Chapter 175: Good news coming one after another
After hearing what Guan Laoer said, Jiang Chen felt a little happy.
This represents the army under his command.
It will be much more powerful than other armies of Xia country!
In fact, Jiang Chen had thought about whether he should also make something like stirrups.
But he found that the main problem he was facing was.
In the ensuing turmoil, he was at the very center of it.
The imperial capital is full of alleys.
This is simply not a geographical environment where cavalry can operate normally.
So, Jiang Chen came up with this idea.
But he quickly denied it himself!
But it doesn't matter.
It would be enough as long as he could equip the existing soldiers under his command.
After all, it’s not the quantity of soldiers that matters, but their quality!
Thinking of this, Jiang Chen ordered Guan Lao Er to bring up the armor and weapons he had made.
Touching the metal armor, Jiang Chen nodded with satisfaction.
This cold armor will be what he wears next in this turmoil.
One of the fundamentals of survival!
After looking at the quality of the armor, Jiang Chen picked up a sword.
Even though he has already cultivated internal strength.
But the sword still feels a bit heavy.
After feeling this, Jiang Chen frowned.
So he looked at Guan Lao Er who was standing aside.
"Lao Guan, this sword is so heavy."
"Then can those soldiers be lifted up?!"
Hearing Jiang Chen's question, Guan Lao Er smiled slightly.
"Sir, this sword is heavy."
"But it's just right for the soldiers."
"You should be a strong person who has cultivated internal energy, right?"
As he spoke, Guan Lao Er glanced at Jiang Chen.
After seeing Jiang Chen nodded, he continued.
"For someone of your status, it is naturally better to cultivate internal strength."
"But for us ordinary people."
"If you want to become a strong person, you can only practice physical cultivation."
"Practice physical training to increase your strength."
"And the one thousand men under your command have been taught a physical skill by General Wang."
"Of course, we can only purely improve our own strength."
"Moreover, practicing physical skills requires more expensive medicines!"
"Let's put it this way. This is the combat power of the Northern Army's five battalions."
"It's more powerful than your private soldiers after they're trained!"
"Because, as the defenders of the imperial capital."
“The treatment they receive is beyond your imagination.”
After hearing what Guan Laoer said, Jiang Chen finally understood.
It turns out that in this world, ordinary people can also practice cultivation.
However, they can only rely on simple physical training.
Constantly improving their own strength.
Come to think of it, otherwise, how could there be so many elite soldiers!
Now that I think about it, it is estimated that King Huai'an only trained those 5,000 Huai'an guards.
Maybe it’s because they want to expand the scale of Huai’an Wei.
Too many resources are consumed.
It would be better to put all these resources on the existing 5,000 people!
Listening to Guan Laoer's story, Jiang Chen couldn't help but feel like crying.
Oh boy, got it!
This is another expense. The speed of making money is now slower than the speed of spending money.
The food, drink, and defecation of private soldiers and the people in the territory cost money.
The weapons and equipment of the private soldiers cost money, and the development of the Jinyiwei also costs money!
Jiang Chen is almost out of money in his pocket!
However, Jiang Chen was pleased.
The orphans he adopted have already begun to follow his plan.
Start training steadily!
This is rare good news for Jiang Chen now.
This finally made Jiang Chen breathe a sigh of relief.
But then again, the soldiers under his command practiced physical skills.
It is really a necessary thing!
After all, we can see that he had led the county soldiers to suppress the Japanese pirates before.
If he led an army like Huai'an Wei that had undergone physical enhancement.
I'm afraid there's no need to put in so much effort.
Moreover, although Jiang Chen now has only a thousand private soldiers under his command.
It will be of no use in the coming turmoil.
However, what if these thousand people had their physical skills enhanced?
In cooperation with Jiang Chen, the blacksmith used the frying steel method and the pouring steel method to forge weapons and equipment.
These thousand people are enough to resist enemies that are several times their number!
"Okay, how many sets of armor and weapons have you made now?"
Jiang Chen, who had figured it out, no longer hesitated and asked directly.
"Your Excellency, we have currently made one hundred sets of armor."
"And we made two hundred swords!"
Guan Laoer said this data with great pride.
It has to be said that the skills of the blacksmiths Jiang Chen recruited are quite advanced.
So many were cast in just three days.
"Very good, stop casting the Torrential Pear Blossom Needle."
"Do your best to make armor and swords!"
Jiang Chen nodded with satisfaction and gave orders to Guan Lao Er.
Now he can only rely on his one thousand private soldiers.
Make the private soldiers’ combat effectiveness take shape as soon as possible.
Jiang Chen was not too worried about the 10,000 soldiers from the Qing Camp.
As prisoners of war, their combat power is higher than that of ordinary soldiers.
Moreover, after hearing what Guan Laoer said.
Those ten thousand soldiers were also soldiers who had learned physical skills.
Therefore, the matching armor for these 10,000 people can be put off until later.
After leaving the blacksmith shop, Jiang Chen came to the craftsmen who were researching papermaking.
The thin pair of brothers who were leading the group saw Jiang Chen coming.
He immediately stopped the work at hand and ran towards Jiang Chen.
"I have met you, my Lord!"
"Get up, how is your research on papermaking going?"
Looking at the two brothers, Jiang Chen said with a smile.
These two people are important people who help him increase his income.
Therefore, Jiang Chen looked at the two of them very kindly.
"Your Excellency, this method of yours is simply the work of God!"
"According to your instructions."
"We two brothers have successfully made paper that is smoother than those high-grade papers!"
As they spoke, the two brothers brought over the prepared samples.
Jiang Chen was even more delighted when he saw the paper made by the two brothers.
I tried to touch it with my hand and found that it felt exactly the same as I remembered in my previous life!
"Good, good, very good!"
"You two have done a great job!"
"I will definitely reward you handsomely."
While he was delighted, Jiang Chen did not forget the two heroes.
Although he provided the method, the specific operation and proportion of materials were unclear.
Both brothers need to conduct continuous experiments and research on their own.
So, if it weren't for these two people.
It can be said that Jiang Chen’s road to wealth has no end.
But now, they succeeded!
Jiang Chen no longer has to rely solely on Lao Ba’s secret restaurant to make money!
Looking at the paper, Jiang Chen quickly asked the two brothers to bring a brush.
Holding the brush, Jiang Chen held his breath.
He picked up the brush and wrote eight big words on the paper.
