Chapter 208 New

Since winning the last battle, the cavalry of the White Bear Country gave up attacking Beiling.

For ten days, Beiling was safe and sound.

The scouts sent out by Li Shanqi did not find any trace of them, but they did not dare to continue exploring forward. Beiling’s troops are unable to pursue or rush to support, so as long as we hold on, it will be a great achievement!

These days, everyone in the woodworking workshop is busy.

The large crossbows that had been of great use before were refurbished and debugged, and then they began to be upgraded and improved.

This time the iron accessories are more durable and have greater supporting strength than the previous wooden accessories, so Liuzi still wants to make some improvements.

"Miss, do you think it would be more effective if we replaced this part with iron fittings? Would it allow the wooden arrow to shoot farther?"

"What you said is feasible!"

When Liuzi heard this, he became more energetic and wanted to just roll up his sleeves and get to work.

But Su Chengnan changed the subject and said, "But there is no need to upgrade further."

These words were like a bucket of cold water poured on Liuzi's head. Not only was he stunned, but the others around him also looked at him in confusion.

"Why?" Liuzi asked excitedly.

"Because I have a more energy-saving method that can increase the power."

When these words came out, everyone's eyes widened.

"More powerful?"

"How much bigger can this get?"

"Yes, the power of this large crossbow is far beyond our imagination. It has made a significant contribution in the past few times. If the power can be even greater, then wouldn't it be..."

When everyone thought of this, their eyes lit up.

Everyone was waiting with great interest for Su Chengnan to continue.

But she was not in a hurry at all. Instead, she took off the hairpin from her head and raised the pointed end to the ceiling.

"At that time, in order to save manpower and increase production, we did not pursue perfection in the production of wooden arrows. The bow and crossbow device is an important aspect, but the sharpness of the wooden arrows is more important."

"Look at these two things in my hand. Which one do you think is more likely to penetrate armor and deal a fatal blow to the enemy?"

"Of course it's the hairpin!"

"I think it's a hairpin too. This thing is thinner."

Everyone was talking at once.

But Liuzi had a different opinion. He shook his head and said, "I think it's a wooden arrow!"

Su Chengnan smiled: "Why?"

He pointed at the size of the arrow slot on the crossbow device, and then patted the base of the device vigorously. "For such a large device, it is impossible to use a hairpin as a small arrow. This would place too high a demand on the operator, and it would be easy to lose the aim under the huge driving force."

"is that so?"

"No way!" Someone disagreed.

"Sixth brother, think about it, those people in the martial arts world who play with flying knives also play with flying needles."

Liuzi nodded and raised his hands to suppress the discussion of the crowd. "Don't be impatient, listen to me! They can control the flying needles and flying knives because they can accurately pinch them with their fingers and then throw them out through the control of their wrists."

"but!"

"Do you think our current device can accurately control hairpins, flying knives, or flying needles?"

His words silenced everyone present.

Even Sun Liangyuan fell into deep thought. He could not help but shook his head silently, muttering to himself: "This makes sense, it makes sense..."

However, someone soon woke up.

The man shouted, "Miss, please stop keeping us in suspense."

"That's right!" The others realized what was happening and found that Su Chengnan had only said half of his words.

"Miss, what solution do you have? Please tell us quickly! We are really worried to death." Liuzi came over to ask for advice.

Sun Liangyuan couldn't help but move closer and stood in front of her.

Su Chengnan curled his lips, turned around and looked around, and finally his eyes fell on the dagger on the table by the wall.

She walked over and picked it up.

Then he chopped off the tip of the wooden arrow with force, and then poked a dot on its thumb-sized cross-section.

Her actions have completely aroused everyone's expectations.

Sun Liangyuan was the first to react to her actions.

He burst into laughter: "Brilliant, brilliant!"

Liuzi frowned, "What do you mean, sir?"

He looked at Liuzi with a bit of disdain, frowned and said, "You, you usually look quite smart, why do you become so dumb when it comes to this craft? I think you are just blinded by one thing and are too obsessed with wood!"

"I don't understand, please explain it to me, sir and miss!"

Sun Liangyuan raised his hand and touched his goatee, smiled without saying anything, just looked at Su Chengnan quietly, waiting for her to answer everyone's questions herself.

"Um?"

"What's wrong with everyone?"

"Why are you all standing still?"

A familiar voice came from the door. It was Qingshan.

He asked in confusion.

When Su Chengnan saw him coming, he just captured some able-bodied men.

"Qingshan, you're here just in time! Come on, help me."

"Miss, please give me your orders." He walked over quickly and stood still, bending down and clasping his hands together, his posture was proper and respectful.

Su Chengnan gave him a helping hand, then handed him the wooden arrow with the cut end and the hairpin in his hand.

Qingshan took it and asked, "Miss, what is this?"

Su Chengnan pointed to the dot he had poked and said, "Help me break the hairpin, and then poke the pointed end in!"

In fact, when she came back with these two things just now, Liuzi saw the dot that was poked out, he already understood it! And Su Chengnan's instructions to Qingshan further verified his thoughts.

"Miss, that's not necessary. I already understand!" Liuzi said loudly.

"No need? Are you sure?" Su Chengnan turned and looked at him.

Liuzi nodded, "I'm sure!"

He walked over and took the hairpin from Qingshan's hand, holding it in his hand and gesturing, "Even if it is fixed to the wood with a sharp end, it only needs to be relatively sharp to increase its lethality because it is hard and smaller. It does not have to be as sharp as a needle."

Su Chengnan grinned, "Yes!"

"So, instead of continuing to study the equipment, we should focus on the arrows!"

"Wood is easy to find, but iron is a scarce resource. Why don't we take out the iron used to make accessories and refine them into arrowheads that are thinner than hairpins but thicker than needles."

Sun Liangyuan also interrupted and said, "That's right. In this case, as long as we can control it as thin as possible and save the iron, we can make an extra one! At the critical moment, we only need to cut off the wooden arrow and replace it with this kind of iron needle, so that we can carry out targeted attacks!"

Qingshan almost went crazy with joy when he heard this.

"How amazing! This method will definitely play a big role!"

"Awesome! Really awesome!"

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