Ma Chao carried the Yuan Rong crossbow and led the group to the backyard.

Ma Chao's backyard was originally a place where high-ranking prisoners such as Yang Fu, Han Ying, and Yan Xing were held. Now, two and a half of these three people are already members of the Ma family. Therefore, at this time, it seems a little empty and very secluded.

The guards had already been instructed, and in the huge courtyard, a few one-man high wooden stakes were erected alone, and several square planks painted with concentric circles were firmly nailed to the wooden stakes.

Ma Chao held the bow and crossbow with both hands, held it flat and tried to aim at the plank, and pulled the bracket hard, and the cow tendon bowstring stretched tightly. Then he calmed down and gently pulled the crossbow knife (trigger).

"Whoosh-" With the first sound, a crossbow bolt was fired.

"Peng!" With a muffled thud, the bolt was firmly nailed to the plank.

Ma Chao pulled the crossbow knife one after another, and four crossbow arrows flew out one after another. looked at the clouds on the side and applauded. Yun'er saw the power of this Yuan Rong crossbow for the first time, and felt that this crossbow machine could fire four arrows in a row, which was really incredible.

Unexpectedly, Ma Chao shook his head slightly, obviously not satisfied with this crossbow. Ma Chao visually measured the firing distance of the crossbow arrow, and it was about thirty paces. If you step back a little further, the bolt will be less powerful.

This kind of firepower is far from what he imagined, Zhao Fei, who had seen the American-style repeating bow and crossbow in his previous life, was a little disappointed with this bow and crossbow in his opponent: the reason why Qiang Qin was able to unify the six countries was because of the defeat of the black iron weapon over the bronze weapon. There is also the strength of the Great Qin Empire, which can defeat thousands of armies, and under thousands of arrows, lives are devastated. But this Zhuge crossbow, no matter how you look at it, is also a silver spear wax gun head, and it is useless.

It is no wonder that in the comments of later generations, it is said that the Zhuge crossbow is a private tool for stealing, not a military weapon.

In Ma Chao's imagination, his army will be the sharpest composite army in the late Han Dynasty, and the crossbowmen can only come forward to raise their might. If you wait for the melee to run to a distance of 30 meters from others, and then you can't shoot in a row, it will be too petty. Not to mention how many enemy soldiers can be killed, but it is possible to provoke those enemy troops......

What's more, at a distance of thirty paces, you can only fire one round of crossbow arrows. In terms of practicality, it is not as good as a bow and arrow.

Seeing Ma Chao shaking his head and saying nothing, Zheng Hun and Pu Yuan felt uneasy in their hearts: after spending a month of hard work, they thought that they had penetrated the heavenly opportunities left by the young master, but they never thought that they still couldn't satisfy the young master. I originally wanted to make up for it with this, but now it's in vain......

"Master Pu and Master Zheng, the two of you have worked hard!" Ma Chao saw that the two were depressed, and he didn't want to discourage the enthusiasm of the scientific madman he had personally promoted, so he hurriedly comforted each other.

"Young master, I don't know what else can be improved 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, and suddenly, he remembered a passage in the introduction: Zhuge crossbow was later improved by the great inventor Ma Jun and changed to a five-arrow crossbow, which greatly reduced its size and weight and became a single weapon, but because the production was very complicated, the arrows used must also be specially made, so it was not produced in large quantities and was lost.

The problem of special arrows, Ma Chao is not worried, and the iron ore in Northland County has begun to be mined. The smelting technology of Fufeng County has also matured, and the power of the steel nail is not much worse than the power of the bow and arrow. The only requirement is the power of the crossbow.

"Can this range be farther? Can the cow tendon bowstring be thicker, or use a double-strand cow tendon? Ma Chao asked, wondering if his nonsense could give these two a hint of inspiration.

"By the way, can you add a sight to this crossbow, yes, here it is." Ma Chao added another sentence as he spoke, pointing to the top of the bow and crossbow and asked.

"Well, besides, could this crossbow be thicker and sharper?" The power has increased, and this fluttering crossbow arrow cannot be tickled by the enemy who is willing to risk his life.

Ma Chao's series of questions overwhelmed Zheng Hun and Pu Yuan. Zheng Hun looked at the bow and crossbow in his hand, his eyes were resolute and heavy, as if he wanted to see the bow and crossbow in oil.

"Young master, let me think about it later. What you want, we are fighting hard, and we want to make it for you. Pu Yuan also patted his chest and replied with a resolute expression.

The dedication of the two made Ma Chao feel relieved: The person I personally promoted is simply neat! At the end of this Han Dynasty, there should be a few more madmen like them!

"Okay, remember, there are conditions for this, and there are no conditions to create conditions!" Ma Chao patted the two of them on the shoulder, and had to admit that this simple and anti-heaven slogan can really inspire motivation, and it is clear to look at the excited and resolute looks on the faces of the two.

The direction of research and development has been indicated, and Ma Chao waved his hand and asked the two to go back to study.

With the increasing size of the Ma family's industry, Ma Chao also has a new concept of management. The fact that Zheng Hun and Pu Yuan smelted steel gave him a great enlightenment: that is, the wisdom of the ancients was by no means lower than his half-bottle of water, on the contrary, it was much higher. Without him, these people would have been able to invent across the centuries, and moreover, they would have been able to invent even better!

As a result, Ma Chao has become more and more decentralized, and for everything, he only mentions ideas and directions. Specific measures and methods should be perfected and implemented by subordinates. He is only responsible for the evaluation and acceptance after the fact, so that not only the work efficiency has not been reduced, but Ma Chao has more leisure time.

For example, Xinping County and Beidi County are also implementing new policies, training county soldiers, developing science and technology, returning land to farmers, and opening up wasteland. But Ma Chao did not intervene in these matters at all, and the newly appointed Su was in charge of Xinping County, and the head snake You Chu was in charge of Beidi County.

It's okay to plan and guide by yourself, but if you don't delegate power, how can you train capable officials to do it in the future? The practice of asking about everything in every detail can only make himself the second Zhuge Liang and be tired to death. In this way, how can I have time to do big things? Where is the time to soak in the beautiful girls of the late Han Dynasty?

I have to say that even though he has crossed over and become a leader, the laziness of modern people is still deeply imprinted in Ma Chao's bones. If you can't be idle, Ma Chao doesn't want to be such a fool. As for the later period of the Ma Group, Ma Chaocai, who was not lazy, established a perfect and effective supervision system, and finally brought in the modern operating mechanism of separation of powers, mutual supervision, and mutual restraint, so as to fully realize his big idea of 'ruling by doing nothing'.

However, at this time, he did not have that kind of eloquence and cunning. At this time, after he figured this out, he became a gossip chick, and with the spring left in his dream, he walked towards Yun'er's room with a lewd smile.

Not long ago, the cold winter weather could not stop the beautiful spring light in the room......