Li Daoxuan cursed in his heart: Why are you pretending to be serious? What will Uncle Yin's adopted daughter say? He said with a bitter face: "Military advisor, what do you want?"
"Me, I can be considered a person with a wife now."
"From now on, those who have a big business will not be able to live a good life just relying on the salary and land rent. They have to do some business in private."
"It's not easy to find good shops in Chang'an City."
Xia Yu had a look on her face, looking very worried about life.
"Military advisor, I didn't say anything." Li Daoxuan heard the song and knew its elegant meaning. He immediately patted his chest and said, "I have a shop in Dongshi and a shop on Zhuquemen Street. They are both spacious and large shops. They are worth at least three or four thousand guan.
It’s yours.”
"As long as you nod, I will write the documents right away."
Xia Yu was overjoyed when she heard this: These are all golden shops. In a few years, when Zhenguan is in its prime, the price will probably rise several times.
This little prince is really wealthy!
However, it’s right to think about it, this world belongs to their family, no one who is poor will be royal!
"Deal! Come and take a look."
"This thing is called a horseshoe. It is a small oval-shaped iron piece."
"As the name suggests, this thing is nailed to the horse's hoof, which is equivalent to putting iron shoes on the fragile horse's hoof."
"Even though it is inconspicuous, with it, the horse's hoofs will not wear out easily, and the service life of the war horse can be greatly extended."
"What's even better is that with this thing, the war horse can be fearless on any terrain, and the charging speed will be faster, maximizing the power of the cavalry."
Xia Yu drew the shape of a horseshoe on paper and explained its wonderful uses one by one.
"That's great, this is a divine thing!"
Li Daoxuan was shocked and couldn't help but be ecstatic: "With the winged cavalry and the horseshoes, who else in the world do I have to fear?"
"Thank you, strategist. I'm going to get a crossbow and horseshoes."
Seeing Li Daoxuan mount his horse impatiently and lead the five hundred cavalry away in a hurry, Xia Yu smiled 'yinly'.
The war horses of the Tang Dynasty were not equipped with horseshoes.
He discovered this bug a few days ago when he led the troops to hunt down Zhu Can, but he kept silent because he was preparing to kill people.
Li Daoxuan is still too 'simple'. How can such an artifact that can greatly enhance the cavalry's combat power be hidden from others?
It won't be long before Li Shimin will know about it and promote it to the entire army.
At that time, the credit will still be his, Xia Yu's.
Li Daoxuan's only advantage was to equip horseshoes first, but the price he paid was two gold shops!
By then, the little prince's expression will probably be very exciting.
Hahaha!
A certain 'evil villain' is in a beautiful and ruthless mood.
"Zhang Yu."
"military adviser."
"At noon, you go to the county prince and ask him to write a note. He owes us two shops, and we brothers have to settle the accounts clearly."
"No." Zhang Yu nodded happily.
Now, without the supervision of Li Daoxuan, Xia Yu started practicing "Tang Shou" voluntarily.
Not to mention that famous teachers give birth to great disciples, or that Xia Yu is already very smart, but after only a few days of hard work, he has already become something impressive.
Xia Yu was busy when he suddenly heard someone calling him: "Strategic Advisor! Military Advisor!" When he turned his head, he saw Yu Wenshi coming on horseback in a hurry, swinging his saddle and dismounting in front of him.
"Hey, it's Master Yuwen. Do you want to see me?"
"Commander, I'm so happy! We've already figured out the new trebuchet you mentioned. Please go with me to take a look and give you some advice."
"But I'm still practicing martial arts——"
"Practice another day, business is more important."
Yu Wenshiji pulled Xia Yu away without saying a word.
He had no choice but to ride on the 'Teng Shuangbai', take Zhang Yu, Hu Sanyi and others, and follow Yuwen Shiji to the rear camp.
When we arrived at the back camp campus, we saw a huge creature from a distance.
Next to it, there is a large group of craftsmen waiting.
Xia Yu stepped forward and dismounted, and circled the trebuchet three or four times, looking at it with great interest.
Good guy, this new type of counterweight trebuchet is thirteen or four meters long and eight or nine meters high. It's like a hill, and it's daunting.
Its structure basically replicates his drawings, and there seems to be nothing wrong with it.
Yu Wenshiji hurriedly presented the treasure and said with a proud look on his face: "Military advisor, look, the counterweight hopper is made of a wooden box and equipped with iron hoops. It is very strong."
"The hopper is filled with gravel and weighs more than three thousand kilograms."
"It is so powerful that it can be pulled by dozens of strong men at the same time. The projectile is so powerful that it must be as powerful as the earth shattering!"
More than three thousand kilograms!
Xia Yu was a little stunned: This boss has a very wild heart. He just got a big one right away and didn’t consider the step-by-step process?
So cool!
So confident!
"Master Yuwen, I hear you say, haven't you tried firing yet?"
"No. This is a magical object invented by the military strategist. We are going to test-fire it. How can you be absent?" Yu Wenshiji said with a smile. This old man is well informed.
"Let's have a test shot?" Xia Yu couldn't help but be eager to give it a try.
He had never seen a real trebuchet shot before, so his eyes widened.
"Chinese." Yu Wenshiji turned around and shouted: "Everyone, stop standing around stupidly, get busy and give it a try."
"promise."
The craftsmen agreed and quickly got busy.
A group of craftsmen first carried a large stone bullet with a weight of "eighty kilograms" and placed it in a leather bag hanging from one end of the lever arm.
Then, a dozen of the strongest craftsmen began to turn the double winches on both sides of the trebuchet, and slowly raised the huge counterweight hanging on the other end of the lever arm bit by bit.
Seeing the craftsmen working hard, with their faces flushed and sweat pouring out, Xia Yu instinctively had a premonition that the power of this thing was absolutely terrifying!
"Look at it, military advisor. This big guy is not easy to serve."
"For one piece of this thing, the parts need to be loaded on twelve oxcarts. During the installation in the morning, thirty craftsmen were busy for half an hour."
"If you want to operate it, at least a dozen people will need to work together."
Yuwen Shiji sighed with emotion.
Xia Yu smiled and said: "This thing is much more powerful than the old trebuchet, and it is naturally more labor intensive, but it is definitely worth it."
"I hope so. How do you think the results of the test firing will be?" Yu Wenshiji looked forward to it.
At this time, Xia Yu raised her head, looked at the size of the school grounds, looked at the camp in the distance and said, "Master Yuwen, have you ever measured how far away from the camp is it?"
"Four hundred steps (600 meters) should be enough, right?"
"The range of the old trebuchet was only 150 steps (230 meters). Now it's doubled and it's turned, so there won't be any problem."
Yu Wenshiji took it for granted that as long as the shooting range could reach 300 steps, he would be very satisfied.
Xia Yu scratched his head. He had never practiced it before and had no idea how far this new trebuchet could shoot.
I just read some information that it can reach more than 300 steps, and some super giant ones can even reach the terrifying 500 steps!
So, are these four hundred steps safe or not?
He is not very confident.
I wanted to move it further back, but seeing as this big thing weighs tens of thousands of pounds, it would be too troublesome to dismantle and reinstall it.
Forget it, don't be too suspicious, take a look first and then talk.
Finally, it took a full two minutes for more than a dozen big-bodied craftsmen to raise the counterweight hopper and fix it high with a machine scraper.
At this time, a group of people were already sweating profusely and their clothes were soaked.
"Well, it seems that if we go into battle, we must arrange at least two waves of people to take turns. Otherwise, we cannot guarantee continuous launch." Yu Wenshi touched his chin thoughtfully.
"Two waves are enough, maybe three waves are needed." Xia Yu shook his head and said, "Otherwise, after three or four rounds at most, I'll be exhausted."
While the two were chatting, a craftsman came forward and said excitedly: "Military advisor, Lord Yuwen, are ready."
"Then launch."
"promise."
Immediately, a sturdy young craftsman came forward with a sledgehammer, shouted loudly, and with taut muscles in his arms, hit the scraper that fixed the hopper with the hammer.
"boom!"
With a loud sound, the scraper was released, and the heavy hopper, which weighed more than three thousand kilograms, suddenly fell, transmitting terrifying potential energy to the stone scoop at the other end of the lever arm.
"call!"
I saw the bullet scoop rushing up quickly, and easily launched the eighty-pound large stone bullet into the air, whizzing away into the distance.
Everyone's eyes quickly followed and they saw the stone bullets flying over an astonishing distance of at least 380 steps before hitting the ground heavily.
"Boom!"
Where there was a loud noise, dust flew up and the sound was like a thunderbolt. The stone bullets that landed on the ground did not lose their momentum and bounced up again in an instant, continuing to rush forward.
not good!
Yuwen Shiji and Xia Yu's expressions changed greatly, and they watched helplessly as the stone bullets hit the village fence not far away like ferocious rolling dragons.
"Wow!"
In an instant, a large section of the stockade was easily knocked down, and wood chips flew into the air.
What was even more unfortunate was that a nearby tall archery tower for sentries was also affected, and collapsed suddenly as the soldiers on the archery tower screamed in panic.
"Dang Dang Dang!"
For a moment, the alarm bell rang. The soldiers guarding the gate of the village did not know what was going on. They thought they had been attacked by an enemy and immediately raised the alarm.
Seeing that the entire rear camp was alarmed, Xia Yu and Yu Wenshi looked at each other with confused expressions on their faces.
Okay, it’s time to poke the basket!
Xia Yu slapped her forehead helplessly. There was indeed a big gap between theory and practice. Just wait to be scolded by classmate Li Er!
