Chapter 111: The Spear and Shield, and the Pulley Crossbow
Jiang Yang took a closer look and saw that there was almost no difference between this pulley crossbow and those of later generations.
Jiang Yang said: "Have you tried it? How powerful is it?"
"Try it, sir, this is a magical weapon! If I, the Tang Dynasty, are fully equipped, there will be no more wars on the border!" Wang Pengyue was very excited.
It's just that this idea is too naive.
If your entire army is equipped with pulley crossbows, it can only maintain no fighting for three to five years.
Once you have weapons that transcend the times, you will definitely be able to frighten the enemies around you, but the enemies are not vegetarians either.
There is a tiger sleeping soundly next to the couch, how can you let me sleep?
The people around you will definitely find ways to steal your technology and imitate your weapons to keep their military power on par with yours.
This is the arms race of later generations.
Moreover, the modern security measures are very poor, and this pulley crossbow does not have any high-tech blessings. You can make a few and take them apart, and the craftsmen can study them and copy them.
Of course, Jiang Yang would not talk to Wang Pengyue about this, but followed Wang Pengyue to the back of Wang Ji's blacksmith shop with a pulley crossbow.
Behind is the foot of the mountain, and there is a target not far away 300 meters away.
Jiang Yang skillfully raised the crossbow, loaded the arrow, aimed, and pulled the trigger.
With a "whoosh~" sound, the arrow flew out as fast as thunder, and the next moment there was an arrow stably stuck in the center of the target.
The tail of the arrow is still shaking at a high frequency.
"Perfect!" Jiang Yang breathed a sigh of relief and waited for the crossbows to be installed in the entire army.
Forget it, don't put it in line, you only need five thousand! Regardless of whether you have heavy cavalry or light cavalry, they are all targets.
There are pulleys and crossbows in the distance, and armors and sharp swords nearby. Why worry about people from all over the world peeking at my Xia Mi County?
Jiang Yang laughed loudly and couldn't put it down looking at the pulley crossbow in his hand. This is the romance of a man.
After playing with the arrow a few times again, Jiang Yang finally put his mind at ease.
"Not bad, not bad." Jiang Yang said, "Have you ever tried shooting at a distance of 300 meters?"
"No, I tested the range today." Wang Pengyue shook his head.
"Go find two pieces of raw meat, hang them there, and test their power." Jiang Yang frowned and said.
The power of this thing needs to be tested, especially if it is a silver-headed candle, it may look good but not useful.
Soon Wang Pengyue arranged for the people below to hang half a fan of pork there.
Everyone who was okay in the blacksmith shop also came over to watch.
Jiang Yang was still skillful in loading the arrow, aiming, and shooting!
"Whoosh!" The arrow flew directly past, and only a slight sound could be heard. Everyone looked up.
The arrow shot directly into the pork, with a thickness of five centimeters inside the body.
Jiang Yang did not stop. Instead, he loaded his arrow several times and continued shooting.
"My lord's archery skills are so accurate."
"Yeah, I studied this thing for a while before I figured out how to shoot it accurately. You can do it once you get started."
"What do you know? These drawings were given by adults, how could they not know how to do it?"
"Hey, you are saying that my girl is not married at my age..."
"Go, go, go and die, what is that of your girl? A toad wants to eat swan meat. Sir, that is a god who came down from the sky. Are you worthy of it?"
While everyone was playing around, someone brought half a fan of pork over.
All the arrows penetrated five centimeters into the body. If you take out a knife and cut it, you can still see the horrific wounds on the skeleton.
This power! If you hit it within 300 meters, you will not die, but you will be disabled!
For the first time, Wang Pengyue felt a chill on his back. He suddenly realized that this was not a pretty thing, but a real murder weapon.
"Not bad." Jiang Yang really agreed this time. The range and power were up to standard, and even the quality of the arrows was even better.
Wang Pengcheng, the second of the three Wang brothers, suddenly asked: "Can this thing penetrate the armor we developed before?"
These words made everyone's eyes light up.
Yes, which one is more powerful, the strongest spear? Or the strongest shield?
Everyone is looking forward to this answer.
Jiang Yang suddenly smiled and said: "Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. We will know it once we try it."
As he said this, Jiang Yang asked someone to fetch a set of armor. Wang Ji Blacksmith must have kept this thing.
Placing the armor three hundred meters away, Jiang Yang fired again.
"Da
g~" The arrow collided with the armor, making a clear sound.
After going down several times in succession, the wooden piles supporting the armor couldn't bear it and fell to the ground. At this time, everyone rushed up to see the final experimental results.
"Hey, only the white spots didn't penetrate as expected."
"Yes, you can see that the arrowheads of these arrows are frayed in some places."
"This armor is so thick?"
Jiang Yang smiled slightly, "You have underestimated the extent of your brother's armor."
However, this does not mean that the pulley crossbow is useless. Facing contemporary armor, the pulley crossbow can still penetrate and cause indiscriminate damage.
After all the experiments were completed, Jiang Yang put down the crossbow. Seeing that the people in the blacksmith shop were still experimenting, he called Wang Pengyue aside.
"How are you doing lately? What is the maximum daily output of this pulley crossbow?" Jiang Yang asked.
Wang Pengyue thought for a moment and said, "Sir, there are still some flaws in the production of this pulley crossbow. Some small parts are too slow to produce. If we have enough raw materials, we can produce more than a hundred of them in one day at full productivity."
With a daily output of over 100? It's still a little slow, not a little... it's very slow.
Jiang Yang glanced around and found that there were two main reasons for the current lack of productivity. The first was a serious shortage of manpower. The newly recruited people had no blacksmith background and could only do some chores.
The second is that manpower is still too slow. If it can be developed to use water power, production can be accelerated.
As for molds and stuff, I believe Wang Pengyue has thought of it a long time ago, and Jiang Yang doesn't need to talk about it.
Population, water conservancy.
Jiang Yang thought for a while, and found a new location for the blacksmith shop in the new rural area. He was just waiting for Ma Feng to start, so he went to rush it.
"It doesn't matter, I can solve these problems for you and give you a surprise when the time comes." Jiang Yang patted Wang Pengyue on the shoulder and said.
At this time, Wang Pengyue looked troubled and said: "Sir, there is another most important problem: there is no iron."
"If there is iron, I can make two hundred farm tools every day without delaying the production of farm tools!" Wang Pengyue promised, patting his chest.
When Jiang Yang heard this, he thought, huh? This guy is dishonest. He just said a hundred, but now he can produce two hundred if there is no delay in farm tools.
Isn’t this just kidding himself? Jiang Yang rolled his eyes, he had to use excuses to get things.
"Wang Tong is dealing with the iron issue, but there is no progress yet. I believe there will be news soon. Please wait patiently. In the past few days, work harder to build all the farm tools. The people of Xiami County are waiting for it."