July is a fire, and the sun is scorching.

The two Tun men knelt in front of Yuan Mai and insisted on their own words, and Lu Xiong said that Ma Ji's Tun stole the "Wujin Stone" mined by other Tun, pretending to be their own production, and defrauding the bounty. The people of Majitun said that Lu Xiong was angry that he had dug a lot in his own tun, so he maliciously slandered and came to the door to pick quarrels and provoke trouble, and the truth was confusing and difficult to distinguish for a while.

In order to stop this unhealthy trend and prevent the recurrence of the mine fighting case, Yuan Mai ordered people to bring tables and chairs to try the case in front of nearly 1,000 soldiers and civilians.

Let Lu Xiong tell the reason first, and Lu Xiong talked eloquently, saying that there are sixty or seventy tuns in the entire mine, and the daily output of each tun is around 50 stones, but the output of Majitun is twice as high as that of other tuns, so it is concluded that the people of Majitun secretly stole the "Wujin stone" and pretended to be production, intending to defraud the bounty.

After listening to Lu Xiong's story, Yuan Mai, Xu Shu, and Shi Tao all secretly claimed to be surprised in their hearts, and asked Ma Ji to stand up and defend, but this Ma Ji had a simple face, obviously a person who was not good at words, and after saying a few words, he blushed and had a thick neck, so he turned around and beckoned his brother to come out to defend.

"Third child, you come out and tell the envoy how we got so many black gold stones, please make the decision for us!" Ma Ji knelt on the ground and turned his head to shout at his brothers in the crowd.

Yuan Mai looked at the people in Ma Ji Tun in the voice, and swept around, but he didn't find which one was Ma Ji's brother?

"Third child, what are you doing hiding behind? Come out and tell the envoy about it! ”

Instead of standing up, Ma Ji found that his brother hid behind the crowd and craned his neck to squeak. I couldn't help but laugh and cry. He stood up and walked to the middle of the people, took a young man's hand, dragged him out of the crowd, came to the table that Yuan bought, and shouted: "Kowtow to the envoy!" ”

The elder brother had an order, but the young man did not dare to disobey it, knelt down in front of the table, kowtowed a few times, kept his mouth tight, and said nothing.

Seeing his brother stupid. Ma Ji was a little anxious. reprimanded: "Third child, say hello to the adults!" ”

"Hello adults!" The young man was really obedient, and lowered his head and spit out three words.

Ma Ji's nose was almost crooked, and he reprimanded again: "The third child." You usually have such a clever head when you make small things. Why is it that you can't open your mind when you get in front of people? Let you call the adults good. Are you just saying those three words? You should say, 'The grass people have seen the envoy'! ”

After listening to his brother's teaching, the young man kowtowed again: "The grass people have seen Lord Envoy!" Sure enough, there is a way to learn. I won't say a word more!

The brothers' behavior was very funny, which made the nearly 1,000 soldiers and civilians present laugh. Yuan Mai, Xu Shu, and Shi Tao couldn't help laughing, and laughed dumbly.

Yuan Mai smiled and looked at the young man kneeling in front of him, his brother was already of medium stature, and this young man was shorter than him, which was about six and a half feet by visual inspection, which was less than one meter six before the crossing.

Unlike his brother Humpty and Fat, this young man has a thin physique, and his eyes are about 100 pounds; His hair was a little yellow, as if he was malnourished, but his complexion was fair, because he had been dealing with coal for the last few days, his face and body were stained, and the eyes in his eyes were rolling back and forth, not like a lack of heart.

"Ma Ji, no formality, I will not condemn the crime. Don't interject, but let me ask a few words! Yuan Mai waved his hand, signaling Ma Ji to be restless.

After Ma Ji retreated, Yuan Mai once again looked at the young man and asked kindly, "What's your name?" ”

"Ma Jun!" The young man spat out two words cleanly, still refusing to say a word more.

"Ma Jun?"

Yuan Mai muttered to himself, always feeling that this name had a sense of déjà vu, but for a while he couldn't think of what this person did? Where did you hear about this name again?

"Okay, Ma Jun, let me ask you, your brother said that the reason why you have twice as many Wujin stones mined in Tun is because of your relationship, you explain it to me, if it makes sense, you will be rewarded!" Yuan Mai picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip of tea, and asked with a kind face.

The expression on Ma Jun's face lacked change, neither joy nor anger, nor sorrow, facing the history of the merger of the state of the powerful side, there was no sincerity and fear in the eyes of others, and he looked light: "What's so strange about this?" We have a well wheel and a wheelbarrow, when we work, we have to save a lot of energy, and the other tun completely rely on our strength to work, and the output of our tun is naturally more! ”

"A wheelbarrow, a wheelbarrow?"

Yuan Mai was surprised when he heard this, he had been in this era for two years, and he had never seen a wheelbarrow, so he should not have come out yet. According to folklore, the wheelbarrow was invented by Zhuge Liang based on the improvement of the wooden ox and flowing horse, and now Zhuge Liang has not come out of the mountain, there should be no wheelbarrow in the world. As for the well, the history books do not record when it was invented, and Yuan Mai has not seen it, indicating that it is also a scarce instrument in this era.

"You say you have a reel and a wheelbarrow?" Yuan Mai asked in surprise.

Ma Ji stood up and confirmed: "If you return to the envoy, we do have wheelbarrows and well wheels, so we have a lot less energy than other tuns when we work, so the output is also doubled. ”

"Where did the wheelbarrow and the wheelbarrow come from?" Yuan Mai continued to ask.

Ma Ji bowed down and replied, "The words of the envoy were invented by my third brother. Don't look at him talking in front of people, like a lack of heart, in fact, he has a good brain, since he was a child, he can make some things by himself, and he can use them in daily life! ”

After listening to Ma Ji's explanation, Yuan Mai's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, and he suddenly remembered what Ma Jun did. This is the number one inventor in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty! At this moment, he is standing in front of his eyes, but he doesn't know him, he just doesn't know Taishan!

Historically, Ma Jun was born in a cold family, his ancestral home is Ha Duan, Hanoi County, he does not like to communicate with people since he was a child, and he belongs to the kind of person who is "quick to speak and quick to act", a typical dwarf in language and a giant in action. In terms of invention and creation, Ma Jun's talent is better than Zhuge Liang, not to mention Liu Ye, who invented the thunderbolt car!

In the historical records, Ma Jun invented many useful utensils for the times, which greatly promoted the progress of science and technology of the times. For example, in the guide car, there is a little wooden man in the car, whether it is forward, backward, left or right, or turning, the hand of the little wooden man on the car will always point south, which is very beneficial for marching and fighting when expeditioning outside the Saiwai or the cold northeast region!

Ma Jun also improved the silk loom, and after the transformation, the patterns made on the cloth were as you like, which greatly enhanced the beauty of the clothing of the times. He also invented the water turning wheel, which can draw a large amount of water from the pond with a small amount of strength and enter the field to irrigate crops, which can be operated by children's strength, which greatly promotes the development of agriculture.

Ma Jun's ingenuity is not only used in life and agriculture, but also in entertainment. For example, Ma Jun once invented the "Hundred Opera Puppets", which made the puppets dance, play drums, blow the flute, turn their heels and fold arhats, etc., adding endless fun to the people during the war years!

In the middle of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu Han, invented the "Zhuge Repeater", which could fire dozens of crossbow arrows in a row, which greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of Shu crossbow soldiers and deterred the Wei army. After Ma Jun saw it, he admired Zhuge Liang's intelligence very much, and after studying for a long time, he mastered the manufacturing principle, and he could improve the power of the repeater, so that the range of the crossbow arrow was longer and the power was more sufficient......

In addition to improving the Zhuge repeater, during the confrontation period of Yuan Cao, Ma Jun also made improvements to the thunderbolt car invented by Liu Ye, and realized the defects of the "thunderbolt car" invented by Liu Ye, such as only single shot, slow speed, long range, and inability to continuously hit opponents. After some research, Ma Jun designed a continuous "stone-throwing car", which can greatly enhance the power of the "thunderbolt car......

But it is a pity that Ma Jun is just a small local official, people are soft-spoken, his military inventions are not appreciated, can only leave regrets, to the Jin Dynasty, someone according to its design to improve the "Zhuge crossbow" and "thunderbolt car", enhance the combat effectiveness of the army.

"Wowhaha...... How kind does God treat me? A few days ago, I was given a miracle doctor, and today I am given an inventor, if there is a Nobel Prize in science in the world now, this little brother is definitely the best choice! Looking at the thin Ma Jun kneeling in front of him, Yuan Mai's heart almost blossomed.

Sure enough, people can't look good, if he wasn't a traverser, just with Ma Jun's thin and short image, he couldn't play a fart with his language ability, how many people in power would take a fancy to him? Unexpectedly, because of his own crossing, this horse Jun accidentally stumbled into his own hand as a shearer, which is really providential!

Although Yuan Mai was ecstatic in his heart, he did not show it on his face. After all, if he praises Ma Jun to the sky now, it will inevitably make people doubt themselves. Now that Ma Jun has arrived under his own hands, he is already in the bag, the guest in the scene, he can be promoted slowly, there is no need to rush for a while!

After making up his mind in his heart, Yuan Mai got up and said, "Since your brothers said so, take me to the mine to have a look, and I will see if what you two brothers said is true?" ”

At the moment, the Ma brothers led the way in front, Yuan Mai, Xu Shu, and Shi Tao followed behind to the mountain to visit the equipment used to work in Ma Jitun, only to see that as the Ma brothers said, the other tun used baskets to pick up the mountain, and the people of their tun used wheelbarrows to push down, not only light, but also transported more.

The "black gold stones" dug out by other tuns are pulled up from the mine by manpower, but Ma Jitun only needs to turn the wheel to lift the black gold stones in the basket, which is not only fast but also more. The production technology is not at the same level, and the output is more than other tun, which is naturally a matter of course! (To be continued......)