Chapter 61 Strong Shield

"Has the Armor Department already produced scale armor?"

Looking at the small pile of armor plates piled up next to the mold, Zhao Xu was delighted.

Although he was selling wine and working hard to restore people's livelihood during this period, he never relaxed his focus on the army.

After all, in troubled times, fists are the truth.

"Return to Your Highness, more than 500 sets have been sewn." Wang Ying pointed to a yard not far away.

As he led Zhao Xu over, he said, "The women sent by Your Highness are now in use."

When everyone came to the yard, they saw more than 200 women busy.

In front of these women, there was a wooden frame with sleeveless clothes hanging on it.

The women threaded the needle and sewed the armor plates on the clothes with thick ropes through the holes on the armor plates.

Then they used ropes to connect the armor plates left and right and up and down through the holes on the armor plates to form a whole.

Next to them were sleeve armor and skirt armor that could be tied to the body for protection when worn.

"Why are there only 500 sets of more than 200 people in these days?" Zhao Xu asked.

In his opinion, it was not very difficult to just put on the armor.

A woman could easily wear three sets of armor in a day.

"Your Highness, it's not that these women are slow, it's that the steel in the Armory was not enough a few days ago. A lot of crucibles were added in the past few days, and the number of armor plates has increased." Wang Ying explained.

Zhao Xu nodded, that's it.

When he talked to Wang Ying, the eyes of Xu Lie and other guards lit up.

For them, armor is a life-saving thing.

Compared with the armor on their bodies, the armor plates of these new armor plates seem very strong and the style is more beautiful than theirs.

"Your Highness, are these armors for the royal guards?" Xu Lie asked knowingly.

Zhao Xu heard the meaning and looked at the armor on Xu Lie.

Although these armors were brought from the Imperial Guards.

But now they are old, and there are even armor plates peeling off, and there are large gaps.

Moreover, these armor plates are of different thicknesses and rough shapes.

Compared with the uniform scale armor of the Armory Department, which was covered like fish scales, the grade suddenly dropped.

And this kind of scale armor is still the top quality in Dasong.

"If you want it, just say it. Why beat around the bush." ​​Zhao Xu smiled and said to the guards, "Each of you pick one."

"Thank you, Your Highness." The guards were immediately excited and rushed to pick the armor.

Liu Fu was also a little curious. The King of Yan made so many magical things.

He believed that this armor must be unusual.

So he said, "Your Highness, I wonder how our armor compares with the armor of the Imperial Guards?"

"It's simple, just compare it." Zhao Xu smiled.

He also wanted to see how the scale armor with steel sheets defended.

After that, he asked a guard to put the old armor on a cross wooden frame and put a new scale armor next to it.

After Xu Lie picked a set of silver scale armor and came back, he said, "Xu Lie, use a bow and arrow to test whether the scale armor is strong."

In war, because the arrowhead of the bow and arrow concentrates its force at one point, it basically has the ability to break armor.

So, it is most appropriate to use a bow and arrow to test the quality of the two sets of armor.

"Yes, Your Highness." Xu Lie stood thirty meters away and bent his bow and put an arrow on it.

The reason why he chose the armor just now was because he wanted a new set of armor, not because he thought his old armor was not good.

He even subconsciously thought that the armor made by the Armory of Yan County was not as good as that of the Imperial Guard.

"Swoosh..."

With two consecutive sounds, Xu Lie shot an arrow at each of the two sets of armor.

The first arrow nailed the armor, while the second arrow bounced and fell to the ground.

This surprised him greatly, and he trotted over to see what was going on.

Because they were waiting on the side, Wang Ying and Zhao Xu went over first.

After picking up the armor of the Imperial Guard, Xu Lie's arrow had penetrated the armor, and the arrowhead pierced into the armor as long as half of the middle finger.

The armor of the Armor Department only had a dent where it was hit, but it was not pierced.

"Your Highness, this is a world of difference." Wang Ying smiled from ear to ear, "No wonder Your Highness said this is hard steel."

Zhao Xu nodded.

In ancient times, armor plates were basically made of wrought iron.

Cast iron is hard, but too brittle, and it is easy to break directly when subjected to force. The so-called "smashing the pot to sell the iron" means that the cast iron pot can be directly smashed.

Wrought iron is tough enough, but soft.

Therefore, steel is precious.

However, there are also hard steel and soft steel in steel.

Hard steel with high carbon content is called hard steel, and soft steel with low carbon content is called soft steel.

The crucible ratio that Zhao Xu gave to Wang Ying is used to produce hard steel.

This kind of steel is suitable for making weapons and armor, and it has good toughness. No matter how it is hit, it will not break like cast iron.

"This... How is this possible." Xu Lie also arrived at this time, and he was surprised to see the huge difference.

The guards had the same expression as Xu Lie, but after being surprised, they all looked at the scale armor in their hands, holding it tightly as if they were looking at a treasure.

"I didn't expect this armor to be so powerful, it's simply a treasure."

"Needless to say, we won't be afraid of their bows and arrows in the future."

"Bows and arrows can't penetrate, let alone swords and knives."

"..."

The guards gathered together, inexplicably excited.

Hearing the conversation between the guards, Zhao Xu remembered something.

He ignored Xu Lie who was still in shock, and called two guards over, "Put it on now, and fight with real swords and real swords."

Then he turned to Wang Ying and said, "Don't you have a helmet?"

"Yes." Wang Ying immediately asked someone to get it.

Not long after, two pairs of helmets arrived.

These two helmets were also made according to Zhao Xu's requirements.

Different from the helmet design that exposes the entire face.

His helmet's nose and face are protected, with only the eyes and mouth exposed.

The manufacturing process is to cast and shape it with molten steel and then forged by a blacksmith to make it more perfect in details.

At this time, the two guards put on armor, arm armor, and skirt armor.

Except for the inner side of the two arms, there is basically a layer of scale armor on the outside.

Put on the helmet again, a sense of oppressive ferocity emerges from the two people.

This is the natural pressure brought by fully armed people.

Xu Lie has changed from surprise to surprise at this time, watching the two people fight.

"Your Highness, really cut it." The two soldiers fought against each other, confused.

"Don't be afraid, didn't you see it just now? You can cut lightly first, and then increase it." Zhao Xu instructed.

The two guards nodded, and one guard raised his knife and cut the other guard's shoulder.

He didn't dare to use too much strength, and only used half of his usual full-strength fighting.

"Clang..." came from the tearing sound of metal clashing.

He felt his palm tremble as if he was chopping on a stone, and immediately showed an incredible look.

Then he didn't hold back and slashed at the opponent fiercely.

Another metal clashing sound was heard, and there was only a white mark on the armor, while the blade of the knife in the guard's hand was curled.

The guards watching were all stunned at this moment.