Zhou Shanjun was now convinced that this middle-aged man was a hidden blacksmith, and he would not doubt that he would be able to create these things.

"Awesome, awesome."

The middle-aged man let out admiration in his mouth, and he stretched out his thumb at Zhou Shanjun and said, "The person who drew this picture is a genius, and these two things are both big killers." If I'm not mistaken, you and the person who drew the picture are both soldiers, right? ”

Zhou Shanjun didn't answer him, but said, "Master Zheng, after you create these things, you have to keep them secret for us, otherwise you may cause death." ”

As soon as he said this, the middle-aged man was obviously unhappy again, and threw all these drawings on the table, and said angrily: "If I don't do it, I won't be killed." ”

Zhou Shanjun was dumbfounded, he was too young, and he didn't have as much experience in dealing with people as Wang Yanru, after offending this Master Zheng, he didn't know what to do for a while, just as he looked at Wang Yanru and wanted her to make amends, he heard this person exclaim: "Chief Sun!" ”

It turned out that when he threw the drawing onto the table, the last one flew out.

Master Zheng hadn't noticed the pattern on it at first, but when he picked up the drawing from the ground, his tears were about to fall out, and he exclaimed, "Are you Chief Sun's people?" ”

"Which Chief Sun are you talking about?" Zhou Shanjun asked rhetorically.

"That's not right." As if he hadn't heard him, Master Zheng clutched the drawing tightly with both hands, tears rolling in his eyes. "He has been martyred, in Jiangxi, on the edge of the Yangtze River."

Zhou Shanjun understood that the Chief Sun in the mouth of the person in front of him was the boss, and he must have something to do with the boss, otherwise how could he be so out of shape and choke up and cry in front of outsiders.

"Master Zheng, he didn't die, but he was tired of the deception in the national army, and he was tired of the intrigue in the officialdom before he cheated to death, in fact, his purpose of cheating death is also very simple, I won't talk about it here."

Zhou Shanjun could confirm that this Master Zheng was not a bad person, and he was also eager to figure out the relationship between them, so he directly told him about Sun Yumin's fraudulent death.

"What you said is true?"

Master Zheng wiped away the tears in his eyes, and when he got the unexpected news, he was very surprised, and said, "Let the two of you laugh." ”

"You are really temperamental, how dare the younger generation make fun of you." After Zhou Shanjun knew that he had something to do with the boss, his tone was much better for him.

"Erde, please help me run a trip to buy some wine and food, I want to entertain distinguished guests."

Master Zheng is sending the second child to leave, how can Zhou Shanjun and Wang Yanru not understand, in fact, they don't want too many people to know what they want to do.

"Little second brother, thanks to you bringing us here today, I was fortunate enough to meet Master Zheng, please accept this little meaning."

Wang Yanru originally planned to give him two oceans, but now that he had inadvertently done such a big favor, he naturally thanked a little more, and directly grabbed six or seven silver yuan from the money bag and handed them over, without even counting them.

"Tea, please."

After sending away the shopkeeper, Master Zheng still did not calm down from his excitement, beckoned Zhou Shanjun and Wang Yanru to tea, and then asked, "Is Chief Sun okay now?" Where are the others? ”

'He's good and he's pulling the team on his own. When the time comes, the Commander Sun you expect will reappear on the battlefield to fight devils. ”

Zhou Shanjun didn't intend to hide anything, although he had little social experience, he could still distinguish the truth from the false, if this Master Zheng was a bad person, he would really be willing to pick out his eyeballs.

"Since you have to pull the team by yourself now, why did you leave the national army in the first place, you have to know how difficult it is for others to climb to the position of major general and division commander."

"Master Zheng, you should know something about our boss, if he really cares about his position, will he put all the troops in his hands to deal with the Banhuan Division?" In the battle of Lanfeng, you may not know what the entire 20th Division will become, if Sun Tongxuan and Shang Zhen behind them at that time were not thinking about self-preservation, they were also like him, leading their troops to make a desperate bet, and the Banhuan Division wanted to get out of Yulu and dream. ”

Zhou Shanjun actually didn't know much about big strategy, but he often heard Liu Wenzhi sigh about the battle that should have been a big victory, and in the end he only won a miserable victory.

Later, after Sun Yumin was seriously injured and dragged to Wuhan for treatment, the Huayuankou embankment was dug up again, which became the direct reason for Sun Yumin's departure.

Originally, he wanted to say that if the boss wanted to be promoted and make a fortune, he would not throw all his old capital into that bloody battle, and as a result, both sides were defeated, although the Banhuan Division suffered heavy casualties, but the 20th Division was not much better, and several regiments were wiped out.

He didn't understand, and Master Zheng didn't understand it even more. But no one will know what is going on. Sun Yumin did not let go of his defense line, let the main force of the devil escape, threw all his wealth into that bloody battle, and he was seriously injured, he did this for the general, what else could the people say.

"Alas!" Master Zheng sighed and said: "When I was in Nanjing, I saw that Chief Sun was a good person, a rare good commander in the national army, if the high-ranking officials of the national government and the generals in the army could be like Chief Sun, the Japanese would have been expelled a long time ago, why did they make the three provinces of Shandong, Henan and Anhui become Zeguo, and why did they put the entire Northeast and North China under the iron hooves of the devils." After he said these words, he sighed heavily, and it seemed that he was feeling sorry for Sun Yumin, but why didn't he feel sorry for the country and the nation.

"Don't talk about that." Finding that the atmosphere in the room was very depressing by his words, Master Zheng took the initiative to divert the topic: "Are these things to be done by Chief Sun?" ”

"That's right, it's all from him."

"Bows and bayonets and iron claws, how many do you do each? If it's a lot, I probably don't have enough iron. ”

"Not much, make ten of each of them first, you definitely have enough iron here."

The reason why Zhou Shanjun is so sure is because these three things are actually not too iron-intensive, he had seen that there was a small pile of iron in the blacksmithing shed, and it was more than enough to make these things he wanted.

"What about the identity card? How many will you want this time? Does Chief Sun have the strength of a regiment now? ”

"There are only ten iron plates, and the troops are still being prepared, and the plan is to pull up a regiment first." Zhou Shanjun said.

As he spoke, he opened the tie he was carrying on his back, took out two gold bars from it, and said, "This is the deposit in advance, and the drawings are also left here, you estimate how long it will take to complete." ”

"You don't have to give the money, do Chief Sun a little favor, where can I collect the money." Master Zheng refused to accept it.

"Things have to take at least ten days, I need to make molds, and then the probability of forming at one time is very small, and it takes some time to run in." He then added, "The last three are easy to do, but only the bow and crossbow will be a bit troublesome." ”

"What's the trouble?" Zhou Shanjun hurriedly asked.

"I had taken a closer look at the drawings of the bow and crossbow, and although it was delicate and lightweight, there was a big flaw."

Master Zheng picked up the blueprint of the crossbow again, pointed to the crossbow string on the crossbow and said, "This crossbow is too small, if you use hemp rope to make the crossbow string according to the traditional process, the crossbow arrow may not be strong enough." ”

"What then? Are there any good alternatives? ”

Zhou Shanjun was anxious all of a sudden, he estimated that Sun Yumin didn't think about this problem when he designed this crossbow, and now as soon as it was in the hands of experts, the problem would come out immediately.

"I don't have a good solution, the most important thing is that this bow and crossbow are too small to be able to find a suitable crossbow string for it."

Although Zhou Shanjun has never used a crossbow, he has played with bows and arrows, and he knows very well the role of a good string on a bow and a crossbow.

"What is the reason why Chief Sun plans to use iron to make a crossbow?" Master Zheng held the drawings and looked at them again, looking at them one by one, and suddenly he let out a long oh sound, and then said, "I understand." ”

"What do you understand?"

Zhou Shanjun was like a savior, and he hurriedly asked.

"What did Chief Sun say when he handed you this picture?"

Zhou Shanjun and Wang Yanru looked at each other for a moment and replied, "He said that I should go to the blacksmith shop to make these things, and the others didn't say anything." ”

"That's right, he said that you should let you find a blacksmith shop to make crossbows, but he didn't specify that these crossbows are made of iron, we both preconceived thought that this was the case, but in fact, Chief Sun didn't mean that." As if he had found the key, Master Zheng smiled and said to the two: "What he means should be that we make the crossbow, and wrap the key parts and the parts that are easy to wear and tear in iron sheets." In fact, the crossbow has existed in the world for thousands of years, and the metallurgical technology has long been mature, and the iron bow does exist, but in fact, it is more suitable to make a bow and crossbow than wood, and not all wood is suitable for making a crossbow, usually only two kinds of wood are available.

The best is ten mile incense, and crossbows made from it generally last for thirty or forty years.

It is followed by Huangyangmu. The yellow yang tree is born on the sunny slope of the mountain, so it takes the word "yang". This kind of wood is rare and can only be found deep in the mountains.

Ten miles of incense is even less, to take the material in winter, choose the long straight section as the "flat shoulder" blank, and put it at home to dry for several months. When it is semi-dry, put the two blanks in half, tie the ends together with a rope, and drive the wooden deed into the gap between the two to bend the two heads. The degree of bending is determined empirically, and then, keep it in this state and let it continue to dry in the shade. After about one or two years, the blank is completely dry before it can be fine-processed.

The wood used for the crossbow body must be made of gold and steel wood, which is commonly known as rice cone wood, which is also taken in winter, and then can only be used when it is completely dry. Crossbow strings are usually made of hemp rope, green jute and jute can be, but the performance of jute is not as good as that of green hemp, easy to break, not durable. ”

Master Zheng said so much in one breath, regardless of whether Zhou Shanjun and Wang Yanru understood it or not, and then said: "It's definitely too late to do it according to the traditional method, I can only speed up, Shili Xiang and rice cone wood can be found, but the crossbow string can't be made of green jute or jute." ”

"Master Zheng, you have said so much, but you still haven't solved this problem."

Wang Yanru was a little impatient, she was not interested in these things, and it was just a simple companion to accompany Zhou Shanjun, and it was already rare to listen to the two of them cooing for a long time, and the result of being patient for so long was to return to the issue of crossbow strings, so how not to be angry.

"Girl, don't worry, listen to me, although I don't have the right materials here, but there is a place."

Master Zheng had long seen that the men and women in front of him were young couples, and he had been talking to other people's husbands for a long time, and he had been neglecting others for a long time, and he couldn't help but feel a little guilty in his heart.

"Where?"

Wang Yanru asked eagerly.

"Huoshan has it, and Lu'an has it too."

The two place names that Master Zheng said made Wang Yanru a little desperate, they only came from there yesterday, and they knew that there were materials that could be used to make crossbow strings, so wouldn't it be over if they brought them over.

"Can you tell me a little more detail? As long as I can use it, I will do my best to get it back. ”

"Actually, it's not a special thing, the devils of Huoshan and Lu'an have a kind of steel cable made of three thin steel wires and iron cores, which is the best way to make crossbow strings."

When Master Zheng said this, he didn't speak as smoothly as he had talked about crossbow-making materials before, obviously because he didn't want them to take risks because of this.

"That's right." After hearing Master Zheng's words, Wang Yanru looked at Zhou Shanjun with some concern.

Sure enough, this anxious man didn't seem to be able to wait all of a sudden, Huo Di stood up and said, "Master Zheng, my wife is troublesome to take care of for two days, and I will come to Lu'an." ”

He was worried that the devils in Huoshan would not have the thin steel cable he said, and planned to go directly to Lu'an.

"No, I'm not at ease if you go alone." Wang Yanru refused his request without hesitation, worried that she would not be able to stop him, and then said: "If you dare to leave me alone to go to Lu'an, I will dare to run by myself, believe it or not." ”

One sentence dispelled Zhou Shanjun's thoughts, he just wanted to persuade this stupid woman, but he heard her words again.

"Master Zheng, do you have to use this kind of steel cable you said?"

Wang Yanru obviously doesn't believe that the world is so big, it may not be that only devils have this kind of material, and it is not something that cannot be made, and the fact that China does not have it does not mean that other foreigners do not have it.

"There are definitely no troops in the national army, but you can go to the munitions warehouse to find it, it seems that some of the equipment bought from foreign countries will be fixed with this kind of steel cable." Master Zheng didn't want them to take risks, so after thinking for a while, he continued: "It's really not good, I soaked the green hemp in tung oil for two days, although the effect is not so good, but it is better than the risk." ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Wang Yanru hurriedly agreed, as long as Zhou Shanjun was not allowed to take risks, everything else would be easy to do.

But Zhou Shanjun is different, he is still worried about the thin steel cable, although he does not dare to take the risk with Wang Yanru on his back, but he plans to try his luck at the quartermaster logistics office of the 21st Group Army.

The matter was almost discussed, although Master Zheng was staying, Zhou Shanjun and Wang Yanru still refused to stay for dinner. The two young men and women could not stand the restraints on the wine table, and ran out of the door of this small courtyard.

"You two haven't told me your names yet, and why did you keep the money again." Behind him, Master Zheng's shout came from afar.

"My name is Xiao Zhou, her name is Xiao Ru, Uncle Zheng, you are busy going, leave us alone."

When Zhou Shanjun shouted these words, he pulled Wang Yanru and ran forward, almost knocking down the shopkeeper who was carrying a hand full of food at the mouth of the alley.