Tang Dynasty good father-in-law

Chapter 489 Coincidentally, Bed Crossbow

After seeing the envelope sent back by Li Jing, Li Shimin's expression was somewhat dumbfounded.

"This should be a coincidence."

Li Shimin whispered softly, it turned out that Li Jing wrote on the envelope about Annan's layout, and finally recommended that Wang Xuance be in charge of Annan in the future.

At least half of the letter was praising Wang Xuance, and the remaining half was just laying the groundwork.

It can be said that Li Jing is very optimistic about Wang Xuance, if it wasn't for Shu An's disciple, then maybe he would have done it.

Of course, Li Jing's analysis was based on Annan's actual situation. Winning Annan naturally does not mean that Annan will become Datang's granary.

Naturally, the emperor would not understand this point. He wanted Wang Xuance to go to Annan because he was familiar with it.

In addition, Annan is far away, and it has always been a bitterly cold place in the eyes of everyone, so naturally not many people want to go there.

Wang Xuance is the best choice, capable of writing and martial arts, and governing Annan is the best choice.

Now there is another reason, because Wang Xuance has already conquered Li Jing in Annan.

You must know that Li Jing has never recommended a person in this way. Of course, Li Shimin can see from the envelope that Li Jing is not because of any emotional factors.

Instead, he really hoped that Wang Xuance would be in charge of Annan, especially when this letter still failed to win Annan.

From this, it can be said that Li Jing is more likely to identify Wang Xuance as the candidate, but this matter is not so easy to handle.

The reason is very simple, Wang Xuance's qualifications are still too low, even if it is a bitter cold place, he is still in charge of a territory after all.

It is equivalent to a governor of Daozhou, and can be said to be a great official in the frontier, but Wang Xuance obviously does not have this qualification.

"This thing needs to be planned."

Li Shimin shook his head involuntarily and said, although he agrees with it in his heart, it is not easy to do it in practice.

Chang'an Suburban Academy
After more than a month, Shu An also came to the academy, and an open space beside the academy has become the place where the carpenter lives.

Although it is only temporary, as the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a great reward, although some carpenters did not understand the crossbow machine.

However, they are willing to learn. Some people have tried to make some crossbows. Although there are only some similar in shape, it can be said that they have made rapid progress.

And this also made Lu Mu, who took the lead, feel a sense of crisis and did not dare to relax at all.

"Master, this is the crossbow machine made by the villain."

Seeing Shu An, Lu Mu couldn't help but trot all the way to respectfully say.

Compared with the submissive dwarf carpenter before, Lu Mu has changed a lot now.

The main reason is that Shu An let him serve as the team leader before, and he was in charge of some people, so he was naturally more confident.

As for the other carpenters, they had never met Shu An, but seeing Lu Mu's appearance, they naturally knew that this old man must be a big shot.

"Well, let's have a demonstration first."

After Shu An said softly, his eyes fell on the crossbow not far away.

Because he has read a lot of information before, he is not unfamiliar with the crossbow machine.

At the same time, Shu Kuanghu sent one or two guards to demonstrate.

"shuttle!"

There was a sound of friction piercing the air, and then an arrow flew towards the trees in the distance.

"Ding!"

When the arrow landed on the tree, Lu Mu couldn't help secretly watching the expression of the old man.

You must know that this crossbow machine is also his initial attempt. After all, he did not have so many materials due to limited conditions.

It's a pity that Shu An's expressionless face made this Lu Mu feel uneasy.

"Everything is difficult at the beginning, but I don't know that it can be improved to make the ballista have a longer range and more power."

Shu An's eyes flickered and he said, if the crossbow machine is now, it must not meet the requirement of carrying explosives.

After all, the weight of explosives is not small, but this is a good start.

It's just that Shu An's words made the carpenters present show a bit of embarrassment.

It seems that this matter is very difficult, and it is really not too difficult for them to make the crossbow machine according to the drawings.

But if you want to modify it by yourself, then 90.00% of the carpenters here do not have this kind of talent.

Even Lu Mu, who was full of confidence before, still dare not speak at this time, because it is not that simple to improve.

Seeing this scene, Shu An shook his head. In this era, basically no one thinks that he can surpass his predecessors.

So this also caused the slow progress of China's history, but he couldn't ask so many of these people.

After all, their thinking is also related to their growth environment, and this matter is indeed too difficult for them.

Fortunately, Shu An had already made preparations, and the information during this period of time was not in vain. He still found something from his memory.

The name of this kind of thing is called the bed crossbow, which only appeared in the Song Dynasty. Although it is a lot bulkier, Shu An doesn't care.

"This is the blueprint I designed these days, you should take it to study first."

Shu An's eyes flickered and he continued to speak, without much emotion in his words, but none of the people present dared to underestimate him.

Shu'an didn't stay here too long, the ballista was only a part of it, and gunpowder was equally important.

As well as the cooperation between the gunpowder and the ballista at the end, etc., all of these will take a lot of time to get used to.

After Shu An left, Lu Mu and others finally opened the blueprint Shu An brought.

In fact, although Lu Mu and the others were respectful on the surface, they still inevitably despised them in their hearts.

So many of their carpenters can't improve, let alone this one who doesn't seem to understand carpentry.

"This blueprint design seems to have a lot of feasibility."

"Yes, although the effect is not known, but the power may be stronger."

"Master is indeed a genius among the heavens, maybe this bed crossbow can really be made."

However, after reading the drawings, there was a voice of discussion, and there was a hint of shock in the words.

As carpenters, they can naturally see that the bed crossbow evolved from the crossbow machine, and more importantly, the design is more sophisticated.

Many carpenters also had a fiery look on their faces, because their previous performance seemed to have disappointed the master.

Especially Lu Mu, with a lot of shame on his face now, no matter how he is regarded as the little leader of these carpenters, he was the first to bow his head and admit defeat.

"My lord has ordered you to be the first to make a bed crossbow and reward ten pieces."

Just at this time, a guard stood up with a smile and said, obviously he was very familiar with these people.

I used the same trick to make the crossbow before, and it seems to work well, and it is still the same this time.

(End of this chapter)