Chapter 69 Martial Arts Research Institute 4

Li Zhong followed Zheng Hun to the place where weapons were forged. Two or three hundred people worked hotly in it, which was very lively. In this winter, Li Zhong could see sweat on their foreheads.

"Lord", at this time, Ma Jun came to Li Zhong's side. Li Zhong looked at him and nodded, "Thank you for your hard work." Ma Jun was a little flattered after listening to Li Zhong's words. You know, in this era, people like them are very lowly and despised. Only Li Zhong attached great importance to him, if it weren't for Li Zhongdang At the beginning, they took him and Zheng Hun in Liaodong. Maybe they had been starved to death or frozen to death, so they were very grateful to Li Zhong, Ma Jun and Zheng Hun. They not only did not look down on them, but also appointed them as the president and vice president of the Military Research Institute. Although they did not know what position the dean was, Li Zhong told them that This is a 500-stone official, which is equivalent to the salary of a county magistrate. How can the two not be moved, so they complete the task of Li Zhong very seriously. It seems that only in this way can they feel worthy of Li Zhong's trust in them.

"How many people are there in the Martial Arts Research Institute now?" Ma Jun thought for a moment and said to Li Zhong, "I want to return to the lord, there are a total of 562 people, of whom 51 of whom we recruited are old workers, and the rest are ordinary workers." Li Zhong nodded, "by the way, the workers here also need to have ideological education, and I will send them tomorrow. 10 professors came over and remember that there are classes every day. As for the time, you can arrange by yourself. In addition, you should pay special attention to the safety here, and also step up the recruitment of workers and people with skills. "Yes, lord," the two answered excitedly when they saw that Li Zhong attached so much importance to the lowly industry of this era.

"By the way, Deheng, have you finished the crossbow I asked you last time?" Li Zhong suddenly asked. Ma Jun nodded and said to Li Zhong, "Master, my subordinates have done it. Although it can shoot 5 rounds, its power is a little small, and it can only shoot up to 50 steps." After saying that, Ma Jun lowered his head and he felt Very guilty and ashamed of Li Zhong's trust in him. Seeing him like this, Li Zhong patted him on the shoulder and said to him, "Deheng, don't be discouraged. I believe you can do it. By the way, you can also discuss it with others, but remember to keep it a secret. Well, I won't bother you. I'll go first."

"Oh, by the way, when these swords are ready, they will be sent to my house with Pu Dao." "Yes, my lord," the two replied respectfully.

Li Zhong nodded and then turned around and left.

In fact, the drawings given by Li Zhong to Ma Jun are the Zhuge Lian crossbows of later generations.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang of Shu made a kind of crossbow, called Yuanrong crossbow, which can fire ten arrows at a time. The firepower is very strong, but the volume and weight are large, and cannot be used by individual soldiers. It is mainly used to defend the city and camp. Later, Ma Jun, a great inventor, wanted to improve it and make it a fifty-arrow crossbow, which was more powerful, but because the production was very complicated and the arrows used had to be specially made, so it was not produced in large quantities and then lost.

According to the book Wei's Spring and Autumn, Zhuge Liang designed and produced a "Yuanrong" crossbow that can launch ten eight-inch iron crossbows at a time, which can improve the killing efficiency of strong crossbows. Because the record is too brief, people have different understandings of the performance of Zhuge crossbow. Some people think that it fired ten arrows at the same time, and the later world's "? The crossbow is the same; some people think that it can launch ten arrows in succession, that is, a kind of continuous crossbow. However, due to the lack of physical evidence and even images, the structure of Zhuge Lian crossbow is still a mystery. Through the physical objects of the crossbow machine obtained in the Wei and Jin dynasties obtained in archaeological excavations, it can be seen that the manufacturing process of the crossbow machine from the Three Kingdoms to the Western Jin Dynasty still follows the tradition of the Han Dynasty, casting with bronze, and the shape and structure are roughly the same. For example, a crossbow machine unearthed from Shimenkan, Nanjing with the inscription in the second year of Wei Zhengshi (241), the crossbow machine unearthed inscription in the fourth year of Shu Jingyao ( 261) in Pi County, Sichuan, and the inscription in the first year of Wu Huangwu (242) unearthed in Jiangling, Hubei Province, etc. Among them, the Huangwu first year crossbow machine unearthed in Jiangling is the best preserved, and the wooden arm with the crossbow is still preserved, which can still restore its original appearance. The wooden crossbow arm is 54 centimeters long, and the copper crossbow machine is 17.3 centimeters long. The machine parts are intact. There is a scale for aiming and launching on Wangshan Mountain, which is divided into six degrees, and each degree is equipped with four degrees, which is exquisitely made. The crossbow machine made by Jingyao of the Han Dynasty in four years has been missing and lacks a "suspension knife" for the trigger. The copper profile is 84.5 cm long, 1.5 cm wide and 4 cm thick, and now weighs 1475 grams. On the copper profile of the crossbow machine, there is an inscription, which indicates that it was produced on February 30, 4, and was produced by the "Middle Work Department", and the names of the craftsman Yang An and the official in charge, as well as the strength of the crossbow and the weight of the crossbow machine: "Ten stone machine, weighing three catties and twelve taels." It can be seen that the production and management of the crossbow machine was still very strict at that time, more than 20 years after Zhuge Liang's death.

Although it is not yet possible to determine the true face of Zhuge Lian crossbow, it is certain that Zhuge Liang has made great contributions to the reform of crossbow technology. It was on the basis of these reforms that the more powerful crossbows were made during the Northern and Southern Dynasties of the two Jin Dynasty, and names such as "God crossbow" and "Wanjun god crossbow" appeared. In the Book of Jin, Song Book, Nanqi Book and other history books, there are continuous records of the use of "indestructible" strong crossbows in wars, which are mostly used to attack In the battle of the city, it is called "Wanjun" and the name of "God", which is an exaggeration, but it also shows that this strong crossbow is very powerful. In the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, five bronze crossbow machines made in the Southern Dynasty have been unearthed. Although the shape and structure are the same as the common crossbow machines at that time, they have outer profiles, suspension knives, cattle, pivots, Wangshan and teeth, but their size is much larger. The copper profile of the crossbow machine is 39 cm long and the total length of nearly 20 cm. For example, according to the usual ratio of the crossbow machine unearthed in the Han Dynasty and the crossbow arm, that is, 14.5 to 58, the length of the wooden crossbow arm installed in this large crossbow machine is at least 180 to 26 centimeters, while the * used should be nearly 430 to 5040 centimeters long. Such a huge crossbow, if it is impossible to launch by a person's strength, can only be opened by installing it on the bed and using a winch and other methods. It seems that it is not too much to call it a "divine crossbow". It should be the predecessor of the popular crossbow or bed crossbow in the Tang and Song Dynasties. The crossbow is a powerful crossbow that can launch seven arrows at a time, which is in line with the performance of Zhuge crossbow.

Everyone, my cold seems to have worsened today, and I may not be able to update it in the evening. I hope you can forgive me. Ah, I feel dizzy!!!!