Chapter 723: The Mo Family (4)

Early the next morning, as soon as everyone got up, the disciples of the Mo family came to invite Gao Yuan and the others to talk.

It was still yesterday's room, and it was still Mo Jing, Mo Cheng, Mo Ye and Zhai Jin who received them together. But this time the disciples of the Mo family didn't have much nonsense, Mo Jing said: "Wu Anjun, last night we gathered our younger brothers to discuss, and finally most of the younger brothers and children agreed, and they are willing to dedicate the drawings left by the ancestor to Wu Anjun in return for Wu Anjun taking in our Mo family disciples." ”

Saying that, two Mo family disciples, holding a bunch of scrolls, came to the front of the plateau, put the scrolls on the table, and Mo Jing said: "This scroll is the pattern left by the ancestor, please Wu Anjun take a look." ”

Chunyu Zhongxiu, who was beside the plateau, secretly glanced at Shui Xinyue, indicating that his judgment yesterday was not wrong. And Gao Yuan casually unfolded a few volumes of drawings, in fact, they are drawings, but they are actually painted on silk cloth, and they are indeed all kinds of chariots and large tools. However, it looks similar to the chariot used by Han Teng, among which there is Lu Gonglin, who is very familiar with the plateau, but he can't see where the strength is.

Although Gao Yuan has learned some knowledge of cartography and mapping, but after all, he is not a mechanical engineering major, and he does not know much about the mechanical movement structure, and the drawings of this era are also quite different from the mechanical engineering drawings of later generations. It's going to be different.

Therefore, Gao Yuan only looked at a few sheets, then re-rolled up the drawings, and said with a smile: "These drawings are all your Mo family's things, and non-craftsmen can't understand them, so even if I want them, it's useless, or you take them yourself, I have already said yesterday, the drawings are insignificant, as long as you are willing to settle in Daijun with me, I welcome them." After a pause, he said: "After arriving in Daijun, I will arrange a place for you and a variety of living utensils, and allocate you wood and iron, you can build according to the drawing, make these utensils, and wait for the production to be made, and then see what the effect is, I will use it according to the material." ”

The three of them saw that Gao Yuan did not want to take the drawings, and they were all secretly relieved, it turned out that what the three of them said yesterday was indeed a temptation, because the three of them knew that although most of the Mo family disciples were born as craftsmen, but since the death of Mozi, there have been no outstanding craftsmen in the Mo family, and the disciples can only rely on the drawings left by Mo Xiao to draw gourds in the same way, and the innovation is insufficient, so these drawings are the capital of the Mo family disciples to gain a foothold in Daijun.

It's just that although these drawings are incomprehensible to ordinary people, if they fall into the hands of insiders, it is not unusual, as long as you are an experienced craftsman, you can build according to the drawings, it is nothing more than a little slower. Therefore, they are also worried that after Gao Yuan got some drawings, he turned his face and refused to admit the Mo family disciples, or after bringing the Mo family brothers back to Daijun, they did not give them proper placement, after all, the Mo family brothers and children hoped to exchange these drawings for a more comfortable life, but they didn't want to live the Mo family's traditional "thrifty" life, so the three of them deliberately used the ancestor's last life as an excuse to test the attitude of the plateau, whether they only cared about the drawings, but the plateau did not have a strong interest in the drawings Xiàn, which made the three of them feel a little relieved.

And after last night's deliberations, coupled with Zhai Jin's repeated assurances, the three of them finally decided not to go around in circles anymore and dedicated the drawings to the plateau. But after Gao Yuan took over the drawings, he still handed over the drawings to the Mo family for safekeeping, although he did not directly say what kind of treatment he would give to the Mo family disciples, but he also made a statement that after arriving in Daijun, let the Mo family disciples build according to the drawings and manufacture these equipment, which can be regarded as a guarantee. Because in this era, craftsmen with craftsmanship are generally able to make a good living.

After collecting the drawings, Mo Jing immediately said: "Don't hide it from Wu Anjun, in fact, we have made some of these tools, if Wu Anjun is interested, you can take a look in person." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, it is naturally better to have real things." ”

So Mo Jing, Mo Cheng, Mo Ye and Zhai Jin immediately took Gao Yuan, Chunyu Zhongxiu, Shui Xinyue and others, left the house and came to a big house in the village, where four Mo brothers were guarding here, and when they saw their group coming, they immediately opened the gate and let them in.

Originally, this is a village warehouse, covering a wide area, about ten zhang long, more than four zhang wide, estimated that the total area is about two or three hundred square meters, there are thirty or forty cars of all sizes parked in it, all kinds.

Mo Jingxiang Plateau introduced, it turned out that most of the Mo family disciples were craftsmen, and lived in seclusion here for more than 100 years, because they had nothing to do in the valley, they made these vehicles and furniture according to the map to pass the time, and the result not only produced a lot of vehicle furniture, but also regardless of men, women and children, everyone has practiced a superb craft. It is a child born in the village who begins to learn the skills of craftsmen from an early age. And due to the limited warehouse, some of the early manufactured vehicles have been artificially destroyed, and the ones that remain in the warehouse are all newly built in recent years.

After everyone entered the warehouse, next to the gate placed four vehicles of strange styles, very large, about nine feet wide, more than three feet long, about one zhang and two feet high, with four wheels under it, each wheel was nearly eight feet high, and dozens of ropes were repeatedly wound on the body, as if tied with various parts and structures.

Although Shui Xinyue was silent, Chun Yu Zhongxiu couldn't help but be curious, and said, "What is this car and what is it for." ”

Mo Cheng said with a smile: "Miss, this car is still carefully designed by the ancestor, called the lightning strike car, it is actually a large catapult, usually put away is such a car sample, easy to transport and move, and to the battlefield to unfold and assemble it, can be as high as three feet and six feet, can throw a hundred catties of boulder four or five hundred steps away, because the momentum is like thunder, so it is called the lightning strike car." ”

Gao Yuan was shocked when he heard this, because in this era, the range of the most lethal bed crossbow is only about three hundred steps, and the general trebuchet can throw stones two hundred steps away, which is the limit of the range, and if this trebuchet can really throw a hundred catties of boulders at a distance of four or five hundred steps, that is, about six hundred meters, in this era, it is definitely an ultra-long-distance strike.

Therefore, Gao Yuan immediately became interested and said: "If this lightning truck is to be assembled, how much time and manpower will be needed." ”

Mo Chengdao: "It takes twenty people to do it, and it can be assembled in one hour, and if it is skillful, it can be done in half an hour." ”

Gao Yuan asked again: "If you make a lightning strike car like this, how much time will it take?" How many people? ”

Mo Chengdao: "It takes at least a hundred skilled craftsmen, and it takes two months to make such a lightning strike car. ”

Gao Yuan estimated in his heart that although it would take a lot of manpower and material resources to make such a lightning strike car, and it would be troublesome to assemble, if the power was really as Mo Cheng said, it would still be worth it. And even if Mo Cheng exaggerated, if the range could be comparable to that of a bed crossbow, it would also be very impressive, because the killing power of a trebuchet is much greater than that of a bed crossbow. Since it is a trebuchet, it can project multiple small stones, and its lethality can be multiplied. Suppose there are 50 such lightning strike vehicles, all of which project about 10 catties of small stones, and can project 500 small stones at a time, the lethality to the enemy is quite huge.

Therefore, Gao Yuan said: "I will see if I can unfold and assemble the lightning strike car." ”

Mo Chengdao: "Naturally, even if it is put together in the village, it can't be projected, and I can pull out one after a while and go outside the village to assemble and project." ”

Gao Yuan nodded, what Mo Cheng said was not unreasonable, so he went to look at the other vehicles and equipment, and along the side of the lightning strike car, the six chariots placed on Gao Yuan were very familiar, they were the arrow nest car used by Han Teng. This kind of chariot is quite powerful on the battlefield, and it is being copied in Daijun, and more than fifty have been made.

There is little difference between the arrow nest car made by the Mo family and the arrow nest car used by Han Teng in appearance, both of which are the result of using a fully enclosed one, using a foot on the wheel axle to drive the chariot forward, and equipping crossbow arrows to kill and injure the enemy. But the configuration of the weapons is very different, the Mo family's arrow nest car is equipped with a large crossbow at the top of the front, and there are also four small crossbows in the car, large and small crossbows can rotate left and right, shooting in different directions, and the biggest high point is that the crossbow bows use an arrow box structure, which can be fired continuously, eliminating the trouble of loading arrows, so the rate of fire is greatly improved.

It is four small crossbows in the car, it is specially designed for this kind of arrow car, although the range is not far, less than thirty steps, but the pull force is small, the arrow box can store twelve arrows, the rate of fire is extremely fast, originally this kind of small crossbow is as fast as possible, but because the range is too close, the actual role on the battlefield is not large, but it is extremely useful for use in the car, because it is not afraid of the enemy's damage, and can give full play to the advantage of fast rate of fire, so in close combat, it is extremely powerful.

Looking at the thunderbolt car, the crash car, the ruyi car, the bed crossbow, etc., they are all similar to the vehicles recorded in the [Lu Gong Technique], but some modifications have been made in the details, although they have not yet achieved a qualitative leap, and they have indeed improved the combat power of these vehicles in different ways. Therefore, Lu Ban said that the chariots made by Mozi were better than his own, and he was not apologizing.

However, among these vehicles, there are two kinds missing, one is the Linchong Lu bus and the other is the tower car for siege. Mo Jing introduced to Gao Yuan that these two kinds of vehicles were also manufactured in the village, but these two vehicles were super-large furniture, and they could not be disassembled and assembled, so they could not be stored in the warehouse, but could only be placed in the open air to blow the sun, and the result was broken within a few months, so the village did not make these two types of vehicles in the future.