After adjusting the angle of the ballista, it aimed at a small mound twenty meters ahead.

When everything was ready, the captain nodded and said, "Let's go!" ”

The team member who operates the ballista raises the wooden hammer and smashes it downward.

Just listen to "Buzz! With a slight tremble, the crossbow string straightened instantly, and the crossbow arrow was ejected at an extremely fast speed.

It's just a blink of an eye, in front of the crossbow arrows, the mound of earth is as fragile as tofu, and the crossbow arrows of more than one meter are inserted into the general left and right.

Seeing this result, the natives opened their mouths in surprise and looked incredulous.

"This... Awesome, awesome! Zhou Yan swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said excitedly.

The captain smiled and said: "The effect seems to be good, it should be enough to deal with that monster, the power can only be said to be very average, and our ability is still not as good as those real craftsmen in the Xia Kingdom." ”

"Is this just average?" Zhou Yan said in disbelief.

The captain nodded and said: "It's really ordinary, the killing distance of this thing can be a little farther than now, and this distance can be effective against stupid things without wisdom, I already knew that the longest-range weapon of the Xia Kingdom could knock down the opposite mountain from here." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to a small mountain path ahead.

Zhou Yan looked at the mountain, the corners of his mouth twitched, and said, "Is there really such a powerful weapon in this world?" ”

"Of course, this thing is the national heavy weapon of the Xia Kingdom, ordinary people can't see it at all, only soldiers can operate it, we have only seen it from afar, if there is that thing, as long as there are five or six doors, those monsters can be beaten into meat from afar."

"Natsu, it's so powerful!" Zhou Yan sighed again.

showed a wave of presence in front of these natives, which made everyone feel extremely proud, as a member of the Xia country, the strength of the country made their faces shine.

Zhou Yan walked to the side of the ballista and looked at this rudimentary weapon carefully, it was hard to imagine that just putting wood together like this could produce such great power.

"Xia Ren, we have this thing, can the monster be killed?"

Zhou Yan asked.

"Not yet, this thing is very slow to operate, and it can't shoot accurately, it's useless if the number is too small, if you can't kill those monsters at once, at such a close distance, the monsters can easily rush over, then we're too dangerous." The captain explained.

"How much do you have to do?" Zhou Yan asked.

"At least twenty of them, when those monsters are nearby, they will be divided into two attacks, the first round of attacks will definitely not kill all those monsters, after the first round of attacks, the second round of ambush personnel, immediately attack those who survived, I believe, after two rounds of attacks, we can cause great casualties to those monsters, and then we only need to organize warriors, and immediately weapons to eliminate those remaining monsters."

"Monster, can you come, together? The monsters are scattered, and we can't ambush them. Zhou Yan asked.

The captain nodded and said: "This is also what I am worried about, if you want to complete this plan, someone must go to lure those monsters to the ambush location, this task is very dangerous, the slightest mistake will cost your life, if no one does this, even if you have a weapon, it is useless." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Yan patted his chest confidently and said, "There is a salt department, warriors, don't be afraid, I will lead monsters with warriors." ”

"This may cost you your life, aren't you afraid?" The captain asked.

"Warriors, don't be afraid, for the sake of the people." Zhou Yan said in a deep voice.

Looking at the resolute face of the young man in front of him, the people on the other side suddenly respected him.

"Patriarch of the Salt Tribe, you are a true warrior!" The captain said solemnly.

Zhou Yan smiled hesitantly and gladly accepted Xia Ren's praise.

"Leader Zhou, this bed crossbow is not easy to make, it is not a simple matter to make twenty crossbows, it cannot be completed in a short time with the strength of a few of us, if it is possible, I hope you can arrange some people from the tribe to come out and make bed crossbows with us."

Zhou Yan looked embarrassed at this time.

"What's the trouble with Leader Zhou?" The captain asked.

"Men hunt, women gather, cook cooked food, people come to make this thing, it is not enough, arrange for people to have no food." Zhou Yan said slowly.

When the captain heard this, he frowned and thought about it, Zhou Yan was right, this primitive small tribe, although there are hundreds of people, it seems that there are quite a lot of people, but it has not developed agriculture, and there is not much surplus food at all to support some personnel to make ballistas.

After being silent for a while, the captain said: "Leader Zhou, if you teach the rest of the tribes how to make this thing, and let each tribe allocate a part of the people to make it, and each tribe only needs to make one, you see how it goes." ”

Zhou Nan frowned, to be honest, he didn't want to share this kind of good thing with other tribes, if only he mastered the technology of this weapon, then his own tribe might be able to dominate this area in the future.

looked at the ballista, then at Zhou Yu and the others, and sighed, although this weapon is very attractive, but according to the performance of these Xia people, they don't care about this thing at all, thinking that in the future, the terrifying Xia Kingdom in the west will arrive here, what is the use of developing the tribe no matter how strong it is, is it possible to fight against the Xia Kingdom.

Hitting the weapon on the opposite hill, Zhou Yu couldn't help but shudder, his own tribe was basically no different from a baby under the threat of this weapon.

Xia Guo, who had never seen before, was an incomparably huge giant in his heart, so he couldn't have the slightest heart to resist.

"Okay, I'll arrange this matter, after a while, the leaders of those tribes, come here, ballista, you talk to these people!" Zhou Yu said with some reluctance.

The captain seemed to see what Zhou Yan was thinking, and said with a smile: "Patriarch Zhou, this powerful ballista is worthless, the Xia Kingdom will be expanded here soon, if you really think about the clan, find a way to let your clansmen integrate into the Xia Kingdom as soon as possible, and the rewards given to you by the Xia Kingdom will be beyond your imagination." ”

Zhou Yan nodded and said, "I know, thank you for your kindness." ”

Five days later, the Youyan Department became lively, and the leaders of the surrounding small tribes arrived at the Youyan Department one after another, and after hearing about the Xia people, these lonely savages were very surprised.

The beautiful clothes and other strange things on the Xia people dazzled them, and some even had greed in their eyes.

But after learning about the situation of the Xia Kingdom in detail, these people were immediately frightened and did not dare to have any greed, and the reason for changing their minds was not only the legendary powerful Xia Kingdom, but also the attitude of the Ministry of Salt.

Anyone can see that Zhou Yan values these people very much, if he attacks them, he will obviously turn against the Yanbu, with the strength of the Yanbu, it is easy to destroy any of their tribes.

Looking at the indigenous leaders who were honestly sitting together, the team members carefully observed the situation of these people.

But after looking at it for a while, except for finding that they all seemed to have never taken a bath in their lives, there was nothing special at all, and some of them looked like fools, which made the team members have a rough judgment of the strength of these tribes.

Zhou Yan, as the landlord, got up and said: "Let you come over today, I think you also know what the purpose is, the holy land is occupied by those monsters, not only is there no place for our tribes to trade with each other, but also, you should have discovered that those monsters have shown signs of moving outward during this time, and my people have also found some small monsters, obviously this thing is expanding its own number, if we let the monsters develop like this, our current place of residence is not safe." ”

"There is the leader of the Salt Tribe, the people you sent told us that these Xia people from the west have made a new weapon that can kill those monsters, is this true?" Someone asked.

Zhou Yan nodded and said, "Of course it's true, leaders, follow me!" ”

As he spoke, he walked in the direction of the ballista.

Looking at the big guy in front of them, the leaders of the savages were just watching the excitement, and they couldn't see what was good about this thing at all.

"Is this the thing? Although this thing looks very suspicious, it is just a pile of strangely shaped wood, can this kill that monster, and this thing is so big, how can a warrior fight with it? Someone asked puzzled.

Zhou Yu smiled, looked at the team members, and explained, "Xia people, the leaders want to see the power of the bed crossbow. ”

The captain nodded and said, "Zhou Yu, Li Wall, Li Gaoshan, Zhao Lantian, a few of you will show them a demonstration!" ”

Several members of the team nodded, got up and slowly walked in the direction of the ballista.

The indigenous leaders consciously let a road and stared intently at Zhou Yu and them.

Under the gaze of so many people, Zhou Yu was a little nervous, and his palms were covered with sweat.

After some manipulation, the crossbow successfully completed a perfect shot.

The results of the test shot immediately made the crowd boil, and their reaction was far more exaggerated than when Zhou Yan first saw it.

With such great power, not only to kill a monster, but also to kill those thick-skinned big guys in the jungle, it is more than enough to rub it.

The eyes of the leaders looking at Zhou Yan were full of envy, jealousy, hatred, and all kinds of complicated emotions.

With this kind of big killing weapon, it can be said that the rest of the tribes are far behind, and the gap in strength will become bigger and bigger.

Just when they were worried, Zhou Yan said a sentence that shocked them incomparably.

"Chiefs, this thing is called a bed crossbow, it is a weapon brought by the Xia people from the west, the Xia people are very friendly, they are willing to help us, I also agreed to their request, the production method of this bed crossbow will be shared with you, as long as you learn how to make a bed crossbow, your tribe only needs to make one, so many of us, plus the help of the bed crossbow, those monsters will die in our hands."

As soon as the words fell, the crowd began to discuss, they didn't believe their ears at all, they thought that the salt department was just borrowing their hands to deal with those monsters together, but they didn't expect them to be willing to share this technology, which was really a bit unexpected for them.

"There's the head of the Salt Ministry, is what you said true?" Someone asked.

Zhou Yan nodded and said, "Of course it's true, my Zhou Yan's personality is also clear to you, and if you say it, you will definitely do it." ”

With Zhou Yan's words, the leaders were suddenly relieved.

They all fantasized that their tribe had mastered this weapon, and the strength of the tribe would definitely be greatly improved.

After a period of chaotic discussion, these people all agreed to Zhou Yan's suggestion, and the next step was for the Xia Kingdom expedition team to explain to them the process of making ballistas.

The drawings of the ballista were drawn by Zhou Yu on the animal skin, and under Zhou Yan's translation, the team members explained each part of the ballista in detail.

The natives, who had seen the power of the ballista, listened very carefully.

The expedition spent the next few days answering all sorts of questions from the men, and even meeting them with the use of measuring tools.

Since they don't have metal tools, it can be said that it is very difficult to make a ballista by looking at stones, and even if they have measuring tools, it is conceivable that the things they make should be extremely ugly.

However, as long as the key parts of the ballista do not deviate, it should not affect the use, although the production process will be extremely slow, but the task is shared with them, and it is still possible to make twenty bed crossbows in half a year.

After nearly a week of training in the Ministry of Salt, these men returned to their tribes with the blueprints in hand, and the weapon blueprints in their hands were an incomparably great treasure to them.

Watching these people leave, Zhou Yan frowned and sat on the trunk of a fallen tree.

He is still very reluctant to give up such a key technology.

The captain walked to Zhou Yan's side, found a more comfortable position and sat down, and said, "Are you still thinking about the bed crossbow?" ”

Zhou Yan raised his head, looked at the captain, nodded and said, "The bed crossbow is very powerful, share it with them, there is a salt department that cannot be strong." ”

The captain smiled and said, "To be honest, the role of the bed crossbow is not as great as you think, and the real value is not as good as the bow and arrow." ”

Zhou Yan asked puzzledly: "The bow and arrow are not powerful, they can only kill birds, and they can't shoot through animal skins." ”

"I've seen your bows and arrows, it's too simple, the bows and arrows of the Xia Kingdom can shoot far, but I don't know the specific production methods, these are all techniques that the imperial court prohibits from flowing to the people."

"Is Xia Guo's bow and arrow very powerful?"

"It's powerful, a good archer can shoot through people's chests."

"You're really lucky to be born in the Xia Kingdom!" Zhou Yan said enviously.

It's just that the captain shook his head and said, "I wasn't born in the Xia Kingdom. ”

Zhou Nan looked at him in surprise and said, "Wasn't you born in the Xia Kingdom?" ”

"When I was very young, my tribe was not as strong as yours, not even a bow and arrow, it can be said that I didn't even know how to make a fire, and I only joined the Xia Kingdom later, you are right, I am luckier than you, joining the Xia Kingdom has freed me from ignorance and knows what human life is." The captain looked at the West and sighed.