Chapter 78 Iron Shop

Heavy cavalry can't be built, but Ma Chao still has a way to deal with horseshoes.

In fact, when Pound talked about horseshoe, a word appeared in Ma Chao's mind: horseshoe.

I remember another fable story in the previous life: a horseshoe was broken, a war horse was broken; a war horse was broken, a commander fell; a commander fell, a war was lost; a war was lost, a country was destroyed...

The horseshoe mentioned in this fable is what Ma Chao wants to create.

Horseshoe, also known as horseshoe, is an iron hoof type that horses, cattle and other animals are bound to their hoofs. The function of nailing the horse's paw is mainly to delay the wear of the horse's hoof. The use of horseshoe not only protects the horseshoe, but also makes the horseshoe more firmly grasp the ground, which is beneficial for riding and driving.

Ma Chao knows that the horse's hoof consists of two layers. The layer in contact with the ground is a hard cuticle about two to three centimeters thick, and the upper layer is living cuticle. When the horse's hoof comes into contact with the ground and is corroded by the friction of the ground and the corrosion of water, the hard cuticle will quickly fall off, which is what Pound and others are worried about.

The binding of horseshoe is to use nails to fix the horseshoe on the horny skin of the horseshoe, that is, the "horseshoe" is burned and formed, then placed at the foot of the horse, and then the thick iron is nailed into the sole of the horse with a hammer and nail, and the barb of the nail is used to fix it to the horse's ankle bone to avoid falling off.

In fact, the construction of horseshoe is very simple, that is, to make the patch into a ring, leaving a hole in the middle so that the nails can be fixed. Ma Chao believes that although he can't build high-quality armored cavalry at present, there should be nothing wrong with getting tens of thousands of horseshoes.

You don't need any drawings to build this thing, just compare it with the blacksmith. Ma Chao took his sick body to his 'iron shop' that day.

Yes, Ma Chao himself has an industry. When he came here, Ma Chao suddenly built a horse and gathered some craftsmen to set up his own 'iron shop'. Later, Ma Teng handed over the industry to Ma Chao. Now that he is in charge of Fufeng County, the 'iron shop' should also become stronger and stronger, right?

'Thinking about it, I just remember to build a horseshoe, but I forgot the horseshoe. This IQ is really hard.' Ma Chao still counted himself all the way. As for the planning of his iron shop, Ma Chao wants to turn this iron shop into the Lockheed Martin Company of the Xiliang Ma family in the late Han Dynasty, fully innovate and lead the military equipment manufacturing industry in the late Han Dynasty, and become the exclusive monopoly arms supplier of the Xiliang Ma family.

Thinking about the beautiful vision of the future, Ma Chao couldn't help but be excited. Walking on the road of Lockheed Martin Company, oh, it is an iron shop, Ma Chao's footsteps are a little light, and there is a voice in his heart always shouting: "Ma Chao, Lockheed Martin at the end of the Han Dynasty is created by you! That stamen and horseshoe can be regarded as the pioneers of the improvement of cavalry combat equipment at the end of the Han Dynasty!"

But when Ma Chao really came to the door of his iron shop, a feeling of disappointment suddenly surged into his heart: the dilapidated yard in front of him is his iron shop, the future Lockheed Martin Company?

The courtyard displayed in front of Ma Chao, except for the higher wall, thicker walls and larger courtyards, and the appearance of large families, nothing else can be seen, which is simply 18,000 miles different from the arsenal in Ma Chao's mind. There is not even a plaque that shows the identity of this dilapidated courtyard.

In fact, this is also Ma Chao's negligence. He has been calling his arsenal the word 'iron shop'. How can he worry about his subordinates? What's more...

After entering the door, he happened to see Han Feng here, and Han Feng saw Ma Chao coming, quickly put down his work and shouted, "Young master came to inspect in person, hard work!"

Ma Chao's face did not fluctuate at all, but just waved his hand to signal Han Feng to avoid gifts. After that, he asked Han Feng as a guide and led himself to review his first industry after crossing.

At this time, the craftsmen were busy in the smoky fire, and the blazing fire made the craftsmen sweat profusely. Seeing that Han Feng led a sick teenager in, and although the teenager looked sick, he had long hair and shoulders, his eyebrows were straight, and his eyes were bright. With the beautiful robe, he looked extraordinary and handsome. Even if a group of craftsmen don't know who this is, they can't help praising in their hearts: "What a young hero!"

Especially when they saw that the general manager Han Feng was still very respectful to the teenager, everyone naturally knew that he was a more noble figure than Han Feng. They stopped their work one after another and kowtowed in fear.

Ma Chao was a little stunned: These people don't know themselves. Why do they kowtow as soon as they see him?

Ma Chao came here, although he was not completely clear about the etiquette of the Han Dynasty. But it seems a little unreasonable that everyone is so respectful and even humble. Unless...

After frowning, Ma Chao did not ask Han Feng this question, but looked around carefully for a week. He saw a quenched old man in front of him who could not distinguish his age, and his chapped brown beard was covered with black dust. Then he looked at a "black flower-faced" young man with a torch in front of the stove next to him, and his clothes were ragged. Rotten, it can cover the shame; the strong man with a hammer beside him, his bare upper body was scalded a little scar.

Ma Chao looked sad: "The steel jungle guarding Xiliang's iron riding was actually built under such difficult conditions?" Ma Chao thought of the difficult conditions of the iron shop, but he was used to staying in the agricultural base station in the 21st century and had long been accustomed to the clean and clean environment around him. He never thought that the production environment of the Han Dynasty Arsenal more than 2,000 years ago would be so bad.

Ma Chao couldn't help sighing, "Is this my future Lockheed Martin Company?"

Yes, the conditions of the Han Dynasty arsenal are as difficult as Ma Chao's iron shop. Even Ma Chao's iron shop conditions are much better than those of the arsenals of the Han Dynasty. At least, if you work in Ma Chao's iron shop, you can have two meals a day. After injury, you can also rest at your discretion...

Going further, it was the warehouse of the iron shop. As soon as the door opened, Ma Chao felt a musty smell coming. Ma Chao subconsciously frowned. After carefully looking at the chaos of the warehouse, Ma Chao frowned deeper: the rusty spear gunhead piled up disorderly; the broken wooden poles lay down on the ground horizontally and vertically; the newly built daggers and hard bows piled randomly in the corner of the wall.

"Is this also a warehouse?" Ma Chao was furious in his heart: "The iron shop is in difficult conditions, which is limited by technical conditions. This warehouse is so chaotic, but it is poorly planned and managed, resulting in employees' lack of professionalism at all."

Seeing the chaotic scene in front of him, Ma Chao, who came from the 21st century and aspired to achieve a steel jungle career at the end of the Han Dynasty, is really strange if he is not angry!