The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 146
The strong crossbow is exquisitely designed and the manufacturing process is complicated. In order to achieve accurate aiming and shoot arrows accurately, the production cost is very high.

Leaving aside the powerful crossbow vehicle, the arrow alone requires a lot of work. The arrow, shaft, and tail feathers are very demanding. The arrow must not only be sharp, but also be able to hit the enemy with a blood tank to let blood, and even poison the enemy. effect.The arrow shaft is the balance part. Light and tough bamboo wood is not everywhere. The material of the tail feather is very important, because it is the key part to ensure the flight path of the arrow. The best material is carved feather, and the feather of swallow and goose is far different. .

Surrounded by the Qinling Mountains in the north of Hanzhong and flanked by the Daba Mountains, high-quality wood for making sophisticated equipment is easily available, and materials can be selected locally for different equipment needs.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen represent different social groups, and also represent social status. Many skilled craftsmen with unique skills buried their talents and were not taken seriously. When Guo Jia issued the order to seek talents, he also kept issuing rewards to recruit skilled craftsmen, and all of them were sent. Here Zhang Liao asked these people to build war equipment and at the same time develop more advanced equipment. As long as it is positive, whether it is beneficial to agriculture, handicrafts, or the army, Guo Jia will have a high reward.

Skilled craftsmen with good craftsmanship are very good at helping Guo Jia make tools, but when it comes to inventions and creations, it is hard to compare them to heaven.

Zhang Liao reported to Guo Jia the progress of the past six months. He gathered these people together and built countless weapons. Zhang Liao also had a 5000-man archer troop under his command. Archers require the quality of soldiers. Bows and arrows It is not difficult to build, the power of bow and arrow compared with bow and crossbow, the gap is obvious.

"My lord, there is a man who is not good at words. He seems to be very capable. Recently, he is improving his bow and crossbow. He will not see the way. He only knows that the colleagues around him are convinced of him, but the results have not been seen for a day. The general is afraid of him. It’s cheating to eat and drink.”

As soon as Zhang Liao finished speaking, there was a roar of laughter in the hall.

"If someone can cheat Wen Yuan into eating and drinking, then he is really capable." Gan Ning teased.

Zhang Liao can use a bow and crossbow. It doesn’t mean that he can assemble the parts of the bow and crossbow. It doesn’t mean that he understands the subtleties of the bow and crossbow. So he can only look at the results. Even if you keep watching, you may not understand.

After everyone laughed, Guo Jia asked, "What is this person's name?"

"My surname is Ma and my name is Jun, from Guanzhong."

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Guo Jia jumped up against the case and asked excitedly, "Is this person really called Ma Jun?"

Everyone didn't understand why Guo Jia suddenly lost his composure. Zhang Liao said solemnly, "My lord, yes, his name is indeed Ma Jun. Does the lord recognize him?"

Guo Jia rubbed his hands and walked around, and suddenly ordered loudly: "Wen Yuan, this man's talent is limitless, even if someone exchanges millions of dollars in food or a hundred thousand soldiers, he must not be let go. Keep him in Yizhou, no matter what he wants, money, beautiful women, official position and title, he will be satisfied!"

Everyone in the hall was dumbfounded!He looked at Guo Jia in shock, and then looked at Zhang Liao with questioning eyes.

Zhang Liao looked blank. He had seen Ma Jun, a very ordinary young man.

Can such a person be compared with millions of money and [-] soldiers?
"My lord, are you drunk?" Yan Pu looked sad, he had seen Ma Jun before, even if he was a hidden person, Guo Jia still praised Ma Jun too much Bar.

If Ma Jun knew that Guo Jia valued him so much, he would really open his mouth, would Zhang Liao agree to his request or not?
Guo Jia completely ignored the doubts in other people's expressions. He was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and he was always thinking about Ma Jun's ability.

In the magnificent Three Kingdoms period, Ma Jun did not have the skills of strategy and general strategy, but he had uncanny talents. Whether it was agricultural development or military technology creation, he had made incomparable contributions to the predecessors, but because of his status and identity are not taken seriously.

After calming down a little bit, Guo Jia turned around and looked at the expressions of everyone in the hall, and suddenly realized that they were probably surprised by his words and actions just now.

Send someone to check on Ma Jun first, and let him go no matter what. Although Zhang Liao did not say that Ma Jun has the intention of leaving, Guo Jia can't be careless. If Ma Jun is really careless and loses Ma Jun, he will regret it. .

After kneeling down again, Guo Jia looked at everyone in the hall with a faint smile, raised his wine glass and took a sip, and then said, "Everyone, you must think I'm talking drunk right now?"

I really think so in my heart, but everyone can only deny it.

Looking at their expressions, Guo Jia knew that they were duplicity, but he didn't care, stretched out his left hand towards the general, Guo Jia said: "As a general, you must think that the two sides are fighting, and the comparison is the military strategy and the bravery of the soldiers."

Stretching his right hand towards the counselor again, Guo Jia continued: "As counselors, you must also think that when two parties are fighting, only those who are righteous will be able to win, and those who occupy morality will be invincible."

The generals and counselors nodded in agreement. Guo Jia chuckled, retracted his hands, and said with a smile: "I think so too. There are four reasons why a Mingjun achieves success and fame: one is the weather, the other is the heart, the third is the skill, and the fourth is the position. When the weather is right, even ten Yao cannot grow a fringe in winter; if you go against the human heart, you can’t use your human resources to cultivate it. Therefore, if you get the right time, you will live on your own if you don’t do anything; If you gain power and position, you will not go further and become famous. It is like the flow of water, like the float of a boat. Keep the way of nature and follow the endless orders, so it is called Mingzhu."

Everyone nodded, Guo Jia knew better than anyone how to be a wise master, so why did he say what he said just now like he was drunk?

The topic changed, but Guo Jia said again: "However, we have to look far away. The Taiping Army in Yizhou is resting and recuperating. It is like a dream to dominate the world with these 10,000+ soldiers and horses alone. Therefore, a strong army can help me achieve success. , the size of the army depends on the population and the rich and the poor. Only when there are many people and many soldiers and rich people can they support the soldiers. With a whimsical idea and a little ingenuity, one can improve agricultural tools and create utensils that can achieve twice the result with half the effort, which is an inexhaustible contribution to the people and the country."

Guo Jia is very clear that in the era of cold weapons, when there is not much difference in technology, the number of people fighting is equal to the population.If Ma Jun can create equipment that is beneficial to farming or industry, the people can quickly embark on the road to wealth.

What's more, Ma Jun also contributed to the improvement of military equipment, so in Guo Jia's eyes, Ma Jun is far more important than a million dollars in food and a hundred thousand soldiers!

Everyone also understood the reason why Guo Jia valued Ma Jun, but Fazheng questioned: "My lord, is this Ma Jun really so capable?"

Guo Jia laughed and said: "Whether he is capable or not will be known in the future. I also want to use Ma Jun as an example to let the skilled craftsmen in the world see how I treat them and how they will be treated in other places." I don’t know if they will be reused and treated favorably, but as long as they are in Yizhou, I will treat them double.”

Science and technology is the primary productive force, and this can never be wrong at any time. There are many people with special skills in feudal society, but they may not be valued.

The next day, Guo Jia visited Ma Jun in person.

Ma Jun, who lived in an ordinary house, did not know that his house was already full of people watching him closely. After getting up early in the morning, he fiddled with four horned crossbows in the yard, some dismantled into parts, and some dismantled partly , some are reassembled...

The young man was so immersed in it that he didn't even know that someone pushed the door and entered the courtyard.

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Accidentally buckled a piece of wooden part, Ma Jun scratched his head, turned around to remove a piece from another crossbow, but his eyes widened, looking at a group of people who seemed to appear out of nowhere in disbelief.

The leader was Guo Jia, Gan Ning, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Fazheng and others were all behind him.

"General, this, this, this, I, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't, I did, I did something bad, let's do it."

Ma Jun's head was covered with cold sweat, and he was so anxious that he couldn't speak clearly. It was difficult for him to say a short sentence, and he was even more anxious when he finished it.

Zhang Liao knew him, and said with a smile, "Don't be nervous, this is my master, the general of the Yizhou Taiping Army, and he came here to see you."

Ma Jun heaved a sigh of relief, and at the same time looked at Guo Jia curiously. Judging by their looks and age, the two were about the same.

"Big, big, big general, you, you, you want to find me, what to do, what to do, what?"

Ma Jun stuttered, and even if he wasn't nervous, he spoke intermittently. Guo Jia smiled and said to him: "I heard that you are very capable, so come and have a look. Hey, don't rush to talk, what you want to say should be in your heart first. Go through it again, speak slowly, don't rush."

Ma Jun held the crossbow in his hand and raised it up, wanting to show it to Guo Jia, Gan Ning and others nervously stepped forward and stood in front of Guo Jia.

"Oh, here, here, here, no, no arrows." Ma Jun hurriedly explained again, the horned crossbow he was holding did not contain arrows, and it was also aiming at Guo Jia inadvertently.

Pulling Gan Ning back, Guo Jia walked up to Ma Jun, took a look at the horned crossbow, then looked down at the parts in the yard, and said dumbfoundedly: "Deheng, the yard is so messy, can you Can you tell what is what? Don’t lose key things, and you won’t be able to find them when the time comes.”

As soon as Ma Jun waved his hand, he picked up a half-disassembled crossbow from the ground, picked up the parts randomly from the scattered parts on the ground, but assembled them just right, and said: "No, it's okay, I, I One glance, one glance, clear, clear."

Sure enough, Ma Jun picked out the appropriate parts from the scattered parts and assembled the horned crossbow three or five times, and proudly pointed at Guo Jia.

Seeing his expression, Guo Jia had a good impression of him. It would be very easy and pleasant for a simple young man to communicate with such a person.

(End of this chapter)