In fact, in the Battle of Yiling, the Han army had to face the base camp of the Wu army in vain because of the lack of effective siege equipment. Jiang Wei thought of Ma Jun at that time.

Ma Jun improved the stone cart and Zhuge Liang's repeater in the original history, and finally left a reputation for "ingenuity in the world" with Zhuge Liang.

Jiang Wei had long wanted to introduce Ma Jun to Zhuge Liang, and he had been suffering from no chance before, but now he did.

It turned out that on the first day he returned home, he had already noticed that the loom in his mother's room was no longer the bulky one it had been, but a small loom with a smaller size and more delicate shape.

He had carefully observed, and later had a careful exchange with Ma Jun.

According to Ma Jun, before the pre-Qin period, the Chinese people gradually invented a simple silk loom in production, and the weaver girl used her foot to control the complicated weaving progress.

The original silk loom had 120 feet (both pedals), and according to the complexity of the operation process at that time, it took about two months to weave a flower silk.

In the Later Han Dynasty, due to the opening of the Silk Road, the demand for fine silk surged, which directly led to the improvement of ancient looms.

This kind of weaving machine has been simplified many times, and it can control 50 warp threads with 50 feet and 60 warp threads with 60 feet, and its efficiency has been nearly doubled compared with the traditional loom.

But in Ma Jun's view, this simplified weaving machine is still too clumsy and very difficult to use.

He was half out of repaying the kindness of the Jiang family, half out of his own interests, and his ministry as a doctor of the Five Classics was quite leisurely, so whenever he had time, he went deep into the Jinguan workshop to carefully observe the old silk loom, and it happened that there was also a complete loom at home for him to disassemble and study.

As soon as his interest came, it was out of control.

It took three months, and Ma Jun finally simplified the structure of the weaving machine again and again, and finally improved it to the extreme after three drafts.

His new silk loom simplified the pedal (pedal), modified the sliding assembly (opening piece), and changed the original fifty and sixty shoes to twelve feet, but it could still weave the strange patterns that the old machine could weave with fifty warp threads and sixty warp threads.

As a result of his improvements, the new weaving machine is not only smaller and more sophisticated, but also simpler and more practical.

said that Jiang Mu, he couldn't learn to operate the old loom before, but after only a month's effort, he had already roughly touched the door of the new loom.

While she was slowly learning, Ma Jun slowly checked and filled in the gaps, and finally a few days before Jiang Wei's return, the new silk loom was finally finalized.

At this time, in Jiang Wei's view, this machine is the gold brick that Ma Jun knocked on Zhuge Liang's door.

******

Back home, Jiang Wei summoned Ma Jun and explained his plan in detail.

Ma Jun was thrilled when he heard this, after all, he had come thousands of miles away from his hometown, not only to be an official, but also to be able to show his ambitions.

He thought that it was difficult for him to reach the hall of elegance in martial arts, and his talent could not be shown because of his stuttering, and when he looked around himself, the only thing he could handle was this instrument.

Therefore, in the face of Jiang Wei's support, Ma Jun did not think twice and readily agreed.

After Ma Jun left, Jiang Wei had no time to spare, spread out the bamboo slips again, and with an oil lamp, he wrote his consideration of the Hanzhong strategy on the bamboo slips, preparing to present them to Zhuge Liang tomorrow.

******

Early the next morning, he led Ma Jun to visit Zhuge Liang's Mansion again.

In order to make Ma Jun's stepping stone more intuitive, he even sent Jiang Wen to the market to hire four individual husbands to carry this brand-new silk loom with him.

Ma Jun, who was beside him, thought that he would face Zhuge Liang, whose authority was only under the king of Hanzhong, for a while, and that this matter might also be related to his own future, but he was actually quite worried in his heart.

But when he saw Jiang Weilong walking in front of him, he still looked indifferent, and he could only secretly admire it.

So the nervousness hidden in his heart only turned into repeated admonitions to Lifu:

"Be careful, be careful!"

"Mo... Don't knock ......"

But Zhuge Liang knew that Jiang Wei was coming, so he sent a boy to greet him at the gate early.

After announcing their names, the two of them walked all the way to the lobby under the guidance of the boy.

In the lobby, I saw Zhuge Liang wearing a scarf and a loose home robe, kneeling on the throne to revise official documents.

After the boy whispered, Jiang Wei pulled Ma Jun and took the lead in speaking:

"Jiang Weiyi came to meet Mr. Zhuge in Yote."

Since the last time he participated in the gathering of Ma Yan, Jiang Wan, Fei Yi and others here, he knew that Zhuge Liang had never liked to be called by his official title at home, so he changed his name to "Mr" according to the old habits of the day.

Ma Jun also followed, bowed and saluted: "In... In the dismount, worship... Meet Mr. Zhuge ”

Zhuge Liang raised his head when he heard this, smiled slightly, and stretched out his hand to signal the two to sit wide.

After sitting down and serving tea, Zhuge Liang pushed the official document in his hand aside, smiled and said a few words.

He was not surprised at all by Ma Jun's uninvited arrival, but was very cordial and asked:

"Deheng has been in Shu for a few months, right? Are you used to living and doing business smoothly? ”

When Ma Jun's buttocks hadn't touched the cushion yet, he hurriedly got up when he heard the words, bowed down and replied, "There is labor... Mr. Lo asked, everything is... All well. ”

But he sighed in his heart: "I have only met with the military advisor once, and I am not under his jurisdiction on weekdays, I don't want him to remember my words after four months. ”

After answering a few innocuous ordinary greetings, Jiang Wei went straight to the topic, hugged his fists and said, "This time, I specially prepared a gift for Mr. ”

"Gifts?" When Zhuge Liang heard this, his face sank slightly.

He had doubts, so he took a closer look, but when he saw Jiang Wei's face was light and light, he couldn't see the clue, but there was a hint of anxiety on Ma Jun's face.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang couldn't help frowning quietly, and said in his heart:

"Could it be that Jiang Wei came here this time to seek a promotion rank for Ma Jun?" Thinking of this, he was already a little unhappy in his heart.

Jiang Wei continued: "This thing is hard to find, in the sky and on the ground, this is the only one! When the gentleman saw it, he liked it. ”

At this time, Zhuge Liang no longer had half a smile on his face, and only asked lightly: "Really?" ”

He is a man with a breeze and two sleeves, and he has never been happy with things; Usually govern officials, and also admonish public honesty and integrity, but the young man in front of him, who he originally admired, actually wanted to give gifts as soon as they met, and he was a man who drilled the camp and competed.

He has always strictly enforced the law, set an example, and was about to reprimand, but then he thought again:

"The politics of suspicion is the color of vermilion and purple, and the voice of other palace merchants...... After all, this son is young, and it is inevitable that he will run into the camp for his own personal interests and go astray, which is understandable. I don't advocate punishment without teaching, so give him a chance to mend his ways. ”

Zhuge Liang sighed softly, and took out a bamboo slip from the side of the case, quite playful: "Speaking of gifts, I also happened to have a gift, and I was about to give it to Yu Boyo to congratulate you on your great achievements in Jingzhou. ”

Speaking of this, he raised the bamboo slip in his hand, and his expression was already serious.

"This is my own handwritten manuscript of "Shu Branch", which contains eight affairs, seven precepts, six fears, five fears and other articles, every time I read it, there is a sense of thought-provoking, today it will be given to Boyo, and I hope that when you are in a high position, you also need to guard against arrogance and rashness, and do not forget the original intention."

Zhuge Liang's hint to himself is already very obvious, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a clear warning, according to Jiang Wei's talent at one point, he can hear the meaning of the words no matter what.

Jiang Wei didn't notice it suddenly, stepped forward to take the "Shu Branch", bowed down and thanked him, and continued to say loudly: "The gift we prepared for Mr. is also outside the door, and Mr. will know when he moves and takes a look!" ”

With that, he reached out and made a "please" gesture.

Seeing his impatient face, although Zhuge Liang's face did not change, his heart was already full of regret, and he couldn't help sighing:

"It's a pity that such a talented ......"

After a pause, his heart slowly hardened, and he gradually made up his mind:

"Well, let him take a look. If he knows that he has broken the law, and it really falls into my hands, even if he is a person who is favored by the lord, I will definitely enforce the law impartially and without favoritism! ”