please make me king

Chapter 1115
"Master, do you think this rattan card can be made?" Zhang Shun asked while holding a large rattan card.

"Don't dare to ask the King of Qin!" The old strip maker was taken aback, quickly put down the work in his hands, stood up and saluted, and then took the rattan plate respectfully.

"This method of weaving is not unusual, but this little rattan old man has never seen it before. It must be a product of other places." The old bamboo craftsman stretched out his calloused hands, stroked and looked at it for a long time. , this should be said.

"What kind of vine is this, please ask someone carefully!" Zhang Shun frowned, turned his head and ordered to Li Jiyu.

"King Shun doesn't need to ask any questions, I already knew about it!" Li Jiyu couldn't help but smiled wryly, "This thing is called jute vine, also known as Huosuo vine. It is distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places. There is no such thing in the north."

"You are a caring person, and you can understand it!" Zhang Shun gave Li Jiyu a meaningful look, and couldn't help laughing.

It turns out that after Zhang Shun, Li Jiyu, and Wang Zheng repeatedly researched and tested, they finally determined the heavy armor shape based on the clear armor and absorbing the joint structure of the "plate armor".

But due to the huge power and rapid development of firearms, Zhang Shun is not satisfied with this.

It is a matter of great risk to form a heavy-armored elite soldier in the age of firearms.

Once the armor is unable to stop the enemy's firecrackers, the heavy armored elite who spend a lot of manpower, material and financial resources will become living targets.

Soldiers, the major events of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival must be investigated!
Human life is at stake, no matter how important it is, it should not be taken too seriously.

At the critical moment, Zhang Shun remembered Jiang He and his sword and shield soldiers.

When the rebel army first attacked Kangjiazhuang, after being instructed by the villager, the quilts they used were used to resist bird guns.

So he came up with the idea of ​​combining the rattan card with cotton to further weaken the projectile.

However, these rattan cards are prolific in the south, and there is no such thing in the north, so the first thing Zhang Shun did was to drag Li Jiyu to find a bamboo craftsman, trying to imitate them.

The so-called bamboo craftsman is a craftsman who uses bamboo, rattan, wattle, reed and other tough bamboo wood to weave baskets, dustpans, bamboo baskets, baskets, mats and other weaving utensils.

In Zhang Shun's previous life, people who engaged in this kind of occupation were already quite rare, but in this era, it is a relatively common craftsman.

The old stripper Zhang Shun was looking for was almost seventy years old.

Regardless of his age, a pair of calloused and skillful hands can grasp sharp bamboo strips, as if grasping a leather strip, and quickly weave the utensils in his hands.

"Master, do you think this rattan can be replaced?" Zhang Shun thought for a while, and it would be unrealistic to "import" jute rattan from Fujian, Guangxi, Sichuan and other places.

"It's hard to say, it depends on what you want to do!" The old stripper shook his head and said.

"If you are weaving baskets and baskets, bamboo can be used, wattle can be used, and even wicker can be used."

"You are such a big basket, who knows what you are going to do?"

"This is not a basket, this is a shield, ready to be used to defend against swords and guns..." Zhang Shun quickly explained.

The rattan card that Zhang Shun brought was a large rattan card with a diameter of nearly three feet.

In fact, in addition to this, there are also medium-sized rattan plaques with a diameter of two feet three inches and five cents; small rattan plaques with a diameter of one foot and five inches.

All rattan cards are woven into a pot-shaped structure, which is very conducive to unloading force and buffering the force of the enemy's knocking.

Don't look at the large rattan plate that almost covers the whole body, and the small one is about the same size as the wooden plate. In fact, the big one weighs only nine catties, and the small one only weighs five catties, which is very light.

"I can't do it, I can't do it!" Hearing the words, the old stripper shook his head and said, "If it's about resisting swords and bows, it's barely enough, but if it's about resisting birds and guns, don't even think about it."

"Oh? The master can actually make a card that can withstand swords, bows and arrows?" Zhang Shun couldn't help being surprised.

In fact, a single rattan card can't resist the bird gun, so cotton wool must be added.

"I don't dare to say that I'm sure, you can try it with wattle!" The old stripper frowned and said.

"This Vitex needs to use old slivers that are as thick as a finger, or use freshly cut slivers in autumn, or dry and soak them before weaving."

"Therefore, weaving rattan signs from Vitex is completely different from rattan. Although both must use tung oil, Vitex must be weaved first and then soaked, and rattan must be soaked before weaving. Each is different, and each has its magical effect."

"Tung oil?" Zhang Shun was familiar with this, but he didn't understand what it was and what it was for.

"You are a young man, so you are a person who does not eat fireworks in the world!" The old bamboo craftsman shook his head and laughed, "You don't even know about tung oil?"

"Tung oil is to fry tung seeds, squeeze out the oil, and soak the wood, which is waterproof and tough!"

"What kind of paper umbrella, paint, furniture, all use this thing."

"I have been taught!" Zhang Shun was not annoyed when he heard the words, but thanked him instead, "I don't know where this thing was produced?"

"Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, Sichuan and other southern provinces are all planted and produced. It's not surprising." The old stripper laughed.

His Royal Highness the King of Qin was noble but not arrogant, and he was not ashamed to ask questions, which made him feel good immediately, so he made it clear.

It turns out that this tung tree is a unique economic tree species in China, and the tung oil produced by it is a good waterproof and antirust agent.

The wood soaked in tung oil is not easy to get damp and crack, but also can improve the toughness.

In later generations, it is also a maintenance agent for tanks, aircraft, cannons, warships, armored vehicles and other ordnance. During World War I and World War II, it became a strategic material monopolized by China along with bristles.

Zhang Shun didn't know about this, but it didn't prevent him from recognizing the importance of rattan cards and tung oil.

"Okay, how about it!" Zhang Shun couldn't help standing up and laughing after listening for a while, "Now it's autumn, and it's the time to harvest thorns."

"I would like to order one hundred vitex and rattan plaques from the master first, and ask the master to make it carefully for me."

"Ah?" The old stripper was startled when he heard the words, this is a big deal, he quickly stood up and thanked him.

After Wang Jinyi paid the deposit and everyone came out, Li Jiyu couldn't help but wondered: "I was originally wearing iron armor, so it must be that King Shun wanted me to break the front and get ahead first, so why did he equip us with a rattan card?" ?”

"This thing is called a rattan card in Jiang He's hands, but it is called a bulletproof card in your hands!" Zhang Shun laughed after hearing this.

"Although the iron armor is fine, firecrackers may not be impossible to wear. Now that our new firecrackers have begun to be installed, if they fall into the hands of the enemy, what should we do if we imitate them all?"

"So I'm going to add two more layers of old cotton inside and outside the big rattan sign to avoid Yamaru."

"The stream of bird guns shoots but does not penetrate; the stream of big bird guns, although they can shoot through, but their strength is exhausted, how can they wear iron armor again?"

"So peace of mind, the soldiers are as brave as tigers. In all battles, just charge and kill, so why fear the enemy Yamaru?"

(End of this chapter)