Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 354 Creation (Part )

Zhao Zhen learned how to operate the Green Lion. He got off the Green Lion and asked Liu Hui Niang expectantly, "Madam, what else can you make?"

Liu Hui Niang blushed and said, "I have seen many ingenious devices from my master. Later, when I had nothing to do at home, I tried to figure it out on my own and came up with the flying towers and bridges, the water-protecting bellows, the flying thunder, the underground ghost door, the steel wheel fire cabinet, and the underwater chain of beads."

"Madam, please tell me."

After hearing this, Liu Huiniang wanted to show off her abilities in front of Zhao Zhen so that she could get a chance to be a military advisor in the future and show her strengths. She told him about these things one by one.

"This flying tower is similar to the watchtowers commonly used in the army, except that ordinary watchtowers are only more than ten feet high, while my flying tower can be built twenty to thirty feet high, which is very convenient for climbing up to observe the enemy. This flying tower requires twenty people to pull the ropes at the bottom, and four soldiers inside the tower to stir up the birch cart. The flying tower rises up from the ground with a bang. When it goes down, I tell the four soldiers to pull out the pins on the birch cart, and the flying tower slides down with a bang."

"The flying bridge is indeed made of ox hide. If the bridge is disassembled, the soldiers can take it and put it together with ropes to make a floating bridge. Thousands of soldiers can cross it at will. After use, it can be put away in an instant without leaving any trace."

"The water-protecting raft is also made of yellow cowhide. It allows people to hide and sneak underwater, which is very convenient."

"Then there is the Flying Thunder, which is indeed derived from a catapult. It is made of vertical wood as a support, with dozens of ropes and twenty pedals on it. It requires twenty-five well-trained soldiers to operate it, twenty of whom are responsible for the pedals, and five of whom are responsible for changing the thunder. The thunder is made of cast iron, as big as a watermelon, five centimeters thick, hollow inside, and contains poisonous smoke and divine fire, and thirty-six small thunders. The small thunder contains gunpowder and lead bullets, and the powder line is coiled inside with a spiral. Where the thunder falls, it will burst in all directions, thunder and lightning will strike, and everyone will be crushed to dust. I am proficient in Pythagorean arithmetic, and I can calculate where the thunder will fall, and I can hit wherever I point."

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he said, "My lady, I wonder how far this flying thunder can reach?"

"The maximum range is 300 steps. Beyond that, the accuracy is gone."

Zhao Zhen said: "It is similar to the Portuguese cannon in the artillery capital."

"I have also heard from the farmhand that Ling Zhen, the county's [Thunderbolt], is considered the best artilleryman in the world. Not only can he make all kinds of artillery, but he can also fire far and accurately. We can have a discussion some other day."

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "Madam, please draw the patterns of these objects. I will ask the craftsmen to make two flying thunders according to the patterns. Then I will let Brother Ling Zhen appreciate them."

Liu Hui Niang said, "The pattern has been prepared long ago." As she spoke, she went to her room and took out a box, unlocked it, took out the pattern and handed it to Zhao Zhen.

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Blueprints (including flying towers and bridges, water-protecting bellows, flying thunderbolts, underground ghost doors, steel wheel fire cabinets, and underwater chain artillery methods. Follow the blueprints to make them, each with its own unique uses.)
Then he went on to say, "Another method is to make a pit. I call it a ghost trap. Use rough wood to make a wooden board like a door. It is two feet wide, eight feet long and four inches thick. There are also pillars, mountain-pushing wheels, and thousand-pound ropes underneath. You can set up camp and run horses on the top, and hide elite soldiers below. It is most suitable for sandy ground. This method is better than the pit. When it is installed, our army can run on it, and thousands of people and horses can run freely. When the enemy soldiers reach this area, they only need to give a command, and the warriors in the cave will work together to pull the thousand-pound rope, turn the wheels and pillars, and turn several miles of land into a pit in an instant."

"As for the steel wheel fire cabinet, it was made from landmines. It uses a five-inch copper box with gunpowder underneath and an axle on top. On the axle is a wheel with eight teeth, each tooth contains a sharp agate stone, and next to it is a steel bar close to the agate tip. On one end of the axle is a coiled rope connected to a large wheel with a law, and on the other end is a small twist to hold it down. Next to it is a machine wheel, similar to a self-sounding clock. When you reach the junction and pull the twist, the law wheel will pull the coiled rope to pull the axle wheel to spin, and the agate tip will hit the steel bar, and the fire will start. Stars burst out in four directions, gunpowder ignited, and all the people and horses on it were reduced to ashes." "The last underwater cannon was indeed made of ordinary cannons. There were many layers of door partitions inside the cannon, and lead gunpowder was filled in each layer, and a line was passed through. The muzzle was sealed with asphalt so that it would not get wet in water. There was a mechanism inside, and agate self-ignition was installed. A line was passed outside. Once the line was pulled and the mechanism was triggered, the cannonballs could be fired continuously. However, the underwater iron ball cannonballs could only be fired thirty to twenty steps away."

Zhao Zhen flipped through the drawings while listening to Liu Hui Niang's introduction. When Liu Hui Niang finished, Zhao Zhen said, "Madam, you are indeed very clever. These things have their own uses. I will ask Ling Zhen, Tang Long, and Hou Jian to make some of these things and try them out."

Liu Hui Niang also said happily: "Your Excellency is right. Although I have thought of this method, I have never really used it. I will try it out and maybe I can improve it."

At that moment, Zhao Zhen sent someone to invite Ling Zhen and the other two, and divided the designs among them. Ling Zhen got the designs of [Flying Divine Thunder], [Underwater Rapid Fire], and [Steel Wheel Fire Cabinet]; Hou Jian got the designs of [Water-Protecting Tubular Bucket] and [Flying Bridge]; because Tao Zongwang went to Jingmen Town, the designs of [Flying Tower] and [Earth-Sunk Ghost House] were given to Tang Long.

After the three of them had looked at the patterns in their hands, Hou Jian said first, "Sir, the [Water-protecting Tuo] and [Flying Bridge] are easy to make, as long as the cowhide is sewn tightly and does not leak. If you want to use it for a long time, you still have to skin the cow or sheep, and be careful not to scratch the fur at all except the neck opening, and take off the whole skin. Then remove the hair, blow air to expand the leather, and then pour in a small amount of clear oil, salt and water to lubricate it. Tie the head, tail and limbs of the leather tightly, and dry it in the sun for a month, and it will be done. When using it, tie it on your body, insert a copper tube, and hold it in your mouth to breathe. This leather bag is also used when building a floating bridge."

"Brother Hou Jian is right. I read these two things in history books. In the Old Book of Tang Dynasty, there is a sentence in the Biography of Eastern Women's Kingdom: "Using cowhide as boats to cross the river." It made me think of the method of crossing the river underwater and building a bridge on the water. The method that brother Hou Jian mentioned is called Huntuo, which is better than sewing." Liu Hui Niang said after hearing this.

Zhao Zhen heard this and said, "In that case, Brother Hou Jian, go find Brother Cao Zheng, pick up two cows and sheep, and try making a [Water Defense Tuo Ke]. I'll leave this pattern with you for now. When making such a sharp weapon, keep it secret."

Hou Jian responded and went to find Cao Zheng with the drawings.

Zhao Zhen looked at Tang Long and said, "Brother, Brother Tao Zongwang is not here, so you can keep the [Flying Tower] and [Earth-piercing Ghost House] with you first. You can have someone build the Sky-supporting Pillar, the Mountain-pushing Wheel, the Thousand-jin Cable and other mechanisms inside first."

"Don't worry, sir. Once Lord Liu's weapons are made, I will start to forge them." Tang Long also responded and said goodbye.

Zhao Zhen said, "Don't worry. In addition to these two drawings, there are some other objects. You can take a look at them." As he said that, Zhao Zhen asked Liu Hui Niang to take out the self-ringing clock and showed it to the shaft, spring, and clock bowl inside.

After reading it, Tang Long marveled at the self-sounding clock.

Ling Zhen was still frowning, looking over the blueprint in his hand. Seeing the clockwork in Tang Long's hand, he said, "Sir, of these three firearms, except for the [Flying Thunder], I can understand them. As for the [Underwater Rapid Fire] and [Steel Wheel Fire Cabinet], I have never thought that firearms can be used in this way. I can only make them and try, I dare not say that it will definitely work."

Zhao Zhen said: "It doesn't matter. If it succeeds, that's the best. If it doesn't, we can still improve it."

(End of this chapter)