When Wu Ming walked back to the playground in the thirty-sixth section, Zhu Yuqing had already sat back in the carriage with the support of the two maids. Zhu Xiaolong stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master, what you talked about with my sister-in-law can be explained." ”

This kid, Wu Ming suddenly cried and laughed, but now that the test is about to start, it is not good to entangle with him on this issue, so he has to say with a straight face: "It is about to start, for the way of the general, the order is forbidden." If you have a hippie smile, you will be blamed when you meet the Prime Minister. ”

Zhu Xiaolong stuck out his tongue and replied, "It's so fierce." Having said that, he didn't pester Wu Ming anymore, but just retreated back to the group of martial artists. Wu Ming secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and also walked back to the guard camp to stand still.

At this time, several family members of the Prime Minister's Mansion lifted the curtain, and Zhu Huai got out of the carriage unhurriedly amid everyone's cheers. He pressed his hands weakly, signaled that everyone did not need to be polite, and then said loudly: "Please come here today, presumably everyone has already received the news that our Ministry of Industry has recently developed a new weapon. ”

There was a burst of cheers all around, and everyone cheered. Many people shouted: "God bless me." "Repelling the enemy of the puppet is just around the corner." There were even people who shouted: "The Prime Minister is wise." Wu Ming smiled bitterly in his heart, he didn't know what the Ministry of Industry had to do with Zhu Huai's wisdom in developing a new weapon.

After a pause in the sound of this piece of slapping horses, Zhu Huai slowly spoke: "This time we were able to develop such a sharp weapon, and Lord Liu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, can be said to have contributed a lot, I believe that as long as Lord Liu is here, our Jiangnan will definitely not be weaker than the north in terms of combat readiness."

Yes, Wu Ming had a flash of inspiration in his mind. The arrival of the Spitfire ship in the organ city can be said to have made everyone panic, and Zhu Huai's real new weapon with such fanfare is one aspect of stabilizing the military spirit of the Southern Han Dynasty. There is another important reason, I am afraid it is to build momentum for Liu Ze. As we all know, Liu Ze and Shangshu Yiguan of the Ministry of Industry in the north are the two outstanding figures of the Black Iron Gate, and the craftsmen of the Black Iron Gate are very famous. The two Han Dynasty were established one after another, and presumably these craftsmen are also taking a wait-and-see attitude. Once Liu Ze gained power, these craftsmen came to invest one after another, which can be said to be a big help for the Southern Han Dynasty.

Just thinking about it, Zhu Huai had already said loudly: "I have invited Liu Ze, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry." ”

As soon as his voice fell, Liu Ze had already separated from the flow of people with a few people dressed in Ministry of Industry costumes and stepped forward from behind. After a few days of not seeing, Liu Ze seems to have lost weight again, and his eyes are still covered with thick eye bags. It seems that he has been tired enough in the past few days. To Wu Ming's surprise, he was still followed by Lu Fang, it seemed that this kid was mixing well in the Ministry of Industry. But it's no wonder that Lu Fang is skilled, if it weren't for identity and age, it would be impossible for Liu Ze to give him the position of the waiter of the Ministry of Works.

There was a tide of cheers all around, but Liu Ze was obviously not very interested in this meeting, his face was also wooden, and he walked over and saluted Zhu Huai and said, "Xiaguan has seen the Prime Minister." ”

Zhu Huai said with a spring breeze on his face: "Liu Gongbu, everyone is here today, you don't take out your baby for everyone to see, don't sweep everyone's interest." ”

Liu Ze waved his hand and shouted to the people behind him: "Everyone dodge, pull out the new chariot and take a look." ”

A large group of Black Armor soldiers quickly cleared the field, and the curtains of those towering tents suddenly opened in unison, and large carts were pushed out of it by the Black Armor soldiers. These large cars have a pointed roof, but they are tightly wrapped in ironwood, and the whole body is a rectangle with a narrow front and a wide tail. Driven by eight black-armored warriors, they drove all the way by, and a deep rut mark appeared on the ground.

Most of the soldiers of the Black Armor Army are big men in the north, and the remnants of more than 3,000 Black Armor Army are the elite of the elite. At this time, eight people pushed the car at the same time, but they were still bruised and exhaled. Apparently they have done their best. What the hell is wrapped in this? It turned out to be so laborious.

Wu Ming was also a little puzzled, although everyone was in an uproar. He didn't know what the new tank was, but he thought he still had a bit of a spectrum. When Lu Fang was guarding Daya's Palace, he made a simple catapult and repelled the invading snow lion. He has also thought a lot about it in the past few days, and thinks that this thing is at most just an enhanced version of the catapult, if this is the case, I am afraid that everyone's rhetoric will be exaggerated, the catapult is widely used in the history of the earth, but if the victory or defeat of this war depends on this thing, it is really a bit of an exaggeration.

The crowd suddenly "buzzed" and talked about it. Apparently no one really understood what this thing was for. Zhu Huai glanced at everything, but his face was unmoving, and said, "Liu Gongbu, let everyone see the magic of the new chariot." ”

At this time, the Black Armor Army had already pushed the strange chariot into the field, and Liu Ze waved his hand and said, "Unfold, change from a marching posture to an attacking posture." ”

The black-armored sergeants let out a neat fat no, and two of them slapped the car behind it. Suddenly, the sound of "Titicaca" came, and the wooden planks of the entire body were spread out. Spread out in all directions, revealing a large pile of ironwood brackets and the like. The black-armored sergeants did not stop, the four men held the car steady, and the other four skillfully spread the four wheels horizontally, and suddenly became a pedestal. A behemoth suddenly appeared, and the entire body stood up, nearly ten meters high, like a spire. The square base is supported by four large wooden wheels, which are wrapped in thick animal skins, and the gear-like lines on the wooden wheels are faintly visible. In the center of the base is a disc-shaped wheel that can be rotated flexibly, and the soldiers adjust the downward direction by turning the steering wheel on the base. The lever at the top rotates up and down. On top of the lever, an iron spoon the size of a washbasin is fixed.

As soon as this thing appeared, it gave people a strong sense of oppression. Wu Ming also looked at this strange thing curiously, and he didn't know how powerful this behemoth was. Liu Ze waved his hand and said to a retinue of the Ministry of Engineering next to him, "You go and put the target four hundred steps away." ”

Before he finished speaking, everyone let out a burst of exclamation. Ordinary bows and arrows have a range of up to 300 paces, and this thing looks so bulky and terrifyingly powerful, with a range of up to 400 paces? Wu Ming's heart sank, this thing looks somewhat similar to the historical stone-throwing vehicle, but he also has a general understanding of the stone-throwing distance of the stone-throwing machine, which rarely exceeds three hundred steps, can the range of this thing reach four hundred steps? That's a real weapon.

Several soldiers listened to his orders, and two men began to place stone bullets in the iron spoons. The others vigorously rotated the disc wheel in the center of the base. As the movement moves, the lever arm moves, as if an invisible cart is being pulled by an invisible cart, and the lever arm of the towering power movement on the roulette wheel gradually tightens. Liu Ze waved his hand violently, "Let's go." ”

As he shouted, the black-armored sergeants suddenly let go at the same time, and the whole body trembled violently, making a piercing sound, only to hear a "boom" sound, and the stone bullets in the iron spoon popped out violently. The wooden target standing high hundreds of paces away was shot squarely by the thrown stone, and there was a crisp sound of "pop", and the sawdust flew and was smashed to pieces.

It's so powerful!

At this time, there was silence on the playground, and everyone was shocked by the power of the stone-throwing cart. Although the target is made of wood, the wooden target used for military archery is usually made of oak and other slow-growing, long-lived, submerged timber species. How can it not surprise people?

Liu Ze smiled slightly, his face flashed with wisdom, and said proudly: "Prime Minister, it took nearly a year for the lower officials to spend nearly a year, and Lu Gong of the Ministry of Industry was forgetting to sleep and eat, but fortunately, he did not disgrace his life, and finally created such a sharp weapon." Today, I would like to give an order to the Prime Minister. ”

Zhu Huai laughed for a while, turned his head suddenly, and said in a harmonious voice to Wu Ming, who was silent on the side: "Lord Wu, what do you think." Maybe he already knew about the meeting between Wu Ming and Zhu Yuqing just now, or maybe he was satisfied with the power of this stone-throwing cart, so his tone was unexpectedly kind.

Wu Ming thought for a while and said, "Can this thing only be controlled by the machine?" "If this stone-throwing car can only be controlled by the machine, it looks much more convenient, but in fact, it also has a fatal flaw, once damaged, it will become a burden on the battlefield. Liu Ze said: "Lord Wu is really sensitive, and we have also taken this into account. The entire chariot is divided into two forms, and once it is in walking form, it generally requires at least two horses to pull. It can also be pushed by several soldiers at the same time in the back, using the tip protrusion at the front end for assault. On the battlefield, once the chariot is damaged, we have also prepared manpower control in the form of unfolding, just in case. ”

As he spoke, he ordered a few soldiers to jam the disc wheel, and said to Wu Ming: "Lord Wu, now that the bracket system of this chariot has been restricted by me, why don't you come and try it?" ”

Wu Ming walked over and pushed the disc gear, only to feel that it was like an iron cast, and he didn't move. Liu Ze pulled out a few ends of rough hemp rope from one end of the lever arm of the movement, and he handed one end to Wu Ming and said: "Lord Wu, once the power system of the entire chariot fails, we will use the simple projectile principle to load stone bullets for human shooting. So what you're worried about is absolutely impossible. ”

I see!

Wu Ming secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Liu Ze even thought of this. This thing is divided into two forms, and it also has some functions of rushing the car, which is much stronger than the stone throwing car they know, and it is no wonder that Zhu Huai has such great expectations for this thing.

At this time, the entourage of the Ministry of Engineering arranged a wooden target. Wu Ming pulled the hemp rope and said to Liu Ze: "Can I hit it if I try?" Liu Ze smiled and said, "Of course you can." Wu Ming tried the feel, aimed at it slightly, and then pulled the hemp rope suddenly, only to hear another screeching sound from the chariot, but the stone was empty and far away.