Ma Dai held the armor and was full of praise: "Mr. Ma is really ingenious, with this armor, our soldiers don't know how many casualties can be reduced!" ”

Ma Jun said humbly: "Hehe, the general has won the award." I don't know if the general noticed it, but this armor is fish scale armor, not armor. The protection of the fish scale armor is stronger than that of the fish scale armor, because in terms of texture, the fish scale armor is iron armor, and the scale armor is made of iron armor and wood chips bonded together;

In terms of shape, the surface of the fish scale armor is smooth and curved, and the weapon will slide sideways to a certain extent when hit on the fish scale armor, thereby reducing the harm to the human body, and it is not easy to be broken by the weapon, while the armor is easy to be broken because of the flat surface, and the force of the weapon is easy to be concentrated on one point, so it is easy to be broken, thereby injuring the human body. ”

When everyone heard Ma Jun's lofty arguments, they couldn't help but be deeply impressed, because even Ma Chao didn't know this knowledge.

Ma Jun said again: "Not only that, but the subordinates used some means when refining the iron armor, so although this fish scale armor looks no different from ordinary fish scale armor, it is even harder. The subordinates also added some other metals to it, coupled with a unique ratio, so this fish scale armor is not easy to rust, at least not for a hundred years. ”

This made everyone, including Ma Chao, even more amazed, because of the rusty nature of iron, which led to the rust of weapons, and the army was inconvenient to fight in the rainy season. And Ma Jun completely eliminated this drawback, and from then on, the Xiliang army could fight around the clock!

Ma Chao said in surprise: "The helmet, mask, as well as the swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks mentioned just now, are they all like this?" ”

Ma Jun didn't show too much fluttering, but was as humble as ever, saying, "Exactly." ”

Ma Chao suppressed his joy a little, and then asked: "Is the equipment of the whole army like this?" ”

"Exactly."

Ma Chao said with satisfaction: "Mr. is really a god!" Mr. Wude, how fortunate are you? ”

"The young master has praised it, this is Jun's duty."

Ma Chao suddenly felt that his decision to rob Ma Jun was really the wisest choice. If there was no Ma Jun, it would be difficult for Ma Chao to imagine that he could have today and take Liangzhou so quickly.

The guards of the fish scale basin collar armor that were stripped off by the generals did not show their military uniforms, but a layer of leather armor under the fish scale basin collar armor. Ma Jun pointed to the leather armor again and said, "Young master, please see, under the iron armor is a layer of leather armor." This leather armor is made of cowhide, and it is not only added to the basin collar armor to prevent the iron armor from scratching, but also can be used with the iron armor to protect the human body. If the young master needs the iron horse to go back and run at full speed, he can remove the iron armor. Although the cavalry only wore leather armor, it was able to defend against some arrows. ”

Ma Chao nodded, thinking that this Ma Jun was really thoughtful and thoughtful.

Ma Jun took off his leather armor again, pointed to the military uniform and said, "Young master, please see, the fabric on the chest and abdomen of this military uniform is silk." Silk, although precious, is pliable in texture. If an arrow from a strong bow pierces through iron and leather armor, it will be blocked by silk. If the silk is also pierced, it is easy to pull out the arrow in the later stage, leaving only minor injuries, small wounds, and less prone to infection and pus. ”

Silk, this is silk! Ma Chao knew that even Ma Teng didn't dare to wear silk in order to show frugality, and usually only wore clothes that were slightly inferior to silk fabrics, that is, cloth made of animal hair. Because Liangzhou is rich in cattle and sheep, the price of silk is much lower than that of silk fabrics.

And Ma Jun was willing to use precious silk as a military uniform, although he only cut a small piece and sewed it on the military uniform and covered it on his chest and abdomen, but it was also very extravagant! But Ma Jun said that this silk could avoid serious injuries and infections, and Ma Chao endured it, after all, the lives of soldiers are priceless and cannot be measured by a small piece of silk.

The generals are not as stingy as Ma Chao, after all, it is not their family's money that is spent, Zhang Xiu said: "Wonderful! How did the gentleman know that silk had such an effect? ”

Ma Jun smiled and said, "Then how did the general know about the battlefield?" ”

"Hahaha! Mr. is so ingenious, how can I dare to compare with Mr.? ”

The guards were successively stripped of their belts, masks, iron armor, leather armor, and military uniforms, and now they were only wearing calf-nose pants, standing messy in the wind, and being watched by a group of big men, feeling extremely helpless. Ma Jun was only focused on explaining, and he didn't notice that the guards who were used as demonstrations were about to cry. Ma Jun took another knife from the guard, and Ma Chao found that this was not the ring-head knife in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Ma Jun said: "After repeated experiments, Jun found that the ring head knife was too long, too narrow, too light, too thin, and too straight. Too long, not conducive to mastery, the so-called whip length is beyond reach; too narrow, the trauma is narrow; Too light, not deep trauma; Too thin, not too traumatic; If it is too straight, the strength of the cut is not exhausted, and the injury is not big. The wound caused by the ring head knife was too small, and the blade that was too straight was not conducive to slashing, and it was easy to break, so Jun thought it was time for Shatai. ”

Shati, that is, elimination.

Ma Chao nodded, because he also knew that the Huanshou knife slowly withdrew from the stage of history, and the knives that were developed later, such as Tang knives, Mongolian knives, and Japanese samurai swords, gradually became shorter and bent. Shortened, which is conducive to maneuvering and power; When bending and slashing, the effect of force is continued and increased, and it is easy to cut out larger and deeper wounds. In particular, the cavalry galloped and carried the huge potential energy formed by the running of the war horse, and with another chop, it was easy to hack the enemy to death, or even cut off the waist. Therefore, Ma Chao thinks that Ma Jun's opinion is right, and the ring head knife with a blade that is too straight and too long should indeed be replaced.

Ma Jun said: "For this reason, Jun assigned his subordinate Pu Yuan to make 80,000 knives, replaced the ring head knife, and the whole army has a handle. ”

Pu Yuan? Ma Chao suddenly felt as if he had heard this name somewhere, and said, "Pu Yuan cares here?" Call him. ”

Ma Jun pointed to the person behind him and said, "Young master, this is Pu Yuan." ”

Pu Yuan came out and said, "Meet the young master." ”

Ma Chao saw that Pu Yuan's broken hair and tattoo looked like he was not a Chinese person.

Jia Xu said: "Young master, Pu, that is, Pu Ye." This person is a Pu person. ”

Ma Chao understood, and at this time he also remembered that there was once a "Pu Yuan" who once helped Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang build treasure knives, and it was rumored that the wooden ox and flowing horse were made by Pu Yuan.

Ma Chao said: "Pu Yuan, how do you make this knife?" ”

Pu Yuan said in a not very fluent and authentic Chinese: "Back to the young master, the first thing to do is to fry good steel in knife making." Apply an appropriate amount of charcoal to the molten steel, the charcoal must be no more and no less, and the more will become pig iron, which is too hard and brittle; less mature iron, too soft and changeable; Only when the charcoal is no more and no less, fried properly, and the appropriate amount of manganese, silicon, sulfur, phosphorus and other substances are applied, can a good steel be obtained.

The second is in tempering, the more tempering, the less impurities in the steel, the harder and sharper the knife, one refining is not as good as five refining, five refining is not as good as ten refining, ten refining is not as good as one hundred refining, and the hundred refining steel is the hardest and sharpest.

Finally, in quenching, the water used in quenching, the temperature must not be cold or hot, too cool is brittle, too hot is soft, only not cold and not hot can be hard and resistant; In addition, the water used for quenching can be mixed with copper and manganese, which can increase the hardness and luster of the sword, but it must be no more and no less, and the proportion is moderate. In a word, everything must pay attention to the word 'degree'. ”