Li Tingsong saw everyone's expressions, quite proud, reached out and took the saber on the soldier's waist, gently cut a three-inch-long opening at the stitching of the armor, reached out and groped for a long time from the armor, took out a grain of lead that had been deformed, and said to Zhu Di and Zhu Quan: "Two highnesses, please see, this armor is not completely iron, but three different layers of materials. The top is made of fine iron, and in the middle is a thick layer of crumpled paper, and at the bottom is a layer of cotton cloth, which has been watered by Wechen to resist the lead of the fire at a hundred paces away. ”

Zhu Quan saw that he actually knew how to use a mixture of composite materials, and resisted the impact and penetration of fire and lead with the toughness of crumpled paper and cotton cloth, and couldn't help but be amazed, and sighed in his heart: "It seems that the wisdom of these ancient people should not be underestimated, isn't this the originator of body armor for future generations?" ”

Wei Ming couldn't help but ask: "If you have a wrinkled paper in your armor, and then pour it with water, won't it be soaked?" How can I use it for a long time? ”

"Crumpled paper is oil-impregnated, which has better toughness and can be waterproof, how to soak it to rot?" Li Tingsong replied.

Zhu Quan admired Li Tingsong's wisdom in his heart, and couldn't help asking, "How did you come up with such a method?" ”

Li Tingsong smiled: "In fact, the invention of paper armor originated in the late Tang Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty became one of the standard armor styles of the army. ”

Zhu Quanyan stretched out his hand to take the firearm that was fired just now, squinted his eyes and looked into the gun, but saw that the inside was smooth and abnormal, and there was no compound line in the chamber of the offspring firearm, but he reached out and passed a smooth lead the size of a finger, and thought to himself: It seems that although the firearm is the ancestor of firearms, it is a pity that the basic principle is the same. Later generations of gunpowder bullets were sealed in the cartridge case, and the gas impact force produced by the gunpowder was much greater, and the bullet spun and flew out after being bore, which was naturally much more powerful. Unfortunately, although I understand the reason, the manufacture of this firearm can only be made with professional knowledge and precision lathes, but there is no way. Holding the sleek lead in his hand, his mind suddenly flashed, remembering the shape of the bullet of the offspring, and suddenly turned his head to Fan Wengang, the director of the Firearms Department who looked a little lonely next to him, and smiled: "Mr. Fan, if we change the shape of this lead slightly, and make the round lead into a slightly longer shape with a sharp tip, the power of this fire gun should be a little greater." ”

Fan Wen just saw that this Li Tingsong's armor could actually resist the fierce shot of the fire, and his expression was inevitably a little depressed, at this time, he suddenly heard Zhu Quan's words, stretched out his hand and patted his head, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is really wise, the truth in this is the same as stabbing people with a stick and a spear, the front end of the stick is smooth and bladeless, naturally difficult to pierce, a spear is sharp, and it can be penetrated with a slight stab." ”

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, laughed and said: "I don't want Brother Quan to have such ingenuity, it's really embarrassing for my brother." ”

Zhu Quan heard him say this, but he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, turned his head to look at the armor, and said in his heart: This method is not worth mentioning at all for me, a person who comes from hundreds of years of descendants. But these ancients were able to invent fire guns and composite armor out of thin air, which is truly remarkable.

At this time, he saw Wei Ming, the head of the bow and crossbow division, suddenly bowed down and said: "Although Li Tingsong's armor can't penetrate within a hundred steps, Weichen wants to try a crossbow bow." ”

Zhu Quan, Zhu Di saw that this armor was so tough that the fire gun could not penetrate it, but Wei Ming said that he wanted to try a bow and crossbow, and he couldn't help but be a little unconvinced.

Wei Ming smiled and ordered the soldiers to carry a crossbow bow with a length of three feet and two inches and a string length of two feet and five inches from the weapon rack, and said to Yang and Zhu: "This is the first year of the Song Dynasty Shenzong Xining, Li Hong invented the divine arm bow, although it is a bow, it is actually a strong crossbow. The shooting power is close to four stones, and it can shoot more than 340 steps, which is extremely powerful. The best thing is that this crossbow is easy to use, and it doesn't need a bow to shoot well against the archer, and it can be used by one person, which is really convenient. ”

Zhu Quan heard him say that this divine arm bow has a shooting power close to four stones, and couldn't help frowning and asked: "Such a powerful bow and crossbow must be extremely difficult, but I'm afraid that it can't be pulled away by the arm strength of an ordinary sergeant, right?" ”

Wei Ming said with a smile: "Your Highness's words are wrong. As he spoke, he put on the finger sleeves with the ten fingers of both hands to prevent the bowstring from cutting his fingers, sat on the ground, held the bowstring tightly with both hands, bent his feet and kicked the crossbow arm, and with his waist and legs, with the strength of both hands, he slowly pulled the bowstring back, and with a soft sound, the bowstring was already on the bracket at the end of the arrow groove.

Wei Ming stood up, stretched out his hand and beat his waist, and said with a wry smile: "Weichen is old, but the young and strong soldiers in the army use this method to open the crossbow, and it should be effortless." Speaking of this, he turned his head and ordered the sergeant to move the arrow target bound to the composite armor one hundred and fifty steps away, turned around and handed the Divine Arm Bow to Zhu Quan, and said, "Your Highness can test the arrow target and see how powerful it is." ”

Zhu Quan frowned and said: "This king has never used a crossbow, I don't know if he can shoot it?" ”

Wei Ming smiled and shook his head, and said, "It's okay, there is a design called "Wangshan" on this crossbow, which is specially designed for crossbow arrows. After that, he explained in detail the method of aiming at Wangshan, and the original side of Wangshan was a small moment, such as a ruler with measure. Its original meaning, to focus on the end of the arrowhead, to look at the degree of the mountain, to allow its high.

Zhu Quan had participated in military training in school before, and felt that the usage of this Wangshan was similar to that of shooting during his own military training, and the method of shooting with a rifle aimed at a distant target was quite similar.

I saw that the two-foot arrow not only penetrated the armor, but also completely penetrated the sturdy arrow target, and even a few inches were exposed on the back of the arrow target, which showed that this power was extremely powerful.

Seeing that this divine arm bow was as powerful as this, everyone exclaimed in low voices. Zhu Quan also secretly felt a cool breath in his heart, and said in his heart: I'm afraid that the pistols that are less powerful than the descendants will not have such a powerful power.

Wei Ming couldn't help but smile and said: "This Divine Arm Bow is easy to operate, and it will not be affected by many factors such as the weather, if it is a salvo of thousands of Divine Arm Bows, when dealing with the Northern Yuan cavalry charge, it can be seen to have a miraculous effect." ”

When Zhu Di, the king of Yan, heard him say this, he couldn't help but wonder: "Weather? ”

Wei Ming glanced at Fan Wengang, the director of the Firearms Department next to him, and said with a smile: "Firearms must use gunpowder, and gunpowder must be kept moisture-proof. ”

Fan Wengang heard that Wei Ming's words were quite mean, and couldn't help but be annoyed, and sneered: "No matter how good your bow and crossbow are, you are also picking up the teeth and wisdom of the ancients, and you can enjoy it. Besides, the old man still has a few new things, but because the movement is too big, it is not suitable to be used in the land of the capital, and when it comes to our battlefield in Liaodong, we will compete again. ”

Zhu Quan heard his words, his heart moved, and he turned his head and asked Qi Taidao, the squire of the military department: "I don't know how much of the use of firearms can be used in my Ming army?" ”

Qi Tai bowed and said: "In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, His Majesty personally decreed: 100 households, 10 guns, 20 swords, 30 bows and arrows, and 40 spears. ”

Zhu Quan thought in his heart: Since the proportion of firearms used has reached 10 percent, it can be seen that since Zhu Yuanzhang, the army of the Ming Dynasty has attached great importance to the research and development and use of firearms. But why did they degenerate into muskets and artillery that used to meet the enemy foreigners with bows, arrows, knives and guns in those braided scenes on TV before? Are they all two fools?

After the demonstration was over and after leaving the school military field, Zhu Quan sent Jingjun Sima Chao back to his house with his beloved horse "Dark Cloud Cover Snow", but he leisurely walked towards the small bridge on the river where he met Ling Xuan yesterday, smiling slightly bitterly in his heart, and said in his heart: I left empty-handed today, and I couldn't return her plum blossom paper umbrella, I was afraid that it would make her unhappy. Thinking about things in his heart, but he didn't notice it at all, at this time, in the crowd a few feet behind him, there was a young man dressed as a down-and-out scholar who was following him all the way.

I saw that this person was more than thirty years old, and his face was slightly pale, and he was the same acquaintance of Jinyiwei's Beizhen Fusi, Jiang Xian.

Jiang Xian received a secret order from Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang last night, asking him to strictly monitor the whereabouts of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, in the future, so he followed Zhu Di to the outside of the school army today. Just now, when he saw Zhu Di and Zhu Quan coming out side by side at the gate of the school military field, he found that this kid he met by chance when he was on the long street last time and designed to capture Xu Ying, the daughter of Xu Da, the Duke of Wei. I heard Zhu Di call him "Brother Quan" when he said goodbye to him, could it be that this kid who deliberately let him go last time to report to Xu Da would be the seventeenth son of the current emperor, Zhu Quan, King of Ning?

Jiang Xian couldn't help but have more doubts about Zhu Quan's identity, so he immediately gave up Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and followed Zhu Quan.

Zhu Quan was walking, but he smelled the dark fragrance floating beside him, it seemed that a woman walked to the side, and couldn't help but turn her head to look, but saw a girl wearing a light yellow silk smock and a silver embroidered hundred butterfly flower skirt was standing at her side and smiling at herself. I saw that she was not like a flower, and her skin was not like frost. Chanjuan's two sideburns and autumn cicada wings, and her long eyebrows are also like smoke stickers. His eyes were as bright as candles, and he was vaguely the competitive Xu Ying on weekdays.

Zhu Quanqi said: "Why are you here?" Why are you dressed like this all of a sudden? Since coming to this world, Xu Ying he has seen has always been dressed as a scholar in white, and at this time he suddenly saw her dressed as a girl, and he didn't come back to his senses for a while, and he always felt that she at this time was too far away from the way she danced and played with swords on weekdays.