Zhuang Zhong could hear Chu He say this, and immediately fell silent.

From his ever-changing face, you could tell that there was a fierce battle in his heart.

People leave their hometowns, in this era, few people are willing to leave their hometowns, Zhuang Zhongneng used to follow his father to travel and make a living, it can be seen that he is not a peaceful person, at least his heart is more wild than other villagers.

After going out for several years, and even having the experience of entering the army to become a military craftsman, Zhuang Zhong can see and experience, and he is much richer than ordinary craftsmen.

He is a very cautious person, he knows how to read words and feelings, otherwise he would not have guessed some clues because of the sentence 'come into the house and say', and take the opportunity to take his daughter away.

Since Chu He took out the structural diagram of the Eight Ox Crossbow, I am afraid he will not be allowed to refuse.

In any case, such a big killing weapon, it is impossible for Chu He to leak out easily.

After thinking for a long time, Zhuang Zhongneng sighed, his eyes no longer flickered, and looked directly at Chu He: "Dare to ask Chu Gongzi, do you know that making such a crossbow machine and being discovered by the imperial court is a great crime of raiding the family and exterminating the clan?"

"The old man dares to assert that this crossbow machine is even more terrifying than the Zhuge repeater invented by Zhuge Wenxiang! It is one of the most terrible crossbow machines in the world, and it is a real murder weapon. ”

Zhuang Xing heard Zhuang Zhongneng's words, and immediately opened his mouth wide, his face was shocked, and he was speechless for a while.

Zhuge Wenxiang, in the hearts of the people of Shu, is a land fairy-like figure, even if he has received loyal ideological education, he will not feel that Captain Chu is more powerful than Zhuge Wenxiang.

How could the teacher say that the crossbow mechanism diagram taken out by Captain Chu is more terrifying than Zhuge Wenxiang's Zhuge repeater?

You must know that the Zhuge crossbow is one of the most terrifying military weapons in Dashu, which terrifies the enemy army, and can fire ten crossbow arrows at a time, which can penetrate the armor and be used to defend the city fortress.

Dozens or hundreds of crossbows are installed all over the city, firing at the same time, can easily kill hundreds of enemies at a time, generals below the third grade can not resist, Captain Chu's machine crossbow, can only fire three arrows at a time, how can it be more powerful than the Zhuge crossbow with ten arrows?

He was not as knowledgeable as Zhuang Zhongneng, and he couldn't see the real horror of the Eight Bull Crossbow.

Chu He heard Zhuang Zhongneng's question, and smiled slightly: "Of course, it is terrible to raid the family and exterminate the clan. But it has to be copied by a family. ”

"The times are chaotic, the people are displaced, such as the previous Datong County draw, tens of thousands of young people have never returned, and I don't know how many families have been destroyed. ”

"Now there is even more Nanban Rebellion, if you don't try to protect yourself, don't wait for the order of the imperial court to raid the house, the family will be ruined and no longer exist. ”

He looked at Zhuang Zhongneng with blazing eyes, and said again: "Chu and his three thousand tigers are determined to protect the peace of Datong County, but the enemy army is so powerful that he has to use the power of the crossbow to implore Zhuang Lao Zhang to help Chu with a certain arm, and hundreds of thousands of people in Datong will definitely not forget Lao Zhang's kindness!"

Zhuang Zhongneng sighed: "The old man has lived for fifty years, but his mind is far less generous and benevolent than that of Chu Gongzi. Thanks to Chu Gongzi's affordability, the old man doesn't shirk anything, I can help Chu Gongzi build a crossbow machine, but the old man has a request. ”

Chu He was overjoyed: "Uncle Zhuang, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." ”

Zhuang Zhongneng's face was straight: "Although the construction of the machine crossbow is to protect the family and the people, and it is a last resort, but in the end, it is something that the court is afraid of, especially such a murder weapon, which is known by the court and will definitely try to seize it." ”

"It's not a pity to be old and old, but Xiu'er can't let it go, and I hope that this matter will not involve Xiu'er, in case of an accident, I implore Gongzi Chu to try to save Xiu'er. ”

Chu He also said solemnly: "Don't worry, Uncle Zhuang, Chu He can swear to the sky here, and he will definitely not cause trouble to Xiu'er because of this matter, if he violates the oath, five thunders will hit the top!"

Zhuang Lao Zhang was relieved, people in this era attach great importance to oaths, Chu He swore like this, Zhuang Lao Gong has no worries.

He nodded: "In that case, then please ask Gongzi Chu to send someone to clean up your things, and the old man will go back to Qinghe Village with Gongzi Chu." Some of the tools in the shop are familiar, so it's better to take them with you. ”

Zhuang Xing was stunned for a moment: "The teacher is also going to Qinghe Village?"

Old man Zhuang glanced at Zhuang Xing with a wry smile, this apprentice is good at everything, but his head is a little stunned, since he decided to build an eight-bull crossbow for Chu He, how can he continue to stay in the carpenter village.

As Zhuang Zhong expected, Chu He was prepared, and immediately said with a smile: "This is easy to do, my people are outside the village, please wait a while." ”

As a person of later generations, Chu He is well aware of the preciousness of these craftsmen, in fact, most of the literati and scholars can only recite poems and do not contribute much to the progress of the world.

The progress of science and technology is basically driven by craftsmen and artists, Zhuang Zhongneng and Chu Qianzhong, the strength of the two can even be worth thousands of troops, Chu He attaches great importance to Zhuang Zhongneng.

After taking Zhuang Zhongneng and Xiu'er to Qinghe Village to settle down, Zhuang Zhongneng immediately put into work, but before making the Eight Ox Crossbow, he put forward many requirements for Chu He.

To exert the power of the Eight Ox Crossbow, it is not necessary to use any wood material.

Chu He really hadn't thought about this problem before, his calculations were all based on the performance of alloy steel, and he didn't think about whether the wood could withstand this force at all.

In his heart, the previous eight-ox crossbows were all made of wood, if Zhuang Zhong could not come up with it, Chu He would not know, and the material of wood was made of many exquisite.

However, such as the ten-year-old iron-winged wood, the hundred-year-old iron-jujube wood, etc., are not rare things, and with the current power of the Chu River, it is not difficult to obtain these things.

When Chu He was looking for all kinds of wood, Zhuang Zhongneng had already secretly found a few disciples who had nothing to worry about and were brave enough, and built a bow and crossbow field in a secret place next to the steelmaking yard, and secretly made eight ox crossbows for Chu He.

Among the contraband in Shu, crossbow arrows are the first, followed by battle armor, making eight-bull crossbows, but the work of tying his head to his waist, Chu He will not be stingy, and he has opened a very high level of work for Zhuang Zhongneng and others.

This is estimated to be the first basic salary plus performance bonus in the three countries.

Zhuang Zhongneng's basic salary is ten taels of silver plus five stones of rice a month, and for each eight-ox crossbow he builds, he will be rewarded with five taels of silver, such a high salary, one month can basically be worth Zhuang Zhongneng's savings in the first half of his life.

Zhuang Zhongneng's several disciples, the salary is not low, three taels of silver plus three stones of rice, which is equivalent to the most elite military salary of Qianyuanwei, and there is also a performance reward of one or two silver, as long as you are diligent and build a few more eight-bull crossbows, you can get ten taels of silver a month.

Money and silk are moving, if you want others to work for you, you must ensure that people have no worries about food and clothing, Chu He offered such a reward, showing enough sincerity, so that Zhuang Zhong can wait to be more attentive, and concentrate on building eight bull crossbows for Chu He.

They have even made a document to break away from their relationship with their relatives, and if something really happens, it will not harm their families.

With the expansion of the scale of the steelmaking plant, Chu He's care of the steelmaking plant is also becoming more and more strict, 24 hours a day, there are 300 hidden abysses guarding the outside, the protection is even tighter than that of Qinghe Village, and there are many traps arranged.

I'm afraid that even if it is a four-rank powerhouse, it will be difficult for them to approach the steelmaking field and the bow and crossbow field silently.

Jiang Wei came back from Shuangma County with dozens of Hidden Yuan Wei elites.

As Chu He expected, the Yellow Turban Army did not eradicate all the noble families.

Jiang Wei secretly took the steel soldiers to seek the opportunity to trade this time, and the progress was quite smooth, it didn't take much time, fifty steel soldiers, including steel knives, steel shields and steel swords, two half-length steel armors, were quickly sold out, in exchange for 100,000 silver.

This steel knife is an ordinary war knife, not a Mo knife used by Qianyuan Wei, the battle armor is actually a battle armor with iron armor inlaid with steel sheets, which is not as strong as the real all-steel battle armor, and it is just ordinary high-carbon steel.

But for others, such steel soldiers are already equivalent to the category of low-level divine soldiers, of course, they are in short supply, and some wealthy families also secretly signaled to Jiang Wei that if they can bring more steel soldiers, they are willing to buy them at a higher price.

As the saying goes, gold is prosperous in troubled times, and this is only for value preservation products.

In the real troubled times, what survives and can save one's life is still armor and food.

Armor is definitely a more important hard currency than gold.

With the arrival of 100,000 taels of silver, the silver shortage crisis was slightly lifted, and another long-awaited news came.

The blacksmith of Chu sent Gu Gao to tell Chu He that more than a dozen soldiers and some generals of the former Ding Demon Army had arrived in Changding Village, but they were stopped by the bandits under Chu Mu and Chu Shi.

This news, of course, is good news.

With the Fang Shi of the Dingdemon Army, Chu He was able to start building the city wall. The other generals of the Dingdemon Army must have rich experience in military warfare, and with them to guide the Qianyuan Guard, the combat power of the Qianyuan Guard can be greatly improved, and it is not a problem to capture Fenglai County.

Subsequently, Chu Mu's people also came to tell Chu He that a group of people of unknown origin entered Changding Township, all of them contained murderous aura, there were about thirty or forty people, and they knew at a glance that they were not ordinary homeless people, Chu Mu and the two did not dare to be careless and stopped them.

However, both sides had concerns, but there was a stalemate, and there was no conflict.

Chu He didn't dare to slack off, and was about to go to pick up the people of the demon army in person to come back, who knew that at this time, the door of the study was pushed open, and the one who came in was Gan Ning, who had not been seen for a long time!

Gan Ning still had that cold face, but Chu He knew that this Gan Ning was cold-faced and hot-hearted, and he had a lot of support for himself, if it weren't for his Dragon Muscle Tiger Fetal Pill and Wind Chasing Hammer Method, he wouldn't have been able to be promoted to the late stage of the Strong Bone Realm so quickly, condensing the top-grade overlord martial arts.

"I haven't seen Senior Gan for a long time! I don't know why Senior Gan suddenly came?"

Chu He hurriedly got up and said politely to Gan Ning.

Gan Ning snorted coldly and threw a wooden box in his hand to Chu He: "Take it!"

Chu He took the wooden box and opened it, but it was a dark green gallbladder, the surface was crystal clear, and he thought it was a piece of black jade at a glance.

Gan Ning said coldly: "This is a three-hundred-year-old golden-scaled python gall, so it should be your reward for borrowing grain from Gan Tian!"

During this period of time, Chu He has been exuding the courage of people to search for a hundred-year-old giant python, but he found nothing, and it didn't take much effort to get it, so Gan Ning actually sent the python gall over in person.

With Gan Ning's strength, it is not difficult to hunt a hundred-year-old python on Huya Ridge.

He was overjoyed in his heart, with this python gall, the third auxiliary pill of the Golden Bell Jar could be refined, and maybe it could hit the rock body of the Golden Bell Jar in one fell swoop!

As long as he has cultivated the rock body, with the blessing of the iron wall talent, Chu He can have the protective power of the five-fold Xuan Iron Body, and in Qinzhou, I am afraid that there is no one who can hurt him.

"This python gall is something that Qianyuan has been looking for, so I won't be polite to Gan's predecessors. ”

Chu He pressed the surprise on his face, bowed deeply to Gan Ning, and then said: "Brother Gan Tian and I hit it off at first sight, borrowing food is a trivial matter, I don't deserve such a generous gift from Gan's predecessors, and Qianyuan will definitely repay Gan's seniors for their help in the future!"

Gan Ning's face softened unusually slowly, no longer with a cold and cold expression, nodded and said: "You kid also knows gratitude, and you are worthy of a certain family and Old Man Huang secretly helping you." ”

"If it weren't for a certain family and Old Man Huang secretly attacking, how could you protect the secret of your steelmaking. ”

Chu He's heart moved, he couldn't understand why Huang Zhong and Gan Ning took such good care of him, there is no love in the world for no reason, there must be some reason why Gan Ning treats himself like this.

Since Gan Ning took the initiative to bring up the topic, Chu He immediately said: "Qianyuan also knows that Grandpa Quan Menghuang and Gan's seniors are helping each other, but Qianyuan has something unclear, why does Gan's seniors take care of the juniors so much?"

Gan Ning looked at Chu He deeply, only to see Chu He's hair in his heart, and then asked unexpectedly: "You are now making steel, training elite soldiers, and saving money and food, but you are thinking about rebelling against Shu?"

Chu He's face changed slightly: "Why did Senior Gan say this?"

Gan Ning didn't answer Chu He, and he couldn't see any emotion on his face: "You just need to answer me, yes or no!"

Chu He suddenly fell silent.

He knew very well that what he did could be hidden from the eyes of others, but he definitely couldn't hide from Gan Ning and Huang Zhong, the two seven-rank gods of war.

Huang Zhong and Gan Ning, I am afraid that they know in their hearts that they are not peaceful people, and they have exceeded the limit of self-protection by making steel so aggressively, building steel bows and battle armor, and accumulating rice and grain.

Gan Ning is a person from Dawu, and he asked if he was anti-Shu, so as not to make Chu He hesitate so much.

The problem lies with Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhongnai is the five tiger generals of Dashu, in history, for the death of Dashu disease, he did his best, if he learned from Gan Ning's mouth that he intended to oppose Shu, what would be the reaction, Chu He could not judge.

But Gan Ning looked at himself so solemnly, Chu He had an indescribable intuition, as long as he refused to answer Gan Ning, Gan Ning would probably turn around and leave, and he would no longer have anything to do with him in the future, and he would no longer be able to get help from him.

After being silent for a long time, Chu He finally looked directly at Gan Ning and said: "If Shu can make the country and the people safe, and all the people will return to their hearts, the abyss will not be able to turn back." If there is no way in Shu Kingdom, causing the lives to be ruined, what if the abyss is reversed!"

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