Eternal traitor

Chapter 416

The secret place behind is not big. There were originally two exits but one of them has been blocked, so the six guards only need to guard the other exit. Although there are fewer people, it does not delay things.

"Sir, are you here?"

Seeing Li Hua approaching, a few guards hurriedly greeted them. The three of them were on duty during the day. Although the conditions were a bit harsh, the benefits were quite a lot. Since soldiers' benefits were linked to meritorious service, Their life has also improved a lot, and with the extra benefits promised by Li Hua, this group of people is quite motivated.

"Well, Li Zhuzi, go back first, I will notify you when you leave."

Li Hua didn't intend to bring Li Zhuzi in, and directly ordered Li Zhuzi who was following behind him to be driven away.

"Yes."

Li Zhuzi had no other thoughts, turned around and left.Knowing more about some things is not beneficial. The production of cement is no secret to him. If the production of cement is widely spread one day, then he still has the hope of leaving this place and returning to a normal life.

But if he sees the secret in the back mountain again, then he probably cannot leave here for the rest of his life, right? ?
After Li Zhuzi left, the three of Li Hua walked into this small defensive circle. Immediately after entering it, a dilapidated log cabin stood in front of them. Both sides of the log cabin were sealed off. Continue through only past the cabins.

"dong dong"

After knocking twice in a row, Li Hua made no other movements, quietly waiting for the response from inside.

A few seconds later, a small wooden board was removed from the center of the wooden door, revealing a pair of unusually clear eyes, which carefully looked around before pushing the wooden board back.

"Crack"

The brand-new wooden door with a folding fan and some yellow textures slowly opened from the inside, and the three of them hurriedly stood in a row inside the cabin.

Without saying too much, or even saying anything, Li Hua quickly walked in with the people, passed through the cabin, the closed room was closed again, and the guards inside returned to their positions Take a nap, because they are still on duty at night.

Behind the cabin, there are several simple sheds built inside. Some sheds have piles of iron ore under them, and some sheds have small smelting furnaces under them. A few water vultures are standing beside them. The sound of steam bursting when a piece of iron is put into water.

Going forward, there are several old people and craftsmen who are constantly talking about something around a thing, and they are still making gestures from time to time. The voice of the discussion gradually increases without even noticing the arrival of Li Hua and others.

"Several, how is the progress??"

Li Hua stepped forward, patted a man on the shoulder and joined the group with a smile on his face.

A wooden object about 15 meters in size was placed among the crowd. It looked like a ballista, but it was not fixed with ropes as in the past. The slot in the center was obviously a slot for a spear, but the empty space At this time, nothing is placed, and behind the card slot is a baffle and several springs of different sizes.

"It has already been tested. After fixing both ends, put a two-meter long gun on it. Different types of springs have different firing distances and different powers. This is the result of the test."

The man who spoke was called Zhao Buhu, and he was a blacksmith who specially made springs for Li Hua. Because of the secrecy required by the Baimao United carriage, Zhao Buhu had been hidden in the snow for a year, and now the carriage springs are no longer a secret. , so his son was sent to the palace as an official, and Zhao Buhu was dragged here by Li Hua to do private work.

On the side of Zhao Buhu are some veterans who specialize in making crossbows and siege equipment. Most of these people have official positions, and the oldest person is 65 years old. Being re-recruited by Li Hua with generous treatment, he still needs to pay a lot of benefits.

"The throwing distance of the catapult has only increased by one hundred steps and the attack distance of the ballista has only increased by three hundred steps??"

Li Hua's idea is very simple, that is to put the spring design into the construction of ballista and catapult, and then improve its performance. Now the performance of ballista and catapult has indeed increased, but... It is still far from what Li Hua imagined.

only?

A group of elites suddenly became a little displeased with Li Hua's words. You must know that improving important war tools such as ballistas and catapults, every ten steps is a great contribution, let alone the increase so much now? ?It can be said that the current state of Qin's technology is already uniquely leading in the world, what else do you want when it is already like this? ?
"My lord, such improvement is already not easy, and it may not be easy to go further."

Although Zhao Buhu lamented Li Hua's fantastic ideas, but these days they have been researching day and night, which is already their limit, you still have to improve, how to improve? ?
"If the structure of Daqin's current ballista cannot be improved, then it will not be designed according to the original structure. Change the spring, the size of the ballista, the angle of attack, the compression strength of the spring, and whether to continue to use the original string material can all be modified. Need I say more??"

Li Hua roared with a serious face. Although it has improved a lot, with the help of this cross-age product, the improvement is still much worse than what Li Hua imagined. If there is no spring to join, there will be no What other improvements, so these are not enough in his eyes.

The ballista has the strongest attack distance among all ancient weapons, it can reach hundreds of steps, and now this ballista can reach nearly a thousand steps, one inch long and one inch stronger.You can imagine that the attack distance of your ballista is [-] steps, and that of the enemy is [-] steps, which means that you can attack the enemy, but the enemy can't do anything to you.

The same is true for the catapult, the attack distance of the catapult is much smaller than that of the ballista, so if you want to use the catapult to attack the enemy's wall, you have to withstand the attack of the enemy's ballista and some archers with a strong range, and push the catapult to For the predetermined attack distance, every step needs human life to fill.

"Pass my order, from now on, every time the attack distance of ballista and catapult is increased by 20 steps, the heir official will be promoted to one level, and each household will get a thousand taels of silver, and each coolie will get [-] taels of silver. Those who have made outstanding contributions to the transformation , Promoted to two ranks."

After Li Hua finished speaking, the old ministers who were still full of anger suddenly started looking for their own coolies to start new research like bullfighting. They had a lot of trust in Li Hua. This is the king of Qin. It can be implemented directly.You must know that although they are not high-ranking officials, they have mastered Qin's secret methods of making ballistas and catapults. Although Li Hua has no official positions, he was able to bring them here. ? ?
(End of this chapter)