Zhang Xi was originally on his way to the military camp.
Although Zhang Xi asked the craftsmen to make simple knives, he did not forget to ask the craftsmen to make Miao knives.
Today is the day when Miao Dao is finished. Zhang Xi originally planned to take Zhang Yi to the military camp to inspect the goods. By chance, he met someone sent by Guan Yu, so they took advantage of the opportunity and went to see Guan Yu first.
Guan Yu met Zhang Xi and first confirmed his idea of transforming ordnance. Then he told Zhang Xi that it would be enough to make 3,000 simple knives, so don't waste money.
The second master, his personality is like that, especially when facing his juniors, he doesn't know what tactful words are, and he just acts like I have the final say.
Of course Zhang Xi won't do it. With something as good as the Pu Dao, you don't need to make standard equipment. You just worry about your little money and go to Maicheng later. You don't know who owns these little money.
So, Zhang Xi argued hard based on reason.
But this time, not only was Guan Yu opposed to his approach, but Ma Liang, the great steward of Jingzhou, also tactfully told Zhang Xi that if he did this, it would be a trivial matter to save money and food, but the iron and stone would be used up and mining would not be easy. If there is a war in the future, If the ordnance in the hands of the sergeants is old and cannot be repaired, serious trouble will occur.
If we must improve armaments, we might as well wait until Jingzhou is completely stabilized before considering it. This is not impossible. See how tactfully Ma Liang said it.
However, to Zhang Xi's ears, they are actually the same.
One is thinking about money, and the other is thinking about ores. After all, it’s still money.
Zhang Xi, the depressed one, can't convince two people by himself. What the key person said is reasonable, but Zhang Xi doesn't know how to refute it.
I can only accept it temporarily, and then let the craftsman get the forged Miao Dao and prepare to return home.
Then Guan Yu's eyes lit up.
"What's in your hand?!"
"Miao Dao!"
"Bring it to a certain point of view."
".promise."
After saying that, Zhang Xi handed the Miao Dao to Guan Yu's hand.
Guan Yu repeated Zhang Yi's process of testing the sword, first flicking it, second listening, and third checking its sharpness.
However, Guan Yu did not try it, but asked Zhang Xi, "Is this sword made of the same iron as the Pu sword?!"
Zhang Xi nodded matter-of-factly, and then Guan Yu handed the Miao Dao to his guards and asked them to test the sword.
Of course, it's not the guard who tried the sword. The one can't even lift his hand now.
He changed his bodyguard and went to test the Miao Dao.
Zhang Xi was afraid that this person did not understand the characteristics of the Miao Dao, so he specifically explained that the Miao Dao can thrust or chop. When testing, remember to try both.
Then the guard went to stay with the previous one, his hands shaking.
But Guan Yu held the Miao Dao and stared at the slender figure of the Miao Dao. After admiring it for a long time, he said, "Since there is such a powerful iron-saving weapon, why not use it early?!"
Guan Yu fell in love with Miao Dao, he really liked him very much.
Iron is all the same iron, having both hardness and toughness.
The amount of iron used to cast the Miao Dao is similar to that of the Huanshou Dao. Moreover, although the Miao Dao has a slender blade, it has increased toughness. It can chop down ten straw men without curling the blade, and there are no cracks.
Although the length is not as long as that of the extended Pu Dao, the Miao Dao is also longer than the ordinary Huanshou Dao, which can give it a great advantage in close combat and sieges.
After all, Zhang Xi has been on the battlefield for so many years. Of course he knows what Guan Yu is thinking, so he quickly said, "Although this sword is longer than the Huanshou sword, it is not as good as the Pu sword. If it encounters a long spear, it may be disadvantageous in battle." .”
Guan Yu looked at Zhang Xi, then at the Miao Dao in his hand, and smiled.
"Yuan Chang has always been used to commanding soldiers, but he has never killed an enemy himself, right?!"
After Guan Yu said this to Zhang Xi with a smile, he held the Miao knife and asked Zhang Yi to fetch a spear and hold it.
Then, Guan Yu activated the spear one step away. He first lifted the spear with one hand, then stepped forward with a strong step, holding the knife with both hands, and slashed head-on, directly cutting off the shaft of the spear in Zhang Yi's hand.
Zhang Xi was speechless for a while.
"Xi admires the martial arts of a prince!" Zhang Xi cupped his hands and said, "But when soldiers are fighting, no one has the martial arts of a prince. Although the barrel of the gun is made of wood, there are only a few who can cut it."
Yes, the spear shaft is indeed made of wood, but just because you can cut off the shaft does not mean that all soldiers can cut off it.
Guan Yu laughed again after hearing this.
Zhang Xi had a puzzled look on his face. After all, Zhang Ni couldn't stand it anymore and whispered to Zhang Xi, "Guardian, the soldiers are fighting in front of the formation. The distance between them is only a few steps. The Miao Dao can be used to deflect thrusts with one hand. You can also chop with both hands, but once the spear is close, it is difficult to turn, so you can only retreat to protect yourself. The knife is very useful."
Zhang Xi seemed to understand, but Guan Yu didn't take it seriously. After all, he had heard of Zhang Xi's fighting style. Charging into battle was never Zhang Xi's thing. This is something that can only be experienced in life and death. Zhang Xi It’s not surprising that I don’t understand.
Guan Yu really likes the Miao Dao. The blade is slender and can thrust and chop. It is longer than the Huanshou Dao and can effectively reduce the distance for soldiers to charge forward.
In the past, when facing spearmen, a soldier holding a ring-shou knife would have to take at least three or four steps to get close, but now it only takes one or two steps to stab or chop with a knife, which has greatly improved his combat capabilities.
Don't underestimate these two missed steps, sometimes it is the difference between life and death.
Indeed, in terms of length, the Miao Dao is indeed inferior to the Pu Dao, but the Miao Dao can be switched back and forth between single and dual-wielding. In chaotic battles, the movement space will be larger than that of the Pu Dao, and the most important thing is—— Miao knives use less iron.
In Guan Yu's view, the Pu Dao is still suitable for elite soldiers, with a small number of troops, and can produce unexpected effects at critical moments, but the Miao Dao is truly suitable for military standard equipment.
Moreover, Guan Yu also considered another decisive factor: Soldiers need to be specially trained to use Pu Dao. The way of using it is different when holding it and using it with an extended pole. Many people cannot master it well without practice. However, Miao Dao does not need to be used. As long as you can use the ring head Soldiers with swords can seamlessly switch to using Miao swords.
These days, the Huanshou Sword is a standard weapon, and there are very few soldiers who don't know how to use it.
In this way, Guan Yu personally made the decision to suspend the forging of Pu knives in the camp and instead go all out to make Miao knives.
As for the new iron-making method, Guan Yu originally thought of sending people to relocate all the craftsmen in one place. Unexpectedly, Zhang Xi had already made arrangements in advance. Even the forging area was not allowed to enter without military orders.
After all, Zhang Xi was also someone who had been scolded by Zhuge Liang. If he encountered something similar again, he would have thought of confidentiality measures as early as possible.
Guan Yu was very satisfied with this, but after returning home, he still urged Zhang Xi to write down the method and send it to Liu Bei in Chengdu. This kind of thing is the real important weapon of the country, better than the Pu Dao, Miao Dao and so on. Much more important.
There is really no need for Guan Yu to remind him about this, Zhang Xi has already been writing it.
And not only the "steel filling method", Zhang Xi also tried the "steel frying method" by military craftsmen. Although the probability of frying steel is still low, the probability of frying wrought iron is still very high. The combination of the steel method and the steel filling method can greatly improve the efficiency of ironmaking, at least much higher than the block forging method currently used in the military.
Zhang Xi wrote down all these things and sent someone to deliver them to Chengdu.
Over in Chengdu, before the end of the year, some classics that Zhang Xi requested were sent to Zhang Xi.
These classics are all made of paper, and Zhuge Liang finally came up with ink and used woodblock printing to print them, which looked fair and neat.
When these books arrived in Jiangling, Zhang Xi remembered that there was such a thing, and hurried to find Yi Ji to inquire about the construction status of Yuelu Academy.
Yi Ji reluctantly said to Zhang Xi, this winter, people are not even willing to go out, who will build an academy for you.
When Zhang Xi asked the Iraqi supervisors to build the Yuelu Academy, it was already late August. September was the autumn harvest season. Everyone was busy harvesting rice. Who had time to build the academy?
After the autumn harvest was over, Yiji launched a month of corvee as usual to let the people go into the mountains to build the academy. However, it was not easy to level the land near the academy in one month.
After the corvee is over, the common people will definitely not come to help you repair it anymore, and they will have to hire workers from outside to repair it. However, Ma Liang has never approved this money and food subsidy, and it is not easy for Iraqis to make decisions privately.
After some time, Ma Liang got the money and food approved, but it was already winter. It was really inhumane to make people work in the middle of winter.
To sum up, the current Yuelu Academy is just a piece of flat land.
Zhang Xi is depressed. Yuelu Academy has not even built a library, but now the books have been delivered.
Zhang Xi had no choice but to take these books and shamelessly visit Sima Hui. He first put the books with Sima Hui for temporary storage, and then moved them there after the Yuelu Academy's library was built.
By the way, Zhang Xi was scolded by Sima Huihao, saying that he didn't respect knowledge and so on.
What can be done? This person is both moral and respected. It would be rude for you to argue in front of him. What's more, it is indeed Zhang Xi's fault this time for not paying close attention to the construction schedule.
Afterwards, Zhang Xi did go to Yuelu Mountain and saw the land that had just been leveled. It was winter and the land was frozen. Breaking ground at this time was really half the result with twice the effort.
We can only wait until spring to lay the foundation. If we just delay it like this, will the academy be built in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse? !
It was so noisy that Zhang Xi was thinking about whether he should try making cement to build a house quickly, lay a foundation easily, and be very strong and durable.
As for time travellers, there are some who don’t want to work on cement.
But Zhang Xi thought hard for a long time and discovered an incredible fact - he couldn't make cement.
Not to mention cement, even Sanhetu Zhang Xi only knows a rough idea. It seems to be made by mixing lime, clay and sand, but the specific proportions are really unknown.
Really, if Zhang Xi is given a chance to do it again, he will definitely take a Du Niang with him when he travels. She is gentle and considerate. If you don’t understand anything, just ask, how convenient it is.
Now that I have no chance, I can only blame myself for not studying well before traveling through time.
(End of chapter)
