Zheng Hun!

Ma Chao suddenly remembered that among the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, there was indeed a person named Zheng Hun. Moreover, the role of this guy is no worse than that of a tiger general or a master of internal affairs, and even, in a certain aspect, it is much stronger!

At the end of the Han Dynasty, when the Three Kingdoms were in turmoil, there were monarchs who attached importance to agricultural production, but there were few who attached importance to the invention of utensils. Ma Chao's life was counted back and forth, and there was only one Pu Yuan refining knife, Liu Ye inventing the trebuchet, Zhuge Liang inventing the Zhuge shooting crossbow, destroying the mountain crossbow, Kong Ming lantern or something. The invention of these three people is completely linked to the military.

It was not until the later period, during the period of the Three Kingdoms, when the Central Plains was no longer at war, that a Ma Jun appeared, who was a complete agricultural inventor and invented agricultural tools such as cocoon cars, water overturners, and shuttle looms.

And during the chaotic war at the end of the Han Dynasty, the only person who was recorded in history as a craftsman, except for Ma Jun, was this Zheng Hun. Moreover, Ma Jun, a master of mechanical invention, is said to be a disciple of Zheng Hun.

Zheng Hun is a native of Kaifeng, Henan. At the end of the Han Dynasty, he avoided chaos in Huainan, and was respected by Yuan Shu because of his exquisite forging skills. Later, he defected to Hua Xin, and later gained Cao Cao's trust and was transferred to Cao Cao's side as a staff member. After Cao Cao's son Cao Pi ascended the throne, he worshiped Zheng Hun as the imperial historian and was crowned the commander of the horse.

Zheng Hun successively served as the commander of Xia Cai County, the commander of Shaoling County, the Taishou of Shangdang, Jing Zhaoyin, and the master craftsman. During his tenure, he has been honest and honest, and Emperor Wei Ming once issued an edict to praise him.

Zheng Hun was indeed a very competent official, attaching great importance to agricultural production, and during his tenure, he personally led the people to open slopes and cultivate fields, plant trees, and was loved by the people and commended by the rulers at that time.

Zheng Hun is an honest official, although he is in a high position, "his wife is not free from hunger". In a feudal society, it is really commendable that an official can be so considerate of the people and honest and honest.

However, historians at that time attributed Zheng Hun's historical achievements to his implementation of a series of governance measures to develop the rural economy and improve the lives of the people, but completely ignored Zheng Hun's outstanding contributions to metal smelting technology. It can even be said that they ignore Zheng Hun's identity as an inventor himself.

In terms of metal smelting, it is said that Zheng Hun combined the forging technology of the Western Regions with the forging process of the Central Plains in Gaochang, Xiliang, and later generations do not know what process and material he used, creating the most advanced metal smelting technology in the Three Kingdoms era at the end of the Han Dynasty. The weapons he created were so sharp that they were coveted by all the generals of the time. And he called the steel used in these weapons hemp steel, and its hardness and sharpness far exceeded that of Shu Han.

In comparison, among the Three Kingdoms, Cao Wei, who had Zheng Hun, had the most sophisticated military equipment, Shu Han, who had Pu Yuan, was in the middle, and Soochow, who had no characters, was the second.

However, can Zheng Hun, the slave in his hands, be the capable and good official and inventor in history? Did he let him return to his surname, or because he helped him invent the bellows and make the distillation barrel: didn't you hear that Zheng Hun was a good carpenter before?

With this doubt, Ma Chao hurried to the warehouse and saw the man in his thirties, worried about a batch of wooden guns.

Zheng Hun's complexion and mental outlook at this time were much better than before, probably because his body gradually began to recover after getting rid of the heavy work. However, the trace of worry on his face could not be erased.

"Master Zheng, what are you thinking?" Ma Chao walked up to Zheng and asked softly.

But Zheng Hun was trembling, and hurriedly saluted: "Cheap... The villain meets the young master! ”

"How many times have you said that you are now the carpenter supervisor of a carpenter battalion, and you are also an official with a high rank, so you should call yourself a subordinate or a lowly position." Ma Chao corrected this point again: these slaves have suffered too many grievances, if they don't take these inferiority complexes, I'm afraid they won't have the inspiration to make any inventions.

"Villain...... The lowly is aware. A look of gratitude flashed in Zheng Hun's eyes, and then he continued: "Young master, it's a pity to throw away these discarded guns, I don't know if they can be used in weapons?" ”

"Weapons?" Ma Chao picked up a gun shaft casually and shook his head: "These guns are not even qualified to make ordinary spears, so how can they be used in weapons?" ”

The spears used by most soldiers in the late Han Dynasty were not made of metal, and only a few middle- and upper-level generals could get all-metal weapons. Most soldiers still use wooden weapons, with a sharp spear head in front of them, which is considered a standard weapon. These guns, under Ma Chao's rigid and strict requirements to ensure the combat effectiveness of soldiers, did not meet the standards for making wooden guns, so they were discarded here.

"The young master misunderstood, when he was a slave in Gaochang, he had the pleasure of meeting a retired general from the Western Regions, and the general once said that their subordinates all used a weapon called 'javelin'......"

"Gao Chang? General of the Western Regions? Ma Chao was stunned.

There are two reasons why Ma Chao was stunned, the first is that he can be sure that this Zheng Hun in front of him is the Zheng Hun in history, it may be that this product was unintentionally robbed and bought by the ugly brother on the way to exile Yuan Shu, and he cheapened himself!

And the second is the 'javelin' in Zheng Hun's mouth, which reminds Ma Chao of one thing: it is a hypothesis, a legend, and a Goldbach that may never be proven.

Legend has it that in the Xiliang Highlands in western China, there is an active legion of fierce soldiers, many of them are people from the Western Regions with high noses and deep eyes, using the Yuyu army formation, with huge shields to list the dense formation in advance, and then before rushing to kill, they will use the javelin and longbow as a weapon to tear the opponent, and finally use the column method, take turns to fight, the front and rear columns echo, and the javelin short blade does not stop. On both sides, there were cavalry whistling like the wind coming and going, and the enemy army was crushed and fled in confusion.

This legion is the Xiliang Machao Legion, an invincible legion with Romanized regular combat!

At this time, the 'javelin' mentioned by Zheng Hun happened to be the same as the point of throwing javelins before the Roman legions went into battle.

"That Western Regions general, can you still contact him now?" Thinking of this legion, Ma Chao urgently took Zheng Hun's hand and asked.

"I don't know the whereabouts of the general for a long time, perhaps, he was already executed, right?" Zheng Hun replied, obviously seeing a hint of disappointment in Ma Chao's eyes.

Ma Chao thinks about it, but now is the end of the Han Dynasty, an era of poverty and backwardness. Not to mention that Zheng Hun had only contacted the generals of the Western Regions before, even if the two were brothers, they might not be able to say goodbye to the end of the world during the war. Nekigi has communication tools such as mobile phones and penguins......

It is impossible to trace the shadow of this legion. The only possibility is that he has worked hard to create such an army by himself!

Now the development momentum of the Majia Arsenal is good, and the use of horseshoes and stirrups has greatly strengthened the power of the cavalry. As for the infantry, only if you can build high-quality steel and put on the infantry with full armament, then if you train your formation and fighting spirit, its power will never be inferior to that invincible Roman legion!

"Zheng Hun, your idea is very good, it not only makes effective use of these discarded guns, but also makes our army add a new way to kill the enemy. How can you reward you for such a great achievement? The hard-working Ma Chao's character is not hard-working, and then he is high-spirited: With this great inventor, we can start from scratch!

"A certain hand also has a smelting technique, and he is only willing to transfer into the forging house to create high-quality iron for the young master!" For the first time in his life, Zheng Hun saw a lord who valued him so much and rewarded and punished clearly, and finally began to stop hiding.

"Good! I will promote you to be the master of the craftsman, in addition to being in charge of the affairs of the carpentry camp, you can also be in charge of the smelting of steel together with Pu Yuan! ”