Heavy cavalry cannot be built, but Ma Chao still has a way to deal with horseshoes.
In fact, when Pound talked about horseshoes, one word came to Ma Chao's mind: horseshoes.
I remember there was a fable told in my previous life: If a horseshoe is broken, a war horse is broken; if a war horse is broken, a commander is lost; if a commander is lost, a war is lost; if a commander is lost, a war is lost; started a war and destroyed a country The horseshoe mentioned in this fable is what Ma Chao wants to build.
Horseshoes, also known as horseshoes, are iron hoof-shaped objects bound to the hooves of horses, cattle and other livestock.
The main purpose of nailing horseshoes is to delay the wear and tear of horseshoes.
The use of horseshoes not only protects the horseshoes, but also makes the horseshoes grip the ground more firmly, which is beneficial to riding and driving.
Ma Chao knew that a horse's hoof is made of two layers.
The layer in contact with the ground is about two to three centimeters thick and hard horny, and the upper layer is horny.
When horseshoes are in contact with the ground, the hard cuticle will fall off quickly due to friction from the ground and corrosion from accumulated water.
This is what Pound and others are worried about.
Horseshoe binding is to use nails to fix the horseshoe on the horny skin of the horse's hoof.
That is, the "horseshoe" is cast into shape and then placed under the horse's feet.
Then, hammers and nails are used to nail the thick iron into the soles of the horse's feet, and Use the barb of the iron nail to fix it on the horse's ankle bone to prevent it from falling off.
In fact, making horseshoes is very simple, just make the patch into a ring shape, leaving a hole in the middle for iron nails to fix.
Ma Chao believed that although he could not build high-quality heavy armored cavalry at present, there should be no problem in producing tens of thousands of horseshoes.
To build this thing, you don’t need any drawings, just draw it with the blacksmith.
As soon as he said it, Ma Chao took the sick body to his iron shop that day.
That's right, Ma Chao has his own business.
When he first time traveled through time, Ma Chao was making stirrups and gathering some craftsmen together to set up his own iron shop.
Later, Ma Teng completely handed over the industry to Ma Chao.
Now that he has taken control of Fufeng County, the iron shop should be getting stronger.
Thinking about it, he only remembered to make stirrups but forgot about horseshoes.
This is really a flaw in his IQ.
Along the way, Ma Chao was still scolding himself.
As for the plan for his iron shop, Ma Chao wanted to build the iron shop into the Lockheed Martin company of Xiliang Majia in the late Han Dynasty, completely innovate and lead the arms manufacturing industry in the late Han Dynasty, and become the exclusive company of Xiliang Majia.
Monopoly arms supplier.
Thinking about the beautiful vision of the future, Ma Chao couldn't hold back his excitement.
Walking on the road to the Lockheed Martin Company, oh, the iron shop, Ma Chao's steps were a little light, and there was a voice in his heart that was always shouting: "Ma Chao, Lockheed Martin in the late Han Dynasty relied on you to create the stirrups and horseshoes.
You can be regarded as a pioneer in the improvement of cavalry combat equipment in the late Han Dynasty."
But when Ma Chao actually came to the door of his iron shop, a feeling of disappointment suddenly surged into his heart: the dilapidated yard in front of him was his iron shop, the future Lockheed Martin Company.
The courtyard displayed in front of Ma Chao, except that the walls are taller, thicker, and the yard is larger, looks like the courtyard of a wealthy family, there is nothing else that can be seen.
It is almost a hundred thousand different from the arsenal in Ma Chao's mind.
Eight thousand miles.
There is not even a plaque indicating the identity of this dilapidated courtyard.
In fact, this is also Ma Chao's negligence.
He always calls his arsenal with the word "iron shop", so how can he let his subordinates worry?
After entering the door, he happened to see Han Feng here.
When Han Feng saw Ma Chao coming, he quickly put down his work and shouted loudly: "Young Master is here to inspect, thank you for your hard work."
Ma Chao's expression didn't change at all.
He just waved his hand to signal Han Feng to excuse himself.
After that, he asked Han Feng to be his guide and lead him to review his first property after time travel.
At this time, the craftsmen were busy in the smoke and fire, and the blazing fire made all the craftsmen sweat.
I saw Han Feng leading a young man in brocade robes with a sick appearance.
Although the boy had a sick look, he had long hair shawl, sword-shaped eyebrows and a straight nose, and a pair of bright eyes.
Coupled with the brocade robe, he looked extremely noble, handsome and melancholy.
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Even though a group of craftsmen didn't know who this person was, they couldn't help but secretly praise in their hearts: "What a young hero."
Especially when they saw that General Manager Han Feng was very respectful to the young man, everyone naturally knew that he was a more noble person than Han Feng, so they stopped what they were doing and kowtowed in fear.
Ma Chao was in a daze: None of these people knew him, so why did they kowtow when they saw him?
Ma Chao traveled through time and was not entirely clear about the etiquette of the Han Dynasty.
But it seems a bit unreasonable for everyone to be so respectful and even humble. unless After frowning, Ma Chao did not ask Han Feng this question.
Instead, he looked around carefully.
He saw in front of him a tempered old man whose age could not be distinguished.
His messy beard was burnt to yellow and covered with black powder.
Look at the "black-faced" young man holding a fire blower in front of the stove next to him.
His clothes are in tatters and can barely cover his shame.
The strong man swinging a hammer on the side has a few burns on his bare upper body. scar.
Ma Chao felt sad when he saw it: "The steel jungle that protects the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was built under such difficult conditions."
Ma Chao thought about the difficult conditions in the iron shop, but he was used to staying in the agricultural base station in the 21st century. , has long been accustomed to the once clean and orderly environment around him.
He never thought that the production environment in the dignified Han Dynasty arsenal more than two thousand years ago would be so bad.
Ma Chao couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "This is my future Lockheed Martin."
It is true that the conditions in the arsenal of the Han Dynasty were as difficult as Ma Chao's iron shop.
In fact, the conditions of Ma Chao's iron shop were much better than those of the arsenals of the Han Dynasty.
At least, working in Ma Chao's iron shop, you can still get two meals a day, and you can also rest as appropriate after being injured.
Further forward, there was the iron shop's warehouse.
As soon as the door opened, Ma Chao felt a musty smell coming to his nose.
Ma Chao frowned subconsciously.
After taking a closer look at the chaos in the warehouse, Ma Chao's frown deepened: rusty spear heads were piled up in a haphazard pile; broken wooden poles lay scattered on the ground; newly made short swords and hard bows , piled haphazardly in the corner.
"This can be considered a warehouse."
Ma Chao felt resentful in his heart: "The conditions in the iron shop are difficult, which is limited by technical conditions.
This warehouse is so chaotic because of poor planning and management, which has led to the employees having no professional qualities at all."
Seeing the chaos in front of him, it would be strange if Ma Chao, who came from the 21st century and aspired to achieve a career in the steel jungle in the late Han Dynasty, was not angry. s: The subscription is bleak and I feel down, so I will update twice today.
After tomorrow, we will resume three updates a day.
I will first calm down and think about whether this is a precursor to a sudden attack: