Follow General Cao to mix the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 208 Warmongers Go Online
No matter how good the elasticity of steel is, it can’t compete with the natural bamboo and wood tendons. The Romans have already practiced this. The torsion catapult made of metal, the shrapnel are all twisted red, and there is no torsion catapult made of cattle and sheep tendon. far.

Indeed, the steel crossbow played by Wang Hou is weaker than the current Han crossbow in terms of range and weight, but why does Wang Hou still use this thing?It is because it is cheap!

Although most of the Han crossbows currently equipped are made of wood as bow arms, in fact, those things are more expensive than steel!First of all, not all kinds of wood can be used for the crossbow arm. It must be a few tree species such as oak, and there are requirements for the tree's growth period. This is the first step!
After that, the bow arm has to be dried in the shade and painted repeatedly. It takes more than a year to make a qualified crossbow arm or composite arch foot, and the pass rate is less than half, but what about the steel crossbow?An hour before Wang Hou had a whim, the crossbow machine in his hand was still a large lump of wood and two large lumps of metal. In the mold of the crossbow machine brought by Xudu, he poured the red-hot steel juice, and after cooling, he sent it to the carpenter. After putting it in the carved crossbow, he asked Wang Yuan to beat the steel plate for half an hour to fix the arm of the crossbow, and then the thing came out.

If you really calculate the cost, a bucket of wheat.

This has the capital to win by quantity!Even if the performance is overwhelmed by the bow and active crossbow, you can also change the equipment method!Spanish big square!
Archers are still used as a separate long-range support unit. Steel crossbows are equipped with some infantry originally used for melee combat. At the same time, the infantry in the first two rows can take on the task of melee combat in a short time, and the rear three rows use crossbow bolts to shoot at the time, and the attack power of the entire phalanx will undoubtedly increase a little bit.

And Wang Hou is bad enough. The first batch of experimental weapons was not equipped for his own army. After Wang Yuan commanded to build a thousand crossbows, Wang Hou planned to equip Zang Bajun. Whether it is good or bad, let the allies experiment Let's talk later.

Just like the later emperor Tianqi was like a carpenter, Wang Yuan was good at forging iron. After receiving the order, he burst out his strong muscles again with excitement. The crossbow arrived at the door, and Wang Hou shook his head in dissatisfaction as he watched the lively scene of tinkling and rattling inside.

Next to the river, he ordered the construction of six waterwheels. The axis of the waterwheel was connected to the cast gear lever, which could drive twelve water hammers, but for a workshop with hundreds of people, twelve There are too few water hammers.

If you want to increase production capacity, you have to use your brains on these machines. Looking at the coal burning in the coal stoves, a thought suddenly popped into Wang Hou's mind. Lao Tzu's coal is not in short supply now. Get out the steam engine!
Although it seems a bit of a fantasy to make a steam engine in the late Han Dynasty, the most difficult thing to invent is to create something out of nothing. Thinking of this idea, now Wang Hou is equivalent to cheating. The principle of the steam engine is already in his mind. , instead of manpower to forge steel, for a moment, Wang Hou's mind instantly appeared in a punk-style factory, where steam-sprayed machines smashed out mountains of knives, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks. Although Mr. Cao and Mr. Liu are still Mr. Sun, crying and shouting, stuffing gold, silver, copper cloth and beautiful women into his arms, hugging his thighs and calling him boss, while he is sitting on the golden mountain with his arms folded and laughing... …

"Dong Weng!!!"

The sudden shout brought Wang Hou back to his senses, and Zi Liu quickly sucked back his saliva, and he was like a dog who had recovered from Zhou Mu, with his left hand behind his back pretendingly, and his right hand stroking his mouth gently With a cough, Wang Hou asked reservedly.

"Jia don't drive, what's your business?"

I was really out of breath from running. In the morning, I was sent to receive the third batch of minerals from Taishan County, and planned to take advantage of the cold winter to build a highway of the model of Wang Hou Xuchang Guandu last year. As soon as I came back, I saw Not far from the seaside, a group of strong men were already digging the soil with pickaxes. After inquiring, it turned out that after Wang Hou built the iron workshop, he was about to start building the Rizhao Mansion. This guy was so panicked that he was panting and rolling The crawler came to the door.

"I heard that Dong Weng is about to build an official residence in Rizhao City, and that he is a low-ranking official. When we set off from Xudu, I asked for a Fengshui scroll painted by the gods, and dedicated it to Dong Weng for the purpose of building the official residence!"

As he spoke, he panted heavily and handed over a scroll with both hands, but he didn't pick it up immediately, the corners of Wang Hou's mouth couldn't help twitching, good guy, you'll have to pay it back if you really call it out. He was the one who pulled Yu Jihu's skin as a big banner, which made people kick back on their foreheads?And I really don't know how old-fashioned these aristocratic bureaucrats are!This picture scroll is really the most standard layout map of the Han Dynasty government!Is it that hard for this guy to accept the minimalist style of Bauhaus that he is proud of?
But he didn't refuse, casually took the blueprint that Jia Xu handed over, and he replied with a meaningful smile.

"After a while, Benzhou Mu ordered the craftsmen to build it according to the picture! Jia don't worry about it!"

"The state shepherd is wise!"

He really didn't want to live in Wang Hou's ugly square house. It was the first time he saw Wang Hou being so kind and friendly. The two big foxes let out a "sincere" giggle together, and Wang Yuan, who was laughing, got goosebumps, and almost hit his hand with a hammer.

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People under the low eaves have to bow their heads!At present, Qingzhou is still Yuan Tan's territory, and Cao Cao's main strength is in the hands of the warlord Zang Ba. If he wants to get along well under Zang Ba's nose, even if Wang Hou is the state shepherd, he has to pay attention to him.

So at the beginning of the third month of sunshine, Wang Hou once again appeared in the county government of Zangba in Ju County.

Only this time, Zang Ba changed the indifference he had seen several times, his eagerness was like meeting a local tyrant, he greeted him in the yard without saying a word, and when he met, he warmly bowed and bowed heavily.

"Zang Ba pays a visit to Zhou Mu, all these are for Ba?"

The corners of Wang Hou's mouth twitched again involuntarily, mouthful one after another, there is always a sense of seeing the old man in the TV series?

However, while the corners of his mouth were twitching, he still forced a difficult smile, and then he clasped his fists heavily.

"The general went through life and death to keep one side safe! It was thanks to the general that Hou was able to live comfortably in Rizhao. The caravan from Taishan encountered bandits in the first ten days of the month, and it was all thanks to the bravery of the general. This was able to defeat the bandits and keep Hou's food and salary. Keep it in mind, this meager strength, please don't delay the general!"

put off?Zang Ba didn’t drool as long as he didn’t drool, and he clasped his fist at Wang Hou again in a friendly way. He couldn’t wait to get to the iron box Wang Hou brought, and opened it with a clatter. The inside was wrapped in straw. , the heavy armor that was so cold that it was covered with a layer of blue light suddenly appeared in his eyes.

After weighing the armor twice, Zang Ba went to another box in admiration again, and opened it again, and there were more than [-] ring-shouldered steel knives in layers of cold light, which suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. With a slash on the ground, Zang Ba couldn't help but let out a long roar of admiration when he heard the sound of Yingying's wind.

"Good knife!"

This time it was a lot of blood, but Wang Hou didn't show any pain at all, even his pupils showed an indescribable light, watching Zang Ba open the boxes one by one, the corners of his mouth also showed meaning An indescribably deep smile.

"As long as the general likes it!"

(End of this chapter)