Qingshui Town is about a hundred miles away from the capital, although it is only a town, there are many people, there are many shops on the street, and there are many peddlers and pawns carrying flat shoulders.

"Lord Song, how about we set up a place to raise funds here?" Tianling tiptoed and looked out the window, "This place is almost far away from Pingjing and Jiangshan, and the merchants from the two places have rushed over at about the same time, in addition, there are all kinds of inns and shops here, you see how big the inn we live in, and people will not worry about being able to settle down." ”

"If we hadn't had an accident on the mountain before, I would have no objection to this proposal." Lord Song took a sip of hot tea and shook his head, "It's okay that the merchants from Jiangshan come here, you don't have to go through that mountain, but the merchants from Pingjing come over, and it's dangerous." ”

"That's right." Heavenly Spirit nodded, "So shouldn't we clear the way for them first?" ”

"We don't have enough manpower, if you return at this moment, please send people, that mountain is the only way to go, and it is unknown to go back again." Song thought for a moment, "The only way is to go to Jiang Mountain immediately to ask for assistance, but if this is the case, it will take too much time to go back and forth." ”

"Where's the yamen in town?" Tianling thought for a moment, "How many servants are there?" What might we be able to do? ”

"Fuzhou County has a quota, hundreds of people in small counties, thousands of people in large counties, and a town of Qingshui Town's size, at most thirty or forty people is good." Song explained, "We were ordered to build official roads, and the government officials along the way must cooperate and receive, so we can dispatch the officials in the government office, but ······."

"In the local prefectures and counties, the yamen are all called government officials, so among the thirty or forty people estimated by this official just now, including the horsemen and the husbands, the soldiers and other errand servants, and the real people who can be driven by the station may be less than twenty." Lord Song sighed, "If the Qiao guards are not mistaken, then the number of bandits is much more than thirty, and more than a dozen officials can compete with them, not to mention, the bandits also occupy a geographical advantage." ”

Lord Song shook his head as he spoke, what Tianling thought of, he had also thought about before, if it worked, he would still be in a dilemma?

Tianling fell into deep thought, whether it is the fundraising in front of him or the construction of official roads in the future, those people on the mountain are a great threat, and the people who can make all the surrounding people move their families may not be ordinary bandits!

It can't compete with it in numbers, but what if you add powerful weapons?

The big killer, in addition to people, also things.

"If you are equipped with good weapons, you can have the strength to fight?" Tianling looked at Song Qi.

Song still shook his head, "No matter how sharp the sword is, the person who holds the sword is not fast enough, and in the end, it will be given to the enemy in vain." ”

"If you want to do so much with less, face-to-face slashing is obviously not advisable." Tianling said, "Swords are all close-quarters weapons, if they are replaced with bows and arrows, is the chance of winning better?" ”

Lord Song laughed when he heard this, "Tianling, you are very smart, replacing your sword with a bow and arrow, it does look much better than hand-to-hand combat, but you ignore that the servants are not soldiers, and they can't penetrate Yang arrows in a hundred steps." ”

It seems that only by taking out something can Lord Song believe that this kind of thing exists!

"Lord Song, when I was on an errand in His Majesty's library, I saw a book depicting a weapon, called Yuan Rong, which is smaller than a bow and arrow, but what is even more amazing is that the book says that this kind of weapon can fire several arrows at the same time, which can make an ordinary person easily complete a series of arrows, if there is such a weapon, don't we need to ask for help?"

"Counting arrows in a row? What does that weapon look like? Tianling instantly hooked up Lord Song's fanaticism for mechanical equipment, but Song's eyes lit up, his expression was excited, smaller than a bow and arrow, he could count arrows in a row, the key is that these ordinary people can complete it, if such a thing really exists, what are dozens of bandits? Even a hundred of them are not afraid!

"I'll draw it for you." Tian Ling walked to the table, picked up a pen and paper and drew the appearance of the repeater, because the time was pressing, Tian Ling was afraid that Lord Song would not be able to make the repeater in time, and also made a note next to the pattern.

One crossbow and ten arrows······

Arrow Case······

Iron······

The arrow is eight inches long······

The crossbow is twenty-one inches long······

Song stood beside Tianling, and the more he looked at it, the more shocked he became, with his familiarity with the mechanism and equipment, how could he not see the feasibility and lethality of this weapon?

"There is such a skill!"

"It's incredible!"

"It's amazing!"

Lord Song was amazed and delighted, and his heart was full of how to make this thing, and he was eager to do more.

As soon as Tianling finished painting, Song took the drawing, "Come with me to the yamen in the town." ”

"Lord Song doesn't have to be so anxious, don't be in a hurry to destroy the thieves for a while." Tianling looked at Song Ke, who was about to rush out by pulling him, a little helpless, although he was frightened before, there was no need to be in such a hurry.

"Bandits? What bandits? Song looked puzzled, "How can a thief have this repeater for fun!" ”

Sure enough, in front of Lord Song, the most important thing is to engage in the doorway, and the rest have to give in to this, and as soon as the crossbow drawings come out, they will forget all about the bandits, but Lord Song, you have to figure out the priority, the crossbow is made to deal with the bandits, not for you to play!

Although it was made and used to deal with the bandits in the end, Tianling always felt that the relationship between the priority and the second was wrong! Forget it, this is not academic, so you don't have to be so rigorous.

When he came to the yamen of Qingshui Town, Song showed his identity, and the pavilion chief respectfully welcomed Song Ke and Tianling into the yamen.

As soon as Song entered, he asked the pavilion chief to find an axe, wood, and an ink fountain, and he couldn't wait for a moment.

And Tianling was on the side and asked the pavilion chief about some of the situation. Qingshui Town has a large population, and the yamen is larger than ordinary towns, but the number of errand servants is customized because of the imperial court, so even if things are busy on weekdays, there are not many people in the yamen who are on errands.

As Song expected, there were only fifteen officials in the yamen.

Heavenly Spirits calculated, excluding miscellaneous servants, there are only eight who can take people up the mountain to cut people.

The emperor gave him four guards, but Song had six retinues, which means that the manpower they can muster at the moment is only eighteen!

Qiao Mianzhi said that there were as many as 30 people at that time, so there were at least 30 people on the other side, which does not exclude those who were not present at that time.

It's still enough to choke!

Tianling frowned, the so-called knowing oneself and knowing that the other side would not be defeated in a hundred battles, and now he didn't know anything except that there were at least thirty people on the other side.

"Little sea pepper." The Heavenly Spirit shouted.

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