Zhang Xi was originally on his way to the barracks.

Although Zhang Xi asked the craftsmen to make the Pu knife, he did not forget to let the craftsmen make the Miao knife.

Today is the day when Miao Dao is built, Zhang Xi originally planned to take Zhang Wei to the military camp to inspect the goods, but he happened to meet someone sent by Guan Yu, so he went to see Guan Yu first.

Guan Yu saw Zhang Xi, and first affirmed his idea of transforming the ordnance, and then. Tell Zhang Xi that it is enough for Pu Dao to build 3,000, don't waste money.

The second master, his personality is like that, especially in the face of his juniors, he doesn't know what it means to use euphemistic words, and it is directly a posture in which I have the final say.

Of course Zhang Xi doesn't do it, Pu Dao is such a good thing, you don't use it to make standard equipment, so you are worried about your little money and you go back to Maicheng, and I don't know whose little money it is.

So, Zhang Xi argues with reason.

But this time, it was not only Guan Yu who opposed his approach, but also Ma Liang, the great housekeeper of Jingzhou, also told Zhang Xi euphemistically that if he did this, the money and grain would be a trivial matter, but the iron and stone would run out, and it would not be easy to mine.

If you have to improve your armaments, then it is better to wait for Jingzhou to be completely stabilized before you think about it, and this is not impossible. Look at what Ma Liang said tactfully.

However, in Zhang Xi's ears, it is actually the same.

One is worried about money, the other is worried about ore, and when it comes to money.

Zhang Xi is depressed, one person can't say two people, what the key person said is still reasonable, Zhang Xi doesn't know how to refute.

I can only respond temporarily, and then let the craftsman take the good Miao knife and prepare to go home.

Then Guan Yu's eyes lit up.

"What's in your hand?!"

"Miao Dao!"

"Take it with a certain view."

"No."

After speaking, Zhang Xi handed the Miao knife to Guan Yu.

Guan Yu repeated a set of Zhang Wei's process of testing Pu Dao, one flick, two listens, and three looks at the sharpness.

However, Guan Yu didn't try it, but asked Zhang Xi and said, "This knife is made of the same iron as the Pu knife?!" ”

Zhang Xi nodded as a matter of course, and then Guan Yu handed over the Miao knife to the guards and asked the guards to test the knife.

Of course, it wasn't the guard who tried the knife, and the one couldn't even lift his hand now.

Changed a personal guard and went to test the Miao knife.

Zhang Xi was afraid that he didn't understand the characteristics of the Miao knife, so he specially explained that the Miao knife can be stabbed or chopped, and remember to try both when you test.

Then the guard shook away with the previous one.

Guan Yu held the Miao Knife, stared at the slender "figure" of the Miao Knife, admired it for a long time, and then said, "Since there is such a sharp weapon to save iron, why not use it earlier?!" ”

Guan Yu has taken a fancy to Miao Dao, really, very much.

Iron is the same type of iron, with both hardness and toughness.

The amount of iron used for casting the Miao knife is about the same as that of the ring head knife, and although the Miao knife has a slender blade, because of the toughness, there is no curling blade after chopping ten straw men, and there is no crack.

Although the length is not as long as the lengthened Pu knife, the length of the Miao knife is also longer than the general ring head knife, which can occupy a great advantage in melee combat and siege.

Zhang Xi is also a person who has been on the battlefield for so many years, of course he knows what Guan Yu thinks, so he hurriedly said, "Although this knife is longer than the ring head knife, it is not as good as the Pu knife. ”

Guan Yu looked at Zhang Xi, then at the Miao knife in his hand, and smiled.

"Yuan Chang has always been accustomed to commanding soldiers, so I'm afraid he has never killed the enemy himself, right?!"

Guan Yu said this to Zhang Xi with a smile, and then held the Miao knife in his hand and asked Zhang Wei to fetch a spear and hold it.

Then, I watched Guan Yu start one step outside the spear, first opened the spear with one hand, and then stepped forward with a brisk step, changed to a two-handed knife, and slashed head-on, directly cutting off the spear in Zhang Wei's hand.

Zhang Xi was speechless for a while.

"Junhou martial arts, Xi admires!" Zhang Xi arched his hand and said, "It's just that the soldiers are competing, I'm afraid that no one has the martial arts of a prince and a prince, although the gun is wooden, those who can cut it are a minority after all." ”

Yes, it's true that the barrel of a spear is made of wood, but just because you can cut it doesn't mean that all soldiers can cut it.

When Guan Yu heard this, he laughed again.

Zhang Xi's face was inexplicable, after all, Zhang Wei was a little unbearable, and whispered to Zhang Xi to popularize science, "County guard, the soldiers in front of the battle are fighting, the distance is only a few steps away, the Miao knife can be single-wielded to block the stab, or dual-wielding chopping, and once the spear is close, it is inconvenient to turn, so you can only retreat to protect yourself Miao Knife is of great use." ”

Zhang Xi didn't seem to understand it, but Guan Yu didn't care, after all, he had also heard of Zhang Xi's fighting style, charging into battle was never Zhang Xi's job, this kind of thing that can only be experienced between life and death, Zhang Xi didn't understand it, and it was not surprising.

Guan Yu really likes the Miao knife, the blade is slender, it can stab and slash, and the length is longer than the ring head knife, which can effectively reduce the distance of the soldiers to rush forward and kill.

In the past, in the face of pikemen, it took at least three or four steps for a soldier with a ring-headed knife to get close, but now it only takes one or two steps to stab or slash with a knife, which has greatly improved the combat ability.

Don't underestimate these two missing steps, sometimes it's the gap between life and death.

Indeed, in terms of length, Miao Dao is indeed inferior to Pu Dao, but Miao Dao can switch back and forth between single and dual wielding, and the space for movement will be larger than that of Pu Dao in chaotic battles, and most importantly - Miao Dao uses less iron.

In Guan Yu's view, the Pu knife is still suitable for taking the route of elite soldiers, with a small number of troops, and it has an unexpected effect at critical moments, but Miao Dao is really suitable for the army's standard equipment.

And Guan Yu also took into account another decisive factor: the Pu knife needs to be specially trained to be used by the sergeants, and the way of using it after holding it and extending the rod is different, and many people can't master it well if they don't practice, but the Miao knife is not used, as long as the soldiers who can use the ring head knife can seamlessly switch to use the Miao knife.

In these years, the ring-headed knife is a standard weapon, and there are very few soldiers who will not use the ring-headed knife.

In this way, Guan Yu personally made the decision, suspended the forging of the Pu knife in the camp, and instead made every effort to build the Miao knife.

As for the new iron-making method, Guan Yu originally wanted to send someone to settle all the craftsmen in a unified manner, but he didn't expect that Zhang Xi had already arranged it in advance, and even in the forging area, he was not allowed to enter without a military order.

Zhang Xi is also a person who has been trained by Zhuge Liang, and when he encounters something similar again, he will think of confidentiality measures one step earlier.

Guan Yu was very satisfied with this, but after returning home, he still urged Zhang Xi, and quickly wrote down the method and sent it to Liu Bei in Chengdu, this kind of thing is the real important weapon of the country, and it is much more important than what Pu knife or Miao knife is.

There is really no need for Guan Yu to remind Guan Yu in this regard, Zhang Xi has been writing it for a long time.

And not only the "steel filling method", "frying steel method" Zhang Xi also let the craftsmen in the army try it, although the probability of frying steel is still not high, but the probability of frying wrought iron is still very high, the combination of frying steel and steel filling method can greatly improve the efficiency of ironmaking, at least much higher than the block forging method used in the army now.

Zhang Xi wrote down all these things, and then sent someone to send them to Chengdu.

Chengdu, too, sent some of the classics that Zhang Xi wanted to Zhang Xi before the end of the year.

These classics are all on paper, and Zhuge Liang finally got out of the ink and printed it with engraving printing, which looks fair and neat.

When these books arrived in Jiangling, Zhang Xi remembered that there was such a thing, and hurriedly ran to find Yi nationality and asked about the construction of Yuelu Academy.

Yi reluctantly said to Zhang Xi that in this winter, the people don't even want to go out, who will build a academy for you.

When Zhang Xi instructed the Iraqi overseer to build the Yuelu Academy, it was already late August, and September was the autumn harvest season, and everyone was busy harvesting rice, who had time to build what academy.

After the autumn harvest was over, the Iraqi people routinely launched a month's conscription to let the people go into the mountains to build the academy, but it was not easy to level out the land near the academy in a month's time.

After the end of the conscription, the people will definitely not come to help you repair it again, and you can only repair it by foreign workers, but Ma Liang has not approved this money and grain subsidy, and it is not easy for the Iraqi to make his own decisions.

After a while, Ma Liang approved the money and grain, but it was already winter. It's really inhumane to let people work in the winter.

To sum up, in one sentence - the current Yuelu Academy is a piece of flat land.

Zhang Xi was depressed, Yuelu Academy hadn't even built a library pavilion, but now the books have been delivered.

There was no way, Zhang Xi could only take these books and cheekily visit Sima Hui, first put the books on Sima Hui's side for temporary preservation, and then moved them over when the library of Yuelu Academy was built.

By the way, Zhang Xi was given a good lecture by Sima Hui, saying that he didn't respect knowledge or something.

What can you do, this is both virtuous and respectful, you are in front of him, arguing is rude, not to mention that this time it is indeed Zhang Xi's fault, not staring at the construction period well.

Afterwards, Zhang Xi did go to Yuelu Mountain and saw the land that had just been leveled. It's winter, the land is frozen, and breaking the ground at this time is really half the effort.

The matter of laying the foundation can only be said after the beginning of spring, but if it drags on like this, can this academy be built in the Year of the Monkey?!

Zhang Xi was thinking, should I try to make cement to build a house quickly, it is also convenient to lay the foundation, and it is very strong and durable.

Traversers, there are a few who don't want to engage in cement.

But Zhang Xi pondered for a long time and discovered a terrible fact - he can't make cement.

Not to mention cement, even Sanhe Tu Zhang Xi only knows a rough idea, it seems to be made of lime, clay and sand mixed together, but the specific proportion is really unknown.

Really, if Zhang Xi is given a chance to do it again, Zhang Xi will definitely bring a Du Niang when he crosses, the thief is gentle, the thief is empathetic, if you don't know what to ask directly, how convenient it is.

Now I don't have a chance, so I can only blame myself for not studying well before I crossed.

(End of chapter)