Ma Chao led Pang De and others to come, dismounted by the lake, threw the reins to Pang De, and looked at the small boat waiting by the lake and Pang Tong on the boat, and his face changed slightly. "Do you have to get on the boat?"

"No need." Pang Tong smiled, took a step and got on the shore. "Wait, the general is discussing the matter, and I will come later."

Ma Chao felt relieved and smiled brightly again. He looked around, approached Pang Tong, and whispered: "I just received a letter from home. My father specially picked two docile Xiliang horses, one with three generals and one with a wife, hoping to comfort Mrs. Zun's thoughts on the countryside."

Pang Tong understood it. "Thank you, General."

"It should be, it should be." Ma Chao grinned and said, "In front of the general, Shi Yuanduoduo also asked for good words. Although my father has been in Xiliang for a long time, he cannot match Han Wen after all."

"Don't worry, the general knows it. Making friends and making hearts is not just about power."

"That's, that's it." Ma Chao laughed happily. With Pang Tong's words, the big stone in his heart fell. He received a letter from Ma Teng and told him about the meeting with Jiang Gan. Ma Teng only provided 200 war horses, and Han Sui did not violate the agreement between them. However, at this time, he sent Han Yin to send Han Shaoying to Runan to get married, and used 500 horses as dowry, and he had already compared Ma Teng. Han Yin brought a thousand knights in the name of sending marriage. This clearly means asking for a thousand sets of armor and weapons, even if Sun Ce gave a discount, he would have to equip Han Yin's personal guard camp at least 300 cavalry. In this way, Han Sui's strength will be significantly improved, and Ma Teng will become the weakest one.

Pang De reminded Ma Chao of this a long time ago, so when Ma Chao wrote a letter back to Guanzhong, he specifically mentioned two people, one was Sun Ce's sister Sun Shangxiang, and the other was Pang Tong's wife Zhang Zifu. Sun Shangxiang was good at martial arts, and Zhang Zifu was from Guanzhong and both liked to ride horses. Ma Chao asked Ma Teng to prepare two good horses, especially for these two people, which was not only strong but also beautiful.

After all, women are different from men. They have a stronger desire for beauty and have higher requirements for the appearance of the mount. They have never found a satisfactory mount. Pang Tong never mentioned that Sun Shangxiang has a good relationship with her and often rides horses together. They talk about it when they come to the camp to select horses. Pang De remembers it in his heart.

"Is there any action when I suddenly called me?"

"What can I do on hot weather? I want to ask you to advise me if I have something." Pang Tong said, waved his hand, and two people walked over with a box. Ma Chao looked at the two of them, and couldn't help but take a look, but he couldn't remember who it was. Just as he was rolling his eyes and scratching his head, Pang De said in a word. "General, this is the craftsman of the Nanyang Iron Officer."

Ma Chao suddenly realized and nodded repeatedly. His attitude immediately became a little respectful, and he did not dare to present the major general's signature. Nanyang Iron Official is the iron official with the highest iron smelting level at present. Most of the ordnances sent to Guanzhong must be the Nanyang Iron Official. If he provokes these people, the ordnances sent to Ma Teng may be reduced to one level.

Although the two craftsmen were just ordinary craftsmen, they were already used to this kind of treatment. This is also one of the reasons why they were willing to serve in Nanyang Iron Officials. Although they were craftsmen, they could get the respect they deserved by their skills, which was more fulfilling than simply making money. Of course, the income of Nanyang Iron Officials was not low, and an ordinary craftsman could earn hundreds of stones a year.

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They put down the box and pulled it gently. The big box opened like a magic trick and decomposed it into several small box size one. With this hand alone, this surprised Ma Chao and others. But what surprised them even more was still behind. The craftsmen opened the box covers one by one. Each box was filled with a piece of fine armor, but it was not a human armor, and the shape was very strange.

Ma Chao suddenly held his breath and shouted, "Good suit?!" He rushed over and picked up one, held it in front of him and looked carefully, as if he saw a child who loved toys. The more he looked, the more he was happy. He kept saying, "Ling Ming, look at it, how beautiful the pattern is, this is Gad suit, the real Gad suit."

Pang De was also very excited. He picked up one and weighed it, and then he was a little surprised. "So light?"

Ma Chao also discovered it. "Yes, it seems that the portion is not enough."

A craftsman smiled reservedly and said, "General, don't worry, although this suit is lighter than the common one, it has no problem with its sturdyness. We have conducted experiments. Unless we use special arrows, these equipment can prevent one stone crossbow, eighty steps can prevent two stone crossbows, and even four stone crossbows cannot be shot through a hundred steps."

"Take it seriously?" Ma Chao was skeptical. The fish scale armor worn by the senior generals only had such protective ability. This outfit is not a fish scale thin armor, so how could it have such good protection?

The craftsman is not loud, but he is full of confidence and even a little arrogant. "The iron official in Nanyang is always silent."

Seeing that the craftsman is so confident, Ma Chao dared not question it anymore, otherwise these craftsmen would turn against each other. "How did you do it?"

The craftsman smiled but said nothing. Pang Tong coughed and said with a smile: "General Ma, let's try it out."

Ma Chao was a little embarrassed. He knew that he had crossed the line and was very taboo to find out the technical details. He quickly asked Pang De to remove the harness of a mount and assemble the harness. Then he personally boarded the horse and tried the ride. The harness was very exquisite and the weight was lighter than expected. The horse was adapted after running a hundred steps. Ma Chao began to trot the horse. The armored cavalry did not need to run quickly, and even if it rushed, it was just a trot. As long as the safety of the people and horses were guaranteed, the trot was enough to break the defense of the infantry.

Two craftsmen followed, one of them observing the running state of the war horse, while shouting terms that Ma Chao didn't understand. With the lesson just now, Ma Chao didn't dare to talk too much, but just made various tactical actions as they told them. Sometimes, he had to think about it carefully before answering the questions, and sometimes he had to repeat the movements and carefully grasp the differences.

He knew very well that Nanyang Iron Officer would definitely encounter many problems in trial production of equipment. If he wanted to use equipment in the autumn war, he had to cooperate with these craftsmen to shorten the development process as much as possible and solve the problems as much as possible. This not only concerns whether Sun Ce can repel Yuan Shao's attack, but also whether he can make new contributions.

Yuan Shao has 300 armored cavalry under his command, which is Yuan Shao's killer weapon. Sun Ce is unlikely to have the same number of armored cavalry. He almost certainly has to face the situation of having fewer enemies and using his technical advantages to the extreme is one of his hopes for victory.

When Ma Chao and the craftsmen completed the experiment and returned to the lake, Sun Ce's ship had already docked. Sun Ce got off the ship and was talking to Pang Tong. Seeing Ma Chao coming back, Sun Ce raised his hand and greeted him.

"Meng Qi, how do you feel?"

"Okay, very good." Ma Chao turned over and got off the horse, and was overjoyed. "General, although there are still some small flaws, it is not a big problem. How did they do it? They did it so well for the first time? I think these people are so capable, and they are all qualified to be masters."

"Don't flatter you." Sun Ce couldn't help laughing. Ma Chao wouldn't know how much effort he had spent on these equipment, and he didn't need to know. The drawings, materials, and processing techniques of these armored equipment will be top secrets for a long time. Especially the materials, this is Huang Chengyan's latest achievement in metallurgical technology, and even the hard work of some alchemy Taoists.

Ma Chao laughed.
Chapter completed!