.Chapter 78: The Magical Artist

The powerful crossbow has exquisite design and complicated manufacturing processes. In order to achieve accurate aiming and accurate arrows, the production cost is very high.

Putting aside the powerful crossbow vehicles, arrows alone require a lot of effort. Arrows, arrows, and tail feathers are very high requirements. The arrows must not only be sharp, but also have blood grooves to bleed after hitting the enemy, and even poison the enemy. The arrow shaft is a balanced part, and light and tough bamboo and wood are not everywhere. The selection of tail feathers is crucial because it is a key part to ensure the flight trajectory of the arrow. The best material is carved feathers, and the swallow and goose feathers are far from each other.

The Qinling Mountains are surrounded by northern Hanzhong and Daba Mountains are on the side. The best wood for creating excellent equipment is within easy reach, and the materials can be selected locally for different equipment needs.

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce represent different social groups and social status. Many skilled craftsmen with unique skills buried their talents and were not valued. While Guo Jia issued the order to seek talents, he also issued heavy rewards to recruit skilled craftsmen, and sent them to Zhang Liao, allowing these people to build war equipment while developing more advanced equipment. As long as they have positive significance, Guo Jia has a high reward whether it is beneficial to agriculture, handicrafts, or the army.

The skilled craftsmen who have good skills are very good at helping Guo Jia build equipment, but it is difficult to invent and create.

Zhang Liao reported to Guo Jia for the past six months. He brought all these people together and created countless weapons, which also gave Zhang Liao a archer unit of 5,000 people. Archers require the quality of soldiers. The bows and arrows themselves are not difficult to build. The power of the bows and arrows is obvious compared to the crossbows.

"Lord, there is a man who is not good at speaking and seems to be very capable. He has been improving his crossbow recently. I can't see the tricks. I only know that his colleagues around him are very convinced by him, but I haven't seen him for a day. I am afraid that he is cheating on food and drink."

As soon as Zhang Liao finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter in the hall.

"If someone can cheat people under Wen Yuan's hands, then he is really capable." Gan Ning teased.

If you have a specialty in your skills, Zhang Liao will use a crossbow, which does not mean that you can give him the parts of the crossbow. He can assemble it, nor does it mean that he understands the principle of the exquisiteness of the crossbow, so he can only look at the results. Even if he keeps watching the improvement process, he may not be able to understand it.

After everyone laughed, Guo Jia asked, "What is this person's name?"

"The surname is Ma and Jun, a person in Guanzhong."

Smack

Guo Jia slapped the table and asked excitedly: "This person is really Ma Jun?"

Everyone didn't understand why Guo Jia suddenly lost his composure. Zhang Liao said solemnly: "Go back to the lord, yes, his name is indeed Ma Jun. Does the lord recognize this person?"

Guo Jia rubbed his hands and walked around, and suddenly ordered loudly: "Wenyuan, this person's talent is limitless. Even if someone exchanges millions of dollars, grain or hundreds of thousands of soldiers, he cannot let this person go. He must leave him in Yizhou. No matter what he wants, money, beauty, official title, will satisfy him."

Everyone in the hall was stunned and looked at Guo Jia in shock, and then looked at Zhang Liao with inquiring eyes.

Zhang Liao looked confused. He had seen Ma Jun, a very ordinary young man.

Can such a person be compared with millions of money and 100,000 soldiers?

"Lord, are you drunk?" Yan Pu looked worried. He had seen Ma Jun. Even if this person was not visible or exposed, he was really a hidden master, but Guo Jia could not help but over-pick Ma Jun.

If Ma Jun knew that Guo Jia valued him so much, the lion really spoke up, would Zhang Liao agree to his request or not?

Guo Jia completely ignored the doubts between the expressions of others. He was so excited that he was thinking about Ma Jun's ability.

In the magnificent Three Kingdoms period, Ma Jun had no power and strategy, but he had the ability to do amazing things. He had an incomparable contribution to agricultural development and military scientific and technological creation, but he had no respect for his predecessors, but because of his status and identity.

After calming down a little of excitement, Guo Jia turned around and looked at the expressions of everyone in the hall, and suddenly realized that they were afraid they were surprised by their words and actions just now.

Send someone to see Ma Jun first, and he cannot leave no matter what. Although Zhang Liao did not say that Ma Jun had the intention to leave, Guo Jia could not be careless. If he really lost Ma Jun for a moment, he would regret it.

After kneeling down again, Guo Jia looked at the people in the hall with a faint smile, first raised his wine glass and took a sip, and then said, "Everyone, you must think I'm talking drunk at this moment, right?"

I do think so in my heart, but everyone can only say no.

Guo Jia knew that they were right and wrong when he looked at their expressions, but he didn't care. He stretched out his left hand to the general. Guo Jia said, "As generals, you must think that the two sides are fighting, and the soldiers are comparing with military strategies and bravery."

After stretching his right hand towards the strategist, Guo Jia continued: "As strategists, you must also believe that only those who are right in battle can have the confidence to win, and those who occupy the morality will be invincible."

The military generals and strategists nodded in agreement, Guo Jia smiled, withdrew his hands, and said, "I think so, the reason why wise rulers have achieved success is four: one is the time of heaven, two is the heart of man, three is the skill, and four is the position of power. If not the time of heaven, even if ten Yao cannot grow a ear in winter; if against the heart of man, even if they are bulging, they cannot cultivate their power. Therefore, if they get the time of heaven, they will be born without any effort. If they win the heart of man, they will be encouraged by themselves without interest; if they get the skills, they will be awake without rushing; if they get the position of power, they will not go forward and become famous. If they are flowing water, they will be floating on the boat. They will be obedient and do not exhaust their orders, so they are called the wise ruler."

Everyone nodded. Guo Jia knew better than anyone else how to be a good master. How could he say what he was like to be drunk and crazy just now?

After changing the subject, Guo Jia said: "But we must look far away. The Taiping Army in Yizhou is resting and recuperating. It is like a fool to dominate the world with these tens of thousands of soldiers alone. Therefore, the strength of the army can help me achieve success and fame. The number of the army depends on the population and the rich and poor. There are many people and many people in the army. Only then can we raise the army. If we want to make more people rich, the harvest of the people's labor and harvest will be improved. The power of heaven is difficult to predict and disasters cannot be avoided. However, if a skilled craftsman has a wonderful idea and some skilled craftsman can improve agricultural tools and create equipment that can achieve twice the result with half the effort. It is an unlimited contribution to the people and the country."

Guo Jia knew very well that in the era of cold weapons, when the technology gap was not huge, the battle was about population. If Ma Jun could create equipment that was conducive to farming or industry, it would allow the people to quickly embark on the road to wealth.

What's more, Ma Jun also contributed to the improvement of military equipment, so in Guo Jia's eyes, Ma Jun is far more important than one million yuan in grain and one hundred thousand horse soldiers.

Everyone also understood the reason why Guo Jia valued Ma Jun, but Fa Zheng asked: "Lord, is this Ma Jun really so capable?"

Guo Jia laughed and said, "Whether he has the ability is clear in the future. I also want to use Ma Jun as an example to let the skilled craftsmen in the world see how I treat them and whether they will be valued and treated in other places. I don't know, but as long as I am in Yizhou, I will treat them twice as much."

Technology is the primary productive force, and it will never be wrong to release it. There are many people in feudal society who have a skill, but may not be taken seriously.

The next day, Guo Jia came to visit Ma Jun in person.

Ma Jun, who lives in an ordinary house, did not know that his residence was covered with people watching him closely. After getting up in the morning, he fiddled with four corner crossbows in the yard. Some were dismantled into parts, some were dismantled part, and some were reassembled...

The young man was immersed in it, and he didn't even know that someone pushed the door and entered the yard.

Crack

He accidentally broke a wooden part. Ma Jun scratched his head, turned around to remove one from another corner crossbow, but widened his eyes and looked incredibly at a group of people who seemed to appear out of thin air.

The leaders were Guo Jia, Gan Ning, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Fa Zheng and others all accompanied him behind him.

"General, this, this, this, this, I, I don't, no, do, do bad things."

Ma Jun was sweating all over his head, so anxious that he couldn't even say clearly. In a short sentence, he was so difficult that he could not say it.

Zhang Liao met him and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, this is my lord, the general of the Taiping Army in Yizhou. He is here to see you."

Ma Jun breathed a sigh of relief, and also looked at Guo Jia curiously. It looked like he was of the same age. Guo Jia had an easy-going smile and was not as good as the jewelry. Therefore, Ma Jun looked at him without fear of Guo Jia.

"Big, big, general, you, you, what are you going to find me, do, what are you doing?"

Ma Jun stuttered, even if he was not nervous, his words were intermittent. Guo Jia smiled and said to him: "I heard that you are good at ease, so come and have a look. Hey, don't rush to speak. What do you want to say? Let's go through it in your heart first, and say it slowly, don't rush."

Ma Jun lifted up with a horn crossbow in his hand, trying to point it to Guo Jia, so that Gan Ning and others nervously took a step forward and protected Guo Jia.

"Oh, this, this, this, there is no arrow." Ma Jun hurriedly explained again. The horn crossbow he was holding did not install arrows, and he was accidentally aimed at Guo Jia.

Pulling Gan Ning back, Guo Jia walked to Ma Jun, picked up the horn crossbow and looked at it, then looked down at the parts in the yard, and said with a laugh and cry: "Deheng, this yard is so messy, can you tell what is? Don't lose the key things, you won't be able to find them then."

Ma Jun waved his hand and picked up a half-demolted crossbow from the ground. While seemingly casual from the scattered parts, he picked up the parts and assembled them just in time, saying, "No, it doesn't matter, I, I can separate them at one glance, clear, clear."

Sure enough, Ma Jun picked out the appropriate part from the scattered parts and assembled the corner crossbow, and proudly raised it to Guo Jia.
Chapter completed!