When Cao Shuo came to the craftsman's workshop, the craftsmen were rushing to make catapults.

Walking to a catapult that was in progress, Cao Shuo asked, "Why is this catapult so short?" ”

"Hui Gongzi." Having stopped what he was doing, a craftsman standing next to him said, "These are all things that Fu Gong wants to equip on the sea boat. ”

"There is a way for the frustrated prince." Cao Shuo said with a smile: "I only mentioned once that equipping catapults on sea ships can suppress the shore defenders, and he actually remembered it." It's just that he didn't think that in order for this catapult to work, the stones must be polished. Otherwise, storage is a problem. ”

"It's still Zhou Xiang that Childe considers." The craftsman said: "The stones have actually been polished, and they have been polished into a ball, and they can be rolled farther when projected, and they can also save storage space when placed on the sea boat." ”

"What did you think of?" Cao Shuo asked.

"It's not." The craftsman said, "We remembered it." Catapults used on land, because stones can be found everywhere, there is no need to do this. But on the ship, it must be polished in advance and placed on the ship, otherwise once the war starts, where to find such stones. ”

"That makes sense." Cao Shuo asked with a smile, "Where are all the armor made for the generals?" ”

The craftsman didn't say anything, and the old craftsman in charge of the craftsman's workshop said, "Back to Gongzi, the armor has been taken away by Migong." ”

"Let Mi Heng come over." Cao Shuo instructed Cai Ji: "Bring all the armor here, I will personally inspect it." ”

Cai Ji asked one of the guards behind him, "Did you hear what Childe said?" ”

"I heard you!" The guard answered.

"Now that you heard it, why don't you go quickly?" Cai Ji urged.

The guard took two steps back, turned around and walked quickly.

Cao Shuo, Cai Ji and others walked back and forth in the craftsman's workshop, watching the weapons made by the craftsmen.

In addition to armaments, craftsmen also made some carts.

These carts were different from what Cao Shuo had seen on the battlefield.

Their wheels are covered with a soft layer of linen.

The linen cloth is soaked in tung oil and wrapped around the cart, so that the wheels crush the ground more smoothly than pure wooden wheels.

Whether using horses or manpower, pulling such a cart will require much less force.

"See." Cao Shuo said to Cai Ji, who was following behind: "This is the wisdom of the working people, I just made a few designs to open up their thinking, so there are these." Our army will go to the battlefield in the future, and with such a large cart, the speed of the march will be much faster. ”

Cai Ji nodded: "What Childe said is true, but if it weren't for the pattern that Childe drew at the beginning, they shouldn't have thought of it so quickly." ”

"Actually, I've been thinking about bread outside the wheels for a long time." Cao Shuo said: "There is a plant called rubber in Nanban, and when we go there in the future, we can wrap rubber on the wheels. That stuff was much better than burlap soaked in tung oil. ”

"Rubber?" Cai Ji looked at Cao Shuo blankly.

He had never heard of such a thing.

If the words came out of someone else's mouth, Cai Ji would definitely think that person was crazy, and he could pull out something that didn't exist at all.

But it was Cao Shuo who said this, so Cai Ji couldn't believe it.

"I'll know when I see you later." Patting him on the shoulder, Cao Shuo continued to look at the instruments that had been made in the craftsman's workshop.

Most of these instruments were made by the craftsmen after he had drawn them.

After all, Cao Shuo was not a craftsman engaged in the manufacturing industry, and the drawings he drew only gave those instruments a basic function.

However, the improvement of craftsmen has made these weapons more superior in performance.

Looking at the weapons in the craftsman's workshop, Mi Heng hurriedly ran over.

In a hurry, Mi Heng asked Cao Shuo breathlessly, "Childe looking for me?" ”

"I'm looking for you." Cao Shuo asked, "Where are all the armor made for the generals?" ”

"I've brought them all." Miyo replied.

"Take it out and I'll take a look." Cao Shuo commanded.

"Take out all your armor." Mi Heng instructed the soldiers who had come with him.

Several soldiers stepped forward with the armor in their hands.

One of the soldiers uncovered the red cloth that covered his armor.

"Which one is mine?" Cao Shuo asked.

"This set." Obviously very familiar with these armors, Mi Heng directly picked out the armor that belonged to Cao Shuo.

The color of each set of armor is different, and the armor is still an ordinary copper sheet on the outside.

Cao Shuo asked, "This set of armor doesn't look any different from ordinary armor. ”

"Salamander skins are hard to color." Mi Heng replied: "The craftsmen came up with this method, first creating a few sets of refined armor, and then stretching the salamander skin inside, so that there is no difference from the outside, but there is something else inside. ”

"Find a stump and tie your armor to it." Cao Shuo instructed Mi Heng.

"Childe is going to ......," Mi Heng asked in surprise.

"Of course I want to try." Cao Shuo instructed Cai Ji: "Fetch a bow and arrow." ”

"Childe is trying his armor?" Mi Heng asked.

"How do you know if it can withstand arrows and swords without trying?" Cao Shuo asked rhetorically.

Miyo beckoned to a nearby craftsman.

The craftsman walked up to him, and Mi Heng commanded, "Put on the armor." ”

Not daring to disobey, the craftsman honestly put on the armor.

Mi Heng said to Cao Shuo: "Childe wants to test the armor, and it has no effect to tie it to the stump, and it is still worn by a person to test the effect." ”

Glancing at Mi Heng, Cao Shuo's gaze fell on the craftsman wearing the armor.

"They made the armor, of course they had to try it." Mi Heng said: "If the armor can really be pierced by arrows, he should not complain even if he dies." ”

Putting on the armor, the craftsman looked a little flustered.

Although he knew that the salamander's skin was very tough, no one had ever tried what it would be like to make it into armor.

If he failed to block the arrows and the armor was pierced, his life would have been handed over here.

However, what Mi Heng said is not without reason.

Since they made the armor, and had stated in advance that it could withstand swords and arrows, it made sense for the craftsmen who made it to try it out.

Turning his gaze to the craftsman's face, Cao Shuo asked, "Would you like to try on the armor for me?" ”

"It's my honor to try out the armor for my son." The craftsman stubbornly said, "Please also ask the son to open the bow." ”

Cao Shuo nodded, took the longbow from Cai Ji's hand, and turned around and walked into the distance.

Walking twenty or thirty steps away from the armored craftsman, Cao Shuo stopped, stretched his bowstring and aimed at him.

Cold sweat was already oozing from the craftsman's forehead.

But he didn't dare to raise his hand to wipe it, for fear that a subtle movement would change the location where Cao Shuo's arrow fell and hit a place that was not protected by armor.