The martial arts arena in the new city was in full swing, and many people were quite interested in martial arts at the beginning. Especially in this world, mortals take fighting as the standard military skills, and they do not need to practice basic skills or internal skills. Usually it is based on even strength and even crossbow shooting. Through the effective organization of these few months, the craftsmen of the former Dongyuan Kingdom finally made the first batch of cylinder air crossbows. Compared with pulley crossbows or lever crossbows, this cylinder air crossbow saves a lot of strength and saves a lot of time for folk crossbowmen to practice basic skills. Under the organization and command of the experienced instructors, from the beginning to the non-entry in terms of shooting accuracy, many people finally felt that practicing martial arts seemed to be an interesting thing, far from being as boring as imagined. If there is one regret, repair is that many people can't "have fun"

"Cylinder gas crossbows also have cylinder lifespan, you don't want to be like those people you have seen on the battlefield in the future, I will teach you some essentials of blocking doors. You have seen this unique net, you have not passed through this net, there are some unique rulers, you have to be patient in the daily feeling and test your eyesight, as long as you can improve the ability to judge the distance, you can skillfully follow the arrangement and shooting regulations in the face of the master of the rivers and lakes approaching or flying over in a suitable range to launch a salvo of a hundred crossbows or a salvo of a thousand crossbows. Although the requirements for basic skills are not very high, the hind feet and arms must still be stable, and only in this way will there be no temporary panic that leads to the phenomenon that the aim is not good."

Zhang Fan, who has a lot of spiritual power, can of course see that although this model crossbow army leader who has selected himself to be more experienced is very calm when he speaks, and he will take care of some people when they are too unserious, he doesn't really care about these people, and reveals a feeling of helplessness or feeling that these people are like dead people.

Of course, Zhang Fan, who had personally dealt with the crossbow army, was not unable to understand what the crossbow army sect leader who had fought with the Xishan Jianghu Realm master group back then was worried about. The effectiveness and power of the cylinder air crossbow are far from being comparable to the traditional bow crossbow. But those masters of the rivers and lakes who really have enough experience are so easy to deal with, they don't know how to fight, they often wear fine armor that ordinary people will think are heavier than flat shoulders, and they hold heavy steel shields that ordinary people can't even hold with one hand. Cylinder air crossbows that can effectively threaten these targets often have a strong recoil, and overcoming this recoil also requires effective and accurate and concentrated salvo coverage under orders, which is no less than the hard work of the top team pillars on the rivers and lakes. With the training attitude of these rich children, there is no doubt that it is easy for people to put unparalleled goods, so it may be simple, I am afraid that even if there are any means, with the will of these people, it is very likely that they will be scattered in a hurry in front of the pressure of the battlefield

"Do you think that even if these people have the defensive system on the periphery of the capital of the Eastern Plains Kingdom before, they will not be able to resist the decent attack of the Jianghu Realm at all," Zhang Fan asked. In fact, Zhang Fan also has a little bit of a bottom in his heart for the answer, but Zhang Fan is not particularly rich in the experience of fighting crossbow soldiers and masters of the rivers and lakes in the real sense, and he is especially prepared to stand on the opposite side.

This sect leader has had some dealings with Zhang Fan these days, and he also knows that Zhang Fan is an approachable person, "In fact, Dongyuan Kingdom has long known that for those masters, only some special mountains can be regarded as city walls in the true sense. Those so-called city walls are just tombs, and under normal circumstances, only a large number of tunnels and hidden bunkers can be arranged during defense, which can cause a little trouble to those masters."

After hearing these words, Zhang Fan recalled some things in the past more soberly, and felt that the actual situation might be more pessimistic than what the sect leader said. In the face of a few masters who are stronger than themselves in terms of skill and not including spells, as well as those who are prepared in armor and shields, even if it is an army of 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands, it is impossible to contain the opponent with just a cylinder gas crossbow. What he faced in the Battle of Zhongzhou at that time was not only a simple cold weapon, but also the threat of various Gu poisons, which was the most important. Without those sufficient Gu poison methods, it is of course impossible for the army of cold weapons alone to threaten the master group

Just when Zhang Fan felt a little disappointed, his arrangement might not be reasonable, and he suddenly thought of a question when he personally took action to balance it during the duel test in the future, so he said without much consideration at this time. I don't know what it would be like to make a larger cylinder gas ballista car, which may be able to solve the backseat problem while maximizing the projection ability, for example, the kind of 10,000-pound cart that can be pulled by eight good horses or forty people, if the main part carries a steel tank with enough pressure, can it project thousands of heavy arrows with enough power in a very short time, and it can't be like this in the field?"

As he spoke, Zhang Fan didn't mind drawing a rough sketch on the ground: "When you use it, dig a fixed shallow pit, and then use the frame to make the entire crossbow body into a ball frame that can swing, and then several people can work together to effectively operate and drag this device for projection training." I know that doing things like a group is also a test of training and cooperation, but a lot of the difficulties related to individuals have been reduced a lot."

Zhang Fan's thought couldn't help but make the crossbow army leader a little surprised, because his master, that is, the craftsman of the Dongyuan Kingdom, had planned to make such an unprecedented cylinder air crossbow. However, with some rich experience, in the end it was rejected again. In the face of a lord like Zhang Fan, the crossbow army sect leader did not conceal it, "My master once designed it, but in the end he gave it up." The main reason is that it is too difficult to forge such a large qualified steel billet. It takes too many excellent craftsmen to make it possible, and no one can say what the final cost-effectiveness ratio will be. As a rule of thumb, it is impossible to make such an extreme object perfect the first time, and if the first three times are not perfect, you may run the risk of being regarded as a meticulous work."

Zhang Fan was somewhat silent when he heard these words at the beginning. Moreover, Zhang Fan himself is a warlock, but to a certain extent, he is also a martial artist, and subconsciously does not want to see the appearance of things that can really threaten him. However, at this time, Zhang Fan was still very smart after all, and if he wanted to break the boundary between martial artists and ordinary people, he still had to rely on the progress of these means after all. What's more, just by refining the cylinder ballista, at most it means that the martial arts group that is not large in size and specifications has a minimum resistance in defense, and it may not be able to talk about the extent to which it can pose a real threat to itself.

If you effectively improve the direction and let these people engage in more practical work in this area, won't you really be able to establish a sense of ownership in a certain sense In fact, Zhang Fan realized very early that if a society is to be relatively healthy and has a strong ability to resist the corruption of the upper class, it needs to be sufficiently conscious of rights and interests and awareness of personal needs. But it is clear that the vast majority of ordinary people in this Eastern Plains country cannot have this kind of awareness. It is precisely because of this that he specially selected those children of rich families with a certain amount of knowledge to build a new society, because these people have not spent time in poverty since childhood, and have a sense of yearning for wealth and comfort, but not too demanding of their own "rich heart", and some aspects of their consciousness are undoubtedly more acute and rigid than ordinary people. These people transform into craftsmen who truly work and toil for their own safety, and perhaps they can sort out a new culture of social relations

Therefore, in the future, Zhang Fan did not have much confidence in these people gathered in Pingyang New Town to defend themselves through martial arts, and began to carry out extensive "trial work", so that the craftsmen could select people who had real understanding and at least interest, established a "Seiko class", and increased the number of people who made cylinder gas ballista cars.

Steelsmiths and blacksmiths are typical hard work, and soon some people can't stand the harsh demands of those craftsmen, especially when these people are used to living the life of their masters before, and they are very determined to pull down their faces to work.

Of course, Zhang Fan also learned a lot about the situation when he secretly investigated through his unique spiritual power, and he didn't feel that the problem was all in these people who were not used to the life of the lower classes. If you get along with each other in different places, it is impossible for you to accept the requirements of many craftsmen. After thinking for a moment, Zhang Fan summoned thousands of craftsmen to talk about some of his new requirements and rules.

"The new city has the rules of the new city, which are different from the past to some extent. They are not sinners who have come to be sent down, and their status is not fundamentally reduced than before. You are just the prince and the prince in a sense, don't think too highly of yourself. In this case, I will set up a separate inspection system. Don't be too those people, and three hours of accumulated labor a day is sufficient, and five days are enough for one rest. If someone is found to be too poor or too unserious, I will give a real heavy penalty. I think that only when a thing does not cause boredom can it arouse enthusiasm for a long time, and I think there are many people with thoughts and ideas among these people, and you can also communicate with these people more and study problems with the attitude of learning from each other rather than who is in charge of whom. You know, you yourself are not outsiders, and if they lose the catastrophe in ten years, you will not be much better."

After Zhang Fan made a correction and spent a lot of effort, he gradually established a relationship between a thousand craftsmen and more than 30,000 selected "scholars" that seemed to be completely different from before.

In this process, Zhang Fan of course also found some problems, many craftsmen do not have enough arithmetic talent, and some of the geniuses who stand out have communication barriers. Therefore, these people's thoughts can only be reported to themselves as Zhang Fan requested. In order to lighten his burden to a certain extent, Zhang Fan had to set up a special "research institute" to freely discuss some problems in cylinders, ballistas or other types of equipment. It has also established a test site in the true sense of the word, realizing the integration of production and research.

In this case, many of the roadblocks that used to seem labor-intensive have been gradually resolved. Including new forging hammers and even forging hammer designs, new processing and manufacturing methods, and even new smelting methods.

For a long time, one of the problems of the craftsmen of the Eastern Plains Province was that most of the craftsmen did not have a unique culture except for a few officials in charge, and the processing and manufacturing relied more on experience. As a result, "more trust in hammers than machines" began to change, and many things began to change when the people who did the work began to have the same interest and knowledge as the children of a rich family.

Of course, even so, there were many problems with the cylinder ballista that was made for the first time. The direction is not stable when operating, and it is easy to be pulled crooked by multiple people. Moreover, the air leakage phenomenon in some special places is serious, which directly affects the accuracy and power. At the time of testing, there were a few places where something was close to the edge of the accident.

Under Zhang Fan's more tolerant management, the more mature second sample cylinder ballista was soon trial-produced. By maximizing the efficiency of the way. When this 10,000-jin ballista projected thousands of strong crossbows at a time, it began to be able to really penetrate a lot of one-point thick stainless steel plates without direct incidence.

In the process of making these ballistas, Zhang Fan and even the craftsmen soon discovered that it was not only the power itself that determined the ability to penetrate. The hardness and quality of the arrowhead are also very important, if you are a person with a traditional craftsman consciousness, you may try to mobilize more people to keep improving, but for many apprentices who are not very industrious and have a certain status, finding ways to make more economical methods has become a new direction for many people.

Soon, specialized tools for forging arrows also began to appear. Although it still takes a lot of effort to process arrows in batches, it is much easier than making those particularly sophisticated arrows in the past, and even the arrows that include the poison Gu aperture space. There are also many talented apprentices who have learned a lot of different things in the process of building these ballistas.

"Lord, you see, there seems to be some unique internal pattern to these test numbers. The relationship between them seems to be some kind of continuous multiplication."

Of course, Zhang Fan has already noticed the law in some details: "It should be time"

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