Chapter 73 Your Majesty wants to pretend, how much is this?
After arranging everything here, Li Er left the harem and came to Tai Chi Hall.
At this moment, in the Taiji Hall, Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui were already waiting quietly.
The weapons arranged this time were placed quietly beside him.
"His Majesty."
What he didn't expect was that he was tricked again. Looking at this repeated crossbow, Li Er felt like he wanted to cry without tears.
"Your Majesty, I think your Majesty has made a lot of money by buying a repeating crossbow this time.
Nowadays, the bows and arrows made by our Tang Dynasty are only 100 meters long.
The range of crossbows is only 200 meters, but the repeating crossbows made by Master Zhao and Zhuangzi can actually reach a range of 300 meters to 500 meters.
The most terrifying thing about this long range is that if a war breaks out, enemy soldiers will rush over.
If it is an ordinary repeating crossbow or bow and arrow, not only the short range, but also the need to retrieve and shoot the arrow. During this process, there will be a certain gap in the middle.
This gap will give the enemy a chance to breathe and allow them to rush over.
And now that I have this repeating crossbow, think about that feeling.
The time between the overwhelming arrows can be said to be negligible or even omitted.
The densely packed arrows were shot over, with that shocking momentum, how powerful was that lethality?
Several people imagined in their minds that the enemy had not come close and had been completely wiped out by the Tang army from a long distance.
If this was a battle with the Turks, all cavalry would be equipped with such weapons.
Even if they encounter the main Turkic force, it is not impossible to fight.
"Your Majesty, let's start copying.
There are new types of knives on the weapons, and the enemy's armor weapons are vulnerable to a single blow.
Soft armor, when worn by soldiers, can be said to be invulnerable.
With this new type of repeating crossbow, we can harvest enemies from a long distance, and our army of the Tang Dynasty will be invincible in the world!"
After Changsun Wuji said this, Li Er also felt a little excited, and began to fantasize about what it would be like to go to conquer the Turks and completely ravage them under his feet.
"Auxiliary machine, what you say makes sense.
When you said that, I just felt very comfortable, come here!"
Called the people from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Household Affairs over.
When the ministers from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household came here, they were very confused.
At the morning court this morning, His Majesty had something to do and did not go to court, but today he wanted to call them over.
Looking up at the wooden box placed next to them, several people thought, is there something interesting inside?
"I have met His Majesty!"
"Everyone, I called you here today because I have a very big thing to entrust you with.
Do you know what is in front of you?"
As he spoke, Li Er's smile appeared directly. Seeing His Majesty's smile, officials from the Ministry of Industry took the lead in standing up!
"Your Majesty, could it be that there are new weapons inside?"
Speaking of new weapons, his eyes were filled with anticipation.
The weapons, soft armor, and horseshoes arranged by His Majesty before are except that horseshoes are very simple to make and are being copied on a large scale.
Weapons and soft armor, they are still working hard to imitate.
Although they have not succeeded yet, everyone believes that if they are given some time, the final victory will eventually belong to them.
Those new weapons really shocked everyone's hearts, could it be possible that the ones contained in them were too?
Li Er didn't say anything, he just stepped forward to open the box and took out the serial crossbow inside.
Looking at the repeating crossbow made entirely of fine steel, the official from the Ministry of Industry exclaimed in his heart.
Sure enough, they have the same idea!
"Your Majesty, what is this?"
"This item is called a new-style repeating crossbow, but it's a pity that the space in this Tai Chi Hall is too small.
Let’s go outside and show it to you personally.”
"It's your Majesty!"
When we came to the outside of the main hall, we chose a very open place and installed a target at a location three to four hundred meters away.
"Everyone, this is about 350 meters away from us. Do you think if this repeating crossbow is fired, will the arrow hit the target?"
Several people shook their heads directly after hearing this.
"Your Majesty, the target is too far away. It is impossible to hit it."
This time it's not a question of whether it can hit or not, but it's simply impossible to hit it from such a long distance.
For example, a person's bow and arrow can pierce the poplar at a hundred steps, but if you shoot the target a thousand steps away, you can't even touch the person's side.
"I will let you see what a miracle is."
Aiming and shooting, the arrow rushed over quickly and hit the target with a snap.
Several arrows were shot out one after another, and all ten arrows hit the target.
Everyone quickly stepped forward and were completely stunned when they saw the target!
"Your Majesty, this?"
This is a distance of nearly 350 meters. How can you hit the target from such a long distance?
Moreover, they looked at the thickness of the arrow shot through and calculated in their minds that if the distance was adjusted to between 350 meters and 500 meters, it would be possible to shoot through.
The arrow can penetrate up to 500 meters, which is simply terrifying!
"Your Majesty, this repeating crossbow?"
"In addition to its long range, this repeating crossbow has other powerful features.
It’s up to me to show it to you personally again.”
Li Er called a minister from the Ministry of Revenue and handed the Lian Nu to him!
"Your Majesty, I have never touched this humble minister before!"
"It doesn't matter, just because you have never used it before, I can let you experience its power."
I briefly taught him how to use it, then took aim and shot.
After five rounds of shooting, because the first shot was still with His Majesty, it was a bit stressful.
Three arrows hit the bull's-eye, and two arrows missed the bull's-eye, but also hit the target.
When everyone saw this result, their hearts galloped.
A person who has never touched a repeating crossbow directly started operating it and successfully shot it. The accuracy rate is so high?
How can these archers who train day and night survive?
"Your Majesty, do you want me to take this serial crossbow back to the Ministry of Works and arrange for craftsmen to carry out prevention and treatment?"
Li Er nodded!
"Yes, that's exactly what I mean.
Regarding the imitation of the Liannu, I will leave it to your Ministry of Industry to manufacture it.
As well as the previous weapons, soft armor, horseshoes, plus today's repeating crossbow.
I want you to make it at all costs.
I will put these weapons into the army and use them as weapons to fight against the Turks!"
"Your Majesty, Mochen, will definitely imitate it at all costs."
The minister of the Ministry of Industry was also excited about what he said. With so many advanced weapons, and they were still manufacturing them, how could everyone not be excited?
When he saw their excitement, Li Er turned to look at the minister of the Ministry of Revenue!
"My dear friends, do you think this repeating crossbow is easy to use?"
"Your Majesty, this repeating crossbow is very easy to use!"
"But you also know that this good thing cannot be free."
OK,
Sure enough, it was just as they thought. His Majesty called them here today and showed off his weapons. He must be thinking of asking for money!
"Your Majesty, I wonder how much this repeating crossbow costs?"