The new weapon, which was black like a small house, was placed in front of Qin Feng, Qin Feng circled around it several times, and on one side, there were several young people with restrained expressions, a pair of muscles and bones stood out, and at first glance, a pair of hands that were particularly powerful pulled the official robe uneasily, tearing the new robe into crumpls, it seemed that this dress was worn on the body, which made them very unaccustomed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Don't look at them, they are just wearing seven-grade official robes, but in Daming, this is a robe that can only be worn by a real county commander, and they don't look like they are officials. In front of them, there stood an old man in his early fifties, wearing a five-grade official robe, and he looked much calmer.

"This is a trebuchet?" After a few turns, Qin Feng finally came to a conclusion, touched the steel throwing arm behind him, and turned his head to look at the old man wearing a five-grade official uniform, Qiu Dongye, a master craftsman in the Taiping City Weapons Workshop. "Why did you make them look like this? Qiu Lao, what's the secret here? "Staring at the small house-like weapon, there are eight wheels underneath, presumably to facilitate movement.

Qiu Dongye walked over with a smile, "Your Majesty, this is researched by these boys, and the minister thinks it is quite powerful, so he asked the arsenal to produce a few units and send them to His Majesty to see, if Your Majesty thinks it is good, it will be produced on a large scale." ”

"These young people? Amazing, they must have done meritorious service before, right? Looking at the official robes they were wearing, Qin Feng asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the crossbow machines that have been massively equipped with troops are the ones they made." Qiu Dongye proudly looked at a few young people, they are the talents he has focused on cultivating in recent years, and the materials of future masters.

"Oh?" Qin Feng became interested, the latest crossbow machine equipped to the army is light and easy to carry, not limited by the direction of shooting, the rate of fire is extremely fast, it is nicknamed the harvester by the soldiers, and it is deeply loved by the soldiers, I didn't expect it to be made by these young people, no wonder I put on the seven-grade official robe. Since they made it, I'm afraid it's not as simple as seeing it from the outside.

"Demonstrate!" He laughed.

Qiu Dongye nodded, turned around and waved his hand to the young people, and a few people trotted up.

"Your Majesty wants to take a look at this thing, and you can demonstrate it well." Qiu Dongye said: "Cheer up, what are you shaking your hands shaking?" Demonstrate in front of Your Majesty, something has gone wrong, watch your heads. ”

"Don't scare them." Qin Feng smiled and stopped Qiu Dongye's scolding.

"Your Majesty, they have been soaked in the craftsman's room for many years and have never seen the world, but when they see Your Majesty today, they can't help but be a little timid."

Listening to Qiu Dongye's explanation, Qin Feng laughed: "There is something nervous, I am not a man-eating tiger, speaking of which, I am still my hero, the crossbow machine you created, that is an excellent thing, now this thing, I think it is not bad, let me see, where is the power of this thing!" ”

Several young people settled down, the two stepped forward, stretched out their hands, and with a bang, the back of the small house was like two doors, open in front of Qin Feng, looking at the complicated connecting rods and gears inside, Qin Feng was a little flustered.

"Your Majesty, the minister has given this weapon a name, called Thunderbolt." Qiu Dongye walked up to Qin Feng and said: "This one is just a sample, in order to let His Majesty see it carefully, he will expose all the mechanisms in it, in fact, after it is really completed, these things will be hidden, and outside, you will only see one by one manipulation mechanisms." ”

"It's complicated." Qin Feng muttered.

Qiu Dongye smiled slightly, waved his hand and motioned for a few young people to start operating.

The innermost row is actually a row of stoves, Qin Feng watched the fire under the encouragement of the bellows, and a light blue flame burned in an instant, a young man pulled a lever on the wall, and in front of the stove, a circular hole was opened, and an iron ball rolled out slowly, eight furnace fires, just enough to put an iron ball on top of each furnace, and the person who agitated the bellows worked harder, and in a moment, the iron ball became dark red, and after a while, it was already burned red, standing outside, Qin Feng could also feel the compelling heat wave coming.

With wide eyes, he watched a few young people busy, and one by one the red iron balls slowly rolled out along the designed track and fell into the spoon in front of the head of the throwing arm outside, and now Qin Feng finally understood why there was a groove in the middle of the throwing arm, it turned out to be convenient for these iron balls to roll.

"Your Majesty, this is the completion of the preparations for the attack." Qiu Dongye pointed to a mechanism inside, "Just pull here, and these eight throwing arms will be fired in turn, throwing these red-hot iron bullets at a distance of about five hundred steps." The lethality is quite amazing, whether it is a field battle or a siege, the minister thinks it is very practical. ”

Of course, it is very practical, this iron bullet is made of a slippery circle, and throwing it will not stay in one place honestly, it will inevitably jump and fly around, and more importantly, he is burned red, and wherever it goes, it will cause a fire. It is conceivable that if it is a siege, this thing will shoot on the city wall, and it will be many times more powerful than an ordinary trebuchet.

"It's not easy to build this iron bullet, Fei Tie, it's too heavy, not like a stone bullet that can be used locally." Qin Feng Dao.

"Your Majesty, this thunderbolt can also fire ordinary stone projectiles, just load them outside." Qiu Dongye smiled: "These iron bullets can carry a hundred per car, and they can be used when gnawing hard bones." And this doesn't require any good iron, it's all scrapped from the iron factory, and we take it for recycling. ”

If so, it's much more practical. Qin Feng got into the small house, and Qiu Dongye also followed.

"This throwing arm is a lot shorter than a normal trebuchet, but I think he throws it quite strongly, what is the reason?" He asked.

"Your Majesty, this is the credit of our Taiping Iron Works, the quality of the steel they have refined is quite good, and it is precisely because of these excellent steels that we can create strong compression springs." Qiu Dongye pointed to a place to Qin Fengdao.

What Qin Feng saw were two handles and a long compression spring. A young man walked to the root of the handle, half-squatted down, grabbed one in each hand, and turned the handle with full strength, in front of Qin Feng's eyes, one by one the interlocking gears of different sizes rotated, and the long spring was quickly compressed into a short section.

"Your Majesty, pull him, use the rebound force of the compression spring, and by some other small means, you can make the throwing arm throw the iron bullet." Autumn and winter wild roads.

"Wonderful, this is equivalent to an eightfold increase in the efficiency of trebuchets." Qin Feng stroked his palms and praised. "Qiu Lao, let's get this thing out later, I'll bring in all the generals and ask them to give their opinions, if they all say yes, then they can be put into production on a large scale."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Qiu Dongye was very excited, and got His Majesty's approval, basically it was not a big problem, you must know that Your Majesty is a veteran on the battlefield. "Your Majesty, this time the minister brought a total of two units over, and the other one is installed inside, and it is impossible for outsiders to figure out the structure inside at a glance."

"Well, these things are all weapons of the country, and it is true that the secrecy work needs to be done well, and the last crossbow machine was taken away by the Qi people, but I heard that they can't imitate it. But Qi people are powerful, and the national strength is also strong, if they can't make it for a while, they will be allowed to get it out after all, Qiu Lao, you and Tian Zhen have a good discussion when you go back, the secrecy of the arsenal in Taiping City needs to be strengthened. This thing has drawings, it's top secret. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister can save it." Qiu Dongye said, "This minister really didn't think so much about it before, Lord Tian has already sent a special person to where, and now it's much better." ”

"It must also be strengthened." Qin Feng waved his hand: "I don't want the murderous weapon you made to be used by the enemy on the battlefield to slaughter our Ming soldiers." Qiu Lao, in this way, there may be some inconvenience, you don't have complaints. ”

"I don't dare." Qiu Dongye hurriedly said.

Walking out of this thunderbolt fire, Qin Feng looked at the eight wheels under his head, a little curious, squatted down and looked at it, "Qiu Lao, what is the bread on this, what's the use?" ”

"Your Majesty, the road is uneven, walking is inevitably bumpy, many of the mechanisms in this thunderbolt are very delicate, if these bumps for a long time, it will inevitably be damaged quickly, so we came up with a way, with pigskin, cowhide and the like sewn into bags, with some filling inside, covering the iron wheels, so that when you walk, you can play a role in shock absorption. It's just that the wear is too fast, and when you walk here from Taiping City, it is basically worn out, and what Your Majesty sees now is what we just replaced. "Autumn and winter wild roads.

"Sure enough, I put some thought into it, and this idea is good." Qin Feng smiled, stretched out his hand and patted the thunderbolt, "It's heavy, how many horses do you need?" ”

"Four horses are enough for them to move normally." "If there were no horses, one or twenty soldiers would be enough to push him along." It's still much more convenient than the bulky trebuchet of the past. ”

"What about the ability to carry the blow? This thunderbolt is on the battlefield, and the enemy's trebuchets will definitely aim at him! ”

"Your Majesty, ordinary crossbow arrows will not harm him at all!" Qiu Dongye knocked on the wall of the house, made a dang sound, and pointed to the top of the thunderbolt: "The slope shape is created on it, that is, in order to prevent the attack of the enemy's trebuchet, the stone bullet will slide down when it hits it, and this slope-shaped attack also greatly reduces the possibility of the enemy hitting him." Increases his chances of survival on the battlefield. ”

"Great, in the afternoon, let's arrange a special drill so that the generals can also see his power!" Qin Feng smiled and said authentically.