"The Fierce Prince's Visit." When the crossbow was being tested, the attendants outside shouted again. The confessor stooped down and led a prince carved in pink. Not to mention anything else, just the tender white and amiable little face and innocent and ignorant eyes are ten times cuter than Xiongjing.

Comparing goods and throwing them away, Xiong Jing laughed at himself. Compared with the whitewashed Xiong Qiang, he is just a black and thin rough blank. Even Zhao Xiao, Zi Mo and the others couldn't help but look at Xiong Han, and then at Xiong Jing again, as if they couldn't understand why the difference between the two was so big. As everyone knows, Concubine Zhao's appearance is not as good as Concubine Li, Xiong Jing insists on drinking goat's milk every day and runs diligently, naturally black and thin. He is also an adult with thoughts and attitudes, deep eyes, moderate manners, and a little innocence.

Listen to his words and watch his deeds, that's what he says, but most people still look at their appearance. Xiong Han attracted most of the attention as soon as he went to court. Chun Shenjun took the opportunity to speak again: "The prince is favored by heaven, he is wise and knows etiquette, and the minister asks the king to make the prince the eldest son." ”

"The minister dares to ask the king to make Prince Lihan the eldest son." There was another echo, as many as four or five hundred people, and the sound was so loud that the eardrums of those who listened were stunned.

"The king, Prince Jing is young, but he is worried about state affairs, and he builds a carriage and a crossbow to share the king's worries, and the minister thinks that he should be the prince of Jing." Zuo Tu Zhaohuang said loudly, sweating in his vest. 'Smart and Knowledgeable' was robbed by Huang Xie, and he could only emphasize 'worrying about national affairs'.

"This is a trick to compete for favor." A voice shouted, it was Shou Lingjun. His fief was originally Shouying, because Shouling had to be resealed to Jiangdong because of the reconstruction of the capital, and Xiang Chengjun, the same as the doctors of the Eastern Domain, belonged to the Fierce Party. "What Prince Jing created must be taught by the Mo family."

"Since it is taught by the Mo family, why don't you see that the Qin State has a four-wheeled car and a crossbow with a high zhang?" Zimo retorted.

"I don't know if I don't see it." Shou Lingjun is chubby and not good at debating, so he can only refute it with 'not seen'.

"Big fallacy. People are born to know, to learn, and to sleep. Prince Jing was born to know, why do you need to be taught by the Mo family? "Zi Mo is unique, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he defined Xiong Jing as 'born to know', and Xiong Jing snickered when he heard it - he finally didn't have to worry about the source of his skills." King, after moving eastward, the craftsmen of my Chu country were scattered and their skills were greatly lost, and God had mercy on me, so I descended to Prince Jing. The minister asked to set up the great king Prince Jing as the eldest son, revitalize our state, and prosper the great Chu. ”

"Please make Prince Jing the eldest son, revitalize our state, and prosper Chu." Like the Fierce Party, the Jing Party also unanimously asked for Xiong Jing, and although the voices of two or three hundred people were not loud, most of them were doctors of the Emperor and the Emperor of the Central People's Republic of China.

Everything in the court was decided by the king of Chu, more than 700 pairs of eyes stared at the king of Chu, the king of Chu wanted to speak but was speechless, everyone held their breath and concentrated, and the atmosphere was extremely heavy. After a while, the king of Chu was just about to speak, when a general came in outside, and the general bowed and said loudly: "The minister dares to tell the king that the martial arts field has tested the crossbow." A four-wheeled cart can weigh 120 stones, more than 7,000 catties. It can be galloped, the steering is convenient, this car is far better than the heavy car in the army, please make it widely. ”

There was nothing surprising that the four-wheeled carriage could hold 3,500 catties, and what Xiong Jing wanted to know was the range of the ballista he hastily built. The king of Chu also paid attention to the crossbow, and after he nodded, he asked, "What is a strong crossbow?" ”

The "strong crossbow ......" will salute again, but he will not speak for a long time after the salute, only look around.

"No guilt!" The heavy weapon of the army, how can the range not be kept secret, but it is a matter of Lichu, and the king of Chu can't take care of it.

"Yui." The general replied, saluted again, and then said loudly: "The minister tried three times, and the strong crossbow shot more than 300 steps, and then the arrow fell into the moat outside the city...... Steps cannot be measured. ”

"Really?!" The king of Chu's body was shocked, and the person couldn't help but stand up, probably because he was too anxious to get up, and the person shook twice. The courtiers were also taken aback, shooting more than three hundred paces, is this still a crossbow? Don't mention what Han crossbow shoots six hundred steps, that's something that no one has ever seen.

"What the minister said is true." The general's excitement couldn't be held back any longer, and he trembled and said: "King, this crossbow is the heavy weapon of the country, and breaking the formation to kill the general is like boiling soup and snow, please ...... Please reward the person who made the crossbow, give him a beautiful jade silk and a knighthood, and think that I made a crossbow in Chu, otherwise I will ......" The general said this, looked up at the king of Chu, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "...... Please kill him. ”

"Rude!" The doctors who support Xiong Jing are like drinking snow water on dog days at this time, and they are very comfortable. Weizi Mo didn't miss any opportunity to make a name for Xiong Jing, and as soon as the general finished speaking, he jumped out and scolded him. "The crossbow was made by Prince Jing, do you dare to be rude?"

"Jing ......" will gasp, how did he know that this crossbow was made by the prince? He fell to the ground and shouted, "The minister is guilty of death, the minister is guilty of death!" ”

Zi Mo was just looking for a stepping stone, he turned to the king of Chu: "Great king, Prince Jing has the favor of heaven, he was born to know it, and he is established as the eldest son of Chu Bichang; Furry, the heavens will be angry, and I am afraid that disaster will befall me......"

"King, the crossbow shoots more than three hundred steps, Chen Fuxin, please go to the martial arts field and try again." Before Zi Mo's words fell, Gong Yin Dao hurriedly answered, he was worried that the king of Chu would be shaken for a while, so he agreed to Zi Mo.

"Please also go and test the crossbow to check the authenticity." Da Sima Nao also said cunningly. He doesn't have the heart to worry about it now.

"The widow goes to it." King Chu's eyes swirled on Xiong Jing, Nao Cun, Zi Mo, Pi Jiang and others, and he had great suspicions that this matter was colluded by Nao Cunning and Zhao Huang, just like he had colluded with Huang Xie beforehand.

The martial arts field is in the southeast corner of Shouying, next to the palace. Sandwiched between the two tall city walls in the southeast, with the courtyard on the north side and the wooden wall on the west side, a martial arts field with a length of 300 steps and a width of 250 steps is divided from the city. Here the armor soldiers stand solemnly, the military flag is hung high, the king of Chu has not arrived, nearly 100 armor soldiers are led by a free military general to line up at the gate to meet them.

"This is a crossbow?" Looking at the ballista placed on the northernmost side of the martial arts field, although he had seen the model, the king of Chu still looked surprised. The ballista was more than a foot high, the guide trough was longer, and the ratchet copper teeth on it all proved that it was a weapon of war.

"To the King, exactly." The person in charge of the martial arts field is the general who just entered the court to report, called Deng Sui. He looked at the ballista, his eyes blazing. "I don't know what the hell is inside, but all the arrows flew over the walls of the city and landed in the moat."

"Try it." King Chu's eyes burned, and after being surprised, his face was expressionless.

"Yui!" With a wave of his hand, one of the armorers held a heavy arrow and put it into the chute, and the other two armorers turned the ratchet together, and in the sound of 'gurgling', the crossbow arm gradually closed parallel to each other, and when the copper teeth approached the end of the chute, the sound of 'gurgling' became 'boom boom', and the whole crossbow frame was already tense. Because of the previous test shot, the armor soldiers were not worried about the sound, but the doctors moved back and shrunk their bodies.

After the winding was completed, when Deng Sui looked over, he saw that the king of Chu nodded slightly, so he turned his head and drank to the armor: "Shoot!" ”

'Bang——! As soon as the tightly hooked string rope was released, the crossbow arms on both sides rebounded at high speed, so that they smashed on the outer frame of the crossbow machine with a loud noise, and this rapid sound made people's hearts skip a beat. Anyone could hear the sound, but no one saw how the arrows in the chute were shot, and it was not until the arrows flew over the city wall more than ten meters high that everyone saw the shadow of the arrows.

The martial arts field is about 300 steps away from the city wall, and no one knows where the arrows land across the city wall, but at least, the range should be 300 steps away. The moment the arrows flew over the city wall, Gong Yindao, who insisted on trying the crossbow, felt that the two crossbow arms were pumped in his face, and the whole face was hot; Chun Shenjun Huang Xie's hand trembled and pinched off a few white whiskers, and his mouth was dry for a while; Nao wanted to laugh when he saw that the King of Chu was silent, so he had to endure it, and for a while, everyone looked at the King of Chu.

"Good." After being silent for a long time, King Chu squeezed out such a word from his mouth, and his face was cloudy.

*

"And then?" In Qiuhua Palace, when I came back from Xiong Jing, my sister Mi Xuan kept asking about the crossbow test in the morning. "Three hundred paces away, my father must be a great joy."

"Not later." Xiong Jing told her mother about it as soon as she came back, and Concubine Zhao didn't scold, but her already depressed face became a little deeper. On the contrary, it was Mi Xuan, who always asked Xiong Jing to talk about trying the crossbow, and she was very happy when she heard her little fist grabbing it, her face was flushed and red. "Then the Father said, 'Good.'" Xiong Jing learned the moody tone of the King of Chu, vividly.

"Haha......" Qi Xuan couldn't stop kneeling with laughter, stood up from the seat and jumped a few times, and then knelt down again when the joy passed. How could the father not be rewarded? I don't believe it. ”

"After my father said 'goodness', he went back to the palace." Even as an adult, Xiong Jing didn't know what King Chu was thinking at that time. Speaking of rewards, he was even more annoyed, and said with a wry smile: "What other rewards? ”

"The father's rewards and punishments are clear, and there will be rewards." Compared with Xiong Jing, Mi Xuan knows more about the King of Chu. Indeed, before she could finish speaking, a palace maid came from outside, "Madam, madam, Wang Yin is here." ”

Wang Yin was the eunuch who managed the palace, his name was You, and he had no surname. Although the palace is currently in the hands of Concubine Li, there are many things that Concubine Li can't do. Hearing that he was coming, Xiong Jing immediately stood up and stood obediently behind his mother. Concubine Zhao held her hair, applied heavy powder to her face, and changed into a plain cotton robe. She was sitting, her heart was in her throat early, and she didn't know whether Wang Yin was a blessing or a curse.

"The minister has seen the young lady." Wang Yin's voice carried the inherent sharpness of a eunuch, but fortunately, his face was kind, and the temple man behind him carried a bunch of boxes.

"No need to be polite." Concubine Zhao's heart relaxed slightly, "Wang Yin is here to ......"

"The king has an order:" Wang Yin stood up, and his voice was a little louder. "Prince Jing has made a strong crossbow, and he will reward thousands of gold and eat 300 households according to the law." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Xiong Jing heard the 'bounty of a thousand gold', but Wang Yin had not finished speaking, he continued: "The king Nian Jing Prince is smart, and he specially ordered Prince Jing to study next month......