The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 269 The Yellow River Floods
Chapter 280 Flooding of the Yellow River

The arsenal is a special unit that does not belong to the military or the government. They are independent from the two major systems and will not be interfered by the two major systems.

However, the funds needed by the arsenal and the outlet of the weapons are closely related to the two major systems. The development funds of the arsenal must be supported by finances, and the weapons produced must be recognized by the military. Otherwise, the army will never purchase these weapons. Nothing works.

Chen Ziming wants important units such as the arsenal to be independent, to have free development space, and not to be a victim of political struggles. Just like Chen Ziming made the army independent, the independence of the arsenal means that they have their own ideas and their own way. Don't look at the faces of those literati who play politics, and they don't need to participate in political struggles. They will concentrate on producing and continuously improving the weapons needed by the army to promote the development and growth of military strength.

"Big brother, second brother, this is the latest crossbow developed by the arsenal, but this crossbow is very special, please take a look." After Chen Ziming finished speaking, he took the crossbow and started shooting at a target not far away.

Seeing Chen Ziming pulling and releasing a pull ring, a sharp arrow flew out with a bang, and stabbed firmly on the opposite target.

"That's right." Liu Bei and Guan Yu saw that Chen Ziming was hit by an arrow, looked at each other, smiled and nodded in praise.

Everyone knew that Chen Ziming didn't like to practice martial arts, and he didn't pay any attention to those things about playing with knives and guns. It wasn't that Chen Ziming looked down on people who practiced martial arts. The reason why Chen Ziming didn't practice martial arts was because he thought it was too tiring.

Anyway, there are experts around to protect him at all times, no one can hurt him at all, why should he suffer to practice martial arts, and he is already in his 20s, if he starts to practice martial arts at this age, he will not be able to practice well.

Chen Ziming occasionally shoots arrows or something, but it's just for fun. Anyway, Liu Bei and Guan Yu have never seen Chen Ziming hit a target. Today, Chen Ziming hit the red heart with an arrow, which is considered a miracle.

However, from Liu Bei and Guan Yu's point of view, the reason why Chen Ziming was able to hit the target was luck and the crossbow in his hand.

As expected by Liu Bei and the others, Chen Ziming immediately shot the second arrow. Although it missed the red heart, it was considered as missing the mop, followed by the third arrow, and the fourth arrow.

"How about it, big brother, second brother, my archery skills are not bad." After Chen Ziming finished shooting, he turned his head to look at Liu Bei and Guan Yu, and saw that they were staring at Chen Ziming as if they had seen a ghost. They shouldn't be staring at the crossbow in Chen Ziming's hand. He didn't look at Chen Ziming, nor did he pay attention to what Chen Ziming said.

"Ziming, this is really a crossbow. Why can it shoot so continuously?" Liu Bei asked Chen Ziming excitedly. Liu Bei was born in the army, and he would not be able to see how powerful the crossbow in Chen Ziming's hand was.

"Brother, this is a serial crossbow. It was just developed by the arsenal. The technology is not perfect. Although it can shoot continuously, it is not powerful and the range is not far. It needs further improvement. It is only a semi-finished product." Chen Ziming successfully attracted Liu Bei and Guan Yu's attention was immediately introduced.

Chen Ziming handed over the basic idea to the researchers of the arsenal for this serial crossbow, and they slowly worked it out. It took nearly two years to have such a finished product.

Although it is indeed able to shoot continuously, the power is not satisfactory. If the enemy is wearing armor, then the effect of this chain crossbow is not very great. It can only be called a semi-finished product, and it cannot be equipped to fight in the army.

"Well, it is true. Although this crossbow is strange, its power is too weak. Brother, look at the arrows on the target. The arrows on the target are not inserted deep, and they are shot at such a short distance. This crossbow is useless." Guan Yu immediately discovered the weakness of the chain crossbow, and a slight disappointment appeared on his face.

"Zi Ming, can you increase the power of this crossbow?" Liu Bei hurriedly asked, if you can increase the power of this chain crossbow, then on the future battlefield, when the enemy rushes up, thousands of chain crossbows will be fired at once. , No matter how many enemy troops there are, they can only fall in pieces.

"Hehe, don't worry, big brother. The arsenal is already studying how to strengthen this crossbow. I think a breakthrough will be made soon. Once it reaches the military standard, it can be equipped in large quantities in the army, and the combat power of our army can be increased by several numbers." Times." Chen Ziming said confidently.

With today's production technology, if a qualified serial crossbow cannot be developed, then this so-called No. [-] arsenal in the world will disappoint Chen Ziming too much.

"Very good. This crossbow needs to be developed as soon as possible. If it is still powerful, I will immediately order the military to purchase it in large quantities." Guan Yu's eyes lit up, and he immediately assured Chen Ziming.

This military factory was almost established by Chen Ziming. Although Chen Ziming has no shares in it, anyone can tell that Chen Ziming is the boss behind this military factory. Without Chen Ziming's support, this military factory cannot be closed in such a short time. grown to such a size.

Moreover, Liu Bei and Guan Yu vaguely understood that many powerful weapons in the arsenal had Chen Ziming in them, and Chen Ziming's all-round talent was not just boasting.

Chen Ziming was very happy. Once the serial crossbow was successfully equipped in the army, it would not be far from Liu Bei's unification of the world. Cao Cao, Sun Ce and his ilk, what would they use to stop the elite army equipped with fangs.

"Report, lord, urgent report from Qingzhou!" After visiting the Liaodong arsenal, Liu Bei and others were going to continue northward for inspections in Jizhou and Heilongzhou, but at this moment, they urgently reported to the dark guard.

Liu Bei and the others were shocked, and immediately opened it to see that everyone's expressions changed drastically, especially Liu Bei's face was full of anxiety, while Chen Ziming was thinking about something, but he couldn't remember whether the Yellow River flooded during the Three Kingdoms period.

"Command the navy to prepare the battleship immediately. I want to return to Qingzhou immediately." Liu Beijun gave the order, and everyone hurriedly packed their bags, hurried to the harbor, and rushed back to Qingzhou by boat.

"Ziming, the Yellow River is full of floods and floods. There are many disaster-stricken places and the people are displaced. What should we do now?" After the warship sailed out, Liu Bei calmed down and invited Chen Ziming to discuss the flood.

The reason why Liu Bei returned to Qingzhou in a hurry was because of repeated torrential rains in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, which caused the water in the Yellow River to increase sharply, and many banks of the Yellow River burst, flooding thousands of miles.

"Brother, the Yellow River is flooding. This is a natural disaster. It should be dealt with carefully." Chen Ziming had already thought of a countermeasure, and after hearing Liu Bei's inquiry, he immediately put forward what he thought of.

"The people under the elder brother's rule are more educated, knowing that this is a natural phenomenon and has nothing to do with heaven, but there are many ignorant people, and Cao Cao and others will definitely take this opportunity to spread rumors and seriously hurt the elder brother. This must be prevented. When Order the local governments to closely monitor, and if they discover rumors, they must not be tolerated."

(End of this chapter)