Ma Zhou was greatly shocked by Chai Shao's teachings, but when he thought about it...
I feel more and more terrible about Li Sheng.
Not only is the temple invincible, but its ability to fight head-on is also invincible...
When I arrived in Hangzhou, I felt even more emotional at the thought of receiving the magic weapon that Li Sheng had designed a few months ago.
If you think about it carefully, if you encounter an enemy like the Holy Lord... In fact, no matter what clever tricks you come up with, or whether you rely on courage and blood to fight hard, it seems to be of no use...
Embarrassing, so embarrassing...
Thinking that Li Sheng was from the Tang Dynasty, and that he was the most sincere to the Tang Dynasty's elders, I couldn't help but feel extremely scared and lucky in my heart.
It was with this indescribable mood that Ma Zhou worked extremely diligently during the few days in Hangzhou.
Because when we arrived in Hangzhou, Wu Meiniang was the person in charge of the shipbuilding industrial zone, and at the same time, she acted as an agent to control the current number of sailors in Hangzhou, so she was very efficient.
Picking up the family members of the Imperial Army on Zhongzuosuo Island was quickly completed. On the contrary, it took a lot of time to help Li Sheng transport the strange batch of steel parts.
However, Ma Zhou and Chai Shao had their eyes opened again.
The parts this time are not only the same size as those on the ship, but what is even more shocking is that the parts this time are somehow...
The feeling of rigor and precision is much stronger!!!
It's not just a little bit, it's really too strict. Even just a cursory look gives people a strong chilling air.
For these steel parts, it seems that every part is more or less, which immediately destroys the aesthetic feeling.
It's so precise that it's really shocking.
but……
What these things are used for is still unknown.
What also shocked Ma Zhou was the new weapon that Li Sheng asked them to pick up from Wu Meiniang.
This weapon has slotted arms and a trigger, just like a crossbow.
However, what is different from ordinary crossbows is that this peculiar crossbow comes with a crossbow arrow, and the crossbow arrow is connected to the crossbow string.
This strange setting makes people confused, because...since there are already crossbow arrows on the crossbow machine, where should the arrows be placed?
What's more, the crossbow arrows that come with it are clearly connected to the crossbow string, so this thing... is definitely not used to shoot out. Is it just for displaying to look good? Isn't this a crossbow machine...
Ma Zhou found it incredible, while Chai Shao on the other side was even more confused.
Even if the crossbow string comes with a strange crossbow arrow, the key point is that the front part of the crossbow arrow is...
It is connected to an iron cylinder, which replaces the ordinary crossbow arrow trough. From this point of view, it may be used to push things put into the iron cylinder...
But the mechanism down here is really confusing.
It looks like many iron wheels and iron bars, but there are iron teeth on the edge or on one side or both sides.
It looks very fierce, but if you look closely, you can find that these iron teeth seem to be regular. Each tooth is exactly the same and arranged very neatly.
These toothed iron wheels and iron bars have various mechanisms that Chai Shao has seen before - the thing installed inside the warship, the "steam engine", has a large number of gears.
Of course, Chai Shao didn't understand what the purpose of these toothed things was, but if he thought about it carefully, it was obviously some kind of mechanism. The question was - what was this mechanism used for?
"This iron cylinder...is used to put grenades?"
Chai Shao guessed what he said. Ma Zhou was startled when he heard it, but then he came to his senses.
Come to think of it, Li Sheng seems to have said that this new weapon can greatly increase the throwing distance of grenades!
I see……
Converting a crossbow into a grenade launcher was an idea that he should have thought of long ago.
If you look at it this way...
Only then did Ma Zhou realize that this crossbow was very heavy, about three times as heavy as an ordinary crossbow, and...
Ordinary crossbows are always modified from wooden arm bows and crossbows, but this one is different.
This thing is a steel arm!
This weight, as well as the obviously huge strength, is far superior to the steel arm structure of the wooden arm...
In other words... Ma Zhou quickly understood that Chai Shao's guess was definitely correct.
This power is obviously not used to push light arrows into flight, but rather heavy grenades! It is an iron lump, and it will definitely not work if the power is small.
But then again, Ma Zhou is also curious about this thing...
Well, since it is used to push grenades, then this thing is extremely powerful, so it is normal to use a steel arm. The only problem is...
Who can pull this?
"It's supposed to be used for projecting grenades." Ma Zhou nodded, but his brows were still furrowed, "But this crossbow machine..."
"Um……"
Chai Shao shook his head, "I'm afraid this thing is a little hard and can't be pulled open easily. I'm old, come and try it!"
Ma Zhou nodded. Although he was a scholar, he was still fighting on the battlefield. What's more, he was not a scholar from a wealthy family, but was from a peasant family. He still had some strength - otherwise he would have faced 400,000 Turks.
Dajun will not be favored by Li Sheng and temporarily selected as a captain.
Then, Ma Zhou tried to pull the string of the crossbow.
Chai Shao took a breath and took a step back, intending to see the power. But...
Ma Zhou noticed that Chai Shao took a step back, so he naturally tried his best to attack, but after trying hard, he found that the string of this crossbow machine was incredibly hard.
No, let’s not even talk about the strings. The crossbow itself, which is entirely made of pure white steel, is extremely heavy. It seems impossible to hold the crossbow with one hand and string it with the other like a normal crossbow...
Ma Zhou's face turned red, but he still couldn't lift the crossbow to pull the string!
This string was as strong as steel. No matter how hard Ma Zhou exerted his strength, it remained motionless!
Chai Shao's eyes were filled with surprise, while Ma Zhou was anxious to jump to his feet. The Shangguan was still watching from the side, and he had lost all his strength. Wouldn't this be a disgrace?
but,
Ma Zhou changed his posture and stepped on the middle of the bow arm to string it up like the "opening crossbow" currently used in the army. Chai Shao suddenly said, "Wait a minute!"
"Uh..." Ma Zhou stopped, looked at Chai Shao, and smiled sheepishly, "Senior Chai, this junior is not strong enough, I'm really ashamed..."
"No, this is not a matter of lack of strength."
Chai Shao shook his head, "This crossbow machine cannot be easily opened. It will be the same for anyone, except for the Holy Marquis himself..."
This is true, and it can be regarded as the true nature of a warrior, but Ma Zhou is a little bit pained, because if this is the case, then no one can pull the crossbow, isn't it just a pile of steel decorations?
What a pity for such good steel and exquisite craftsmanship...
