I was beheaded in the Middle Ages for 20 years

The current standard armor for soldiers is chain mail and a helmet, and a leather armor under the robe.

If the chainmail comes with a long-sleeved robe, then this is already a high-end item at the moment.

Xu Siling has been wearing chain mail robes for a long time. The biggest feeling is that the chain mail itself is not heavy, but it is too soft and has no support.

And this discomfort is even more vividly reflected in the long-sleeved robe and chainmail.

It is estimated that the short-sleeved, short-sleeved, short-sleeved and chain-mail armor worn by the Florfen soldiers did not feel so uncomfortable.

Although the protection is relatively comprehensive, especially the chainmail robe does not affect joint movement, overall the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Advantages: It is close-fitting, easy to wear under clothes, has good concealment, and does not affect the body's range of motion.

The disadvantage is that the defensive ability is not proportional to its weight, although essentially, chain mail is not heavy compared to other armor.

But in terms of the protection brought by this weight, it is not particularly good, because the soft structure cannot offset the impact, so it can only ensure that your body is relatively intact when you die.

As for plate armor?

The ultimate defense has its benefits, but let’s forget about the weight.

Because there is no accurate plate armor in Europe now.

Wealthier knights and nobles all wore chain mail robes as a basis and had chain mail on their chests.

To put it simply, I just made a curved steel plate and hung it in front of my chest.

None of the armor currently being produced by Milan is based on the concept of plate armor.

It is more based on chain armor and adds various protective measures.

For example, steel shoulder pads, Milan gloves, arm guards, etc.

Then after these and other component armors were superimposed together, the concept of plate armor was born.

There is no plate armor in Europe at the moment, or even the concept of plate armor. Xu Siling has considered getting plate armor, but that's all.

It’s not that there is no technology, but technology is not the most important thing.

The important thing is that there is no money.

After researching plate armor, how many sets of plate armor can he make?

The ultimate defense is true, and using it to fight against the shooting of English longbows is the most perfect solution.

But this solution is unrealistic for Xu Siling.

According to the armor and equipment of the Frofen soldiers, a set of 20 gold coins goes up.

Really standard soldier armor equipment can be obtained from 40 gold coins to 55 gold coins.

The Fulofen soldiers spent everything they could, and the equipment for ten people they took out did not include Mayfair's chainmail support.

In particular, the inside of the plate armor must be equipped with chain armor as a base. The cost of the whole suit is something Xu Siling dare not think of.

Therefore, the reason why Xu Siling did not dare to make plate armor was not a technical problem, but simply a lack of money. Even if MSG made money again, it would not be so huge.

Maybe one day he will rob a few nobles' homes and become rich, and he will consider it if he has a large sum of money, but at least not now.

When it comes to armor to defend against long-range projectiles, in Xu Siling's mind, it is undoubtedly the fish scale armor.

Xu Siling didn't know whether there were Zhajia in Europe at present, and he didn't know about it, at least he hadn't seen anyone wearing it.

Fish scale armor has great advantages in defending against long-range weapons, and it is the best choice to defend against English longbows.

More importantly, the price of Zha armor is not high. Compared with plate armor, it can be said that the price difference between the two sides is very big.

The craftsmanship of making Zhajia has never been difficult. Even if a blacksmith learns it, it is extremely simple.

The essential difference between ordinary armor and fish scale armor is the difference between ten-hole armor and four-hole armor.

Normal and ordinary nail armor uses ten-hole nail plates. First, use a stacking method to fold the nail pieces into a row. After the nail pieces are stacked in rows, then stack the nail pieces in the following way. come out.

Armor is usually divided into hard armor and soft armor. Hard armor means that the armor pieces cannot move flexibly. Hard armor is mostly used for breastplates. Soft armor is more flexible and easier, and is mostly used on shoulder and arm armors.

But ordinary Zha armor does not have such good defense against long-range weapons.

That's why there is the latter's fish scale armor.

Fish scale armor uses a four-hole armor piece, which is different from the stacking method. It is more like the stacking method of fish scales, so it is called fish scale armor.

And it is different from the ordinary way of stacking armor. The ordinary way of stacking armor is to stack the lower armor pieces on top, while the fish scale armor is to stack the upper armor pieces and the lower armor pieces.

Because of this, the fish scale armor is the most suitable for resisting long-range shooting.

By arranging these four-hole armor pieces in a regular manner, it can neutralize external shooting attacks to a large extent.

But fish scale armor isn’t all about benefits.

The disadvantages are also very straightforward, although there are not many shortcomings in Fish Scale Armor.

It is difficult to lose weight, and weight has always been an unavoidable problem for Zajia.

Given the same weight of plate armor and fish scale armor, it would be a no-brainer to choose the former.

Among them, the fish scale armor is weak against repeated strikes. After several heavy blows, the armor is easily damaged and the defense efficiency is low.

What's especially important is that the fish scale armor is unable to resist the stabbing attack from below.

Because the fish scale armor adopts the pattern of stacked armor plates, when the armor plates are stacked together, they will protrude in a circular shape. The lower part of the gap between the armor plates is the weak point of defense.

If someone is knowledgeable and looks for opportunities to stab from the bottom up, they can bypass the fish scale armor's defense and stab the enemy directly.

The shortcomings are there, but Xu Siling believes that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

The craftsmanship of fish scale armor is simple. If the armor is broken, it can be easily repaired. Just remove the broken armor and replace it with a new one. The defense is quite satisfactory in all aspects, especially the protection against arrows.

The cost is not as expensive as plate armor, and Xu Siling can barely afford it.

Of course, Xu Siling is not planning to make an integrated fish scale armor, because the fish scale armor is inconvenient to move.

If you want to do it, you must make a split Zhajia.

The shoulders, arms and legs must be made of ordinary armor. The ten-hole armor plates are stacked on top of each other to make it flexible and easy. The chest is made of fish scale armor, which is stacked on top to resist shooting and some impact protection.

It may seem difficult, but it's actually very simple.

Just make two identical nail pieces, one with ten holes and the other with four holes, with a slight bend in the four holes.

Xu Siling even drew the blueprints for armor plates, and any blacksmith could make them.

The rest is a handicraft of tying the armor pieces together with a rope. This is even simpler. Anyone can teach it casually.

After Xu Siling prepared the drawings, he planned to find a blacksmith tomorrow and arrange for him to make a set of armor plates to try out the effect and calculate the cost.

After he finished his work, Ella and Farina came back at about the same time.

As the hostess, Ella took the servants out for shopping, and also purchased a lot of raw materials for MSG. It was really reassuring to leave it to Ella to purchase the ingredients for the MSG formula.

And Falina also brings good news.

There are not many executioner families around. After all, Xu Siling, one executioner, had monopolized the business of the entire territory around Raya Town.

But a little further away, there are many executioner families.

Jocasta is willing to arrange for witch friends to go to these places through the mountains and forests to try to contact these executioner families. I believe there will be news within a period of time.

Of course, Jocasta also had her own ideas. She also arranged for other witch friends to meet other witches on the road in the mountains and forests, and she could win them back to the hillside manor to live together.

I don’t know since when, there has been a subtle struggle between the executioner and the witch in the hillside manor. There is no direct conflict between the two parties.

But both sides are working for Xu Siling. One side pays for it and contributes effort, while the other side is responsible for collecting medicinal herbs for Raya Town.

In terms of merit, Frofen looked down upon witches. He felt that witches did not do much and their merits were not as great as theirs.

The witch group had no backbone before, but now Jocasta has moved in. She is Farina's aunt, and Farina and Xu Siling have such a relationship, Jocasta immediately became the leader of the manor's witches.

The power of witches in the manor is slightly weaker. After learning that Xu Siling wanted to recruit a new family of executioners, Jocasta also wanted to win over more witches. If he didn't ask for anything else, he would at least stay together and not be bullied.

In particular, this also involves the support force behind Falina.

Ella's status is difficult to shake for Farina.

In Jocasta's eyes, it was because Ella had the support of the Frofen family behind her.

The Fulofen family devoted their hearts and souls to Xu Siling so much, how could Xu Siling be so embarrassed to change his wife?

And Farina has nothing, except her aunt.

Jocasta thought he was quite powerful, but no matter how powerful he was, he really couldn't take off on a broomstick.

So it's good to win over more witches and give your good niece a little more confidence.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Feier calmed the hearts of the people in Tamubao, and after arranging the manpower, he also led the troops back to Raya Town.

When she returned, her face looked tired, and she was obviously very tired. The condition of Tamubao was worse than she imagined.

Because there is no church or priest in Tamubao, the people's spirits and minds are in confusion.

Coupled with the condition of the patients, many patients are already dying and cannot be saved at all.

The population dropped sharply, people were panicked, and everything was devastated.

Compared with Raya Town, this is like a sky and a place.

Facing the Black Death, Raya Town asked people to stop production and stay at home.

Tamubao was forced to suspend production.

Because if you want the current Tamubao to resume daily production, it will not be able to operate at all.

This is pretty much a mess.

Taking over Tamubao also deepened Fei'er's longing for Xu Siling.

She thought that if Xu Siling was not here, Raya Town would end up like Tamubao, on the verge of collapse at any time.

My inner gratitude to Xu Siling couldn't help but deepen again.

Fortunately, the population of Tamubao is small, and the relationship is not big.

Because there are so many people in Raya Town, no matter how many people there are, there will be almost no room for them.

During the Black Death, not many people died from the Black Death in Raya Town, and the population has been maintained.

Then they continued to accept foreigners, causing the population of Raya Town to keep rising.

At first, Mayfair was still struggling with how to solve this problem, whether to expand the area outwards and accommodate these outsiders.

There is no need to consider this issue now. Just move some foreigners to Tamubao.

Many people died of illness in Tamubao. I believe that within a month, Tamubao will become an empty city.

Therefore, Tamubao can now accommodate many people.

Feier, who returned to Raya Town, didn't rest either, but began to write a letter.

Following Xu Siling's words, he wrote one letter to the Holy See and one letter to King Philip VI.

Attached to Philip VI was the tax owed by the town of Raya for the past year and a half.

The property copied from the Khamis family in Tamburg, plus Jewish money, made up for many gaps.

Although it was far from enough, Raya Town itself still had some reserves, which Faile was not prepared to use.

Because Xu Siling arranged for someone to send three boxes of MSG for Fei'er to use as a tax deduction, and also told her about the recent sales of MSG.

When Fei'er heard that Xu Siling had earned hundreds of gold coins, her mouth almost dropped.

But during this period, MSG sales have dropped significantly.

The reason is also very simple. The nobles who know about MSG have bought everything they can. There is definitely no shortage of MSG at present, but the common people who know about MSG cannot afford it.

After Mayfair learned about this situation, she accelerated the tax calculation and immediately sent out the king's letter and the three boxes of MSG.

She had to help Xu Siling open up the market for MSG.

But Xu Siling was not in a hurry, the delicious food was irresistible.

Don't look at the current aristocrats who don't come to buy MSG. That's because the magic power of MSG hasn't started to work.

When these nobles get used to MSG, and when they finish eating MSG, if they are asked to go back to eating normal food, they will only find it tasteless and they can't stand it.

From frugality to luxury is easy, from luxury to frugality.

That’s when MSG sales will explode.

It didn't take Mayfair much time to write the letter. Instead, it took a day to count the taxes and send the letter together with the taxes the day after tomorrow.

Normally, taxes wait for the king to arrange for people to collect them.

It's just that during the Black Death, Philip VI was not stupid. He arranged for the expropriation team to go out and could not receive any money at all, so he simply didn't bother to arrange it.

A year and a half's tax was a lot of money, so Fei'er was worried and arranged for Enri to lead thirty cavalry to escort them.

Enri didn't want to leave Feier's side, but there weren't many people that Feier could use.

After finally replenishing the available manpower, they all arranged to go to Tamubao.

After finishing the work, Fei'er relaxed and rested.

Raya Town is now on the right track and the situation is getting better and better. There is nothing worth worrying about.

On the contrary, the only thing that worries her is old Father Endrit, who has not yet returned from the Holy See.

She was looking forward to the news Endrit would bring back.

If the Holy See really recognizes the truth of God's revelation, it will be like the whole Kingdom of France proving that God's miracles came to the town of Raya.

And she, Phil Raya, became a saint.

At that time, she was taking the first step to realize the plan she and Xu Siling had made.

Although she has the status of a saint, her title is not high and her territory is not large.

But she can directly gain the right to speak in the kingdom, and no one in the kingdom dares to look down on her.

To know this situation, even Fei'er's father and family ancestors were unable to do so.

The day after the letter was sent.

The two types of armor pieces customized by Xu Siling and the blacksmith in Raya Town have also been completed. (End of chapter)