Gongsun Xiu smiled slightly. When he sent someone to pick up Deng Ai's family, he investigated the situation of the Chen family in Yingchuan. When he first met, he realized that this person had an extraordinary identity and ordered someone to touch Chen Chao's background. He signaled everyone not to be excited and said to Chen Chao: "As I expected, you are a descendant of Chen Da, but you are not from the Chen Qun lineage and belong to the sidelines. Are you right?"

Chen Chao was silent for a little, nodded, and said, "By seniority, Chen Qun is the uncle of Caomin."

Gongsun Xiu said, thinking that Chen Qun was the grandson of Chen Qi, and Chen Chao and Chen Qun were two generations apart. The Chen family of Yingchuan became famous in Chen Qi, and Chen Qi gave birth to six sons, which has been passed down for five or six generations. Among them, the Chen family of Yingchuan came from Chen Qun. Chen Qun served as a leader of Yuzhou under Liu Bei in his early years, and later followed the emperors of the Cao family for three generations. In order to support Cao Pi and become emperor, he even set up a nine-rank Zhongzheng system that caters to the world's gentry, which indirectly influenced the political form of the Wei and Jin dynasties for four hundred years.

Chen Qun died of illness two years ago and was named Marquis of Yingyin by Wei State.

Gongsun Xiu smiled and said, "Since you came from the Chen family in Yingchuan, you didn't go to join Chen Qun, but ran to Liaodong. If you weren't a meticulous work, what's that?"

Chen Chao smiled bitterly and said, "Wang, although Caomin is the Chen family of Yingchuan, he is far away from Chen Sikong's lineage and is not valued. He has to leave Wei and run to Yan."

Gongsun Xiu thought that this person was the first to buy Xuantie Ling with a large amount, so he was very concerned about it and said with a smile: "After entering Yan State, he also has the intention to make achievements?"

Chen Chao nodded with a bitter smile.

He thought that the Chen family of Yingchuan became famous in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and members of their clan frequently appeared in books such as "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", "Records of the Three Kingdoms", "Book of Jin", "Book of Song" and "New Words of the World". Later generations claimed that the Chen family of the world came out of Yingchuan. Chen Chao did not call himself the Chen family of Yingchuan. First, when he was sensitive to this period of Yan and Wei, he was afraid of being suspected of becoming a spy, and second, he was proud and unwilling to rely on fame among the clan.

He is no longer surprised by the diversified investments of wealthy families. The three generations of Zhuge clans in Langya served Wei, Shu and Wu. The Wang clan of Langya in the Eastern Jin Dynasty was more distinctive. The elder brothers were important officials in the court, and the brothers rebelled outside, but they still had no effect.

Gongsun Xiu asked, "I would like to ask you, do you have any unique ideas about smelting iron and making armor?"

Chen Chao pondered for a while and hurriedly said, "Although Caomin didn't know, he had asked Ma Jun of Cao Wei for some time."

"Ma Jun?"

Gongsun Xiu immediately realized that this man was one of the inventors of the Three Kingdoms period. It is unknown what he had invented, but Chen Chao had contact with him, and perhaps he learned a little. He asked: "Ma Jun is known as a mechanical skill and has many changes. I just don't know how much you have learned?"

Chen Chao raised his head and said seriously: "Shame, the grass people have to pick up their teeth and have no solution. They just saw the water truck built by Ma Jun that can lead the river from low to high. As for the guide truck, the improved Zhuge crossbow will not..."

"Slow down,"

Gongsun Xiu raised his head and said in surprise: "You mean, do you know anything about the water truck?"

Chen Chao was a little puzzled, so he nodded and said, "I know a little bit."

Gongsun Xiu said to himself: "If you can build a water truck, it will be of great use."

Deng Ai was puzzled and asked, "The King, when the last general was an official in Wei State, he had also seen the water wheel made by Ma Jun, but this seemed to have nothing to do with the creation of armor."

“No—it’s very useful.”

Gongsun Xiu's eyes were bright and he immediately said, "We need to make a big water truck and improve it on Ma Jun's water truck. First, fill the upstream of the river to make the flowing water more rapid. Build a large water truck downstream. When the water truck rotates, it can take water from the river. A balance bracket is built on the river bank, a large cylinder is built on one end, and a hammer of six or seven hundred kilograms at the other end. In this way, it is easy to make a zither armor."

Deng Ai said, Chen Chao was also confused, but he had to do it according to the will of the King of Yan. After all, the King of Yan's wonderful ideas have always come suddenly, and everyone has long been used to it.

It took a while for a water wheel up to three feet high to stand in the river channel. Under the erosion of the water flow, the water wheel was also rotating rapidly. A huge bracket was built on the river bank, with a beam hanging as a lever. According to Gongsun Xiu's instructions, three mutually engaging gears were built. At both ends of the lever are a large cylinder and a large iron hammer. Because the hammer is heavier than the large cylinder, the hammer hangs on the ground, and the large cylinder is raised and suspended in the air.

Gongsun Xiu led everyone to inspect it, and immediately ordered the river water drawn from the water truck into the large tank. Chen Chao immediately ordered someone to inject the water truck into the water tank.

The water truck carried the river water and poured it into the water tank. The water tank was instantly filled with water. The water tank itself was also extremely heavy. After the water storage, the weight exceeded the hammer at the other end. While the water tank sank, it also brought the large hammer into the air. After the water tank was filled with water, it triggered the mechanism. With a "wow" sound, the water in the water tank was instantly empty. Under the action of the lever, the hammer head of six or seven hundred kilograms fell naturally. The craftsman had already stuffed the burned iron block into the mold and placed it at the position where the hammer head fell.

The first hammer hit the mold with a "bang". Immediately after the water tank was stored, the hammer head rose to mid-air and fell down. This was smashed three or four times. The blacksmith clamped the mold and took apart the mold and saw that the burned iron block had been smashed into leaves according to the mold.

Gongsun Xiu was overjoyed and laughed: "Look, this piece of iron armor has been formed after only four hammering times, and it is effortless. The river flows continuously. Use water hammers to forge the armor. As long as the craftsman's armor is drilled into the hole, he can string the rope and woven into the armor. This project does not take long."

Everyone was surprised. It is important to know that a piece of armor has 1,200 pieces of iron armor. If it is slowly beaten by blacksmith with human power, then drill holes from the armor, string them into the armor, and sew the inner leather into the inner wall. After a set of water grinding, the armor-making speed is like a turtle's speed, which can take seven months. However, it is different by forging by water hammers. One piece can be hammered in a few ups and downs, and the speed is hundreds of times faster.

Chen Chao had long observed the operation of water trucks and water hammers. The Yan King combined the water transport of water trucks. The principle of water hammers is the same as that of the trencher, but it is just a matter of counterweight and leverage ratio. With theoretical guidance, it is easy to practice.

When talking about the issue of drilling holes in the iron sheet, he pondered: "Drilling holes does not require manpower. You just need to make raised nails in the mold first, put the beaten iron sheets in and smash them with a water hammer. The nails can instantly drill holes in the iron sheets."
Chapter completed!