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Chapter 75 The catapult was born, and the Ordnance Department made a contribution!

Early the next morning, Qin Yu crawled out of the blanket shivering and put on an animal skin coat wrapped in wool, which made him feel warmer.

He looked up and saw that the charcoal fire in the stone furnace in the house was almost extinguished.

"Come here, add some fire to the stove, it's almost out." Qin Yu stood up and shouted.

The soldiers outside the house quickly got into the house and threw some small chopped firewood into the furnace, and pressed a layer of coal on top.

"Let someone prepare breakfast." Qin Yu ordered and walked out of the room.

After a while, several wooden tables in the meeting hall were filled with people.

Qin Yu was sitting at the table on the stage. For breakfast this morning, in addition to a bowl of multigrain porridge, there was also a bowl of mutton rolled in fish soup.

Nowadays, the number of people in the tribe has grown so much that even the senior members of the tribe can no longer afford to be extravagant and wasteful.

While Qin Yu was eating, he secretly swore that when winter passed, he would find a way to start farming and store more grain.

If food shortages had not limited his development, the population might have exceeded 10,000 by now.

With an army that was nearly invincible in the primitive era, it was naturally very easy to plunder the population. Now that the king's tripod and giant stone statues were functioning, there was no need to worry about the mixed population causing instability.

The only thing that limited Qin Yu's development was the food problem. If there were too many people, it would be easy to fail to control the food supply, which would lead to unrest.

Therefore, Qin Yu did not dare to let the population grow too fast.

After breakfast, Qin Yu asked Si Tu about the construction of the giant stone statue.

Construction has already started at this time, with 900 people on one side responsible for construction and 500 people on the other side responsible for collecting stones, so the speed is not slow at all.

Ninety percent of the original construction time of one thousand hours was reduced to one hundred hours.

It will be completed in about four days.

Qin Yu nodded, and after understanding, he led a group of soldiers out.

After patrolling both the inner and outer cities, Qin Yu occasionally heard some comments about him being the incarnation of a god.

After seeing him, many ethnic groups respected him more than before.

Qin Yu was stunned for a moment and didn't care. After all, deifying the ruler is not a bad thing.

"Let's go directly to the Ordnance Academy." Qin Yu finished his words and boarded the carriage.

The two soldiers also got into the carriage at the same time and began to drive the carriage back to the inner city.

When passing by the south gate of the inner city, Qin Yu happened to see people working there, carrying stones to build stone statues, and it was very lively.

But Qin Yu didn't stay too long and ordered his men to rush to the location of the Ordnance Academy.

After a while, the carriage stopped in front of a courtyard of more than 500 square meters. This was a piece of land designated by Qin Yu for Huang Yu to study catapults.

If the construction is successful, when mass production is needed later, a larger yard will need to be built, and the manpower will also need to be increased.

Qin Yu jumped out of the car and said softly: "Just wait here for me."

"Yes, patriarch."

Qin Yu nodded slightly and walked into the courtyard with his hands behind his back.

At this time, there were five or six people busy in the yard.

"Just assemble these two and install them!"

At this time, Huang Yu held a design drawing drawn on animal skin and directed everyone to assemble it.

"Lord Patriarch."

Huang Yu looked up and was stunned for a moment when he saw Qin Yu coming over, and then quickly said hello.

Qin Yu waved his hand: "Let me see if you continue to work on yours. What's the current progress?"

Huang Yu nodded and said: "My subordinates have produced three vehicles in the past few days. Although there is progress every time they are produced, the power is still not perfect."

"But this catapult should be almost the same as what is recorded in the drawings!" Huang Yu pointed at the one that everyone was assembling in front of him and said with confidence.

"Oh?" Qin Yu's eyes lit up and he said, "It's better to come early than to come by chance. I just happened to see how powerful it is."

"Ah...Okay, okay." When Huang Yu heard that Qin Yu wanted to see the effect, his confidence suddenly disappeared and he became nervous.

Although it is said that the improvement has been perfect, but...but what if there is an accident?

Huang Yu began to feel anxious and asked someone to tie the catapult to the horse with a rope, and then the group of people drove towards the outer city.

Since the catapult has a long range and is difficult to control accurately, it was not tested in the city.

After a long time, everyone arrived outside the city. Since Qin Yu was present this time, Ya sent fifty more spearmen to take charge of the safety of the scene.

"Let's start Huang Yu, let me see how powerful it is." Qin Yu said.

Huang Yu nodded and began to order his men to control the catapult.

Since this is a simple small catapult, only four to six people can operate it.

Several people had some experience in how to use the catapult. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, they slowly put a stone weighing nearly ten kilograms on top.

After placing the stones, several people aimed the catapult at the pre-aiming point, then slowly pulled it down and fixed the position.

As Huang Yu shouted: "Let go!"

Several people picked up sharp bone daggers and cut the rope instantly.

whoosh-

"Bang!"   The boulder was thrown out instantly, drawing a parabola more than ten meters high, and finally flew nearly seventy meters away, hitting a position five or six meters away from the preview point.

As the boulder hit the ground, the frozen snow shell was shattered instantly, and the snow chunks were scattered all over the sky.

Qin Yu watched carefully from the catapult to the stone bullets being thrown.

Generally speaking, the current level of this catapult is pretty good. It can throw stones weighing more than ten kilograms nearly a hundred meters away, and it can already be used on the battlefield.

"Very good, Huang Yu, I really saw you right!" Qin Yu praised with a smile in a good mood.

"The patriarch made a strong statement." Huang Yu said sheepishly.

"How long does it take to make a catapult?" Qin Yu asked after thinking about it.

"Chief Hui, we can make one in about five or six days. If we send more manpower, we should be able to increase the output." Huang Yu responded aloud.

Qin Yu nodded: "Then I will add fifty more people to you to fully produce the catapult. In addition, I will give you another drawing. This difficulty should not be that high. Study it when you have time."

After Qin Yu finished speaking, a green light flashed from his hand and flew into Huang Yu's mind.

A memory about how to make a rush car appeared in Huang Yu's mind.

After absorbing it for a long time, Huang Yu regained consciousness and then said: "Hui Clan Chief, it is not difficult to make a rush car. It can be made now."

Qin Yu nodded: "Then we will make five or six vehicles when we have time and store them in the ordnance warehouse. Maybe they will be used sometime."

"Okay, it's not safe to stay outside the city for a long time. Go back." After Qin Yu finished speaking, he boarded the carriage and was driven by two soldiers through the city gate toward the inner city.

The rest of the people did not stay any longer and returned to the city one after another.

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In the meeting hall.

After returning from outside the city, Qin Yu originally wanted to visit the Imperial Guard training ground, but when he heard someone reporting to him that Li had returned from Panshan City, he changed his mind.

Ask someone to call Li to the meeting hall.

After a long time, the curtain of the meeting hall was opened, and a tall and strong man walked in from the outside.

"Subordinate Li, I have met the clan leader." Li bowed his hands respectfully after walking in.

"You're welcome, sit down quickly." Qin Yu said with a smile.

Li silently walked to the seat on the left and sat down.

See Li sit down. Qin Yu asked: "There is no problem at Panshan City, right?"

Li shook his head: "Everything went smoothly. Leader Jiang Li is very capable."

Qin Yu nodded slightly.

Jiang Li is indeed a talent. Not only is he talented in military affairs, but he is also talented in internal affairs. He is a man worthy of being a city lord.

"During the time you were in Iwashan City, I trained a 500-man spear team on your behalf. Now I will give it to you to command. It is located at the spear team training ground in Beicheng, next to the military camp. I will send someone to it later. Take you there."

Li Yi was stunned and then said in surprise: "Thank you, patriarch, for your attention."

Qin Yu nodded and said with a smile: "Stop talking nonsense and familiarize yourself with this team as soon as possible. From now on, you will be responsible for daily training. I remember that you are good at using one-handed weapons. You will use your bone knife first. When you perform meritorious service, I will give you one of the weapons Jiang Li and the others hold."

"Yes!"

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After discussing some issues and situations about Panshan City with Li, Qin Yu asked him to go directly to Beicheng to take over the five hundred spearmen.

The sky was already getting slightly darker at this time, but there was still about an hour or two before dark.

Taking advantage of this moment, Qin Yu went to the Imperial Guard training ground again.

Since Qin Yu was away at this time, Ji Wu was responsible for supervising everyone to carry out military training.

As the number of the Dragon Tribe army reached a huge level, Qin Yu felt that the issue of army establishment needed to be caught up.

It's okay if the number of people is small, but once the number of people increases, if there is only one leader, the difficulty of commanding the army will also be greatly increased because of the large number of people.

In order to adapt to wars of various sizes, in order to control the army at all levels and facilitate more centralized and unified command, organization is very important.

The problem of organization in ancient China appeared very early, and the more famous one is the Shiwu system.

There is a corps commander for five people, and a commander for ten people is a junior officer.

Qin Yu probably simply integrated it and wanted to start from the imperial guard to implement the issue of organization.

When they arrived at the Guards training ground, everyone was undergoing slashing training.

Qin Yu did not make a sound to influence, but silently called Ji Wu over to discuss the matter together.

After hearing this, Ji Wu couldn't help but frown and think deeply, and then said: "Master Patriarch, if you want to better let each leader control the army, I think that at present, certain regulations used to restrict soldiers are more important than the establishment you mentioned. "

"Of course, if the number of troops increases even more in the future, establishment will also be particularly important."

Qin Yu was stunned, Ji Wu really hit the point.

He was so busy that he forgot that military discipline and law were indispensable to restrict the discipline of army soldiers.

(End of this chapter)