Chapter 17 "Lord's Armed Forces" (Part 2)

Seeing the carpenter savoring for a long time, Zhao Wu whipped the carpenter with the branches in his hand and said, "Make a bed within a day, and make twenty cars within a month - no, make thirty chariots. I promise you the identity of a 'Chinese (free citizen, almost modern citizen)', and allow you to live in Zhaocheng City to open a store and specialize in selling carriages."

The carpenter looked at the sky and jumped up immediately, as if afraid of wasting time, so he said goodbye to Zhao Wu. Zhao Wu suddenly remembered something again, remembering the deeds of a famous assassin in this era - but unfortunately he forgot the name of the assassin, and only remembered that he was one of the four major assassins in China. It is said that in order to approach the assassin, the Spring and Autumn Assassin applied raw paint on his face to cause skin allergies, changed his appearance, and then swallowed charcoal in his mouth to change his voice...

The story mentions paint - "Do we have the technology for paint now?"

The carpenter repeatedly agreed: "Yes, we will prepare red bows, and there is no problem with applying red paint."

Zhao Wu shook his head: "Tongbow - the thing the emperor uses, how can I use red... I will relieve you for another ten days, and you paint my bed in other colors."

The carpenter smiled and narrowed his eyes: "Lord, if I give me another ten days of ease, I promise to paint the bed like a flower and the lacquer is as bright as a mirror."

Zhao Wu smiled: "If so, I will tell you another secret - have you seen the new bow we made?"

The carpenter nodded. Zhao Wu continued: "Use a tool to fix the entire wooden stick on a horizontal wooden, and then tie ropes on both ends of the wooden stick. Several strong men pulled the ropes to make the stick bend. Every time they bent a little, new ropes were tied on both ends of the wooden stick to tighten, so that the sticks kept their bow shape, and then they became bows... Have you ever thought about what would happen if several strong men were pulling the rope and suddenly relaxing the rope in their hands?"

The carpenter thought for a while and replied: "The bow arm will be able to straighten the bullet!"

Zhao Wu inspired again: "What if a strong man tied an arrow on the rope before he loosened the rope?"

The carpenter answered quickly: "Of course, I shot the arrow out. Isn't the bow just for this?"

Zhao Wu smiled and asked again: "What if there is a device that allows the bow to be opened and hooked the bow string all the time, and then release the bow string when necessary and shoot the arrow, so what if it is?"

The carpenter chuckled: "Isn't this still a bow?"

Zhao Wu patted the other party on the shoulder: "Yes, it's still a bow, but it can also be called a crossbow - you can make this weapon for me, and make at least ten such crossbows for me at the beginning of next spring. Can you do it?"

The carpenter left with a smile, and Qi Ce's face gradually changed: "If there is such a weapon, the master will do so, which means that the archers are ready to go at any time, but they don't need to work very hard, but they can free up their energy to search for the enemy."

Zhao Wu thought for a while and said, "Of course - when I was shooting an arrow, I found that the arrow was not accurate. The main reason was that when I shot the arrow, my hands couldn't bear the tension of the bowstring and kept shaking, so the arrow was not accurate when it was shot...

I heard that training a qualified archer takes seven years, and once the shaft is fixed on the bowstring, or is fixed in a chute and then shot through the bowstring, I guess all recruits can complete it, and the shooting accuracy is much higher?"

Qi Ce nodded slowly, and Shi Yan jumped up: "Master, this is definitely a new weapon. Please give it a name?"

Zhao Wu nodded: "Just call it a 'cross'."

As a result, the "cross" was born.

After this meeting, the four ministers of the Zhao family were very excited. In modern terms, this was a united conference and a victorious conference. Several retainers felt the confidence of victory from this meeting. They were full of expectations for the future...

That night, the leader of the Zhao family's blacksmith entered the Zhao family manor mysteriously. He stood at the door of Zhao Wu and looked around and found that there were no followers behind him. The leader of the Zhao family's warriors stood far enough from the door that it was impossible to hear the conversation in the house. Then he carefully got into the door and knelt down as soon as he met.

Zhao Wu was circling around the ground. He seemed to be thinking about what language should be used to let Chunqiu people understand some of the content he was talking about, or he was hesitating whether he should teach the craftsmen what he knew. After a while, he hesitantly asked the craftsman leader: "Where did Zhao's iron ore be collected from?"

The craftsman pointed to the west and replied: "In the mountains leading to Pucheng, it's a pity that our ore is of poor quality, so it takes a lot of effort to make good iron?"

Zhao Wu asked carefully: "Do you know quenching?"

The craftsman shook his head in a daze.

Zhao Wu carefully organized the language and taught the quenching technology he knew to the craftsman. After the craftsman understood it, he suddenly realized: "Lord, I seem to have heard of what you said, in a daze. Some people have rumored that it can make the iron sharper and harder. However, this method has always followed the crowd and has not distinguished the true or false. It turns out that there is such a way."

Zhao Wu asked again: "Do you know the gear?"

The craftsman didn't know that Zhao Wu reached out and took his hand in his arms for a long time. When he took his hand out of his arms, he seemed to have enough courage: "Give it, this thing can help you draw silk, I'll tell you how..."

Zhao Wu said and gestured, hoping to pry open the craftsman's head and instill the knowledge he knew directly into it. This mononomial explanation lasted until midnight. Zhao Wu asked weakly: "Our weapons are too simple now. I want to change the Ge, for example, add a thorn in front of the Ge, so that it has the function of assassination..."

Perhaps the craftsman was hit by continuous intelligence and developed his brain. This time he answered very smartly and quickly: "Lord, are you talking about the halberd? This is the weapon of the Chu people, and it is rarely used in our country."

Zhao Wu was stunned for a moment and immediately said, "Since this is the Chu people's weapon, it is hard to copy it completely, so I will change it, change the horizontal branch of the halberd and turn it into something like a small hook. In this way, the pecking function of the halberd is still there, but because it is a hook, its pecking function has been strengthened. As for the thorn, I think we are completely cast with iron. As long as we study the quenching method, it may be sharper than the Chu halberd..."

After a moment of pause, Zhao Wu said thoughtfully: "Our warriors can use iron armor, but I still need a few pairs of copper armor. This is a gift for people, so I should try my best to do it as gorgeous as possible. Nowadays, people think that iron is evil gold, and I am afraid that others will not want to give it to people with iron armor, and even resent us, so I need a few pairs of copper armor..."

The craftsman nodded: "Master, it's actually better to have copper armor. This iron armor is worn on the body. Even if it doesn't rain, the soldiers will sweat and the rust will be covered in all their bodies, which makes their skin itchy and very uncomfortable. Therefore, the soldiers call it evil gold and are unwilling to wear it on their bodies. The main purpose is to make iron armor, and I'm afraid the soldiers will not want to wear it..."

Zhao Wu walked around the house a few times, and was so worried that he hit the wall with his head: "Is there any simple and cheap gilding method..."

ps: Sorry, I'm sorry, I went out with my friend today, the update is over, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, please recommend and collect it again. Thank you!
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