What was placed in front of Gao Fei was a huge crossbow machine. The crossbow machine was about fifty centimeters long, and the crossbow arm was about one meter. Above the crossbow machine was a flat arrow box, and there was a row of grooves in the center of the crossbow machine.
Gao Fei reached out and picked up this huge crossbow, but he felt that it was quite heavy. If it weren't for his strong arm strength, he probably wouldn't be able to lift it up. He pulled the bow string to the back, and immediately there were ten crossbows about twenty centimeters long.
The crossbow arrows automatically slid out of the arrow box and stood one by one on the groove, forming a row.
In joy, Gao Fei aimed at a wooden board not far away. After taking aim, he pulled the trigger. The ten crossbows flew out together and shot straight into the wooden board, but only made a muffled sound.
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"This giant crossbow can fire ten crossbow arrows at once. Its lethality is many times higher. The Zhuge Crossbow in my impression is not like this. But..."
Gao Fei's words suddenly stopped, he put down the giant crossbow in his hand, and sighed: "But this is not the repeating crossbow I want..."
"Then what kind of repeating crossbow do you want? It took me several days of hard work to make this, and you are not satisfied at all?" Gong Shufei didn't know when he stood behind Gao Fei, and suddenly
Gao Fei was shocked by his words.
Gao Fei turned around, and the moment he saw Gong Shufei, he was stunned.
Although Gongshu Fei was wearing thick men's clothes, his hair was not pulled up. Her long hair hung down to her waist like a waterfall, and her long black slightly curly hair was spread out in a way that he had never seen before.
The beautiful and refined face on her face gives people a virgin-like purity and beauty.
What's even worse is that her hair is still wet. This wet and hazy feeling makes people feel like a dream, like water hibiscus. Her collar is not fastened, exposing the fair skin from the neck to the collarbone, and it is also
You can vaguely see the ridge on her chest.
When Gong Shufei saw Gao Fei's eyes resting on his chest, he realized that his collar was not fastened, and hurriedly covered it with his hands, saying with a slight anger on his face: "You still see? My innocence has been completely destroyed.
It’s in your hands…”
Gao Fei was angry and happy when he heard Gong Shufei's words. He just smiled and said, "You are so beautiful!"
Gongshu Fei stopped paying attention to Gao Fei and glanced at him with his eyes, thinking that sooner or later he would be his, so what did it matter if he was seen? He turned around, with a slight blush on his face, and asked softly: "
You just said that this is not the repeating crossbow you want, then what kind of repeating crossbow do you want?"
Gao Fei got back to the subject: "This kind of crossbow should not be a problem for defending the city. It has ten rounds per crossbow and is very lethal. However, this crossbow is too bulky. It is a bit difficult for me to lift it, let alone other soldiers. It is not suitable for single-person shooting."
It would be much better if we could fight with smaller soldiers."
"A small one can't fire ten crossbow arrows. Five at most would be a big deal."
"No, no, no..." Gao Fei waved his hands hurriedly, "The small ones I'm talking about are not the kind that fire all ten crossbows at once, but the kind of single-shot crossbows, but each time the trigger is pulled, the next shot will
A crossbow arrow will automatically roll down to the groove of the crossbow machine, and the bowstring will no longer need to pull down the tail of the crossbow arrow, it will automatically be loaded like the crossbow arrow."
Gongshu Fei frowned and thought carefully. He became more relaxed while thinking. He habitually dragged his cheeks and paced around the room, muttering to himself: "The crossbow reloads itself."
It’s not a problem, but it’s a huge problem to make the bowstring automatically draw apart. Except for the use of external force, it is impossible for the bowstring to draw automatically, unless..."
"Unless what?" Gao Fei asked hurriedly.
"Unless you use mechanism techniques near the bow string and use two bow strings, after one bow string is ejected, the other bow string can be pulled apart. Repeatedly, it can be automatically loaded without manpower." Gongshu Fei explained.
road.
Gao Fei understood what Gong Shufei meant. He wanted to use the circulating power to pull the bow string with the force of pulling the trigger. He laughed, and in joy, he took two steps forward and grabbed Gong Shufei's hand.
He said happily: "Well,
As long as it can shoot continuously, let the crossbow reload itself, and can be used by a single person, it will be considered a real repeating crossbow. You are so smart, I love you so much, I wonder when you will be able to use this kind of repeating crossbow.
Are crossbows made?"
Gongshu Fei felt an unprecedented throbbing in her body, her heart beat faster, and her face became hotter and hotter. She felt that the hand held by Gao Fei began to stiffen, and her whole body became stunned.
Once there, I didn't know what to do.
When Gao Fei saw Gong Shufei's face flushed, as white as a red apple, he immediately realized his indecent behavior and actually held Gong Shufei's hand. He quickly let go of Gong Shufei's hand.
With his hand, he stepped back, bowed deeply, and apologized to Gongshu Fei: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do it just now... when will you be able to make that... repeating crossbow?"
Gongshu Fei clasped her hands tightly, and there was still the residual warmth of Gao Fei on her hands. When she heard Gao Fei say "I love you to death", her heart felt warm. She turned around and hesitated.
Said: "No...nothing, anyway...
I am already yours... That... the repeating crossbow you want can be made in the afternoon. The materials are all prepared. All you need to do is improve the ordinary crossbow machine. In the afternoon
, you come here to get it."
Gao Fei said "hmm" and bowed to Gongshu Fei: "Then you can work here. I won't disturb you anymore. I'm leaving first."
Gongshu Fei nodded and glanced sideways at Gao Fei. When he saw Gao Fei walking out of the hall, he stretched out his hands to cover his hot little face, with a smile on his face and said to himself: "He loves
It kills me, he said he loves me to death..."
In the afternoon, Gao Fei came to Gongshu Fei's workplace again. This time he was not so reckless. He knocked on the door outside and only entered the hall after hearing Gongshu Fei's answer from inside.
As soon as he entered the hall, Gao Fei saw Gongshu Fei holding a small crossbow in his hand. It was a little larger than an ordinary crossbow, but it did not affect individual combat. Because a thin woman like Gongshu Fei
The crossbows that can be lifted are not to mention those big men who fight.
"Here, try this. This should be the repeating crossbow you were talking about." When Gongshu Fei saw Gao Fei come in, a smile spread across his face.
This was the first time Gao Fei saw Gong Shufei smile at him, and he gave Gong Shufei a smile back. He took the crossbow machine handed over by Gong Shufei and felt very light in his hand. He looked at the structure of the crossbow machine in his hand.
I found that the foundation of the crossbow machine is no different from that of ordinary crossbows. The only difference is that there is an extra element on the crossbow machine.
There are two bow strings, and there is a small transmitter between the two bow strings. There is also a narrow arrow box under the crossbow. When he pulled the trigger, he saw that the two bow strings were moving and were already in the groove.
The crossbow bolts are set up and ready to go. As soon as the trigger is triggered, the crossbow bolts will be fired immediately.
He tried to fire three crossbow arrows, and they were all fired continuously without any errors. They were also convenient and light and could be carried around. Every time a crossbow arrow was fired, a crossbow arrow would be automatically loaded from the arrow box above.
On the groove, the bowstring will automatically pull open and get stuck on the tail of the crossbow.
"Hahaha..." Gao Fei laughed loudly with excitement, "This is so exquisite. This is the repeating crossbow I want. It can be used as a pistol. By the way, how many arrows can be held in this box at one time?
Crossbow arrows?”
Gongshu Fei didn't know what a pistol was, but when she heard Gao Fei say that a repeating crossbow could be used as a pistol, she guessed that a pistol was like this. She didn't ask any more questions, but replied: "Load ten at a time, and then fire."
After that, you just need to open the cover above the arrow box and put the crossbow arrows in one by one. Everything else is automatic and very simple to operate. You only need to pull the trigger by hand. But...
…”
"But what?" The joy on Gao Fei's face suddenly disappeared.
Gongshu Fei said: "However, the range of this kind of repeating crossbow is not as far as the giant crossbow that fires ten at a time. The range is about fifty to eighty steps. If it is further away, it will not be able to shoot."
Gao Fei nodded: "I know, between fifty and eighty steps, that is to say, the optimal distance is about sixty steps. If it exceeds sixty steps, it will become the end of a strong crossbow. This kind of continuous crossbow
It is very suitable for individual soldiers to fight, and can be mass-produced to equip the entire army, even women and children can use it. Can you teach the principles of manufacturing to other craftsmen?"
Gongshu Fei said: "That's no problem. It's just a very simple thing. It's just an improvement on the crossbow machine. It has no impact on our Gongshu family's mechanism skills. By the way, let me ask you to see a few things.
These are all things I made recently and can be used to defend the city."
"Oh, what is it? Take me to see it quickly."
Gongshu Fei took Gao Fei to a corner. A piece of white cloth covered the corner. She directly opened the white cloth and revealed three things with complex structures. She pointed at the three things and said to Gao Fei.
He said: "I made these. You can let other craftsmen learn the making principles of these three things. It will be of great help in defending the city in the future."
When Gao Fei saw that two of the three items were like crossbows and the other was like a small catapult, he asked, "What are these three items?"
Gongshu Fei said: "These three items are all made by the Mohist machine arts. They are the ballistae, the missile launcher, and the borrowing vehicle. They are all necessary equipment for defending the city."
Gao Fei didn't have much research on the Mohist school. He only knew that Mozi was the founder and believed in the concept of "loving all, not attacking". He also knew that Mozi was good at defending the city. When he saw these three city-defending tools, he felt that the public was losing.
Fei had good intentions, although she was unwilling to contribute Gongshu's mechanism skills. In order not to make Gao Fei unhappy, she took the initiative to create the Mohist's mechanism skills for his use.
He was very moved and turned to Gongshu Fei and said, "Thank you."
Gongshu Fei just smiled faintly, and then explained to Gao Fei how to use the three weapons of defending the city, namely the continuous crossbow vehicle, the transmitter, and the borrow vehicle. Gao Fei also listened very carefully, and when he heard the key points
, also like Gongshu Fei asking for advice, the two of them talked freely and had a tacit understanding.
According to Gongshu Fei, the crossbow chariot, the catapult machine, and the borrowed chariot were all inventions of Mozi, the founder of the Mohist family. When Mozi "stopped Chu and attacked the Song Dynasty," he once fought with Luban, the founder of Gongshushu, in the State of Chu. After a "debate" on the city's offensive and defensive battle, Luban was finally defeated by Mozi, but he also got a glimpse of some of the city-defending equipment invented by Mozi, and made it with his own hands, specializing in how to deal with Mozi's weapons. City defense equipment, this is also the reason why Gongshu Fei learned the Mohist art of mechanism.
The so-called continuous crossbow cart is a large mechanical device placed on the city wall that can release sixty large crossbow arrows and countless small crossbow arrows at the same time. It needs ten people to drive it. The most ingenious one is the tail of the ten-foot-long crossbow arrow. The rope is tied, and after being shot, it can be quickly rolled up and retrieved with a windlass.
The transmitter is also a large transmitter placed on the city wall. It is six feet long and is operated by two people. Unlike the repeater, the transmitter is more flexible and can be used by one person to shoot arrows while the other person controls the transmitter. The seat rotates.
The borrowed car is a machine covered with iron and partially buried underground. It is a machine capable of projecting charcoal fire and is operated by multiple people to defend against enemy siege teams.
After Gao Fei listened to Gongshu Fei's explanation, he admired Mohist's mechanism skills, but he admired Gongshu Fei even more. He was able to fully grasp the essence of Mohism's mechanism skills at a young age. It can be said that It’s knowing your enemy and yourself.
Gao Fei didn't know much about Mohism, but he knew that "Mo Jing" was a great work, and many of the ideas put forward in it were world-leading.
For example, in terms of mechanics, the "Mo Jing" proposed a definition of mechanical motion as: "Movement, domain migration." This means that the essence of mechanical motion is the movement of the position of objects, which is completely consistent with the definition of modern mechanical motion. At the same time, the Mohist school mastered the law of leverage two centuries earlier than Archimedes.
In terms of optics, among the vast number of classical and historical works in our country, the "Mo Jing" is the only classic that systematically discusses the development of geometric optics in ancient China. The "Mo Jing" records the world work done by Mozi and his students. The earliest "small hole imaging" experiment in the world, and made incisive insights into the experimental results. This was the first scientific explanation of the propagation of light along a straight line. In terms of mathematics, the "Mo Jing" proposed some definitions of geometry, For example, the definition of a circle in the "Mo Jing" cited in the middle school mathematics textbook is: "A circle has one center and the same length." This is completely consistent with the definition of a circle in modern mathematics as "the trajectory of points equidistant from the center." of.
In the vast universe, human wisdom is infinite. Although Gao Fei doesn't quite understand the making principles of some things, his interaction with Gong Shufei allowed him to understand the subtleties of mechanism art. He also felt mysterious about the Mohist family. He was interested in the school of thought. He was thinking secretly that when Gongshu Fei fought against the Mohist machine arts more than a year later, he would definitely go.
With Gongshu Fei's exquisite skills in manufacturing city defense equipment, Gao Fei left Gongshu Fei's bachelor's palace and immediately asked people to take away the repeating crossbows, repeating crossbow carts, transmitters, and bow carts, so that the craftsmen could work on them. manufacture.
As for himself, he often came to ask Gongshu Fei for advice on some principles. The two of them went back and forth like this, and they seemed to be quite familiar with each other.
Time flies, Gao Fei has been busy doing necessary research in the Hanlin Academy all winter. Through Gongshu Fei, he got a lot of Mohist inventions. Although most of them were for city defense, Gao Fei was very happy. .
Winter turned to spring, and in the blink of an eye we entered AD 187. In this year, Emperor Shao of the Han Dynasty officially adopted the reign name and changed Zhongping to Taiping, which was the first year of Taiping.
In the spring and March of the first year of Taiping, the snow in Youzhou melted, and the people entered the spring busy period. Gao Fei promoted farming throughout Youzhou. Although the work of expanding Jicheng was still in progress, in order not to hinder agricultural production, he let the soldiers
Sun Rui slowed down the expansion process and reduced the original recruitment of 80,000 civilians to 20,000.
In terms of recruiting soldiers, 20,000 new recruits were added to Youzhou. Gao Fei was given to Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Wei Yan, Chen Dao, Wenpin, Zhou Cang, Gao Lin and others for training. The training model was completely in accordance with the popularized
The training mode of Kailai Feiyu Army is carried out.
The teaching work of Juxian Hall has not stopped. In addition, relying on the reputations of Cai Yong, Guan Ning, Bing Yuan, Xun You, Zhong Yao, Xun Chen and others, many new learned people have arrived throughout the winter, and they have not entered politics.
When they were young, most of them would serve as teachers in the Juxian Hall, in order to cultivate
The next generation has made a lot of contributions. On the wall outside the Juxian Hall, Gao Fei even had someone pull out a slogan, which clearly read "No matter how poor you are, you can't afford education." This deeply touched the people of Jicheng.
His father would secretly go to Juxian Hall to learn some words.
Beiwu Hall selected many middle- and lower-level officers, all of whom were brave men in combat. Most of them were selected from among the soldiers, and then appointed to military commanders, military marquises and other official positions, and served as subordinates to various generals.
On the other hand, more than 10,000 Liannus have been mass-produced, and steel weapons and armors have also been produced.