The craftsmen in Xuzhou Army were very small, with two large tiled houses, and the windows on all sides were very large. Even so, they were still hot and waves when they entered. There were a total of twenty iron furnaces and hundreds of craftsmen.

Most of the blacksmiths had already returned to their rooms to rest at night, but there were still about twenty people repairing weapons.

"Li Tou, this ring-headed knife is broken so badly, what should I do?" A blacksmith asked Li Tiehan in charge.

Li Tiehan took the ring-headed knife and looked at it, saying, "It is changed to a dagger, and the excess is changed to a stir-fry shovel for the fire-headed military."

"Okay, I'll do it now." The craftsman put the worn ring-headed knife into the fire and calcined it.

Lu Bu and Cheng Lian arrived at this time, and the craftsmen were shocked. This was rare.

"General." The craftsmen quickly knelt down and saluted.

Lu Bu said: "All up, come and give you two hundred bags of bone soup noodles. Do whatever you should do, don't delay your work."

"Yes." The craftsmen were very happy. The general personally brought someone to deliver bone soup noodles, which was a great honor.

The bone soup noodles are delicious, and the blacksmiths have only eaten them once. After all, this thing is precious, and Lu Bu is used to reward soldiers who work hard.

Li Tiehan came respectfully by Lu Bu's side. He knew that Lu Bu would definitely have something to do, and it was an important matter.

"General."

Lu Bu took a shovel and said, "Iron Man, look at how this shovel is?"

Li Tiehan took the shovel, knocked it, and said, "This is steel, first-class good steel, with a very strong hardness."

"I just tried it in the camp. I couldn't even shoot the bow and arrow at close range, and the hardness was beyond words. If four shovel heads were used, could it be changed to a simple pair of plate armor?" Lu Bu said.

Li Tiehan used a shovel head to measure it on himself. The four shovel heads are quite large in size, and they can protect the front chest and back vital points, but the armpits on both sides are not fully protected.

"A shovel head is four kilograms, four kilograms are sixteen kilograms. Then use pig iron sheets to create some shoulder armor, arm guards, and leg guards, at least twenty-six or seven kilograms. (Han kilograms, now weigh about thirteen kilograms). This amount is acceptable, but this shovel is exquisitely made, so the general is willing to use it to create iron armor?" Li Tiehan said.

Lu Bu did not answer directly, and turned around and asked Cheng Lian: "The same hundred people, face the arrow rain with a small shield. What is the proportion of casualties that can be worn by iron armor and not by any armor."

Cheng Lian said: "During the Battle of Yanzhou, there was a world of difference between soldiers wearing coarse cloth and soldiers wearing iron armor. Twenty soldiers wearing coarse cloth were killed in one round of arrow rain, and the most people wearing iron armor would be two people. Iron armor was the second life of soldiers."

Lu Bu held the shovel and said, "Although the shovel is good, the iron armor is better. Twelve 200 people from the recruits to serve as supervisors and train blacksmiths as soon as possible. We need to make helmets and iron armor on a large scale. In the future, all soldiers must wear armor and wear helmets when fighting."

Li Tiehan shook his hand and the shovel he was holding almost fell to the ground.

Yuan Shao, the richest among the princes, dared not say that all his soldiers were wearing armor. The current situation is that the general level had excellent iron armor and bronze armor. The officers basically used rough iron armor and cowhide armor for elite soldiers. As for ordinary soldiers wearing more clothes when fighting, it would be considered as a protection.

"You make a set first, try it out, and if it is appropriate, make a lot of things." Lu Bu said.

Li Tiehan said: "This kind of simple iron armor is not complicated to make. If there is no cowhide, sheepskin can be replaced. However, if it is made in large quantities in the future, it will require a lot of manpower. Now a hundred people can repair weapons.

"Manpower is not a problem, but it is difficult to find a skilled person. Don't be reluctant to train it. If you do this job well, you will be beneficial. However, if you don't do it well, you will not be able to escape punishment." Lu Bu said.

"Don't worry, General, I will definitely train some military craftsmen." Li Tiehan said.

Lu Bu pointed at Cheng Lian and said, "Let's first create a pair of iron armor for General Cheng Lian. The general level is made of six shovel heads, and be careful. If you have any questions or any need, go find me."

Li Tiehan was waiting for this sentence of Lu Bu, saying: "The ingredients should be prepared with sheepskin, cowhide, charcoal, and pig iron. In life, I hope that the general can provide a small amount of vegetables for our craftsmen. The craftsmen have eaten it for several months but have not eaten cabbage and radish."

Lu Bu said: "Iron Man, the difficulties are temporary. The entire Xuzhou army is in difficulty, but it will soon improve. We have sorted out thousands of acres of vegetable fields. In addition to providing them uniformly, you craftsmen can also divide them into several acres of vegetable fields as a supervisor. You can eat and grow whatever you want. The rest craftsmen can occasionally manage them. As for the materials you need, you can sort them out and hand them over to Wang Heng tomorrow, so that he can buy them quickly, and there must be no mistakes."

Li Tiehan was very happy and said, "Thank you, General."

Lu Bu left six shovel heads and took people away. Li Tiehan found that the shovel head was really not easy to modify, and the hardness was too high, and the hardness was not good after tempering.

Everyone has experimented several times but they are smart and said, "Li Head, this shovel head cannot be used for major modification. You can use it with a steel axe and use it directly. There will definitely be gaps in the splicing of this plate armor, just like it can't be made like a fish scale armor. After all, it is two types of armor. The plate armor is short and the speed is fast, which is suitable for a large amount of equipment."

Li Tiehan thought about it and said that this kind of simple plate armor is like this, just protect the key parts. As for the shoulders, arm guards, and leg guards, they are forged with some iron pieces.

Lu Bu returned to the White Tiger Tent and asked Cheng Lian: "Do you know where there are iron ore and coal nearby? I heard that Xuzhou is rich in these things."

Cheng Lian's head was like a wave drum. Lu Bujun had been in Xuzhou for a short time, so how could he know about these things?

"I will go to find a few woodcutters tomorrow, and the hunter will know when he asks. Ordinary people would rather burn firewood than burn charcoal. The charcoal is thick and smoke is too strong." Cheng Lian said.

Lu Bu said: "I remember that I met Liu Bald Head today, a woodcutter walking in the mountains. I happened to ask him to come to the camp in the afternoon tomorrow. I will ask him when the time comes."

Tao Qian, Xuzhou, is an amazing person. It is one of the dozen states of the Han Dynasty. It starts from the south of Mount Tai in the north, reaches Langya in the east, and occupies the northern part of Jiangsu to the south.

Unfortunately, Lu Bu only accounts for one-fifth of Xuzhou, only Xuzhou and Xia Pi, and he does not have the strength to expand for the time being.

Lu Bu remembers that the iron ore near Xuzhou is extremely rich in coal mines. It may not have been mined on a large scale this year, but it is definitely applicable. You must look for it tomorrow. If you can develop a large iron ore, it will be difficult to be underdeveloped.

Lu Bu was not in the camp that night, but quietly returned home and came to Diao Chan's room.

Diao Chan was very surprised and said, "General, why do you think of me here?"

Lu Bu said: "Since you are already my concubine, how can I bear to let you stay alone in the empty room?"
Chapter completed!