Three Kingdoms: Prosper Han from the beginning of brushing favorability

Chapter 264 Rumors that must be believed
Liu Chan, who was not homesick in Linqiong, had already promoted the steel pouring method to the "pig iron pouring method". At this point, the [Magical Craftsmanship and Ingenuity] properties no longer responded.

The weapon-forging techniques did not react after being "embedded in steel".

Liu Chan felt that he still lacked some prerequisite knowledge, or that the subsequent blacksmithing technology required knowledge not only in "blacksmithing", but also in other categories.

But at this time, Zhuge Liang sent someone to send the design drawing of the sleeve armor, and then Pu Yuan looked at it and explained the advantages of arranging the armor pieces in this way.

Seeing that the prince was very interested in blacksmithing, he enthusiastically introduced how to make iron armor.

result……

[Has mastered "ordinary blast furnace ironmaking", "fried steel method", "ordinary iron armor pieces", and understood "cold forged iron armor pieces"]

Regarding the sudden inspiration, Liu Chan did not feel abrupt or uncomfortable, let alone a sudden headache.

He just naturally thought of the wrought iron that can now be stably produced.

Cold forged iron armor is made by smashing the originally thick wrought iron into thin slices without smelting, filling with steel, or quenching.

After such cold forging, the hardness of wrought iron is greatly enhanced by cold deformation, but the toughness of wrought iron is still not lost.

Liu Chan hadn't come up with new ideas for a while, and Pu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Liu Chan's endless burst of inspiration had finally stopped temporarily.

After all, in front of the prince in that state, Pu Yuan was like a poorly qualified apprentice compared to him, which was really shocking.

"...Pu Yuan? Did you understand what I said about the cold-forged armor? Come on, find someone to try." Liu Chan patted his shoulder excitedly.

Pu Yuan, who was pulled away, was already numb at this time.

The cold forging method, which eliminates tedious steps, is very simple and does not require many normalizing, tempering, quenching, annealing and other processes like hot forging.

The armor pieces used for cold forging only need to be forged in the early stage, and after annealing and conditioning, they are ready to be smashed. Instead, they do not require high personal skills.

You just need to put out the power and let the miracles do the rest.

It's just a bit laborious and laborious.

I found a few strong blacksmiths, and even Pu Yuan himself went into battle. After spending more than ten days and experiencing some failed products, I finally figured out the original softness and hardness of the cold-forged armor.

The prototype made a small part of the iron armor described by the prince.

This piece of cold-forged armor, about the size of a head, was strung together and lined with cloth. It was extremely light, so light that Pu Yuan doubted its protective capabilities.

But the blacksmith master's intuition told him that the prince's idea should be right. This feeling was extremely contradictory.

But immediately he was no longer conflicted.

Originally, the steel-clad sword in the prince's hand could pierce ordinary mysterious armor with one strike. This time, no matter how he chopped or stabbed it, it could not break through the armor...

Liu Chan caressed the armor with only scratches, and said lightly: "Change to the four crossbows."

The four-stone crossbow is already considered a powerful crossbow.

Pu Yuan's numb nerves were severely stimulated again, and he was about to revive.

He ordered people to fetch the crossbow, and Liu Chan shot at a hundred paces. When he hit, the crossbow bullets flew to the ground, but the armor was not broken.

Ninety, eighty... As Liu Chan closed the distance little by little, the cold-forged armor was still strong, and the expressions of the blacksmiths around him became increasingly weird.

At sixty paces, the crossbow bolt finally broke through the armor, and the blacksmiths were like Pu Yuan before, but they seemed to be relieved. The crossbow could not be broken at sixty paces, that was too exaggerated.

However, Liu Chan came closer and took a closer look, and smiled at Pu Yuan: "This shot does not count."

Pu Yuan was puzzled and stepped forward to observe, only to find that the crossbow arrow hit the hole between the armor plates... and then passed through. The armor plates were still intact.

"..." The young master blacksmith was silent, and the things the prince came up with became more and more perverted, and every time he overturned his cognition of "common sense".

So much so that common sense cannot be used to measure everything related to the prince, this matter itself is becoming his new common sense...

After forty steps, the crossbow arrow finally broke through the armor in a real sense, but even so, the cold-forged armor greatly reduced the crossbow arrow's penetrating power.

After that, Liu Chan, Pu Yuan and others used new materials and used existing armor-making methods to make a test piece. As a result, even the armor piece made of new materials was still not as good as the defensive performance of this piece of cold-forged armor.

Liu Chan had actually expected this. After he understood this armor-making method, he also remembered the origin of this armor.This kind of nail plate needs to be smashed to one-third of its original thickness, so for the convenience of comparison, a part of the nail plate will be left unsmashed. This part will look like a wart in the end, so it is also called "wart nail".

Later in the Northern Song Dynasty, the equipment in the Xixia Army was obviously as heavy as light armor, but it also had a protective capability that was not inferior to that of heavy armor, which once caused a headache for the Song Army.

Until they discovered the only weakness of this kind of armor during the battle - poor protection against powerful blunt attacks from heavy weapons such as "sledgehammers" and "maces".

"It's a pity that no one uses those things in this era..." Liu Chan murmured in a low voice while holding this piece of trial armor.

"What did the prince say?"

Liu Chan smiled and said: "It's nothing, you guys did a good job, Gudu wrote down one by one, and I will reward you all when I come back."

"The prince is joking. I have listened to the teachings of the prince recently. What I have learned is not worth a hundred years of self-exploration." Pu Yuan shook his head in shame.

Liu Chan didn't think he was being polite. Not to mention that he had been experimenting for a hundred years, this was a technology that was developed hundreds of years later... But rewards should still be given.

"Ideas are one thing, but making them happen is another thing. If you don't work hard, who will be able to cast soldiers and armor? Don't say too much, just accept the reward with peace of mind." Liu Chan waved his hand and said proudly.

Pu Yuan and others bowed to express their gratitude.

……

The "fear of insufficient firepower" in his blood broke out, so much so that Liu Chan, who was addicted to upgrading equipment, was forced to stop when the weather turned cold and gradually entered winter.

In November, he was urgently recalled to Chengdu by Lao Liu.

Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty. As soon as this news came out, the government and the public were shocked.

It's one thing to guess that he's going to do it, but it's another thing to think about how people feel when he actually does it.

There are two kinds of news in Shu. One is that Emperor Xian took the initiative to retreat to Cao Pi, and the other is that Cao Pi assassinated Emperor Xian and proclaimed himself emperor.

But no matter which one it is, it is a fact that Cao Pi has usurped the Han Dynasty.

In particular, the Lao Liu Group has always been responsible for supporting the Han Dynasty. After confirming the news, many people were confused for a while.

For more than [-] years in the country, the heroes, famous generals, famous scholars and great Confucians have emerged in large numbers... Are they really gone?
Since Lao Liu, almost all senior officials have been immersed in intense grief and resentment.

But in addition to grief and indignation, as qualified monarchs and ministers, what needs to be considered more is the future countermeasures.

Only Liu Chan, who returned to Chengdu, was prepared for this.

boom!
Seeing that Old Liu was about to speak, Liu Chan immediately slapped the table in front of him.

He stood up angrily: "Your Majesty has always taken it as his own duty to revive the Han Dynasty. He also wrote edicts on clothes and belts. He has never yielded to traitors in his heart. How can he take the initiative to abdicate now! Cao Pi is a traitor and dares to devour the emperor and usurp the throne. I only hate him." You cannot eat its flesh or drink its blood!"

After that, Liu Chan stood up, walked to the center, raised his fist to Liu Bei and said, "Father, please give me [-] elite soldiers. I will lead the army to the north to avenge your majesty! If I don't punish this thief, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart!"

After saying this set of reckless words filled with indignation and passion, he immediately turned around to face the ministers without giving Old Liu a chance to speak.

"The thief Cao dares to do such a heinous and unethical thing. He has made up his mind. I hope you won't say anything to stop him!" Liu Chan acted like a reckless man at this moment, as if he was completely blinded by anger and lost his mind.

But no one could see that behind the angry expression on his face, he was actually extremely calm in his heart, without any anger at all.

The meaning of his last words was actually that the tone of this matter must be set like this. No one should come out to sing against me at this time, otherwise I, Liu Chan, will know you, but I will not recognize the weapons in my hands.

Liu Chan, who knew the truth of the matter, chose to side with the rumors without any hesitation, and said so with certainty.

Because if Emperor Xian abdicated voluntarily, it means that the process that Cao Pi followed on behalf of the Han was legal, and the Han followed the normal process and handed over the country to Cao Pi.

If this is the case, Lao Liu still supports the Han Dynasty?

The banner that was held high before will soon be shaken, at least legally it is no longer tenable.

He didn't know what Lao Liu thought of Liu Chan, but he absolutely couldn't accept it.

Whether Emperor Xian was sincere in his Zen position or not, you could figure it out with your toes. How could he let Cao Cao's traitor succeed and shake the morale of the army and public opinion?

For the great cause of the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Xian must have been killed by Cao Pi!

(End of this chapter)