Chapter 1712: Mechanism
But immediately, she became serious, because at this time, Tang Zhaoyun had already placed the crossbow in front of her: "Your Majesty, please take a look."
Nan Yan took it immediately.
But when she took it, she was immediately surprised: "It's so light!"
In fact, it was not light. When she held it in her hand, it still weighed down her arm. However, she had held other crossbows before. The better ones were almost all made of fine iron and were very heavy, so they had a long range and great lethality.
Although this crossbow feels a bit heavy in the hand, it is not heavy at all.
She can lift them all.
Nan Yan looked up at Tang Zhaoyun, and the young man immediately said, "Yes, this crossbow is made entirely of wood, white pine."
"White pine?"
"Yes."
Nan Yan frowned.
White pine is a very hard wood, but it is not hard enough to be used in crossbows.
It can even be said that when it is fired, the crossbow itself will be destroyed by the powerful force.
So, she asked, "Are you sure?"
Tang Zhaoyun said, "I dare not lie. Although the crossbow mechanism was burned, I carefully examined the remaining charcoal and found it to be white pine wood."
"White pine..."
Nan Yan murmured, her eyes flickering slightly.
Tang Zhaoyun looked at her carefully, then said, "Your Majesty must be wondering, using white pine wood as a crossbow trigger will almost never fire a crossbow arrow."
"good."
Nan Yan nodded: "Then this crossbow is just a decoration."
"Of course not."
Tang Zhaoyun stepped forward, pointed to a special part of the bow arm, and said, "This place is the key to this crossbow."
"This place?"
Nan Yan took a look and was immediately confused.
She followed Zhu Feng and saw many crossbows in the military books he had read. However, most of them did not seem to have the bow arm.
Nan Yan asked, "Will there be such a thing on the crossbow?"
Tang Zhaoyun immediately said, "It wouldn't be on an ordinary crossbow mechanism, but when I was replicating this crossbow mechanism, I found a screw on the crossbow. Although the limb was burned, I guess that screw was used to hold the limb in place."
Nan Yan asked, "Why do you think so? What if there is no such thing?"
"If there is no such thing, then it is just as Her Majesty said, this crossbow is just a decoration."
"What's the meaning?"
"Ordinary crossbows don't have this feature because it's superfluous and would affect the crosshairs. But this crossbow has this arm added to it, which disperses the force during firing."
"You mean—"
Tang Zhaoyun said: "The crossbow will still be destroyed, but it will be delayed for a moment."
Nan Yan immediately understood: "It will collapse after the crossbow arrow is fired."
"good."
“…”
Hearing this, Nan Yan took a breath.
In other words, this crossbow is a "disposable" device that will self-destruct after one use. It was placed in the kitchen and burned just to completely destroy the evidence.
Nan Yan couldn't help but sigh: "What a sophisticated design."
She thought for a moment, then raised her head and looked at Tang Zhaoyun, smiling and saying, "It's hard for you to notice such a subtle detail."
The young soldier blushed a little at the sudden praise.
She lowered her head shyly: "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty."
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