Ma Jun has already sent the newly made Xiangyang paper samples. The paper is smooth and slightly yellow. The only defect is that it is a little thicker. It is also a little thicker, but it is durable and resistant to turning. Liu Xie comforted himself with a smile.

There is no problem with the trial production of the printing version, but the ink has not been debugged well, so it should not be a big problem. Ma Jun should be able to do this, let alone Liu Xie gave so many tips.

I guess there are no samples for the catapult cart used to siege the city today. Ma Jun made a few, and it would be good if he didn't smash his own people.

The three-layer stacked bed crossbow has been built and the final adjustment is being made.

Bai Yi's Xiangyang crossbow also came out and started to make a large-scale production. It took three years to make a good crossbow, and a year and a half to equip a large number of crossbows. Crossbows made within three months can be used as wooden sticks.

Now, maybe the infantry of each army is equipped with the Xiangyang crossbows they made before, so it is time for them to set up a sharpshooting camp. What should we use to restrain the cavalry? The best answer is cavalry and crossbow soldiers, super spear infantry. In addition to these three types of troops, it is difficult to restrain the cavalry.

The most difficult thing to restrain were the rangers of the minority ethnic groups in the Huns. Liu Xie recalled a lot of historical battles about defeating the Rangers, but he got a very few answers.

The Mongolian Rangers were like lingering nightmares and fears, remaining in the minds of every Han man in later generations.

It is easy to make the kickbacks that Zheng Hun is responsible for. He created hundreds of pairs of cavalry to be auditioned. It is said that it feels very good, but there are still some adjustments, so the problem should not be big.

Several sets of buckle-style fish scale armor were also made. Through multiple destructive tests such as horse dragging, man stepping, car rolling, knife chopping, gun stabbing, etc., it proved that the effect is very good and it is quite durable, but the cost is a bit expensive and it is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

In the Chinese agaric stomach, I accidentally saw fish scale armor in the late Han Dynasty (the modified version of inlaid armor is still a little different from the Persian fish scale armor, with relatively thick scale patterns and low density) in fact, and while ensuring the protection, the weight has been greatly reduced. As for why it was not adopted on a large scale, the main reason is the cumbersome manufacturing.

However, the practice of war has proved that infantry wearing fish scale armor was still a rookie when fighting the charge cavalry, because most charge cavalry in the Han Dynasty used spears. I'm sorry to say that except for the European heavy cavalry with heavy bodies, no one else could resist it.

The soldiers with armored bodies ran like turtles, which was called dizziness. Therefore, the military station and the commander Taiwan discussed many times, and finally decided to be equipped with heavy infantry armor, but they just put a heart protection glass on their chest.

Alas, it’s all money. If you make a fish scale armor, the cost of the processer is 6,000 yuan, and if you buy it outside, you will get ten thousand yuan.

Although Chongkaijia consumes a lot of materials, Chongkaijia is simple to make and has a small wage, which is only ten thousand yuan per set.

The fish scale armor adopts ten-forged steel and cold quenching technology in terms of technology. This guy costs ten thousand yuan for one set, which is converted into wages, and a set of equipment costs one pound of gold.

The thickened twenty forged steel and the dragon scale armor made of cold quenching technology are two pounds of gold, which means that only one for each of the generals will be one for each.

The Yamen, Ting Wei and Shi Wei are both ordinary fish scale armor. Except for a few heavy infantry, the inlayed armor of ordinary pawns is thick-fitted double-layer cowhide inlayed light iron Kai, shoulders and arms joints equipped with fish scale armor. This kind of pawn's set is 3,000 yuan.

The horses were mainly raised by themselves, but they were all exchanged for grain and the tribes of Xiliang, Yuyang and Wuyin. Although the price was half lower than that of the north, it could only be replaced by sixty stones. If the Dong family in Xiliang had not surrendered and gave more than 10,000 horses to Jingzhou, the cavalry of the Dingdong Army would not have been able to make trouble.

This is why Liu Xie tried his best to control his troops. It was too expensive. The sixth army of the Chu army spent nearly 800,000 stones of grain after all the equipment. The Chu army and Lu Bu Huyi Camp had more than 100,000 war horses. These were all bought later, and a total of 6 million stones of grain were spent. The grain output of Nanyang, Xinye and Jiangxia counties in the eight counties of Jingzhou was consumed in one year.

If the price of grain has not been so fast in the past two years, I would probably spend more.

This is because I strive to develop water conservancy and implement the two-ripening rice and wheat production, horses and equipment supply by myself, which can also be said to be completely cost-effective.

The Yellow Turbans in the north have been in trouble for many years, and the princes have started wars in succession. The annual grain output of the eight counties in Jingzhou is now comparable to that of the northern Hebei, Qing (this state can be ignored), and the total grain output of the six states of You, Yan and Yong is even greater.

Now the grain in Hanzhong is completely surplus reserves, and commercial taxes have increased significantly. Now, due to the stability of the south, most merchants have come to the north, especially in Jiangling and Xiangyang in Jingzhou to do business. It can be said that the commercial tax in Jingzhou last year was almost 40% of the national commercial tax.

Of course, while Liu Xie felt difficult for such a heavy economic burden, he also made up his mind to stabilize the entire Yizhou and Jiaozhou as soon as possible, especially Yizhou, which is a place with a larger grain output than Hanzhong. At present, in addition to half of Huaiyang, the most important grain land in the country is Yizhou and Bashu.

In addition to making up his mind to take over Yizhou, Liu Xie was even more determined to fight an economic war with the northern heroes.

Yes, you can use soldiers who don’t wear any equipment to fight me, but you should have seen the loss. When the battle against Hanzhong and Jiangdong, even if you have the full force to hedge, the casualties of the Chu army were only one-third of the others.

You should also see that the same Liangzhou cavalry, who have been carefully trained for three years, and the Chu army wearing fish scale armor and horse-studded armor, and the Liangzhou cavalry you surrendered, can only use 6,000 people to tear your camp. Even if Zhang Fei retreated, even if he was constantly harassing, the gap was still very obvious.

Unfortunately, you will ignore it even if you see it, because this is the most terrifying place in the war in the era of cold weapons.

Millions of farmers can also go to battle and kill elite soldiers. Do you want to get to the north? Isn’t it just for the population? Let those people charge for you?

When you use up all the elite young and middle-aged people, how can you fight? When you kill all the good horses in the world on the battlefield, how can you fight?

Besides, I, Liu Xie, don’t allow you to fight until that time. I will use the black hand you can’t see to keep pinching you until the last army defeats your only remaining fighting spirit.

How can the world give you! Liu Xie shouted in his heart, Liu Bei, no matter how tough you are, your weaknesses are too obvious. You should not fight with older farmers and regular troops. Don’t you love the people as much as your son? Don’t you even want to keep a good reputation even after you die?

Then you can wait to be surrounded!
Chapter completed!