Oun and Master Newman received the order from the messenger from Mecklenburg County, immediately rode their horses and galloped out of the smelting base, protecting this medieval weapon manufacturing agency of Arod with the walls built by the boarding method. Now they must accept Arod's new order to fight the cold current from Northern Europe. When Orun and Master Newman arrived at the castle along the gradually paved stone road, Arod had already discussed all the affairs of the territory with monk Elvit. When they stood in front of Arod, the documents piled up in front of their lord were almost submerged.

"Oh, Oun, so good, come here soon, and Master Newman." Arod stopped the quill in his hand, rubbed his temples with his fingers, and signing the documents was even more tiring than fighting a battle with the Bohemians.

"Sir Earl, what are your requests to call us?" Oun and Newman took off their hats and bowed to Arod.

"Is the coal that I have transported for you from the Chamber of Commerce easy to use?" Arod nodded and accepted their etiquette, and then said to them.

"Coal?" Oun and Newman looked at each other strangely, as if they had never heard of such things.

"Oh, it's the black waste that the people from the Chamber of Commerce have transported for you." Aruod quickly explained.

"Yes, that thing is so easy to use, it's better than firewood and burned charcoal. I never knew there was any soil that could be used as fuel." Ounn suddenly realized that most of the coal seams in the Europa mainland were high-quality and naked/exposed on the bottom. Arod only remembered that the Ruhr area in Germany was a rich area of ​​coal mines. It was about the middle of Germany, so he asked the Chamber of Commerce in Mecklenburg to send people to find and purchase. Finally, they found coal that the locals called black soil, and the locals also knew how to burn coal to keep warm.

"That's good, Oun, how fast do we make armor now?" Arod stood up with satisfaction. At this time, two attendants in square robes came over and poured wine for them. The two armor and weapon masters gratefully picked up the wine glasses and enjoyed the wine with Arod.

"We tried several methods to improve the quality of the plate armor, but unfortunately, using the cold forging method is the same as the last half-arm. If we want to further improve the quality of the armor, it will take more time and manpower." Ouen said to Arude with some regret. To be honest, although Arude invented the method of running water, the apprentices' craftsmanship cannot be improved instantly in the short term. Craftsmanship requires long-term training and tempering.

"That is to say, it is impossible to mass production on a large scale?" Arod frowned, and he hugged his arms tightly and paced in the hall. Sure enough, the production of plate armor was too complicated and it was too early to form a complete manufacturing chain immediately. In addition to the use of individual plate armor as lords and commanders, it was promoted to a situation where ordinary soldiers were almost in short supply.

"Yes, Count, we don't have enough manpower. Even if we have high-quality iron, we can't produce armor in large quantities." Master Newman replied. He was originally the chief armor master of the Blacksmith Guild in Hamburg County, but he was kidnapped by the Blood Drops in Arod's plan. At first, he also hated this noble who arbitrarily kidnapped himself. However, Arod later showed his superb manufacturing knowledge that surprised him from all over the world. What's more, his family was also taken to Mecklenburg County by the Blood Drops, so Newman worked and lived here with peace of mind.

"I need a lot of armor, enough to arm my five hundred to one thousand men, and must expand their troops to prepare for war. The damn Nordic people are coming." Aruod said anxiously. He could not let the German mercenaries wear simple leather armor to deal with round shield battle axe. Perhaps the elite Viking warriors were wearing chain mail. There were such unearthed cultural relics in later generations.

"I'm sorry, if the plate armor is, it may be difficult to achieve mass production in the short term. If you want to equip soldiers, chain mail is a good choice." Newman shook his head helplessly. The production of plate armor requires a larger-scale workshop. From beating and forming to grinding the burrs, it requires multiple procedures. The chain mail only needs to liquefy the iron into the iron bar mold, and then pinch the iron bars in the mold into sections with iron pliers, twist them into iron rings, and then ordinary workers can weave the iron rings into iron shirts, and a chain mail is completed.

"Chainmail, well, you're right. I shouldn't be too obsessed with plate armor. So how do you plan to speed up the chain mail?" Arod was reminded by Master Newman. In fact, chain mail is the protagonist in the world of knights. Even in the Crusader era when plate armor began to emerge, the hot climate in the Middle East made the crusaders choose chain mail with better breathability.

"Oh, ~~." Newman roughly told Arude about the production process of the chain mail to Arude, but Arude was still not satisfied with this progress. Moreover, in his military life, he knew that the chain mail at this time was rough because of the rough production process, which made the gap between the iron rings too large, which could prevent chopping, but could not prevent the sting of the arrows and the sword tips. He needed a more advanced production method. Thinking of this, Arude flashed his inspiration and slapped his thigh, which scared Oun and Newman in the hall.

"Swire drawing machine, you need a wire drawing machine." Arod stood up excitedly and said to Oun and Newman.

"What is a wire drawing machine?" Ounn and Newman had never heard of such things. They looked at each other and asked their wise lord curiously.

"You immediately start making a wooden table. The copper cube on it is drilled with a small hole with a diameter ranging from large to small. On the other end is an iron shaft that can be twisted. First heat the iron into the mold to form an iron bar, then drill a hole in a section of the iron bar that has not been cooled, then put the iron bar into a copper hole lubricated with whale oil, tie the iron bar hole with wire, turn the iron shaft, and gradually pull out the hole, turn a thicker iron bar into an iron wire with a diameter of two millimeters, so that you can get wire about a few meters long at once, and then pinch the wire into small sections with pliers. I will
Chapter completed!