Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 48
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Wanzi City.

In Li Yan's room.

Li Yan quietly walked behind Liu Huiniang, who was fiddling with a one-meter-long crossbow, and hugged Liu Huiniang into his arms!
Liu Huiniang scolded, "Be careful with your son!"

Li Yan touched Liu Huiniang's lower abdomen and said, "I'm not worried about him, I'm worried about you. If I knew your body is so weak, I wouldn't want this child!"

Li Yan was not trying to trick Liu Huiniang, but was telling the truth. There are too many women who can have children, but there is only one female Zhuge!
Liu Huiniang turned her head and gave Li Yan a white look, and said, "Don't blame you all!"

Li Yan smiled awkwardly!
Li Yan is indeed to blame for this matter!
Because I haven't touched a woman for too long, and my physical fitness has become so good that Li Yan accidentally hurt Liu Huiniang's vitality!
Coincidentally, Liu Huiniang was pregnant again!

This frightened Li Yan, and quickly sent Yang Lin and Zhu Fu out to make money for An Daoquan and Kong Hou to go up the mountain respectively!
Li Yandao: "Any Daoquan and Kong Hou, the two genius doctors, will definitely be able to help you recuperate your body when they come to the mountain, and then I will teach you a set of Wuqinxi health preservation, and take care of your body better than me."

Although Li Yanqiang married her, after getting along with her for more than a month, Liu Huiniang has accepted her fate and even started to help Li Yan develop the magic arm crossbow.

You can say that this is mainly caused by the traditional thinking of women in this era.

But the designation is also inseparable from the credit of Li Yan's careful management.

Today, Li Yan in Liu Huiniang's eyes is like this--dominant but gentle, good at martial arts but not obsessed with martial arts, erudite, knowledgeable, knowledgeable about world affairs and people's hearts, has great wisdom, is not ashamed to ask questions, is good at teaching, has a strong body, Extraordinary appearance, um... to achieve the goal by any means, in short, Li Yan still agrees with her heart and agrees with her.

These may be a bit illusory and empty, so let's talk about something real:
Li Yan really believed in her talent, and really gave her a chance to show her talent. Regardless of military affairs, or other matters, Li Yan discussed with her, and at least seven or eight times out of ten, she would adopt her suggestion, even if she did not. Suggestions, and will explain the reasons to her in detail.

Li Yan and her have a very common language and can chat together. Unlike other people, they can only listen to her without any refutation. Often some of her whimsical ideas are taken as jokes. She can speak freely in front of Li Yan. Li Yan doesn't say that she understands everything, but she can also give feasible suggestions or reasonable opinions, often hitting the point with a single word, and her unconstrained ideas are not only not received by Li Yan. For prejudice, Li Yan can give her some answers, and even give evidence. On the contrary, sometimes she can't keep up with Li Yan's footsteps, and often Li Yan's casual words may make her think for a long time. Even after thinking about it for a long time, she couldn't understand it, and in the end, Li Yan had to explain it to her in detail. In short, being with Li Yan made her feel that she was not so different, and she was just someone who knew a little more. An ordinary woman, which made her very happy all the time.

In addition, Li Yan really loves her!

Take this time her physical illness as an example.

Without further ado, Li Yan sent Yang Lin and Zhu Fu out to make An Daoquan and Kong Hou go up the mountain respectively!

You know, Yang Lin and Zhu Fu are not idlers with nothing to do. The former originally planned to go to Sizhou with Meng Kang to earn money from Ye Chun and the Ye family, while the latter, not to mention going to Jeju Prefecture to open a hotel, also went to Zhenrong to earn money. The Qu family is a master of flying slaves and an excellent flying slave!

She knew very well that whether it was a big ship or a flying slave, they were all treasures that Li Yan desperately wanted!

But for her, Li Yan pushed back these two treasures without hesitation!

Let me ask, if you get a husband like this, what more can you ask for?

What's more, now that the raw rice has been cooked, she is already Li Yan's person, and she will have to raise a child for Li Yanyan in seven or eight months, so what other choice is there?

Liu Huiniang said softly, "I'm fine...look at my improved crossbow."

Li Yan took the divine arm crossbow from Liu Huiniang, and then blamed: "Didn't I tell you to rest more?"

Liu Huiniang said: "I made a god arm crossbow when I was a child, this time I just instructed others to make another one, and improved it along the way, so I won't get tired."

Liu Huiniang continued: "The more powerful the more accurate the crossbow, the heavier the weight and the longer the winding time. This is the most balanced one after I compared it. The maximum range can reach 270 steps, and it can penetrate heavy armor. Can be launched by one person."

(The 340 steps appeared once in all the introduction documents of the Song Dynasty, and most of the rest were 240 steps, so everyone recognized that the 340 steps were 240 steps, and one step was 360 meters. 400 meters, of course, there is also a saying that the maximum range is [-] meters.)
Liu Huiniang's improved crossbow shoots 45 meters longer than the one made in the Song Dynasty, which is already very powerful, but the greedy Li Yan still asked, "Can you make it more powerful?"

Liu Huiniang said: "Then it has to increase its weight, and it cannot be launched by one person."

Hearing what Liu Huiniang said, Li Yan immediately dismissed the idea. If it cannot be fired by one person, then the practicality of the God Arm Crossbow will be greatly reduced.

You must know that the firing rate of the god arm crossbow is two shots per minute, and it is still well-trained. If it cannot be fired by one person, then it cannot be compared with the bow of ten arrows per minute.

In that case, Li Yan designated that he would give up the development of the god arm crossbow and develop bows and arrows instead.

Speaking of this, some people may be puzzled. Since the bow and arrow have such a great advantage in the rate of fire, why does Li Yan not develop the bow and arrow? Is it because the range of the god arm crossbow is more than 100 meters longer than that of the bow and arrow?

Of course not, in fact, there is not much difference between being able to shoot 400 meters and being able to shoot 300 to [-] meters, especially if the opponent has a horse.

The real reason is that archers need to be trained for a long time.

The training of archers is a very long and painful job, especially for the Han people who established their country by farming.

For the Han people, selecting professional soldiers from civilians and training archers can only be carried out after this person or 20 years old at the earliest.

And those nomads who grew up on horseback began to try to use the softest bows at the age of seven or eight, and when they grew up, they became first-class archers.

It can be said that the Han people have no advantage at all when comparing bows and arrows with nomadic peoples.

Moreover, archers still have great requirements on physical fitness, and after a few rounds of shooting, the accuracy and power of archers will drop significantly.

On the contrary, the crossbow can be aimed for a long time, the operation is much simpler, and it does not require too much physical strength. Therefore, the crossbow is much easier to train.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Li Yan won't develop archers. After all, crossbows have shortcomings that cannot be ignored, such as slow firing speed and difficulty in making, and bows and arrows are still needed to fill in the gaps.

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(End of this chapter)