Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

As a symbol of the appearance of cavalry and half cavalry, the vest can provide strong physical protection for horses on the battlefield.

Whether it is a sword, arrow or spear, it is difficult to injure a horse protected by a vest, let alone face a knight on horseback at the same time.

According to historical records, during the craziest period of armored cavalry, there were knights from the Kingdom of Jin who tied fine golden scales on the legs of their war horses, which was almost airtight and watertight even between man and horse.

And this kind of equipment also has an obvious disadvantage, that is, it is expensive, and it is extremely expensive.

The amount of steel used by a suit of cavalry is at least twice or even three times that of conventional infantry.

In addition, the vest cannot use a simple armor structure, and copper rings must be used to lock the overlapping scales... This makes the price of the vest even more expensive.

Fortunately, it can be said that Lujiang is short of everything now, except for the output of steel.

With the continuous production of the three iron-smelting blast furnaces day and night, the master blacksmiths in the Huainan Industrial Zone could barely withstand Zhang Yan's toss.

It can be said that if all the [-] cavalry in Lujiang were equipped with armored armor that could not be equipped by later generations until the end of the Song Dynasty, then this troop would become like a complete body, and even after a period of fighting, it would not Inferior to those all kinds of cavalry in Saibei.

As for the second of these two new pieces of equipment, the armor recorded as the "Guangyao" armor in historical materials is even more interesting.

The so-called light armor or light armor is actually a composite product between "Mingguang Armor" and "Shanwen Armor".

Guangyao armor generally uses large "iron pieces" like Mingguang armor or even "bronze mirrors" on the torso and other places that do not require much movement, while special mountain patterns are used on sleeve joints, shoulders and other places that require a lot of movement. Supplementary chain armor was prepared.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, both Mingguangjia and Shanwenjia were generals of noble origin, or special armors that could only be used by high-ranking generals who were conferred by the emperor.

It's like those knights in Western Europe, trying to protect themselves, for fear that they will die on the ever-changing battlefield.

As for things like "light armor", although there is a gap compared with Mingguang armor, the overall protection ability can still be said to be second to none.

What is especially important is that this is also the only general armor that can be equipped by ordinary soldiers.

Chain armor has weak protection but is easy to repair, and plate armor has strong protection but is easy to damage... The light armor that combines these two advantages is also considered to be the best in large-scale use among armors.

The task Zhang Yan assigned to those craftsmen who had nothing to do was to let them produce a large amount of light armor without distraction.

If conditions permit, he not only wants to form the first equipped cavalry of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but also hopes to form a phalanx of equipped infantry for fun.

PS: Thanks to the boss for more than 100 blades, add more!

It's too late today, didn't notice before.Tomorrow, one 3000 and one 4000 should be updated. Specifically, it depends on the results.

Oh, and, this bounty ends at the end of the month.At the beginning of next month, the author has something to deal with. It is estimated that 4000 will be fished for two days, so no reward will be offered.

Chapter 29 Early Industrialization and Special Zones

First, he ordered to change the output of several blacksmith shops... oh, now it should be said that the output of the "army factory" was all modified into vests and light armors, which are relatively expensive to produce, and then Zhang Yan and the officials in charge of construction in Huainan, And Wei Xian and others walked around the entire industrial area, and finally divided a piece of land with an area of ​​about several hundred mu from the entire industrial area.

This piece of land is close to the river bank as a whole, and it is very convenient to get water and water. Moreover, the terrain is flat, and the difficulty of road construction in the later stage is much lower than that of other places.

Draw a big circle on the map with a quill pen, and the "No. [-] Special Economic Zone" in the Huainan Industrial Zone was determined in this way.

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"Wei Xian, when I go back in a few days, I'm probably going to be busy with armaments for a while. These two nights, I've always felt restless, as if something big is about to happen."

"You take this map, and the drawings I gave you before. We still have the old rules. You don't have to worry about manpower, money, food, or various tools and materials. I will do my best to provide them to you."

"There is only one thing I want, and that is extreme efficiency and quality."

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"More than half of this year has passed, and the remaining tasks are basically only this and Lujiang Academy."

"You have seen the information about the academy. That thing is huge and troublesome. It can't be done simply by collecting people and money. The planning of this industrial zone is different."

"Directly use the highest standards to open roads in the mountains and build bridges in the water. All the roads in the entire industrial zone will be replaced with cement roads with foundations and good drainage. The supporting factory construction will also be fully entrusted to you."

"Everything about these things is not too difficult, but the amount of engineering is a bit huge. I believe that you have already dealt with the city-level water conservancy plan, and you must have no problem."

After thinking about a series of things and handing them over to Wei Xian, after three days of investigation in Huainan, Zhang Yan got into the carriage before leaving, and couldn't help but give him some instructions.

In the past few days, he has visited almost the whole of Huainan, and he has brought everyone to know the places where he, the prefect, needs to come forward.In the future, it is something that Wei Xian needs to lead people to actually implement.

Although it looks like a simple circle, this project is based on the famous industrial core area of ​​the German Empire, the "Ruhr Valley", and its internal design can be said to be very ingenious.

The biggest feature of the Ruhr Valley is the clustering and coreization of industries, and then by adjusting the industrial chain, all industries in the entire industry can work step by step, which greatly reduces time costs and management costs, and It greatly improves the transportation efficiency of industry.

To give the simplest example, in the Ruhr Valley, a large amount of iron ore may have just entered the valley, and the nearest factory is the smelter responsible for smelting, and after these ores are smelted into steel, they will be transshipped Go to various machinery manufacturing factories next to the smelter, where a large number of mechanical parts are produced.

Finally, after all the mechanical parts are produced, they will be transported from various places in the valley to the assembly plant, where they will be assembled into molded tools like steam engines, etc., and finally transported out from the other side of the valley.

It can be said that the Ruhr Industrial Zone itself is an industrial division that applies the concept of production logistics and assembly line to the extreme.

As for the traditional industrial system used 2000 years ago, although the production scale is completely incomparable with later generations, at least its essence, Zhang Yan has learned a lot.

According to his plan, when the construction of this special zone is completed, all the artisan shops stationed in the industrial zone before, whether they are blacksmiths or something, will face the integration of the government group.

Among these shops, there are chain operators with backgrounds from various aristocratic families. Zhang Yan will teach the aristocratic families behind them a set of management methods, and then let the aristocratic families directly come forward to integrate craftsmen to establish factories.

As for those "self-employed", Zhang Yan intends to carry out mergers and acquisitions directly funded by the government to integrate all idle resources.

The factories integrated by these existing craftsmen will be the first batch of factories in Huainan Industrial Zone, and they will be settled in the special economic zone to enjoy the most convenient logistics cost and production planning.

As for the rest of the hundreds of acres of land, Zhang Yan was not idle either.

The current Lujiang military industry is actually second to none in China, but in other places, there is still a big gap between Lujiang and the prosperous areas of the Central Plains.

Zhang Yan still remembers clearly the difficulties faced by a once powerful alliance of workers and peasants.Now that he has the opportunity to practice it, he will naturally not go down that old path that doesn't work.

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Whether it was the experience of the final disintegration of the former Soviet Union or the rise of the People's Republic of China later, it told him that when developing a country, light industry, which represents the most basic quality of life of the people, is very important.

Perhaps the development of heavy industry, especially the military industry, can enable a country and a nation to have weapons to protect itself, but the development of light industry can bring them unimaginable huge benefits and stimulate the economy through trade and other methods at the fastest speed.

Wait until the country, the government, and even the people have money in their hands, and then go to heavy industry, which is a matter of getting twice the result with half the effort.

It was precisely because of this consideration that Zhang Yan finally decided to allocate all the remaining vacant parts of the industrial zone to various light civilian factories.

Things like textile factories, flour mills and even poultry slaughterhouses that are common in later generations all seemed so strange and weird to the Han people more than 2000 years ago.

But we have to admit that eating wheat flour can greatly improve the efficiency of nutrient absorption, and textile factories can stabilize the market price of cloth and other daily clothing after mass production and control of the market.

As for the slaughterhouse, through the most centralized slaughtering, it is possible to create its own commercial value from once completely useless garbage such as poultry offal waste, chicken and duck down and down.

It is true that doing so will definitely make some small traders in Lujiang who make a living on this job unemployed.

Especially self-employed people like Zhang Fei, the former butcher, will be squeezed out by the advantages of centralized industry and can hardly survive.

But it has to be admitted that after the industrialization is concentrated, these factories will also provide many new jobs for Lujiang.

For example, those craftsmen who can't keep working at home can go to Huainan to find a factory to work. This can be regarded as the way Zhang Yan left for them.

In addition to these simple video factories, Zhang Yan also planned breweries, meat factories and other factories that can significantly improve the quality of life of residents.

When Wei Xian completes the construction of the factories, these light industries, especially the food industry, can be started in a big way.

Even in terms of metal products, Zhang Yan has found many places where he can make great progress and make further progress.

As we all know, after the great leap in mineral mining and smelting at the same time, Lujiang's steel production has become almost inexhaustible.

Before that, the shops that consumed the most steel were those specialized in manufacturing military equipment, but now that they have switched to making high-precision armor such as light armor and vests, the amount of steel consumption has gradually decreased.

According to the theory of economic relativity, it can be known that any hoarding of raw materials in the hands is equivalent to no effect at all, and if there is no profit, it is a loss.

Looking at the more and more steel accumulated in his hands, Zhang Yan naturally didn't want to keep losing money like this.

Under his strong advocacy, Lujiang not only realized the ironization of all staff from pots and pans to kitchen knives, hoes, etc. Zhang Yan even designed a new open-top metal trolley based on the existing carriage.

Unlike the original wooden carriages, metal vehicles not only have a longer service life, are smaller in size, and can carry more goods.

In the original era, wooden carriages might be able to meet the needs of the common people, but now Lujiang is changing with each passing day, like fully loaded metal armor weapons, or those vehicles that transport ore and coal, the speed of damage is almost as fast as the speed of replenishment It's even.

Replacing all these carriages with new toys with metal structures can not only greatly improve the transportation efficiency of Lujiang River, but also reduce the cost of using and maintaining these tools for the common people.

As for why you didn't use it before you said such a good thing...

Isn't that poor?

Before Zhang Yan built the blast furnace, in the four to five thousand years of industrial development in China, no one had the luxury to use steel to produce vehicles.

Not to mention vehicles, even iron farm implements began to appear on a large scale only after Dahan's steel production increased in the past two years.

Before Zhang Yan became the prefect of Lujiang, most of the farmers here still used simple wooden farm tools.

After a series of reforms, he believes that it won't be long before the living standards of the people in Lujiang will improve again.

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"All in all, that's it."

"Wei Xian, take care of the process yourself. You can put the two factories that produce farm tools back first. Qu Yuanli and Tali can't be taken out in three or two days. It will take Ma Jun to work hard for a while. , you can deal with it after he finishes it."

"Winter is coming soon, let's talk about laying the factory buildings related to people's livelihood now."

Waving his hand in Wei Xian's direction, Zhang Yan left him and the construction workers in Huainan, and drove back by car first.

For some reason, after he made the decision to conduct a military parade two days ago, he always felt a little restless, and even dreamed frequently in the second half of the night.

To be honest, since he came to Lujiang and had a certain amount of strength to protect himself, this feeling rarely appeared again.Like the occasional dream, they are all everyday scenes, and there are very few absurd things.

Now that this situation is encountered again, Zhang Yan always feels that he needs to make some preparations.

This also made him pay more attention to the military exercise in Lujiang soon after than he had imagined.

PS: Don't worry, there will be another chapter in a while

Chapter 30 Sun Jian and his son

"This is your identity certificate. When we do business here in Jiangdong, whether it's business or accommodation, this is indispensable. Marquis Wu Cheng, please keep it."

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"And yours, young master, and you too."

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A few days later, near a city gate of Lujiang Wancheng, a dark carriage was slowly driving along the spacious street.

There are four horses driving side by side in this carriage. The horses are majestic and tall, and the carriage is inlaid with gold and jade.

Of course, if such a car appeared in Lujiang, it would naturally attract the attention of the guards.

Just now, before the car reached Wancheng, a special guard rode over to confirm the identities of the people in the car, and then rushed back to the city gate to register.