Nanming Engineer

Chapter 90 Messenger

"Ah?" Ma Chongming didn't react for a while, thinking that Wang Huan didn't understand what he said, and repeated: "The rattan armor is afraid of fire, it catches at a little..."

"You said that." Wang Huan interrupted him, "I'm asking you, do you still have this kind of rattan armor in your warehouse?"

"Yes, there are, but not many." Ma Chongming said with a grin, "And it has been released for many years, and no one has cared about it. I don't know what it has become."

"It doesn't matter. The rattan armor is soaked in tung oil. The longer it is left, the stronger it will be." Wang Huan became excited, his eyes sparkled, and asked: "How many?"

"This, I'm going to check it out." Ma Chongming was a little unwilling to give up, and reminded again: "The rattan armor can't be sold."

Wang Huan didn't pay attention to what he said, and pulled him to run all the way and jumped on the horse. For the past ten days, he practiced horse riding every day, just to stop riding with Ma Wannian as soon as possible. Strong, he always feels as embarrassed as a koala when he sticks to the back.For this reason, I don’t know how many somersaults I fell, but fortunately, Chuanma is not tall, and is good at endurance, so I didn’t get hurt when I fell down on the ground, and finally I was able to barely ride.

The two of them took some guards and galloped to Ma Chongming's cottage in Tubaozhai. His warehouse was just behind the huge house. A double wooden door eight feet wide was firmly locked.

Ma Chongming called the gatekeeper and opened the door. As soon as they stepped in, they could smell an unpleasant musty smell, which almost made Wang Huan stumble.

Ma Chongming said with a sneer: "The warehouse hasn't been cleaned for a long time, and the smell is a bit unpleasant, so just let it go."

He led Wang Huan, turned around among the sundries that were piled up in the warehouse, and walked to the deepest part of the warehouse, then pointed to a pile of dark things and said, "That's all."

Wang Huan stepped forward, took a closer look, and found that pieces of rattan armor, large and small, were piled up layer by layer, from the ground to the bottom of the beam, and a heavy tung oil smell rushed straight into his nostrils. The musty smell in the barn was reduced a lot, Wang Huan took out a piece casually, put it in his hand and looked at it carefully.

This is a piece of rattan armor one foot long and half a foot wide. The surface of the shiny rattan has no traces of depreciation caused by years of time. It looks as if it has just been dried in the sun, and it is black with cyan in it. Judging by the size, it should be a piece of shoulder armor.The rattan armor is strong, and Wang Huan pulled it with his hands, as if pulling a piece of iron. The dense rattans are next to each other, and the weave is very dense.

On the back of the armor piece, there is a soft rattan for binding. When in use, it is directly tied to the shoulder. It is a bit similar to the western plate armor. Wang Huan took out a larger armor piece, which is also shiny. This piece is another piece of chest armor. First.

"A set of rattan armor consists of breastplate, back armor, left and right shoulder armor, skirt armor and guards. It is divided into six pieces. When in use, it can be tied to the body with soft rattan. The operation is simple, and one person can wear the armor by himself." Ma Chongming covered his nose and explained that he was not used to the musty smell in the warehouse, and he rarely came to this warehouse a few times a year. If Wang Huan hadn't wanted to come in, he wouldn't have come.

Wang Huan looked at the pile of rattan armor that reached the roof beams with great interest, and estimated: "Looking at the posture, there are probably thousands of sets here, right?"

He turned to Ma Chongming: "I want it! Is Matou willing to sell it to me?"

Ma Chongming was a little surprised, and even let go of the hand covering his nose, and said in surprise: "Master Wang wants these rags? Then how can I ask for money, just give it to you. However, if the lord is going to sell it to others, I want to take [-]% of the profit."

The last sentence exposed his traitorous traits, Wang Huan smiled lightly and said, "No, how can such a treasure be sold to others?"

As he spoke, he walked along the pile of rattan armor. When he reached the end, he saw a pile of wooden boxes in front of him. He couldn't help asking curiously, "What's inside?"

Hearing that he was not going to do business, Ma Chongming was a little disappointed, covered his nose again, took a look and replied in a low voice: "There are also worthless things inside, I will show you."

He opened the copper buckle on a wooden box, opened the box lid, and suddenly a cloud of dust rose up and rushed straight to the noses of the two people standing nearby. Even Wang Huan couldn't help covering his mouth and nose until the dust settled. Only then did Ma Chongming take out a crossbow that was as long as an adult's arm, pinched his nose and said, "This is a mountain-destroying crossbow. According to legend, it was improved to Zhuge Wuhou's Liannu. It’s not very powerful, it’s a waste of bows and arrows, it’s far worse than a horn bow, and no one wants it.”

Wang Huan's eyes suddenly narrowed to a slit, emitting an indescribable light as if seeing a stunningly beautiful girl.

At noon, Wang Huan and Ma Chongming came out of the warehouse in disgrace. The dust in the warehouse almost dyed the two people who rummaged through boxes into terracotta warriors. Jumping, almost cheering.Ma Chongming, who was following behind, looked baffled. The whole morning, Lord Wealth King spent the entire morning in the dilapidated warehouse without even taking a sip of water. He counted all the rattan armor and mountain crossbow in one go, and He made the book and strictly ordered him to keep it safe. He will send someone to pull it out tomorrow and take it all away.It made Ma Chongming very strange. No one wanted the rattan armor for a long time. The destroying mountain crossbow was imitated from Zhuge Liannu. It was very famous, but it was a high-tech in the Three Kingdoms era hundreds of years ago. Now, in the Ming Dynasty Firearms such as the three-eye system, bird system, and swarm of bees in the army can kill it in seconds at any time, and no one will buy it. What is the use of using it?These things in my warehouse have not been touched for ten years, so they are thrown in the warehouse as rags.He thought and thought, but couldn't figure it out.

Forget it, I'm too lazy to think about it, just treat it as a favor and give it to Wang Huan.

But he didn't know that Wang Huan was also helpless. If he had armored firearms, Wang Huan would not use these cold weapons. The question is where to find iron armored firearms?Shizhu does not produce iron, and when they go to other places to buy it, the people they send out come back empty-handed. There are warlords everywhere, and warlords, big and small, are desperately expanding their army. Even kitchen knives are hard to buy, so where can they go to buy armaments?In Qin Liangyu's warehouse, there are no more than a hundred sets of iron armor and two to three thousand sets of leather armor, but she is also training soldiers, and there is not enough for her own use, so how can she support Wang Huan.

So these thousands of sets of rattan armor and hundreds of Zhuge crossbows responded to Wang Huan's urgency. White soldiers with spears are unparalleled, but they are infantry and have poor maneuverability. The cavalry cavalry or the army with long-distance transport means can only form a formation and be beaten. Therefore, rattan armor for self-defense and continuous crossbow output can barely be regarded as a modern army with far and near.

"The initial simple solution has been found. Before you have iron armor and firearms, let's rely on them for emergencies." Wang Huan said to himself, the helplessness in his heart was only understood by himself.

The next day, Wang Huan sent Xu Goudan to lead a group of refugees from the Longevity Valley to Ma Chongming's village. He pushed a rooster bus and started moving like ants. He urgently built a Armory, after your own soldiers and horses have formed an army, start to arm them.

Day by day, Ma Chongming was sent out by Wang Huan to buy grain again. The fields in the valley have not yet been built, and the sowing and harvest will have to wait for the next year. This year, the rations of more than 2 people have to be purchased. That's it.

It’s just that Ma Chongming was obviously heartbroken. Seeing the refugees eating rice and steamed buns and receiving wages and salaries, he looked uncomfortable, as gloomy as his dead father. Fortunately, he was chased away by Wang Huan not long after he stayed. When he went out to buy food, without his nagging, Wang Huan's ears became much cleaner.

On the morning of the ninth day of July, the wind was clear and the sun was bright. Wang Huan was moving stones on the slightly formed wall of Longevity City in the valley when he suddenly heard someone shouting from outside the wall: "My lord, my lord, there is an envoy from Chongqing outside the valley." !"

(End of this chapter)