Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 435 Improvement Master
Recently, in order to be able to catch up with Chu State in terms of craftsmanship, Wei State has extended the scope of the Naxian Order too much, and also paid attention to craftsmen.

It's not that I didn't pay attention to it before, it's just that... with Chu Guo Zhuyu at the front, it's much more urgent.

There are also many strange people in the north. After Cao Cao focused on recruiting, many technical talents came to vote. One of them, Ma Jun, surprised Cao Cao with his performance...

Cao Cao even said in private that Ma Jun was as talented as Pang Tong - of course, Bai Tu didn't hear this kind of bully who had never seen the world.

If you listen, Bai Tu will definitely say to Cao Cao... You are right!Come on, be confident!

At the same time, Cao Cao also found many skilled craftsmen in various fields, offering generous rewards and inducements, allowing them to share and discuss technology together. In addition, after the battlefield was lost, Cao Cao also analyzed some of Chu's ordnance that was obtained by Wei through various channels, which made Wei The country’s technology has also been greatly improved.

This time Liu Ye came to the Chu State. In addition to Xia Houyuan, there was another Wei official who had a hidden identity...or rather a Wei official who did not reveal his identity specifically. That was the Wei State's craftsman strategist "Ma Jun".

This is also Ma Jun's own request. He hopes to actually visit Chu State and experience Chu State's craftsmanship and technology!
Although Ma Jun could not enter the secret place and was not prepared to commit suicide, according to Ma Jun, if Chu State and Jinling were as rumored, even among the people, they should be able to feel the atmosphere!

Ma Jun didn't hide anything specially, after all, no outsiders knew him...

It took a pitfall and a wisdom to gain. Now the whole journey between Wei and Chu is by sea, and the state of Chu has a fleet of ships to escort it. Cao Cao is not too worried about the safety of the road.

As for safety in Chu State?

Although the attitudes of the other princes towards Bai Tu are different, ranging from admiration to resentment, everyone recognizes Bai Tu's character or Chu's insistence on morality.

During the non-war period, Wei State sent people over openly and honestly. It was impossible for Bai Tu to forcibly detain people out of fear or love for talents.

After returning to the post house, Liu Ye also found Xia Houyuan and Ma Jun and asked them for their opinions on plate armor.

After learning that these fifty sets of plate armor were given to him by Bai Tu, Xia Houyuan was also very pleased.

Fifty sets of plate armor were given to him by name, and he was revealed to be able to trade with Wei plate armor, which undoubtedly reflected the importance Bai Tu attached to Xiahou Juan.

"Deheng, look at this batch of plate armor. With the skills of our Wei Guo Craftsman Camp, how much would it cost to make them?" Liu Ye said, holding up the upper body armor and handing it to Ma Jun.

"Ahem, it's my plate armor." Xia Houyuan emphasized, but he didn't mean to stop Ma Jun from watching.

At the same time, Xia Houyuan himself gently picked up a pair of plate armor, weighed it first, and then tapped twice on the chest, joints, etc. of the plate armor.

Ma Jun, on the other hand, was on the side, fumbling with the plate armor while looking blankly...

Not to mention Xiahou Yuan, as the most brilliant general of the Xiahou clan, he undoubtedly has a very authoritative reference value for battlefield judgments of plate armor.

As for Ma Jun...

It seemed that his eyes were empty, but in fact, this matter was from his perspective. As he fumbled, a three-dimensional projection of the plate armor appeared in front of him.

After touching them all, Ma Jun no longer cared about the plate armor, but danced on the spot - Liu Ye and Xia Houyuan were not surprised by this.

If you share Ma Jun's perspective, you will see the three-dimensional projection in front of him at this time, and it can be easily dismantled and expanded by him, expanding and shrinking when pulling, as if it is a black-tech three-dimensional projection...

Yes, this is exactly Ma Jun's strategy - to use his skills to detect things!
It can perfectly reproduce the structure of the mechanism, and even has a certain degree of modification simulation.

Of course, compared to Pang Tong, Ma Jun's strategy is just a "younger brother".

Ma Jun's tricks can only be used on the macro level, and he does not have the ability to analyze the micro level, that is, he can accurately judge the strength of the alloy, but he cannot know its content ratio.

And he cannot directly build theoretical models and conduct purely utopian thought experiments like Pang Tong. His thought experiments must have clear real objects for him to analyze...

After Xia Houyuan tried the plate armor with his bare hands, he then loaded it onto his armor and tried it. He probably knew the performance of the plate armor.

"Indeed, a whole piece of armor makes plate armor very defensive, and because of its thickness, ordinary soldiers... well, more elite soldiers can afford it for horse combat. However, it is still cumbersome for infantry combat. If it is loaded onto the armor... Unless you are a low-level warrior in the heavy cavalry, it is not necessary. After all, it will have an impact on flexibility." Xia Houyuan commented.

"Then there were rumors that hundreds of heavy plate armor cavalry were used to defeat the Xiliang cavalry..."

"What he said is probably true! If my lord had had a thousand heavy cavalry with plate armor like this back then, I don't know how he might have been able to defeat Dong Zhuo head-on." Xia Houyuan affirmed the plate armor.

"So...this plate armor will really be the force that determines victory or defeat in the future?" Liu Ye's expression was a little solemn.

"Ha! That's not the case. Otherwise, how could the Chu State be recuperating at this time? It would just sweep the world! Just the issues of its weight and flexibility have already been decided. It needs to be suitable for its own battlefield in order to be able to exert its full potential. It can be used tactically, and it can be targeted tactically. As for the strategy... let alone me explain it to Ziyang, right?" Xia Houyuan is not surprised that plate armor is a magical weapon.

But even so, Liu Ye also understands the significance of plate armor - as long as a suitable battlefield is created, plate armor heavy cavalry can sweep everything!
Of course, this is just from a practical point of view, as for technology and cost...

The two chatted for a few more words. After Ma Jun came to his senses, Liu Ye immediately asked: "Deheng, how are you? If this plate armor is made by the Skilled Craftsman Camp..."

That's right, Liu Ye's first thought was, of course, not to buy it, but to have Ma Jun imitate it.

Even for the Wei State, the cost of smelting steel by oneself is higher and the quality is worse, but it doesn't matter even if the cost is higher than the purchase price and the quality is even worse. After all, there is the hidden benefit of cultivating craftsmen.

Cao Cao was not Gongsun Kang, who was so easy to "really fragrant". Although he kept buying and buying, Cao Cao did not give up his own imitation and fully supported Ma Jun's improvement.

And Ma Jun's strategy made him a master of imitation and improvement...

The same is true for Ma Jun in history. He improved his catapult into a rotating catapult, improved Zhuge's Liannu into Wei Liannu, and improved Bi Lan's rollover into a keel waterwheel. Of course, now Bai Tu is following Ma Jun's path, leaving Ma Jun without It means there is a way to go.

However, it is true that due to the pressure from the Chu State, the Wei State pays more attention to Ma Jun. Historically, it was like a "rotating catapult". In the end, it was just a blueprint. Cao Shuang did not even bother to experiment with Ma Jun, even though Ma Jun already had a transformation company at that time. Credit for the crossbow’s success…

"The smelting technology of Chu State is indeed far superior to that of Skilled Craftsman Camp." Ma Jun had a dull expression on his face, not that he was unhappy, but that was his temper.

"How much difference will there be in intensity?" Liu Ye asked - this will determine how he will talk to Chu State in the future.

"Thirty percent. However, if it is made by the Skilled Craftsman Camp, the maximum number is fifty pairs a year. If we recruit more ordinary craftsmen, it will not exceed seventy pairs."

Ma Jun's words made Liu Ye feel cold...

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