booktalesy Chapter 136 Zha Jia
Chapter 136 Zha Jia
Chapter 136 Armor (Third update delivered. It's the end of the month, please give me some monthly votes, please keep reading, please support me)
Hearing Angel's blatant warning, Amy's face turned bright red with anger.
This is because she's worried about herself becoming like those shameless female knights who try to climb into the lord's bed.
Angel then arranged a rest room for Amy and assigned her a maid.
Amy stood at the door for a few seconds, stunned. She had lived in Gorubakburg for more than ten years and had never stayed in such a big room.
The bed was clean, an oil lamp sat on the windowsill, and a wooden wardrobe stood in the corner. She suddenly realized that quitting her job with the Rose Knights might not be so bad after all.
"Lady Amy! Your armor and weapons have arrived."
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The armor was a heavy wooden scale armor, and it was specially made for women. The raised areas made it more comfortable for Amy than ever before.
Her weapon was a Tang-style horizontal sword, a type of sword she had never seen before. It was incredibly sharp, and when she lightly flicked the blade, she found it to be much better than the sword she originally carried in the Rose Knights.
"At least it's a high-quality weapon. Lord Ron is really rich and powerful."
Weapons are divided into four grades. Good weapons are those made by most blacksmiths in the countryside, which can only be used to a very basic degree.
Premium weapons, also known as standard weapons, are standard issue weapons for knights.
Fine-quality weapons; in other words, meticulously crafted weapons; only Earth Knights can afford to equip weapons of this caliber.
As for the weapons above that, they are called magical weapons, which can fully unleash the power of legendary knights.
Weapons of this caliber cost hundreds, even thousands of gold coins, far beyond the reach of a lowly knight like her.
The next morning, Amy was awakened by the shouts of training downstairs. She opened the window and saw a group of teenagers training hard in the largest open space below the castle. Further away, there were a dozen or so toddlers doing strange movements.
A knock came at the door.
"Sir Amy, would you like to have breakfast in your room or in the dining room?"
Amy opened the door and saw Millie, the maid the castle had assigned to her.
Amy was washing up in the bathroom: "Where's the restaurant? Does it get a lot of customers?"
Amy's bedroom is a full 20 square meters, and it also has a bathroom and a shower room. Such an environment is really pleasing.
Putting everything else aside, the room alone made Amy reluctant to leave.
Millie whispered a reminder: "The restaurant is on the second floor. Normally, the lord eats all three meals there. The lord enjoys eating with the knights and officials of his territory."
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Upon hearing that the lord was also dining at the restaurant, Amy immediately sped up several times over, quickly changed her clothes, and headed to the restaurant under Millie's guidance.
Amy knew very well that as a newcomer, she couldn't be too unconventional and needed to integrate into the territory as soon as possible.
The castle restaurant, Ron, was built to banquet hall standards and can accommodate hundreds of people for a ball at the same time.
At this moment, there was only one long table in the very center of the restaurant.
Ron sat at the head of the table, with old Hall and Mrs. Moriel on either side, followed by Fanta and Leonardo da Vinci.
It can be said that, apart from the officials and knights of Harvest Town, almost all the powerful figures in the territory are here.
Amy sat down at the end of the long table, silently observing the people at the table.
Fanta munched on a pancake, Mrs. Moriel sipped her soup while giving a work report, and old Hall scribbled in his ledger.
There was no strict seating hierarchy like in the Order of the Rose Knights; everyone was talking, but no one interrupted.
However, unlike the others, only Mrs. Morrill smiled and nodded at Amy upon seeing her, her eyes full of expectation and admiration.
This made Amy feel flattered.
Ron said somewhat helplessly, "Is it really necessary to come all the way here just for breakfast?"
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As Ron's captain of the guard, Leonardo da Vinci lived in the castle most of the time, so there was no problem. However, as a military officer, Fanta was stationed in the main city most of the time.
Mrs. Moriel was in charge of many affairs in the territory, and she was mostly based in the main city.
Fanta smiled and said, "My lord, the food here is the best, especially the rock potato pancakes and fried dough sticks. They are absolutely delicious, and I can never get tired of them."
After listening, Mrs. Moriel did not put down her soup spoon. She drank and said, "The goblins in the territory have all been dealt with, which is roughly the same as the last time. But what about the goblin skins?"
Hearing that they had even skinned goblins alive in the main city, Ron subconsciously rubbed his temples.
They really made the most of everything.
Ron thought for a moment and said, "You decide what to do, do whatever you can!"
Mrs. Moriel was waiting for this sentence. In fact, at first they crushed goblin skin and flesh together to use as magic fertilizer. However, as the production of armor in the territory increased, the demand for leather also increased, and the amount of leather produced by the territory each month could not meet the demand for armor.
The wooden scale armor consists of a layer of wooden plates on the outside and a layer of leather armor inside. This design is intended to cushion the impact of blunt force.
Because of insufficient leather production, the production of wood scale armor was severely restricted. So, after seeing the skins that goblins had plucked off, Mrs. Moriel tried to process them and then stamped them in multiple layers. The resulting armor was almost as good as cowhide.
Mrs. Morrill didn't even waste many of the goblin skin scraps she cut off; she cut them into 8×12cm pieces.
They used the scales of the wood to create a new type of scale armor.
"My lord, this is the leather scale armor we just made. Take a look!"
Mrs. Moriel came prepared this morning and even had a set delivered to her.
At first glance, Ron knew that this was not scale armor, but lamellar armor.
Lamellar armor is the successor to scale armor, and its history is as old as, or even older than, scale armor. The first piece of lamellar armor was discovered in ancient Egypt. Another difference between lamellar armor and scale armor is that the plates of lamellar armor are rectangular, and larger and longer.
Connect them horizontally, then punch holes like on scales, and thread ropes or other objects through the holes to connect them. The connection holes are roughly at the top and bottom ends.
Unlike scale armor, lamellar armor is more like several long metal plates fixed in rows, stacked on top of each other, and then connected. The advantage of this is that it provides dense protection, with horizontal and vertical double layers overlapping each other, making it difficult to be pierced or slashed.
Scale armor has many gaps, making it easy for sharp arrows and short spears to be inserted at an angle.
After thinking for a moment, Ron said, "This should be called lamellar armor, but you've done a good job, Mrs. Moriel. Cut the tough bone pieces into strips, sandwich them between two layers of leather, and sew them together. The bone can withstand blunt force impacts, and the leather can protect against sharp cuts."
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Ron gestured, "It's not much heavier than a single layer of leather armor, but the defense is a level higher."
"Mrs. Moriel is now in charge of the armor workshop," Ron said, and she immediately understood.
Mrs. Moriel exclaimed, "My lord, your wisdom far surpasses my comprehension."
Ron just shook his head.
Fanta asked curiously, "My lord, could all the wooden scale armor be replaced with lamellar armor?"
"Ron shook his head again, explaining, "Because the plates are longer, the joints aren't as flexible as scale armor. Large movements aren't as smooth as with scale armor, and for the same material, the overall weight is 20% to 30% heavier than scale armor."
“Scale armor is flexible and is for scouts and cavalry; lamellar armor provides better protection and is for infantry and city defenders.” Ron pushed the lamellar armor back to Mrs. Moriel. “Both should be made, but for different purposes.”
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