Li Jing and Niu Jinda rarely come to the East Palace, and the things in the minds of the two veterans have been taught to Li Chengqian.

How can there be such a mess in this world as "evil sword technique" and "seven wound fists", and the battle between the two is nothing more than a comparison of physical fitness and experience.

In terms of experience, although he was only chopping pillars and smashing sandbags, since the appearance of Changsun Chong and others, he also got the opportunity to fight against real people and accumulated a lot of experience.

Li Chengqian's physical fitness is not yet at the limit, although he is only nine years old, although he is a head taller than other children, he is far from growing to the limit. Although the body has gained great strength through exercise, no matter how much the strength of a nine-year-old child is exercised, it is still not as good as that of an adult.

Bows and arrows need to be strong before they can be used.

The bow of one stone, the arrows shot out are soft, according to Yu Tai, it is estimated that even the leather armor of the Turks cannot be shot, let alone killed. As long as he talks about bows and arrows, he will also show off his master's archery skills.

Yu Tai never brags and says big things.

"When His Majesty begged Liu Heimin, Liu Heimin lined up in Feixiang, and His Majesty personally led the soldiers out to attack.

There was a Turkic general, brave and strong, who once killed many of our generals in battle. When the two armies were about to break off, His Majesty shot him with an arrow engraved with the words 'Admiral Tiance', and an arrow pierced his chest and he died instantly.

Later, on one occasion, His Majesty took me and two cavalrymen out to investigate the enemy's situation, and met three famous enemy generals. Behind these three men, there was a large army following. I advise Your Majesty to stay away for the time being and beware of being surrounded. As a result, His Majesty shot three arrows in a row, and all three of them were killed, and the army was frightened when they saw this scene, and they did not dare to catch up.

And ah...."

Listening to Yu Tai's rambling talk about the glorious history of His Majesty the Emperor, Li Chengqian only felt that his head was as big as a fight.

Lao Tzu just wants to try archery, you turtle grandson can use my Lao Tzu's exploits to suppress people!

As soon as he kicked Yu Tai's leg, he was about to shoot an arrow.

But this kick still didn't shut him up, and standing aside, Yu Tai was still chattering about the essentials of archery. For example, "Stand on the B-ray with your left shoulder facing the target", and "Put the arrow on the arrow platform, with the main feather facing you, and the tail groove of the arrow on the bowstring buckle". It's verbose. Mobile.. /

In Yu Tai's worried gaze, the arrow in Li Chengqian's hand shot out, hitting the bull's-eye!

But....

It's a spare target leaning against the wall next to it....

"You don't need to listen to Yu Tai, archery, or how comfortable you are."

Hearing this voice, Li Chengqian had to put away his bow and lower his waist.

Behind the tree on the side of the martial arts arena opposite, Li Shimin strode out, and behind him, there was still a long list of eunuchs and maids in the East Palace.

Hell, I sneak here every time, and the people who still hold me don't let me ventilate, you're the emperor, or a member of the paparazzi!

I slandered in my heart, but I still had to say hello honestly.

looked at the arrow in Li Chengqian's quiver behind his back and pouted. walked to the side of the martial arts arena, picked a thick enough arrow, and came back with a four-stone bow.

Just like in wartime, he stuck three arrows into the ground on the right side of his body, took off his dragon robe and threw it to Zhang Yun.

Three arrows, almost in less than two seconds.

Each one of them shot steadily at the bull's-eye, and the landing point was exceptionally close.

"Your Majesty's archery skills are still the same, and the last general yearns for it!"

Seeing with his own eyes that the emperor did not lose his skills because of the life in the deep palace, Yu Tai immediately knelt on one knee and offered his fart.

Perhaps, this is not sycophancy, because such archery skills cannot be praised enough.

"See."

"I saw it, my father's archery skills are beyond my son's reach."

"Bullshit!"

Smiled and patted Li Chengqian's head, Li Shimin stretched out his right hand, pointed to the scar on the tiger's mouth and said, "I don't know how many injuries I have suffered from the tiger's mouth of this hand." But what I remember the most is the first scar, which was cut by the bowstring when I was practicing the bow. No matter how many archers there are, they are all the result of practice. Let me tell you something, Hou Junji, forget it, you don't know. You just need to know that don't be discouraged by a momentary failure, as long as you practice more, I may not be the strongest shooter in Datang. ”

Li Chengqian nodded, although many things pay attention to talent, but the hard work of the day after tomorrow can still widen the gap.

As for Hou Junji? Oh, although I haven't seen anyone, Erchen really knows this grandson.

If history goes as usual, it was this guy who rebelled with Li Chengqian.

As for archery, Hou Junji was more exaggerated in his early years, and he couldn't learn archery, so he said that he was brave. Although he has been killed in the position of the prince of the country by "not dying" over the years, he is still a mediocre person in the final analysis.

Not to mention that this bastard wanted to learn the art of war from Li Jing, but he couldn't ask for it, so he asked the emperor for his life. After learning some, he was angry at Li Jing for hiding his own secrets, and played Li Jing's rebellion, which was extremely hateful. When this incident happened, Li Jing drank wine in the East Palace for a long time, and even got drunk.

Li Jing was drunk, naturally not because he was impeached. He has too many military achievements, and he has long been accustomed to being impeached by the official when he has nothing to do. What really depressed him was his impression in the emperor's mind. Obviously, he has accepted the prince as a disciple and taught him everything.

But when he replied to the emperor, he said, "This is Hou Junji's attempt to rebel." Now that the Central Plains is stable, the art of war I taught him is enough to subdue the four empires. Now that Hou Junji is studying the art of war, he will have different ambitions", the emperor still did not believe his words, but asked him not to hide his secrets, and took out a little more for Hou Junji.

There is no way, in terms of loyalty, he Li Jing, as the stone lion of the mansion of the Tang Dynasty, still can't be compared with the loyal dog of the head of the family.

Seeing Li Chengqian's strange expression, Li Shimin couldn't help but stretch out his hand to beat him again.

If someone attacks you when you think about something, you will fight back. So Li Chengqian immediately shrank his neck and handed the bow up.

The dragon's claws did not slap on the bow, but passed through, stubbornly lining up on Li Chengqian's head.

"I'm talking to you, what kind of god? Also, the five-stone hard bow is also something you can use? ”

slapped it with a paw, and Li Shimin remembered that something was wrong.

When he peeked just now, he saw his son shoot arrows with this bow, and his strength was not bad.

Then he snatched the bow and tried to pull it.

What is strange is that it is obviously a five-stone hard bow, but it is light and fluttering, and it doesn't take much force to pull it away.

Noticing the pulley on the bow, Li Shimin was surprised: "Could it be that you used this thing to reduce the strength of the bow?" ”

Li Shimin's claws under the anger were not merciful, Li Chengqian covered the top of his head in severe pain and replied: "Erchen.... Hiss.... Erchen couldn't pull a bow of more than three stones, but he wanted to practice his archery skills in advance, so he could only equip the bow with this thing. Although to change the strings. Hiss.... However, the power of such a bow has not decreased too much, and it is estimated that it should still be three and a half stones. .... Wow, it hurts me. ”

Tried to pull the bowstring again, and then looked at the screaming son, Li Shimin suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the emperor's father at a loss, and Li Chengqian secretly swore in his heart at this time that he would never forget to make do with this angry person in the future. Judging from the power of this moment, the control ability of this Emperor of the Ages is worrying! Obviously, the body is not controlled by the brain. If he hadn't shrunk his head just now, this slap would probably have knocked him out.

While instructing someone to find the imperial doctor, Li Shimin changed the topic and said: "Ouyang Shuo of the Weapons Supervisor told me that yesterday you led someone to the Weapons Prison, and you also asked for a crossbow. Stinky boy, tell me clearly, what do you want to do with the crossbow! ”

If another person does such a thing, Li Shimin will definitely not hesitate, and he will talk about whether it is right to cut off his head after cutting off his head. But this rule will definitely not apply to his own son.

Pointing to the bow in his stepfather's hand, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "Naturally, I want to try to see if I can also load this thing on the eight-bull crossbow. After the string is wound, it has to be blocked with the bracket, and when it is launched, it also needs to be smashed by the wrestler. Such a bulky thing, when the siege or the two armies lined up, it is fine, if you encounter light cavalry, won't you be close before you can get wound. If you can install a pulley set and change the laborious operation of thirty or forty people into a single person to operate it easily, then wouldn't the power of the eight-bull crossbow have to be multiplied several times? ”

"Transform the Eight Ox Crossbow?"

Li Shimin's eyes widened.

How can the transformation of the eight-bull crossbow be so easy? The craftsmen of the ordnance supervisor are not simple warehouse managers on weekdays, but also responsible for transforming and developing weapons.

It is estimated that officials like Ouyang Shuo who are in charge sleep in the pile of crossbow parts of the Eight Bulls at night.

But....

Pulling the bow again, Li Shimin also had doubts.

If you put this thing on the Eight Ox Crossbow, maybe it will actually work.

"Let's go, follow me to the Armory!"

After instructing Yu Tai to go back to the study and bring the two pulleys, Li Chengqian trotted all the way to catch up.

The complaint document submitted by the ordnance supervisor only yesterday, and today the emperor came to the ordnance supervisor in person, which frightened Ouyang Shuo. If his knees are sore, he must make amends to the prince so that he will not lose his head.

"Open the storeroom, I want an eight-ox crossbow and call all the craftsmen of the ordnance superintendent."

Ignoring Ouyang Shuo's expression, Li Shimin ordered directly.

Zhang Yun is a hard-working eunuch, I don't know where this guy got a chair, as for the prince standing next to him, he turned a blind eye.

Looking at the impatient emperor sitting in the chair, Li Chengqian couldn't help but speak: "Father, yesterday was the Great Imperial Meeting, and you have finished handling today's government affairs?" ”

Looking back, Li Shimin said irritably: "Government affairs or anything can be ignored for the time being, they are all statistics of some disaster years, and these eight bull crossbows can't be ignored." If this eight-bull crossbow can really be transformed, I will not hesitate to sponsor your academy from Kainefu! ”

Hearing the news, Li Chengqian immediately smiled.

I heard Fang Sheng say that the treasury of the inner mansion is full of good things. Over the years, the emperor's father has fought in the north and south, and he doesn't know how much gold, silver and jewelry he has accumulated. These are also the reasons why he can compete with the prince and buy officials. After becoming the emperor, the inventory of the Qin Palace's Mansion went into the Inner Mansion as a matter of course.

Don't look at the emperor who ate bran during the disaster year, in fact, he is still the richest one in the world. It's just that whether it is the pockets of the inner house or the family, they are covered like thieves, and they will not flow out easily.

It doesn't take much, as long as you draw a stroke on the account book of the inner government, you don't have to worry about money in the early construction of the college.

Although the cement workshop is being formed, the convening of manpower and the selection of the location cannot be solved in a month.

Li Chengqian, who heard that there was a reward, couldn't help but look at the pulley box held by the guard, revealing a wicked smile.

The speed at which an order is completed is who is going to issue the order. Now it was the emperor who ordered the summoning of the craftsmen of the ordnance superintendent, and many craftsmen rushed over without wearing their clothes.

The door of the treasury opened, and the treasury of the ordnance supervisor was full of siege equipment such as eight-ox crossbows and ladders. These things, even if a private person owns a part, are a great crime to kill the head.

Looking down on the few retractable broken ladders, Li Chengqian walked directly to the vicinity of an eight-bull crossbow.

Three arrows in one arrow, iron wood for the arrow shaft, iron sheet for the feather.

In the Tang Dynasty, an era dominated by cold weapons, such an eight-bull crossbow had the same status as the nuclear bombs of later generations. It's no wonder that these fellows would rather be cut in half than let him go into the warehouse.

Ouyang Shuo, who gave the order, was sweating on his forehead and back, and when he saw the prince snorting around the Eight Ox Crossbow, he couldn't help but introduce: "Your Highness, this is the Eight Ox Crossbow, also known as the Three Bow Bed Crossbow." It's not Weichen bragging, the power of this crossbow arrow...."

"Okay, needless to say, Lone is clear. The Eight Bull Crossbow Gu didn't have much research, and the one only asked you, can these two boxes be loaded on the Eight Bull Crossbow? ”

Ouyang Shuo took two craftsmen and came to the front of the box carried by the guards. After consulting the prince's consent, the iron box was opened.

In the iron box, there are pulleys made of iron, and a rope is entwined in it in a particularly complicated way, which is dazzling for a while.

With just a glance, Li Chengqian asked the guard to close the box.

In fact, only half of the pulley set in the box is useful, and the rest is used as a decoration to confuse the public. Although the pulley is of great help to people's livelihood, when it is combined with the eight-bull crossbow, Li Chengqian does not want to be learned by others casually.

"Your Highness, I wonder what you are doing with these two boxes on the Eight Ox Crossbow? What's the use? ”

Ouyang Shuo, who couldn't see the effect, could only ask hard.

"See the ropes at both ends of the box? Put the strings of the eight-ox crossbow into it, if the lone estimate is good, the eight-ox crossbow that needs thirty or forty people to operate can be operated by one person, and two people can increase the speed to the same speed as an ordinary bow and crossbow. Of course, this is on the premise that the body and bowstring of the eight-ox crossbow can afford it. ”

"How effective is that?"

The two white-bearded old fellows were taken aback, and they didn't care that this was in front of His Majesty, so they jumped to find tools, and they wanted to dismantle the crossbow at once.

The production of the eight-ox crossbow was difficult, and the disassembly was not so complicated, but in the time of a pillar of incense, the crossbow string was removed, and the craftsmen waited for the prince to assemble the crossbow string into the iron box.

Everyone is avoiding it, but this naturally does not include Li Shimin.

Watching his son disassemble the pulley and wrap the crossbow string with great interest, he couldn't help but ask: "This is what you have made out of the tent in the past month?" How did you come up with it? ”

Li Chengqian didn't reply to a lie: "Do you remember when you were in the palace, the green finch almost fell into the pond? It was then that Erchen discovered that as long as the rope passed over the beams, it could turn the downward pull force into an upward lift. A month ago, on the construction site, Erchen felt something again, so he was cruel to it and decided that he must figure it out. As a result, this is it. ”

Carefully installing the machine wheels and closing the iron box carefully, Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief.

Naturally, it doesn't take more than a month to recall the knowledge of pulleys, in fact, the most time-wasting thing is to design a safety device by yourself. With this device, if someone opens the iron box and does something to the pulleys, the pulleys will disintegrate into a pile of parts. Without the knowledge of pulleys, it is almost impossible for even the most intelligent person to study what this thing looks like.

Two pulley sets, both mounted on the eight-ox crossbow.

After ordering the craftsman to firmly fix the iron box on the ballista, Li Shimin pushed away Yu Tai, who was about to try, and personally reached out and dragged the crossbow string, even ignoring the winches on both sides.

Gasping, Li Shimin's exposed arms, the muscles tensed up in an instant, and the several scars on the drum became hideous.

He is really an emperor who has experienced a hundred battles, and the scars on his body are the best evidence.

Under the nervous gaze of a group of craftsmen, the Eight Bull Crossbow was actually pulled by the emperor with one arm and one person!

Although the amplitude is not so prominent, its mother's really moved!

With both arms outstretched, he let out an angry shout, and the eight bull crossbow was pulled by Li Shimin by himself.

If you pull it again, you will be weak.

Yu Tai, who was afraid that the emperor would be injured, took the initiative to come forward to help, and the two of them shouted angrily in unison, so they pulled the crossbow string to the position and stopped it with a machine.

Wiping the sweat on his head, Li Shimin nodded to Li Chengqian with satisfaction: "Although one person can't operate, it can be reduced from thirty or forty people to two, which is the greatest success." Tomorrow, send you the head of the East Palace to the Inner Palace, and before the academy is built, the money of the Inner Palace will be used by you! ”

Responding with a smile, seeing that the crossbow string had been stimulated, Li Chengqian walked to the pulley group and reached out to touch it.

Ouyang Shuo, who witnessed such a miraculous thing happening with his own eyes and was immersed in the dream of being rewarded, saw the prince stroking the iron box, and couldn't help but persuade: "Your Highness, why should you be sad, being able to turn the Eight Bull Crossbow into a two-person operation is already a miracle blessed by God!" ”

Because Li Chengqian left him with his back, this bastard thought that the prince was sad.

Without looking back, Li Chengqian directly ordered: "Come and unload this thing again, and you have to adjust it." After the adjustment, it should be able to become a single-player operation. ”

No one answered.

Li Chengqian, who was surprised, turned around, only to find that everyone, including the emperor's father, was looking at him dumbfounded.

In the end, it was the emperor, Li Shimin was only surprised for a moment before regaining his composure.

Pointing to the Eight Bull Crossbow, he said in a trembling voice: "Unload!" I must shoot the crossbow arrows of the Eight Bulls myself today! ”

At the sound of an order, the craftsmen could only hurriedly step forward and disassemble.

It's hard to imagine what it would be like to operate the Eight Bull Crossbow alone, if it is really feasible, then the Eight Bull Crossbow, the top ordnance, is estimated to rise to the category of "artifact"!

With such a weapon in place, even if it eats ashes in the warehouse of the Ordnance Superintendent, it will be a deterrent to neighboring countries.