Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 37 Breastplate
【Inside the steelworks】

"Yes, keep pressing, that's the angle." Zheng Kezang directed the craftsmen to operate the hydraulic press.

Bang bang bang, the hydraulic machine beat the steel block underneath, and sparks flew all over the place.

Craftsman Lao Su was also nearby, "Your Highness, this iron is not right. The steel is of extremely high quality, with much better strength and ductility, and is not as brittle as ordinary iron."

"Since the performance of this steel is so good, it should be used in other places besides making gun barrels, such as armor. Our iron armor in Dongning is made of pieces of nail leaves, and then weaved with leather ropes, but Western There is a kind of plate armor, the whole body is made of steel, and it cannot be pierced by a strong bow or crossbow." Zheng Kezang thought for a while.

That's right, Zheng Kezang intends to strengthen the defense capabilities of his subordinates.

In the past, whether it was the youth battalion or the Guards, they were strictly unarmored troops.

The effective range of flintlock guns and bows and arrows is similar. Even with the blessing of sweet gunpowder, the range of flintlock guns produced by Ming Zheng is farther.

In the future, we will face the bows and arrows of the Tartars, just in case, let's wear an armor.

"Your Highness, are you talking about the heavy armor of Hongmaoyi?" Su Laocheng asked.Yizhou Island has been dealing with the Dutch and Spaniards all year round, and Su Laocheng has seen them in his impression.

"Yes, that's the thing, you wait first." Zheng Kezang picked up a pen and paper, and based on his impressions of Europa Universalis and Mount and Blade, he decided to draw a wave of plate armor.

Soon, Zheng Kezang gave up and went shopping in the system mall.

Zheng Kezang wandered around the system mall and decided not to buy plate armor, because in front of heavy matchlock guns, although plate armor can prevent bullets from penetrating, it cannot remove the momentum caused by bullets.

The huge impact often causes the guard plate to sag inward and cause damage. The vibration generated when the bullet hits the plate armor will also cause serious damage to the human body, and the plate armor gradually declines.

However, Zheng Kezang discovered something new: a French breastplate and a cuirassier helmet. A complete set of blueprints only needs 5 brilliant points.

The breastplate is generally composed of two decks, the front and the back. The main material is iron, the surface of which is polished, and the weight is about nine to ten kilograms. The buckles and rivets are brass, connected by belts.

The well-known French cuirassiers wore it to fight, and it was not too heavy. It was very suitable for facing the Tartar army with half firearms and half cold weapons.

The most important thing is that it is easy to make, and if you are proficient, hundreds or thousands of sets a day is not a problem.

It is decided to be it, exchange it, the system.

After a wave of operations, [Brilliant point balance: 60]

"Old Su, this is the blueprint of the breastplate and helmet. If you want to make it, you can understand it at a glance, and I will leave it to you." Zheng Kezang handed over the blueprint to Old Su.

"I would like to serve His Highness." Lao Su looked at the blueprint and thought: This is too simple, there are such artifacts as hydraulic machines, and you can make as many sets as you want.

"Your Highness, how many sets are you going to make in the first batch?"

"Is it possible to complete the task by building [-] sets within ten days?" Zheng Kezang asked after thinking for a while, and the number was reasonable.

"Your Highness, I promise to complete the task." Old Su replied.

"Complete the task on time, and reward the steel factory with 200 taels of silver." The emperor did not send hungry soldiers, and Zheng Kezang was satisfied, and the reward was huge.

Old Su was full of confidence, he had decided on the 200 taels of silver, and immediately arranged for manpower to start working.

Zheng Kezang was not in a hurry to leave, he wanted to see how the effect of their creation was.

With the continuous beating of the hydraulic machine, a pair of breastplates gradually took shape, and Zheng Kezang felt relieved.

Because of the need to make breastplates, he had to ask his father-in-law to find a way to stockpile more iron ore.

There are basically no iron ore resources in Yizhou Island, and they all rely on imports. Building a site with iron ore is the top priority of the next strategy.

Just do it, Zheng Kezang said to the system: "Please give me the distribution map of iron mines in Asia."

[Please pay 5 brilliant points. 】

"Take it." It's just five o'clock, no problem.

[Paid, the balance of Brilliant Points is 55. 】

Immediately, the drawings suddenly appeared in Zheng Kezang's hands, and he was used to it.

Quickly picked up the blueprints and researched, he found that there are many iron mines in the nearest Luzon Islands.

There are 1.4 million tons of iron ore reserves in the Bike area of ​​​​the Luzon Islands, and 8.9 tons of iron ore reserves in the city of Tagpo, Sabo-An and Longnao in the Don Negro Province.

In the North Camaren Province in the central and eastern part of Luzon Island, the Domac iron ore deposit has 1000 million tons of iron ore resources.

However, if you want to go shopping with Spain, you have to think carefully about whether it is worthwhile.

There are also a lot of Gaoli iron mines in the north, and the quality is not bad.

Koryo is rich in iron ore reserves, and the iron ore buried amount is more than 90 billion to 110 billion tons, mainly including magnetite, limonite and hematite.

And mostly distributed in the surface layer, easy to mine, the reserves are close to the top ten in the world.

Typical mines in Koryo include Musan Iron Mine, Deokhyeon Iron Mine, Liwon Iron Mine, Jaecheon Iron Mine, Xucheon Iron Mine, Hasaong Iron Mine, Oryong Iron Mine, Yinyu Iron Mine, Jaeryong Iron Mine, etc.

Among them, Yinli iron ore occurs in shale, limestone and granite, and the grade is as high as 70%. The resource reserves are 5 million tons. The iron ore with the highest grade is Jiechuan Iron Mine in Ping'an Road.

The more Zheng Kezang looked at it, the more his heart became more and more moved. There are so many iron mines, you can't grasp the little Koryo, and the water here is too deep, so let Uncle Zheng from your family come.

But there is another problem. If Koryo is defeated, it will be directly connected with the ancestral land of the Qing Dynasty. It must be difficult to fight in the early stage, because the Qing army has too many troops.

Unless the Qing Dynasty reacted slowly and conquered Koryo with a blitzkrieg, and waited a year and a half to train the Koryo servant army, the feasibility is still relatively high.

After careful consideration, it is still powerless to attack at this stage. It is better to directly attack the Luzon Islands. Spain does not have much military power in Asia. If Luzon is captured, the Spanish fleet will not be able to sail all the way from Europe.

Besides, by the time they drive over, Zheng Kezang will be fully developed. They know that Zheng is the vanguard of anti-imperialism, and they are the last to love Western colonists.

In the two choices of Northern Expedition and Southward Expedition, Zheng Kezang chose to go south, which was also the last wish of Lord Guoxing.

I remember that in 1662, Guo Xing Ye ordered the Catholic priest Li Keluo to go to the Philippines to submit his credentials to the Spanish Governor, condemning his crime of killing and plundering Chinese immigrants, and strictly ordered him to correct his evil ways and bow his head to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

But instead, the Spaniards carried out the third massacre of Chinese immigrants in Manila.

After hearing the news, Lord Guoxing was furious, and he decided to send his troops south to conquer and avenge the people of Ming Dynasty.

On the one hand, he compensated and resettled the Chinese immigrants who fled from Luzon to Yizhou Island. On the other hand, he organized the Ming Zheng Navy and sent people to secretly contact the Chinese immigrants in Luzon, so that they could cooperate internally and externally and beat the mighty Spaniards hard.

But when the troops were dispatched, Lord Guoxing died suddenly, and the crusade against the Spaniards was over.

But it doesn't matter, Zheng Kezang will fulfill the last wish of the ancestors, and it will be the turn of the Spanish colonists when Feng Xifan and other rebellious officials and thieves are overthrown.

If you don't avenge the Huaxia immigrants, you will be sorry for Guo Xingye.

(End of this chapter)