Chapter 26: An artifact rewarded by the owner
Today's weather is nice, and although the early morning frost feels a little chilly, the whole land warms up as the sun rises.
After the maid went down with the washed basin, Yang Zheng applied some lanolin ointment on his hands.
The climate in the north is relatively cold and dry, and the skin is prone to dry and cracked, so in order to keep it moist, people here generally like to apply lanolin ointment, which is the same reason that people on the earth in the previous life liked to apply hand cream in winter.
Yang An also gets up very early every day, as the owner's personal attendant and errand, and obeys his orders and summons by the owner's side at any time, which is Yang An's biggest responsibility.
Recently, Yang An has been a little unhappy, because the promise promised by the owner to him has not been fulfilled.
Last time in Dalonggou, the owner of the village said that he would give him a different hand crossbow, but now many days have passed, and the owner has never mentioned it again, probably forgot!
Thinking of Yang Mazi, they all have their own hand crossbows, and as the owner's followers, except for a few days ago in Dalonggou, they have never touched the hand crossbow except for a few arrows with other people's strong crossbows, which makes Yang An very depressed.
Looking at Yang Zheng, who was playing with his hair in the mirror, Yang An finally couldn't help but whisper: "Owner, you don't mean what you say." ”
"What?"
Yang Zheng turned his head to look at him, "Yang An, what were you muttering there just now?" ”
Yang An said: "The owner of the village said last time that he would give a small hand crossbow, but it has been so many days, and he has not mentioned it again, so he probably forgot." ”
"Who said I forgot?" Yang Zheng raised his eyebrows, "The owner of this village is true to his word, and he never breaks his word!" I'll give you a different hand crossbow later! ”
Hearing this, Yang An's eyes lit up, "Really? ”
"Of course it's true, I need to lie to you." After speaking, Yang Zheng took out the Zhuge repeater hidden at the head of the bed and handed it to Yang An, "This Zhuge repeater is specially prepared for you by the owner." ”
Looking at the uniquely shaped Zhuge repeater in front of him, Yang An was pleasantly surprised, and immediately took the repeater like a treasure, bowed down with a smile and thanked: "Thank you, owner, what kind of Zhuge repeater, is there Yang Mazi and their little yellow crossbow?" ”
Yang Zheng said proudly: "Of course, it is more powerful than the little yellow crossbow, you know, this is a repeating crossbow, an artifact that can continuously fire arrows." ”
"Shooting arrows in a row, so powerful?" Yang Anxin was excited for a while, and his mouth was about to smile crookedly.
However, looking at the black arrow box on the repeater, Yang An asked suspiciously, "What is this long wooden box on the repeater for?" And how to make this Zhuge repeater? ”
Yang Zheng said casually: "Wait a minute, I'll teach you ......"
After breakfast, Yang Zheng asked Yang An to call Zhao Tiequan, Yang Xiu, and Yang Shiyuan to see him.
The three of them are now responsible for the security of the entire Yangjiazhuang, and they have a heavy responsibility.
The main purpose of summoning the three of them was to teach them to use a new weapon, the Zhuge Repeater.
Last night, Yang Zheng carried out twenty Zhuge crossbows in the Infinite Armory, and they must be distributed as soon as possible, and a group of people must be selected to come out first to familiarize themselves with the new weapons.
Since Zhao Tiequan and the others are responsible for defending Yangjiazhuang, no matter what new weapons they have, they must be handed over to the three of them, and after the three of them are proficient in using them, they will teach the following Zhuang Ding to use them.
Yang Zheng sat in his small courtyard and waited patiently, and after a while, Zhao Tiequan, Yang Xiu, and Yang Shiyuan rushed over together.
There is a stone table in the small courtyard, surrounded by six round stone piers, which is in the hot summer, Yang Zheng specially ordered craftsmen to polish it to rest and enjoy the coolness.
From a distance, the three of them saw Yang Zheng sitting in front of the stone table, and immediately the three of them hurriedly saluted: "I have seen the owner of the village......
Yang Zheng smiled and beckoned to the three of them, "Uncle Zhao, come and sit." ”
"Yes, owner!"
After the three of them sat down one after another, Yang An, who was standing on the side, poured hot tea for the three of them, and then retreated to the side to wait.
At this time, Yang Zheng picked up the teacup and took a sip gently, looked up at Zhao Tiequan, and found that his face was haggard, and his eyes were bloodshot, so he immediately asked casually: "Uncle Zhao, didn't you rest last night?" ”
Zhao Tiequan rubbed his eyes and said with a smile: "Because I was worried that the thieves from the Black Tiger Village would attack the village, I took dozens of crossbowmen last night and patrolled inside and outside the village all night, until after dawn, Yang Xiu and Shi came to take over, and I dared to have a moment to relax." ”
Hearing that he hadn't slept all night patrolling to guard Yangjiazhuang, Yang Zheng felt a little unhappy in his heart, "It's hard Uncle Zhao." ”
Zhao Tiefist waved his hand, "This is very hard, taking care of the home and nursing home was originally Zhao's responsibility, not to mention that now is an extraordinary period, and it should be harder." ”
Yang Zheng nodded with satisfaction, in order to let Zhao Tiequan go back to rest earlier, he stopped talking nonsense, and said directly to the point: "Uncle Zhao, Yang Xiu and Shiyuan, I summoned the three of you this morning, in fact, there are some new weapons to be handed over to you to use." ”
"New weapons?"
Hearing that there were weapons again, Zhao Tiequan and the others were in high spirits, especially Yang Xiu and Yang Shiyuan, whose eyes were full of excitement. "Master, what kind of new weapon is it?"
Yang Zheng said casually: "Hand crossbow." ”
"Hand crossbow again?" Yang Shiyuan asked curiously: "Could it be that it is still the little yellow crossbow we used before?" ”
Yang Zheng shook his head and said, "It's not a little yellow crossbow, it's a repeating crossbow!" ”
"Repeater? Really? ”
Hearing this, the eyes of the three of them lit up, and their breathing became short.
You know, repeaters are a rarity.
In today's Great Liao Empire, the army with repeater crossbows is generally the most elite troops in the empire, like those well-equipped regular troops of the Great Liao, they may not all have repeaters.
There are many people, not to mention having seen a crossbow, they have never even heard of it.
On the spot, Yang Zheng turned his head and ordered: "Yang An, go and move the big wooden box under my bed." ”
"Yes, owner!"
A moment later, under the expectant gaze of Zhao Tiequan and the others, Yang An moved a heavy wooden box out of Yang Zheng's house.
In front of everyone, Yang Zheng opened the wooden box, and suddenly, Zhao Tiequan and several people couldn't wait to surround him, looking at the nineteen Zhuge crossbows piled up in the box, and the three of them were amazed.
"This is the legendary repeater? Does it look so subtle and unique? ”
Yang Shiyuan, who was itching, was the first to take out the repeating crossbow from the box, watched it for a long time, and couldn't help asking: "This repeating crossbow is indeed a little different from the little yellow crossbow, especially the slender wooden box above, what is the purpose of it?" ”
The well-informed Zhao Tiequan pondered for a moment, and then guessed the key, "This wooden box may be something that stores arrows." ”
Hearing this, Yang Zheng nodded, "Uncle Zhao is right, this wooden box on the crossbow has ten arrows hidden in it, as long as you grab the arrow box and pull it back, you can wind it, and at the same time, the mechanism at the bottom of the arrow box will open, and the arrows will fall all the way on the arrow slot, it's useless to say more, or you ......can try it yourself."