Dajin picked up a god of war

Chapter 118
Master He's original surname is Helan. After seeing this surname, you can roughly understand that he is not from the north. As a rare Xianbei person in a blacksmith workshop, Master He's origins can also be said.

The matter dates back to the time of Huan Xuanwu (Huan Wen)'s Northern Expedition. Counting it, it has been 30 years since today.

At the beginning of the war, Huan Wen's battle was still good, and he recovered a lot of lost ground one after another, and his troops had already pointed directly at Luoyang, and he could capture the city of Luoyang.

It was during the most proud time period that Huan Wen captured many craftsmen in northern towns. In the ancient times when wars were raging, craftsmen who knew a skill were always the focus of snatch by the armies of various countries.

Helan's father was also a blacksmith, and he was captured to Jin at this time.Since coming to the Jin Dynasty territory, the Helan family resolutely abandoned their original surname and changed their surname to He.

By the time of Xiao He, the He family had been based in the south for three generations.

Xiao He quickly forged a bunch of arrows, handed it to the carpenter behind him, and put on the arrow shaft.According to the standard equipment of the soldiers of the Great Jin Dynasty, a soldier, whether it is cavalry or infantry, usually carries twenty arrows with him in every battle.

These arrows are collected in leather quivers, which can be taken as needed.

Seeing Wang Mi, Xiao He smiled heartily: "Secretary Wang, you've been in the army for a long time, and you've done so many good deeds, why hasn't the imperial court promoted you?"

Tsk tsk, this child, what kind of pot can't be opened and lifted.

What else could be the reason, the emperor of the Sima family has no eyes!
Wang Mi was a little embarrassed: "I am loyal to the court, and I should do anything. Why is it for promotion and fortune?"

Xiao He curled his lips, it seemed that there was no hope of promotion.

Wang Mi said pretty words, but she was actually scolding her mother in her heart. Xiao He was right, why didn't I get a reward?

How did Old Man Xie brag that day?
Saying that you were injured, Zhiyuan, the old man will definitely ask the court for you. These words were said by him at the time, but now?

Liu Yudu has been officially appointed as General Xuanwei by the court, but where is his promotion, Wang Zhiyuan?

Although promotion is not his pursuit, such a result can only illustrate one problem.

Old Man Xie, he didn't help him to ask for credit at all. In his flamboyant battle report, he didn't know how much space was occupied by the content of Wang Mi.

I don't even know what Xie Xuan described him as Wang Mi in the battle report.

Shouldn't he take all the credit for transforming weapons and winning battles on his own head?

Even if it is a famous general in history, it is only like this.

"How long does it take to build a pair of armor like this?"

Master He's subordinates, the arrow cluster has been made, and the next job assigned to him is to make the harness.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, not only people had to have armor, but even war horses had to match them with a pair of vests as much as possible.

Don't underestimate the warhorse armor. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, a fully equipped warhorse armor with many components was quite gorgeous.

During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was a special term for cavalrymen who were riding and equipped with vests, which was called "equipped cavalry."

A complete pair of vest includes such parts, including a veil to protect the horse's head, and a chicken neck (a circular armor) that protects the horse's neck. Needless to say, the armor that protects the horse's belly and back belongs to The main part of the vest is indispensable.

But some parts are somewhat incomprehensible to modern people.

For example, there are also rears that specially protect the horse's buttocks.

Does the horse's butt need protection?
Jin people are really considerate.

Xiao He wiped his sweat: "It will take at least a day."

one day?
That's really time consuming!
In fact, making a vest is far more time-consuming than making a set of armor for people, especially the curtains and the like, armor with delicate parts, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

"But what is this?"

"Princess Tie Fan?" Wang Mi muttered to himself, Xiao He laughed: "Where is Princess Tie Fan from?"

"I've never heard of a princess named Tie Fan in Dajin."

Xiao He put down his hammer and pondered, really carefully recalling the titles of princesses of various countries that he knew.

Wang Mi was speechless and choked, they are goblins, can you recognize them?

Then he smiled and said, "It's not from the Jin Dynasty, it's the princess on the immortal island of Penglai, from the ancient times, you don't know."

"So it is." Xiao He Meng nodded: "It turned out to be written in a book. I don't read much, so I have to know it."

"You haven't told me what this iron fan is for?"

It's not that Wang Mi is nitpicking, this iron piece is really like an iron fan, with pieces of iron armor standing vertically, connected together to form a fan shape, which goes up vertically.

The middle is also divided into two parts, which looks very similar to the real feather fan shape.

"This, this is parasitic!"

"parasitic?"

"What it is?"

This time, it was Wang Mi's turn to not understand.

Parasites?
Parasitic beast?
Parasitic on what?
Seeing Wang Mi's confused look, Xiao He understood that Wang Mi had never seen this kind of equipment at all.

"It's also mounted on the saddle and is part of the waistcoat."

"The purpose is to protect the backs of the cavalry from attacks, and it can also be used for decoration. Look, this thing is very beautiful on a horse, isn't it!"

It's incredible that the ancient vest still has this part.

Can such a gorgeous thing really provide effective protection for cavalry?
Ancient times are also very strange, some things are very complicated, more gorgeous and more complicated than modern products.

And some places can be quite simple, such as the improvement of stirrups.

Since the Han Dynasty, the army of our country has appeared the prototype of the stirrup, but after a long time, the stirrup, the most important component of the harness, has not made much progress.

So much so that in the Jin Dynasty, after more than 300 years, the stirrups were just simple triangular iron rings.

"Master He, after a while, the spears and stirrups are fully equipped, maybe this parasite will not need equipment."

"You can also save a process, which is much easier."

Although he had been having an unrelated conversation with Wang Mi, the work in Master Xiao He's hands did not stop for a moment.

In the scorching hot environment, even Wang Mi, who was not doing any work, was covered in sweat.

It's so hot!

But Xiao He seemed to be completely used to it, even if the sweat on his face was dripping down, he could still work non-stop.

"Secretary Wang is really sure, but the vests can't be made too much. Now, most of the war horses of the Jin Dynasty, even your Beifu soldiers, still have no vests."

"Don't worry, I have entrusted other blacksmiths to make your spear, and I should be able to get it together today."

A person as precious as Secretary Wang would never come to the workshop to see him for no reason. Xiao He thought about it, what could Secretary Wang come here to find him for?

Bacheng is here to ask for a spear. Although this errand is urgent, Xiaohe is not a mindless person.

He had already told the other masters in the workshop how to make spears. Anyway, spears would be used by the troops in the future, so it would be boring to keep this craft hidden.

"That's good, that's good!"

Wang Mi thanked him repeatedly, as long as these weapons were supplied, he would be relieved.

(End of this chapter)