Datang Longya

Chapter 77 Thunder Arrow Test Shooting!
Now not far from the academy, several cabins have been temporarily built on the site of Jinglei Division, and the formal building is still under construction.

Li Shimin specially dispatched his most loyal [-] Xuanjia troops to station not far away to guard here day and night. If the person who enters does not have a waist card with "Jing Lei Division" printed on it, most likely, no, it must be useless!
Zhang Zhongqing's men had already prepared all the blacksmith's tools and stacked them in a wooden house.

Zhang Zhongqing pointed to the tools in the room and asked, "Just tell me what's missing! Before tonight, I want to see at least one finished product!"

Tie Shengzai checked it carefully, and then said: "There is a whetstone missing, and now we have all the tools. It doesn't need to be late at night. I will get it out for you within two hours!"

For two hours, Tiesheng laid the ambush, and it only took one hour in total from lighting the fire to experimenting to making the finished product.

After all, Jiangzuo is the most skillful in the prison. The arrowhead made by Tiesheng is integrated with the half iron rod. The arrowhead is extremely sharp. This guy also creatively added barbs to the arrowhead. It is easy to cause secondary damage to human tissues, even if it is not made into a thunderbolt, it is still a big killer.

Zhang Zhongqing didn't expect this simple-looking blacksmith to be so smart. He never thought of adding barbs to Thunder Arrow.

"Not bad! Not bad! How many arrows with barbs can you make in a day?"

Tie Shenghan said with a smile: "It's also twenty! I made these arrows by pouring method, so it doesn't take much effort, but if I still need to sharpen them, I guess it will take thirteen or four arrows a day."

Zhang Zhongqing has always been generous, so he threw a piece of silver to Tie Sheng: "Your idea is good! The craftsmanship is also very good! From now on, I will work in Jinglei Division! I will find you some apprentices in a few days. When will you and Your apprentice can produce [-] pieces a day, and your wages will be doubled! When will you be able to produce [-] pieces a day, hum... I will ask His Majesty to give you a good official!"

When Tie Sheng heard that he could become an official, his mouth watered immediately.The profession of blacksmith belongs to "worker", which is between the people and the merchants, and has always been unpopular.If you can be an official, you still have a good grade...

Regardless of Tiesheng who fell into fantasy and couldn't extricate himself, Zhang Zhongqing handed the finished product made by Tiesheng to his subordinates and asked him to fill the gunpowder.

In the testing ground, Leng Feng carefully inspected the finished product brought by Zhang Zhongqing, and felt that there would be no problems.

Zhang Zhongqing pointed to the iron rod of the new Thunder Arrow and said: "Change the wooden rod to an iron rod. After the explosion, the power will be even higher!"

The wooden pole exploded, and the fragments were wood, so it would be useless when encountering armor. If it was iron... maybe it could threaten the thin iron armor?
Practice is the only criterion for testing truth, and specific injuries need to be tested.

An archery target to test the stability of the new Thunder Arrow. A piece of pork is hung on one side of the archery target, and leather armor and armor are hung on the other side to detect the damage caused by the explosion of the Thunder Arrow.

Rows of wooden boards are erected between the archery point and the target to detect the damage range of the fragments.

After igniting the fuse, Leng Feng shot out the new Thunder Arrow.

Bang!
This time the sound was obviously higher than the last time. Even if the gunpowder sealed with wooden arrows exploded, it would not be able to generate enough kinetic energy. The iron sealed ones were different.

Tiesheng's meticulously crafted arrow shafts disappeared, and the center of the archery target made of hemp rope spread on wooden boards had been blown out with a hole [-] to [-] centimeters in diameter.

Leng Feng fiddled with the pork, and there were three deep scratches and a hole that almost came through on the pork. On the other side, a fragment of an iron arrow was slightly exposed.

Zhang Zhongqing looked at the damage of the leather armor and armor.

The leather armor was naturally penetrated easily, but the armor firmly blocked several fragments. Three or four fragments could only be nailed to it, but could not penetrate.

Zhang Zhongqing said with emotion: "It's almost powerful, this kind of armor can't be penetrated."

Leng Feng immediately gave Zhang Zhongqing a blank look: "Brother, don't you look at what kind of armor this is, Mingguang Armor! If you want to penetrate it, you need gunpowder bullets the size of your head!"

I don't know what Zhang Zhongqing was thinking, and suddenly patted his head: "There is still a shock wave! Let's go, see if Tiesheng has finished the next one, let's try what damage the shock wave will do to the people in the armor!"

Zhang Zhongqing is such a virtue, sitting up and walking, watching Tiesheng create the next finished product by the iron furnace, and then holding the arrowhead to make a thunderbolt arrow before experimenting.

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Royal Palace Garden

Li Shimin looked at the finished Thunder Arrow and nodded repeatedly. He had seen the power of gunpowder bullets before, and the power of Thunder Arrow was not bad.

"Zhongqing has worked hard, has the Thunder Arrow been tested?"

Zhang Zhongqing hadn't closed his eyes for two days, and his eyes were bloodshot. Hearing the emperor's question, he asked his subordinates to present the unlucky piece of pork.

"Look, Your Majesty, this is pork placed next to the archery target. When the Thunderbolt Arrow exploded, fragments of the iron arrow shaft flew around, and three fragments were scratched across the pork, causing a two- to three-inch-long hole. There is a fragment that goes straight into it, and it can be pierced."

Regardless of the sour smell of the pork, Li Shimin poked open the opening with chopsticks to check it himself.

"That's right! If a person without armor is shot by a thunderbolt, not only will he lose his way of life, but the people around him will also suffer. What if it is protected by armor?"

The set of Mingguang armor was lifted up, Zhang Zhongqing pointed to the Mingguang armor and said: "Shards can penetrate the leather armor, but they cannot penetrate the transparent light armor, but if the arrow explodes on the side of the Mingguang armor, the people in the Mingguang armor will be like being galloped." The carriage bumped into it, and it was probably either dead or injured, but the landlord does not allow us to experiment with real people, and the specific effect is unknown."

Li Shimin looked at Jinglei Arrow and felt itchy, and wanted to try its power, but this is the palace after all, so it would be bad if it hurts people...

Looking at the emperor's expression, Zhang Zhongqing knew that the emperor wanted to try it, and couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, the effective killing range of the thunder arrow is within a hundred steps. There are many plants and trees in the imperial garden, you can try it!"

"Really?"

Li Shimin was overjoyed, took the bow from Zhang Zhongqing, and asked, "How do you shoot?"

Zhang Zhongqing made a half-drawing motion of the bow and said: "Your Majesty draws the bow to the half-full moon. After the minister ignites the fuze, he must shoot the arrow in the blink of an eye!"

Li Shimin pulled the bowstring and tested it, and then put on the arrow, motioning Zhang Zhongqing to light the fire.

laugh!
Li Shimin's archery skills are also not bad, the moment the fuze is lit, he draws the bow like a full moon, and shoots the Thunder Arrow at a place where no one is there!
Whoosh!
Bang!
A cluster of peonies beloved by the queen was completely destroyed by a lightning arrow from Li Shimin before it even bloomed!
Li Shimin was very satisfied with the power of Jinglei Arrow, and said to Zhang Zhongqing: "Make a batch and give it to Zhang Wen secretly, so that he can test the effect on the battlefield!"

(End of this chapter)