Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland

Chapter 38 Crossbow Shooting
"Just wait for what Boss Lu says!"

A few people avoided the crowds in the black market and came to a remote corner. Lu Yong lifted the linen covering the crossbow.

This crossbow is close to the length of a human arm. The black bow arm and the orange crossbow body form a "cross". The dark tung wood exudes a woody fragrance. The trigger and handle in the middle are made of thick iron. , shaped like a gun stock known to Lu Meng.

Lu Meng just pulled the bow string slightly, and he could feel the power that was ready to go.

This is a killing weapon that combines mechanics and art.

He continued to play with Lu Yong's anxious eyes for a while, feeling a little wary in addition to joy.

Lu Meng was delighted that this crossbow was better than he expected, even several times stronger than his previous hand crossbow.

[Item name: Crossbow (blue)
Range: 68 meters

Rate of fire: 101 meters/second

Weight: 3 kg
Value: 4000 coins

Introduction: A reliable mid-range weapon, especially suitable for novices. It is the standard equipment of the motley army and the favorite of mercenaries. 】

Lu Meng's previous hand crossbow was the [Toothpick Crossbow], and it was the lowest grade of "grey" scrap. The maximum range was only 30 meters, and the effective range was even lower.

If it weren't for Lu Meng, a veteran player, who knew the game mechanics and his calm timing of shooting, it would have been impossible to hurt a strong man like Song Chai.

Now Lu Meng's own strength far exceeds that of ordinary warriors. Even with just a dagger, he could easily kill Song Chai with a short stroke, and the crossbow was no longer needed in frontal combat.

This [Shooting Crossbow] has gone beyond the second-level "white" that Lu Meng expected. It is actually the third-level blue quality. It is also more terrifying in terms of range and rate of fire. If it is at close range If used, I am afraid that I can kill an unsuspecting warrior head-on!
This is where Lu Meng was wary.

This means that this crossbow can pose a threat to his life!

"Where are the crossbows?" Lu Meng asked calmly.

The shapes of the shooting crossbow and the toothpick crossbow are different, and the specifications of the crossbow arrows used are naturally different. Although the short arrows Lu Meng had before have not been used up, they cannot be used on the shooting crossbow.

"Here it is." Lu Yong took out a simple quiver and handed it to Lu Meng.

The quiver has a noose that can be tied around the waist, but there are still some rough marks on the quiver, making it look like it was newly made.

Lu Meng drew out an arrow and looked directly at the arrow.

It's bare.

No iron clusters.

Huo Buyang, who was on the side, also came up to take a look. Apparently he also discovered this problem: "Why don't the arrows you gave me have arrowheads? Are you deliberately cutting corners?"

He had also seen the short arrows Lu Meng used before and knew what a normal crossbow arrow looked like.

"Boss Xiao Huo, it's not like I'm cutting corners." Lu Yong quickly explained that because of Lu Meng, he didn't despise the young man at this age who could be his son. "The arrows we, the crossbow craftsmen, use are all Such……"

"The job assigned to me by the gang was to make crossbows, but the iron arrows were made by another group of people. It is said that those people were worse off than us, and they were all slaves captured by the city.

"They are centralized and managed by Fangshi. They melt the scrap metal recovered from Fangshi into molten iron and then make it into arrowheads and other weapons..."

Lu Meng took over his words:
"Then these weapons are uniformly distributed to subordinate gangs by Fangshi... Strictly speaking, you crossbow craftsmen can't even keep this kind of wooden arrow shaft privately, right?"

"Boss Lu is absolutely right." Lu Yong nodded, "But this rule is really unreasonable, and no one is checking it. Are we not allowed to keep a few arrows for self-defense?"

In Lu Yong's opinion, these regulations are unique to Wanyan Street, and by saying this, Lu Beiyou has already made it clear that he is a resident of Wanyan Street.

It seems that he has gained some trust from Lu Beiyou, and Lu Yong is secretly happy.

However, Lu Meng didn't actually deliberately understand the specific rules of a certain street in the past. He just made assumptions based on some basic logic.

The iron arrows and the crossbows that can be used quickly can hurt Lu Meng, and naturally they can also hurt the leaders of those gangs. When the number of shooters increases, they may be able to threaten the city managers.Therefore, the basic logic for Fangshi to maintain its rule must be to split the production chain of weapons, so that those involved in making weapons are only responsible for a single link.

In this way, even if they organize to resist, they will not be able to form effective combat effectiveness alone because of the lack of contact with the craftsmen responsible for other links.

The most critical parts are generated by slave laborers who are strictly controlled by the market.The value of the iron cluster may not be the highest in the entire crossbow, but without the sharp iron arrowhead, even if a crossbow leaks out, the damage caused will be more than half.

What Lu Meng didn't say was that if it weren't for the fact that craftsmen like Lu Yong had bargaining power, if it weren't for the fact that making precision crossbows required a certain level of skill, I'm afraid this person would have been controlled like a slave laborer, completely Eliminate hidden dangers.

After all, arrowheads have fixed molds, and you can use whips to force slave workers to mass-produce them. When one batch is exhausted, they will be replaced by the next batch; but once the crossbow craftsmen have a rebellious mentality or are passive in their work, they will make some innocuous little tricks and finally come out. It is difficult to guarantee the quality of crossbows.

Lu Meng studied the arrow for a while, then grabbed it and stabbed it slowly towards his arm.

Although the arrowhead did not have an iron cluster, it had been sharpened with a knife, and there was a slight sting on Lu Meng's skin when pressed slightly.

"Is it okay? Although it may not be able to penetrate the armor, it is enough for Boss Lu to use for hunting." Lu Yong boasted.

But he didn’t know what Lu Meng was thinking: With his current [Toughness] of 7 points, his skin could still be pierced by such a wooden arrow; if the liver reaches 10 points and then stabbed with a hand, it may leave a red mark at most; if the liver reaches [-] points, the Even higher, even if it is mounted on a crossbow and fired directly at yourself, it may not cause much damage.

"I want all these arrows and crossbows," Lu Meng exhaled, "I didn't expect you to have such skills."

He took out a bunch of coins he had prepared from his bag and handed them to Lu Yong.

Lu Yong took it, but the weight of the coin surprised him:
"Boss Lu is right, right? There are 5000 cars here."

This is too much!
"Of course, you deserve it."

The value of the crossbow is 4000 Kai coins, which is the official guide price given by the panel. Plus these quivers and wooden arrows, it is also worth the money, not to mention that the crossbow is equivalent to the "military" material of the hub station. Being able to buy it from Lu Yong saves a lot of trouble.

However, Lu Yong didn’t think so.

You must know that when he was in Wanyan Street, he could make two qualified crossbows even if he worked day and night for a month.

One of them is handed over to the gang to pay rent and protection fees, and the other one is taken to the market and handed over to a merchant for recycling, and you can get 500 to 1000 coins, which can easily meet the expenses of more than a month.

As for selling to the black market, Lu Yong has done it before, but he has always been wary.

You must know that the market may allow a craftsman like him to exchange some innocuous materials on the black market, but it is impossible to allow him to sell the crossbow to the black market. Once the news is leaked, the gang will come immediately, which will be a disaster.

Therefore, he has always only dared to make some gray items such as hunting bows, just on the sidelines.

The only crossbow that was sold was threatened by the anonymous buyer, and in the end it only got less than 2000 coins.

Although the crossbows handed over are not as good as this one...

But no one has ever been willing to spend 5000 Kai coins to buy his crossbow!

After witnessing Lu Beiyou's murderous nature that night, Lu Yong took out this treasured crossbow. Not only did he intend to please this murderous man, but he was also prepared to spend money and eliminate disasters. From the beginning, he I don’t expect to get much money in return.

He glanced at Boss Lu who was holding the crossbow. Although he couldn't see his expression clearly through his cane hat and mask, it was clear from the way he looked at and stroked the crossbow that he was quite satisfied.

Lu Yong recalled the legend about Lu Beiyou, and suddenly felt that he had misunderstood something.

——This person, as long as you don’t hurt him, he has never owed anything to anyone.

Lu Yong seemed to have made up his mind and said seriously:

"I'm sorry, Boss Lu, I have to be honest with you.

"This crossbow was actually not made by me."

(End of this chapter)