The rise of the poor

Chapter 1569 Angels are 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 100 taels of silver, and confessed: "Dadao, you take the people in your camp. The more cotton harvested in nearby villages and towns, the better, and it will be of great use to me.”

Liu Dadao's body is strong, and the wounds he suffered from exterminating the Japanese pirates in Shangyu are now healed.

He was born as a hunter, traveled through mountains and forests, chased deer and pigs, he was a man of style, yearning 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.

"Young 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.

There is no doubt that cotton can keep out the cold, but if it is said that cotton is used 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 or seven catties of cotton to make a pair of cotton armor?!
"Uh, son, six or seven catties of cotton seems to be enough to make a single quilt."

Liu Dadao muttered, and a scene couldn't help but pop up 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.
That picture is too beautiful to imagine. Liu Dadao couldn't help but subconsciously shook his head, 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 Liu Dadao was reminded by Zhu Pingan, he 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 was suspicious in his heart, he still believed in the young master, nodded vigorously, and left "as ordered".

After Liu Dadao left, Zhu Ping'an 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 Pingan is going to make is cotton-iron composite armor, to be precise, dark armor, which adopts the mature cotton armor production process of Manchu Qing Dynasty.

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

Therefore, blacksmiths are 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.

Previously, a large number of tattered armors were pulled from the Linhuaihou Navy 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
After about tea time, 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 ordered people from the Ministry of War to be invited in.

At the same time, Zhu Pingan himself also walked out of the camp, and soon, he received the guards from the Ministry of War on the way.

"Your Majesty, is Master Niu, the head of the driver's department?" Zhu Pingan smiled and cupped his hands, recognizing the person who came.

"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 Pingan smiled, and stretched out his hand to ask Mr. Niu to go to the handsome tent together.

After entering the handsome 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 me advice, I'm here to inform Lord Zhu that the angel from the capital will arrive at Yingtian in a few days according to Zhang Shangshu's order. Please arrange for the camp to go to Yingtian as soon as possible, and wait for the angel to arrive 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."

"So that's the case, thank you, Master 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)