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The armor they exchanged for food for their Red Jacket Army was really strange and had everything. As soon as Yang Miaozhen entered the yard, she saw these craftsmen working in a strange way and incredibly tacit understanding.

First of all, the armor in their hands was quickly selected by these craftsmen.

Those armors that are more than 80% new and only need simple repairs will be taken out and handed over to special craftsmen for repair.

The more severely damaged, the bulk armor leaves were dumped on a long table together, and skilled craftsmen quickly picked them up.

These bulk armor leaves were poured into the bucket and used a kind of juice to remove rust from their surface.

Soaked in the bucket for a while, and then fished it out, all the red rust on the armor leaves disappeared, revealing the dark surface of the steel below.

Then these things were rinsed with clean water, polished with hand-crank cloth wheels, and then sorted again. The armor leaves that were well-made, thick and not very rusted were taken out separately to make them into excellent armor.

Yang Miaozhen looked at the work of these craftsmen in surprise, and saw that they were holding a strange tool similar to a clip in their hands. Whenever they pressed it, they would make a "click" sound.

They spread the sheepskin made from nitrate flat on the table, and then pressed the armor leaves on the sheepskin. They aimed the small holes drilled in the armor leaves with this tool. The tools in their hands nailed the armor leaves on the sheepskin.

If people in later generations see it, they will immediately recognize what this thing is - they are clearly a simple and rough staple machine!

In fact, this thing was designed by his disciples of the Divine Works Camp in a very short time after Shen Mo's idea was proposed. The purpose was to quickly repair armor in a battlefield environment.

Because in ancient times, there were actually two most effort-consuming links, one of which was forging armor leaves.

The armor leaves of these armor are made of newly smelted iron, forged one by one. The craftsmen who created it need to skillfully control the carbon content of the steel so that they will not be beaten into soft cooked iron due to the loss of carbon elements. They will not be too "raw" in the heat, making the forged armor leaves brittle in texture.

During this process, each armor leaf needs to be hammered for hundreds or thousands of hammers to be made. Therefore, the value of an ancient well-made armor is often very amazing, because it consumes too much manual labor.

Moreover, due to the different craftsmen's skills, such armor have very different protection abilities.

Another time-consuming place to make armor is that these armors require needles and threads to penetrate small holes drilled in the armor leaves, and sew them piece by piece to the leather.

Because the leather lined with armor is much heavier than the fabric, it is very difficult to sew with needles and threads, so this process is also extremely labor-consuming.

As for the thing designed by Shen Mo, just aim it at the small hole in the armor leaf and pinch it hard. With a "click", an iron wire will nail it to the sheepskin, which is extremely easy to operate.
Chapter completed!