Chapter 400 Break the horse's head with a knife, and make a miracle
Whether it is the awakening of people's consciousness or the New Culture Movement in the late Han Dynasty.
It still seems so illusory now.
Of course, this is just a means in Lu Yu's plan to fight against the nobles in the future!
At least, right now... it's just a beautiful vision, or rather... a piece of pie.
So far it seems…
This piece of cake is enough to attract Zheng Xuan, and it is also enough to pull a key figure like Zheng Xuan into the same boat.
perhaps…
Newspapers and newspapers are still a little far away.
But... before Lu Yu's eyes, the most urgent task was to develop papermaking and printing technology.
Mentioning these two inventions…
As a time traveler, Lu Yu felt very ashamed.
It has been so long, but the papermaking technology has not been improved! Creating printing technology! This is simply leaving the "technology tree" in my mind behind...
Speaking of which…
Cai Lun in the Western Han Dynasty was the first to improve papermaking.
The advent of Caihou Paper marked that this great invention had entered its primary stage. However, in this era, people's understanding of paper still remained in the words "Luoyang paper is expensive".
To put it bluntly, this is what ordinary people cannot afford to use or play with.
The reason is that the materials used by Cai Lun papermaking are too expensive and the process is too complicated. Caihou paper is also ridiculously expensive!
Bark, hemp heads, old cloth, fishing nets...
It is made through beating, pounding, frying, baking and other processes. The cost is high and the manufacturing process is complicated. The key is that the texture is rough and it is not popular.
The raw materials that can be used to make paper are actually wider and cheaper.
In Lu Yu's memory, mulberry bark and cane bark began to be used to make paper during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties;
In the Sui Dynasty, during the Five Dynasties, bamboo, sandalwood bark, wheat straw, rice straw, etc. could also be used as raw materials for papermaking, further reducing the cost;
In the Tang Dynasty, bamboo paper made from bamboo as raw material marked a major breakthrough in papermaking technology.
To put it bluntly, the papermaking process has been completely finalized since Cai Lun improved it...
Even in later generations, the principle of papermaking is the same. The only difference is the material!
Lu Yu can dictate the selection of these materials, papermaking, and printing processes...
It is not difficult to summarize it into a book and promote it...
But the specific details are a bit cumbersome. It's like the delicious food in many videos in the previous life, which is full of color, aroma and taste. But when you try it yourself, it's not like that at all. It's a standard "buyer's show"
with "Seller Show".
The key to turning a buyer's show into a seller's show in seconds lies in people... to be precise, it lies in talent!
Thinking of this, Lu Yu rolled his eyes.
Don't say...
At the end of the Han Dynasty and during the Three Kingdoms period, there was really such a person. He silently summarized Cai Lun's experience in papermaking and improved the papermaking process. The paper he produced was bright and clean, suitable for writing, and of extremely high use value.
Together with "Zhang Zhi's pen" and "Wei Dan's ink", it is known as the "three famous products" of contemporary scholars!
only…
It was still ten years before this talent completed this process of improving papermaking!
Lu Yu has to help him speed up!
As for...his name.
Lu Yu saw it once when he was admiring the "Three Famous Products" in the museum, and silently remembered it...
Immediately, Lu Yu took a pen and wrote his name Zuo Bo on the bamboo slip!
"Where is Dian Dutong?"
Lu Yu said hello outside the study room.
"The end will be..."
Dianwei cupped his hands and stepped in...
"Send some people to Donglaiye County to find someone for me!" Lu Yu ordered.
"Who?" Dian Wei asked.
"My surname is Zuo Mingbo, my given name is Ziyi!" Lu Yu's tone was quite serious. "Tell the soldiers at Longxiao Camp to be polite when inviting this person..."
"Here!" Dian Wei agreed and went down to make arrangements.
At this time, Lu Yu was thinking of a quote by Xiao Ziliang mentioned in "The Biography of Xiao Ziliang in Southern History": "Ziyi's paper shines brightly; Zhongjiang's ink is like lacquer; Boying's pen is full of thoughts."
."
The corresponding ones are the three famous products "Saeki paper", "Wei Dan ink" and "Zhang Zhi pen"!
Thinking of this...
Lu Yu's eyes blinked slightly.
He thought that papermaking would shine ten years ahead of schedule.
…
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Xu Ducheng, Forge.
Because of Cao Mu's stewardship, more and more women have joined the forge. The carefulness of women and the hard work of rough men combine to form a unique landscape.
As the saying goes, if men and women work together, the work will not be tiring...
Cao Mu truly felt this.
The reason why Cao Mu boldly used these women was because...she once asked Lu Yu how to further enhance the efficiency of the forging workshop.
After all, with more and more soldiers and horses in Cao's camp, the pressure on weapons will naturally increase. The pressure on the forging workshop can be imagined.
Lu Yu's answer was very simple, just one sentence...increase the enthusiasm of the craftsmen.
He also gave a very evil look.
Lu Yu taught Cao Xiu...
Let male blacksmiths and female craftsmen mix together, and several people work in groups, roughly one woman with several men!
The salary of male craftsmen is determined by the quantity and quality of the weapons forged, while the salary of female craftsmen is determined by these male craftsmen...
Such and such...
At first glance, Cao Mu thought this idea was a bit outrageous, but after trying it on a small scale, the efficiency was surprisingly good.
Ever since, I saw this scene...
Throughout the forge...a large number of men and women worked together.
The male craftsmen are hard at work forging steel, making steel, and making weapons and armor, while the female craftsmen... carefully carry water for the male craftsmen and wipe away sweat!
The efficiency of the entire forging workshop has actually increased exponentially.
Now, Cao Mu didn’t understand...
The main reason is that she is too naive and only knows how to do business... She doesn't know the true meaning of "matching men and women, working without getting tired".
This time...it seems like a door to a new world has opened.
In fact, this principle is not complicated!
Thinking of her Cao Mu, why? Why does she have to work so hard to run this forging workshop? Isn't it just to... impress Lu Yu? To impress her father and make them chant the phrase "Who said women are inferior to men"?
And this…
What is transformed into is infinite power.
The blacksmiths don't have so much thought, and all they care about is their salary and the looks of the women around them...
Amidst the greetings and greetings from the women, not only did the hands of the forged steel become hard, but the whole body became as hard as steel. In addition, their hard work not only determines their own salary, but also plays a decisive factor in the salary of the women around them...
There are several couples who are single!
How can efficiency be low?
"This guy is always good at playing tricks like these!"
Cao Mu curled his lips and couldn't help but complain.
Just then...
"Miss Cao, please take a look..." Two blacksmiths brought a pair of newly forged weapons in front of her.
"This is..." Cao Mu's eyes swept over the weapon, which was completely different from the weapons forged in the past.
It is said that a sword is not like a sword, and a knife is not like a knife. The entire weapon blade is divided into two parts. The lower part is the "sheath", which accounts for about 60% of the entire weapon. The upper part is the long "blade" which accounts for the entire weapon.
40% of the blade.
It would be fine if it were just like this, but it is a bit weird that such proportions appear on this three-meter-long weapon.
It can be said...
The forge has never forged a weapon with such a weird shape.
"This is Mo Dao..." the blacksmith reported truthfully.
Cao Mu then recalled that when he last talked with Lu Yu, in addition to mentioning "matching men and women, the work is not tiring", Lu Yu once again put Mo Dao on the agenda.
Now that the Central Plains has been settled, iron and steel, which have always been scarce, are now... much more abundant. A large amount of fine steel is being forged in full swing, and the conditions for large-scale forging of Mo Dao are already met!
Of course…
Lu Yu said this...
But Cao Mu didn't take the forging of Mo Dao too seriously. After all, the "weird" Mo Dao pattern provided by Lu Yu just looked... this weapon was very unreliable!
When she returned to the forge, she just asked a few blacksmiths to try to forge one!
Unexpectedly, it has been forged...
Tread...
The lotus steps move lightly.
Cao Mu carefully observed Mo Dao from all directions. She even tried to lift it, but...how could she lift it with her little arms?
"I'm afraid it must be more than fifteen pounds, right?" Cao Mu asked...
"It's a full twenty kilograms!" the blacksmith replied: "The blade is three feet long, the handle is four feet long, and an iron drill is used at the bottom... When it is broken down, it is a broad sword placed on a long handle with an iron brick underneath.
For counterweight! And the whole body of this broad sword is made of fine steel. The iron consumed by this Mo Dao alone can forge fifty spear heads!"
call…
Hearing this, Cao Mu exhaled. At first he was thinking, who can dance a weapon of this weight?
But when I heard that the consumables of one Mo Dao were the same as those of fifty spear heads, I immediately felt a little distressed!
and…
Cao Mu is a forging master, and she saw the biggest drawback of this Mo Dao at a glance!
This Mo Dao looks extremely sharp, but with such sharpness, it must have the disadvantages of all sharp knives and are prone to chipping.
The so-called edge collapse refers to...
The Mo Dao, which is forged with a large amount of iron, will chip or crack due to severe friction after a fierce battle, and even has to be scrapped. This undoubtedly increases the cost of using the Mo Dao.
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"this…"
Cao Mu's eyes rolled around... She pouted from time to time, all her thoughts were on this Mo Dao?
This thing? In the end... should I exercise it or not?
"What a problem!"
Don't forge, this is what Lu Yu mentioned on his own initiative. Although she, Cao Mu, is the head of the forging workshop, the forging workshop now belongs to Longxiao camp, so is Lu Yu still her immediate boss?
Forgeable... this thing? Who has such strength? Charge into battle with a weapon weighing more than ten kilograms, and... once it is put into use, the consumption of iron in the future will be extremely "horrible"!
For a moment, Cao Mu was caught in a dilemma.
Just then.
Tap tap tap…
Footsteps sounded…
"Report...Captain Cao..." A soldier from the Longxiao camp outside the door quickly walked to Cao Mu and announced: "General Gao Shun is trapped in the camp, and General Zhang Liao from the Longxiao camp is here to find the girl!"
Hmm…
Cao Mu rolled his eyes.
Before I could give any orders... I heard two rough voices.
"Director Cao, the trapped camp still lacks 200 sets of fine steel armors. The current situation is not allowed to happen. The war is imminent. Manager Cao must help us to forge the trapped camp first. Otherwise... how can our trapped camp serve our commander Lu?
What about meritorious service?"
"Director Cao, there are only 300 Bingzhou knights in our Longxiao camp, but the 300 fine steel halberds promised have not been delivered yet. Director Cao will not give them to us before the expedition, right? At any rate
The soldiers have to get used to it...these three hundred fine steel halberds have to be delivered as soon as possible!"
The first voice was made by Gao Shun, the leader of the trapped camp.
The person who made the second voice was Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan. Logically speaking, the three hundred Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry he commanded were all now owned by Long Xiao Qi, but... Lu Yu still let him command these three hundred people and maintained relative control in the Long Xiao camp.
of independence.
now…
Their tone was quite gentle.
After all, I came here to ask for help.
People outside Longxiao Camp don't know, but who doesn't know if they are inside Longxiao Camp? The reason why Longxiao Camp is invincible and invincible is because, in addition to Commander Lu's exhaustive strategy of attacking the enemy's heart and mind, these are the reasons why Longxiao Camp is invincible.
Stainless steel armor and weapons are also an important part.
For this reason, not to mention the Long Xiao Camp, but the entire Cao Camp, all the generals were quite polite when seeing Cao Mu.
If it was Cao Hong who came, he would not be able to protect all of them... he would burst into tears, and even act like a rogue!
Zhang Liao and Gao Shun are already good.
At least…
In Cao Mu's view, he is still one of his own!
"The forge is already working hard to build the armor and halberds that the two generals need, but... steelmaking takes a lot of time, and I hope the two generals won't be impatient... If they are forged, I will send someone to notify the two generals as soon as possible.
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Cao Mu recited these words very skillfully...
She was used to it. On any given day, there would be no more than ten or eight generals coming to visit her. To deal with them, Cao Mu had already prepared a hundred and eight tricks.
this…
Zhang Liao and Gao Shun looked at each other. They remembered that last month... Cao Mu sent them away with such a set of words!
But it's been a month, and where have I seen a fine steel halberd? A set of fine steel armor?
I'm afraid that now, Cao Mu has forgotten... that he had beaten them away, right?
Gao Shun frowned.
Before coming...he had made up his mind that he must be "shameless" this time...
Like Cao Hong, he is shameless and will not leave until he asks for something!
Although...it was quite embarrassing to do this, and it was not in line with his Gao Shun character, but a set of fine steel armor on the battlefield meant the life of a soldier. Justice was his top priority, and he did not dare to neglect it in the slightest as he was determined to fight.
"Master Cao..."
Gao Shun spoke, and he, who was always clumsy and tongue-tied, was about to act rogue.
Just as he spoke, Gao Shun suddenly noticed the "Mo Dao" on Cao Mu's side... He didn't know this thing was called "Mo Dao", but the length and sharpness of the weapon immediately attracted his attention.
Notice.
"This is?"
While asking, Gao Shun mentioned the Mo Dao.
"Good guy, it's quite long and quite heavy!"
Gao Shun sighed with emotion...
At first, he thought the Mo Dao was a one-handed weapon, but with a weight of more than twenty kilograms on one arm, even Gao Shun felt it was a bit heavy!
He tried to hold it with both hands at the same time, but it was still a little heavy...
However... his eyes have begun to slowly move up from the bottom "iron drill", to the "hilt", to the blade similar to the "broad sword", and then look at it as a whole... to observe!
In just a moment…
He seemed to understand something...
So, he began to try to swing it, but it was not flexible, but... the strong wind roared when he swung it, which showed that the destructive power of this weapon was extremely high.
only…
Gao Shun's eyes gradually narrowed, and suddenly, a bold idea came to his mind.
The shortcomings of this weapon are that it is heavy and inflexible, but its advantage may also be this?
even.
For a moment, Gao Shun's eyes sparkled.
You know, Gao Shun is the weapons master of this era, proficient in all kinds of weapons.
The trap camp he commanded was the most well-equipped legion in this era before Long Xiao Camp.
The armor usually used by the trapped camp is "black fish scale armor". Depending on the opponent, the weapon on the right hand is either a "hook sickle gun" or a "ring-headed sword", and the left hand weapon ranges from a "buckler" and "hook tweezers"
Choose!
According to Gao Shun's idea, he wants to forge the trapped camp into a corps that can use corresponding restraint weapons according to the opponent's different types of arms to infinitely restrain the opponent!
Of course, this ideal is very good.
But...the reality is that infantry has a pain point that can never be avoided, that is, it is difficult to parry when faced with a cavalry charge.
To this end, Gao Shun tried a lot of weapons...
Even if... the trapping camp behind is already powerful enough, and can even fight the cavalry with its equipment and formation, it still cannot avoid the pain point of having difficulty parrying the cavalry!
The reason…
It's still a weapon, but the weapon is not long enough or sharp enough...
If there could be a weapon that could chop off a "horse's head" with one blow, then the cavalry would no longer be able to act arrogantly in front of the infantry!
Nowadays…
The strange weapon in front of him now, doesn't it conform to all of Gao Shun's fantasies, all of his fantasies about "cutting off" a horse's head with a single blow on the battlefield?
"What...what is the name of this weapon?"
At this moment, Gao Shun's heart was already throbbing.
"Mo Dao." Cao Mu did not pay attention to Gao Shun's expression and said casually: "General Gao, do you think this Mo Dao is too heavy and not practical? On the battlefield...it is impossible to lift such a heavy object.
You can't easily dodge the opponent's attack even if you use your hands and feet? Even though it's a bit sharp, in the end it does more harm than good..."
Somewhat sharp?
What does it mean to be somewhat sharp?
Gao Shun was shocked. He didn't expect...Cao Mu would underestimate Mo Dao so much?
However, think about it carefully.
No wonder.
Cao Mu has never been on the battlefield. Most of her understanding of weapons is from the mouths of soldiers. Her understanding is at best that "one inch is long and one inch is strong, and one inch is short and one inch is dangerous."
How could she have known that the length, weight, and sharpness of this Mo Dao had exceeded her previous understanding of "sharpness" and "power".
At this moment, Cao Mu continued to speak.
"I don't know...why did you, Commander Lu, draw such a useless weapon? Isn't this a waste of iron and fine steel? Really!"
Cao Mu even complained...
Well…
Commander Lu?
On the other hand, Gao Shun's eyes flashed when he heard the words "Commander Lu".
It would be fine if Cao Mu didn't mention Lu Yu, but she led out that the creator of Mo Dao was Lu Yu, then... then Gao Shun's understanding of Mo Dao must be deeper and bolder!
Gao Shun heard...
The previous "forged steel" was completed under the guidance of Commander Lu, and was completed when no one was optimistic about it.
Pearls and jade in front.
perhaps…
This time, Commander Lu’s original intention when designing this Mo Dao... What’s more, the length, weight, and sharpness of this Mo Dao were all his intentions!
The purpose...perhaps is to let this Mo Dao crush the enemy with its absolute power!
Yes, if this Mo Dao can cut off a horse's head with one blow when facing cavalry? With one blow, both men and horses will be shattered? Then... where is the use of flexible dodge? Where is the use of defense!
Previously…
During his conversation with Lu Yu, Lu Yu raised a concept... one force can defeat ten!
No!
To be precise... Mr. Lu mentioned that great force can produce miracles!