The Rise of the European Emperor

"The Rise of the European Emperor ()"!

As the chief "inventor" of Beihai State, Marin always felt that he should improve this cloth-covered paper armor. Because, if you use a cloth surface, paper armor is not moisture-proof, moth-proof, or mildew-proof.

If it gets wet from the rain, its defense may increase like a watered quilt. However, it doesn't last long. Because, wet paper is easy to rot and mildew.

Of course, it is not impossible to solve the problems of moisture proof, moth proof and mildew proof. The method is to brush the paper with tung oil and process it into oiled paper. Oil paper is moisture-proof and not easy to rot. And tung oil is poisonous and can prevent moths.

But there is also a problem - are you wearing oil paper, are you tempting your opponent to set you on fire? Maybe the stupid Europeans don't know how to attack with fire. But those of the Ming Dynasty, those who have read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", must have prepared a lot of kerosene and saltpeter for you, just waiting for you to rush up and light the fire...

So, how to prevent fire and moisture? Marin thought it might be a good idea to put a cover on the piece of paper. What cover do you use? To be waterproof, it must be rubber or leather. Considering that rubber is now in low production and leather is much easier to come by. Therefore, Marin felt that it was a good choice to wrap the paper with leather.

"Wait, leather wrapped paper?" Marin suddenly remembered something.

"This is Jiangwenzhou, this is Jiangwenzhou...the Jiangnan leather factory has closed down..." Uncontrollably, a magical BGM sounded in Marin's mind...

"This damn, it's clearly a wallet!" Marin remembered, the paper wrapped in leather and superimposed, isn't this the leather wallet of later generations?

Of course, there are differences. For example, wallets, because they need to be soft, leather tends to be soaked in oil to soften them. Like leather shoes, they need to be oiled frequently. But such a wallet is easy to catch fire. Although later generations also had non-flammable oils to soften leather, this era obviously did not.

Therefore, the leather bag used to hold the paper cannot be tanned with oil, but can only be tanned with alum or vegetable. Then, paint a layer of waterproof and fire-resistant raw paint on the surface.

In this way, the processing is simple-first, people use two small pieces of leather on the front and back to sew a small package with a simple pocket, leaving an opening.

Then, put in the paper nails and sew them up, leaving the connected parts. Then specialized craftsmen weave it into armor...

Ma Lin immediately asked someone to test it, and Huang Sanxi, who offered the piece of paper to tie the armor, also came. The leather bags that were sewn one by one were connected together by him to become a armor.

However, this armor is so weird no matter how you look at it. Marin always felt that the person wearing this armor,

It seems that the whole body is covered with wallets, which is extremely embarrassing...

Once the bad taste came up, Marin couldn't stop. Then, he forced Huang Sanxi to sing and dance a section of "Jiangnan Leather Factory Closed" wearing this set of "purse armor". Huang Sanxi wanted to cry but had no tears, feeling so ashamed. But Marin rewarded him with a handful of gold coins, and he was immediately happy. After all, he offered the piece of paper to tie the armor, wasn't it just to get a reward?

In fact, from Marin's point of view, this modified armor looks like it is covered with wallets. But in the eyes of others, this is like a leather armor, and it has nothing to do with paper.

"It's right if you can't tell it's paper..." Marin was relieved now, and no longer worried about imitation by other countries.

In fact, other European countries can't imitate it. Because they use rags and fishing nets to make paper, and the price of paper is very expensive. As a result, if they dare to imitate, the cost will be unbearable. Moreover, it is even more unbearable to overhaul and replace every time a battle is fought.

But it is good for Marin, a secrecy fanatic, not to be seen as a secret.

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In addition, in addition to changing the external packaging, Marin also made other modifications. For example, Marin has also modified the pieces of paper inside...

The specific modification is to change the complicated craftsman's way of gluing and beating layer by layer, and change it to direct folding...

This method was inspired by a foreign program that Marin watched in his previous life. In that program, the program team compared and finally believed that the simplest folding method had the best effect.

Even, after a test, the extremely rough piece of folded paper armor not only blocked the bow and arrow, but also blocked the buckshot attack of the flintlock pistol in the 18th century. It was only when facing the pistols of the 19th century that it was broken.

As for the specific reasons, professionals explained that the kinetic energy of bullets in 19th-century pistols may not exceed that of flintlock pistols in the 18th century. However, the shape and movement of the two bullets are different. The bullets of the smoothbore flintlock pistols of the 18th century were lead balls, which hit the folded paper directly. And the folded sheets of paper are not afraid of the impact of this spherical bullet. After all, it is difficult to use a ball to tear apart a piece of paper. Although the kinetic energy is large, after tearing off several layers, it is blocked.

Unlike the 19th-century revolver, the bullet had a conical head and a rotational force, like a drill. So, while the kinetic energy may not be much stronger than an 18th century pistol, the erodible way is drill-type, and the ability to break the defense is much stronger.

But the paper they used for the experiment is actually the same as the white paper produced in Cape Breton Island. It is a modern white paper with a lot of powder fillers added, and its toughness is relatively poor.

Moreover, after being stuffed into the leather bag, it can be reinforced with two layers of leather. Marin remembered watching a video in his previous life - a little brother wrapped a stack of banknotes with folding money, and then shot at close range with a pistol, but he didn't shoot through. After the bullet pierced through most of the banknotes, it got stuck.

Of course, the lad used a low-power pistol, not much better than a nineteenth-century pistol. In another video, an old American local rich brother directly used 100,000 US dollars to test. Rifles with pointed bullets, as well as powerful Sandhawk pistols, can easily break through $100,000, it turns out. However, the pistol can only penetrate two stacks of money. The submachine gun needs to hit more, but it doesn't penetrate.

In addition, Marin also read such an anecdote in his previous life-a founding major general of the Republic, during the civil war, because he was in charge of logistics, he tied a stack of banknotes around his waist during the battle. Then, after being hit in the waist by Guo Jun's bullet, although the pointed bullet pierced through the banknote, due to the exhaustion of kinetic energy, it only hurt the general's belly, not pierced his belly, causing him to escape unharmed.

It can be seen that this method of packing folded paper in a leather bag is very good. Then, Marin directly asked Huang Sanxi to improve, changing the paper to folded paper. But after each layer is folded, a layer of isinglass is applied. The isinglass has a certain toughness, which can improve the toughness of the folding paper.

Then, Marin put it to the test with a wooden puppet. It turned out that the black shirt knight's carbine failed to penetrate! However, the long rifle still penetrated at close range. But like the founding general, even if it penetrated, it only hurt the surface of the puppet, got stuck in the puppet, and did not penetrate the puppet.

In other words, wearing this kind of leather-wrapped folding paper armor that is "covered all over the body", even if you are shot in line with muskets and are hit, you may still survive. Even, there is a certain probability that you will not be injured!

"Okay, very good!" Marin Longyan rejoiced.

"In the future, this will be called the 'Jiangnan Leather Factory' armor!" Marin personally decided on the name of the armor. Otherwise, the name "leather-wrapped folding paper" is not only complicated, but also reveals the secrets of the process.

Then, Marin turned to look at Huang Sanxi again:

"Sanxi, you have made great contributions, I... I want to confer you a knighthood. Then, Sanxi's name is too rustic, shall I give you a great name?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" Huang Sanxi was overjoyed. Being named by the king, isn't it honoring the ancestors?

"Okay, from now on, your name will be Huang He!"

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