"Master Wu, after all, you also hold the title of Minister of the Ministry of Works. Why don't you even know what your colleagues are best at doing?"
"Logically speaking, you should know these things better than me, right?"
Wu Zhi laughed twice.
"You also know that on weekdays, let alone going to court, I rarely come even to this palace."
"Almost every day, I stay in my three small shops."
"So to be honest, I don't know as much as you do about the things in the Ministry of Industry."
"Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to ask you."
Eunuch Sheng nodded slightly, thinking the same thing.
So, he began to give Wu Zhi a brief introduction to what his colleagues were doing every day.
"As for the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he is responsible for coordinating the overall situation and doing tasks such as assigning tasks every day."
"Other than that, there is nothing else."
"As for the few ministers below, some of them are responsible for repairing gardens for the officials."
"And some design some agricultural tools and equipment."
"Others are responsible for the research and manufacturing of some military equipment."
"And now, the person in charge of manufacturing weapons and equipment is a minister named Shen Kuo."
"Shen Kuo is very talented."
"When the officials asked him to come to the Ministry of Industry, it was just to temper him."
"It is estimated that it won't be long before Shen Kuo will be transferred to another place and entrusted with important responsibilities."
When Wu Zhi heard about Shen Kuo, his eyes widened immediately.
Because Wu Zhi had heard of this person's name in textbooks before he traveled through time.
That was a very powerful inventor and scientist from the Northern Song Dynasty.
This man was not only good at making weapons, but his inventions and creations in other aspects were also second to none.
In terms of overall ability, Shen Kuo is even stronger than Li Jie.
When Wu Zhi got the news, he didn't have time to talk nonsense with the Eunuch Sheng in front of him.
Because Wu Zhi now only has nine days to rectify his situation.
During these nine days, he not only had to train the army, but also tailor-made a set of light, convenient and highly lethal weapons for the army he had never met.
On the battlefield, when two armies are fighting.
Wu Zhi didn't dare, and relied entirely on the "strong combat power" of this army.
But equipping them with more highly lethal weapons can not only increase the winning rate of this army, but also minimize the battle losses of their army to a greater extent.
This is what Wu Zhi planned. He first finalized the shape and expected effects of the new weapons and equipment with Shen Kuo, the minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Wait until those Ministry of Industry officials can mass produce it.
Wu Zhi went to inspect his troops again.
And carry out a series of training plans based on the specific conditions of that unit.
In this way, by the time he completes the training of the army, the batch of equipment from the Ministry of Industry will probably be almost ready.
At that time, after those soldiers have become proficient in the characteristics and usage of these weapons and equipment, the whole army can set off to fight on the border.
After Wu Zhi said a simple farewell to Eunuch Sheng, he hurried towards the office of the Ministry of Industry.
Along the way, Wu Zhi thought a lot in his head.
For example: what kind of weapons and equipment can be equipped in large quantities on nearly 10,000 soldiers in such a short period of time.
And the lethality must be stronger.
In the end, Wu Zhi looked helpless and could only look for the best solution in the system.
However, although there are many solutions in the system, it is very difficult to find a weapon that fully meets Wu Zhi's requirements.
Just when Wu Zhi was extremely anxious, a small crossbow appeared in Wu Zhi's sight.
Zhuge Liannu sells for one hundred thousand taels of silver!
Wu Zhi first looked at the Zhuge Liannu carefully.
Later, on the introduction drawing of the system, I saw the size and attack range of this crossbow.
To sum up, this Zhuge Liannu, although extremely small in design, is only one-third the size of an ordinary bow and arrow.
But the effective killing range is pitifully short.
It's only a mere forty meters.
Although in his heart, Wu Zhi despised this kind of weapons and equipment.
After all, the distance is only 40 meters. If the enemy is cavalry, then a charge will rush towards them.
When the time comes, they will have no advantage at all when fighting those cavalry with crossbows of this range.
Fortunately, this kind of Zhuge Liannu can hold a lot of arrows at one time, ten in total.
In other words, as long as ten crossbow arrows are put into this chain crossbow, you only need to continuously pull the pull rod to continuously charge the chain crossbow.
Then, all you need to do is watch the timing and keep pulling the trigger to shoot.
If he is a well-trained soldier, after a short period of training, he can shoot arrows continuously with the continuous cooperation of his hands.
The rate of fire can reach dozens of arrows per minute.
After Wu Zhi read this introduction, he still felt dissatisfied with the attack range of only 40 meters.
But other than that, the rate of fire of this repeating crossbow is still very good.
Although this thing can't kill people from a long distance, it can carry out sneak attacks at close range.
Or, their army can use the weapons in their hands as a cover when engaging in large-scale attacks against enemy infantry.
Then he used the serial crossbow in his hand for a sneak attack.
After all, the continuity of this weapon is still very strong.
If used properly, it can still achieve quite good killing effects.
What's more, these things don't take much time to build.
Some hardwood, paired with some animal tendons.
More than a dozen rivets, some iron arrowheads, and some feathers.
After careful polishing by several master craftsmen, one can be made.
In fact, Wu Zhi did not want to put this kind of weapon in the Ministry of Industry.
His ideal production location should be on Shuibo Liang Mountain.
But now, he can't be allowed to think about it so much anymore.
When Wu Zhi arrived at the Ministry of Industry, he began to ask his colleagues about Shen Kuo's whereabouts.
After several searches, he finally found Shen Kuo.
He was a slightly thin man.
On the head, there is a wooden hairpin for hair.
His face is quite fair.
The eyes are a little small, but they look very energetic.
Two unkempt mustaches.
Wearing a slightly wrinkled official uniform.
At this time, Shen Kuo was holding a blueprint and was lost in thought.