After the officers had finished reporting on the situation of the army under their control, the officer in charge of the armory workshop reported the situation, and he said: "Honorable lordship, the matter you confessed when you left three months ago, your subordinates have instructed the craftsmen of the armory workshop to develop according to the drawings you left behind, and now they have made a hundred physical objects, this is a sample, please inspect it!" ”

The official took out an item from his side, and Qin Dong saw that it was a crossbow, and it was a repeater with an arrow box, and he stood on Batu, who was standing on Qin Dong's side, and took the repeater and presented it to Qin Dong.

This was the last time he left, and he drew a drawing detailing the various parts of the repeater and how to use it.

Qin Dong took the repeater and inspected it, the main parts of this kind of repeater are: crossbow arm, crossbow bow, bowstring, arrow box and manual winding machine. The arrow box can be loaded with ten arrows at a time, using manual winding, there is a hand-cranked bracket on the right side of the crossbow arm, and pulling back is the winding, there is a mechanism here using the principle of torque and wheel axle, which can save the power of winding, and the hand-crank bracket can be pressed forward to launch crossbow arrows and press down the arrows in the arrow box, which is equivalent to automatically loading after launching crossbow arrows, and then pull the hand-crank bracket back and wind, if repeated can achieve the effect of continuous shooting.

This kind of repeater is only three catties heavier, a person can learn and operate easily, its range depends on the strength of the crossbow and the material of the arrow, the official made an introduction, according to this material made of the crossbow, if the arrow with a wooden arrow shaft, the maximum range can reach 100 meters, about 140 meters away. However, if an iron arrow shaft is used, the maximum range can only reach more than 70 meters.

After listening to the official's introduction, Qin Dong asked, "This kind of crossbow." What is the output of your weapons workshop? How much does it cost per unit? ”

When the official heard Qin Dong ask about this matter, he immediately said: "My lord, if you use a wooden arrow shaft, this kind of weapon can be called terrifying, and if you equip the army on a large scale, and make the arrows sharper to improve the armor penetrating performance, it will be a nightmare for cavalry." In front of it, a hundred meters away is an insurmountable chasm, and this distance will be the place of death. If we can raise costs. Increasing the power of the crossbow arm to a range of 150 meters, I am afraid that no cavalry army in the world will be able to break through its defenses.

The parts of this crossbow are extremely precise, and it is very time-consuming and laborious to make them. In particular, the bracket inside the crossbow arm. It takes three skilled craftsmen a day to make one, and this is not the main thing, what hinders the large-scale application of this weapon is its arrow shaft, which requires a straight, long, and thick arrow shaft that meets the requirements is very troublesome, according to our current production conditions, it is difficult to produce it on a large scale in a short time, but it is much easier to use iron shafts, just inject molten iron into the mold. When it cools down, it becomes a finished arrow! Now we have this kind of crossbow, and the cost of each is calculated as labor. That's four gold coins and twelve silver coins! ”

Qin Dong patted his head after hearing this, the cost was not very high, he ignored that the arrows needed for this kind of crossbow were different from those used in other bows and arrows, and the arrows needed for this kind of repeater crossbow should be packed in the arrow box, the length and thickness should be completely consistent, and they must be very straight to meet the requirements! The range of iron arrows is too short and can only be used by special forces, which is indeed a very big problem.

Qin Dong thought for a while and said: "Can you hand over the matter of making arrows to the people in the jurisdiction to do, you first make the arrows that meet the requirements, and use this as a standard to distribute to the residents according to the sample system, don't let them delay the time during the day, you only need to have dinner at night, and make the arrows before going to bed, the advantage of this is that there are many people involved in the system, even if the speed of making the eggs is a little slow, but there is still a high production capacity in the case of a large number of people, After the common people's system came out, the weapons workshop collected it according to the corresponding price, and did not let them do it for nothing, do you think it is feasible? ”

The official said with a smile on his face: "Your Excellency is wise, this method is very good, very good, thank you for reminding me!" ”

Qin Dong said again: "Do you have a way to increase the production of repeaters?" Three people can only make one zuò a day, this output is a bit low, counting the preparation time for making zuò bowstrings and crossbows, I'm afraid it will take longer! ”

The official said with a bitter face: "My lord, my subordinates and the craftsmen of the weapon workshop have thought of many ways, but there is no way to provide manufacturing speed!" ”

"Then don't you know that you have to hand over the parts to a special person? For example, the craftsman who makes the crossbow arm specializes in making the crossbow arm, and the manufacturing machine is specialized in manufacturing the machine, and each craftsman only does one thing, so that he is more skilled in manufacturing, and after all the parts are available, they are handed over to a special person for assembly to form a flow operation, everyone has something to do at all times, and the craftsmen will not be idle! ”

The official blinked after listening to Qin Dong's words, then hurriedly saluted and dropped a sentence: "My lord, my subordinates will try it out!" After saying that, he immediately slipped away.

The other officials who were in charge of manufacturing and production were also inspired after hearing Qin Dong's method of assembly operations, and they all took their leave one after another and left the hall in a hurry.

At this point in the meeting, Qin Dong has some understanding of the military and political affairs in the jurisdiction, according to the current situation, the development in the territory is gratifying, but compared to the area of the jurisdiction, the population of the territory is still too small. Qindong's current jurisdiction is not only Pazar and Plov, it is equivalent to the size of a prefecture-level city in China, but it has a population of only a few hundred thousand.

Qin Dong saw that most of the civil affairs officials had left, and the meeting was almost over, so he immediately announced that the civil affairs officials could go back to deal with political affairs first, and the officers all stayed, plus the main figures who came back with him this time all stayed.

In the end, there were only a dozen people left, and Qin Dong asked, "Liu San, how is the shape of the surrounding area recently?" ”

Liu San immediately said: "My lord, the Germanic people in the south have been much more honest since they were almost wiped out by us last time, and that time they were so injured that they no longer dared to go north to break into the territory of the adults. I heard that Odoasey in the south, since he became the leader of the tribe after that return, he has begun to strengthen the walled fortress in Razlog, and has added many fortifications to guard against our sneak attacks. The other two Germanic tribes, Hall and Mundi, have been recuperating from their injuries since they were seriously wounded in the last battle and fled back, and they have only recently recovered from their injuries, and the border army of the Eastern Roman Empire in the southeast has always been very honest, but the Lord has been absent from the territory, although we will send gifts to Lord Modo on time every month, but he is quite unhappy that the Lord did not visit him in person. Moreover, if your Excellency made such a big disturbance in Constantinople this time, your secret agent must have heard about it, and presumably he will soon know that your Excellency has been to Constantinople. However, Lord Modo should not know that the Lord has kidnapped the Eastern Roman Emperor, after all, the Eastern Roman Empire must be secretive about this kind of thing! In addition, Sanquindo and Tinis are quite honest, and the tribute for this quarter has been delivered on time, but the villain heard that the two of them have been secretly recruiting and training new troops in the past two months. And the tax on the territory has been increased! These two are not small in their ambitions! ”

Qin Dong knew that the time to go to Constantinople this time was too long. As a thousand-commander, he should go to Sedika every month to report the situation in the jurisdiction to Modo, if he doesn't go for these three months, Modo will definitely feel uncomfortable, and the distance between Sedika and Pazar is not far, hurry up, you can arrive in one morning, and you can't go so close. How can Modo be happy? It seems that I still have to go to Sedika to meet Moduo.

Modo was the top military commander in the southeastern Balkans of the Xiongnu Empire, and he certainly had an eye on the Eastern Roman Empire. Qin Dong's troubles in Constantinople are absolutely impossible to hide from these spies, I believe that Mo Duo already knows that Qin Dong has been to Constantinople, but he definitely does not know that he kidnapped the emperor, this kind of thing is really a big scandal, the Eastern Roman Empire will definitely keep the news tight, Mo Duo's spy is afraid that it is not so easy to learn such news.

Qin Dong felt that Mo Duo was still a good person, at least Mo Duo was not very greedy, and he also had military talents, and he would not deliberately make things difficult for his subordinates, which was much stronger than the former commander Vatur.

Qin Dong asked again, "Is there any news from other aspects?" ”

Liu San said: "My lord, the situation in the royal court is getting more and more dangerous, and the subordinates have received news from the royal court, and the relationship between Da Shan Yu and several of his brothers is getting worse and worse, and a few people had a dispute in the main hall some time ago!" ”

Qin Dong's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "Do you know what the reason is?" ”

Liu San said: "It seems that it is because Enek, Ernak and Deng Zhixik jointly proposed to Da Shan Yu to give them the rule of the Skpids, Kir and Ostrogoths respectively, as their subject subjects, one level lower than the status of the Huns."

Sure enough, it still happened, Elak and his brothers will soon meet each other, this is almost unstoppable, the sense of urgency in Qin Dong's heart is getting stronger and stronger, he asked, "So big Shan Yu agreed?" ”

"I heard that it was very unpleasant that day, and the brothers almost made a move, but because of the dissuasion of the ministers, they didn't fight, and now the situation is that Da Dan Yu is now weak, and his brothers seem to be united, and the time for Da Dan Yu to compromise should not be far away, with his strength, he can't fight against the union of all his brothers, and the situation on our side is also a little delicate, and the surrounding army belonging to Da Dan Yu's brothers seems to be hostile to us, and the pressure on Lord Moduo's side is also much greater!"

Qin Dong frowned, now the development in his territory is very good, the scale of border commerce has started, the development is getting faster and faster, the farmland and water conservancy in the territory are available, the harvest season is coming soon, and all industries are showing a thriving scene, but at this time, the political situation in the royal court has changed, Elak may be forced to turn his face by his brothers at any time, and the Xiongnu Empire may be torn apart at any time, which is quite unfavorable for him.

He had just tied up the Eastern Roman Emperor, and there was a problem within the Xiongnu Empire here, if Marcian was ransomed, would this old man take advantage of the internal turmoil in the Xiongnu Empire to send troops to Qindong's territory and wait for the opportunity to retaliate?

Qin Dong thought for a while, and said to Peteaus: "Go and see if the distinguished guest we have invited to see if he is suitable for life here, if he can still write, shouldn't he write a letter back and urge the Eastern Roman Empire to pay the ransom?" Does he want to stay here for the rest of his life and enjoy pure happiness? ”

Peteus instantly understood what Qin Dong meant, and immediately agreed: "Okay, my lord, my subordinates will do it later!" ”

After saying this, Qin Dong rang out the more than 5,000 Han people and the other hundreds of Oriental people, and he asked, "Mayor Zhong, how is the accommodation of the more than 5,000 people arranged?" ”

Zhong Hui stood up and said: "My lord, last night they all camped in tents for the night, last night I discussed with the adults and the adults who built the official office, and decided to start building houses for them immediately, of course, they also have to contribute, as for the money to build the houses, they will collect a part of it every year after they move in, and the cost will be recovered within ten years!" ”

"Very good, this matter will be left to you to be responsible, and you have to negotiate and coordinate with other colleagues! Discuss the money you need with the treasurer," Qin Dong nodded. The construction of houses for more than 5,000 people is a big problem, and the construction of houses here is not comparable to that of the East, and the houses built in the Northern Wei Dynasty during this period are generally built with a few wooden sticks to build a frame first, and then a layer of thatched grass is spread on it, which is very simple, and the thatched house is formed.

Families with a little money built large tiled houses that combined wood and adobe bricks, and these families were generally landlords with some property at home, and if it was an official family or a prince's house, they built pavilions and attics, which took a long time to build.

In this period, Europe is generally popular to build stone houses, no matter where, as long as there are stones, no matter how big or small the stone is, how irregular the shape, the Europeans of this period always like to build houses with stones, they have a way to build walls of stones of different shapes and sizes, and then spread wheat straw and thatch on the top, and the rich and noble lords build domes on the roof, which is not only beautiful and generous, but also shows their dignity.

In general, large buildings, especially churches, palaces and consuls' residences, are built with round domes and minarets at the top of the buildings, and frescoes are carved on the walls, which originated from ancient Greece and was well used by the Roman Empire. (To be continued......)