"Did Lord Ning rest well last night?"

The next morning, Qiao Qiushan waited in front of the courtyard gate of Sun Ning's residence again, looking respectful, but did not mention the woman and gold he had arranged for the other party.

Sun Ning also looked easy-going with a smile: "It's okay, Master Lao Qiao has bothered."

"Don't dare, this is what the lower officials should do." Seeing this, Qiao Qiushan was overjoyed, but still asked tentatively, "I wonder if the adults plan to inquire about relevant official affairs today?"

"With my responsibilities in my body, I naturally dare not slack off." Sun Ning nodded, "In this case, let's go to the warehouse first." I heard that in the past few years, in order to atone for their sins, these prisoners of the Tang Sect have not made any more improved weapons for the imperial court."

"As the Lord said, please go here and check it out in the storeroom." Qiao Qiushan hurriedly agreed, leading the way.

When they got out of this courtyard, Yang Xuan, Yan Yifei and other guards also rushed over and accompanied Sun Ning to a large number of warehouses located in the middle of this Wubao.

Like the strict defense of the outer perimeter of the Castle, this treasury is also guarded by many soldiers to prevent any idle people from approaching. Only when Qiao Qiushan reported his identity and took out his waist card as evidence did these soldiers give way and open the door and let the group enter.

Sun Ning saw this response in his eyes and sneered in his heart.

If the other party is really so closely guarded according to the rules set by the imperial court, why did he give himself a golden beauty last night and think he was bought?

The interior of this warehouse is divided into more than ten small warehouses, which are classified by the heavenly and earthly branches, and Sun Ning did not make a selection, only let Qiao Qiushan lead them to the "B" warehouse, and when they entered it, they felt that it was quite spacious and ventilated, and the wooden boxes with a large regulation were neatly stacked there.

Before Sun Ning could speak, Qiao Qiushan had already taken a few steps forward, opened one of the boxes, and smiled at several people, "Lord Ning, this is the crossbow machine that the Tang Sect prisoners have improved to atone for their sins over the years."

Sun Ning stepped forward, took a crossbow from his hand, and looked at it carefully.

It has to be said that this crossbow is indeed different from the usual crossbow machines used in the army, not only is it lighter, but the upper box for loading arrows looks larger.

This made him quite curious, and he immediately skillfully removed the box, opened it and looked at it carefully. He then laughed and said, "This crossbow can hold twice as many arrows as before, right?"

"Your Excellency is a good eyesight." Qiao Qiushan flattered, "In the past, the best crossbow used by our official army could shoot five arrows, but this crossbow machine improved by the Tang Sect prisoner can be loaded with twelve arrows at a time, and the range is not much closer than the ordinary crossbow machine, and it is also about 100 steps. Do you need to try it?"

Sun Ning smiled again, and handed it back: "No need, I can trust Master Qiao." Since people dare to lead themselves to this side, they are obviously prepared, so why bother with this effort? .

However, his gaze quickly scanned the other chests in the storeroom, and asked, "Are all these improved crossbows in the storeroom here?"

"Exactly. Not only this one storehouse, but there are four other storehouses on both sides, and they are all these crossbow machines."

"That's a lot, how many?"

"That's five thousand seven hundred and twenty-seven improved repeaters." Qiao Qiushan said, beckoning, and his own subordinates sent a book of accounts over, and presented it to Sun Ning with both hands.

Sun Ning took it and looked at it casually, and saw that the record was very clear, how many crossbow machines were put into storage on a certain day, and on a certain day, a certain year, month, and a certain day, a few crossbow machines were transferred for another development......

If you only look at this book, at least there is no problem with the contents of the warehouses here.

Sun Ning nodded in satisfaction again, walked around a few steps casually, and then stood in front of a few of the boxes, and patted his hand: "Open it and take a look."

A hint of discoloration flashed in Qiao Qiushan's eyes, but he immediately regained his composure, nodded calmly, and immediately had his subordinates go over, and according to Sun Ning's wishes, he opened the box and asked him to inspect the crossbow machine.

Naturally, there was no problem, Sun Ning nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "Since this repeater has been completed, why don't you report it to the imperial court and send it."

What about using it before the army?"

"My lord, I don't know how to do it as a caretaker in this matter." Qiao Qiushan smiled bitterly, "We have also reported this matter to the relevant yamen before, that is, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War.

"But the two bosses, Yamen, thought that there were still problems and defects in this repeating crossbow, and it was a matter of national importance, so they didn't dare to really put these repeaters into use."

"What flaw?" Sun Ning really couldn't see anything wrong with this repeater......

"One is that the overall structure of this repeater is indeed extremely thorough, and only those people in the Tang family have the ability to manufacture it one by one, and even if other craftsmen learn the methods, they cannot completely reproduce it, resulting in the difficulty of repairing these repeaters on the spot once they are damaged.

"And a weapon like a bow and crossbow, once it really reaches the battlefield, the damage is extremely fast and very fast, so it's not a good risk.

"The second is that the arrows of this crossbow do not match the bows and arrows commonly used, and they need to be specially made, which invisibly increases the cost of the Ministry of Engineering, so it will be temporarily shelved."

Sun Ning looked at the crossbow machine in his hand thoughtfully, and only sighed after a while: "Is that so, that's really a pity."

After saying that, he put the crossbow machine back in the box, and without checking the crossbow machines in the other boxes, he walked out: "Let's go, let's go see the other weapons."

At that moment, Qiao Qiushan led Sun Ning and them to a warehouse diagonally opposite, where the box was filled with another batch of weapons developed by the people of the Tang Sect for many years, a round ball that could be thrown by hand and quickly scatter a considerable number of steel needles after landing.

This should be regarded as an improved version of one of the several great weapons of the Tang Sect at the beginning, at least the overall structure is simpler, and the materials are saved by more than half.

But, like the repeater, it has its own shortcomings.

Because the ball still has a lot of weight, it will not be thrown far enough, so it is easy to hurt itself. In this way, according to Qiao Qiushan, this batch of weapons could not be officially put into the army, so they could only be stored here for the time being, waiting for further improvements from the Tang Sect.

In this way, Sun Ning and the others looked at the warehouses one by one, except for some of the simplest improvements in the city-defending weapons that could be used at one time, most of the so-called weapons developed and improved by the Tang Sect had problems of one kind or another, resulting in them being completely unusable.

To put it bluntly, the investment of time and various financial resources and manpower in the past ten years is completely a sound, and there is no substantial gain......