Doing what he says, Zhu Pingan never likes to procrastinate, after making up his mind, he called Liu Dazhou, handed him a hundred taels of silver, and explained: “Dazhou, you take your battalion of people, go to the nearby villages and towns in the next two days to collect cotton, as much as you can, I’ll have a big use for it.”
Liu Dazhou’s body is strong and sturdy, and the wounds he suffered from fighting the Japanese invaders in Shangyu have now healed well.
He is a hunter origin, through the mountains and mountains drilling forests, chasing deer and hunting pigs, is a wind a kind of man, yearning for freedom. Long time closed military camp life, endured very hard, heard Zhu Pingan commanded him to go out public thousand, immediately happy back teeth groove are exposed.
“My lord, what are we buying so much cotton for?Although it’s cold and tight right now, our battalion has one quilt per hand, and there’s no shortage of quilts.”Before Liu Dazhou left, he scratched his head and asked suspiciously.
“Ever heard of cotton armour?I’m going to make cotton armour, so when the time comes, the zhejiang soldiers will have a pair for each hand.”Zhu Pingan briefly explained.
“Gongzi, no, cotton can still make armour?!”Liu Dazhou heard the words, immediately opened his mouth wide in surprise, simply could not believe his own ears, as if he had heard that old sow will get on the tree, how to search how to feel unreliable.
Cotton can keep out the cold, this is unquestionable, but to say that with cotton to do armour, that is not a joke. Cotton is fluffy and soft, with a hand can be pressed into a large piece, which can do the armour stomach ah.
“Of course it can be done, about six or seven pounds of cotton can be used to make a pair of cotton armour.”Zhu Pingan’s mind recalled the cotton armour making methods he had seen in modern books, nodded seriously and said in a serious manner.
Six or seven jin of cotton to make a pair of cotton armour?!!!
“Erm, Gongzi, six or seven jin of cotton seems to be almost enough to make a single quilt.”
Liu Dazhou muttered, his mind could not help but conjure up a picture: two armies facing each other, the generals of the Zhejiang army everyone wrapped in a thick quilt to go into battle to kill the enemy, and the enemy on the other side all looked blinded and laughed like crazy …..
That picture is too beautiful to imagine ……Liu Dazhou couldn’t help but subconsciously shake his head and was about to cover his face.
When Zhu Pingan saw Liu Dazhou’s appearance he knew that he had specified that he had imagined the cotton armour to be a thick quilt, and could not help but laugh bitterly, “Cotton armour is not a quilt, it is still the style of armour, so when you buy back the cotton you will know. In addition, when we were defending the city against Japanese invaders in Jingnan, not in the treasury turned out a batch of cloth chest armour, cotton armour is the upgraded and strengthened version of the cloth chest armour.”
“Oh, it’s that kind of cloth chest armour ah, Gongzi, that kind of cloth chest armour is just a look-alike, it’s useless, it’s not as good as iron armour defence, that’s why it was piled up in the storehouse and left to fall into dust. If you ask me, sir, making this kind of cotton armour is better than using money to beat up a few pairs of iron armour.”
After being reminded by Zhu Pingan, Liu Dazhou instantly remembered and could not help but shake his head, admonishing Zhu Pingan.
“Hehe, Big Dagger, the cotton armour I’m going to make is not the same as the cloth breastplate. I once saw the method of making this cotton armour in an ancient book, after the cotton armour is made, it will not be heavy when it sees rain, it will not rot when it is mouldy and black, the bird cannons can’t injure it, and it’s defences against swords and arrows are no better than the iron armour. By the time the cotton armour is made, you will know. Don’t worry, I have a number in mind, just go ahead and bring people to collect the cotton.”
Zhu Pingan smiled slightly and said with a confident face.
Cotton armour made, can see the rain is not heavy, mouldy black not rotten, bird cannons can not hurt, and the defence against swords and arrows than iron armour is not too much?
Although Liu Dazhou was sceptical, he still believed in his son and nodded his head vigorously, “Yes, sir” and left.
After Liu Dazhu left, Zhu Pingan sent people to the nearby towns to invite blacksmiths to the barracks, as many as they could.
Cotton armour is divided into cotton armour and cotton iron composite armour two kinds of cotton armour, cotton armour as the name suggests is purely made of cotton, cotton armour protection is slightly insufficient; cotton iron composite armour, is divided into bright armour and dark armour two kinds of dark armour or bubble nail in the inner layer of cotton embellished with iron, or in the inner layer of cotton between the clip locks son of the armour or locks son of the iron mesh to increase the protective performance, bright armour is the bottom of the cotton gallbladder, will be the iron in the form of tie nail embellished in the cotton gallbladder, dark armour and bright armour strong protection, whether it is the cotton armour and the cotton armour.The dark armour and the bright armour are strong in protection, both against firearms and cold weapons.
The cotton armour that Zhu Ping An is going to make is the cotton and iron composite armour, exactly the dark armour, using the mature cotton armour making process of the Manchurian Qing Dynasty.
To make this kind of cotton armour, apart from cotton, it also needs a lot of iron lining.
Therefore, the need for blacksmiths to help.
There were no blacksmiths in the Zhejian army barracks, so Zhu Pingan sent someone to invite blacksmiths over, wanting to ask for their help in creating a large amount of iron sheets.
Previously, a large number of ragged armour ken had been pulled from places like the Linhuai Hou naval camp, and they could finally be put to use. Ask the blacksmith to melt and beat these tattered armour into a piece of iron, and then drill a hole in the iron, so that it can be set in the inner layer of the cotton armour at a later stage, and then fix it with copper nails on the outside…….
After about a tea time, the person who sent to invite the blacksmith has not returned, the guards at the Regulus Gate came to report that the Ministry of War outside the camp came, saying that there are important things to inform.
“Quickly, please.”Zhu Pingan asked the people from the Ministry of War to be invited in.
At the same time, Zhu Pingan himself walked towards the outside of the camp, and soon received the person from the Ministry of War halfway through the journey, led by the guards.
“Your honour is Lord Niu, the head of the Carriage Department?”Zhu Pingan smiled and arched his hand, recognising the visitor.
“My humble servant Niu&Trends pays his respects to Lord Zhu, I didn’t expect that after just a one-sided encounter, Lord Zhu would still be able to remember my servant’s name, it’s truly a blessing of three lifetimes. Labour Zhu Taotai welcome from afar, my official shame ……”With a face salty with honour, Lord Niu stepped forward to greet him.
“Lord Niu is overstated.”Zhu Pingan smiled and extended his hand to invite Master Niu to go to the marshal tent with him.
After entering the marital tent, Zhu Pingan carried a teapot and poured a cup of tea for Lord Niu and asked with a smile, “I wonder what Lord Niu’s advice is for coming all the way here.”
“I don’t dare to teach, my humble servant has been ordered by Minister Zhang to inform Lord Zhu that the Capital Angel will be arriving in Yingtian in a matter of days, so please go to Yingtian immediately after arranging for the battalion, and wait for the angel’s arrival at any time.”
Master Niu reported back.
“The angel is coming, I wonder what the matter is?”Zhu Pingan inquired.
“It is about the rewards and punishments for the Japanese invaders of Shangyu, as for the specific rewards and punishments, my humble servant does not know. Only the arrival of the angel will reveal it.”Master Niu replied back, pausing briefly before further saying, “In addition to Lord Zhu, all local officials who are in the path of the Japanese pirates of Shangyu’s roving crimes, as well as the generals of the guards and barracks who have the responsibility of securing the territory and destroying the Japanese pirates and the officials responsible for it, are to go to Yingtian to wait for the angel.”
“I see, thank you Lord Niu for telling me.”Zhu Pingan arched his hand and thanked him.
“Lord Zhu is polite. I still have to go below to pass on the information, so I will take my leave now. After Lord Zhu arranges for the battalion, then head to the Yingtian Ministry of War office to report.”Master Niu took a sip of tea and bid farewell to Zhu Pingan.
“Alright, since Master Niu still has official duties, I won’t keep him.”Zhu Pingan nodded and sent Master Niu out of the camp
