Lord of Rot

Chapter 128 The first set of armor is ready

In the simple red-brick-walled factory, hydraulic forging hammers hammer away all the time.

A young man whose cheeks were burnt red by the flames used iron clamps to rummage through the fire to find a red-hot iron ingot. After picking up the iron ingot, he exerted force with both hands. The veins on his arms popped out and he held back a breath. He sighed and trotted all the way back to his work station.

The red iron block was clamped and placed on the forging table.

Bang!

The hydraulic forging hammer was raised and then brought down.

After testing, the big hammer that can make the iron ball out of the dent in an instant was smashed on the red-hot iron ingot, splashing out a sea of ​​sparks. The young man seemed to have fallen into the flaming red lake water in an instant, but it took only a blink of an eye. , the sparks went out and disappeared, leaving only some red spots on his skin.

Bang!

The second time came again.

The young man was not afraid of being burned. He let the sparks hit him like raindrops and just stared at the forging platform with squinted eyes and gritted teeth.

A piece of red iron quickly deformed during the beating.

When the red light faded, the young man breathed a sigh of relief, returned to the stove with the iron piece under his arm, and buried the iron piece in it.

The blacksmith factory is initially in operation.

After eating in the early morning, the blacksmith workers would come here to hammer and tink all day long. Of course, when they couldn't bear it anymore, they would change shifts and go out to rest for a while, but most people would grit their teeth and persevere.

It is said to be a factory, but in fact it is just a small courtyard made of red bricks. The area is surrounded and a shed is built above the head. It will be built again in the future. Naturally, everything is kept simple for now.

There is water here. If you feel hot, you can go in and take a dip to cool down and avoid heatstroke.

The blacksmith apprentice workers in the factory are extremely satisfied with this hard but well-paid job.

Think about it, before this, I was also working as a coolie, and I could only earn five or six bronze stars a day at most. The work was not any easier than this.

Going a step further, when Li Qi's father Lild was a baron, there were no jobs for ordinary civilians at all. People were often hungry. When the harvest was good, they could eat half full, and when the harvest was bad, they could only eat grass. .

A silver moon does not require them to build any armor, they only need to complete the job in their hands.

With quick hands and feet, you can complete your set of work in a few days and earn one silver month. Once you become proficient, it is not difficult to earn 3 or 4 silver months a month.

The factory's first set of armor was quickly completed thanks to the assembly line.

Among them, the mature blacksmiths have put in a lot of effort, because the apprentices have little experience working on the assembly line, and what they make are completely useless semi-finished products, which can only be modified by the blacksmiths. When you think that you only make so little money, you have to deal with these. The blacksmiths were in a bad mood because of the mess, but they thought that as long as they taught these idiots, they could just sit back and collect the money. They also felt that they could be patient and teach them some more.

Everyone only does one or two steps of work, so it is naturally much easier to learn, but you still need to accumulate experience.

After the first set of heavy armor on the assembly line was completed, Li Qi rushed over immediately, and he specially brought two knights who were training.

Little Joel is no longer taller, he is half a head taller than Li Qi, and his body is very strong.

When he learned that he was going to try on the armor, little Joel was so excited that he was so excited. He had long been envious of the shiny armors worn by the veterans. Unfortunately, he never had the chance to have a set of his own, so that he could make money for himself. I want to buy it, but I don’t know how long I will have to save up for it.

He took off his clothes and, with Carrot's help, quickly changed into his armor.

After wearing the entire suit of armor, little Joel happily moved it here and there.

"Not bad" Li Qi nodded.

Although it is not as exquisite and beautiful as the heavy armor of the soldiers before the Porcupine Collar, it is not much worse in terms of practicality. The main reason is that it does not have the fine carving and polishing of the craftsmen. It is a full set of metallic silver heavy armor with a nose protection package. A helmet with much higher defense than ordinary armor.

At this time, little Joel is completely a wrapped iron man.

"Luobo, take the sword and try it." Li Qi grabbed an unpolished sword and threw it to Luobo.

Carrot has a relatively thin body and focuses on flexible routes.

Little Joel patted his chest and grinned at his friend: "Come on!"

He won't stand there and take a beating, and if Carrot is caught by him, he won't punch him politely.

"Be careful," Carrot said to the doctor, and then he slashed at him with his sword. Little Joel subconsciously reached out to grab it, but missed it.

The bulky armor made it difficult for him to grab the carrot, but with a clang, the sword hit Little Joel, who was wearing heavy armor, and the sword bounced away.

The armor style of the porcupine collar: chain armor on the inside and iron plate armor on the outside. It is heavy but not lacking in flexibility.

This sword left a mark on the armor.

But hearing Little Joel cry out in pain, the blacksmiths looked at him nervously, and then heard Little Joel laughing: "It doesn't hurt at all."

"You are not allowed to drink beer during meals today." Li Qi said with a dark face.

"Ah?" Little Joel quickly took off his helmet: "Sir, I just wanted to make a joke."

High-intensity training every day, if he can't let him drink, it will definitely be more uncomfortable than killing him. Unfortunately, the lord ignored him. Little Joel made a grimace and promised from the bottom of his heart that he would never make random jokes again!

With the help of Carrot, Little Joel reluctantly took off the heavy armor.

Next, Li Qi will hire some peasant women with good skills to weave smocks for the armor, make soft armor, and soft top hats for wearing helmets. The expenditure for this part will not be too high.

Infantrymen are generally equipped with weapons such as shields, hammers, and flails. The shields are made of wooden boards and are edged with iron sheets. They can play some role in facing arrows and cavalry charges.

There is still a lot of work to be done in the follow-up, and the creation of a set of armor is obviously not something that can be done just by tapping the forehead.

The blacksmith factory is really up and running.

He also noticed just now that the armor did not fit completely, especially when he was taking off his clothes. He noticed that some places on Xiao Qiao's body were squeezed and red. Most soldiers' armor was not close-fitting. Because they are stuffed with underwear, leather armor, soft armor, etc., they are generally relatively wide. In this case, the wearer may be injured. It can only be said that there is something wrong with the shape of the armor.

Infantrymen generally do not wear full plate armor. Even the Porcupine Collar, which pays attention to heavy attack and heavy armor, is absolutely impossible to build a few iron cans that are difficult to walk. Only noble knights will wear a plate armor and gallop on war horses.

"You can ask carpenters to make a batch of wooden figures, and then make armor according to the wooden figures." Li Qi said to the blacksmiths: "Ask the carpenters to measure the approximate height and weight of the porcupine collar soldiers, and then divide them into several different models. , medium size, large size, extra large size, etc., as long as people with similar body shapes can wear them, and then we will produce them according to the figure of the wooden figure."

Li Qi should be the first person in the world to propose making clothing based on models.

In the continent of Lurea, no matter whether you are poor or rich, if you want a new set of clothes, you will definitely have a tailor tailor them.

But this seems to Li Qi to be a waste of manpower and time. Each piece is tailor-made, which may be more comfortable and fit, but it will also be more wasteful.

When you can eat and drink enough, then think about exquisiteness and beauty.

Porcupine Collar currently has no plans to transform into a handicraft industry, and he does not plan to set up a workshop assembly line to make clothes. However, he can first work out the rules for clothing models so that people of similar stature can wear them. At least it will be convenient for armor manufacturers.