Recently, in order to catch up with Chu in terms of craftsmanship, Cao Cao made the scope of the Xian order too large, and also attached importance to craftsmen.

It's not that I didn't pay attention to it before, but I just ...... With Chu Guozhuyu in front, it is much more urgent.

There are also a lot of strange people and wizards in the north, after Cao Cao's key recruitment, many technical talents came to vote, one of which was Ma Jun, who was very surprised by Cao Cao's performance......

Even Cao Cao once said in private that Ma Junzhi's talent is no less than Pang Tong - of course, Bai Tu has not heard of this kind of cowhide that has never seen the world at all.

If he listened, Bai Tu would definitely say it to Cao Cao...... You're right! Come on, be confident!

At the same time, Cao Cao also found a lot of skilled craftsmen from all walks of life, and let them share and discuss technology together, plus the analysis of some Chu ordnance obtained by Wei through various channels after the battlefield was lost, so that Wei's technology was also greatly improved.

In Liu Ye's team to come to Chu this time, in addition to Xiahou Yuan, there is another hidden identity...... Or the Wei official who did not specifically reveal his identity, that is, the skillful military advisor "Ma Jun" of the Wei State.

This is also Ma Jun's own request, I hope to go to Chu to see and see the technology of Chu!

Although Ma Jun can't get in on the secret, and he is not ready to die, according to Ma Jun, if Chu State and Jinling are really as rumored, even among the people, they should be able to feel the atmosphere!

Ma Jun didn't hide anything in particular, after all, no outsiders knew him......

Eat a trench, grow a wisdom, now between Wei and Chu, the whole journey is by sea, and the Chu Kingdom has a fleet to escort it, and Cao Cao is not too worried about the safety on the road.

As for the security in the state of Chu?

Although the attitudes of the other princes towards Bai Tu were different, some admired and some resentful, they ...... No matter who they are, they all recognize Bai Tu's character, or recognize Chu State's insistence on morality.

During the non-war period, the Wei State sent people over openly, and it was impossible for Bai Tu to forcibly detain people out of fear or love for talent.

After returning to the post house, Liu Ye also found Xiahou Yuan and Ma Jun and asked them for their opinions on plate armor.

After learning that these fifty sets of plate armor were given to him by Bai Tu, Xiahou Yuan was also very pleased.

Fifty sets of plate armor were given to him by name, and it was revealed that they could be traded with Wei State plate armor, which undoubtedly reflected Bai Tu's importance to Xiahou Juan.

"Deheng, look at this batch of plate armor, with the skills of our Wei State Craftsman Battalion, how much does it take to build it?" Liu Ye said and lifted a pair of upper body armor parts and handed them to Ma Jun.

"Ahem, it's my plate armor." Xiahou Yuan emphasized, but he didn't mean to stop Ma Jun from watching.

At the same time, Xiahou Yuan himself gently picked up a pair of plate armor, first weighed it, and then knocked twice on the chest and joints of the plate armor.

And Ma Jun was on the side, groping for the plate armor, and at the same time his eyes were empty......

Not to mention Xiahou Yuan, as the most brilliant general of the Xiahou clan, his battlefield judgment of plate armor undoubtedly has a very authoritative reference value.

As for Ma Jun......

It seemed that his eyes were empty, but in fact, in his perspective, with his groping, a three-dimensional projection of plate armor appeared in front of him.

After touching them all, Ma Jun no longer took care of the plate armor, but danced on the spot - Liu Ye and Xiahou Yuan were not surprised by this.

If you share Ma Jun's perspective, you will see the stereoscopic projection in front of him at this time, and it will be moved by him, easily disassembled, expanded and contracted when pulled, as if it is a black technology stereo projection......

That's right, this is exactly Ma Jun's trick - manipulating the machine!

It can perfectly reproduce the structure of the mechanism, and even has a certain amount of modification simulation.

Of course, compared to Pang Tong, Ma Jun's scheming is only a "younger brother".

Ma Jun's strategy can only be used on the macro level, and does not have the ability to analyze microcoscopically, that is, he can accurately judge the strength of the alloy, but he cannot know its content ratio.

Moreover, he can't be like Pang Tong, who directly builds theoretical models and conducts purely utopian thought experiments, and his thought experiments must have clear real objects for him to analyze......

After Xiahou Yuan tried the plate armor with his bare hands, he loaded it on his own battle armor and tried it, probably knowing the performance of the plate armor in his heart.

"It is true that a whole piece of armor makes the plate armor very defensive, and because of its thickness, ordinary soldiers ...... Well, the more elite soldiers can afford to fight on horseback. However, if it is used for foot combat, it is still cumbersome, and if it is loaded on the armor...... Unless it is a grassroots general in the heavy cavalry, it is not necessary, and it will still have an impact on flexibility after all. Xiahou Yuan commented.

"Before that, it was rumored that hundreds of plate armor were heavily ridden, and the rumors of Xiliang Iron Riding were broken......"

"That's true! If the lord had a thousand such plate armor heavy horses, it is not known that he might be able to break Dong Zhuo head-on. Xiahou Yuan affirmed the plate armor.

"So...... Will this plate armor really be the decisive force in the future? Liu Ye's expression was a little solemn.

"Hah! That's not true, otherwise how could the State of Chu recuperate at this time? Sweep the world directly! It is only a matter of its weight and flexibility that it has been decided that it needs to be suitable for its own battlefield in order to be able to play a role, and it is also completely capable of targeting tactically, as for strategy...... You don't need me to say it for Ziyang, right? "Xiahou Yuan is not surprised by the plate armor.

But even so, Liu Ye also understands the meaning of plate armor - as long as a suitable battlefield is created, the plate armor heavy cavalry can sweep everything!

Of course, this is only in terms of practicality, as far as the technology and cost are concerned......

The two chatted a few more words, and after Ma Jun came back to his senses, Liu Ye immediately asked, "Deheng, how is it?" If this plate armor had been crafted by the Craftsman's Battalion......"

That's right, Liu Ye's first thought was, of course, not to buy it, but to be imitated by Ma Jun.

Even if for Wei, the cost of smelting steel by itself is higher and the quality is worse, but even if the cost is higher than the purchase price, or even the quality is worse, it does not hurt, after all, there are hidden benefits of cultivating craftsmen.

Cao Cao is not Gongsun Kang, so easy to be "really fragrant", although he has been buying, buying, buying, buying, but Cao Cao has not given up his imitation, and fully supports Ma Jun's improvement.

And Ma Jun's tricks have made him a master of imitation and improvement......

The same is true of Ma Jun in history, the improved catapult is a wheeled catapult, the improved Zhuge crossbow is Wei Lianlu, and the overturned car of Bi Lan is a keel waterwheel - [Yoyo Reading] Of course, now Baitu has some meaning of taking Ma Jun's road, so that Ma Jun has no way to go.

However, it is true that now because of the pressure of the Chu State, the Wei State attaches more importance to Ma Jun, which is like a "rotary catapult" in history, and in the end it is only a drawing, Cao Shuang even disdains to experiment for Ma Jun, even if Ma Jun has already successfully transformed the repeater at that time......

"The smelting technology of the Chu State is indeed far superior to that of the skillful craftsman battalion." Ma Jun had a somewhat wooden face, not because he was unhappy, but because he had this temperament.

"How much worse is the intensity?" Liu Ye asked—this determined how he would talk to Chu State in the future.

"Thirty percent, but if it is built by the craftsman battalion, there will be a maximum of fifty pairs a year, and if you recruit ordinary craftsmen again, it will not exceed seventy pairs."

Ma Jun's words made Liu Ye's heart cold......

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