I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 384 A New Round of Military Competition (Two in One)

Zhiyao now has a mentality of sitting and watching other people's ups and downs, not to the extent that she has to intervene, and she doesn't want to make unnecessary actions at all.

how to say?The main reason is that Zhishi is not fat enough, and also started a super-large project and another medium-sized project.

Which two projects?It is the one that connects Onozawa and Dahe east of "Handan", and the one that builds the bridge across the river.

Zhishi who started those two projects, if he can't do other actions, it's best to stop for a while, so as not to bring all kinds of uncertainties after a move.

To tell the truth, it is very easy to start a war, but it is not up to one single party to decide when to end the war.

In terms of what is most prone to uncontrollable accidents, war is definitely at the top of the list anyway.

Suddenly there is no need to plan for which target to attack, which really makes Zhiyao a little unaccustomed.

The current era is like that, and the busiest thing to say is war and sacrifice.

Zhishen is busy with the sacrifices related to the migration of the ancestral tomb of Zhishi.

Zhiyao has always been in charge of the war.

At present, Zhi's goal is very clear. Unless there is an accident, there is no need to make changes to the various matters that have already been carried out. How can it be possible for Zhiyao to remain idle?

Zhiyao, who has been busy for 20 years, especially in recent years, has suddenly become more idle. To some extent, it also means that his career is on the right track, and various matters are progressing very smoothly.

After entering the winter, Zhiyao returned to "Xintian" before the first snow began to fall.

"I heard that the Wei family wants to practice the method of Zhao Jianzi." Zhishen sent a bomb to Zhiyao.

Zhao Jianzi is Zhao Yang. Before he died, he did a lot of great things, and left behind many plans that were not implemented after his death.

Zhiyao didn't understand for a while, and asked, "What did your lord mention?"

Zhishen said, "Divide the fields."

Uh?
Isn't this the "law" that Zhiyao is practicing?How did he become Zhao Yang?

Zhishen saw Zhiyao's doubts, and said, "You can get land without merit."

This……

Indeed, Zhao Yang made a proposal at the beginning, and started discussions on abolishing the "well field system", thinking that land without owners should be distributed to people without land.

Most people at that time thought that Zhao Yang just wanted to take the opportunity to expand the Zhao family's territory. Due to the strength of the Zhao family and Zhao Yang's strength, they adopted the attitude of "I heard it, but I didn't participate in the discussion".

Zhiyao was a little confused when she heard that the Wei family planned to "spread money", and asked, "Can the new army get it, or can they all?"

Zhishen said inexplicably, "It's the new army, if everyone can get it, how come the Wei family has so many acres of land."

Zhiyao, who rearranged the information, understood a little bit.

Counting it, it wasn't that the Zhi family was the first to train the new army, the Wei family was the number one in the Jin state.

The Wei family was not only the first family in Jin to reform the army, but also the first family in Zhu Xia.

They got rid of chariots, specialized in pure infantry units, and established a contingent of heavy infantry.

If the Wei family wants to divide the land, it should follow the route of "Wei Wuzu", that is, select and allocate land to the selected people, and then these selected people prepare armor and weapons by themselves, and the soil they get allocated is the previous one. Employment fee, and other rewards for meritorious service later.

While following this route, Wei Ju directly set the number of "martial soldiers" at [-], each of whom was allocated [-] mu of land.

These lands need to be reclaimed by "martial soldiers", and most of them are concentrated in the interior of Jin.

"Isn't it? 'Wei Wuzu' appeared ahead of time." Zhiyao was really surprised.

The Wei family is looking for a new army, not a standing army like the Zhi family.

The equipment of the standing army of the Zhi family is provided by the family, unlike the "soldiers" of the Wei family who need to prepare by themselves. At the same time, the food, drink and other things of the standing army of the Zhi family are also provided by the family. The "soldiers" of the Wei family also need to prepare by themselves.

Looking at it this way, in addition to granting land to the "martial soldiers", the Wei family also stipulated a three-month training cycle every year, and the rest was no different from the previous payment system.

Zhiyao thought to herself: "Historically, the Wei family gave 'Warrior' the land of [-] mu for each person?"

The land that the Wei family gave to "Wei Wuzu" can be regarded as a kind of "Yongye Tian", that is, this batch of land cannot be bought and sold, but only allows "Wei Wuzu" to have enough income to support the expenditure when receiving taxes .

Zhiyao wanted to know more about Wei's new trend, so she decided not to ask Wei Ju directly, but to send people to spy on him.

A series of information gathered in Zhiyao's hands again, and he found that Wei's selection criteria were very strict. To become a "Wei Wuzu", he must be at least 1.7 meters [-] tall and have a strong physique.

In addition to the strict requirements of Wei's physical fitness, one of the selection criteria is to be able to run for [-] miles with a weight of [-] catties before going into battle immediately.

Among them, Zhiyao is more concerned about the fact that "Wei Wuzu" not only needs to be able to use long and short weapons, but Wei also needs to be armed with a bow of more than two stones.

That is to say, what the Wei family wants is soldiers who can wear heavy armor, use long and short weapons, and master the art of archery.

Such an army not only pays attention to defense, but also takes into account the ability of running and long-range attack. Once it is trained, it will undoubtedly be a nightmare for all the enemies of the Wei family!

"It seems... I have to come up with a solution!" Zhiyao knew a little bit, and a new round of military competition started again.

Zhishi's standing army increased from [-] at the beginning to [-] later.

In fact, [-] out-of-work people can't be afforded by any family. In addition to the need to provide military equipment and usual expenses, many countries may not be able to afford it.

It is not considered that the Zhi family has reached the limit of the standing army of [-], but Zhiyao thinks that if the number is increased, it is really necessary to consider whether it can afford it.

Since the number of the standing army can no longer be increased, and the Wei family has come up with new tricks, how should the Zhi family respond?
"Maybe my family can emulate one or two?" Zhi Xuwu said.

How to follow suit?Do you want to learn from the Wei family and also engage in selection, formulate your own standards, and redistribute land?
In terms of heavy infantry, Zhi's conditions have more advantages than Wei's, and the production speed and cost of armor alone can completely crush Wei's.

After all, Zhiyao's construction of "Ye" city was not done in vain, and the equipment output in three days was equal to that of Wei's one month's hard work in manufacturing.

As for the quality of equipment?The Wei family took the leather armor route, which is not the same as the Zhi family's iron armor.

However, the above point will soon be proven wrong.

Zhiyao was rather depressed.

Doesn't it conflict with meritorious service to distribute land first like Wei's?It will definitely dampen the enthusiasm for meritorious service within Zhishi.

"Wei's doing that, is it a conscription system or a compulsory military system?" Zhiyao was really confused about this.

All countries in the current era are engaged in a compulsory military system.That is, to serve the country for free... No, it is not free, the reason is that not everyone is eligible to be a soldier, and the payment of an officer or a soldier is to offset the tax that should be paid.

If there is a name for it, perhaps the army in the Spring and Autumn Period should be called the "tax and service system".

Not only the Zhi family paid attention to the actions of the Wei family this time, but the other families will definitely pay attention to it. What actions they will take depends on their hard power.

For example, the Fox family wanted to be like the Wei family. Firstly, they lacked enough population, and secondly, they had a serious shortage of fiefdoms, so there was no way to follow suit.

This is also the reason why the rest of the families knew that the Zhi family had a standing army, but they didn't follow suit.It's not that they don't want to imitate, it's simply that their family's productivity can't support it at all.

To make a simple comparison, it costs one for the Zhi family to produce a set of armor, and even if the other families can produce it, their cost is more than three.This is the cost problem brought about by technology, not to mention that they don't have the advanced smelting technology and related metal formulas like Zhishi.

The above point can be compared from the armor rate.

Before the official production of cloth face armor, Zhishi's armor wearing rate reached about [-]%, with paper armor having the most equipment, followed by iron armor. On the contrary, leather armor, wooden armor, and rattan armor were almost invisible.

Known for their pursuit of defensive power, the Wei family actually wore only [-]% of their armor. The elite mainly used leather armor, and the rest were made of wood armor, rattan armor, and bamboo armor.

The Wei family is only [-]%, and the rest such as the Han family, Zhong family, and Hu You are even less.

The same is true for the rest of the nations, the rate of wearing armor is not too high, and the armor-piercing soldiers are not concentrated, but scattered in various families to serve as their absolute elites.

In this case, the Zhi family has become the family that is least afraid of the rain of arrows, not one of them
The manufacture of weapons and equipment is only one of them, and the rest of the families are not as rich as the Zhi family, which means that they are simply unable to support a standing army.

During a banquet, Zhiyao heard Wei Ju say some inexplicable words to herself, probably because they had made a breakthrough in the research of iron armor, and hoped that Zhishi would not misunderstand.

armor?

If the history has not been changed by Zhiyao, it is true that the three Jins were the first to use ironware in large numbers in the Central Plains, and the quality of ironware in Zhao State is the best.

Zhiyao felt that the inexplicable reason was not for other reasons, and the old Zhi family could not stop other families from researching ironware, even if they wanted to use iron to make armor, it was impossible to stop them.

Of course, the rest of the family can research and manufacture, but once they want to grab market share, it's another matter.

For things like competition, don’t expect there to be a fair competition environment, and there is no third party to restrict the competition within any framework. The applicable rule is the law of the jungle.

Seeing that Zhiyao had come to his senses, Wei Ju invited him to go outdoors.

There is a row of Wei's soldiers waiting outside. They are wearing breastplate-style armor. How is it different from Zhi's? They seem to have more ripples?

There are corrugations on the iron, which are actually left over from forging. If the technology is not good enough, it is not only a problem of brittleness, but the concave folds will become "thousand-layer cakes".

Zhiyao took a few glances at the breastplate worn by the soldiers of the Wei family, then turned to look at Wei Ju with a half-smile, and said, "It's even!"

Before, the Wei family offered to give up control of the market, which meant that the Zhi family could enter the market if they wanted to sell military equipment.

Now, the Wei family has imitated the Zhi family's plate armor, on the premise that it will not be put into the market, and the Zhi family will return the favor given by the Wei family.

It is also equivalent to saying that Zhiyao represents that the Zhi family does not pursue the armor that the Wei family copied the plate armor style.

Wei Shi had thought of this beforehand, otherwise how could Wei Ju have confessed it?
What Wei Ju wants is for Zhiyao to comment on it from a professional perspective,
What to say?

This breastplate made by Wei Shi is about five millimeters thick. The exposed armor surface is polished very smooth, and the inner lining is insulated with leather like Zhi Shi, but it seems that the mystery of the "hollow" has not been discovered. Firm is attached to the torso.

I thought it looked like breastplate or plate armor. It looks a bit round. Is it because the person who pierced the armor has a beer belly, or is it fat?not really.

Let's put it this way, Zhuxia style armor is generally fit..., that is, close to the body; breastplate or plate armor looks swollen and fat, in addition to being difficult to fit, some "hollow" positions are deliberately designed so of.

For example, armor piercing is like body armor. Under external force, even if the armor is not damaged, the part that is hit will actually be hit by force and bring about the effect of being hit; if there is a "hollow" breastplate or plate armor, They are like people hiding in a tank. If the armor is not destroyed, the hit point will not bring the hit effect.

Regarding the need for a "hollow" design, Zhiyao will not tell Wei Shi.

Zhiyao really wanted to know the quality of Wei's breastplate, so she said, "I'm afraid it's hard to check with the naked eye?"

He didn't believe that Wei Shi didn't experiment with Zhi Shi's breastplate and Wei Shi's own breastplate, there would definitely be various attacks.

Wei Ju learned that Zhiyao was going to try it, so he asked several soldiers to take off their armor with a rather happy mood.

Then came various tests, including stabbing, chopping, and hammering.

Yu Rang's first hammering directly deformed the breastplate, repeated several times, and he couldn't even try the hardness of the metal.

Not a metal hammer, just a mallet.

Too professional verification method?Zhiyao won't use it anyway.

The truth is, the Zhi family is the only one who has mastered the professional verification methods, and the rest of the families don't have too scientific methods at all.

If Zhiyao uses it, isn't she teaching Wei?
To cut the breastplate?In fact, even if the surface of the armor is not smooth, unless the thickness is too low, otherwise the method of chopping will basically not break the defense.

Yu Rang stabbed with Zhi's spear, and several times the tip of the spear slid away when it touched the armor surface. One of them, I don't know if it was luck or something, but it was pierced.

At that time, Zhiyao looked a little funny, obviously she had expected that kind of thing to happen.

After all, since Wei Shi imitated it, he should have figured out what the function of polishing is.

Moreover, Wei Ju took out the breastplates for testing, and they really looked smoother.

"If you stab multiple times, there will definitely be a pit." Zhiyao thought.

From the looks of it, Wei Shi's breastplate is a little bit "soft", and it will dent under repeated stabbing.

Once there is a concave, it means that the force point becomes larger, the hardness of the weapon is sufficient, plus the basic force and the afterburner brought by the impact, it is normal to pierce.

Zhiyao knows one thing, hanging up the test is a static state, and it is two different things from soldiers wearing it to move and avoid. The test is useful, but it really cannot be regarded as an inevitable result.

It seemed that Wei Ju wasn't too surprised. Apparently Wei Shi had already experienced that kind of situation during the experiment?
The rest of the family, while they were watching, could tell that they were thinking.

Zhiyao thought: "Even if the plate armor is developed to the extreme, and there are frequent exchanges between the East and the West, Zhu Xia does not use plate armor. It's not because the technology is not up to date, it can't be made, it's purely a military pursuit of things. It’s not the same. Once most of the families in the state of Jin engage in breast armor, will it affect the evolution history of Zhuxia’s armor?”

(End of this chapter)