Not to mention for the time being, Wen Qi, one of Zhao Hongrun's internal think tank team, was humiliated by the chief steward of the palace, Lu'er, in the Suwang Mansion, and said that Zhao Hongrun was here. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the same day, Zhao Hongrun came to the Smelting Bureau early, because the craftsmen of the Smelting Bureau had successively translated the content of "Lu Gong's Secret Record".

Secondly, the Smelting Bureau researched and made a rather terrible war weapon, and Zhao Hongrun ordered this war weapon as a sniper crossbow.

The sniper crossbow, as the name suggests, is a long-range crossbow used to snipe at specific targets, which sacrifices a certain amount of loading time, but the range and power have been greatly improved.

It would be unrealistic to use this weapon of war to shoot enemy infantry, and it would not be in line with the original design, because the original design of this weapon was to snipe the enemy's commanders.

Although this move is despicable, but there is nothing despicable and despicable on the battlefield, as the so-called king and defeat, for the victory of the Wei army, Zhao Hongrun does not mind unscrupulous means.

However, the fly in the ointment is that the prototype sample of the sniper crossbow presented in front of Zhao Hongrun is almost close to a small bed crossbow, which makes Zhao Hongrun very dissatisfied.

After all, sniping is about concealment, and it is intended to take out the enemy's commander by surprise in a battle.

If you were carrying such a huge thing around, the commander of the enemy army was not a fool, how could he not notice it?

However, for the sake of this being the initial test sample, Zhao Hongrun didn't say anything more.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun and his party were standing in the empty school yard in the Smelting Bureau, which was specially used to test the power of long-range weapons.

I saw that in the distance, more than a dozen craftsmen from the Smelting Bureau had erected a wooden figure as a target.

It is said that it is a wooden man, but in fact, this wooden man is wearing a set of armor outside, and this set of armor, I believe that the generals of the sixth battalion of the garrison will definitely go crazy if they are here, because this set of armor is the new armor that the sixth battalion of the garrison just replaced last year.

Yes, all the war weapons of the Smelting Bureau are tested with the latest weapons and equipment of the country as an imaginary enemy, and it is no wonder that the Smelting Bureau has been listed as a key protection object by the guards, because once this kind of thing spreads, it will inevitably pose a great threat to the army of Wei.

Ready, a dozen craftsmen retreated, leaving only one of them, and this man quickly retreated to the sides after waving the red flag in his hand a few times.

"Your Highness."

Wang Fu, director of the Metallurgical Manufacturing Bureau, who accompanied Zhao Hongrun to the test, bowed his head to Zhao Hongrun for instructions at this time.

Zhao Hongrun glanced up into the distance, and saw that the dozen or so craftsmen had quickly moved away from the wooden man, so he nodded and said, "Let's start." ”

"Yes!" Wang Fu arched his hand.

Seeing this, the two craftsmen who operated the sniper crossbow skillfully loaded the crossbow made of fine iron, and the time required to load the crossbow made Zhao Hongrun secretly shake his head.

"Aim...... Shoot! ”

Accompanied by slogans, the first attempt began.

However, the result was a big disappointment to Zhao Hongrun, because the crossbow bolt did not touch the side of the wooden man at all, but fell deeply into the enclosure of the school field, and was three or four feet away from the wooden man.

"Fine...... There are still some problems with accuracy......"

Wang Fu, director of the Metallurgical Bureau, explained to Zhao Hongrun with a wry expression.

Shaking his head secretly, Zhao Hongrun said expressionlessly: "Go on." ”

As a result, the two craftsmen who operated the sniper crossbow spent a lot of time loading the crossbow arrows, and Zhao Hongrun estimated the time, feeling that it was about twice as much as the crossbow bolts that could be loaded with the repeater arrows.

This eliminated the possibility of this item being used as a weapon against the army, and the effect was far behind the crossbow box of the Lu State.

Fortunately, the weapon in this matter is not a weapon against the soldiers, but a weapon against the generals, otherwise, Zhao Hongrun would have left long ago.

"Bang-"

On the second attempt, the crossbow bolt of the sniper crossbow still failed to hit the target, but its power made Zhao Hongrun's face look a little better.

After all, in these two rounds of shooting, the two crossbow bolts were firmly embedded in the solid brick wall in the distance after flying more than three hundred steps.

"Go on!" Zhao Hongrun reminded expressionlessly.

"Yes...... It's ......"

Director Wang Fu wiped the cold sweat from his head and urged the two craftsmen to reload the crossbow bolts again.

In fact, not only he was anxious, but all the craftsmen and officials of the Metallurgical Bureau who were present were extremely anxious, after all, today was testing their new weapons of the Smelting Bureau in front of His Highness, if the performance was not good, how could he be worthy of His Highness's strong support for the Smelting Bureau?

It may be that everyone's prayers had an effect, so that in the third round of testing, the crossbow bolt fired by the sniper crossbow really hit the target, only to hear a loud bang in the distance, and the wooden figure that was erected on the ground was completely knocked away, as if it had been hit by a giant hammer, and flew backwards three or five feet.

Good power......

Zhao Hongrun's eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered to stop the test, and walked towards the wooden man in the distance.

The bystanders who were watching the test immediately followed.

When he came to the vicinity of the wooden man, Zhao Hongrun saw at first glance that the armor on the wooden man had been pierced by the crossbow arrow, but for some reason, the crossbow was stuck in it.

Zhao Hongrun was not surprised by this, after all, there were several very "despicable" designs on the crossbow arrow, and one of them was a barb.

In other words, an enemy general who is hit by such a crossbow bolt should not even think about pulling out the crossbow bolt from the front, unless the opponent can endure intense pain and pull the crossbow bolt out of the back.

However, in the middle of a scuffle, the enemy generals who are hit by such crossbow arrows simply cannot pull out the crossbow arrows from behind on their own, so in a sense, this design also increases the lethality - another "despicable" design on this crossbow will quickly weaken the general, and then move towards death.

"Cheng ...... It worked! ”

"Succeeded......"

The craftsmen and officials of the Smelting Bureau behind Zhao Hongrun celebrated in a low voice, and their faces couldn't help but show a little joy.

Because they noticed that His Royal Highness King Su in front of them, his originally expressionless face gradually showed a little satisfaction.

Indeed, Zhao Hongrun is very satisfied, after all, this new weapon, the power is really not small, in front of it, the new armor that Wei State only updated last year is as fragile as paper paste.

The military system and armor of the Wei State are still like this, let alone the rest of the countries?

Looking at the whole world, only Qilu can surpass the smelting process of military armor in Wei, even Korea in the north is inferior, let alone Chu.

Killer!

That sniper crossbow is definitely a big killer on the battlefield!

The only problem is that the accuracy of this weapon is not high enough, but Zhao Hongrun doesn't care, after all, this is only the initial test sample, as long as there is enough time, the craftsmen of the Smelting Bureau will successively develop the second and third generation sniper crossbows, and the accuracy will naturally gradually improve.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun said with satisfaction: "All participants, reward three months of subsidies!" ”

"Wow!"

Hearing Zhao Hongrun's words, the nearby craftsmen and officials couldn't help but cheer, not only because they had received additional rewards, but also because they had been affirmed by His Royal Highness King Su.

After finishing the test of the sniper crossbow, Zhao Hongrun returned to the front yard house of the Smelting Bureau and checked the translation of the "Lu Gong's Secret Record".

To tell the truth, there are not many war weapons recorded in "Lu Gong's Secret Record" that can enter Zhao Hongrun's vision, in fact, there are only a dozen of them, after all, there are too many war weapons that have already been eliminated.

What Zhao Hongrun values is only the test data of various weapons, the classification of ores, and some scientific bases that have not yet been summarized and classified by contemporary people in the "Lu Gong Secret Record".

For example, the principle of leverage and the principle of gear labor-saving, this is the real essence of "Lu Gong's Secret Record".

It's just worth mentioning that in the "Artifacts Chapter" of "Lu Gong's Secret Record", there are many civilian designs that Zhao Hongrun is quite interested in, such as plows for ploughing fields, dump bucket waterwheels, and so on.

Zhao Hongrun believes that these civilian farm tools should be vigorously advocated, after all, the technology of Wei agricultural tools is more than decades behind Lu Guona.

Now that there is a better design of farm tools, Zhao Hongrun naturally wants to vigorously advocate it.

The problem is that most of the cultivation technology of the Wei State is still at the point of manual hoeing, and those poor farmers may not be willing to pay for plough tools, after all, the value of a set of plough tools is also very high for them.

In addition, the number of cattle cultivated in Wei is also a problem, even if the number of sheep introduced from Sanchuan is sufficient, it is not enough to promote it to the whole country.

Of course, the biggest problem is that with Zhao Hongrun's current influence, he can't make the county orders across the country listen to his advocacy and change the original manpower farming method of Wei.

Otherwise, it will be promoted in my Shangshui County first?

Zhao Hongrun bared his teeth and secretly inhaled cold air.

Because he knew that he was going to break the fortune again.

And just when Zhao Hongrun was pondering this matter, Zong Wei Gao Kuo hurriedly found it, clasped his fists, and said with a solemn face: "Your Highness, something is wrong." ”

Zhao Hongrun glanced at Gao Kuo suspiciously, frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

I saw Gao Kuo take two steps forward and whisper in his ear: "Lord Zhou Yanzhou, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is missing." ”

"What?" Zhao Hongrun's face was full of astonishment, and he looked at Gao Kuo's face as if a line of words were written: Are you joking?

"It's true." Gao Kuo said in a low voice: "According to Lord Zhou's wife, Zhou Shangshu did not return to the mansion two days ago, Mrs. Zhou originally thought that Lord Zhou was going to his friend's mansion as a guest, but after waiting for two days and two nights and not coming back, Mrs. Zhou was anxious, so she sent people from the mansion to the Criminal Department to inquire. As a result, I learned that Zhou Shangshu had not been to the Criminal Department for the past two days and had lost his whereabouts...... At present, His Majesty has ordered the gates of the royal capital to be closed, and ordered the guards and janissaries to search the whole city from house to house. ”

"......" Zhao Hongrun was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he had a vague bad premonition in his heart, but after thinking about it, he shook his head again and denied the guess in his heart.

You must know that Zhou Yan is the subjective scholar of the Criminal Department, a veritable important minister of the court, who has the courage to harm an important minister of the court and the central government of such a status.

However, this time, Zhao Hongrun guessed wrong.

In the evening of that night, a team of guards found the body of Shangshu Zhouyan of the Criminal Department in the canal west of the city.

After learning of this, Wei Tianzi was furious, and immediately ordered the governors of the city gates in Daliang to block the royal city, and ordered the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, Bingwei Mansion, General Mansion and other government offices to jointly track down the murderer.

After all, in the nearly 100 years of the Wei State, there has never been a Shangshu-level official killed.

This is a provocation to the entire Wei State! (To be continued.) )