Chapter 126: Prepare for battle
The bow and crossbow is a new high-end weapon for the army, which does not require a lot of power and can shoot three crossbows in a row.
At that time, the empress achieved a decisive victory precisely because of the bow and crossbow team, and today's army and the bow and crossbow team of the palace guards are also the strongest armed forces in the Great Song Dynasty.
The three-arrow bow and crossbow is undoubtedly the secret weapon of the tip of Da Song, and it is impossible for a folk blacksmith to do it, and it is not allowed to be crafted.
Now, Jiang Changan said that he could make a bow and crossbow with thirty arrows fired in a row, which scared Li Shushen a lot.
He listened intently, making sure that there were no outsiders around before he said, "Weapons are not allowed to be crafted by the people, you really should make the accessories separately, and you can't let the store know the use, which may require more expensive costs."
There are only three arrows in this dynasty, and the cost is one hundred and twenty-one. "Therefore, there are not many crossbowmen in the imperial court, after all, they can't afford to supply them.
A bow and crossbow is often trained and used, and its life span can wear out in a few years at most, and a large number of bow and crossbow teams can be cultivated for a long time, even the imperial court can't do it.
Jiang Changan is quite confident, how can the cost of what she makes be very high? That must be something wrong with the design.
"The bow and crossbow you are talking about should be just an ordinary model, what I want to do now is a mechanical sword, a hidden weapon, and a large bed for war, which can break through the city gate with one arrow.
But no matter which one it is, it is impossible to use the cost of a hundred taels, at most a dozen taels. ”
Jiang Changan said as she wrote, directly reducing the cost of the bow and crossbow by ten times, she felt that it was normal, and she didn't know what shocking things she had said.
Li Shushen suddenly gloated, what should I do, the treasure of the Great Song Dynasty is a parallel commodity in Jiang Changan's eyes, and those royal people are still offered like divine soldiers.
"You can't say this casually, and you can't see the light of day with a good bow and crossbow, otherwise you will become a fragrant glutton, and your good days will come to an end."
Li Shushen said this to the Liu Yu sisters, of course he knew that Jiang Changan would not be so stupid.
But the Liu Yu sisters are all focused on the food, they have never eaten such a variety of dishes, it makes people drool when they look at it, does the girl really let them eat with them?
You must know that in the Lu family, in the past, they could only watch the meat and vegetables, but now there are so many good dishes, the owner lets them eat them casually, which is really ironic.
As for what their masters were saying, the sisters didn't understand it at all, let alone listen to it, unless they were called by their master.
Jiang Changan ate a rough meal and began her painting, Li Shushen sat next to her, eating while watching, and occasionally fed Jiang Changan a mouthful, of course, to shorten the time.
The bow and crossbow that Jiang Changan wants to make is made of mecha, a shaped thing that can be done in one step directly with a large piece of iron lump, but the design she designed is assembled with many small parts.
If the parts were spread out, no one could tell what she was doing, and if she gave more money, the blacksmith would be willing to help her build it.
Jiang Changan drew quickly, and it didn't take long for a thick layer to be stacked next to her, and a small bow and crossbow would use so many parts, if you don't have a strong brain, you can't program it at all, right?
Li Shushen admires Jiang Chang'an.
Liu Yu and Liu Si also realized that their masters were not simple, and they were immediately relieved, at least they would not be left behind to pay off their debts.
They are not afraid, but the store is afraid, and after the meal is ready, someone will guard the door of their private room, afraid that a few children will come to eat the overlord meal, but fortunately, Li Shushen finished asking with doubts.
Four children went to the restaurant to eat, this situation is still rare, Li Shushen attracted attention as soon as they arrived.
Looking at it again, if it weren't for the carriage mortgaged there, the restaurant owner might not dare to receive them.
The meal was eaten quickly, and the unfinished meals Liu Yu and Liu Si were all packed, which was white rice, plus oily vegetables, and it was rare for the peasant family to see each other all year round.
They can't afford to waste food, maybe they're going to spend the night in the wilderness tonight? It was their dinner.
Now Liu Yu already knows how to plan for their trip.
Jiang Changan also happened to finish drawing the drawings, she scrambled the drawings and divided them into five parts, planning to send them to five blacksmithing shops to make them.
"Gone."
A few people packed up their things and left, and as soon as they opened the door of the private room, they saw the shopkeeper's smiling dog legs and enthusiasm, "Guest officer, have you eaten?" The little one will lead the way to the checkout for you? ”
"How much? Show me the menu. "They didn't eat the overlord meal, but they didn't want to be wronged, and they had to be careful when they went to the rivers and lakes, Jiang Changan stretched out his hand to see the menu, which surprised the shopkeeper.
There must be a menu in the restaurant, but most people don't know and don't need the menu, and they didn't expect to be ordered by a child.
"The menu is in the shopkeeper's place, you come with me." The shopkeeper finally breathed a sigh of relief, did this show that they were not here to eat the overlord meal?
Of course, Jiang Changan settled the account, they just ate and didn't drink, and they didn't spend much, and when the account was settled, the second shopkeeper pulled out the carriage of the four people and handed it back to them.
Jiang Changan and the others had just walked out of the restaurant, and a tail followed behind them, Jiang Changan and Li Shushen glanced at each other and ignored those people.
I just don't know if these people are the gang of escaped prisoners, anyway, Jiang Changan urgently needs a lethal weapon to ensure his safety.
Jiang Changan inquired all the way about the blacksmith shop, and blinded the group of people who were following.
Is she going to fight weapons? However, the sharpest thing that can be used as a weapon in the blacksmith is only the pig-killing knife.
When Jiang Changan rushed to the next blacksmith shop, those who were following him immediately went into the store to understand the situation.
It was impossible for the shopkeeper not to say it, because there was a knife dangling around his neck.
But even if the followers saw the drawings ordered by Jiang Changan, they didn't see the reason.
"Did she say she was going to do something?" 300 finger-long, but much thinner iron needles, and some thin pieces of iron of different shapes?
"The guest said it was for the soles of the shoes." The needle on the sole of the Kona shoe is clearly hooked, and the owner of the iron shop doesn't understand it, but he does it if he has money to earn, and there is no violation, right?
The two big men obviously didn't believe this, "This looks like an arrow, could it be that they are making hidden weapons?" ”
"Heh, how is it possible, the secret weapon can only be done at the master level, he just flashed a few children, what kind of secret weapon will he do?"
"That's right, even if they have a secret weapon, they are no match for all of us.
There are also three little girls among them, do you think you can let us play with them and then kill them? ”
The two big men walked out of the blacksmith shop and discussed how to deal with the four children, but they did not embarrass the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper didn't hear the conversation between the two, but Li Shushen did.
"It's the escaped prisoners, and I think they'll do it when we get out of town." Li Shushen's eyes were cold, and he walked in the market with a carriage.
"There's a blacksmith there, let's get in. It's just the right time for them to test the power of my secret weapon. ”
People have already called on the door, and of course Jiang Changan will not be polite.
Now, even Liu Yu is not afraid when she hears these things of fighting and killing, the more upper-class people are, the more thrilling life is, Li Shushen has made them mentally prepared early.
As long as they survive and make it to the end, their future achievements will not be too bad.
For this, the Liu Yu sisters had already secretly made up their minds and risked their lives.
Aren't they living secretly just so that they can live like individuals in the future? Only by living as a human being, there is also the right to pursue happiness.
After Jiang Changan assigned all the blacksmith production, he took the two sisters to go shopping and replenish the necessities of life, after all, they had the experience of sleeping in the wild.
This purchase is a whole car of things, Li Shushen is about to collapse, people are not as panicked as they are with them, this is like a spring outing, I can't wait to move the whole family.
But it's clear that they are traveling far away, and there will be a fierce battle to fight later, isn't it possible that these little girls don't take those escaped prisoners seriously at all?
Oh, it just so happens that those people don't regard their four children as serious opponents either.
The source of Jiang Changan's confidence is, of course, her mechanical bow and crossbow.
After purchasing the supplies, Jiang Changan went back and took back the accessories ordered by the five blacksmith shops.
Li Shushen carried the carriage directly out of the city, if there was no abnormality, they would definitely be able to reach the next town.
In the carriage, Jiang Changan had a bunch of difficult and messy parts in front of her, but the operation of her assembly did not stop at all, who let these things be designed by her, and it was clear where each part was used.
The Liu Yu sisters looked at it with their eyes in a daze, and felt that their little master was very powerful, and he was very sassy.
"Girl, how long have you been learning this?" Liusi's tone was full of envy.
What kind of family is it that will let a girl learn a craft? Unlike their Lu family, the girl is just a money-loser, whether it is her father and grandmother, or even their mothers, they all look down on women.
Liu Si suddenly became curious about the Jiang family.
Jiang Changan smiled slightly, she has learned the craft for many years, "My grandfather is a carpenter, and he is the one hundred and tenth generation descendant of Patriarch Luban. ”
"Huh? But aren't these all iron and not wood? "None of the accessories are made of wood, how can the girl's hidden weapon be related to carpentry? Liu Si was even more confused.
"This is the master's cleverness, the principle of the mecha is the same, some things can be made directly from wood, some with iron, and some with a combination of wood and iron, knowing a skill and using it all."
"Oh, it's so hard, girl, you know so much."
Only in the time of chatting, Jiang Changan had already loaded the bow and crossbow, and there was only a small thing the size of a palm for adults, but it was quite heavy.
"Girl, can this secret weapon really kill and kill?" It looks pretty ordinary.
"It depends on where you shoot, if you aim at the head, eyes, and heart, the other party will definitely not survive." No one here can undergo surgery, such a big iron needle is inserted into the flesh and bone, do you say that you will not die?
Jiang Changan said, directly put on the arrow needle, then adjusted a gear, deducted the plate machine, and only heard a 'boom' across the air.
Then there was a 'thud', and the iron arrow sank into the pillar of the carriage, and almost lost its roof.
"Wow!" It's terrifying, the power of the little one-horse bow and crossbow is too great, the Liusi sisters were dumbfounded.
"This is the lowest gear, and if you can turn to the highest gear like this in times of crisis, it is better to kill others than to die yourself.
We didn't do anything evil, we just fought back, so when facing the enemy, you must not be soft-hearted, understand? ”
Murder? The two sisters shook their bodies, and they were a little afraid to do so.
"Those people are prison escapees, among them are flower thieves, there are murderers, they are not good people, if you kill them, you will be regarded as eliminating harm for the people."
Jiang Changan is doing ideological work for the sisters, but at the same time, he is also convincing himself.
"The girl who knows." They can't protect their masters, at least they can't let their masters worry about themselves, right? Liu Yu took a deep breath, plucked up his courage, and finally took the miniature bow and crossbow tremblingly.
"This is for self-defense, don't let outsiders see this thing, otherwise it will lead to death, remember."
"Okay." This thing is so precious, of course the sisters know, so they definitely won't say it, even if they use it, they have to be sneaky, otherwise how can it be called a hidden weapon?
Jiang Changan mass-produced every time he created something, and this time he also made ten bows and crossbows, and she threw the rest into the space when people were not paying attention.
The carriage left the city, followed the official road, passed through the village, and finally entered the wilderness.
"Here we are." Outside the carriage, Li Shushen saw the clues in the forest and immediately reminded him.
The place where the carriage was located was on the edge of the cliff, and below it was a deep cliff, and there were mountains and a number of shelters on it, so it was indeed the best place for a sneak attack.
Jiang Changan's heart tightened, and he scanned it with the certificate system, and sure enough, there was an ambush, "There are four people who followed our carriage back, and there are six on the mountain, and they have prepared big trees and big stones, and those things may roll down and kill us at any time." ”
Jiang Changan's brows were furrowed, and his mind was quickly thinking about countermeasures.
I didn't expect the official road to be such a dangerous place, but they couldn't help but go, they had to be on the right side after all.
"You stay in the car and don't move, I'll take care of it." Li Shushen was not nervous, and had already thought of various corresponding plans in his heart.
Hearing Li Shushen say this, he must have a way, so he must not make trouble for others anymore, "Then you be careful." ”
"We guard the carriage, and if the people on the other side are going to be against us, we will shoot sharp arrows, aim a little, and be sure not to waste iron arrows, which are very expensive."
Jiang Chang'an also hurts, the hidden weapon is good, but it can't be recycled, if you kill a person, you can't dig up iron arrows from his corpse, right?
Liu Yu and Liu Si nodded, their teeth began to fight, they were now preparing to kill, but those people were bad people, and they stumbled and put their bows and crossbows on their heads, aiming them at the people who were galloping towards their carriage.
Four big men, each riding a horse and holding a knife in their hands, were menacing.