In the afternoon, Qin Yin arranged for Qu Chu's residence, and it was justified for Qu Chu to live in Zetian Hall as the empress's concubine, and it could also protect Qin Yin's safety.

Lin Muyu returned to the temple and was immediately stunned when he faced the large pile of files in the archdeacon's office.

"What's the matter, Archdeacon?" said Ge Yang with a smile as he stood aside.

Lin Muyu only felt that his scalp was a little numb, and said, "Grandpa Geyang, the temple should indeed hire a few civil officials, and many of these files don't need me to review them personally, so it's a waste of my time." ”

Ge Yang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The old man knows, and I will let Deacon Zheng select civil officials with sufficient qualifications later, but most of the people in the temple are martial artists, and there are not many who can read and write." ”

"There will always be. ”

"Yes..."

Lin Muyu calmed down, and after sitting down, he turned over and reviewed the files one by one, and there were still some things about the selection of personnel from various temples in the empire, the transfer of funds, etc., which were very tedious and boring, and it was much more boring than cultivation, but fortunately, Lin Muyu could silently cultivate the dragon bone fragment in his body, and he would not waste a lot of time.

When the sun was setting, and it was not yet dusk, suddenly the temple guard outside said respectfully: "Archdeacon, the commander of the forbidden army, Feng Jixing, asks to see you." ”

"Oh, let him in. ”

"Yes..."

Feng Jixing entered the office in a hurry, sat honestly and unceremoniously in the corner of the archdeacon's desk, and said with a smile: "Yo, the archdeacon is reviewing the recital again?"

"It's just a dossier, and the emperor's is called a chapter. Lin Muyu glanced up at him and said with a smile: "Didn't you make an appointment to go drinking in the evening, why did Brother Feng come so early?"

"Haha. Feng Jixing smiled loudly: "I want to take you to a place before drinking." ”

"Where?"

"Ministry of Industry, Ordnance Division. ”

"Oh, the Weapons Division?"

"Yes, let's go, put down these files of yours, the treasures there are much more powerful than these files..."

"Uh-huh..."

Out of the temple, Lin Muyu turned over his horse, rode on the snow and the wind to gallop to the Imperial Ministry of Industry, neither of them brought guards, there was no need at all, the two holy areas of the empire, who would dare to fight their idea?

When Feng Jixing took Lin Muyu into the depths of the Ministry of Industry, he finally saw a very solemn building standing there from a distance, and it was heavily guarded outside, at least more than 200 guards were tightly guarded around.

It seems that there is indeed a secret hidden here.

"Do you remember Qin Ziling?" asked Feng Jixing.

"Remember, what's wrong with Ziling?"

"Without your permission, I directly asked Ouyang He, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, to take this person away, the beast hunting crossbow made by Qin Ziling is very sophisticated, so the skilled craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry will re-improve it with his drawings, and you will be able to see it soon." ”

"Hmm. ”

The two of them came to the gate of the Weapons Division, and immediately the soldiers guarding respectfully clenched their fists: "Commander of the wind, commander of the rain..."

Feng Jixing nodded: "Take us in, Commander Rain and I want to see the power of the arrow box." ”

"Yes..."

A centurion respectfully led the two into the Weapons Division, and not long after, an official in a civilian uniform stepped forward, about 50 years old, but his face was pale, his wrinkles were deep, and he hugged his fists and smiled: "Ouyang He sees the commander of the wind, the commander of the rain..."

Feng Jixing smiled slightly: "Lord Ouyang, don't be polite, I'll take Commander Yu to see our new weapon." ”

"Yes, Rain Commander, please. ”

Lin Muyu was confused, and said in his heart, what is this arrow box, is it a new equipment that is continuously fired and similar to a repeating crossbow? If so, he has actually seen it a long time ago, but he can't build it, and he doesn't understand the principle.

Ouyang He took the two of them all the way to the shooting range of the Ordnance Division, not far away, a group of people wearing civilian official uniforms of the Ministry of Industry were fiddling with a black box, the box was full of dense arrows showing holes, sure enough, it was the legendary arrow box, one of this group of civilian officials was Qin Ziling, seeing Lin Muyu coming, he hurriedly stood up, and said respectfully: "Ziling see the archdeacon." ”

Lin Muyu saw at a glance that Qin Ziling's military rank had been upgraded to a thousand commanders, and he was in the Weapons Division, and it seemed that he was also incorporated into the imperial army, so he nodded and smiled: "Ziling doesn't have to be polite." ”

Qin Ziling said with some shame: "Without the permission of the archdeacon, Ziling joined the Weapons Division, which is really ...... I'm sorry Archdeacon, and I ask for your pardon. ”

Lin Muyu couldn't help laughing, patted Qin Ziling's shoulder lightly, and said, "What stupid words do you say, your talents are put to use in the Weapons Division, and it's too late for me to be happy for you..."

"Is the archdeacon really happy for Ziling?"

"Well, show me the weapons you've developed. ”

"Yes..."

Qin Ziling gave an order, and the two soldiers pushed the arrow box to move slowly, aiming at the target in the distance, which was far away, about 200 meters away, which was already the upper limit of the range of the bow and arrow, and the target was a very thick piece of wood, which was nearly half a meter thick, Lin Muyu frowned, and his eyes fell on the arrow in the box.

Ouyang He smiled slightly, took an arrow from the table on the side, and saw that the head of the arrow was full of flame luster, and he said with a smile: "This kind of arrow is specially made, and it has been tempered with fire poison, this fire poison is the venom of the two poisonous weeds of Nantian Bamboo and Shanglu Grass, and the blood seals the throat, and even the strong vitality of the armor demon cannot resist this toxin." ”

Lin Muyu was surprised and asked, "Has this toxin been tested on the armor demon?"

"Hmm. Ouyang He nodded: "Thanks to the fact that Commander Yu brought back a few living armor demons from the Daojiang position, we were able to experiment, but unfortunately these armor demons are not prohibitive, and they are all dead." ”

"Hey..."

"Alright, ready to release the arrows..."

"Yes..."

A soldier pulled the wrench, suddenly pulled suddenly, and suddenly the sound of the machine spring twisting came from the arrow box, followed by the continuous shooting of arrows with "whoosh", almost instantly shot nearly 40 arrows cleanly, and the distant target like a wall was "popping" into countless arrows, the force was amazing, and the target was dusty.

"Let's go over and have a look. "The wind follows the road.

"Hmm. ”

Lin Muyu stepped away, came to the front of the target, and gently pulled out an arrow, this arrow was all cast of steel, the arrow was very sharp, and it directly pierced the wooden arrow target to a depth of about 20 centimeters, Ouyang He said with a smug smile on the side: "The best archer in the imperial army is about the only one who has this ability." ”

"Not necessarily. ”

Lin Muyu has seen Wei Qiu's archery skills, 200 meters away, Wei Qiu will definitely be able to penetrate this arrow target with an arrow, he gently raised his hand and pulled out the dragon spirit sword, groaned, and silently split out a sword, and suddenly the sword blade around the swirling fighting mangs danced brightly, and with a "bang" sound, a gap of about 40 centimeters was cut into a wooden arrow target.

"Commander Rain, what are you doing?" Ouyang He looked surprised.

Lin Muyu said: "I have fought face-to-face with the armor demon, so I know the hardness and toughness of the carapace on their body, and it is about this strength that can split the hard armor of the armor demon, so Lord Ouyang, unless your arrow box can shoot into the arrow target 40 centimeters deep, you will not be able to penetrate the armor demon's carapace, let alone shoot into the armor demon's body and poison it to death." ”

Ouyang He frowned and said, "This is a bit difficult to do......

At this time, Qin Ziling, who was behind him, said: "Lord Ouyang, give me a little more time, my subordinates have the confidence to continue to improve the arrow box, so that it can meet the requirements of the rain commander, and ...... There is also room for improvement in our arrow forging, as long as we hire enough good craftsmen, we believe that we can shoot through the hard armor of armor demons. ”

Ouyang He said happily: "Ziling can really do it?"

"The subordinates will do their best..."Qin Ziling said sincerely.

Lin Muyu also smiled and said, "If Ziling can really improve the arrow box and make it a sharp weapon for shooting armor demons, then I will recommend you to His Royal Highness Qin Yin as the head of the Weapons Division..."

Qin Ziling said happily: "Thank you Commander Yu, Ziling will do his best..."

At this time, Ouyang He said again: "In addition to the quiver, we have also studied the ballista and ballista, and the Wind Commander and the Rain Commander will go over with the subordinate officials to have a look, right?"

"Okay, Lord Ouyang, please lead the way. ”

"Hmm. ”

Qin Ziling's painting drawings went, and Ouyang He, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was excited, the Weapons Department has always been the least favored department of the empire, because the Great Qin Empire was originally negligent in the study of weapons, the empire is still martial, Qin Jin has always encouraged the people to practice martial arts and archery, but has never encouraged the study of weapons.

This time, Feng Jixing and Lin Muyu, the two powerful imperial commanders, attached such importance to the Weapons Division, which was enough to flatter Ouyang He, and he naturally worked harder to recommend new weapons...

Ballista, divided into single ballista and repeating ballista, has the disadvantage of being less firing than the quiver, and the advantage is that it is light to carry, far less heavy than the quiver.

Ouyang He said triumphantly: "This kind of ballista can shoot through 50 centimeters of wood with one arrow, and if it is close enough, it can pierce the body of the armor demon, but the requirements for the head are too great." ”

Lin Muyu nodded and did not speak.

Ouyang He pointed to a machine about two people tall on the side, and said: "This is a legendary ballista, which can project boulders and giant arrows, and is powerful, requiring more than ten people to control it together, and it cannot be fired, and it is also very heavy, not suitable for combat." ”

Feng Jixing licked his lips, looked up, and said with a smile: "It looks quite mighty." ”

Lin Muyu's eyes lit up and said, "If this kind of ballista is equipped with sharp stones, will it be able to shoot through the side panels of ordinary warships?"

"Yes, it must be able to..."Ouyang He said excitedly, "What does the rain commander mean?"

"If it's a little improved and smaller, it can be equipped on the Imperial Marine's ships. ”

Lin Muyu said with great ambition: "The demon clan is not a fool, sooner or later they will fight to the death with us on the water surface of the Daojiang River, and the Boxers will also have a war with us sooner or later, and it will be difficult to subdue them without developing water weapons." ”

Ouyang He's face was full of red light: "Xiaguan understands, it's just ...... The Jin Yin coin applied for by the Ordnance Department has been delayed, and Lan Gong and Yun Gong have no interest in the development of weapons, so the dossier has been pressed in the front hall of Zetian Hall to Her Royal Highness the Empress. ”

"Give me the dossier, and I'll present it directly to Your Highness. Lin Muyu said with a smile.

Ouyang He was ecstatic: "Okay...... Good...... Thank you, Commander Rain..."

Feng Jixing also smiled slightly: "Ah Yu, do we still drink at night?"

"If you see Xiao Yin, let's drink it again. ”

"Good..."

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