's not a big deal to use legion attack to counterattack.
The above-mentioned outrageous village battle really happened. In the end, it was the county captain who led the troops to suppress it. For this reason, the county guard gathered all the people and openly and fairly guessed the heads and tails of a five-baht coin that won three out of five games. The whole village lost.
was moved away.
Of course, the village chiefs of the two villages, the finance department of the supply and marketing cooperative, and the militia captains all withdrew, and many young men were beaten with sticks before they were able to suppress the situation.
The problem is that for Chen Xi, this level is within the acceptable range. As long as it doesn't get to the level of the Yellow Turbans, it's not a problem. But to be honest, the level of the Yellow Turbans is really not a problem for the local clan, but a problem for the local clan.
It is purely a large-scale land annexation. The people have no food to eat, and they can only kill the people who make them have no food to eat.
As for the above-mentioned situation, with Chen Xi's control, it really wouldn't happen. In this way, with the scale armor, it would be a battle for water, and the armor and stomach warning appeared, which Chen Xi said he could accept.
Anyway, Chen Xi tried his best to solve universal problems. Expecting that every problem can be solved is just a dream. Chen Xi is not a god!
"What the people want is very clear. Even if ambitious guys try to stir things up, they can't pull the team together." Liu Bei nodded and said, he still has this confidence.
What's more, if you don't dare to go to the battlefield to perform meritorious deeds, but only dare to fight in the fish and meat village, you really think that the Han Dynasty militia is useless. Even if the local ones can't beat it, if you report it to all levels, even if you break the boundary, your head will be knocked off.
Well, what trouble could possibly happen?
"In addition, the time is actually very long. The quality of these armors, in the hands of ordinary people and not well maintained, is still a question whether they can be used for twenty years." Chen Xi smiled and said, "Pass them
As long as they don't decentralize things like crossbows and armours are devolved to civilians, the casualties caused by local conflicts may not increase, and they may even decrease."
Of course, this is Chen Xi's best thinking, but the general idea is fine. Armor and crossbows are a rebel strategy, but with only armor, it's really hard to say. After all, the lethality of the mainstream weapons in the Han Dynasty is really average.
When villages fight for water, they usually just use wooden sticks and weapons to fight to the death. That has to wait until there is a real drought. At that time, it is a matter of survival. These days, with good weather every year, fighting for water is closer to a moment of prosperity.
It is rare to make a fatal move.
In fact, Chen Xi still doesn't know why two fellow Jingzhou villages took out their legions to attack each other. Even when Liao Li reported it, it was somewhat obscure, but Chen Xi didn't pursue it. After Liu Bei found out, he just sent
I asked a close confidant to confirm the death toll, and after confirming that it was not serious, I did not delve into it further.
Therefore, in this case, if the defense is greater than the attack, maybe everyone can save a few lives. After all, from Chen Xi's point of view, we are all our own people.
"Then the edict will be printed and issued, allowing various places to sell the stock of scale armor to the people, but registration is required." Liu Tong glanced at Chen Xi and said, what the other party said was very reasonable, but Liu Tong still felt that Chen Xi was purely to clear the stock.
, after all, the scale armor has been piled up for so many years.
"Okay, and with this edict, governors and county guards everywhere should be on alert." Chen Xi thought for a while and said, then took out the seal of his minister's servant.
The edict, stamped with three important seals, was quickly dispatched to various state and county governments. However, even though it was operating at the highest efficiency, by the time the edict was issued, wild beast attacks had already occurred in some areas.
The situation of passers-by.
However, no vicious incident occurred. Walled villages have indeed solved a lot of problems, and the militiamen in various places are really not vegetarians. They have basically experienced military service for nearly ten years now, and they really have nothing to be afraid of when facing wild beasts.
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As for the state and county bureaucrats, they were already on alert before they received the edict. The number of people injured by wild beasts had increased significantly in a short period of time. They had already begun sending people to clear up the collection. The edict made people's hearts sink.
