Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 52 The Descendants of Ma Jun
Chapter 053

Ran Ming was stunned. His understanding of Mo Dao was mainly reflected in the written materials and pictures, and he had never seen the real thing.Then Ran Ming saw Niu Dachui sighed with regret on his face: "This blade is not that blade, it has its ears!"

As he said that, Niu Dahammer took over the blade and danced in the air. The surface of the blade was like a smooth mirror, shaking people's eyes sorely.Niu Dahammer roared suddenly, and slashed towards the ground with his blade.

With a muffled "chi", the dust and smoke cleared away, and the blade was more than two feet into the ground.

Ran Ming exclaimed secretly, the ground here is very hard, comparable to the rammed earth on the city wall, but this knife can cut even the rammed earth, one can imagine how powerful it is.

"Please look, Your Highness!"

"Just chopping the soil, the blade is curling!" Niu Dahammer pointed at the blade of the blade and said: "But the blade forged by the ancestors can cut two layers of heavy armor with one knife, and cut a hundred pieces of armor in a row without curling the blade! It's a pity Small and incompetent, it is difficult to compare with the ancestors!"

Ran Ming pondered. Although he is not from an engineering background, he also knows that the hardness of steel is mainly related to the temperature and quenching during smelting.In later generations, his mechanical subdivision of Huaqing Group will use milling cutters or various cutting tools imported from Germany.German knives are very hard and durable.It can really cut iron like mud.

Ran Ming didn't know exactly how to train the Mo Dao, but Ran Ming had a habit of never pretending to understand something he was not familiar with, and he would not command indiscriminately.

"Don't rush this matter, study it slowly!" Ran Ming said to Niu Dachui: "You go to Lu Canjun and ask him to give you all the people here who can blacksmith. I will give you people, goods, and money, but you must make the Modao! If you develop the Modao, you will be appointed as the general and supervisor of the Chu State."

"Niu Shi will definitely not disappoint His Highness!"

"Bull shit?" Zhou Yang's people burst into laughter!
Niu Dachui said embarrassingly: "Sledgehammer is just what others call the little old man, but it is not the little old man's real name. The little old man's surname is Niu, and his name is real!"

"Don't think about it wrongly, it's honesty, not bullshit shit!"

"Ha ha."

The people around burst into laughter again and again!
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the five supervisors were Shaofu Supervisor, Jiangzuo Supervisor, Guozijian, Military Weapons Supervisor, and Dushui Supervisor, all of which were specialized institutions.The Shaofu Supervisor is responsible for the national silk weaving, which is equivalent to the current Ministry of Textiles; the General Supervisor is responsible for the national iron smelting and foundry, which is equivalent to the current Ministry of Industry; ; Dushuijian is responsible for boat manufacturing, river management, and water transportation, which is equivalent to the current Ministry of Water Resources.

At this time, Ran Ming has become a vassal king, and he can establish a government and establish a system. Chu State, like Wei State, can set up government offices and hundreds of officials, and establish a dynasty within a dynasty, a country within a country.However, the titles are different and the functions are the same. For example, Honghu Temple in Wei State is also the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In Chu State, Honghu Temple cannot be established, but only the Courtyard. , Chu State Shangshu Province is called Sihui Mansion, and Yushitai is called Sixian Mansion.All grades are one notch lower!
But now he has no one in his hands, especially talents, and the only civil official is Lu Yan. Under Lu Yan, there are dozens of small officials who are fluent in literature and ink. Now Lu Yan is almost like a spinning top, spinning non-stop!

Ran Ming's platform hasn't been set up yet, and Ran Ming doesn't mind setting up the Military Weapons Supervisor's platform first.

But Ran Ming's words caused a huge reaction among the craftsmen.

The first to react was Wei Meng, the head carpenter.

Wei Meng took the lead and said: "Your Highness, the small ones can not only make ordinary utensils, but the small ones can also make trebuchets!"

Ran Ming knows that the trebuchet is not an invention in China, it has appeared since ancient times, and it is an indispensable weapon in the battle of siege and defense.Relatively speaking, the Chinese are very capable of building cities. Even though the trebuchets were the most powerful return artillery, they still did not smash down the city walls of Xiangyang in the Xiangyang War.

However, projectile weapons also have an important psychological effect. They can throw boulders into the fortress to smash the houses to pieces, and can also throw filth, dead animals, the heads of the dead enemies, and the corpses of prisoners to scare the people in the city.The main thing is to have a deadly ship blow to the morale of the enemy!
People go to high places and water flows to low places. Because of the unformed Mo Dao, Ran Ming actually wanted Feng Niu to be a master general supervisor.And under the prison is the young prison, from the genuine product, equivalent to the prefect of Xiajun.

Although the overall officials of the state of Chu are one level lower, this general supervisor is only a seventh-rank official, which can be equal to the rank of the county magistrate of Zhongxian County.

Throughout the ages, being an official and becoming a superior person have always been the nature of Chinese people.Ran Ming was going to reward Master Niu Shi, which made Wei Meng feel his goal!
Wei Meng looked at Ran Ming's not-so-eager look, and knew that he was not interested in the trebuchets that appeared now.Immediately said anxiously: "The small ones can make a continuous wheel-type catapult vehicle, which can throw [-] catties of stone bullets for [-] steps."

The "rotary continuous catapult vehicle" Ran Ming remembered that Ma Jun invented this in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but because Zhang Jun was not good at words, Cao Cao did not adopt Ma Jun's invention in the end.Let Ma Jun's rotary continuous riprap vehicle die.Ran Ming is also very regretful, this is a milestone invention in the history of war, but people have overlooked it!

Ran Ming said to Wei Meng: "If you can make a trebuchet before Niu Shi, you will be appointed as a general supervisor master! Anyway, general supervisors can be set up if there are general workshops, and each workshop has a master craftsman.

Wei Meng said with joy on his face: "Your Highness, I want to offer a treasure for my humble position!"

As he said that, he pulled out a thin boy behind him, about thirteen or fourteen years old, Wei Meng pointed to the boy and said, "His name is Ma Ying, and his ancestor was Ma Gongjun during the Three Kingdoms period. His subordinates made trebuchets." The best way is to learn from him, and he also made a powerful crossbow machine!"

Ran Ming was very surprised, this time he really found a treasure!He actually met Ma Jun's descendants.

Ran Ming asked curiously: "Is there a real thing?"

Ma Ying ran to the wheelbarrow behind and took down a large crossbow. Ran Ming looked at this crossbow. The arm length of the crossbow was close to six feet, and the string length was four and a half feet. Everyone knows the truth that the shooting distance will increase, but the problem is that the longer the bow arm, the greater the energy consumption, and ordinary soldiers may not be able to pull it away. Design the arm length.

Ma Yingti gave Ran Ming a crossbow arrow. This kind of arrow is only different from ordinary arrows. It is only much longer than ordinary arrows. Moreover, the whole body of the arrow is actually made of iron, like an armor-piercing cone, but it has no tail. Ran Ming is very upset. Looking at Ma Ying strangely, how can an arrow without wings guarantee the accuracy of the shot?
Although Ma Ying was a bit dull, he saw Ran Ming's doubts, so he explained: "Your Highness, this arrow does not use wings as a balance, but uses a small hole. When the crossbow is in flight, the small hole at the tail of the arrow will A balanced resistance appears to ensure that the arrow only hits the target accurately!"

Although Ma Ying's explanation is not very clear, Ran Ming still understands that this is using aerodynamics as a condition of balance, but in this era, no one can explain the role of air!
Ran Ming picked up the crossbow, and under Ma Ying's guidance, pulled the lever, and the crossbow was wound.Such a large crossbow, after being wound by a lever, is actually very labor-saving. It is estimated that the pulling force is not as hard as a stone bow!
After the crossbow was wound, Ran Ming put a special crossbow in the arrow groove, but looked for the target.There was a big tree a hundred steps away, and Ran Ming pointed the crossbow at the big tree!
With a sound of "jumping", the crossbow arrow broke away from the crossbow machine and shot towards the target tree quickly.

The "chi" arrow didn't disappoint Ran Ming and hit the target!If we talk about archery, Ran Ming's ability is really not very good, but the crossbow machine is different. The crossbow machine shoots in a straight line, and the three points of the eye, the mountain, and the target are in a line, and you can hit the target. Same.

Ran Ming ran to the big tree, observed the shooting effect, and took a breath.

"How is this possible!" Ran Ming said in amazement: "A hundred steps away, you can actually penetrate a tree and get close to a foot. Isn't this powerful?"

Ma Ying pointed to his crossbow machine and said: "This crossbow can break through two layers of heavy armor at 180 steps, and can shoot through light armor at 220 steps! It is still lethal at a distance of [-] steps."

"Damn!" Ran Ming muttered in his heart: "This is too heaven-defying! It's so powerful, hurry up and use the rifle of later generations!"

Although the crossbow machine is complicated and expensive to manufacture, it has an advantage that bows and arrows cannot have. The crossbow machine can train a farmer into a qualified crossbowman within an hour.But it takes at least a year to train a qualified archer!
In a battle, an archer can shoot at most two pots of arrows, and his strength will be exhausted.But the crossbow is different. With such a crossbow, every crossbowman can shoot continuously for a day without getting tired!

Ran Ming said: "Ma Ying, I entrust you as the general of Chu and the master of the crossbow workshop!"

Ma Ying was very happy, "Thank you, Your Highness!"

Ran Ming said again: "This crossbow is not bad, let's choose a name for it alone, it's called Magong crossbow, and it's also to commemorate your ancestors!"

Ma Ying was overjoyed, someone who knew that a scholar died for his confidant, Ma Ying felt Ran Ming's respect for him, clasped his fists and said: "Ying is willing to die for the king!"

(End of this chapter)