Chapter 46 Chain Armor

Tiangongfang is a big workshop with extraordinary strength. Even the last time I modified the armor, it only took one night. However, this time, the shopkeeper actually took three days. It can be seen how much they attach to this seemingly ordinary but extremely strange "gold spinning wheel", and the "spindle" is the most difficult part.

Zhuo Bufan doesn’t care. You must do it for me if you take it. Besides, it won’t work if you don’t.

However, the matter was not over yet. Zhuo Bufan raised his lips and said with a smile: "Tiangongfang is really good at it. I think you are the boss of Manjing Jingcheng Jing Industry."

Thinking that the matter was finally over, the shopkeeper said proudly: "This is all the guests appreciate their faces and their colleagues are praised. However, in the capital, Tiangongfang is not inferior to anyone in the Tiangongfang for these exquisite metalworkers, especially fish scale armor and chain mail."

Zhuo Bufan nodded and said, "It's so good. By the way, I have really liked to study these things since I was a child. I'm very interested in your workshop and want to see it. I don't know if it's convenient."

The shopkeeper's heart was shocked again. All walks of life have their own rules. In the Tiangongfang industry, all kinds of process are strictly kept confidential, and it is most taboo for outsiders to watch. However, the Zuo Xianggong Master wants to watch it, but don't give it a look. Besides, Zhuo Bufan has not yet spitted out the bad luck in the armor and can turn against him at any time.

At this moment, the shopkeeper gritted his teeth and took Zhuo Bufan to visit the backstage workshop in person. He still hoped that the Zuo Xiangfu could not understand these very professional smelting and production techniques.

Unfortunately, he didn't know the true origin of Zhuo Bufan.

The backstage workshop of Tiangongfang is very large. In a large wooden factory, it looks like a small aircraft hangar. Several pieces are divided according to different functions. For example, the wire drawing operation room that occupies half of the area is close to the semi-open-air smelting site of the backyard. Others such as rest and molding parts are all located where metal parts are processed in the later stage.

Zhuo Bufan's eyes shone brightly. The situation he saw was quite different from his imagination. This ancient technology was much more advanced than he imagined. Of course, it was still incomparable to modern society. Zhuo Bufan came to the silk drawing department and watched with interest as a grey-haired master using a winch to make steel wire. This is the most important part used to make armor, which determines the quality of fish scale armor, and the chain mail is woven with steel wire.

The master stared at the red steel bar with his eyes, and the winch in his hand rotated steadily. Then, the steel bar gradually lengthened, and stopped pulling after reaching a certain level, and then took off the thinner steel bar and roasted it again. In this way, after three or four repetitions, the steel bar had turned into a steel wire as thick as a toothpick. This was done.

Zhuo Bufan looked at it for a while and picked up a piece of woven chain mail on the side. It was tightly woven and extremely tough. Moreover, it was not as bulky as the stacked armor of the fish scale armor type that he had worn.

"Damn it, the shopkeeper, I actually kept the good goods and refused to give them to me. Humph, are you afraid that the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion will not give them money?" Zhuo Bufan pretended to be angry.

The shopkeeper was scared again and quickly explained: "Young Master, how dare I? It's just that the lady ordered the best protection. Although this chain mail is light, it is good at cutting and cutting with sharp defensive weapons. However, its defense against strong bows is far inferior to that of fish scale armor. Please check it out."

Zhuo Bufan suddenly realized that this is the same as the bulletproof vest in his previous life that it would have to be equipped with steel plates or ceramic plates. Bulletproof vests? Not bad. If the steel wire can be thinner and stronger, it will be much thinner. If it is a double layer and try to use ceramic plates in the middle to protect the key points, wouldn’t it be better? If the Zhuo family soldier handed one, wow.

"Good thing, shopkeeper, give me five thousand sets." Zhuo Bufan whispered.

The shopkeeper almost fell down in fear and said with a sad face: "Five, Five, Five, Five Thousand Sets... My mother, Mr. Zhuo, please spare me. Even if you peel me up, I can't take it out."

"Damn, why? Are you afraid that I can't afford it? Believe it or not, I will immediately tear down your Bird Sky Workshop."

The shopkeeper immediately knelt down and cried, "No, Master, listen to me, this steel wire is extremely difficult to make. All the work that can be drawn in our workshop can be used. At most, there are five thousand sets of sleeve materials a day. Even if you kill me, I can't make it. Moreover, these five thousand sets of chain mail are also a considerable number. Even if it is the Ordnance Bureau, it can't make it in less than ten or eight years." What the shopkeeper hasn't said yet,

The silver consumed for producing these steels is not a decimal point. The threads are drawn in the middle, repeated annealing, fabricated and polished, and the success rate of thread drawing is low. Including scrapped, a chain mail costs thousands of taels. It is dizzy to think about how much these five thousand sets will cost. Otherwise, this chain mail will not be affordable only a few generals. Even General Yuan’s heavy armored Guanning Iron Cavalry is a crude large piece of fish scale armor, which is bulky but easy to manufacture.

Zhuo Bufan then realized that it seemed that it was not as simple as imagined to build an iron army in this backward ancient society. Even if you have money, you may not be able to do it.

Zhuo Bufan understands improving technology, improving efficiency, and reducing costs, but he is not an expert and does not have the help of mobile phone querying information, and he doesn’t know how to do it.

Zhuo Bufan nodded and said, "I understand, get up, oh, the shopkeeper, I've told you that the young master is a person who understands the truth, not those domineering playboys. Don't kneel down at any time, okay? When others look at him, they think that the young master is bullying people." In the factory, the guys stopped the work at hand. Seeing that the unknown here, they could scare the shopkeeper so much. This young man must be a high-ranking official or a young master from an adult family. Oh, the shopkeeper is suffering, I hope not to ruin our jobs.

The shopkeeper quickly got up and thought to himself, Mr. Zhuo is really hard to serve. He is a life-threatening thing to say. People say that being with the king is like being with a tiger. It is not easy to do things for Mr. Zhuo.

Zhuo Bufan looked at it for a while and turned around and left, "Shopkeeper, don't care about anything else now. Make my thing first. It's very rewarding. If it's not done well, hum..."

It was almost noon after coming out of Tiangongfang. Zhuo Bufan and everyone returned to Zuoxiang Mansion leisurely with a carriage.

Zhuo Bufan looked at Zhuo Er who came out of Tiangongfang last, smiled and didn't say anything, just stared at him. Zhuo Er's expression was erratic, and he couldn't resist Zhuo Bufan's bad eyes. He looked sad and took out a stack of paper from his sleeve bag.
Chapter completed!