It worked!

The catapult was finally finished, and Ma Jun stood on the catapult, sobbing and sighing.

Years of dreams have finally become a reality, and Ma Jun's excitement can be imagined.

Pages and pages of drawings carry Ma Jun's lifelong wish, but in this turbid world, Ma Jun's ideals and ambitions have never had the opportunity to be realized, and many of his inventions and creations have become the playthings of the emperor.

The years are like water, Ma Jun is now a dying old man with gray temples, he knows that his time is running out, but he has always been unwilling to bury his life's work in the loess with him, so he also fantasizes that Cao Shuang, who is in the high position of a general, can adopt his inventions.

Meeting Cao Liang can be said to be an accident, when he first met, Ma Jun didn't even give him a good face, but the final result was that Cao Liang contributed to the realization of Ma Jun's dream.

Moreover, this dream is far more magnificent than Ma Jun's previous conception, the counterweight catapult has been far ahead of the times, without Cao Liang's mention, Ma Jun would not have been able to overcome the obstacles of the times.

His life's work masterpiece is now really in front of him, Ma Jun is indeed able to hide the tears of excitement, he is not good at words in his life, never tried to convince anyone with fancy words, Ma Jun's biggest advantage is to be willing to work, as long as he recognizes something, eight horses can't pull it back.

He slowly climbed down from the huge catapult, a little faltering, but he refused Zhuang Ding's support, laboriously got off the catapult, took a roll of drawings from the side, walked in front of Cao Liang, and solemnly handed the drawings to Cao Liang.

Cao Liang understood that this drawing was the drawing of this counterweight catapult, and with the success of the construction of the sample, this drawing was finalized, and if you want to build a catapult in the future, you only need to arrange for craftsmen to build according to this drawing.

Therefore, this drawing is truly priceless.

Cao Liang solemnly took it with both hands, this is the crystallization of Ma Jun's wisdom, and it is also Ma Jun's life's work, this drawing is extremely precious.

Ah Fu looked at the towering catapult on the side, marveling, but also worried about how to preserve such a large object: "How to preserve such a large object?" ”

Cao Liang listened and said lightly: "Tear it down." ”

"Demolished?" Ah Fu was shocked, it took so much effort and effort to build the catapult, and only fired a few stone bullets, Cao Liang was about to dismantle it, how could this be possible?

Ah Fu suspected that he had misheard, and looked at Cao Liang suspiciously, as if waiting for Cao Liang's correction.

Others also looked at Cao Liang one after another, including the cattle steward and many craftsmen in the grange, they were a little puzzled, since it cost so much, how could the little marquis say that it would be demolished, could it be that poverty limited their imagination, and the rich people played so chic?

At the same time, everyone also looked at Ma Jun, Ma Jun is the designer of this catapult, in the past few days, in order to build the catapult, it is simply a waste of sleep and food, night and day, sleepless hard work.

For the slightest mistake, Ma Jun will argue with others and even get angry, such a violent temper, if someone really wants to ruin his hard work, it is estimated that he will have to work hard.

But to everyone's surprise, Ma Jun did not get angry, but his expression suddenly became gloomy, and he said melancholy: "Really...... Is it really impossible to stay? ”

"Yes." Cao Liang said calmly.

The muscles on Ma Jun's face twitched, and he could see that his expression was very painful, and he sighed slowly, and said faintly: "That...... Then let's tear it down. ”

If Cao Liang wants to dismantle the catapult, it is easy to understand, after all, as a young person, it is not uncommon to like novelty, and after playing, there is nothing to be nostalgic about.

But Ma Jun is different, in order to build a catapult, he has exhausted his hard work, just like a piece of his heart, how can he give it up?

But the facts are in front of you, and everyone can't believe it, which is also completely subverting people's three views, hey, I can only say that this world is too crazy.

In fact, how can Cao Liang not cherish the results obtained after a few days of hard work, but it is one thing to cherish it, and it is another thing to preserve it.

If it is not demolished, within a few days, the entire Luoyang City will be known to everyone that advanced weapons have been created in the grange of the Gaoling Marquis Mansion.

This kind of result is undoubtedly what Cao Liang does not want to see, and now he is concentrating on low-key development, hiding people's eyes and ears, and cultivating his own strength.

And once Sima Yi found out, it would be difficult for Cao Liang to keep a low profile, even if Sima Yi didn't forcibly refuse to take it for himself, the counterweight catapult had been completely exposed, and there was nothing to hide from people, and it would not play a role as a surprise soldier on the battlefield in the future.

So no matter how reluctant Cao Liang is, now is not the time to keep it in existence, the only way is to make it disappear.

As long as you have the drawings in hand, why worry about not being able to build a counterweight catapult.

Ma Jun naturally understands the truth in this, but he is more reluctant than Cao Liang, and his gloomy expression is inevitable.

Cao Liang waved his hand and said to the cow steward: "Tell the craftsmen to dismantle it, and the removed wood can also build a few more keel waterwheels." ”

Steward Niu looked confused, but for him, the words of the little marquis were holy decrees, and he could just obey them unconditionally.

At that moment, all the craftsmen worked together to unload the catapult into eight pieces.

In any case, demolition is always much faster than construction, but in half an hour, the catapult has been demolished beyond recognition, and it is no longer possible to find the heroic appearance of the past.

Ma Jun left first, he really couldn't bear to see the scene in front of him.

He faltered as he left, his back looking extremely gloomy.

Cao Liang knew that this result seemed to be a little cruel to the old man, after all, Ma Jun had put more effort into it than anyone else.

But he had no choice now, and he might be able to hide the crossbow if he made it, but the catapult was too big to hide if he wanted to.

What's more, in order for catapults to be effective, they must be built in batches, and only when they reach a certain number can they exert their power. A single catapult is really useless on a huge battlefield.