Chapter 142 Zheng Hun and the Roman Legion

Zheng Hun!

Ma Chao suddenly remembered that in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, there was indeed a man named Zheng Hun. Moreover, the role of this guy is no worse than that of a tiger general or a master of internal affairs, and even, in a way, much stronger!

At the end of the Han Dynasty, during the war, there were monarchs who attached great importance to agricultural production, but few of them paid attention to the invention of instruments. Ma Chao's death was counted, and only Pu Yuan's knife refining, Liu Ye's invention of the catapult, Zhuge Liang's invention of Zhuge's crossbow, the destruction of mountain crossbow, Kongming's lamp and so on. The invention of these three people is completely linked to the military.

It was not until the later period, when the Three Kingdoms were established and the land of the Central Plains was no longer chaotic, that a Ma Jun appeared. He was a complete agricultural inventor who invented agricultural appliances such as carriages, water rollovers, and shuttle weaving machines.

During the war at the end of the Han Dynasty, the only person who was recorded in history as a craftsman, except for Ma Jun, was Zheng Hun. Moreover, Ma Jun, a master of mechanical invention, is said to be a disciple of Zheng Hun.

Zheng Hun, a native of Kaifeng, Henan Province. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Huainan was respected by Yuan Shu because of his superb forging skills. Later, he defected to Hua Xin, and later gained Cao Cao's trust and was transferred to Cao Cao as a staff member. After Cao Cao's son Cao Pi ascended the throne, he worshipped Zheng Hun as the imperial historian and added the title of emperor's son-in-law.

Zheng Hun has served as the magistrate of Xiacai County, the magistrate of Shaoling County, the governor of Shangdang, Jing Zhaoyin, and generals as a craftsman. During his tenure, he has been honest and honest, and Emperor Wei Ming once issued an edict to praise him.

Zheng Hun is indeed a very competent official who attaches great importance to agricultural production. During his tenure, he personally led the people to open slopes to repair fields and plant trees. He was loved by the people and praised by the rulers at that time.

Zheng Hun is an honest official, although he is in a high position, "his wife is not immune to hunger." In feudal society, it is rare for an official to be so thought of the people and be honest.

However, historians at that time attributed Zheng Hun's historical achievements to his implementation of a series of governance measures to develop the rural economy and improve people's lives, but completely ignored Zheng Hun's outstanding contributions to metal smelting technology. It can even be said that they ignored Zheng Hun's identity as an inventor.

In terms of metal smelting, it is said that Zheng Hun combined the Western forging process with the Central Plains forging process in Gaochang, Xiliang. Later generations did not know what process and material he used, creating the most advanced metal smelting technology in the Three Kingdoms era at the end of the Han Dynasty. The weapon he created was extremely sharp and was the dream of all the generals at that time. He called the steel used for these weapons hemp steel, and its hardness and sharpness far exceeded that of Shu Han.

Compared, among the Three Kingdoms, Cao Wei with Zheng Hun's military equipment is the most sophisticated. In the Shu Han Dynasty of Pu Yuan, the Eastern Wu Dynasty, which has no character, is the second worst.

However, can Zheng Hun, the slave in his hand, be the good official and inventor in history? Did he return him to his surname, or because he helped him invent the bellows and make distilled barrels: Didn't you hear that Zheng Hun was an excellent carpenter before?

With this doubt, Ma Chao quickly came to the warehouse and saw the 30-year-old man worried about a batch of wooden guns.

Zheng Hun's skin color and mental appearance were much better than before, probably because his body gradually began to recover after the heavy work. However, the trace of worry on his face could not be erased.

"Master Zheng, what are you thinking?" Ma Chao walked to Zheng's side and asked softly.

But Zheng Hun was trembling and quickly saluted: "Bear... The villain pays a visit to the young master!"

"How many times have I said that you are now the carpenter supervisor of a carpenter camp and an official with a salary. You should claim to be subordinates or a humble position." Ma Chao corrected this again: these slaves have suffered too much grievances. If they don't take away these inferiority complexes, I'm afraid there will be no inspiration to make any inventions.

"Little man... I know the humble position." A trace of gratitude flashed in Zheng Hun's eyes, and then continued to say, "Young master, it's a pity to throw away these abandoned guns. I don't know if they can be used on weapons?"

"Weapon?" Ma Chao casually picked up a gun barrel and shook his head: "These barrels are not even qualified to make ordinary long guns. How can they be used on weapons?"

The long guns used by most soldiers in the late Han Dynasty were not made of metal, and only a few middle and upper generals could get all-metal weapons. Most soldiers still use wooden weapons, with a sharp gunhead in the front, which is regarded as a standard weapon. These barrels, under Ma Chao's rigid requirements to ensure the combat effectiveness of soldiers, did not meet the standards for making wooden guns, so they were abandoned here.

"The young master misunderstood that when he was a slave in Gaochang, he had the honor to meet a retired general in the Western Regions. The general once said that their subordinates used a weapon called ' javelin'..."

"Gao Chang? General of the Western Regions?" Ma Chao was stunned.

There are two reasons why Ma Chao was stunned. First, he can be sure that Zheng Hun in front of him is the Zheng Hun in history. Maybe this guy was inadvertently looted and bought by Brother Chou on the way to exile Yuan Shu, which made himself cheaper!

And the second is the ' javelin' in Zheng Hun's mouth, which reminds Ma Chao of one thing: it is a hypothesis, a legend, a Goedbach that may never be proved.

It is said that on the Xiliang Highlands in western China, there is a fierce legion active. Many of them are Westerners with deep noses. They use fish arrays and list dense formations in advance with huge shields. Then before rushing, they will use javelin bows as a weapon to tear each other, and finally adopt the column method. In turn, the front and column echoed, and the javelin kept short. On both sides, there were also windy cavalry coming and going, which made the enemy collapse and fled in confusion.

This legion is the Xiliang Horse Super Legion, an invincible legion with Romanized regular operations!

At this time, the ' javelin' mentioned by Zheng Hun is exactly the same as throwing the javelin before the Roman legion.

"Can you still get in touch with that general of the Western Regions now?" Thinking of this legion, Ma Chao urgently took Zheng Hun's hand and asked.

"Someone didn't know the whereabouts of the officer for a long time. Maybe he was executed long ago?" Zheng Hun replied, obviously seeing a trace of disappointment in Ma Chao's eyes.

Ma Chao thinks so. Now is the end of the Han Dynasty, an era of poverty and backwardness. Not to mention that Zheng Hun has only contacted the general of the Western Regions before. Even if the two are brothers, they may leave forever during the war. There are no mobile phones, penguins and other communication tools...

It is impossible to pursue the shadow of this legion. The only possibility is that you have to build such a legion by yourself!

Now the development momentum of the horse arsenal is good, and the use of horse palms and stamen has greatly strengthened the power of cavalry. In terms of infantry, only they can create high-quality steel and put them on the infantry. When training their formation and fighting spirit, they will never be as powerful as the invincible Roman legion!

"Zheng Hun, your idea is very good. You have not only made effective use of these abandoned guns, but also made our army add a new way to kill the enemy. How can someone reward you for such a great achievement? The bitter Ma Chao is not bitter, and then his fighting spirit is high: With this great inventor, we can start from nothing!

"Someman also has a smelting technique in his hand, and is only willing to transfer to the forging house to create high-quality abium iron for the young master!" For the first time in his life, Zheng Hun saw the lord who valued him so much and had clear rewards and punishments, and finally began to hide.

"Good! I will make you a supervisor as a craftsman. In addition to being in charge of the affairs of the woodcraft camp, you can also be responsible for the smelting of steel with Pu Yuan!"