Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 436 The Gap
Hearing Ma Jun's words, Liu Ye felt a chill in his heart...

The smelting skills are far inferior. The same plate armor is [-]% weaker, which is not unacceptable!

In order to improve Wei's technology and suppress the development of Chu, it is worth paying some price.

However, with all the efforts of craftsmen, only a few dozen pairs can be produced each year?
This number completely dispelled Liu Ye's thoughts.

The Craftsman Camp of the Wei State was equivalent to the Ministry of Industry of the Chu State, plus some cooperative official workshops. It was responsible for developing new technologies and also had a large number of official craftsmen. The person in charge was the "Skilled Craftsman Military Advisor" Ma Jun.

It not only represents the most cutting-edge technology of Wei State, but also represents a large part of the productivity of Wei State's official workshop...

In other words, almost all the blacksmiths in the official workshops of the Wei State do nothing but make dozens of sets a year?

And how is it possible to do nothing else?

"This... when Xu County rescued Miss Xiahou, the Chu State dispatched hundreds of plate-armored heavy cavalry, and since the King of Chu was willing to trade, it was impossible for him to only have hundreds in his hands. Could it be that the Wei State really had ten times more... No, A hundred times more craftsmen than ours?" Liu Ye asked in disbelief.

It is impossible for Chu State to stop all other projects, summon all craftsmen, and devote them all to making plate armor, right?

If this is the case, how can it be easily traded?

"I suspect that some kind of mechanism technique should have been used when manufacturing the plate armor of Chu State." Ma Jun has a long face. Not only is he always stern, but he also speaks slowly.

"Mechanism technique?" Liu Ye said that he didn't understand. Isn't he a blacksmith?Why is it related to the mechanism technique again?

"These sets of plate armor are almost identical, and there are no traces of forging. It seems that the fine steel plates were hammered into shape at one time with great strength." Ma Jun expressed his speculation.

Ma Jun also guessed correctly. There are currently two batches of plate armor from the Chu State. One is using a stamping machine that still lacks a power source and relies on the generals stationed in Jinling to charge the energy in turn. Each component is stamped and formed at one time. , the second is to use water power to forge, save manpower and build slowly...

The former is obviously of higher quality, while the latter is just equivalent to using water power, which saves pure labor and requires experienced blacksmiths to finish the work. Moreover, it can accept steel that is stamped at one time. It has lower requirements for toughness and can have higher Strength of.

Not only can it be used to punch out concave shapes, but some buckle positions can also be used to punch a finger-long hole directly.

These fine holes are one of the important bases for Ma Jun to guess that Chu State used some kind of mechanism technique.

In contrast, the cost of hydraulic forging plate armor is still high, and the quality is low.

Bai Tu doesn't plan to build plate armor forged by water power in the future. Water power should be used to make swords, farm tools, or grinding and weaving cloth.

Jinling is a royal city, and the nearby defenders are not only large in number, but also have a high proportion of elites. Without affecting training, it is still very easy to rush out of Wei State's two-year production every day - provided that there are no other large-scale Qi machine supplies. capable projects.

"Having it hammered in one go? Doesn't it require a huge amount of force? How is that possible!" Liu Ye exclaimed.

Ma Jun turned to look at him, and after a few seconds of silence, he said: "The largest part of the upper body, the front armor, needs about two thousand jun to hammer it so neatly at one time."

Qianjun, when generally mentioned, is just a function word, referring to a very large power.

One jun weighs thirty kilograms. One kilogram made in Han Dynasty is roughly equivalent to half a kilogram in later generations, which is 7kg. Qianjun...that is, just over 7 tons.

Liu Ye also didn't expect that Ma Jun would correct him so solemnly and "accurately" when he made a false finger, and it was twice as high as the false finger?
If Bai Tu heard what Ma Jun said, he would have a higher opinion of him - the estimate is quite accurate. The largest stamping machine in Chu State can indeed press up to more than 6 kilograms, which is equivalent to more than ten tons in later generations.

The stamping machine itself cannot be mass-produced, especially the force-bearing part. Like the tungsten steel seal, Yu Ji and Pang Tong cooperated and refined it bit by bit using "drawing symbols".

What is the concept of a more than ten tons stamping machine?
An ordinary car body can be punched out with a fifty-ton stamping machine...

The largest part of the plate armor is much smaller and thinner than the car shell. It is just the "steel" mass-produced by the Chu State. Although it is as shameful as the steel produced by other princes, it is far less than that of later generations. The texture, yield strength and hardness of steel cannot have the best of both worlds, so such a large stamping machine is needed.

"How is it possible? Two thousand pounds? Even Lu Bu..." Liu Ye said and looked at Xia Houyuan.

Seeing this, Xia Houyuan also shook his head and said: "Although I have not reached the realm of a divine general, it is indeed mysterious, but even General Dian...at most, he can only have the power of a thousand miles when he explodes with all his strength."

Liu Ye:? ? ?
Really?
But Ma Jun's expression remained unchanged - he didn't know if he had a powerful force, but... it was useless if he had it. What's the use of a powerful burst of force?

Can it be used to break iron?Even if I could... what could I use as a hammer for you?
One or two generals are of little significance for mass production!

Ma Jun's conclusion was actually very appealing to Pang Tong. For example, did Chu's first stamping machine rely on God to charge its energy in the future?
Even if Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Sun Ce were all summoned to provide energy together, they would still be able to produce three or four sets of plate armor in one day.

The reason for the large output is that more than 1000 wood and stone warriors and more than [-] gold-plated warriors stationed near Jinling are charging the giant qi storage device.

As for not converting the true energy, but directly operating the stamping machine with brute force?

Stop it!Ten stamping machines are not enough for Sun Ce to dismantle in one day...

This is not a job that can only be done if you have enough strength.

Regardless of whether it is reasonable or not, Liu Ye at least believes in Ma Jun's estimate of the production capacity of the artisan camp-dozens of copies a year, it is impossible to count on it!
In other words, at first glance, the technical content of this is not high, and it is not even as heavy as the armor and the complicated craftsmanship of the plate armor. It will be the "specialty" of Chu State for a period of time.

And it's impossible for Bai Tu not to know this. It seems that if he wants to buy a large amount of plate armor in the future, he will definitely be slaughtered.

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At the same time, although other envoys did not know that Xia Houyuan actually came to Chu in person, they also knew that as a gift for the marriage, Wei was the first to get the first batch of plate armor samples!

Jian Yong, Liu Yi and others also hoped to see samples of plate armor here in Wei State in the name of visiting.

Regarding Jian Yong, Liu Yi and others' request to see samples, Liu Ye also pretended to be generous and agreed, but he didn't know whether Bai Tu would be sold to them.

Liu Ye was a little regretful. The envoys from all the major princes were basically there. If there were only one or two, he could discuss it privately and join forces to lower the price...

But now the Liaodong camp, represented by Liu Yi, even has a certain competitive relationship with Wei - they all want to be the first to eat the last remnants of the Yuan family.

Therefore, there is no such thing as joining forces to lower the price, and the price Bai Tu gives Wei Guo must be the lowest now, and Liu Ye doesn't want to be annoying in vain.

(End of this chapter)