Chapter 143

For this reason, Jiang Jinshi specially went to investigate. There were many different types of armor.

For example, leather armor, which was made by sewing multiple layers of leather together, but he didn't have so much leather in his hands, so he didn't consider it.

Now the most used by the Zhenbei Army was chain mail, a metal mesh armor woven and riveted by countless iron rings.

The hollow design of its rings could control the weight very well and had extremely high flexibility.

Jiang Jinshi was also very tempted by it, but he didn't have iron or iron ore in his hands. If he let Li Xinyue buy it from the mall system, it wouldn't be cheap.

Now Li Xinyue's mall points had too many places to use, and before the Chamber of Commerce was fully established, it had always been in negative growth.

So Jiang Jinshi thought of making armor with paper. Don't underestimate the 'strength' of paper. You must know that folding it into thick layers and blocking hacking or bows and arrows was very easy.

And the price difference between paper and iron was huge, and he could fully afford it.

But the shortcomings were also very obvious. Paper was afraid of water and fire, and its limitations in actual combat were many.

For a time, Jiang Jinshi fell into a dilemma and had to return to Jiangcheng to discuss it with Li Xinyue.

After hearing this, Li Xinyue also pondered for a long time. If they waited for the Chamber of Commerce to mature and the mall points could continue to grow, then the armor for these thousands of people would only be a small problem for her.

And as for Jiang Jinshi's idea of making armor with paper, she couldn't think of how to wear paper pieces on her body.

Just when the two had no clue, the mountain bandit guarding the gate came to report.

"Report to Big Boss, Shopkeeper Chen of the Chamber of Commerce asks to see you!"

Jiang Jinshi knew that the other party definitely wouldn't be looking for him, so he handed the decision-making power to Li Xinyue.

Li Xinyue nodded and replied: "Let him in!"

Afterward, Jiang Jinshi saw Shopkeeper Chen walk in with ready-made clothes in his hands, still grinning and laughing.

"Chairman, come and see, how is this style?"

At first, Shopkeeper Chen and others saw that this Chamber of Commerce was actually managed by a woman, and they were all a bit worried, thinking in their hearts that if it didn't work, they should hurry up and withdraw!

Who knew that after contact, her vision in business and management methods were even more powerful than Jiang Jinshi's.

The title of Chairman was also what Li Xinyue let them call her, and they naturally called it willingly.

Although several people hadn't started making silver yet and were still in the transition stage, Shopkeeper Chen wasn't worried at all. Just looking at the three styles of ready-made clothes provided by Li Xinyue, Shopkeeper Chen felt that once they were sold, they would inevitably sell well.

Li Xinyue looked carefully and gave Shopkeeper Chen a thumbs up: "Shopkeeper Chen is really skillful, these clothes are made well. Make a few different sizes according to this style, and they can be sold."

Hearing this, Shopkeeper Chen's confidence greatly increased. Only then did he discover that Jiang Jinshi was also here, and hurriedly greeted him: "I was too excited just now and didn't notice the new City Lord, don't blame me, don't blame me!"

Jiang Jinshi waved his hand indifferently, having no intention to pay attention to the other party at all. This armor matter gave him a headache!

Seeing that Jiang Jinshi didn't speak, Shopkeeper Chen smiled awkwardly and asked: "What trouble has the new City Lord encountered? If there is any place you can use me, just speak up."

Li Xinyue laughed: "I'm afraid you can't help with this matter. We are thinking about how to make armor!"

Anyway, everyone was now grasshoppers on the same rope, so it didn't matter if they told the other party.

Hearing this, Shopkeeper Chen felt that he really couldn't help, so he prepared to bow and say goodbye.

At this time, Jiang Jinshi said: "How can paper be made into armor?"

"I think you'd better stop thinking about it. Although paper has considerable defensive power when folded together, it is not fireproof or waterproof, and it cannot be used at all on the battlefield." Although Li Xinyue didn't want to pour cold water on Jiang Jinshi, she thought it would be more reasonable to make chain mail.

Hearing this, Shopkeeper Chen actually had a way in his mind, but he didn't know how to speak.

Jiang Jinshi saw that Shopkeeper Chen had something to say and asked directly: "Old Chen, just say whatever you have!"

"After hearing what the new City Lord and the Chairman said just now, I have an idea, but I don't know if it will work." Shopkeeper Chen said with courage.

"Let's hear it!" Jiang Jinshi didn't think the other party would have any good methods, but it wouldn't hurt to ask. Maybe it would really be useful?

Shopkeeper Chen said with a smile: "Although I don't know how to make armor, I am good at making clothes. If you wrap paper in leather, it can be waterproof, and ordinary small fires cannot burn the leather in a very short time."

After hearing this, Jiang Jinshi didn't speak and carefully thought about whether the method the other party said was feasible.

As Jiang Jinshi thought about it, he felt more and more feasible. If he simply folded the paper and fixed it, he couldn't achieve effective fireproofing and waterproofing.

But if he used the method of making leather armor, just replacing the leather in the middle with a stack of paper, wouldn't he be able to achieve the ideal effect?

The reason why he didn't make leather armor at the beginning was because he didn't have enough leather in his hands. If he used this method, he only needed two layers of leather, top and bottom, with paper sandwiched in the middle, and he could make a replica version of leather armor.

It reduced a lot of leather consumption and was cheaper and more practical than leather armor.

"Shopkeeper Chen's method seems really good!" Jiang Jinshi said with some surprise.

Shopkeeper Chen was praised and immediately puffed out his chest and continued: "And it can be done like making ready-made clothes. For example, make a piece for the arm, and a piece for the forearm. Divide the whole body into dozens of pieces, and then make different sizes, and then stitch them together."

Li Xinyue was also greatly inspired and followed up: "Damaged positions can just replace that part. After all, for joints that move, cloth can be used to connect them, and disassembly and assembly will be more convenient than chain mail."

"Hiss! Not only that, paper and leather are very easy to cut. It just takes some time to stitch, but it's already much faster than making chain mail." Jiang Jinshi was very excited. This method seemed to really work!

Jiang Jinshi was a man of action and immediately stood up and grabbed Shopkeeper Chen's hand and said: "Let's go, let's go make one and see right now!"

Eh? Shopkeeper Chen was stunned. Wasn't he here to show ready-made clothes?

How did it become making armor?

But he didn't refuse. If he could take this job of making armor, he would definitely earn a lot every month.

Seeing Jiang Jinshi leave her behind, Li Xinyue didn't get angry either. She secretly bought a large box of paper from the system and handed it to Xiao Hu, then got up and followed the two to see it together.

After arriving at Shopkeeper Chen's cloth shop, Jiang Jinshi remembered to ask the other party: "Old Chen, do you have leather here?"

Shopkeeper Chen said proudly: "Yes, although the quantity is not large, it is enough to make a few sets as samples."

So Jiang Jinshi let Shopkeeper Chen measure his size and make a set for him on the spot.