Chapter 337: While pretending to be cool, he got the job done!
With the order personally given by the leader Zhou Xu, the villagers quickly brought a horse.
"Thank you very much."
After taking the reins and thanking Zhou Xu again, Silk rode his horse and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.
"Chief, what should we do if Silk comes back?"
Upon learning about the situation here, Ye Jinghong immediately followed out. After watching Silk leave, he turned around and asked Zhou Xu for instructions.
"Properly placed."
Zhou Xu gave the answer directly.
"With Silk here, it will be easier to command the other grassland elves who remain here."
"yes!"
This little episode delayed Zhou Xu for quite a while. After giving Ye Jinghong a few more instructions, he stopped procrastinating and rode away briskly.
Although the warhorse was fully capable of running on the snow, he did not dare to let the horse run too fast in the snowy wilderness. By the time he arrived at Black Moon Village, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon.
Black Moon Village is not far from Grassland Village. Now that it has started snowing in Grassland Village, the weather in Black Moon Village has undoubtedly been affected as well, with snowflakes floating all over the sky.
But the snow is a little lighter than on the grassland.
After getting off the horse and handing the reins to the person next to him, Zhou Xu turned to look at the village chief Zhang Xiaoshan who came out to greet him.
"Send another batch of supplies to Prairie Village. Leave as quickly as possible and try to get them there today!"
Judging from the current situation, the grassland elves will probably have to rely on them for survival this winter. At the same time, considering some unexpected situations that may occur in the future, the supplies in the grassland village may not be enough.
At this moment, Zhou Xu was afraid that if he acted too slowly, the grassland area would be blocked by the snowstorm, so it would be safer to send another batch of supplies over quickly.
When entering the village, after giving instructions on this matter, Zhou Xu walked towards the equipment department without stopping and found Zhuang Mengdie who was busy at the time.
"Mengdie, what do you think of the design drawings I sent to you by the messenger a few days ago?"
"I have seen it, but some of the designs inside need to be discussed with you, the leader, before I can confirm them."
After all, it is a new equipment, and given that it has never been made before, according to Zhuang Mengdie's personality, she dare not say too much.
After hearing this, Zhou Xu nodded, and then walked to the conference table at the side of the department with Zhuang Mengdie, spread out the design drawings and started discussing.
The equipment drawn on the design was a bed crossbow! Although Zhou Xu had known about the bed crossbow for a long time, in this world, the concept of the bed crossbow was proposed by Zhuang Mengdie before him.
At that time, Zhou Xu asked Zhuang Mengdie to develop and produce bows and arrows with longer range and greater power. As a result, she came up with the idea of building a huge bow.
What to do if a normal person can't lift this huge bow and can't use it? Then install the bow on a wooden cart and use the wooden cart as a support for the bow to push it.
To put it simply, isn't this thing just a bed crossbow?
However, Zhou Xu thought that even if it took a lot of time and effort to build the bed crossbow, it would probably not be of much use given the environment at the time.
As a result, the project was shelved until the giant beast Ankylosaurus appeared!
According to their human fighting methods, if they want to deal with that kind of big guy, then they have to use some "big guys"! And the manufacture of bed crossbows is undoubtedly the most suitable choice at the moment.
Facing a slow-moving target as big as a bus, it shouldn't be that difficult for a crossbow to hit it.
There was a reason why Zhuang Mengdie didn't dare to say too much before.
Compared to the design that he had come up with on a whim before, this one from their leader was obviously much more complicated.
Originally it was just a simple addition design of a giant bow and a wooden cart. The idea was very crude, but when it came to their leader, it was directly turned into a combination of three bows.
In addition, the design of the wooden cart used to support the giant bow has obviously become more complicated.
How could Zhuang Mengdie dare to say that he understood it? After the discussion began, Zhuang Mengdie was not vague at all. He pointed at the designs and began to ask questions one by one.
Zhuang Mengdie could understand why their leader had three bows. It was simply for greater power and a longer attack range, but the problem was...
"Captain, if it is designed this way, I think it will be difficult for us to pull the crossbow open."
During the discussion, Zhuang Mengdie had already used this new term quite skillfully.
In her opinion, a single-bow crossbow was already difficult to fire, so how could it be fired with three giant bows? Who could pull it off?
"Don't just think about relying on manpower to pull the crossbow open. This idea itself is unrealistic. Open your mind and we can add a pulley system."
Zhuang Mengdie is undoubtedly familiar with pulleys. Pulleys have long been widely used in their lives.
"I see! I understand!"
Zhou Xu's words directly woke her up. Zhuang Mengdie, who had obviously figured something out at this moment, couldn't suppress her excitement. There was undisguised admiration in her eyes as she looked at Zhou Xu.
Looking at Zhuang Mengdie's appearance, Zhou Xu nodded with satisfaction.
The good thing about highly intelligent people with matching professional backgrounds is that they are very smart in their professional fields.
Sometimes, you may not fully understand how to operate some complex technologies, but you only have a general understanding of them.
But you just need to tell them the general idea, and with their smart minds, they can quickly figure it out.
Let you get things done while pretending to be cool! "Look here, there are two wheels designed on both sides of the bed crossbow base, one on each side is linked to the pulley block. During use, soldiers are arranged to rotate the two wheels respectively, and the bed crossbow can be opened relatively easily with the help of the pulley block."
Listening to their leader's subsequent explanation, Zhuang Mengdie stood aside and marveled.
In Zhuang Mengdie's opinion, this is simply a genius idea! "Chief, what are the two brackets at the bottom used for?"
"This is used to fix the crossbow. When the three-bow crossbow is firing arrows, the recoil will definitely be very strong. If this problem cannot be solved, the crossbow will lose stability and the arrows fired will lose their accuracy. It may even fall over on the spot when launching an attack."
Pointing at the design at the bottom, Zhou Xu quickly told Zhuang Mengdie about his ideas.
"These two brackets can be folded up while the bed crossbow is moving. After arriving at the designated location, they can be lowered and the bottom end can be directly inserted into the ground. The support of the ground can offset the recoil generated when the bed crossbow launches an attack."
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The update is here, and I would like to thank my book friend '摸爱鱼小熊猫' for the reward!
(End of this chapter)
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