At this time, Li Chengqian was outside, watching Cheng Chusi and the others leisurely, humming and chopping down trees, but he didn't know that he was being implicated in this way.
"Gao Ming, Xuanhua Ax is such a powerful magic weapon, do you want to play with it for a while?"
"Exactly, magic weapons like Xuanhua Ax and Ma Shu are the magic weapons that a real man should use!"
"Brilliant, having fun alone is not as good as having fun together. Cutting down trees is such a wonderful thing, why not try it together!"
On the side, Cheng Cheng Chusi and Li Chongyi were cutting down trees while bewildering Li Chengqian.
"This is Master's punishment for you. I don't dare to help you!"
Although he was a little moved by what he heard, Li Chengqian still shook his head firmly, "Besides, if you want to test the Xuanhua Ax and Ma Shu, I can use them again tomorrow!"
"Gao Ming, my whole body aches and I want to restore the tree stump outside the Confucius' courtyard to its original state. I don't know how much we have suffered. You can't just ignore it!"
Seeing that Li Chengqian was not fooled, Li Chongyi, Changsun Chong and others became anxious.
Among them, only Cheng Chusi and Yuchi Baolin were often sparred by the two old men in the family. In addition, their skin was rough and their flesh was thick, so their bodies had adapted to the effects of strenuous exercise.
Therefore, although it may be a bit painful, cutting down the tree is not a serious problem.
But Li Chongyi, Chang Sun Chong and the others felt sore all over their bodies every time they waved their arms.
According to this kind of progress, if we want to restore the row of tree stumps to their original state, I don't know if it will take forever.
But now, among them, Li Chengqian, the only one in good health, still doesn't help them.
"It's not that I'm cruel and won't help, it's that the Master doesn't allow it!"
Li Chengqian shook his head repeatedly and refused.
He is not stupid. If he helps these people, he will be punished next time.
He did not dare to test the Master's temperament of retribution.
"clever……"
Seeing this, Changsun Chong's face was full of begging.
"clever!"
At this time, an angry shout came from the distance.
Li Chengqian and Cheng Chusi couldn't help but look over.
Suddenly, everyone looked panicked.
Those who had just left not long ago rushed over in a hurry, especially His Majesty, who had a hint of anger in his eyes.
"Aye?"
"His Majesty!"
Li Shimin glanced at Li Chengqian and others, and then let out a cold snort.
"I heard that you actually have a crossbow made entirely of fine steel?"
Li Chengqian was shocked and quickly replied: "Ah, my child has such a steel crossbow!"
"It really is!"
Hearing this, Li Shimin became furious, "You're a prodigal, where's that powerful crossbow?"
"Aye, wait a moment!"
Li Chengqian didn't dare to delay. Under Li Shimin's glare, he hurriedly ran to a small tree not far away, and with some difficulty picked up a dark and shiny steel crossbow from the root of the tree. The whole body was made of fine steel, and it was only far away.
From a distance, you can tell that this is definitely a battlefield killing weapon.
Suddenly, Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others' eyes shone.
However, such a powerful crossbow was thrown under the roots of the tree so casually!
Thinking about it, Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian with a somewhat unkind expression.
Seeing this, although Li Chengqian didn't know why, he didn't dare to ask questions and hurriedly handed the crossbow to Li Shimin with reluctance.
"Hmph, only a crossbow, no arrows?"
Li Shimin asked coldly.
"Yes, kid, go get it now!"
Li Chengqian replied quickly and trotted towards the tree again.
Soon, one hand grabbed a handful of steel arrows and walked over!
"These arrows are also forged with intensive cultivation?"
As soon as he got started, Li Shimin felt something was wrong and his face was full of surprise.
"Back to Aye, exactly!"
Li Chengqian replied.
"snort!"
Li Shimin snorted again, then lowered his head and carefully examined the steel crossbow in his hand.
The more I look at it, the more joy I feel.
He raised his head and looked around, looking at the woods in the distance, his eyes lit up.
He picked up a steel crossbow, put it on the crossbow, and aimed at a small tree in the distance. With a crisp sound, the steel arrow had already inserted half of his body into the trunk of the tree.
"Your Majesty is brave!"
Beside them, Cheng Zhijie and Li Chongyi quickly offered a bunch of rainbow farts.
However, everyone's eyes were fixed on the still trembling steel arrow, with longing on their faces.
"Haha, what a powerful crossbow. It's a pity that making one is too time-consuming and consumes fine steel!"
Li Shimin said with some regret.
"Aye, it won't take too long to build such a powerful crossbow!" Li Chengqian said hurriedly.
"Um?"
Li Shimin was startled.
"Ying Qi and Wu Fu have already forged the mold for this steel crossbow. As long as there is enough molten steel, each person can forge more than ten steel crossbows in one day!"
Li Chengqian said.
"Is that so?"
Li Shimin quickly looked at Li Chengqian.
"Exactly!"
After successfully attracting Aye's attention, Li Chengqian breathed out lightly.
"Just like the horseshoes, Ying Qi and Wu Fu also forged the molds, so they can forge seven horse horseshoes in one day!"
"Master said that this is an assembly line process. Any weapon can be forged in this way as long as the mold is forged in advance. It is more than ten times faster than those craftsmen who can forge weapons one by one..."
Li Chengqian explained the assembly line process mentioned by Li Xuan in detail.
After hearing this, Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji could not help but feel shocked.
"Molds, using molds to forge weapons, such a simple thing, no one can think of it..."
"Smelting these fine steels only takes half an hour longer than smelting iron. And for forging these steel crossbows and horses, there are also forging molds. You only need to pour molten steel. In this way, from iron ore to smelting horses
The speed is already faster than smelting a furnace of pig iron!"
"If both the Shaofu Supervisor and the Ordnance Supervisor learn this process, then there will be no need to worry that our soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will not have sufficient ordnance and weapons!"
"Hey, Your Majesty, then all the soldiers in our right guard must have a steel sword and a steel spear! Each of these steel crossbows also needs a thousand! All generals above the rank of captain must have a horse spear and a steel spear.
Steel armor..."
"Old man Cheng, even our imperial army can't afford a steel knife and steel spear for each person, so you, the right military guard, want it?"
"That's right, Mr. Cheng, how much fine steel can our Tang Dynasty refine in a year? You want to give you a right-hand guard, and each soldier is equipped with steel knives and steel spears..."
In an instant, Cheng Zhijie, Li Shimin and others were directly waiting for the faces of Li Chengqian and Cheng Chusi, grinning widely and imagining.
"Your Majesty, I, Old Cheng, also want to try the power of this steel crossbow!"
As he spoke, Cheng Zhijie quietly held his hands on the steel crossbow in Li Shimin's hand, and took it over without Li Shimin paying attention.
After Li Shimin reacted, Cheng Zhijie had already taken a crossbow arrow from Li Chengqian's hand, placed it directly on the steel crossbow, and aimed at the tree trunk in the distance. After a crisp sound of breaking wind, half of the steel arrow body
, have already penetrated into the trunk of the tree, leaving only the tail of the arrow, still trembling.
Upon seeing this, Cheng Zhijie grinned and burst into laughter.
"Haha, it is really a powerful crossbow. It is already more powerful than the six-stone strong bow. If the arrow bodies of these steel arrows are replaced with willow branches or bamboo, then I, Lao Cheng, only need two thousand of this steel arrow.
With the crossbow, I can lead my right-hand military guards to shoot off the Jieli child's head and play with it like a Cuju!"
"Okay, now that you're an old guy, it's time for me to give it a try!"
On the side, Li Xiaogong curled his lips and forcefully snatched the steel crossbow from Cheng Zhijie's hand.