"I'm so exhausted..." Yue Liang sat on the ground and said to Ma Qiang and others with a smile, "It's true to the mission. It's a success at least! This time, it's at least four thousand kilograms."

"It's steel! It's steel!!" cheers came from the distance. Yue Liang didn't know where the strength came from, he jumped up suddenly, and then rushed to the end of the molten steel. Here, the molten steel was cooled by the mold and solidified into

I picked up some rough steel ingots.

"Good steel, this is good steel." Yue Liang held a still hot steel ingot and ran over happily to show off, "Look, this is good steel!"

"Here, let someone give it a try!" Huang Zhong took the steel ingot and put it on the ground. He pulled out his Huanshou knife and used all his strength to slash at the steel ingot. Hearing a clang sound, everyone

Looking again, Huang Zhong's ring-shou knife has a small cut for the curling blade, and the steel ingot is only slightly dented. It is obvious that the material of this steel ingot is better than the knife in Huang Zhong's hand.

"This is a sword made by a certain family that was tempered for 20 years. Could it be that the steel was tempered for 50 years?"

"This is manganese steel. Although our technology is not yet mature, these materials also have flaws and cannot reach the perfect level of manganese steel. However, it is still an excellent material. It will be even better after quenching." Ma Qiang took it.

He picked up the steel ingot and said somewhat helplessly.

There is indeed a lot of iron ore, but not so much manganese ore. The high-grade manganese ore dug behind the mine is getting less and less, and rhodochrosite is only an associated ore of siderite. This time it has been consumed for several months.

stock.

China's rare ores are basically in the south, especially in Jiangxi. Ma Qiang wants to drool when he thinks about the tungsten mines there.

"Lao Yue, all this batch of steel ingots will be used to make high-quality ordnance. I plan to equip it for people above the village commander. If there is any left, I will keep it. The sergeants can just use ordinary steel ordnance."

"Okay, with such good materials, I will definitely give you some good weapons. You can decide for yourself what you want." Yue Liang looked at Huang Zhong and others with a look of flattery on his face. Huang Zhong and others

Knowing what was going on, all the elders and elders began to flatter him.

After all, this is no ordinary blacksmith, he is also the Minister of Industry, one of the Five Elders, so there is no shame in flattering him.

Looking at Yue Liang surrounded by a group of tough men, Ma Qiang yawned. He felt so sleepy and wanted to sleep.

"Congratulations to the camp leader, with these magical weapons, I will be more sure of winning on the battlefield in the future." Duan Ying was pushed to Ma Qiang's side by Duan Yu and said with his hands.

"These are just foreign objects. Are the weapons of the Qin army weaker than those of Emperor Gaozu and Xiang Yu?" Ma Qiang smiled. As long as there are no epoch-making differences in the weapons, the real determinant of victory or defeat will always be people.

The Americans did not understand this back then, and as a result they were hit with question marks on their heads by red-eyed rabbits in North Korea.

After the iron smelting was successful, he began to forge weapons. Ma Qiang suddenly remembered Liu Bei and Zhang Fei in Zhuojun. They probably hadn't made weapons yet. The legendary male and female double-pronged swords and the eight-foot-long snake spear should also have been made.

Not seen yet.

Although Ma Qiang doesn't know whether Zhang Fei used the Zhangba Snake Spear.

But I don’t care what you use, anyway, when it comes to me, I have to use this!

By the way, why hasn't Guan Yu arrived yet? He has sent people to guard the gate of Zhuoxian County for almost a month.

The big man with the red face and long beard should be easy to recognize.

Did he come to Youzhou after the Yellow Turban Rebellion?

While Ma Qiang was thinking wildly, he returned to the bedroom and fell asleep. He didn't close his eyes all day and night. He was really tired.

The next day, Ma Qiang drew a bunch of ordnance sketches and found Yue Liang, who had also just woken up.

"Mr. Yue, see if these weapons can fight."

When Yue Liang saw these weapons, his spirits immediately rose.

"Yes! What kind of weapons are these? Why is this knife so big?"

"Uh... as long as you can fight. By the way, Huang Zhong seems to know how to use a knife. Ask him if he wants to fight with a knife like this."

Ma Qiang remembered that Huang Zhong seemed to be good at swordsmanship and bowing. Although he had only seen him use a ring-shou sword, he didn't know if he could use a broadsword.

The main weapons of horse fighting during the Eastern Han Dynasty were spears and halberds. The spear was for breaking armor. Although the halberd sacrificed part of its armor-breaking ability, because of the small branches, the attack range was wider and it was easier to dismount the enemy. Although the current cavalry

There is already a high-bridge saddle, but there are no double stirrups, so it is still a little unstable when riding on a horse and can easily be poked off.

The use of broadswords, maces, large axes, etc. are considered exotic weapons, and almost no one will use them, because these weapons require extremely high requirements for the user to use them on horseback. Normal people would have difficulty balancing holding such weapons on horseback.

It is difficult to maintain, let alone kill the enemy. These weapons should actually be used for physical training or heavy armored infantry combat.

But there are not exceptions. For example, in the Jin Dynasty, there was a general named Chen An. Historical records record that when he broke through, he was wielding a seven-foot sword in one hand and a snake spear of eight feet in the other. He was simply a combination of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Of course,

It is also possible that Lao Luo saw his records and divided him into Zhang Fei and Guan Yu.

More than ten days later, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei received Ma Qiang's invitation and went to the Red Star Camp together. Jian Yong also happened to come back and saw the warm atmosphere between Jian Yong and Liu Bei.

Ma Qiang has a bit of a taste.

Especially when he thought that no one in this large camp was willing to call him lord.

Ma Qiang wanted to call Liu Bei Lord.

So angry!!

"Sir, why do you look unhappy?" Liu Bei saw Ma Qiang's unhappy face and stepped forward in confusion and asked.

"I heard from Xianhe that there are refugees everywhere in the Central Plains, but the court has not ordered relief. How can I be happy?"

Ma Qiang is also good at talking nonsense.

Liu Bei blushed a little at Ma Qiang's words and couldn't help but feel ashamed.

"Don't be ashamed, it has nothing to do with you. Let's go and have something to eat first, and then go see the gifts I prepared for you and Yide. Xianhe just happened to be back, so I just happened to come and get one." Ma Qiang held Liu Bei's hand.

, holding Jian Yong forward with one hand.

Humph, isn’t it just holding a man’s hand? I can do it too!

"What a good thing, and my eldest brother and I must come!" Ma Qiang found that Zhang Fei and Gan Shi had hugged each other for some time, but looking at the wine bottles in their hands, Ma Qiang

I understood immediately.

These drunkards quickly found a common language.

While eating and drinking, Ma Qiang also introduced Huang Zhong, Duan Ying and others who were new to the Red Star Camp to Liu Bei. Duan Ying naturally would not say his real name. He only said that he was kidnapped by Xianbei when he was a child and had no name, so he called himself Tie.

noodle.

Duan Ying actually accepted the nickname given to him by the sergeants.

Zhang Fei naturally scolded Xianbei for being a bastard, and Xian Yuyin next to him cheered repeatedly.
Chapter completed!