Chapter Eighty-Five: The Crossbow is the Knight's Natural Enemy

"Well, 21 yards and 2 feet, I look at it, it seems to be 10 centimeters lower, it seems that this crossbow arrow is a little heavy. By the way, how far are the crossbow arrows in your hometown more accurate? Hong Tao also walked over, looked at the position of the crossbow arrow, and then looked at the position of the rag, a little dissatisfied. The left and right deviations are about the same, but the up and down deviations are not small, 20 meters have fallen 10 centimeters, if this is 50 meters away, it must not be a projectile, it is difficult to grasp the accuracy. It seems that the elasticity of the baleen is still not enough, and if there is a carbon fiber crossbow arm, it is easy to achieve an error of no more than 10 cm in 50 meters.

"The exact range is about 15 yards, and if you change to an iron-tipped wooden arrow, you can shoot from 20 yards." Karl's mood was very low, he was not afraid that Hong Tao would shoot him with crossbow arrows, he was mourning for the entire knight class. Hong Tao himself can easily make this terrifying crossbow, others can't be much worse than Hong Tao, if this kind of thing reaches Europe, the knight will become a joke, and will be killed by the enemy in pieces.

"You're not so happy? I was just scaring you, I won't shoot you with this, but I'll throw you on the beach......" Hong Tao also noticed that Carl's mood was a little low, thinking that he was scared by himself, and quickly comforted and comforted again.

"I can be your servant for the rest of your life, but can you promise me one thing?" Carl suddenly fell ill again, knelt on the ground with one leg clutching his chest, and stared at Hong Tao through gritted teeth, his expression was very sad and angry.

"You say, I'll hear it?" Hong Tao really doesn't know what's wrong with Carl, he doesn't have a clue at all, Hong Tao will definitely not agree to anything he doesn't understand, and it's useless for anyone to kneel for himself.

"Don't teach anyone this weapon used by the devil, I will protect it with my life, it cannot appear in the Empire!" Carl made his request categorically, and stubbornly stiffened his neck, staring at Hong Tao's slitting eyes and never flinching, and was even ready to be shot by Hong Tao.

"You're a standard fool! You see, even if you destroy it, or even kill me, you can save your stupid knight? Let me tell you, there will be much more powerful weapons than this in the future, let alone knights, do you see my sailboat? Just aim, launch from hundreds or even thousands of yards away, and bam! You can smash it to pieces in one go, do you think that kind of weapon knight can resist? "Hong Tao is happy, it turns out that it's because of this. For Carl's insistence, Hong Tao understands that these people take honor very seriously, although they sometimes do things like stealing chickens and dogs, but on the whole, there is a limit. But their thinking is too fixed, everything is constantly moving forward, always holding on to one thing and sticking to the rules will have to fall behind, backward will have to be beaten, no one can change this rule, there is no forever strong thing in the world.

"I don't believe there will be such weapons!" Carl obviously believed half of it in his heart, but he couldn't convince his heart, and he was still resisting.

"Follow me slowly, as long as you don't die, I don't die, sooner or later you will see it. In fact, when a class of troops is born, it is impossible to be invincible forever, and the Egyptians used to use chariots, but they were not eliminated. No one has stipulated that knights must always fight on horseback and with a spear, and they can use this, or even more advanced weapons. When fighting a war, it is not how to behave gracefully, but how to win. Grace can be used in peacetime, or after you have defeated the enemy. This question, you can think about it slowly, anyway, I haven't been able to go to your country in the past few years, and I won't teach this thing to others, and if you hold a long-range weapon privately in the Great Song Dynasty, you will be killed, understand? It's just going to the guillotine, and the head falls off with a click! If you hate me, you can go and expose me to the Great Song Mansion. Hong Tao suddenly remembered artillery and muskets, but that was to think. He has played with crossbows, but he has never made artillery and muskets himself, he has made mortars and shotguns, but unfortunately those things can't find materials now, and there are no replacements, so it's in vain to think.

This crossbow is used by Hong Tao for himself, and he doesn't plan to spread it for the time being, as long as he doesn't say it, no one else knows what it is, and no one dares to rummage through his box. It is just an experiment, and it is also a self-defense tool, Hong Tao is still the same as in his previous life, in his previous life, he has no sense of security at all times. He needed something to keep him safe, even if it was just theoretical, and it would give him a lot of peace of mind and not lose sleep. So this compound reverse crossbow is not so much a weapon as a spiritual sustenance.

Of course, Carl wouldn't expose Hong Tao, at least not yet, because he was still counting on Hong Tao to take him home. He couldn't understand the truths that Hong Tao said for the time being, so he could only ponder slowly. He also tried this strange crossbow a few times, and the more he tried, the cooler his heart became. Not only is it easy to wind, but it's also very lightweight, so you can pick it up with one hand at will, and you won't turn the bolt upside down when you run it, and you can fire it at any time. If you replace the crossbow arrows with wooden poles and steel heads, you can shoot accurately at a distance of 30 meters, and you can shoot at least a human-sized area. The most terrifying thing is that it doesn't need to be trained, even if you find a woman from the Tan family, as long as you are skilled for half a day, it is estimated that you will be able to shoot on the battlefield, and the accuracy will not be too bad. In front of the person with this kind of crossbow, whether it is a man or a woman, the knight is a target, and there is no difference.

Hong Tao didn't try to persuade Carl again, some things are useless just to say, and it takes time to hone them slowly. He was basically satisfied with the crossbow, which weighed about 2 kilograms and had a pull force of about 100 to 120 pounds, and definitely couldn't go up to 150 pounds. In this era, after a girl like Bo Zhu is familiar with it, she can also wind it several times in a short period of time, with an effective killing range of 30 meters, and if you train properly, you can increase it to 40 meters, but if you want to penetrate heavy armor, you have to use pure steel crossbow arrows, so that you can only hit at 20 meters. However, Hong Tao thinks that there should not be such heavy armor in this era, and the thick armor on the back of a kitchen knife can't withstand this kind of crossbow shooting at close range. So, I'm afraid that steel crossbow arrows will not be used, just wooden pole crossbow arrows will be enough.

After the winter solstice, the Tan family on Ximaozhou Island is not only not idle, but even busier, they are not busy preparing for the Spring Festival, but busy preparing for the wedding of Hong Tao and Bo Zhu. According to the meaning of the old man Bo Fu and Chen Mingen, Hong Tao and Bo Zhu will officially get married on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Of course, Hong Tao will not object, as for how to tie the knot and how to tie the knot, it will all be arranged by the two families, and he will not worry about that. Clothes and living habits can be changed, this wedding and funeral should still abide by some rules, it can't be too colorful, and you have to give people some face.

Hong Tao is quite comfortable, in addition to teaching children every day, he is a person who gets into the house that no one is allowed to approach, and uses his memory to tinker with his inventions. Most of them ended in failure, only to make a soil Ximengsi bed made of whale tendons, and put it in the empty new house of himself and Bozhu, and a square table made by himself, and two chairs that were a little shaky, constituting the 18 legs necessary for marriage in the Song Dynasty. In order to make the big bed stronger, he got six legs out.

As a couple of newcomers, it is not enough to have a house on land, the important thing is to have a boat at sea. Chen Mingen, as Hong Tao's godfather, has always wanted to buy a new row boat for Hong Tao, but he has already made Wen Lao Er look good, and he is about to cut the material, but he was stopped by Hong Tao. The boss of the Wen family arrived on the island after the winter solstice, although there were a few more carpenters with good skills, but they were needed to repair the dock, build the house, and build the second sailboat on the island, and no matter how many people there were, there would be no other work to do for at least two months, which would be too delayed.

But how can the Tan family get married without a boat! Hong Tao was able to make do, he got the sailboat out as a shield, not to say that there are people living in this kind of ship in Australia. Bo Fu and Chen Mingen can't talk about him, and in the end, the sailboat will become his and Bo Zhu's new house on the water, and the important part of the wedding will be held on the sailing deck, which has nothing to do with the house on land.

Compared with Hong Tao, Bozhu is more suffering, not the imaginary suffering, but the real suffering. Since the 28th of the lunar month, she has to cry every day, and she has to sing while crying, and she can't understand what Hongtao sings. At first, I thought it was a little interesting, but it was very boring to cry every day, sing every day, turn it over and turn it over, and it was all those songs. Chen Qihong secretly told him that this was the rule of the Tan family to marry a daughter, called crying and marrying. The longer you cry, the deeper your affection for your family. The songs sung are called "sighing grandmother" and "groomsmen", the former only expresses his affection for his family, and the latter is to educate the groom before marriage, persuading the groom to take care of his family, be good to his daughter-in-law, and be filial to his parents after marriage.

"I don't understand, isn't this in vain?" Hong Tao's broken mouth is very owed, you don't understand, pretend to understand, don't squeak, it's over, he has to say it.

"The grandmother is born with a big arch, and she is born as a woman's life in the world.

How can I get a warm life is a man's life, and his brother and brother are at home.

If it is the same as the brother, pass on the incense and the ancestors to light the magic lamp.

It is hard to conceive a baby in October, and it is difficult to feed for three years.

Nirvana carries urine and hugs, and moves urine and hugs.

In December, I washed the cloth, and it was so cold that my grandmother had ten fingers of snow.

One day, the sun came to dry, and the rain rained and the fire came.

I slept in a dry bed and slept wet, thanks to a lot of credit.

The grandmother raised the gentle arch big, and the deep and clear righteousness was as heavy as Mount Tai.

There is no push to be lazy, and there is no water in the tank.

Wait for the end of the head to pick up the tail, and there is no time to be free at night.

Today, I went home separately, and my grandmother's love was remembered.

Hands approached to salute and say goodbye to their parents and go home. ”

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