Chapter 161 Pseudo Zhuge Crossbow
Ma Chao carried the Yuanrong crossbow and took the group to the backyard.
Ma Chao's backyard was originally the place where senior prisoners such as Yang Fu, Han Ying and Yan Xing were imprisoned. Now, two and a half of these three people are already from the Ma family. Therefore, it seems a little empty and secluded at this time.
Some guards have been ordered. In the huge courtyard, several one-height wooden piles were erected alone, and several square boards full of concentric circles were firmly nailed to the stakes. Everything was ready, waiting for the test arrows.
Ma Chao picked up the crossbow with both hands, raised it flat and tried to aim at the board. He pulled it hard, and the cow tendon bow string opened tightly. Then he calmed down and gently pulled the crossbow knife (trigger).
"Wash--" In the first sound, a crossbow was launched.
"Peng!" With a muffled sound, the crossbow was firmly nailed to the board.
Ma Chao held the crossbow knife one after another, and four crossbow arrows roared out one after another. Look at the clouds beside him and cheer them up. Yun'er saw the power of this Yuanrong crossbow for the first time and felt that it was incredible that this crossbow machine could shoot four arrows in a row.
Unexpectedly, Ma Chao shook his head slightly and was obviously not satisfied with the crossbow. Ma Chao visually measured the launch distance of the crossbow, which was about 30 steps. If you retreat a little further, the crossbow will be powerless.
This kind of firepower is far from what he imagined. Zhao Fei, who had seen the American crossbow in his previous life, was a little disappointed: the reason why Qiang Qin was able to unify the six countries was that he relied on was to defeat bronze weapons with black iron weapons. In addition, the powerful crossbow of the Great Qin Empire can be defeated by thousands of troops. Under ten thousand arrows, life is lost. But this Zhuge crossbow is also a silver gun and wax gun head, which is not of use.
No wonder in the comments of later generations, Zhuge Nu is a stolen tool of the people, not a military weapon.
In Ma Chao's vision, his army will be the sharpest composite arms at the end of the Han Dynasty, and the crossbow soldiers can only come forward to show their power. If you wait for a close battle to run 30 meters away and shoot a barrel of coldly, it will look too petty. Don't say how many enemy soldiers can be killed, but it may piss off those enemies...
What's more, only one round of crossbow can be fired at a distance of 30 steps. In terms of practicality, it is not as good as bows and arrows.
Seeing Ma Chao shaking his head and silent, Zheng Hun and Pu Yuan were uneasy: after a month of hard work, they thought that they had seen through the sky left by the young master, but they never thought that they could not satisfy the young master. Originally, I wanted to make up for my achievements with this, but now it's ruined...
"Master Pu and Master Zheng, thank you for your hard work!" Ma Chao saw that the two were depressed and did not want to dispel the enthusiasm of the scientific maniac he had personally pulled out, so he quickly said comforted them.
"Young master, I don't know what else can be refined in this Yuan Rong crossbow?" After thinking about it, Pu Yuan asked sincerely.
Ma Chao was thinking hard at this time, and his mind was full of recalling the introduction of Zhuge crossbow on TV. Suddenly, he remembered a passage in the introduction: Zhuge crossbow was later improved by the great inventor Ma Jun and changed it into a kind of five-bow, which greatly reduced its volume and weight, and became a single weapon. However, because the production is very complicated and the arrows used must also be specially made, so they were not mass-produced and later lost.
Ma Chao is not worried about the problem of special arrow branches, and the iron ore in Bedi County has begun to be mined. Fufeng County's smelting technology is also mature, and the power of steel nails is no less powerful than that of the bow and arrow. The only requirement is the power of this crossbow.
"Can this range be further? Can the cow tendon bow string be stronger, or use double cow tendons? Ma Chao asked, I don't know if his nonsense can give a hint to these two.
"Bear by the way, can this crossbow machine add a sight? Yes, it's right here." Ma Chao added another sentence as he spoke, pointing to the top of the crossbow and asked.
"Well, and can this crossbow be stronger and sharper?" The power has increased, and this light crossbow can't scratch the enemy's life.
Ma Chao's series of questions overwhelmed Zheng Hun and Pu Yuan. Zheng Hun looked at the crossbow in his hand, and his eyes were firm and heavy, as if he wanted to see the bow and oil.
"Young master, let's think about it again. We have tried our best to make what you want, and we will make it for you. Pu Yuan also patted his chest and replied resolutely.
The dedication of the two made Ma Chao feel relieved: the person I personally promoted is simply and neat! At the end of the Han Dynasty, there should be a few more crazy people like them!
"Okay, remember, if there are conditions, you have to go, and if there are no conditions to create conditions, you have to go!" Ma Chao patted the two on the shoulder and had to admit that this simple and unbelievable slogan could really inspire motivation. Looking at their faces full of excitement and determination, he understood.
The direction of research and development has been pointed out, and Ma Chao waved his hand and asked the two to go back to study.
With the increasing size of the Ma family industry, Ma Chao also has a new concept for management. Zheng Hun and Pu Yuan's smelting of fine steel gave him a great enlightenment: that is, the wisdom of the ancients is by no means lower than his half a bottle of water, on the contrary, it is much higher. Without him, these people can still invent across the century, and they can also invent better!
As a result, Ma Chao has become more and more decentralized, and only mentions ideas and directions for everything. Specific measures and methods will be improved and implemented. I am only responsible for the evaluation and acceptance after the event. In this way, not only has the efficiency not been reduced, but also Ma Chao has more leisure time.
For example, Xinping County and Bedi County are also implementing new policies to train county soldiers, develop science and technology, return land to farmers, and open up wasteland. However, Ma Chao did not intervene at all. The newly appointed Su was responsible for Xinping County and the local snake You Chu was responsible for Beidi County. According to the actual situation of the two counties, he implemented measures to attract differentiation, soft and hard, eliminate all difficulties, help each other, and create a harmonious and magnificent new chapter in Majia Yongzhou.
It's okay to do planning and guidance by yourself. If you don't decentralise power, how can you train officials to do it in the future? The practice of being careless and carefree can only make himself the second to Zhuge Liang and be exhausted. In this way, how can I have time to do great things? Where do you still have time to pick up all the beautiful girls at the end of the Han Dynasty?
I have to say that even if he traveled through time and became a leader, the laziness of modern people is still deeply imprinted in Ma Chao's bones. Ma Chao doesn't want to be such a fool when he can steal his spare time. As for the later Ma's group's heavy and lazy Ma Chaocai, he established a perfect and effective supervision system. Finally, he also brought a modern operation mechanism of separation of powers, mutual supervision and mutual restraint, which fully realized his great idea of "rule by indoing nothing".
However, at this time, he is not as powerful and cunning. At this time, after figure out this, he became a complacent chick. With the spring left over from his dream, he walked obscenely to Yun'er's room with a smile.
For a short time, the cold winter weather can't stop the room's spring...