Chapter 225: beyond imagination
The Thracian Kingdom was going to attack the Principality of Leyton, and the news did not spread, but the news that "the Kingdom will launch a large-scale exercise in winter, and it is expected that there will be severe needs to fight against the cold" has already spread among well-informed people. spread between.
For this reason, the middle and senior officers in the army are preparing cold-proof equipment, and those young nobles who want to participate in this exercise and strive to stand out are also looking for suitable equipment.
Generally speaking, cold protection equipment is not difficult to find. If you walk around the shops in Thrace, you can find at least a hundred pieces. But for the current situation, hundreds of pieces of equipment are simply not enough - officers need equipment for themselves, and they also need to prepare equipment for the SS; nobles need to equip themselves with equipment and also prepare equipment for their own guards.
Under normal circumstances, either the Guards or the escorts, ordinary Seiko armor is enough. But if you want to fight in the cold environment, let alone them, even the servants who maintain the equipment, and even the horses of the knights, need a piece of equipment that can protect against the cold.
As a result, the demand is huge, so big that it catches businesses off guard.
Under such circumstances, those who are really well-informed, of course, have long been prepared, and are secretly laughing at this moment, and many of them also took the opportunity to sell some of the cold-proof equipment acquired in advance at a high price, and really made a lot of money.
Of course, the various chambers of commerce responded quickly and hurriedly allocated cold protection equipment from various places. However, in a hurry, it was too late to transfer a lot. As a result, the price of cold-proof equipment has risen again and again. Many people who have made money before can't help but buy cold-proof equipment again, and plan to sell it when the price rises a little bit more.
In this case, a chamber of commerce put out more than 60 pieces of cold-proof equipment in one go. almost exactly the same.
Among all kinds of magic equipment, bracelets are the most accessible to the people. First, the manufacturing cost is relatively low, unlike magic armor, which requires a large amount of money to enchant a magic weapon; second, you can wear two, taking into account both effects, which is very convenient.
However, it is very rare to see such magical equipment on the bracelet only with the effect of releasing heat or absorbing cold.
Unless it's for a specific situation, such magic equipment is meaningless. Rich people naturally need better equipment, and people who don't have money - just don't run to cold places.
But right now, it happens to be "specific circumstances".
The price of these bracelets is not very high, roughly equivalent to the current average price, which is slightly lower, and they were sold out almost as soon as they were put out. Many people who got the news came in a hurry, but could only sigh at the empty shelves.
However, the shop assistant secretly revealed that the boss has found several skilled alchemists who are working overtime to make this kind of equipment.
Everyone is not surprised. In fact, all chambers of commerce are doing this kind of thing. It's just that alchemy enchanting is not that easy after all. Even if it is shoddy, an alchemist will only manufacture one or two pieces of equipment a day. This time, he released more than 60 pieces in one breath. I'm afraid it has been a long-term reserve. It's easier said than done to make another batch!
This kid, the cowhide is blowing quite a lot!
However, the next morning, another cold-proof bracelet appeared on the shelf of that chamber of commerce. This time, there were more than one hundred and fifty pieces.
An aristocratic young man who came to see the goods early in the morning with a little hope happily bought about 20 of them. He said that he needed it, some of his friends needed it, everyone's squires needed, everyone's horses... Horses don't matter, Everyone just walks.
Then the rush shoppers flocked, and within half an hour, the shelves were empty again.
Dude is still what he said before, but this time, no one thinks he is bragging.
On the third day, before dawn, there was already a long queue at the door of the store, at least hundreds of people huddled together, scrambling to get ahead. If the city defense officer hadn't been alert and brought a team of soldiers over to maintain order, I'm afraid the fight would have started long ago.
When the store opened, there were indeed cold-proof bracelets on the shelves!
There are more than 200 cold-proof bracelets on sale this time!
Some people who bought some goods before, who want to buy some more this time, compared the bracelets they bought twice, and found that these bracelets seem to be made from the same mold, and the styles are exactly the same, not to mention the size and pattern, even the weight does not matter respectively, the difference will not exceed the weight of a bean.
This is a bit incredible. Even if the blanks are made uniformly, the weight of the pen when engraving the magic circle, the amount of consumables used, the size and number of inlaid gemstones... These are all different. The two magic bracelets of the same style are the same. The difference in weight between 20 and 30 percent is a normal thing for Sikong. On the contrary, the difference is very small, very rare, and even a little weird.
They didn't know that Binglin actually criticized these bracelets in private, and the main criticism was "insufficient processing accuracy".
"I already gave them drawings, and the error is still more than 1%, what the hell!" He complained more than once, "This kind of worker is only worthy of being sent to a small rural workshop to help others and do something. There is not even a slightly self-motivated company that would want such a person who is a copycat who cheats fools!"
In response, Panda smiled and persuaded him not to be so angry - after all, the craftsmen in this world are all at the level of some small country workshops.
Considering the tools they use, maybe their machining accuracy is not as good as that of a small country workshop.
James was surprised and even shocked by the complaints of the soldiers.
He never thought that the standard of enchanting equipment could be so uniform, not only looked like they were made in the same mold, but actually had almost no difference.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't even think about it!
Totally beyond imagination!
But thinking about it carefully, he felt it was a matter of course.
The blanks are cast in a uniform mold, and the silver sheets that wrap the blanks are of uniform thickness, uniform pattern, uniform carving, uniform wrapping, and uniform inlays—according to Mr. Yiluo’s suggestion, he divided the craftsmen into several categories, and some people were specially responsible for making them. For the rough, some people are responsible for making silver pieces, some people are specifically responsible for engraving silver pieces, some people are specifically responsible for wrapping silver, and some people are specifically responsible for inlaying. Even the inlaid gemstones are carefully selected, and there is almost no difference in size.
When it comes to enchanting, because dozens of them are enchanted together, the consumables are quite accurate—ordinary alchemists use their hands to measure consumables for enchanting. However, Mr. Yiluo carefully weighed with a balance and used it in strict accordance with the proportion.
The same raw materials, the same magic circle, the same proportion of consumables, the same spellcaster - what comes out in the end, of course, will be exactly the same.
This may seem unimaginable, but it's not surprising.