Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 2344 Premonition to succeed

What Liu Ya wants to do is naturally to do everything to the best.She wanted to make a war crossbow, so of course she had to prepare the best materials.

Xu Chenming read those materials and was really amazed.From an insider's point of view, these are all good things.Some woods are really hard to buy.

So everything was ready, and Liu Ya asked him how long it would take to make the first war crossbow.

Because making it is only the first step, debugging accuracy, testing endurance and range are all professional and time-consuming things.

Liu Ya didn't want all the battles on the front line to be settled, and her crossbows hadn't taken shape yet.

Xu Chenming thought about it and said, "If I make it by myself, including some small internal parts, I have to make it carefully. The quality is naturally good, but it takes a long time. It will take at least a month."

Liu Ya frowned after hearing this, and said: "If the carpenter I hired is responsible for the rough handwork, the frame, the base and other tasks are done well, and you are responsible for the detailed parts and installation, how long will it take?"

"Up to 20 days." Xu Chenming said affirmatively.

"Okay, just 20 days." Liu Ya said: "You pick out those jobs that can be handed over to others, but you can only use them after inspection. I want the first war crossbow to be able to fire accurately, so don't give it to me. What's wrong?"

"Yes." Xu Chenming readily agreed.

The carpenter that Liu Ya hired yesterday promised to come today.Liu Ya asked two people to go down the mountain to wait, and told Xu Chenming to take one of them up the mountain if they came, and let Xu Chenming see his handicraft first.

One after another, the four carpenters were brought up.

Xu Chenming talked to them one by one, and showed them an insignificant blueprint, asking them to tell them how ugly they were, which was a small test.

In the end, only one person, Xu Chenming, said no, and was sent down the mountain again.

Liu Ya was very generous, and didn't take the tael of silver she gave her before.But ask the other party not to casually disclose the matter of coming to the mountain.

The man got a tael of silver without having to work, and treated it as a hush money, and went down the mountain happily.

The remaining three people immediately stayed and started working with Xu Chenming.Xu Chenming is still very capable of leadership, not only has a clear division of labor, but also has strict quality requirements.

It was clear that there was no one in Liu Ya's manor, and the spies and dead men were hiding in the dark, so the front yard was simply used by them.But it is strictly forbidden for these people to move around, and they are not allowed to go to the backyard and other houses on the back mountain.

Another half a month has passed, Liu Ya saw that the crossbow took shape little by little, and she began to have expectations in her heart.

Another day later, Xu Chenming found Shi Qi and said he wanted to see Liu Ya.

Liu Ya asked Seventeen to bring him over, and asked, "Brother Xu, what's the matter? If you need something, just ask someone to buy it."

Xu Chenming quickly waved his hand and said, "It's not missing. I'm here to tell you that the crossbow will be ready tomorrow. Do you want to try it?"

"It will be ready tomorrow?" Liu Ya was very pleasantly surprised, and said, "I thought it would take a few days to finish. I went to see it yesterday, and the parts inside have not been installed yet."

Xu Chenming said: "I haven't installed it, but it's all done. I put it in my room and checked it carefully. I plan to start the installation tonight, and I can install it in the morning at most tomorrow." good."

Liu Ya hurriedly said: "It's really great. Of course I want to try. If you try shooting in the front yard, where can you hit the farthest? The top of the mountain?"

"I'm afraid it won't work on the top of the mountain." Xu Chenming looked outside, pointed to a big tree in the distance, and said, "If you send it in groups, the distance to that tree is no problem. If you send it alone, you can go seven or eight feet farther."

"That's not bad." Liu Ya nodded, and asked suddenly: "Is there a difference between single and group?"

Xu Chenming said: "Yes. I improved the blueprint. It can be fired single-shot, focusing on speed and range. It can also be fired in groups, focusing on power and range."

"Very good." After Liu Ya finished speaking, she thought for a while and said, "However, it's best not to participate in the other three people. Let them finish all the work they have to do, and send them down the mountain today. Give them a day off , come back tomorrow."

Although the three helper carpenters were also skilled, they thought it was some kind of special carriage or cart because Xu Chenming was responsible for making all the detailed parts of the crossbow and it had not been formally assembled.

Since they were ignorant, Liu Ya didn't want to point it out.The secret weapon is, of course, the more secret the better.Simply give them a holiday, wait until the test launch is successful, and then bring them back, large-scale production.

Xu Chenming agreed, and then asked Liu Ya if she had anything special to say.

Liu Ya said it was all right.Just let Xu Chenming be careful not to cause any danger during assembly.

Xu Chenming left, and Liu Ya let out a sigh of relief.Although she has not seen a complete war crossbow yet, Liu Ya has a premonition that it will be successful.

More lights were lit in the front yard that night and stayed on all night. The sound of "jingling" has not stopped.

Xu Chenming only rested for a while when the sky was getting dark in the morning, and then got up to work again.

After Liu Ya got up, she specifically asked how the front yard was progressing.

Aning said: "Brother Xu said, tell the master not to rush over to see it. I will ask you to go after he and Shiqi are done."

Liu Ya thought for a while and said, "Ah Ning, there seems to be a red cloth in the bottom drawer of the cabinet over there, go and have a look."

Aning agreed, went to open the drawer and looked through it, and said, "Yes. Master wants to take it out?"

Liu Ya said: "Yeah. I took it and sent it to Brother Xu. After installing the crossbow, put it on top for celebration and good luck."

Aning smiled and said: "If it is done well, the power of a war crossbow can kill several people in a row. It is obviously a big killer, and you still want to ask for auspiciousness?"

But this is what Aning said casually, she never dared to delay Liu Ya's instructions.Roll up the red cloth and send it to Xu Chenming.

Liu Ya waited patiently after breakfast, and waited patiently after lunch at noon.

Waiting until the sun was westward, Liu Ya really couldn't bear it anymore.Standing up and walking out, he said, "I want to go and see if there's anything wrong."

As soon as Liu Ya stepped over the threshold, Qing Mo and Jin Lan ran over.The two boys ran in a hurry, when they saw Liu Ya hastily braked, they almost ran into him.

Aning hurriedly protected Liu Ya behind her, and shouted: "What are you two doing in such a hurry? You almost bumped into your master."

"Master." Qing Mo and Liu Ya had already changed their tune.Pointing outside, he said excitedly: "Brother Seventeen and Uncle Xu are loading crossbow arrows, they asked me to invite you over."

(End of this chapter)