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Chapter 231 Military affairs are not as important as dogs... (second update)
After listening to Gao Zhang's explanation, Zhao Ji, the official, took it for granted.

"Don't tell me, as a teacher, I know very well that my Song Dynasty's military equipment has been slack. It's not a day or two. The hand knife before, and the bow you mentioned today."

"Do you know how much a good bow made by Xixia sells for in Tokyo?"

"This disciple really doesn't know." Gao Zhang quickly shook his head with a dazed expression.

"Three hundred to five hundred guan..." Zhao Ji, the official, raised his fingers and said with envy, but helplessness.

"Xixia is a small country with a population of only 200 million, but its armor is stronger, its soldiers are more powerful, and its bow is stronger than our Great Song Dynasty..."

"Every time there is a flow of Xixia into our Song Dynasty, it will be regarded as a treasure. This is simply a shame to our dynasty."

Speaking of this, the official Zhao Ji, who is the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, couldn't help but feel extremely frustrated.

Gao Zhang also had a face full of pain, and his heart was concerned, so what should we do?Armament is something that a bunch of greedy officials in the imperial court can't play badly.

The most important thing is that the basic national policy of emphasizing literature and suppressing military affairs led to the Song Dynasty paying more attention to civil servants, and even used the military and state affairs of a country as a means of involution among party struggles.

For example, if the reformists want to attack Xixia, the conservatives will think that you are just messing around and jump out to express their opposition.

In short, there are too many messy things. Fortunately, Gao Zhang is still a child.

The important thing is that my master is a foolish emperor. If there is such a foolish ruler in power, if there is an executive like Zhang Juzheng, he will gain his full trust.

Carry out reforms from top to bottom, without worrying about the downturn of the Song Dynasty.

It's a pity that what kind of traitor Cai Jing is, history's evaluation of him is already very clear.

So, here I am...

After the official Zhao Ji lost his temper, he felt more and more that Gao Zhang was thinking about his own thoughts and worrying about his own worries.

He is quite clear about the ability of this lover.

However, as a teacher who loves his disciples, the official Zhao Ji raised his own doubts.

"Xiao Gao, there is no doubt about your ability. As a teacher, I naturally believe in you."

"However, in this ordnance reform, how do you convince the court officials and countless soldiers to recognize you? This is the biggest problem."

"After all, the longbow you mentioned is neither real nor has anyone seen it before."

"As a teacher, I would like to give you a suggestion. It is best to get a sample first to try it out. If it is really as sharp as you said, and it is of high quality and low price."

"Then the teacher will naturally stand on your side and let the Kaifeng Metal Workshop take over the bow-making outsourcing business."

"The disciple thanked the master for his care, and the disciple went to ask the craftsmen to make a trial, and tried to make it as soon as possible, and presented it in front of the master, and asked the master to taste it."

Seeing that Gao Zhang obeyed his advice, this made the official Zhao Ji, a master who had almost never taught Gao Zhang anything, feel very refreshed as a teacher.

"Okay, okay, you can listen to the teacher's words, this is the best."

"You don't have to worry, just do it with your heart and patience. As long as you do it well, with your teacher as your backing, this matter will surely be a great success."

Gao Zhang nodded obediently and honestly. In fact, he had already been secretly looking for craftsmen to do it, and now he is already in the stage of repeated testing.

But can you say these words yourself?Saying it out can only show that the emotional intelligence is too low.

As a beloved disciple who has figured out the mind of the master and master, Gao Zhang is not that stupid.

Another thing is the helmet, the reason why Gao Zhang only made helmets, not full-body armor.

The main point is still worrying about encountering strong opposition from court officials. Since ancient times, possession of armor has been a serious crime.

Moreover, the cost of making armor in the Song Dynasty is really not cheap. A pair of standard armors cost between 25 and [-] guan in this dynasty.

The reason why there is such a big difference is naturally whether it is sophisticated or not.

The most common standard iron armor has a full set of 25 guan, and the high-end ones only have [-] guan.

But Gao Zhang, who has done so much research, also knows that the cost of this thing is between twelve and fifteen at most.

And what is the armor rate of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty?Hehe, more than 70.00%.

Yes, this number does not need anyone else, and his father Gao Qi gave Gao Zhang the answer. Of course, those soldiers, rural soldiers, and the like are naturally impossible to obtain the qualification to wear armor.

The armor wearing rate here refers to more than [-]% of the frontier army and the forbidden army, and it is counted as full body armor, not short armor.

Because these people are special talents, for example, some heavy shield players, heavy crossbowmen, etc., can only wear half armor or short armor.

After all, everyone is going to the battlefield, and everyone else is wearing heavy armor. Apart from the military uniform, is it possible that your special mother only needs a loincloth to protect her vitals?

Is that so you are willing to go to war?You will be injured if you touch it, and you will die if you stab it. It is no wonder that only the soldiers of the Imperial Army or the soldiers of the frontier army with a loincloth for self-defense do not rebel.

Think about how big a business this is?Therefore, Gao Zhang knew very well that if he dared to directly say that Lao Tzu wanted to outsource the armor.hehe……

For their own safety, but also for boiling frogs in warm water.

Therefore, only moving the helmet is just a bargain.

For Kaifeng Metal Workshop, which has mastered hydraulic forging technology, this special girl is definitely a treasure like a money printing machine.

The most suitable helmet is forging. Think about many classic helmets from World War II, isn’t it the output of forging?

Although the helmet can only protect against bullet fragments or some stray bullets, it can still be used to protect against bows and arrows.

Because the helmet is also a delicate work in the Song Dynasty, and the helmet in the Song Dynasty still uses the Zhajia style.

It is time-consuming, labor-intensive and labor-intensive to first produce iron sheets, and then slowly forge them into shapes and rivet them together.

There are even quite a few helmets that are actually felt hats. The felt material is a wide brim, and only the head is made of iron or leather.

Such a helmet looks like a joke to Gao Zhang.

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Just when Gao Zhang started to talk about the helmet, there was already a eunuch coming to report before the meeting.

Said that the Roaring God dog had arrived, upon hearing this, the official Zhao Ji immediately stood up with bright eyes.

Seemingly feeling something was wrong again, he turned around, nodded and smiled at Gao Zhang.

"Xiao Gao, you don't need to say more, how can you not trust you as a teacher?"

"In the future, you make samples of the longbow and helmet, and bring them to the teacher to taste for you."

"If there is no problem, then the next step is simple, let's go, follow me as a teacher to go and have a look at Xiaotian, I haven't seen it for a few days, and I don't know if it still recognizes me as a teacher."

"..." Gao Zhang could only agree obediently, and walked out of the house following the foolish master.

If you are not satisfied with the soil and water, you will obey the faint king. Military affairs such as military reform are not as good as seeing a dog.

(End of this chapter)