Chapter 22 Secret Weapon
That night, Song Tianming assembled the ten consecutive machine crossbows.
After all, I brag in front of my newly accepted younger brother.
It’s just that the beef tendon is used for crossbow strings, and the arrows are also forged with pig iron.
Because several villagers have been injured by wild animals in the past few days, fortunately they have experienced the wheat incident, and the villagers have become alert.
They basically went in teams, but they were scared and traumatized.
Autumn is coming soon, and once the Nujiang River freezes, the income from fishing will basically be gone.
So Song Tianming was impatient to get a low-end version of the ten-in-one crossbow.
Early the next morning, Song Tianming's test site surrounded him with hundreds of people.
It turned out that last night, Cheng Hu saw Song Tianming swearingly claiming that he had invented a secret weapon, which was powerful and simple to control, and could go up the mountain to hunt after mass production.
Cheng Hu added fuel to the fire, and now the entire Dongpan Township was shocked. Except for those who had to work, all those who had nothing to do came.
Song Tianming complained: "If you don't learn well, you will learn quickly if you brag."
When everyone saw the so-called secret weapon in Song Tianming's hand, it was small and exquisite, with a weird shape.
He saw Song Tianming holding crossbows in front and back with both hands, and then shooting upright.
Whoosh...bang...
Ten consecutive shots, ten short arrows were nailed to the wooden board.
A burst of cheers broke out in the crowd immediately.
"This secret weapon is really amazing."
"Yes, that's right, so many arrows were shot in an instant, and the tiger shivered when he saw it."
"And the little gentleman didn't even have much effort, I think I can use it."
"Sir, make one for me, and I'll send you a wild boar."
Only the old lady said with a serious expression: "Mr., you are only more than ten steps away from the target, and the arrow is only one minute into the wood. How about trying it with fifty steps?"
It's no shame that he is a commander of thousands of people, and he can see the biggest problem with this secret weapon at a glance.
Song Tianming also understood that if the crossbow cannot maintain lethality outside fifty steps, the value of this thing will be greatly reduced.
Otherwise, it would take so much effort to test the materials used to replace beef tendons.
So Song Tianming took fifty steps, and the result was shocking.
Only four arrows were nailed to the board, and the other six just hit and fell.
The arrows nailed to the wooden boards also look shaky.
If you face a fierce beast with thick skin, it will be tickling.
According to the strength of the beef tendon, even within ten steps of the approach, the killing is limited, which is the key and it is very dangerous.
Don’t go hunting excitedly, and it ends up becoming Meituan Takeout.
Song Tianming was also a little embarrassed and explained: "My ten-in-one crossbow machine is a test piece, and its current lethality is insufficient, so I will improve it."
The old minister greeted him and everyone dispersed.
Finally, the old clerk said earnestly: "The weapon you invented is okay to use for self-defense, but you must not want to hunt. Don't think about this, it's the main thing to do when you run a textile shop well."
After working hard for so long, Song Tianming couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
In fact, the ideal thing is to use a spring to replace beef tendon, but the current iron smelting process is too poor, and even a triangular arrow cannot be created, let alone a spring?
It seems that everything is stuck on the iron smelting.
Once this technical bottleneck can be broken, armor, swords, etc. will be solved easily.
The biggest difficulty in iron smelting lies in temperature.
The best fuel used for iron smelting is charcoal, but the calorific value is still much worse.
The most ideal thing is of course coal. According to the geographical location of Xiahe County, coal can theoretically be formed.
The key to the problem is that it cannot be found.
So Song Tianming inquired everywhere.
"Coal? What's the matter?"
"Graphite? Oh... This thing is like a ghost. I have heard of it, but I have never seen it."
"Stones that catch fire? Sir, don't tease me, I really can laugh."
Finally, even Cheng Susu came to persuade Song Tianming: "Husband, you can't be too obsessed with some things. If the direction is wrong, why not change one?"
But Song Tianming was a turtle who was determined to eat weights.
Others don't understand, but he understands what this ten-in-one crossbow means.
In this chaotic world, I don’t know which one to come first, the accident or tomorrow, and there is no means of self-report, everything seems to be prosperous on the surface.
Fortunately, the spring and arrows didn't require much fine iron, so Song Tianming gave up his face and decided to use the most primitive method: hammering.
Of course, his small body is not good. He spent a lot of money to hire a blacksmith in Xiahe County and asked Erniu to take action.
For modern industry, the most technical spring processing also made Song Tianming suffer.
After dozens of scrapped, the emperor finally paid off.
The excited Song Tianming hugged Cheng Susu and kissed him.
As a result, He Shuang wanted to kiss him even if he was making trouble, so he would not let the blacksmith and Erniu leave, nor would he stay.
With fine iron, there are no obstacles to making triangular arrows, but repeated trials are inevitable.
The blacksmith Song Tiedan is burly and honest. She speaks buzzingly, saying that she has fled from Cangzhou.
When he arrived in Xiahe County, he relied on his ancestral skills to make a living in the blacksmith shop. The boss Wang Blacksmith was harsh and harsh. When he heard the conditions given by Erniu, he came without hesitation.
Unexpectedly, I met my own family, and Song Tianming was kind and never shouted at me. Everything was full of attention.
This touched Tiedan very much, so he followed everyone to become Mr. Song Tianming.
"Mr., can you tell me what you are fighting like? Even my father has never hit such an object."
Song Tianming was very satisfied with Song Tiedan, but his voice was a little loud and he ate a little too much.
"What I made is a very powerful weapon, and even iron eggs can be blown up."
Song Tianming was in a good mood and made a tepid joke.
"Everyone says that the young man is great, but I think your mouth is great."
Tiedan smiled and went to the stove to work again.
Song Tianming didn't care about anything and worked behind closed doors every day, which made the old clerk very angry.
Chapter completed!