Now that the Han army in the river has controlled the upper reaches of the Guishui River, he was thinking in his mind whether he could use the water resources of the Guishui River.

Compared with Guishui, Kuqa water is just like a small stream.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Pang Gong thought it was possible to build a hydraulic workshop in Guishui?"

Pang Yi has also been to the river, so he naturally knows Guishui.

Hearing this, he was surprised and said, "My big man has already controlled Guishui?"

Then he continued: "If safety can be ensured, Guishui is naturally a good choice... Based on the conditions of Guishui, if a hydraulic workshop is built, it can at least double the efficiency of the hydraulic forging hammer..."

At this time, Zhang Yue was not aware of the control Guo Kai and others had over Guishui.

He said uncertainly: "You have to ask Marquis Guo about this matter!"

Although he said this in his mouth, he already felt in his mind that he had to control Guishui no matter what.

If the Dawan and Kangju people don't agree, they can only rely on their swords.

"Your Majesty, please come this way!"

At this time, Pang Yi led Zhang Yue to a crossroads.

The group of people walked forward for more than three miles, and finally came to a warehouse next to a hydraulic forging hammer.

"Open the arsenal!"

Pang Yi shouted one after another, and the arsenal guard quickly opened the door to the warehouse.

When the door opens, all you see are all kinds of armors.

Pang Yi had four sets of similar armors taken out.

"Look, sir, these are the four sets of plate armor that General Jiang made recently!"

Zhang Yue heard this and took the plate armor handed over by Pang Yi with interest.

Contrary to what he expected, the plate armor was not as heavy as the fish scale armor.

After looking over and over the four sets of plate armor, he asked Pang Yi:

"Pang Gong, what is the defensive power of this plate armor? How long does it take to make a set?"

Pang Yi shook his head when he heard this and sighed: "The defensive power of this plate armor is about between that of cotton-iron composite armor and fish-scale armor... but it is quite time-consuming and labor-intensive to make!"

Zhang Yue asked in surprise: "How long does it take to make a set of plate armor?"

Pang Yi thought for a while and said: "The production time of a set of plate armor is about three times that of cotton-iron composite armor, and 1.5 times that of fish scale armor!"

Pang Yi's words were beyond Zhang Yue's expectation. Zhang Yue originally thought that with the help of the hydraulic forging hammer, the production speed of plate armor should be faster than that of fish scale armor.

Zhang Yue frowned and asked Pang Yi, "Why did Pang Gong do this?"

Pang Yi did not answer immediately, but lifted up a breastplate and said, "Please take a look, sir!"

Zhang Yue looked towards the breastplate and could clearly see a large number of hammer marks.

"Junhou's current hydraulic forging hammer is still unstable... If the stability of the plate armor can be ensured, the time for making plate armor should be reduced by half..."

Zhang Yue nodded and thought about it in his mind.

The price-performance ratio of this plate armor is indeed not high. Even if the hydraulic forging hammer is more stable, the price-performance ratio of plate armor and fish scale armor are about the same.

Zhang Yue couldn't help but feel that this plate armor was really useless.

He sighed in his heart, "No wonder there are so few full-body actual combat plate armors left in the West from later generations..."

At this time, Pang Yi also suggested: "Junhou, this plate armor is really useless... but I thought I could just keep the breastplate..."

Zhang Yue nodded thoughtfully when he heard the words: "Maybe you can try it..."

At this time, he thought of the cuirassiers of later generations.

Zhang Yue thought of this and immediately called his personal guards over and ordered them to put on the breastplates to see the actual effect.

The final result made Zhang Yue very dissatisfied. The breastplate was far less comfortable to wear than cotton armor or fish scale armor.

The weight is not light, and the lack of protection for the limbs means that there will be more casualties on the battlefield.

Zhang Yue shook his head and finally decided to give up the plate armor.

Although he gave up plate armor, Zhang Yue still rewarded the craftsmen of the general camp.

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