Chapter 1569 The angel is coming

Just do what you say, Zhu Pingan never likes to procrastinate in doing things. After making up his mind, he called Liu Dadao, handed him a hundred taels of silver, and confessed: "Dadao, you take the people in your battalion. Go to the nearby villages and towns to harvest cotton, the more the better, it will be of great use to me.

Liu Dadao's body is strong and strong, and the wounds he suffered during the extermination of the Japanese pirates in Shangyu are already healed.

He was born as a hunter. He traveled through mountains and forests, chased deer and pigs. He was a handsome man who yearned for freedom. Living in the closed military camp for a long time was unbearable. Hearing that Zhu Ping'an ordered him to go out for business, he was so happy that his back teeth were exposed.

"Master, what are we buying so much cotton for? Although it's very cold now, our camp has a quilt for everyone, and there is no shortage of quilts." Before leaving, Liu Dadao scratched his head and asked suspiciously.

"Have you heard of cotton armor? I want to make cotton armor, and the Zhejiang army will have a pair." Zhu Pingan simply explained.

"Master, isn't it? Cotton can also be used as armor?!" Liu Dadao opened his mouth in surprise when he heard the words, he couldn't believe his ears, as if he had heard that an old sow could climb a tree. Reliable.

Cotton can keep out the cold, there is no doubt about it, but if you want to use cotton for armor breeding, it is not a joke. The cotton is fluffy and fluffy, and a large piece can be dented when you press it with your hand. How can it be a stomach.

"Of course it can be done. About six or seven catties of cotton can be used to make a pair of cotton armor." Zhu Pingan recalled the production method of cotton armor seen in modern books in his mind, nodded seriously, and said solemnly.

Six to seven catties of cotton to make a pair of cotton armor?!

"Uh, son, six or seven catties of cotton, it seems that it can almost make a single quilt."

Muttered Liu Dadao, a picture could not help appearing in his mind: the two armies confronted each other, and the soldiers of the Zhejiang army were all wrapped in a thick quilt to fight the enemy.

The picture is too beautiful to imagine. Liu Dadao couldn't help shaking his head subconsciously, and was about to cover his face.

Seeing Liu Dadao's appearance, Zhu Pingan knew that he designated the cotton armor as a thick quilt, and couldn't help but smiled wryly, "The cotton armor is not a quilt, but an armor. You will know when you buy the cotton. In addition, at the beginning When we defended the city against Japanese pirates in Jingnan, didn't we dig out a batch of cloth-faced breastplates in the warehouse, and the cotton armor is an upgraded version of the cloth-faced breastplates.

"Oh, it's that kind of cloth-faced breastplate, my lord. That kind of cloth-faced cuirass is just a fake. It's useless. It's not as good as iron armor for defense. That's why it's piled up in the warehouse to collect dust. Let me tell you, my lord. This kind of cotton armor is worse than buying a few pairs of iron armor with money."

After being reminded by Zhu Pingan, Liu Dadao suddenly remembered, shook his head, and advised Zhu Pingan.

"Hehe, Da Dao, the cotton armor I want to make is different from the cloth breastplate. I once saw the method of making this kind of cotton armor in an ancient book. After the cotton armor is made, it is not heavy when it rains, and the mold is black. It's not rotten, and the gun can't be hurt, and its defense against knives and arrows is much better than iron armor. You will know when the cotton armor is made. Don't worry, I know it well, just take someone to collect cotton. "

Zhu Pingan smiled slightly, and said confidently.

Made of cotton armor, it can be seen that the rain is not heavy, the mold is not rotten, the bird can not be hurt, and the defense against knives and arrows is much better than iron armor? !

Although Liu Dadao had doubts in his heart, he still believed in the young master, nodded vigorously, and left "as ordered".

After Liu Dadao left, Zhu Pingan sent people to a nearby town to invite blacksmiths to the barracks, as many as they could.

Cotton armor is divided into two types: pure cotton armor and cotton-iron composite armor. Pure cotton armor is purely made of cotton as the name suggests, and the protection of pure cotton armor is slightly insufficient; cotton-iron composite armor is divided into two types: light armor and dark armor. In the dark armor, foam nails are used to embroider iron sheets on the inner layer of cotton, or chain mail or chain iron nets are sandwiched between the inner layers of cotton to increase protection. The form of the armor is attached to the cotton gall, and the dark armor and the light armor have strong protection, and both have good protection performance against firearms and cold weapons.

The cotton armor that Zhu Ping'an is going to make is the cotton-iron composite armor, to be precise, the dark armor, which adopts the mature cotton armor production process of the Qing Dynasty.

To make this kind of cotton armor, in addition to cotton, you also need a lot of iron lining.

Therefore, the blacksmith is needed to help.

There were no blacksmiths in the Zhe Army barracks, so Zhu Ping'an sent someone to invite blacksmiths over, hoping to ask them to help make a large number of iron pieces.

Before, a large number of tattered armors were pulled from the Linhuaihou water army camp and other places, and they were finally ready to be used. Ask the blacksmith to smelt these tattered armors into pieces of iron, and then drill a hole in the iron sheet so that the iron sheet can be embedded in the inner layer of the cotton armor later, and the outside is fixed with copper nails

It was about time for tea, and before the person sent to invite the blacksmith came back, the guards at the gate came to report that someone from the military department outside the camp came to inform him of something important.

"Please come quickly." Zhu Pingan asked people from the Ministry of War to come in.

At the same time, Zhu Pingan himself also walked out of the camp, and soon, halfway received the soldiers from the Ministry of War led by the guards.

"Your Majesty, is Master Niu, the head of the car driving department?" Zhu Pingan smiled and cupped his hands, recognizing the person coming.

"Xiaguan Niu Xing met Mr. Zhu. I didn't expect that it was just a one-sided relationship. Mr. Zhu can still remember the name of the lower official. It's really lucky for three lives. Mr. Zhu is welcome from afar, and the lower official is ashamed." See you before.

"Master Niu is serious." Zhu Ping'an smiled, and stretched out his hand to invite Master Niu to go to the handsome tent together.

After entering the tent, Zhu Pingan poured a cup of tea for Mr. Niu with a teapot, and asked with a smile, "I don't know if Mr. Niu has come so far this time, what advice do you have?"

"Don't dare to give advice, I'm here under Zhang Shangshu's order to inform Lord Zhu that the angel of the capital will arrive in Yingtian in a few days, please arrange the camp and go to Yingtian immediately after the matter is arranged, and wait for the angel to visit at any time."

Master Niu reported back.

"The angel came, I don't know what's the matter?" Zhu Ping'an asked.

"It's about the rewards and punishments of the Japanese pirates in Shangyu. As for the specific rewards and punishments, I don't know the details. Only when the angel arrives can we find out." Mr. Niu replied, paused for a moment, and continued, "Except Lord Zhu, all the Japanese pirates in Shangyu The local officials who fled to commit crimes, as well as the generals of the guards and barracks who are responsible for protecting the country and the people and destroying the Japanese, as well as relevant responsible officials, must go to Yingtian to wait for the angel."

"I see, thank you, Mr. Niu, for telling me." Zhu Pingan cupped his hands in thanks.

"Your Majesty Zhu is polite. I have to report to the lower officials, so I am leaving. After Master Zhu arranges the affairs in the camp, I will go to the yamen of Yingtian Military Department to report." Master Niu took a sip of tea and bid farewell to Zhu Ping'an .

"Okay, since Mr. Niu still has official duties, I won't keep him." Zhu Pingan nodded and sent Mr. Niu out of the camp.

(end of this chapter)