Chapter 9 The Prototype of the Research Institute
Zhang Chao also needs the assistance of others to be powerful, some things are not a job that can be done by one person at all, not to mention that he still wants to break into a large family business in the troubled times, so he needs countless talents to help him, and this Zhang Rui is obviously the first person he likes and has used.
Of course, now with Hua Tuo and Guo Jia, Zhang Chao is more confident, and he also believes that as long as he continues to work hard, his strength will only become stronger and stronger.
After inspecting the juvenile class, Zhang Chao returned to the second son's mansion with his personal guards, in the backyard, Bai Tong had already prepared everything, knowing that the second son would be tired after going out for a day, so he arranged for someone to take a bath early.
Zhang Chao did not object to these things, and everything was arranged by Bai Tong. As a person of later generations, we fully understand the saying that the body is the capital of the revolution, and no matter what you want to do, you must first have a good body. And to have a good body, it is also very important to combine work and rest.
Fortunately, although Zhang Chao decided to take a bath, he was not like other sons of the family, and he still needed someone to serve him, and when the water temperature was right, two maids came in to help him take off his coat, and then he withdrew step by step.
The whole person fell into the wooden bathtub, Zhang Chao slowly closed his eyes, and he began to think about where to go next. Well, if there are no accidents, accepting Guo Jiafang first is the top priority, but with his current power, powerlessness and no soldiers, he only relies on a brother who is a guard, it is impossible for people to kneel down as soon as they meet, and they still need to think of some ways.
In this era, it is the era when the lord chooses his ministers, and the ministers also choose the lord.
Although there are many heroes, there are not a few heroes with names and surnames, but there are also many heroes like Cao Apu, Liu Da'er, Sun Wentai (Sun Jian's character), more like the Yuan family of the fourth world and the third prince, and there are not many talented people like Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, and Liu Yu. Then why do these heroes and heroes have to be cast under your account, and what do you have to offer more than them?
On prestige? Than qualifications? Look at the origin? Even depending on his age, Zhang Chao is not advantageous.
The whole person fell into the bathtub, Zhang Chao couldn't help but curse in his heart, who said that the people who crossed would have everything going well, they wanted the wind to be windy, and they wanted the rain to come, thinking that the generals who had experienced the test of blood and fire felt that they were struggling to move forward in the late years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was enough to prove that the things recorded in those online books were not true.
Thinking about it the other way, those things are also fantasies, most of them are cool texts, but they just laugh at themselves, but they are not good for general knowledge.
It's just that this time I really came to this era, and if I don't do something, I'm always sorry. In other words, as far as the history he knows, whether Zhang Miao (killed by his subordinates) or Zhang Chao (self-killed), there is no good result, and even the entire Three Kingdoms is only a few generations, if he doesn't do something, really follow the trajectory of history, I'm afraid it will be short.
I was lucky enough to cross once, and I hung up within a few years of getting one, which is not the result that Zhang Chao wants to see.
"Damn, no, I have to change all this, I have to change." In the wooden basin, Zhang Chao muttered to himself.
Guo Jia was also imprisoned, saying that he had been there for seven days.
During this period of time, Zhang Chao didn't go to see him once, as if there was no such person, if he hadn't told Bai Tong to take care of this person, he didn't take it back, I'm afraid that Guo Fengxiao's life would really be dark now.
ignored Guo Jia, but Zhang Chao felt that the time was not right, but in the past few days, he has indeed been in contact with Hua Tuo, not to mention the coming and going, especially when he puts forward an eye-catching idea from time to time, and the relationship between the two is much closer.
At least Hua Tuo was not clamoring to leave, but according to the proposed ideas, he was dedicated to treating the patient. even taught Zhang Chao a set of five poultry operas that he had researched by himself.
Five bird opera, to imitate the tiger, deer, bear, ape and other five kinds of animals and other five kinds of animal movements and demeanor to create a set of guidance techniques. It can achieve the effect of strengthening the body.
Zhang Chao, who is used to playing with guns, has a good physique, and with the assistance of this set of five bird plays, he is even more powerful, and he feels that even his spirit is more abundant.
Of course, the more important thing is that Hua Tuo is a healer, and he is a very dedicated person, and having this person in Zhang Chao's health is naturally equivalent to guaranteeing. He also believes that with his subtle transformation, in the end, this person will definitely become his royal miracle doctor, with an extra layer of security.
After dealing with Hua Tuo's affairs, Zhang Chao began to tinker with the Takahashi saddle and stirrup, as well as iron smelting into steel, and making longbows and short crossbows according to his own ideas.
In the days without stirrups, people had to ride on the back of a bare horse, and only by grasping the reins or mane and clamping the horse's belly with their legs to keep themselves from falling off while the horse was galloping.
However, this method is very unreliable, and it also makes the cavalry in this period in addition to the advantage of speed, its combat effectiveness is far inferior to the down-to-earth infantry, and many times after the cavalry arrives at the destination, they often dismount and enter the battlefield as infantry.
This was not what he had in mind, he wanted to increase the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, making them a truly powerful mobile force that could be called upon and fought at a moment's notice.
Zhang Chao knew very well in his heart that Dong Zhuo entered Beijing in the later period, and the cavalry he brought was less than 10,000, and in the same way, Cao Apu, who was very powerful in the Three Kingdoms, trained an elite cavalry called Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and the number of people during the victory period was only 20,000.
However, it was these powerful cavalry that ultimately decided the direction of the overall situation, and even made them all become overlords for a while.
This shows how important it is to have a strong cavalry.
Of course, as Zhang Chao himself, he also hopes to have a strong cavalry as the backing, so that when talking to people about things, his waist will be hard.
It won't be too laborious to make these things out of the impression, the only thing is that the details should be carefully pondered with the experts. After this incident, what also needs to be considered is to turn iron into steel.
What is iron and what is steel will not be repeated here, it is indeed a fact that steel is harder and more indestructible than iron.
Now that the hero is drunk and selling, Zhang Chao can harvest the principal more quickly, the commercial circulation is smooth, and the rapid recovery of the cost is also conducive to greater development.
The money is not worried for the time being, Zhang Chao naturally started the money-consuming thing of iron and steelmaking, but fortunately, the amount he needs is not very large, but he can support it.
And once there is steel, Zhang Chao has to consider making these things into armor and weapons that are necessary for war. Anyway, it's a good thing to save your life.
Imagine when you're wearing a sturdy steel armor and you're facing an opponent in sackcloth or even shirtless, and you're slashing each other, and whoever wins and who loses is the winner of the battle.
In addition to these, Zhang Chao also began to take the initiative to find experienced hunters nearby to develop longbows together.
In the era when firearms were not yet born, archers were synonymous with long-range warfare, especially against unarmored soldiers, bows and arrows could be killed in a large area far away, and they could be used to shock and confuse the enemy.
It is impossible to create thermal weapons with today's technology, so Zhang Chao has to devote his mind to long-range weapons such as bows and arrows.
Of course, what Zhang Chao wants to get is not an ordinary bow and arrow, but a longbow.
Zhang Chao played with the bow in that specific environment of the Golden Triangle, and even many times this weapon that could not make any sound would play an unexpected role. He himself is a good archer, and he has a good understanding of these. When the time comes, as long as you have a good talk with an experienced Orion, and then come up with your own ideas, I believe that the longbow should be able to be made.
Not to mention, Zhang Chao's idea is still very right, when he found a famous hunter nearby and said some of his opinions, the first longbow really looked at him.
Although the statue is not good, and even according to his requirements, the total length of the bow body has reached 1.7 meters, which is half a meter longer than an ordinary bow and arrow, but the same range is also very gratifying, and it can reach a distance of 300 steps under the use of powerful hunters.
In this regard, Zhang Chao was also very satisfied, and immediately rewarded, and even left two of the hunters who were mainly making the bow and arrow, and gave them a high reward, and said that the work in this area would be done by the two of them in the future, he asked for as much production as possible, to change the shape of the longbow, the most its yard should be shorter, more ornamental, and at the same time the distance should be broken as much as possible, and it is best to reach a distance of three hundred and fifty steps.
Later, he even came up with the idea of making cross steel and crossbows, so that the two could learn from them.
Cross steel, the crossbow is made of pure steel when you hear the name, this is a very money-burning job, even if it is Zhang Chao, it is impossible to mass produce, fortunately, he is not ready to use it for others, but only for the students of the junior class, so it is barely enough.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, because of the system, the businessmen were very lowly, the craftsmen were very lowly, and only the scholars were really noble.
Zhang Chao suddenly rewarded the two hunters with a lot of money, and moved their families into Chen Liucheng, and arranged a good house, this move can be described as the two of them are grateful and crying, and the idea of the death of a confidant is also spontaneous.
And Zhang Chao made such a little move, and there was a prototype of the weapons research institute based on these two hunters.