Dahan first prince

Chapter 396
When Liu Ying arrived at the outside of Luban Garden in Shanglin Garden in the unique yellow house left flag, the courtiers and officials who participated in today's Chang Dynasty, and even some of the meritorious officials who did not participate in the court meeting, had already Waiting outside the garden.

The time also ranged from the second quarter of Mao (6:9) when the court meeting began, to Si ([-]:[-]) when the sun was rising three poles.

After stepping off the imperial chariot, Liu Ying didn't go around much: follow me in and have a look!

But somewhat beyond Liu Ying's expectation, what Liu Ying wanted to show the courtiers and officials were all moved out of Luban Court by Shaofu Yangchengyan;

As for the gate of Luban Garden, it is rare to see that the gate is locked...

"That's not the case, is it?"

Subconsciously let out a surprised light inquiry, but saw Yangcheng Yanhe who was beside him smiled and stepped forward two steps, whispering in his ear: "Your Majesty forgive me;"

"I still think that there are some things that are being done in Luban Garden but have not yet been completed..."

"Uh, it's a bit too advanced, it's inconvenient to show..."

"Hahahahahahahaha~"

Hearing that Yang Chengyan's sentence was a bit like Versailles, and also vaguely familiar, Liu Ying couldn't help but burst out laughing.

After laughing, she restrained her smile under the strange eyes of Baiguan Gonghou. Liu Ying felt embarrassed and sighed.

——Once upon a time, the generals of the Han army wore a red robe and a long halberd, but they had to face Qin, a tiger and wolf armed to the teeth;

In the end, it was still the red military robe, the bronze halberd with the wooden handle, and just a simple wallet, and he had to face the capable soldiers under the command of the Overlord Xiang Yu.

More than ten years ago, during the battle of Pingcheng between the Han and Xiongnu, the Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang summoned thousands of chariots, and he was about to compete with the Xiongnu Shanyu Maodun!
Unexpectedly, everything is unfavorable in the Central Plains. Only the big dogs can afford the elite chariot troops, but in front of the Huns light cavalry and rangers, those who were killed lost their helmets and unarmored...

Some people in later generations always think that the Han Dynasty's "small victory" was clearly the result of the Han Dynasty's victory in the Han Dynasty and the final agreement on peace agreement;
Such a small victory, even taking into account the fact that Han Taizu Liu Bang was trapped in Bai Deng's siege, is definitely not a "humiliation".

But what these people didn't notice was that the reason why the siege of Baideng of the Han and Hungarians was regarded as a great shame and shame by successive emperors of the Han family, and even considered by Emperor Wu Liu Che as the original plan for the "Northern Expedition of the Huns" was not the siege of Baideng ;
What really made this Han-Hungarian Pingcheng Battle, which ended with a small victory of the Han Dynasty, was called a "great shame" by the world, was the chariot that the Chinese civilization has regarded as the "supreme weapon" and even the "heaviest weapon of the country" for thousands of years , was brutally abused by the Huns' light cavalry, rangers, and even the "infantry" who liked to dismount and fight!
Just like in later generations, the river bend war caused by the stupid big wood shocked the whole world, and immediately started to promote military reform;
——The Han-Hungarian Battle of Pingcheng is like the Huns slapping a very loud slap on the face of the Han Dynasty, and then dropped a sentence: My lord, the times have changed...

Since that year, Han Shaofu has never produced even a single military tank;
The thousands of chariots that used to equip the troops were also eliminated in just a few years, and even a considerable part was smelted into the "famous" Han coin three baht.

It was also from that year that the concept of "only cavalry can defeat cavalry" became the truth that penetrated the hearts of every Han soldier.

——The precious experience gained in exchange for a very ironic failed battle.

But today, when the reincarnation of fate goes back to the Han Dynasty, Yangchengyan, the Shaofu of the Han Dynasty, also uttered the phrase "too advanced to be displayed" engraved in the fate of the Chinese nation. Han Sheji is bound to usher in a new turning point...
"Let's see, gentlemen."

While Liu Ying was thinking, Yang Chengyan on the side had already walked outside the Luban Garden, in front of the "stalls" with large-scale ordnance;

But when she saw the arrow feather in Yang Chengyan's hand, Liu Ying, like most of the hundred officials, showed a lack of interest.

Seeing everyone's reaction like this, Yang Chengyan was not annoyed, he just smiled and said: "This triangular arrow has been known to all of you since several years ago; All these three-edged arrows are the regular feather arrows, and they are indeed not rare."

"However, what you don't know is that a few years ago, the Shaofu found out from the pre-Qin documents stored in the Shiqu Pavilion that the Qin Shaofu had an easy way to make this three-edged arrow."

Said with a calm face, Yang Chengyan saw the arrow in his hand put back into the wooden box in front of him, turned around immediately, and took a thick paper book from the official.

"Using the method left by the Qin Dynasty, the Shaofu will also make this three-edged arrow cluster in a few years, and there are more than 7000 million!"

"And all the bows and crossbow feathers produced by the Shaofu have been made into three parts: the arrow cluster, the front part of the arrow body, and the front and rear ends, which can be disassembled and reassembled."

"Thus, in the future, if our Han family is not facing a big defeat with a large army fleeing and no time to pick up arrows, the soldiers of bows and crossbows will no longer have bitter feathers and lack of arrows..."

Still with an incomparably indifferent expression, he uttered these words that stunned all the officials and courtiers, and Yang Chengyan stepped forward with a smile, and handed the booklet in Wang Ling's hands.

"This is the record of the three-edged arrows produced by the Shaofu; everything in this book has been deposited in the Chang'an Arsenal..."

Following Yang Chengyan's horrifying words, the crowd suddenly became agitated, and all the officials turned their sides in horror, and whispered to the people around them.

——7000 million arrow clusters!
What concept?
Calculated according to the weight of each arrow cluster, the copper consumed by these 7000 million arrow clusters weighed 400 million catties!
With this 400 million catties of copper, even if it is not mixed with lead at all, you can get at least [-] million five baht coins! ! !
If you count lead...

"Last year, how much was the entrance of Shaofu?"

"There are no more than tens of millions of people in the world, forty dollars per person, at most no more than forty million..."

"Sigh~"

"There are tens of millions of clusters of three-edged arrows, so they should have been gifted by Shaofu's mouth just a few years ago?!"

Hearing the communication of several Qianshi officials, Yang Chengyan smiled and shook his head.

In the year when Liu Ying came to the throne, when Liu Ying proposed to reduce the oral tax from one year per person, that is, 120 yuan, to one calculation per three people, that is, [-] yuan per person, Yangchengyan at that time, It really hurts so much.

This can't be blamed on Yang Chengyan's stinginess, because at that time, the financial situation of the Shaofu was too bad;

Even at that time, the three baht money had been abolished, and the Shaofu also had the cash cow of the grain and rice official camp, but for the Shaofu at that time, the oral tax was still the largest income source.

To cut off two-thirds of Shaofu's main source of income at once, it is indeed a bit of a pain for Yang Chengyan.

But after six full years from Liu Ying's ascension to the throne, the Shaofu under Yang Chengyan's control has long been different from the past.

In the beginning, the Shaofu stored grain on behalf of the people, which doubled the Shaofu's income at once, and then it was government-run grain and rice, which doubled the Shaofu's income several times!

But now, although the storage of grain on behalf of the people is coming to an end, and the government-run grain and rice are basically not making much money, the Shaofu earns far more in salt and iron than in the past.

It is no exaggeration to say: At present, even if Liu Ying says to cancel the oral gift, Yang Chengyan will never feel distressed!

Forty yuan per person per year, which adds up to only [-] million yuan. Yang Chengyan, a big dog, has long since stopped caring about such a small amount of money.

At the beginning of this year, Yang Chengyan did indeed do this—out of the consideration of making Liu Ying happy and gaining some reputation by the way, Yang Chengyan asked Liu Ying to cancel the oral tax directly and reduce the burden on the people.

Unfortunately, for unknown reasons, Liu Ying did not adopt Yang Chengyan's suggestion, but settled for the next best thing, and agreed to lower the oral tax of the Han Dynasty by another level: from [-] yuan per person per year to [-] yuan per person per person. Twenty dollars a year.

Yang Chengyan didn't know the specific reason why Liu Ying was unwilling to cancel this dispensable verbal gift.

It's just that when he was leaving the palace, Yang Chengyan seemed to vaguely hear Liu Ying saying something behind him, 'I'll let my son down to ten coins later' or something...

"Perhaps it is an oral inscription, it is the 'indispensable' system that His Majesty said..."

With a thoughtful sigh, Yang Chengyan moved on his own and came to the second 'booth'.

"Let's take another look."

With a loud voice, he focused the attention of the courtiers and officials on himself again, and finally a little confidence surged on Yang Chengyan's face.

"This is the scale armor and plate armor made by the Shaofu under His Majesty's order."

"These two armors are all made of evil gold. The scale armor weighs fifty catties, and the plate armor weighs seventy catties..."

Following Yang Chengyan's words, the attention of the courtiers and officials were all focused on the two shining busts in front of them.

As far as everyone can see: the scale armor in Yangcheng Yankou is made of stacked iron plates about two inches long and less than one inch wide, which can completely cover the front chest and back, but not enough to cover the limbs;

Judging from the appearance, its appearance is similar to the leather Zha (zhá) armor commonly equipped by the Han army today, which is a half-body armor that only protects the front chest and back.

It's just that it is different from the light-weight and easy-to-make Zhajia, this kind of scale armor made of stacked iron sheets is extremely heavy, weighing [-] catties!

Compared with this extraordinary weight, the only thing better than Zhajia may be that the wearer's activities are not restricted;
But it is precisely because of this 'advantage' that there are bound to be gaps between each 'fish scale' from time to time!
Compared with this kind of safety hazard, Linjia's advantage of "allowing the wearer to move freely" is obviously not worth mentioning.

As for the plate armor...
Hey!
This one is even more 'heavyweight'!
——I couldn't even protect my back, but only a piece of breastplate on my chest, which weighed a full seventy catties!

Such a weight naturally means extremely high defense;

But at the same time, it also means extremely high costs and a huge burden on soldiers.

"This······"

Looking at the two armors in front of them, the courtiers and officials looked at each other, as if they wanted to say something, but they didn't know how to say it.

At this time, Liu Ying, who had been watching coldly from the side, finally stood up with a smile.

"The scale armor is expensive to make, and because the scales are piled up, it is not very safe;"

"That's why I asked the Shaofu to make this scale armor, not for infantry, but for bows and crossbows."

"——The scale armor can make the pawn move freely, and the bow and crossbow will not be hindered; and although the scale armor is difficult to block the knife and sword, it is also difficult for the enemy's arrows to break through the defense of the scale armor... "

After hearing Liu Ying's explanation, everyone suddenly realized, and immediately looked at Yang Chengyan with strange expressions.

It is indeed as Liu Ying said: Compared with the leather armor, this iron scale armor can be said to be completely destroyed by the armor in terms of production cost, overall weight, and safety during hand-to-hand combat!

But if we only talk about the "freedom of movement of the wearer" and the frontal defense ability, the armor is far from being easily touched by this kind of iron scale armor.

If the infantry were to wear this kind of scale armor, they would charge forward and fight the enemy hand-to-hand. As long as the enemy had figured out the weakness of this kind of armor, they could easily break through the defense of the scale armor.

Go against the direction of the scales and stab from bottom to top!
But if the bow and crossbow troops are equipped with this kind of scale armor, there will be no such problem.

In the vast majority of cases, the threat encountered by crossbow troops is often also the throwing of bows and crossbows by the enemy;

With the scale armor, the probability of crossbow troops being thrown by the enemy can be greatly reduced.

——The bows and crossbows fired by the enemy, not to mention going against the scales 'from the bottom up', can be shot from the front, and it is rare to hit the crossbow troops!
Most of the time, the blows suffered by the crossbow troops are the arrow feathers shot by the enemy's crossbow troops, drawing a parabola from the top of the shield array in front, and then piercing down from the sky.

Under such circumstances, it is extremely crucial for the scale armor to have the two characteristics of 'strike resistance' and 'freedom of movement' at the same time.

As for weight?

Hey!
The bow and crossbow army is not a peasant rebel army, or just a strong man who can be recruited from anywhere!
From the primitive period when the weapon "bow" was born, to the era of hot weapons in later generations, those who can become crossbowmen will always be the best of the best!
Fifty Han Jin, but the weight of more than ten kilograms in later generations can't even support this weight, so they don't deserve to be called "elite".

It was also for this reason that the eyes of everyone looking at Yang Chengyan became more and more strange.

"One catty of evil gold can be worth nearly a thousand dollars!"

"Evil gold worth tens of thousands of dollars is used to make this pair of scale armor, but it is only used for bows and crossbows..."

The more they thought about it, the more complicated eyes became on the eyes of everyone looking at Yang Chengyan.

——Subconscious envy, jealousy with a little concern, and undisguised scrutiny!
"How much money did the Shaofu earn over the years?!"

(End of this chapter)