Chapter 101: Hanging Bed Crossbow

The twenty-sixth day of the first month of the first year of Qiande (963 AD)

When he got up in the morning, Zhao Zizhong found Guo Jintao and asked him to pick up the guards who had been on the desert island for seven days. Guo Jintao agreed and hurried away.

Zhao Zi went to the cafeteria again and instructed the cook to prepare enough food for a hundred people, ready to treat the guards who came back.

After arranging things, he sat down at the table and ate breakfast slowly. Du Dalei staggered over and sat down next to him.

Du Dalei picked up Zhao Zizhong's soup bowl, drank most of the bowl of soup in one go, and let out a sigh, "It's so refreshing!" I'm dying of thirst, boss, and I'm seeing that the cook's skills are getting better and better, and this soup is good. ”

Zhao Zizhong couldn't help him, so he went to fill a bowl of soup again, sat down and drank it in small sips. Du Dalei came over with a smile, "Boss, there's good news, do you want to hear it?" ”

Zhao Zizhong pushed him angrily, "If you have something to say, say it quickly, and let it go if you have a fart." I don't have the time to grind my teeth with you. ”

Du Dalei looked like a cow, "Boss, this is great good news!" Listen, we fought until midnight yesterday and assembled five bed crossbows. It's all debugged and ready to use right away. ”

Zhao Zizhong was very excited, he grabbed Du Dalei's shoulder and squeezed it a few times, "Haha, Xiao Du, you kid is amazing!" Why did you make a bed crossbow without making a sound? ”

Du Dalei broke his hand and said with bared teeth: "Boss, if you are light, your bones have been crushed by you!" These days, craftsmen are working hard to get more rewards. Yesterday I worked with them until midnight, should you give me some bonuses? ”

Zhao Zizhong smiled and said: "The bonus is no problem, when the bank opens, I will send you more money to count and make you a monopoly." ”

Du Dalei's face changed immediately, and he said with a wry smile: "You don't fool people like this, what is it to send some pieces of paper?" ”

"Xiao Du, on this island, pieces of paper are currency! When department stores opened, they only accepted paper money, and gold, silver, and copper coins could only be bought by going to the bank to exchange them for paper money. ”

Du Dalei stopped talking, went to get some food, and ate it angrily.

Zhao Zizhong said to him: "You transport all five bed crossbows to the pillbox, and send a craftsman who can skillfully operate the bed crossbows." I asked Zhai Xiaoshan to take the guards to learn how to use the bed crossbow with him. ”

"Boss, has the bunker been repaired?"

"Almost, now the carpenters are working on some of the in-house facilities, which are expected to be completed soon. I'd like to install a bed crossbow on the third floor, so that I can control the entrance to the valley, and if anyone does attack, let them taste the giant arrows fired by the bed crossbow! ”

Du Dalei was very happy, and hurriedly said: "Boss, I'll send the bed crossbow in a while, and by the way, visit the turret you built, and I also want to experience what it's like to be an imperial army, hahaha!" ”

Zhao Zi kicked him angrily, "Hurry up and eat, don't be nonsense." I'll go and bring the bed crossbow over! ”

After breakfast, Zhao Zizhong walked towards the entrance of the valley. After a while, they came to the side of the bunker. A cylindrical building with a slightly thicker bottom and a slightly thinner top stands at the mouth of the valley, about seven or eight meters high, and the building is made of stone mixed with cement mortar, with many square holes left around it for shooting arrows outside.

Hu Shuiyang was directing the displaced people to dig a trench around the bunker, leaving only a passage directly opposite the entrance to the bunker, about four meters wide. Seeing Zhao Zizhong, he walked over and said, "Mr. Zhao, it is estimated that you will be able to finish digging the trench today, what will you do next?" ”

Zhao Zi thought about it again and said: "After digging the trench, let everyone go to the wood, and then make the horse and deer." ”

Hu Shuiyang asked a little puzzled: "Mr. Zhao, I know what you said about rejecting horses, but what is 'Lu Yan'?" ”

Zhao Zizhong replied: "The deer is similar to the rejection of horses, made of felled trees, and resembles an obstacle of antlers. Also known as deer antlers. After you have the trees cut down, don't remove the branches and leaves from them, just drag them back and put them out of the trench in a dense manner. ”

Hu Shuiyang said that he understood, and was ready to go to logging after a while. Zhao Zizhong was idle, so he took off his coat and dug a trench with the homeless people.

After more than an hour, he heard Du Dalei's shout coming from afar, "Boss, I'm here!" ”

He jumped up from the trench and saw a large cart coming out of the valley, with Du Dalei leading the way and a few people behind.

Zhao Zizhong went up and saw five carriages with bed crossbows tied to them, and the last carriage was full of thick crossbow arrows.

Du Dalei shouted: "Boss, I have brought all the bed crossbows, do you want to install them all on the turret?" Can it be loaded? ”

"How many times have I said that it was a bunker, not a turret. You kid is, be careful that I beat you! Zhao Zizhong said angrily. Leave a bed crossbow here, and the rest will be sent to the dock and installed on the ship, so that you can go to sea tomorrow to train. ”

Du Dalei's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Then I can't go out to sea to hunt whales!" Ha ha! ”

Zhao Zizhong shook his head, "Not yet, wait for the guards to train for a while." Besides, are there whales in winter? I guess it's summer. ”

Du Dalei was a little unhappy, "Do you have to wait until summer?" It's been too long! I can't wait. ”

"You'll have to make some bed crossbows, and I think you'll have at least six of them for each ship, one at the bow and one at the stern; two on the port side; Two on the starboard side. That's barely enough. I think that every time I go to sea, I have to go to at least two warships, and I also take care of each other. In addition, there is also a run-in between the sailors and the guards for a while, so you can't be in a hurry. ”

Du Dalei was speechless, he rolled his eyes, and pulled Zhao Zizhong to the bunker, "Boss, take me to visit the turret, I haven't seen it yet, I've only seen it on TV before." I'm going to compare it and see what is different from the turret in the anti-Japanese war film. ”

Zhao Zizhong was very helpless, and was pulled into the bunker by him. There are more than a dozen carpenters working inside, making some tables, chairs, and beds.

Du Dalei saw a wooden staircase in the corner, so he climbed up in a hurry. When he went up to the second floor, he found that the floor was wooden, with two beds and a table in between. There is a staircase in the corner that leads to the upper floor.

He climbed up the stairs again to the third floor. There were five men laying branches on top of the wooden shed, surrounded by low walls with battlements for people to shoot arrows out.

Du Dalei looked around, the field of vision here is very wide, and the side is flat, and he can see far away. At this time, Zhao Zizhong also followed, and Du Dalei said excitedly: "Boss, this turret is very good!" If there is a machine gun, no number of people are not afraid. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, you kid, and let the craftsmen hang the bed crossbow with ropes and install it. I let Zhai Xiaoshan learn to launch from the craftsmen. ”

Du Dalei asked puzzledly: "Didn't the guards all go to the desert island for training?" Where did they come from? ”

"Zhai Xiaoshan took three days of marriage leave, and then I asked him to select thirty people from among the newly arrived homeless people, let Zhai Xiaoshan train them, and in the future, he will be a full-time bed crossbow operator, and give him two yuan a month. Many homeless people wanted to come, but I was afraid of delaying production, so I only asked him to pick 30 people. When the next group of displaced people arrives, recruit more people. ”

Du Dalei nodded, "You're right, 'there is a specialization in the art industry', bed crossbow operators should be professionals, and there is no need to train them to go into hand-to-hand combat, which will save a lot of time." ”

"But the basic physical fitness and platoon training cannot be relaxed, the more professional the troops, the more strict discipline is required. In the past few days, Zhai Xiaoshan has been taking them to practice in the queue. ”

Du Dalei observed for a while and said to Zhao Zizhong: "Boss, the bed crossbow is quite heavy, I'm afraid that the craftsmen won't be able to pull it up." I'll go back and find some pulleys and attach them to the docks, so that the hoistbed crossbow will save a lot of time. ”

After saying that, he ran away, and Zhao Zizhong went down to continue digging a trench. It was almost noon, and Du Dalei returned with a few craftsmen. A carriage brought quite a few things, a few bundles of thick ropes, some very long stakes, and a few wooden pulleys.

He took the craftsmen to install a simple boom on the bunker, and after more than an hour of work, he finally got it safe. Viewed below, a long wooden stake sticks protrudes from the outer wall of the pillbox, on which pulleys are attached, like the boom of a crane in later generations.

At this time, the servants brought lunch, Hu Shuiyang beckoned everyone to eat, everyone stopped work, each took two multigrain cakes, filled a bowl of soup, and began to eat.

After the meal, everyone sat together and chatted, all talking about the bed crossbow. The homeless people were very curious about this mass killing weapon, and some people even walked over to observe it up close. Everyone was very interested in crossbow arrows the size of javelins, and some people even pulled out one and played with it.

Hu Shuiyang hurriedly ran over, kicked the second goods, and snatched the giant arrow in his hand. Everyone burst into laughter, and the people who were observing the bed crossbow up close left.

After resting for a while, Zhao Zizhong ordered the start of work, Du Dalei asked some homeless people to help, and more than a dozen people worked together to carry the bed crossbow off the carriage, and then moved it to the bottom of the pillbox.

Everyone struggled to carry the bed crossbow to the base of the outer wall of the bunker, and several craftsmen carried the rope up to the top floor of the bunker and passed the rope through the pulley on the boom.

Du Dalei instructed everyone to tie the bed crossbow firmly, and shouted to the craftsman above: "It's okay, pull it up!" ”

With the assistance of the homeless, several craftsmen pulled the rope vigorously. Some people on the ground tugged hard at the ropes tied to the bed crossbow to keep the bed crossbow stable and away from the outer wall of the bunker so that the bed crossbow would not touch the hard wall.

Everyone was very patient, little by little by pulling the rope, the bed crossbow slowly rose, and after ten minutes, the bed crossbow was steadily hoisted to the top of the bunker.