Qin Hu

Chapter 18 Make terracotta warriors for the emperor ahead of time!
The armor that Han Fei said was like an iron king, but it was actually a Tang and Song style plate armor.
The reason why Gan Luo said that it looks like an ancient bronze armor is because many of the ancient bronze armor are in the shape of plate armor.

Bronze is brittle, even if other metals are added to give rise to the plasticity of the alloy, it is still not as malleable as steel.

Therefore, no matter whether it is armor or weapon making, forging is rarely mentioned, and they are all cast in one piece.

There are many treasures of ancient bronze plate armor in the Qin Palace's inner vault!
"Young master, don't you want iron armor?"

Gan Luo looked at the pattern as he walked, and after a while he raised his head again and asked Zhao Zihu.

Zhao Zihu blinked Danfeng's eyes, shook his head and said, "What do you want if you don't want the iron armor? Prime Minister Gan wouldn't want to fool me with the outdated bronze armor, would he?"

Gan Luo hesitantly said, "What did you say? If you want iron armor, you can make iron armor. It's just that iron armor is very difficult to make. Even if you can make it, I don't know how long it will take. I'm afraid it will take ten and a half months." If it can’t be made, it will take three to five months at least.”

This is the truth, even after more than a thousand years, when the European iron plate armor rises, it is extremely difficult to manufacture.

The aristocratic knight took out the bottom of the box and built a set, which will be regarded as a family heirloom in the future!

The real popularity of European plate armor was after the Renaissance...after that, it was already modern times, and its manufacturing power was unparalleled, and as soon as it became popular, it was taught to be a man by muskets, and it quickly withdrew from the stage of history!
"Tsk."

Zhao Zihu smacked his lips in disappointment: "Let's let the master armor maker see the pattern first, and listen to what the master has to say. If it doesn't work, I'll make a set of Qin armor and make it a terracotta warrior for the emperor in advance."

Whenever he saw a person wearing Qin armor, he would think of the terracotta warriors and horses. He had an inexplicable feeling that it was still the same after all these years.

But when Gan Luo heard the words, his face turned green.

This son is worthy of being a stubborn tiger of the clan, he really dares to say anything!
The pre-Qin ancients regarded death as life, especially the kings. Yingzheng's Lishan Mausoleum had already been built since he inherited the Qin throne in his teens.

With the unification of China, the scale and specifications have been continuously improved. Yingzheng, a large figurine maniac, has long put the terracotta warriors on the agenda, and it is the Shaofu under the leadership of Gan Luo who is firing them!
To be honest, Gan Luo may also have seen too much terracotta warriors and horses, and now he will have the same weird feeling as Zhao Zihu when he sees the Great Qin soldiers wearing Qin armor.

However, slander does not mean speaking out, it sounds like cursing the early death of the first emperor, it is simply disrespectful, this is Zhao Zihu, changing someone is enough to give five punishments!

Gan Luo didn't dare to chat with Zhao Zihu anymore, so he decided to shut up, and led a group of people to the blacksmiths' work shed.

The most indispensable thing in the camp of craftsmen accompanying the army is the master iron maker, because the armor and blades of the soldiers of the forbidden army are all expected to be repaired by them.

When everyone came to the blacksmith's shed, the craftsmen were busy working in full swing, and the sound of tinkling and forging could be heard endlessly.

When the blacksmiths saw their immediate boss, Gan Luo, they brought a group of nobles to come, and hurriedly stopped their work to salute: "I pay my respects to the order of the young mansion, and I have met all the princes."

Gan Luo waved his hand and asked the blacksmiths to continue their work, leaving only a few master craftsmen, and handed Zhao Zihu's armor image to them to watch: "Can it be made?"

Several master craftsmen leaned their heads together to watch, then looked at each other, and an old craftsman said: "It can be made, but it may take several months!"

This is exactly the same as what Gan Luo said.

Zhao Zihu smacked his lips like a toothache, and frowned, "Why are you so slow?"

Gan Luo introduced: "This is the No. 18 son of His Majesty the First Emperor, Mr. Zihu, the official residence waiting for a doctor."

All the master craftsmen immediately raised their hands to pay homage: "The Mo Jue waits to meet the young master!"

The old craftsman in the lead answered Zhao Zihu's question after paying his respects, "Master, the armor pattern, the parts are all integrated, so it is very difficult to forge like this."

"Especially for the breastplate, it is necessary to use a whole large piece of sufficient iron material, and repeatedly forge it to remove the impurities first, and forging a large piece of iron material is the most labor-intensive and time-consuming. Compared with forging The time and energy consumed by a small piece of iron has increased several times, even dozens of times."

"In this way, it will take an unknown amount of time to remove the iron impurities."

"After the impurities are removed, it is forged. The whole piece of iron is forged with a sledgehammer into a thin iron plate, and then hammered repeatedly with a small hammer to make it thin and thick. If it is too thick, it will be too heavy to wear and fight. Thin poop has no defensive power, it will break if poked..."

"This requires a lot of patience and superb forging skills. If you are negligent, the whole piece of iron will be scrapped, and you will have to stack it again with a sledgehammer to form a thin iron plate, and then hammer it repeatedly with a small hammer..."

The old craftsman had the cuteness of an engineering man, Zhao Zihu just asked a casual question, and he explained the armor-making process in detail, trying to make Zhao Zihu understand the difficulty of making iron plate armor.

Unfortunately, Zhao Zihu was born as an engineering dog. Gan Luo, Han Fei, and the cold-blooded Thirteen Eagles all yawned, but he enjoyed it.

That earnest appearance is much more focused than yesterday at Liangfu Mountain, when the audience Confucian Confucianism taught the ceremony of enshrining Chan!
"That is to say, there are two difficulties, one is to remove large pieces of iron impurities, and the other is to shape the thickness with a small hammer, otherwise?"

Zhao Zihu listened for a while, and finally concluded.

The old craftsman probably didn't expect that he could really listen to it, and opened his mouth stupidly to express his agreement.

Zhao Zihu misses the aerodynamic hammer from his previous life a little bit. With that bang bang, in less than two hours, he can forge fine iron regardless of the scum.

In addition, there is also blast furnace steelmaking, which produces good steel in one pot, and hardly requires any forging process to remove the quality.

Unlike the pre-Qin iron smelting method, which was still porcelain and porcelain, the iron ore was ground, thrown into the fire and burned fiercely. After the iron in the ore melted, it was automatically separated from the stone, and then the fire was extinguished. After cooling Pick up the iron.

The iron material like briquette does not need too many impurities. If you want to forge it into fine iron bit by bit by manpower, it is really hard work.

Hardened into steel, it is not an adjective, but a true description!
"I don't believe in evil yet, let's take it step by step."

Zhao Zihu came up with the stubbornness of an engineering dog, gritted his teeth and said to Gan Luo: "Prime Minister Gan, please find some carpenters and help me build a big windmill next to this work shed."

Gan Luo's eyes sparkled, and he asked, "What kind of big windmill do you want?"

In fact, Han Fei was not the only one who was amazed that Zhao Zihu had so many minds and could use them to get things done. He was also surprised, even admired.

And looking at Zhao Zihu's posture, I am afraid that he wants to improve Daqin's iron-making and armor-making techniques. If he can succeed, it will be a lot of fun.

Waiting for Dr. Zhao to be promoted to a doctor at the speed of light!
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