Su Dingfang and Xi Junmai didn't know what to discuss on the side, and it took a long time to wander in front of me: "Brother Ai Xian is really good at making instruments, the accuracy and ease of use of this thing can indeed make my Tang Dynasty have one more sharp weapon when defending the city, but it seems inappropriate to use this thing to attack the city, right?" ”

"Brother Dingfang, don't be in a hurry, the main drama hasn't started yet." I smiled at Su Dingfang, our stone pill is just used to measure the distance, this is the meat of the show. Turning around and nodding to Zhong Hua, Zhong Hua waved people, and immediately a craftsman came over with an iron grenade, and placed it in the net bag that had been opened, at this moment, the faces of the three generals changed a little, this grenade They have seen the power, and the killing range is much more powerful than a simple projectile or arrow.

Su Dingfang nodded his head thoughtfully, it seemed that he also figured it out, after all, although it is okay to rely on human hands to throw grenades, but after all, the distance is short, but if it is launched through this object, you can imagine what kind of chaos the enemy will have.

The short leads, with a time scale on them, are made by the craftsmen with all their brains, and they burn evenly, without sudden fire flashing or interrupting the combustion.

I nodded to the craftsman who was obsessed with burning incense, and when the craftsman received the instruction, he lit the fuse, and I aimed at the distance and pulled the trigger, and the grenade burst out with a roar, and suddenly exploded at a distance of about three hundred and five paces, destroying the target that was still standing with the stump.

This time, no one in the Martial Arts Academy dared to doubt my design concept and level, and Zhong Hua vowed to me that he would be able to design a batch of these new bomb dropping devices of different sizes in this way, and that the thunderbolt would be improved in the way I said.

"But isn't it appropriate to call this crossbow a ballista?" Xi Junmai on the side leaned over and asked.

I nodded, patting the new concept of long-range striking equipment: "Why don't you call it a ballista?" ”

----------------------------------------------------------- "Ballista?" Duan Yunsong on the side also joined the thinking industry. If our army attacks the city, it can throw gunpowder products on the enemy's city head far beyond the enemy's attack range, so that the enemy defending the city can be discouraged and demoralized. Of course, it is better to defend the city, without special arrows, accompanied by bricks and stones, and it can also hit the enemy under the city, besides, this thing does not need to be like other crossbows like me, and the crossbow arm needs to be molded through multiple processes, which is both time-consuming and labor-intensive, and this thing is relatively simple to make, what do you think? I smiled and looked at the cadre, and I knew that the expression of this new long-range strike weapon had completely convinced them.

The next improvement of other equipment is simple, such as the Huihui cannon, well, the name has been changed, this son can be an orthodox Chinese man, whether in the past life or in this life is in this land to grow up, so, since the inventor's bloodline is not a Huihui, this kind of cannon naturally has to be renamed, think about it, or think that the Chang'an cannon is smooth, we are invented in the countryside of Chang'an, naturally called this name.

In fact, it is just a simple improvement of the original artillery carriage used by Datang to achieve the effect, because this kind of thing is too simple, as long as you have seen it at a glance, you can improve it, using the principle of leverage, a large and stable wooden shelf, a rotating shaft is installed in the middle, and a tough wood is fixed in the center of the slightly, one end is long, one end is short, and a huge giant basket is tied to the short head, and the weight is placed in it, of course, the heavier the better, but the weight must be enough, Otherwise, there is no way to lift the slightly long head, the long head is used to load the projectile that needs to be ejected, so that people use the pulley block to pull the long head down, let the short head lift the heavy object, after reaching a certain height, let go, rely on the free fall of the weight at the short head to throw the long head up, so the stone projectile in the long head is thrown out by the habitual surname.

This kind of gun carriage is very different from the gun carriage used by Datang in the past, and the previous gun carriage did not use this throwing method. Instead, let the manpower drag the rope, throw the other end up, and throw the stone bullet, this way, if you want to shoot far, then you have to pull the rope at the same time with a lot of people, it is too wasteful of manpower, and the power of multiple people to drag is uneven, and it is difficult to guarantee it on the head.

After using the pulley group, the gun carriage, which originally required more than a dozen people, only needed one or two people to easily pull it up, and then one person took aim, and as soon as he let go, the stone bullets could naturally fly out.

"It's simple, it's too simple, why didn't you think of it?" A white-haired old craftsman's eyes were red with excitement, and the hand holding the drawing was trembling vigorously, and he said in a very emotional tone, in fact, this can't be blamed on them, people's thinking patterns are the most fixed, just like Westerners are used to knives and forks, and are not used to the use of our chopsticks.

This year is the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, that is, less than a year away from the seventeenth year of Zhenguan of Brother Prince and Qi Wangyou, anyway, I only know that they rebelled in this year in history, and I don't have that idle time to remember the specific years, and now I can't remember it, I can't go to Qi Wangyou to ask him, right? I'm afraid it's very likely that he will not tell me the answer before he has laid down five hundred axes first.

Of course, it doesn't matter if I don't know, in short, what I need to pay attention to is to enhance my fame and prestige, consolidate my position, and win over a group to form a small group, so that it is the best way to save my life.

"Brother Jun, I'm done with this topic." Li Zhi can always be the first to hand in the papers, and there are few mistakes, it seems that he is still very smart, but he is too guts, and he always thinks before and after doing things, such a person can indeed become a Ming Jun who is good at admonishment, but there are also disadvantages, and it is easy to be controlled by the ministers.

"Well, yes, you are very little wrong today, by the way, how can you see that your spirit is so bad?" Raising his eyes to look at Li Zhi, indeed, this child's mood doesn't seem to be happy, Li Zhi casually perfunctory me, didn't speak again, this is wrong, I can see it, Li Zhi's mood is very gloomy, and he urged again and again, but Li Zhi wanted to speak and stopped, looking like a very aggrieved little daughter-in-law, yes, it seems that he really suffered something.

I found an excuse, pulled Li Zhi into the temple gate, and leisurely wandered around the north side of the Taiye Pool, where there were the least number of people, and it was close to the lake, and no one around me would hear my conversation with Li Ke.

"What's wrong?" After this question, I learned that the day before yesterday, Wei Wangtai dropped a beloved jade pendant and let one of Li Zhi's personal guards pick it up, but he didn't know whose it was, so he naturally included it in his pocket, but who would have thought that Wei Wangtai came up and beat Li Zhi's personal guard in front of Li Zhi. Even Li Zhi was also threatened by Wei Wangtai, so that his psychological shadow has not subsided in the past two days.

Li Zhi walked slowly, his face was bitter, and the corners of his mouth were full of self-deprecating smiles: "Although my fourth brother and I are the same mother's compatriots, we are also the sons of the queen mother, but my father and the emperor have liked my eldest brother since he was a child, but since the eldest brother suffered from foot disease, the surname began to change, and the father began to alienate the eldest brother, and then fell on the fourth brother, although the fourth brother is not as talented as the handsome brother, but among my father's sons, he is top-notch, and my fourth brother is good at being in front of my father...... Alas, Brother Jun, I really want to be honest and benevolent earlier, and I can be at ease. ”

Walking to a small pavilion that was half-inclined into the pool, Li Zhi and I sat on the ground, and I asked, "Why don't you look for your uncle, maybe if he speaks, your fourth brother may not dare not listen." ”

Li Zhi angrily picked up the stone he had picked up outside the pavilion just now and threw it at the water, and after hearing my words, he shook his head: "My uncle cares about my eldest brother, although my fourth brother is not loved by him, but what can he do?" I have visited my brother-in-law several times in the past, but when he saw me, he reprimanded me with a straight face, never cared about my feelings, and did not ask me if I had been wronged. Li Zhi's voice was getting louder and louder, and I could clearly see the anger flashing in his eyes.

"Xiaozhi, don't forget, this is the palace!" I let out a low snort, which shocked Li Zhi to a shock, and quickly glanced around, and after making sure that there was no one, Li Zhi leaned on the floor in frustration.

-----------------------------------------------------------This kid seems to be bitter enough, the first time, this is the first time I heard Li Zhi's heart, it seems that he has a lot of opinions about this fourth brother and Uncle Li in his heart, but is this useful?" He is just the youngest brother of the ninth in line, although he is also the sister-in-law of the eldest grandson, but his surname is cowardly, and he has never been liked by Uncle Li, and even his uncle looks down on him so much, but doesn't he have an idea in his heart? Li Zhi himself is not a fool, precisely because he is not taken seriously, but he can clearly understand everyone's attitude towards him as a bystander, and everyone's love and hate for him.

I finally got a general understanding, why when the empress fought with his uncle, not only did he not help his own uncle, but instead beat a side drum behind the empress to cheer, it seems that he hates this uncle who has never been willing to look at him in his heart, even if the eldest grandson Yin helped him to get the throne, but the anger in his heart that has been held for so many years, how can he not find an outlet?

I looked at Li Zhi, and Li Zhi also looked at me, maybe he thought that I, the division commander, could help him with something, so I pulled the corners of my mouth: "What do you want to do now?" ”

(To be continued)