Tang Yin was asked to wait, but Xia Jie's expression was very unnatural. Tang Yin felt awkward seeing his embarrassed look, so he made some excuse and sent him away.
Tang Yin waited in Xia Yufu's outer room for more than half an hour before the latter walked out of the back room lazily. Tang Yin looked at Xia Yufu without saying a word. Xuanwang quickly stepped forward and said: "Yu
Miss Fu!" His rank is higher than Xia Yufu, but his attitude towards her is very polite. Of course, Xia Yufu is much higher than Xuanwang in terms of knowledge of mechanism arts.
Xia Yufu just nodded slightly as a greeting, then turned to look at Tang Yin and asked curiously: "Why is the king so free today that he came to Jiqiao Villa in person?"
Tang Yin smiled and said, "We haven't seen you for a long time. I came here specifically to visit Miss Yufu."
"Haha!"
During the battle with the Sichuan Army, Tang Yin felt the power and effectiveness of large-scale siege weapons. After the squadron returned to the capital, he immediately ordered the Ordnance Department to develop large-scale equipment similar to those used by the Sichuan Army. Xuanwang was the general manager of the Ordnance Department, and
Xia Yufu is also responsible for supervising the Ordnance Department, and it is naturally Xia Yufu's job to develop large-scale siege equipment.
Tang Yin did not lie, he looked up and smiled and said: "Half and half."
Xia Yufu didn't mind. She turned around and asked Xuan Wang again: "Master Xuan, what's the problem this time?"
Xuanwang hurriedly took out the blueprint, handed it to Xia Yufu, and said, "Miss Yufu, I have marked red circles on the confusing points, among which..."
Before he finished speaking, Xia Yufu had already taken the drawing over, looked down at it, shook her head, sighed, and murmured in a low voice: "What I drew is obviously very clear!" As she spoke, she moved the table
He pushed the clutter on the desk to one side indiscriminately, then put the drawing on top and explained it to Xuanwang in detail.
Xuan Wang listened carefully and attentively, fearing that he would miss some details. Tang Yin also listened for a while, but soon felt that he was not interested, so he yawned and walked away somewhere else.
Xia Yufu and Xuanwang, one talking and the other asking questions, came and went, and it took another half an hour to come to an end.
After finally waiting for Xuanwang to understand all the questions, Tang Yin finally found a chance to interrupt. He asked: "What is the Ordnance Department developing now?"
"Back to your Majesty, it's the tower!" Xuanwang now answered the question in his mind, looking much more relaxed, and answered first.
"Oh?" Tang Yin pointed at the drawing and asked, "Is this the drawing you used to develop the tower?"
"Yes, my lord!"
Tang Yin stepped forward again, lowered his head and looked at the drawing carefully. If Xuanwang hadn't said it was a drawing of a tower, Tang Yin wouldn't have been able to tell it by looking at the pattern on it. He shook his head and said, "Looking at the appearance, this doesn't look like a tower.
!”
Xia Yufu rolled her eyes, sat down at the table, and drank tea as if she was too lazy to answer such a question.
Xuanwang explained: "Reporting to your Majesty, this is not the whole picture of the tower, but a part of it. It is mainly an illustration of the tower's movement system."
"Ah!" Tang Yin didn't understand the art of mechanism at all. He scratched his hair and laughed dryly: "No wonder it doesn't look like a tower."
Xuanwang said sternly: "The moving system designed by Miss Yufu is really ingenious. It does not require oxen or people to push it. As long as you pull the rope behind the tower, the tower will move forward. The tower designed by Miss Yufu is not only large in size, but also
The weight is also heavy. If we rely on manpower to push it, each tower will need at least hundreds of people to push it. However, if we use ropes to pull it, only twenty people are enough. This can greatly save manpower and reduce our losses when pushing.
"
Hearing this, Tang Yin became interested. He also sat down at the table, raised his head and said, "Tell me more about it."
Xuanwang also wanted to explain in detail, but Tang Yin was a layman and it would be too difficult to explain without drawings. He asked Xia Yufu, "Miss Yufu should have a complete picture of the tower here, right?"
While drinking tea, Xia Yufu shook her head absentmindedly towards the bookcase and said, "Look for it yourself."
Xuanwang was accustomed to Xia Yufu's seemingly arrogant attitude, but he didn't care. He walked to the bookshelf in the corner, flipped through it and found the overall drawing of the tower, laid it out in front of Tang Yin, and explained it while giving instructions.
The tower designed by Xia Yufu is much larger than the Sichuan Army Tower. The arrow shield on the front is made of hard woods such as elm and oak. What is unique is that there are many round inlays on the arrow shield.
The shaped rivets are like pieces of small shields pieced together. These rivets can protect the shield without excessively increasing the weight of the tower.
Another thing worth mentioning is the power system of the tower, which is also the most complicated part of the tower. The power system of the tower is composed of many gears. Two thick and long ropes extend behind the tower. When moving the tower, you only need to
Arrange the soldiers to pull the rope to make the gear inside rotate, and the tower can move forward. This can greatly save manpower and reduce unnecessary casualties when the army advances.
After Xuan Wang finished explaining everything, Tang Yin thought about it for a while, nodded repeatedly, and praised: "Okay! This tower is well designed." This can be regarded as the first semi-mechanical thing Tang Yin has seen in this era.
It is not easy to get Tang Yin's praise. Although Xuanwang did not design the tower, he was also involved. Unlike Yourong, Xia Yufu was very indifferent, at least on the surface. She said nonchalantly: "
If there are more skilled craftsmen, I can design more elaborate towers and build them in batches."
Tang Yin looked up and smiled, waved his hands and said: "Enough, enough, this is enough to deal with the enemy." Now he was much more confident in Xia Yufu's design, and he was more interested in its design, and asked: "
Are there any other designs?”
"Of course, there are also cloud cars, rush cars..." Xia Yufu seemed to be very indifferent to Tang Yin's praise, but in fact she was very pleased with it. When Tang Yin asked her about it, she started to talk in a rare and eloquent manner.
Time passed so quickly, Tang Yin and Xuan Wang had been sitting at Jiqiao Villa for most of the day without realizing it. When it got dark outside, Tang Yin got up and said goodbye.
After politely declining Xia Jie's invitation to stay, Tang Yin bid farewell to Xia Yufu and left the village with Xuan Wang and others to return to the city.
On the way back to the city, Tang Yin and Xuan Wang were riding in the same car. He asked, "Xuan Wang, what do you think of Xia Yufu?"
Xuanwang didn't quite understand what Tang Yin meant, and Zhi Kushu asked doubtfully, "I wonder what aspect your Majesty is asking about?"
Tang Yin said: "Loyalty to Dafeng."
Xuanwang's face straightened, this matter was not a trivial matter. If he said something wrong, it might bring death to Xia Yufu. He said seriously: "How loyal Miss Yufu is to me, Da Feng, I don't know.
But Weichen can see that Miss Yufu is doing her best for me, Dafeng."
After hearing this, Tang Yin squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, then looked up and smiled and said, "I just asked casually. You don't need to take it too seriously, and there is no need to mention it to Miss Yufu."
Tang Yin added: "Weapons for siege are related to the success or failure of the battle. The life and death of our soldiers must be treated with extreme caution. As the general manager of the Ordnance Department, you must ensure that the equipment developed does not have any omissions or problems."
Xuan Wang responded: "I will remember your Majesty's teachings."
Tang Yin was happy and nodded towards Xuan Wang without saying anything more.
By the time Tang Yin and his party came down the mountain, it was already dark. Tang Yin was sitting in the carriage, chatting with Xuan Wang wordlessly.
As he was walking, Tang Yin, who had extremely keen eyes and ears, suddenly heard the sound of wind coming from outside the car.
The experienced Tang Yin could tell that it was not the night wind, but the strong wind with a sharp blade flying quickly and cutting through the sky.
Before he had time to think about it, Tang Yin secretly screamed something bad and fell forward, knocking Xuan Wang down with him.
Xuanwang was not alert at this time. Before he could realize what was going on, he fell face to face on the car board. He exclaimed: "Big..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a snapping sound, and ten arrows penetrated the car plate at the same time and shot into the car. The powerful force caused the arrows to penetrate deeply into the car plate on the other side.
Xuanwang was shocked and blurted out: "Protect the king, there are assassins..."
When he finished shouting this sentence, Tang Yinye had disappeared and people hurried out along the car window.
As soon as he arrived outside, before Tang Yin had time to see his surroundings clearly, ten more eagle feathers flew towards him.
He reacted quickly, lying down on the ground, and swish, swish, ten arrows flew over his head.
At this time, Shangguan Yuanwu rushed to Tang Yin and said urgently: "Your Majesty, the assassin is shooting arrows in the forest!"
Tang Yin raised his eyes and saw clearly that there was a dense forest on the roadside, and the cold arrow was shot from the forest.
He snorted coldly, and as his shoulders shook, the two swords appeared in his palms. Tang Yin was about to rush into the forest to pull out the assassin, but as the branches shook, ten black shadows shot out from the forest.
These ten people were all wearing black spiritual armor and holding spiritual knives. They were as fast as lightning. Two of them rushed to Tang Yin in an instant and without saying a word, they raised their swords to chop.
An expert would know if someone was there as soon as he stretched out his hand. Just by looking at the speed of the opponent's sword, Tang Yin knew that the opponent was an extraordinary person.
He did not dare to be careless, and raised his swords to parry. Two crisp clanging sounds were heard in his ears. When Tang Yin caught the opponent's swords, he was also knocked back half a step.
Tang Yin's knife speed can be so fast, and his strength is also very amazing. It is rare for him to be knocked back in a head-to-head encounter. Tang Yin was surprised, and the other party was even more surprised. The two looked at each other and separated.
Spread out to the left and right, attacking Tang Yin from two directions.
The two men were both known for their speed in their swordsmanship. One sword after another, the swords all rushed towards Tang Yin's vital points. Tang Yin had never been afraid of fighting with others. He narrowed his eyes and fought with the two assassins.
He fought two assassins alone. The Shangguan brothers, Asan and Asi were also entangled by eight other assassins. At this time, another person walked out of the woods. This person's target was not Tang Yin, but went straight to the carriage.