Chapter 1932: Where is cheap leather?
Swords and the like, there is no shortage of warriors under the name of others. After all, Japan is a place where high-quality samurai swords are produced. It is difficult for Marin to sell knives to open the market.
However, during the Warring States Period of the village chief, what was most lacking in Japan was actually armor. As mentioned earlier, when the Daming army fought in war, only the samurai could wear the armor of Zhenger's Eight Classics. But for the light, because Japan lacks iron, they do n’t even have metal weapons, and many simply use sharpened bamboo poles as weapons. The armor on them is mostly made of rough bamboo, which is just like a look, without protection. Of course, this is not to say that there is no protection. In the face of the opponent, who also uses the sharpened bamboo pole, it may be able to resist ...
As for the Japanese samurai, large nobles generally wear large armor with more metal pieces. However, even the large armor is made of metal and leather. Without him, if all the metal pieces are used, the armor weighs at least four or fifty pounds ...
However, with the height of the Japanese in this era, the "primary students" measuring one meter, four meters and five meters can wear four or fifty pounds of armor and still run? The fierce battle?
Therefore, even the large armor will only use iron pieces in the vital parts. And less important parts, basically use leather nails. Otherwise, the warriors no longer have to fight.
Later, after the step battle became the dominant, the light armor carcass using leather and bamboo became the armor popular among Japanese warriors. Wearing this lightweight bamboo and leather structure, the samurai can lightly charge and wield the samurai sword with ease.
Therefore, in this era, the most popular among the short Japanese warriors was leather armor, not iron armor. Of course, the top grade leather armor must be made of iron. Otherwise, the security is not enough.
Because the North Sea country has begun to kill sharks in large quantities, there are many shark skins. It is possible to use shark skins to make armor and exchange cattle with the Japanese side.
In fact, it is more cost-effective to take shark skin for the Ming Dynasty trade. After all, Marin's business demands in the Ming Dynasty were even greater. However, since the idea of trading whales at Hokkaido fishing grounds and producing soap for local sales to the Ming Dynasty, the shark skin trade has become less important. After all, the production of soap is large and the profit is high enough.
The armor is made of shark skin, and some iron pieces are nailed on the key parts. The manufacturing process is simple and the cost is not high. Moreover, it must be welcomed by Japanese samurai.
In addition, for a large country that uses swords, the Japanese also have a great demand for scabbards. You know, every samurai wants a good sword. And a good knife also needs a high-grade scabbard.
As Marin knew, after the Dutch occupied the island, the reason why people hunted sika deer was because Japanese samurai had a strong demand for katana scabbard made of sika deer skin.
Then, every year, the Dutch searched and scrapped hundreds of thousands of buckskins from the island and sent them to Japan. This shows how strong demand for leather in Japan. The shark skin happens to be the best leather for making scabbards. Therefore, the pursuit of Japanese warriors is almost a foregone conclusion ...
It can be said that the shark skin scabbard is much larger in the Japanese market than in Daming. After all, the Ming dynasty was dominated by scholars, with low military status and few people who used expensive swords. In Japan, having a samurai sword is the status symbol. And those warriors had a greater desire for shark skin scabbards to show off.
Before, Marin hadn't thought about what to get from Japan, so naturally it was not rare to sell them. However, nowadays, the development of Hokkaido by Marin requires a large number of cattle that can cultivate paddy fields. Therefore, changing the armor and scabbard made of shark skin with the Japanese Daimyo for farming cattle became a last resort.
After all, cattle farming is a strategic resource, and the big names of the agricultural country of Japan will not be easily taken out. However, when they encounter armor and advanced samurai sword sheaths that are good for their battle, they can't bear it. After all, during the Warring States Period of the village chief, armament was the most important. Otherwise, if you are not careful, you will be destroyed by the name of another village ...
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However, when it comes to leather, the five people of Berger offered different opinions to Marin ...
Several Sauron warriors believe that using shark skin to make armor is too extravagant. Because, in the eastern region, whether it is in the Central Plains, in the bitter cold of the Northeast, or in Japan, the scabbard made of shark skin is a very popular high-end scabbard, which is valuable.
Even barbarians like Jurchens love shark skin scabbards. Just like Qianlong's several swords, they were made of shark skin. Bai Geri and their five Saurons, although they haven't seen a shark skin scabbard, can also yearn for it.
So, when I heard Marin said he was going to use shark skin for leather armor, he was shouting waste ...
"However, I only have shark skin and it's not very valuable ..." Marin said helplessly.
Shark skin is also known as "Jiaolong skin" in the East, and is naturally highly sought after. In Europe, there is no relevant historical culture, so it is not particularly sought after. Therefore, Marin does not value shark skin very much, and thinks it is a big deal. However, the East Asian region affected by the history and culture of China is very popular with shark skin.
As for the armor that Marin called "cheap leather armor decorated with iron pieces", Muren thought about it and said:
"Dahan, you mean, want to provide Japanese samurai with cheap armor embellished with a piece of iron?"
Marin nodded, and Muren continued:
"That ’s it, you do n’t need any sharkskin, just buy deerskin from our Nurgandus. Do you know that the 'pinch zizi' where our Saurons live? When it's cold, it's wrapped outside It's full of suede and deer skins, as well as roe deer skins and other leathers, and the floor of the house is also covered with leather ... "
"In the Nurgan region, only mink is handy leather, and you can exchange money for items. As for deerskin, suede, roe deer skin, and even wolf skin, it is a valuable thing that every household has. You can get a lot of cheap leather by spending a little salt and clothes. If you use an iron pan, you can get at least ten pieces of deerskin ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ weighs more than one hundred kilos ... "
"Lying trough!" Marin couldn't help but swear.
He really did not expect that the deer skin that is still valuable in Europe, in the northeast of this era, was completely worthless dirt goods used by households to spread the ground and wrap tents ...
In fact, the Sauron people usually eat venison roe deer meat and spit it out. They eat three meals a day. Deer skin or something, really many, and no one buys it ... No way, the Ming Dynasty merchants risked it. It is not uncommon to buy deer skin with low profit, only willing to buy valuable products such as mink skin and ginseng with high profit ... As for deer skin, although this thing has a profit point, it is a bit of a look for the businessman who ventures out of the customs Not up ...
As Mu Ren said, in the northeast of this era, a pot of iron can be used as a dowry to marry a Sauron beauty or a Jurchen beauty. Moreover, this dowry is very expensive, and it can definitely be obtained, just like the later dowry luxury cars ...
No way, at this time in the northeast, iron is scarce, especially the iron pan. As long as Marin gets more iron pots, he can change to a pile of buckskin. An iron pan can be replaced with more than a hundred pounds of deer skin ...
More than one hundred pounds of deer skin can make more than ten sets of double-layer thick leather armor. But a big iron pot is worth more than two hundred texts in Daming. A deer skin of ten pounds is worth 480 in the Ming Dynasty, and you can buy two large iron pots.
But in the northeast region, the reverse is true. An iron pan can change at least ten pieces of fine deerskin. Black heart, you can change 20 photos ...
In short, in the northeast of this era, leather is one of the most valuable local goods. As long as Marin is willing, it can be purchased on a ship-to-ship basis at a low price ...
