Chapter 7 Peaks and Loops
From the time crossing to the present, it is the first time that Li Qinzai has seen the famous grandfather Li Tao, who has been famous for thousands of years.
All I saw was his back, and he led the whole family to receive the order.
It wasn't until the eunuch who announced the decree left that Li Tao slowly turned around.
Li Qinzai was mixed in a group of unscrupulous descendants, and finally saw the appearance of his grandfather Li Tao clearly for the first time.
Li Tao is less than seventy years old, quite burly, wearing a lilac civilian robe, white hair, lion nose and wide mouth, wide face and big ears, and a majestic face without smiling.
The gaze glanced at the place casually, but it was like a sharp sword sweeping through thousands of armies, which made people can't help but be in awe.
The style of a famous general is really extraordinary.
Seeing off the eunuch Xuanzhi, Li Tao slowly turned around, and his eyes fell on Li Qinzai first.
There are five grandchildren of the Li family, and there are no unworthy grandchildren in one litter, but Li Qinzai's five grandsons can be described as unbeatable among the unworthy grandchildren, and it is difficult for others to beat the horse.
From childhood, you can see his perverse and domineering temperament, and the consequences of growing up are really more and more out of control, and there are countless disasters from childhood to adulthood.
Li Qinzai's grandchildren ranked fifth, is the youngest of the grandchildren, although there are countless evil deeds outside, but the victory is sweet will please the elders, and he knows how to be courteous to the elders during the New Year's Festival, and Li Tao used to spoil him.
However, the doting of the family and elders, and their own ignorance, finally broke through an irreparable disaster.
Staring at Li Qinzai's gaze was slightly gloomy, Li Tao said nothing with a cold face.
After a long time, his eyes moved away from his face, and Li Tao said coldly: "The will has been made, and it is difficult to return to heaven." There are already officials waiting outside the door. Qin Zai, pack up and go on the road with the official......"
After a pause, Li Tao sighed: "In the next few years, you ...... Shape up or ship out. β
The eyes of the Li family and brothers gathered on Li Qinzai's face, and their eyes were different, complicated and difficult to understand.
Li Qinzai's face was calm, and he had been mentally prepared for this result.
A man in his twenties next to him patted him on the shoulder and sighed: "Don't be afraid at the beginning of the year, my grandfather is still angry, and the discussion between the DPRK and China is also in the wind, after the wind subsides, I will help you intercede with your grandfather, so that you can be released and returned to ......Beijing as soon as possible."
Li Qinzai was silent.
The name of the person who spoke was Li Jingzhen, and his grandson was the third, and he was Li Qinzai's cousin and the son of Li Zhen, the eldest son of Li Tao.
"Jing Chu" is Li Qinzai's table word, men Dan Fan has read some books, and after the weak crown is over, he is usually given the table word by his elders, and the table word of "Jing Chu" is taken by Li Tao himself.
Table characters are generally called by brothers and friends of the same generation, and elders can be called by their big names or table characters, depending on personal habits.
Judging from Li Jingzhen's comforting words, the Li family's grandchildren are still quite peaceful and friendly.
- Maybe everyone is the same bastard, Li Qinjae is just better in the circle of bastards.
Not far away, his father Li Siwen looked at him steadily.
Li Qinzai suddenly realized it in his heart, glanced up, and met Li Siwen's eyes.
Li Siwen quickly retracted his gaze, turned around and left with a gloomy face, but he didn't bother to say a word to him.
Li Qinzai smiled bitterly.
Well, if the black pot is buckled on the head, you have to recognize it.
Li Qinzai silently returned to his bedroom, briefly packed his clothes, and then opened the door.
Outside the door, the housekeeper Wu Tong was waiting for him, and when he came out, Wu Tong handed over a few pieces of silver cakes weighing ten taels with both hands and stuffed them into his luggage.
While stuffing, he chattered with red eyes, this silver cake was quietly given by San Shaolang, and the silver cake was sent by the old man......
Your father also secretly sent a piece of silver cake, but he told him not to say that it was from him, and it was distressing to look both cold and hot......
Wu Tong wiped his eyes and instructed again, the official errand escorted outside the door had also been checked, Wu Shaolang would not be wronged on the road, and no one dared to let the young master of the Li family suffer.
If Shaolang has a request on the road, he can do it even if he tells the official to do it.
Li Qinzai smiled bitterly and picked up the burden and left, the burden was a bit heavy, mostly the weight of silver cakes.
Wu Tong cried and sent, nagging and telling all the way from the bedroom to the main entrance.
Outside the main gate of the Guogong Mansion, there were really two officials waiting, and when they saw Li Qinzai coming out, the official came forward to salute respectfully, and took the initiative to take the baggage in Li Qinzai's hand.
Exile is exile, but the five young men of the Li family are still five young langs.
Even though he was sentenced to thousands of miles of exile, as an official errand, he never dared to treat Li Qinzai as a prisoner, but took care of him as diligently and thoughtfully as two personal servants.
Li Tao and Li Siwen returned to the inner house, but everyone in the Li family gathered at the main gate to see each other off.
Li Qinzai's eyes swept over the door expectantly, but he had never seen the figure of the ordnance supervisor craftsman, and it was obvious that the strong bow he had invented with a double range had not yet been made.
I was a little disappointed in my heart, but the will had been made, and I could not delay for a moment.
Li Qinzai stepped down the stone steps outside the main gate and was about to walk, but suddenly paused, thought about it, turned around and bowed to the lintel of Li's house, and then smiled at the people who saw them off, and turned to the road.
Two hours later, it was noon.
At this time, Li Qinzai, escorted by the official, had already left Chang'an City and headed south.
The whole journey is on foot, and the verdict of "wandering" cannot make it too easy for him, walking is a basic operation, and he can't even think about riding a horse or a car.
This is a sentence, a punishment, not for you to pursue poetry and distance, from Chang'an to Lingnan, a distance of one or two thousand miles, you just walk slowly.
It wasn't until he walked out of Chang'an City and got farther and farther away from the city gate that the towering walls of Chang'an City had shrunk and blurred in his sight, until he was gone, and Li Qinzai was finally completely disappointed.
Did that damn craftsman really release his own pigeon?
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After noon, the craftsman from the Ordnance Supervisor finally staggered to the door of Li's house.
Li Qinzai's drawings are very detailed, but it is not so easy to turn them into reality from drawings, and many parts need to be carefully molded and built, and not a single cent can be sloppy.
The craftsmen worked all night and all morning, and finally made the strong bow designed by Li Qinzai after noon.
Li Qinzai's threatening words yesterday were still in his ears, and the craftsman did not dare to delay, so he hurriedly came to the door of Li's house without sleep all night, asking to see Wu Shaolang.
Who knew that the guard at the gate told him that the will came from the palace in the early morning, and the fifth young man had been escorted out of Beijing and exiled to Lingnan.
The craftsman was startled, and then his hands and feet were cold with fright.
Yesterday, Wu Shaolang threatened that if he moved to Lingnan, he would definitely take the craftsmen with him.
At this moment, the fifth young man is already on the road, so will the Li family really charge him and pull him on the road together?
Craftsmen love Chang'an, and craftsmen don't want to go on the road......
Holding the strong bow that had just been made in both hands, the craftsman knelt outside the main gate of the Li family with a plop, and said loudly with a crying voice: "Entrusted by the fifth young man, the villain has been made!" The villain Dai Wu Shaolang sacrificed a weapon for the country! β
The tribes outside the door were startled, and saw the craftsmen kneeling at the door with a strangely shaped bow and arrow in both hands, looking helpless, and the tribes looked at each other.
The team named Liu Asi frowned and stepped forward to ask the craftsman.
The craftsman knelt on the bluestone slab and cried silently: "This thing was created by Wu Shaolang, the range is far beyond the strong bow, not only can it be two hundred steps away, but also can not lose the accuracy of the head, the villain has tried, what Wu Shaolang said is true, it is indeed a sharp weapon of the country, ask the general to see clearly, this thing should be able to withstand the sin of Wu Shaolang!" β
The craftsman was not familiar with Li Qinzai, so he shouldn't have said good things for him, but he was afraid that he would also be found by the Li family to find a reason to wander thousands of miles, so he decisively saved himself.
Self-salvation must first save the five young lang, if the five young lang is revoked of the crime of exile, the craftsman can be safe.
When Liu Asi heard that he could be worthy of the sin of the fifth young man, his face suddenly tightened, and he hurriedly took the strong bow in the craftsman's hand, and after looking at it, he decisively turned around and ran towards the door.
Soon, the newly made strong bow fell into the hands of the inner house Li Tao.
Liu Ah Si stood respectfully in front of Li Tao with his hands down, and Li Tao looked this strong bow up and down with a pair of majestic eyes, quite curious about its strange shape.
Hearing Liu Asi say that it was created by Li Qinzai, his eyes were even more incredible.
"Two hundred paces away? Can you still not lose your head? Oh, what a joke! The old man has been in the army all his life and has gone through countless battles, big and small, but he has never heard of it. Li Tao shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Liu Asi stood in front of Li Tao, but he didn't dare to say more.
Li Tao's gaze still did not leave this strong bow, and he said lightly: "Qin Zai has taken great pains to get rid of his crimes, but he is very naΓ―ve, how can such an excuse that can be broken with a poke help him get rid of his crimes?" β
Liu Asi couldn't help it.
Yesterday, Li Qinzai condescended to talk to him, although the chat between the two was a bit dry and not harmonious.
However, Li Qinzai's temperament changed abruptly, and his approachable new image still made Liu Asi quite happy, and his impression of Li Qinzai naturally skyrocketed.
Such an amiable young master, Liu Ah Sida hoped from the bottom of his heart that he would stay in Chang'an and not suffer the great sin of wandering thousands of miles.
So Liu Ah Si couldn't help but speak: "General Mingjian, the villain is stupid, and he also knows that this thing seems to be an unusual bow and crossbow, and the added mechanism is quite ingenious, perhaps...... The general can give it a try, if he can really double the range of the bow and arrow, it will be a great joy for the Tang Dynasty! β
Li Tao raised his eyes and glanced at him, and Liu Ah Si suddenly broke out in a cold sweat on his back, and he stood with his head bowed.
After looking at this strong bow for a long time, Li Tao suddenly said: "Ah Si, find a spacious place in the backyard, and the old man will try this thing." β
Liu Asi was overjoyed and hurriedly responded.
On a vacant grass in the backyard of the Li family, a group of troops stood solemnly, Liu Asi measured the distance of 200 steps with his feet, and then stood and raised his arm, signaling to Li Tao, who was holding a bow 200 steps away.
Li Tao squinted and measured the distance where Liu Asi was standing, then slowly raised the bow, put a feather arrow into the groove of the mechanism, and slowly pulled the spring.
Liu Asi pasted a verdant leaf on the trunk of a poplar tree, then took a few steps back.
Li Tao's face sank like water, and the strong bow was pulled to the full moon, and Li Tao was already old, and it was difficult to pull away the strong bow of the eight stones.
It's just that the strong bow created by Li Qinzai is quite exquisite, and the bowstring is pulled on the machine spring, which is much more labor-saving, and a strong bow can be filled effortlessly.
Adjust the rhythm of your breathing, aim, and fire your arrows.
With a whoosh, the arrow fell to the ground like a meteor and shot out.
Between the lightning and flint, there was a muffled bang, and the arrow hit the leaves of the tree and penetrated the poplar tree, leaving only half of the feather and the tail of the arrow trembling and shaking, obviously still having enough strength to spare.
An arrow was shot, and the surrounding subordinates couldn't help but cheer and cheer, and they all drank the general's might.
Li Tao was stunned, staring at the strong bow in his hand for a long time, and then looked up at the feathered arrow that had entered the tree two hundred paces away, his eyes gradually shocked and disbelievable.
Two hundred steps away, passing through the poplars.
Li Qinzai's words are true, and he has really doubled the range of today's bows and arrows, and more than doubled.
What's more, the leaf can be accurately hit from 200 paces away, which shows that the range is doubled, and the arrow is not missing.
The range has been increased by a hundred paces, and if the two armies face each other on the battlefield, how much more range will take the lead!
Whether it is a siege battle or a plain encounter, doubling the range is enough to increase the victory rate of the battle by 30%, which is the first advantage of the enemy, and this is a crushing blow to the enemy!
Listening to the cheers of the subordinates, Li Tao's face was calm, and he raised his hand to habitually brush his long white beard, but his hand trembled slightly, showing that he was very uncalm at the moment.
After being silent for a long time, Li Tao suddenly said, "Ah Si, this thing ...... Is it really created by Qin Zai? β
Liu Asi held back the joy in his heart, lowered his head and said: "The craftsman outside the door said that this thing was indeed created by Wu Shaolang, and the craftsman just made it according to the drawing. β
Li Tao waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Summoning the craftsman here, the old man has something to ask him." β