In the midst of everyone's embarrassment, the mighty catapult finally turned into a scattered pile of wood, and the timber of different lengths was piled up like a small mountain.

Whoever was standing in front of the pile of wood could no longer have the slightest connection with the catapult.

Cao Liang instructed the cow steward to arrange craftsmen to use all the timber as much as possible according to the drawings of the keel waterwheel, and build a few more keel waterwheels.

The cow steward is naturally subordinate to the leader, and instead of building a catapult that seems useless, the ox steward still tends to build a few more keel waterwheels.

Every additional keel waterwheel in the grange can increase dozens of acres of high-quality paddy fields that can be irrigated, which is of great benefit to the agricultural production of the entire grange.

The amount of wood consumed by a catapult is so staggering that now Cao Liang ordered it to be transformed into a keel waterwheel, and the cow steward was completely happy to accept it.

Cao Liang arranged the carriage and instructed Ah Fu to personally send Ma Jun back to his residence in Beibi Mountain, Ma Jun was tired for so many days, and it was time to rest.

Ma Jun's spirit is indeed a little sluggish, on the one hand, it is caused by days of hard work, and on the other hand, he can't help but feel sad when he sees his hard work turn into a pile of waste wood.

However, he still understands Cao Liang's approach, after all, without getting the official permission, he built such a large military equipment without permission, and if he really wanted to be played, he would definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

In the past, when developing and designing catapults, Ma Jun would also make some smaller models, and due to his own financial resources, he could not make real prototypes.

This time, Cao Liang helped him realize a dream, so that Ma Jun's life no longer has any regrets, with a tired body but a different kind of ease, Ma Jun returned to his residence in Beibi Mountain.

Cao Liang has no plans to leave the Grange for the time being, although the construction of the catapult has come to an end, but the construction of the repeater is still in full swing.

With Cao Liang's plan, at least two or three hundred crossbows must be built before a certain combat effectiveness can be formed, and with the current production progress, it is obviously far from Cao Liang's plan.

When the cow steward heard Cao Liang's plan, he had a bitter face, this time to build a catapult and a keel waterwheel, the Grange has already cost a lot, if two or three hundred more crossbows are built, the entire Grange will have to go bankrupt.

The production cost of the repeater is quite high, whether it is the crossbow body or the crossbow arrow, it is made of iron, and in this era, the imperial court's control of iron is very strict, not only the price is extremely high, but also the supply is extremely scarce, and the iron consumed by two or three hundred repeaters is definitely not a small amount.

Originally, the cow steward thought that Cao Liang's construction of the catapult and the repeater was just a whim and just for fun, wasn't the catapult just demolished after it was built? Even the crossbow, the cow steward thought that Cao Liang was only building a few for hunting.

But I didn't expect Cao Liang to open his mouth to build two or three hundred, which really frightened the cow steward.

Such a large amount of expenses, not to mention that the current economic capacity of the Grange can't be taken out, even if it can be taken out, the cattle steward will not dare to make decisions without authorization.

Good my ancestors, you're playing too much, aren't you? You don't hollow out the Cao family's foundation, and you vow not to give up!

But Steward Niu didn't dare to say it in front of Cao Liang, the Marquis of Gaoling Mansion was such an only son, and his wife spoiled him to heaven, how could Steward Niu not know Cao Liang's status in the Hou Mansion?

"Little Marquis, although the Grange has a small surplus, but the expenses are huge, and there is not much left in the annual surplus, if you build more than a dozen bows and crossbows, you can still do it, but if you really want to build so many bows and crossbows, I am afraid it is not enough."

Cao Liang raised his eyebrows and questioned: "Steward Niu, this grange also has thousands of acres of fertile land, and it can harvest a lot of grain every year, how can it save little?" Are you greedy for the money from the Grange? I'll have to have someone check the accounts properly. ”

When the cow steward heard this, his face turned green, although it was not surprising that the cow steward was in charge of the affairs of the grange alone, and it was not surprising to eat more and occupy more, but if he was greedy for the money and grain of the Grange, and moved the hands and feet of the accounts, the cow steward would never dare, no matter how he said that he was also a servant of the Cao family, and the power of life and death was in the hands of the head of the family.

He was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, and said in a loud voice: "The money and grain villain of the grange never dares to be greedy for ink, and asks the little marquis to investigate." ”

Cao Liang chuckled, waved his hand, and said, "Get up, I'm just casually talking, you have been a steward in my family for many years, no matter what you say, I still believe you." ”

Steward Niu got up from the ground, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said, "Little Marquis, your words can scare the villain." ”

"With the current money of the Grange, how many bows and crossbows can be made?"

"About thirty or forty."

Cao Liang frowned, this amount was obviously far from his expectations.

"Is there really only that?"

"There's really only so much to it." Steward Niu said helplessly.

Cao Liang is also at a loss, since the cow steward said so, it means that the money that the Grange can take out is estimated to be so much, you can't sell the land and house to build this repeater, if others don't say it, his father will not be able to pass this level.

In the end, Cao Liang reluctantly left the Grange, it seems that no matter in that era, this has no money to do, no matter what, Cao Liang has to find a way to make some money.

But no matter what era it is, making money is not Cao Liang's forte, otherwise his previous life would not have been so bleak.

Traveling to this era, God is actually good to him, at least he has good clothes and food, wealth and worry-free.

Of course, this is only limited to the premise that Cao Liang does not do things, with the status of the Gaoling Marquis Mansion, there is no problem with worry-free food and clothing for a lifetime.

But Cao Liang didn't want to be a little marquis who was waiting for death, there were still grand ideals to be realized in front of him.

But at this initial stage, Cao Liang already felt a lot of pressure, just building a few new weapons, it would almost bankrupt the Gaoling Marquis Mansion, and then Cao Liang had a bigger goal, but that didn't cost money, how to do things without money, how to fight Sima without money?

A penny is hard to beat a hero!

If you really want to make money, Cao Liang also has a headache, if you want to make money, you have to do business, but in this era, what kind of business is good, what kind of business is fast?

Cao Liang was at a loss, and after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of a reason.