Dragon's Origin

Chapter 548: Having Money (Part 2)

Dealing with flying mounts was true, but taking the opportunity to figure out Wang Sheng's trump card with the heavy sniper crossbow was definitely also a goal.

The Qiu family had a good plan, trying to lay out their strategy in advance through this method of substitution, which was quite painstaking.

“I’d like to see just how rich and generous the Qiu family is, spending two hundred million gold coins to buy two heavy sniper crossbows just to wait for flying mounts that may or may not come,” Wang Sheng laughed: “Why not sell such a good way to make money? Sell! Genuine gold and silver transactions, first put down half the gold coins as a deposit, and once the deposit arrives, we'll make them, and we'll split the gold coins we receive equally.”

“Aren’t you afraid they’ll use the heavy sniper crossbow to turn around and deal with you?” Old Tie seemed to be able to guess Wang Sheng’s attitude, asking Wang Sheng.

“Afraid!” Wang Sheng told the truth, not hiding his fear at all: “But, since they can only attack within a mile, then why use such a long-range weapon?

Within a mile, as long as there are two or three legendary masters, they can definitely kill me directly.

Is it not just being full and having nothing better to do to spend two hundred million gold coins to buy this flashy and impractical weapon?”

“Flashy and impractical!” Old Tie shook his head with a wry smile: “Aren’t you also using a heavy sniper crossbow yourself?”

“It’s different.” Wang Sheng laughed: “Things depend on who’s holding them.

I can accurately kill masters ten miles away with it, but they can only kill flying mounts within a mile, and they might not even succeed.”

One thing that Old Tie and the other manufacturers hadn’t thought of was the making of the rifling.

When Wang Sheng made the heavy sniper crossbow, he referred to the rifling twist rate and degree of the M200.

Old Tie and the others didn’t know the principle of these things at all.

They took a model from the M200 barrel using a clay mold to create the tool.

After the heavy sniper crossbow was made, the tool for engraving the rifling was destroyed and melted down again.

Now, where would they get the precise twist rate and degree?

Without a large computer and without precise calculations, the rifling of the heavy sniper crossbow made purely based on guesswork would probably have a greatly reduced range and power.

Another point is that it’s not like a heavy sniper crossbow can be used immediately after it’s made.

Even on Earth, after a sniper rifle is made, even with first-class quality, it still needs a calibration process.

It can’t be used right away.

Without Wang Sheng’s sniper scope, the heavy sniper crossbow can only be manually calibrated by a marksman.

Compared to Wang Sheng’s precision, it’s several orders of magnitude worse.

Such a thing, frankly speaking, can at most be used by a marksman within a few hundred meters.

The power and range are not as good, and there is only one chance to fire.

If this isn’t flashy and impractical, then what is?

So Wang Sheng wasn’t worried at all about what they could do with the heavy sniper crossbow.

If the Qiu family was willing to spend two hundred million gold coins to buy a heavy sniper crossbow made without his participation, Wang Sheng would welcome it with open arms.

Having a hundred million gold coins in income for no reason, who wouldn’t be happy?

“Okay, then I’ll tell the Pavilion Master that.” Seeing Wang Sheng say this, Old Tie didn’t insist on anything.

Anyway, he was just a messenger, there was no need to say any more nonsense.

Just as he was about to leave, Wang Sheng suddenly asked Old Tie: “If I want to increase the stability of my attacks, what is the most convenient method to temper it?”

Previously, when practicing the military’s combat techniques, after adding the use of spiritual energy, Wang Sheng discovered that it was still not completely under control.

Sometimes, when the strength was too great, it was easy to overdo it, so he wanted to seek some inspiration from these Grandmasters of the Exquisite Pavilion.

Every Grandmaster has a unique skill, which definitely requires stability in their actions.

“Stability?” After thinking for a moment, Old Tie replied seriously: “Among blacksmiths, there are also those who do fine work, which can be used for training.

However, other than swinging a sledgehammer, you haven’t done any other blacksmith work.

Why don’t you ask Old Lu and see if he has any handy methods.”

Wang Sheng thought about it and realized that he actually didn’t know anything about blacksmithing, he only knew how to swing a sledgehammer with great force.

But Wang Sheng had learned some carving, so he should be able to ask Master Lu for advice.

Returning to the Heavenly Craft Workshop with Old Tie, Wang Sheng separated from Old Tie and went directly to find Master Lu.

Wang Sheng was very familiar with the courtyard where Master Lu lived, so he didn’t need anyone to lead him and went to the door himself.

“Why are you so rarely coming today?” Master Lu wasn’t working, he was holding a stone and examining it.

When he saw Wang Sheng, a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he asked Wang Sheng with a smile.

“I’ve been back for a few days, so I should come and see you, Old Man,” Wang Sheng said with a smile, putting down the wine and meat he was carrying.

He reached out and picked up a stone stool and placed it next to Master Lu, and explained his purpose: “It just so happens that I also have some questions I want to ask you, Old Man, so I came over.”

“Oh? What kind of problem did you encounter?” Master Lu put down the stone in his hand and asked Wang Sheng with a smile.

Wang Sheng asked Master Lu again about the question he had asked Old Tie, and also repeated what Old Tie had said, then waited for Master Lu’s answer.

“Stability of action.” Master Lu nodded: “Old Tie is right, we artisans all have some fine work, which definitely requires stability of action.

You’ve only learned engraving before, if you want to be precise, I guess you’ll have to learn carving.

Why don’t you try carving some simple things first, I’ll teach you the basic techniques, practice slowly, and when you can do some fine carving or even micro-carving, you’ll naturally practice it.”

Wang Sheng agreed with Master Lu’s words.

Relying solely on constantly practicing the military’s combat techniques would always be boring and tedious, so Wang Sheng needed a method that could achieve the same effect but give him a sense of novelty.

Just like some track and field athletes who would also appropriately engage in some swimming or other projects to train themselves.

Cultivation should be a happy thing, the more you cultivate, the happier you become, which shows that you’ve found the right direction.

If the more you cultivate, the more boring it becomes, then there must be a problem with the direction.

Boring cultivation is not necessarily efficient cultivation, Wang Sheng wouldn’t make such a mistake.

“With your comprehension, you should be able to quickly learn these basic techniques.” Master Lu knew Wang Sheng’s talent in carving, so he didn’t hesitate to praise him: “Come, now follow me to learn some basic carving techniques, and go back and practice slowly!”

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Almost the entire day, Wang Sheng was with Master Lu, practicing the basic techniques of carving, dinging and clanging.

In most cases, carving and engraving are still related, and it wasn’t very difficult for Wang Sheng to master them.

It only took Wang Sheng most of the day to learn these basic techniques.

“When you can come up with a work that requires you to concentrate all your attention and your hands must be very stable to complete, I believe your stability of action will also be greatly improved.” Master Lu taught Wang Sheng with great certainty.

Master Lu highly approved of Wang Sheng’s ability to not be confined to cultivation but to find breakthroughs from other directions.

Perhaps, the peak of his own skills also needed similar methods to find inspiration to break through.