It is said that Wu Yong, the leader of Liangshan, met Tang Long, the "money leopard" who had come from Yan'an Mansion to this place, and Li Kui, the "black whirlwind" who returned to his hometown in Yizhou from Jiangzhou to visit relatives, was overjoyed, so he pulled the two heroes to talk at a table banquet.

Originally from Yuncheng Dongxi Zhuang Chao Gai led a group of brothers to Liangshan, the military discipline was strict, hard work, and the mountain was prosperous. "Zhiduoxing" Wu Yong is a military advisor, in charge of the formulation and implementation of Liangshan's program and various laws and regulations, and also forms a think tank with Bai Sheng, the "day mouse", in charge of Liangshan cottage's personnel statistics, development planning, data collation, and financial and food distribution. Lin Chong, the head of the 800,000 forbidden army in Tokyo, and his wife Lin Niangzi were responsible for supervising the training of sergeants, and they also obtained the ancestral art of war "Linggong Raiders" of the "blue-faced beast" Yang Zhi, which was even more powerful and advanced by leaps and bounds. Yang Zhi mainly engaged in ordnance manufacturing, inspected the weapons up and down the cottage, repaired them, and developed many new weapons, which were quite powerful. "Red-haired ghost" Liu Tang often goes out of the mountains to contact the cottage water cities on other hills, gather forces, and exchange news. The three Ruan brothers, Ruan Xiaoer, "Lidi Tai Sui", Ruan Xiaowu, "Short-lived Erlang" Ruan Xiaowu, and "Living Yama" Ruan Xiaoqi strengthened the water sentry day and night, and the "beautiful bearded man" Zhu Tong and the "winged tiger" Lei Heng Er were all in charge of the mountain sentry posts, guarding the outside and ensuring safety and security. The veteran leaders of Liangshan, Du Qian, who "touched the sky", and Song Wan, who was "King Kong in the clouds", were responsible for the logistical work such as food and living up and down the cottage, while Zhu Gui, who was "Ignoring the Law on the Dry Land", was responsible for inquiring about news and liaising with the outside world at the Nanshan stronghold "Baimu Hotel" at the entrance of Liangshan in Shuibo.

Nothing else, this weapon requires a large amount of iron, and the number of blacksmiths is limited, and the patterns drawn by Yang Zhi are too complicated, and it is difficult for ordinary blacksmiths to complete them. When this situation was reported to the military division, the genius scientist Stein Wu Yong also knew the truth that "it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice", and personally led the entourage sergeant to the surrounding mineral-producing counties to conduct research.

Everyone compared Wu's chain with Tang Long's dagger repeatedly, and sure enough, the two metal characteristics were not different, and when they took Li Kui's new weapon, the plate axe, was also very different from the ordinary pig iron axe. The crowd admired again and drank several bowls of wine.

Tang Long said: "In this way, there are many more 'baby spindles'? ”

Wu Yong said: "Brother Tang doesn't know, this 'baby spindle' is produced outside the sky, and it is something that our Great Song Dynasty originally did not have. Xiaozhai has now collected a lot, but the number is limited. And once the treasure is opened, it falls apart. In addition to the 'Nebula Chain' that I made at the beginning, I also developed a number of 'compressed metal capsules' to hold luggage. So the fragments of this spindle have been used up, and it is difficult to make other weapons. Therefore, I went out of the mountain this time to see if there was a breakthrough in making weapons, but I didn't expect to meet you, Brother Tang, who is also a parasitic man from outside the world! Do you think it's the fate of our brothers? Come on, dry this bowl of wine again! ”

After hearing this, Tang Long raised his bowl and drank in, and said: "Don't hide it from Leader Wu, the junior brother has the ability to prospect and analyze metals. The mineral materials used in this 'baby spindle' are also everywhere in my Great Song Dynasty. Although it takes some time to refine, as long as there are enough manpower and time, mass production is not a problem. ”

As he spoke, he took out a dagger from his body that was exactly the same as the one he had just now.

Everyone took a look at it, and it was indeed from appearance to material, from luster to hardness, the two daggers were exactly the same, and it was difficult to distinguish them. When they tried to sharpen it, they also sharpened iron like clay, and broke gold like cloth.

Tang Long said: "This second one is the alloy dagger that my little brother found my Great Song Dynasty ore smelting and forging!" ”

Wu grabbed Tang Long's hand with a handful and said excitedly: "Brother Tang, in this way, my brothers have indeed found a great gospel!" You must follow me to Liangshan to meet the leaders and brothers, or I will be the great sinner of Liangshan!" ”

Tang Long was about to agree, but Li Kui was anxious on the sidelines, but said, "How can Brother Tang be such a mother-in-law?" Boss Wu, why don't you let me go to Liangshan to have a look? After speaking, he remembered that his family leave was full, and he had to go back to Jiangzhou tomorrow to resume his life, so he couldn't help beating his chest and feeling annoyed again. When the people looked at him like this, they only comforted him.

Wu Yong said to Li Kui: "Brother Tieniu, don't be annoyed, 'all over the world are brothers', in the future, my brother will definitely find you and plan for great things together!" ”

Li Kui replied: "Wherever you can use my iron ox, Brother Ang, you can say that my two plate axes made by the Tang Long brothers are not vegetarians!" ”

Everyone burst into laughter and drank with Li Kui again.

Wu Yong asked the relatives of the two again. Tang Long is alone, flexible and mobile; Li Kui has a blind mother, and he and his sister live in Yishui County, which is really a big concern for him. Wu Yong didn't say a word, and instructed Li Kui to take care of Li Kui's mother and sister with Tang Long and the brothers of Liangshan today. Although Li Kui is a rough man, he is a dutiful son, and he can't help crying at this moment, kneeling down in front of Wu Yong, and thanking him a thousand times. So he happily led everyone to the house to meet his mother and sister, and bought a small cart, and packed up his belongings.

Tang Long has been trekking through mountains and rivers these days, and a lot of luggage has been temporarily stored in the iron shop in Yishui County. When he went back to talk to the boss of the iron shop about his intentions, the boss just regretted that he wanted to pay him more, but Tang Long politely declined.

Early the next morning, three groups of people - Wu Yong and his party, Tang Long, and Li Kui's family gathered at Li Kui's house. When everyone looked at it, Tang Long's luggage, plus Li Kui's belongings, was also piled up.

Wu Yong smiled with everyone, asking everyone to retreat a foot away, but took out a "short spindle" from his hand, and everyone knew that this was the "compressed metal capsule".

Wu Yong spun a few times, but threw it in the direction of the pile of luggage, and with a "bang", the luggage disappeared in a blink of an eye, leaving only the metal capsule spinning on the ground. Li Kui was anxious, so he stepped forward and hugged it in his hand, looked up and down, left and right, and said to himself: "Strange, really strange!" So he reported this strange phenomenon to the invisible old lady, and the old lady was surprised again and again.

What everyone has seen and what they have not seen has also opened their eyes. Tang Long admired this magical object from the bottom of his heart, and his yearning for Liangshan deepened.

At three o'clock in the morning, Li Kui had to say goodbye to everyone, and repeatedly told Wu Yong to take care of his wife. Everyone saw Li Kui as a big black man, saying goodbye to his mother and sister in tears, and they were also moved in their hearts.

Wu Yong handed over the two gold ingots to Li Kui and promised him: "Brother Tieniu, don't worry, with my Wu Yong's mouthful, you will never starve our old lady and sister!" It's just that Brother Tie Niu should be careful all the way, don't let the old lady and sisters and brothers worry! ”

Li Kui just blinked his eyes and shed tears, and wiped and wiped with his cuffs.

Tang Long also handed over a few silver ingots to Li Kui, and said affectionately: "Brother Li Kui, take care!" Less arguing with others in everything, drinking less wine, talking less, safety first! Let's eat and drink with Brother Li Kui in the future! ”

Li Kui's face was full of beard and cried, and he hugged Tang Long reluctantly.

In the end, he wiped his tears and stubbornly turned around, and strode towards the direction of the official road, but the two plate axes that Tang Long made for him had been inserted in the waist of his back, reflecting the dazzling sunlight.

I saw that he walked a hundred steps, turned his head suddenly, tears flashed, "poof" knelt down and kowtowed three more times in the direction of everyone, and then turned around, and walked away without looking back.

Wu Yong, Tang Long and others watched for a long time before putting away the metal capsule, pushing Li Kui's mother with a small cart, leading Li Kui's sister to the road back to Liangshan.

Everyone talked about a lot of affairs along the way, and it was because they hated each other late, and so on.

On this day, everyone finally arrived at the "Baimu Restaurant" at the entrance of Deliang Mountain, and Zhu Gui had already received the news and led people to greet you at the door of the hotel.

It is indispensable to arrange a banquet for everyone to catch the wind and wash the dust, and after meeting Tang Long and Li Kui's families, everyone greeted each other again.

When everyone crossed the water by boat, the soldiers carried Li Kui's mother and sister to the cottage in a bamboo sedan chair, and Tang Long met with the leaders, which was already the next morning.

After listening to Wu Xuexue's talk about the adventures with Tang Long and Li Kui in Yizhou, the leaders met with Tang Long and Li Kui's families, and hurriedly arranged the accommodation of the new people who went up the mountain, and after settling down properly, they held a feast and celebrated each other for several days.

After that, Tang Long discussed the manufacture of this weapon with Wu Yong, Bai Sheng, Yang Zhi and others.

Tang Long took the pattern drawn by Yang Zhi and swept it with his extraordinary eye, the specifications and sizes of various devices were clear at a glance, and the material attributes were also displayed in small green light in the upper right corner of the field of vision. He recorded what he saw and added it to the drawings, combined with his prospecting notes, converted it into the corresponding metal type, and handed it to Yang Zhi. After Yang Zhi saw it, he was amazed and called "creation". Wu Yong and Bai Sheng looked at each other and smiled, knowing that this was almost the end of the matter.

There were also blacksmithing workshops in Liangshan Cottage, and there were few reserves of metal ores. Tang Long took over, on the one hand, he ordered the sappers to search for ore according to their prospecting notes, and on the other hand, he made components with other blacksmiths. I saw that the chimney of the blacksmithing workshop was cloudy all day long, and the sound of "booming" in the workshop was endless, and it was a busy and tense scene in full swing and in an orderly manner.

Within a few days, Tang Long handed over the first weapon he had supervised and built after going up the mountain to Yang Zhi.

It was a "nine-shot repeating crossbow". The usual bow crossbow has only one bow and one arrow slot, and when the trigger is pulled, the bow and arrow are fired along the arrow slot to shoot at the enemy. This repeater, on the other hand, has nine arrow slots and nine bows at the same time. When nine bows are fully drawn at the same time, nine special bows and arrows are loaded, and when the trigger is pulled once, one bow and arrow is fired from top to bottom, and a maximum of nine bows and arrows can be fired continuously in one load.

When Yang Zhi tried the crossbow, when he pulled the bow latch back, the nine bows were full at the same time and hung on the tongue. He also took the nine alloy arrowhead feather arrows inserted in a nine-hole wooden stick from Tang Long's hand, and immediately loaded them into the nine-shot repeating crossbow. Then aim at a bench 100 meters away with nine empty bowls, and move the firing position laterally while pulling the trigger while aiming slightly. Only a "pop" sound was heard nine times, and the nine empty bowls were shot to smash in turn.

The leaders and soldiers who were watching from the side shouted loudly.

Yang Zhi put down the aimed crossbow and a smile appeared on his lips.

At this time, Tang Long also smiled at him.