Datang romantic little landlord

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But if he converts the gold and copper coins in his current mansion into RMB, I am afraid that his net worth can barely be considered a local tyrant.

After all, the gold that Li Er cheated from the aristocratic family back then was worth at least [-] million RMB.

Under such circumstances, Li Wangyou naturally spends money as he pleases, only to see if he is in a good mood.

After weighing the composite crossbow using spring steel as the crossbow arm, Yan Liben was shocked to find that the string tension of this crossbow had reached an astonishing four stones.

This is already equivalent to the string force of the Tang army's siege crossbow. Yan Liben really couldn't imagine how ferocious the arrows fired from this crossbow would be.

At least he can be sure that at a distance of fifty steps, this crossbow can easily penetrate the hundred-steel armor that cannot be pierced by a two-stone strong bow.

The four-stone crossbow, even with the eccentric wheel, did not reach the point where Li Wangyou expected to be able to easily pull the crossbow string.

Yan Liben was full of admiration for the eccentric wheel on the crossbow arm.After using the eccentric wheel, the four-stone crossbow can be stretched with less than two stones.

But obviously, even so, this compound crossbow Li Wangyou still can't use it.In this way, installing a winder that uses the principle of leverage on the crossbow is the only way.

After several experiments, Yan Liben finally worked with the craftsman who will be the prison to overcome these problems one by one, and completed this epoch-making crossbow.

After getting this composite crossbow, Li Wangyou has been practicing in his mansion for two days, and he is very satisfied with the power and accuracy of this crossbow.

Originally, in Niu Wu's view, the crossbow that Li Wangyou asked to build was just a big toy.

A sharpshooter like him is very disdainful of crossbows.After all, compared with the strong bow, the firing speed of the crossbow is too slow, and the shooting range is also short.

However, when Li Wangyou got the crossbow and tried firing it a few times, the power and precision of the crossbow shocked Niu Wu and the rest of the Li family's jaws.

The special crossbow bolts are made of fine steel, and are only one-third the length of ordinary arrow feathers.

After the crossbow arrow was shot by the compound crossbow, it easily pierced through the Tang army's standard iron armor from two hundred steps away.

As for the accuracy, with the help of the scope, Li Wangyou can easily hit the center of the target with a crossbow bolt from two hundred steps away, very easily.

At this distance, even Niu Wu couldn't guarantee that he could hit it.

With such a magical weapon in hand, hunting a few prey is no different from playing.

Niu Wu and the trilogy of the Li family naturally laughed endlessly, and even felt a little sympathetic to the sages, princes, and Cheng Chumo's dudes.

The assembled composite crossbow surprised Li Er, Cheng Yaojin and the others. The arms and strings of the crossbow seemed to be made of metal?

"Niu Wu, show me this crossbow." Li Er said.

Naturally, Niu Wu didn't dare to be negligent, and presented the compound crossbow with both hands respectfully.

Li Er stretched out his hand to take it, examined it carefully, and then confirmed that he had read it correctly.The crossbow in his hand looked strange, but the arms were indeed made of metal, and even the strings were made of steel cables.

Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong and others also saw this composite crossbow clearly, and they were all shocked.

"Hiss...Your Majesty, is the crossbow arm of Ziyou's crossbow made of fine steel? Can this fine steel be used to make a crossbow? It's the first time I've seen it." Li Jing, Minister of the Ministry of War, also gasped, stunned. speak out.

Li Er's eyes flashed brightly, and he looked at Li Wangyou: "Ziyou, your crossbow, is the crossbow arm made of fine steel? How long did it take you to make it? How strong is this crossbow?"

Li Wangyou nodded: "What uncle said is right, this pair of crossbow arms is made of spring steel, um, it is very troublesome, it took my nephew seven or eight days of work, before I asked the craftsman who will be the supervisor to help my nephew. Made it. Zhang Xianli, Liben has weighed it, it’s about four stones.”

What he said immediately made Li Er, Cheng Yaojin and the others almost stare at him, staring at him dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.

Seven or eight days of effort?

Four stone tension force?

This guy is not talking nonsense, is he?

Bows and crossbows, which are projectile weapons, require elastic bow arms to provide strong kinetic energy.

Generally speaking, whether it is a bow or a crossbow, it is necessary to use hard and elastic wood, and then use composite materials such as horns and tendons to enhance elasticity.

Bow making is not a simple matter, not only has strict requirements on materials, but also the process is quite cumbersome.

It is recorded in detail in the book "Kao Gong Ji" that the bow stem is dissected in winter, the corners are cured in spring, the tendons are cured in summer, the materials are assembled in autumn, the arms of the bow are placed in the bow box to shape them in cold winter, and the appearance is repaired in severe winter.

It can be used only after the bowstring is installed in the spring of the next year, and it can be stored for another year.

It takes two to three years to make a good bow through the above-mentioned complicated process.

The process of making a crossbow is basically the same as that of a bow, and the process is even more complicated.

Because of this, what Li Wangyou said made Li Er and the big bosses dumbfounded, thinking that he was simply making an international joke.

"Straight mother thief, don't talk nonsense, boy, and answer carefully, what's the matter with this crossbow?" Cheng Yaojin roared.

Li Wangyou shrugged innocently, how come no one believes the truth?

Li Er tried to pull the crossbowstring, and found that it was really tense.He tried his best to hang the crossbow string on the crossbow trigger.

The tension force of this crossbow is equivalent to that of breaking a crossbow, at least two stones are needed, which is not as exaggerated as what Li Wangyou said.

Li Er naturally thought that Li Wangyou was talking big, but even so, if the crossbow could be made of fine steel, it would be a big deal.

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Li Wangyou didn't take up Cheng Yaojin's words, just asked with a smile: "Uncle, gentlemen, can you still count on what you just said?"

Li Er and everyone looked at each other, wondering what kind of medicine Li Wangyou was selling in his gourd?

It's difficult for Li Er to pull the crossbow, let alone Li Wangyou, what other tricks does he have?

Li Er lowered his head and looked at the crossbow in his hand again. Although there were many mechanisms on the crossbow that he could not understand, he still firmly believed that this crossbow was definitely not something that Li Wangyou could pull off.

"What I said, will I still regret it? Today I want to see how you use this crossbow to hunt and kill prey." Li Er simply pressed the trigger of the compound crossbow, and the crossbow string rebounded quickly , There was a buzzing sound.

Li Er froze for a moment, the sound was so powerful, it seemed to be much stronger than the crossbow in the army.

Could it be that this crossbow really has the power of four stones?

Immediately after, Li Er shook his head and denied his guess. If it was a strong crossbow with four stones, even he would not be able to pull it away.

Among the Tang army, the strong crossbows of the four stones all required the use of winches, and the cooperation of many people was the only way to stretch the crossbow.

Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde and others were also very curious about Li Wangyou's fine steel crossbow, and gathered around one after another, trying to pull the string and feel the strong pulling force from the fine steel crossbow arm.

"Your Majesty, this crossbow is indeed a two-stone crossbow, which is equivalent to the crossbow in the army. Ziyou called it a four-stone crossbow, but it is exaggerating."

Those present are all veterans in the army, and you can get a general idea of ​​the pulling force of the crossbow as soon as you get started.

After everyone circulated the crossbow, Li Er threw the composite crossbow back to Li Wangyou, and said with a smile: "Ziyou, don't let Niu Wu and the others stretch the string for you. Don't try to take it away."

"It's natural, hehe, uncle, my nephew said bluntly, my little nephew Sa Luzi is going to be settled, so I thank uncle for the reward first." After Li Wangyou finished speaking, he called Niu Wu to help him put on the armor .