Chapter 256: Refining the Bow and Crossbow
"This automatic hand crossbow was made by Xiao Liu and County Lord Lu a few days ago. I don't know if Senior Brother www.biquge.info satisfied?" Hua Jin said calmly, but his eyes were full of smug smiles.
Yang He looked at her proud little appearance, and felt funny in his heart, this girl is really as Wang Ming told in the letter, she is very clever and smart. It's just that he heard Wang Ming say it before, thinking that he was just a girl with some talent in poetry books, but he didn't expect that he could make such a delicate bow and crossbow.
"What is the range of this bow and crossbow? Let me try it!" Seeing the new weapon, Yang He was eager to try it.
For all the boys, weapons are probably things that will attract their attention, so not only Yang He, but also the other people present were also brightened when they saw this bow and crossbow, and they wanted to try it.
The bows and arrows practiced in the current army are all manpower. This requires years of practice, and the requirements for strength are also very large, so there are not many archers in the army, and the bow and crossbow made by Hua Jin and Lu Miaoxian are more small and exquisite, so the weight will be lighter, and even if it is a woman's strength, it can easily launch a bow and arrow.
Next to each bow, there is a place to place arrows, and you can put five arrows at a time. Hua Jin and Lu Miaoxian spent a lot of time designing a mechanism, so that after each arrow was issued, the next arrow would automatically be substituted to the firing position, that is to say, such a bow and crossbow would not replenish the arrows. It is possible to launch five times in a row. Its efficiency is much higher than that of an archer.
And basically this bow and crossbow reduces the requirements for archers, and if it is mass-produced, the long-range attack ability of all armies in the entire Yan country will be greatly improved.
Ning Hao and Xu Shen looked at Hua Jin with a dull expression, they always knew that Hua Jin was very demonic and genius, but this kind of talent had been retained in literature before, she wrote poems and lyrics, and even articles were very good. But making weapons is a completely different world, Hua Jin can actually do it, although she said that there is Lu Miaoxian with her, but think about it, it is not a day that Lu Miaoxian is immersed in handicrafts, and he has never done such a thing before, if it were not for Hua Jin, there would not be such a delicate and small bow and crossbow as now.
Yang He walked outside and took out the bow and crossbow from the box, on which Hua Jin and Lu Miaoxian had already installed five arrows. Yang He raised his bow and crossbow and aimed it at the poplar tree not far away. I saw him pull it slightly, feeling this power with some surprise, and then I saw an arrow rushing forward quickly, and the whole arrow went deep into the trunk of the poplar tree.
After that, Yang He heard the click of the bow and crossbow, and the arrows placed next to him automatically returned to the firing position. Ning Hao, Xu Shen, and Lin Feng all walked to the poplar tree, and saw the small arrow with their own eyes, and the entire arrow pierced into the poplar tree.
Obviously, the range of this arrow is much more than such a short distance. On top of that, such a crossbow is very small and can fire five arrows in a row. This kind of semi-automatic bow and crossbow is simply like a miracle, and it is hard to imagine how Hua Jin and Lu Miaoxian made it.
It's no wonder that Lu Miaoxian and Hua Jin feel proud, Hua Jin only has a concept in their previous life, but the two of them, with their hard work, really made such a semi-automatic bow and crossbow, which shows the intelligence of these two girls.
"This bow and crossbow, we named him Qingping Bow and Crossbow. In fact, there is a variant of this bow and crossbow, that is, it can fire five arrows at the same time, but the time is still short, and I and the county lord have not yet researched it, but it should be able to use it for a while!" Hua Jin stood up and introduced that Lu Miaoxian's title was the county lord of Qingping.
"I'll try it too!" Ning Hao was also a little happy to see the hunt, he also practiced martial arts on weekdays, and he had also practiced bows and arrows, so he was even more interested.
Yang He nodded, handed the bow and crossbow to Ning Hao, hello After getting it in his hand, he felt the weight of this bow and crossbow. Not light at all. Raising his arm, he shot at a tree farther away, only to see a short arrow, which hit the trunk without any accident.
Yang He looked at Hua Jin, "What is the material of this bow and crossbow, what is the cost, and how long does it take to make one?" is worthy of being a general, after seeing such a bow and crossbow, he thought about it in great detail.
"When we made it, we didn't have a blacksmith, so we used wood, which was relatively lighter, but it wasn't strong enough, and the arrow would have a much less momentum, and if it was made entirely of fine iron, it would be twice as powerful. So if you talk about the cost, it's still according to the material. And this bow, in addition to itself, is very important, he needs to use arrows that must be paired, ordinary arrows are useless. Of course, this bow can also be enlarged. If you enlarge it according to the original proportion, it can become a very large, that kind of bow and crossbow, and the range will be longer. The time it takes to make such a bow and crossbow is not too long if it is a mature craftsman who produces each part and finally assembles it. "The research usually takes a long time, but after the research is out, it is much easier to achieve mass production, it seems to be a very magical thing, they have also experienced a lot of ups and downs during the research, but after thorough research, such a bow and crossbow. There is not much hidden knowledge inside, most of it is just the principle of leverage.
"Good, good, this bow and crossbow that you have researched. will significantly increase the military strength of our country. It can be said that the merit is in the community!" Yang He was very happy.
"Second Senior Brother hasn't said if he's satisfied with the gift from Xiao Liu!" Hua Jin said with a grin.
"How could I not be satisfied with such a good thing? It's a pity that the second senior brother came in a hurry and didn't bring you any good things, and when the second senior brother returns to the southwest, I will definitely thank you well." After Yang He finished speaking, he looked at Hua Jin again, "Since this bow and crossbow were made by you and County Lord Lu together, why didn't you add your own name when you named it?"
Several other people are also very curious, I don't know why Hua Jin made such a decision, you must know that once this bow and crossbow is popularized in the future, its inventor will spread throughout the Yan Kingdom, and even the surrounding countries, and the creator will be recorded in history because of such a bow and crossbow. What is the reason why Huajin can refuse such a temptation!
Seeing that everyone was paying attention to him, Hua Jin was silent...... (To be continued.) )