Chapter 161 Ten Crossbows
After getting married, there was basically no change except for moving to a new place.
When it was time to eat, the two of them ran back and forth, eating at the Lin family's house at noon and at the Wei family's house at night, since they were close anyway.
Today, Wei Xiaoran went to court, and Lin Qian had nothing to do at home, so she planned to go to Nanshan Hall. As soon as she went out, she saw Lin Shuo rushing out of the Lin Mansion with a wooden box in his hand.
"Shuo Shuo, why are you in such a hurry? What is this?" Lin Qian asked.
Lin Shuo then noticed Lin Qian and said excitedly, "Sister, I just finished the ten-shot crossbow and was about to show it to Xiaoyu."
"Really? Let me see." Lin Qian was quite interested and was about to reach out to take the wooden box, but Lin Shuo dodged behind her.
Seeing Lin Qian's confused face, Lin Shuo suddenly scratched his face in embarrassment and said, "I promised Xiaoyu that I would show it to her first when I finished it."
Lin Qian rolled her eyes, a little speechless, then said: "Okay, then I'll go with you to find Wen Yu and take a look together, okay?" This time Lin Shuo nodded in agreement.
The brother and sister went to Prince Ping'an's palace together. When they met Ge Wenyu, they found that Prince Ping'an and the princess were there. They were not very interested when they saw Lin Shuo coming.
When Lin Qian saw the two of them like this, she secretly said in her heart that something was wrong. It seemed that the couple already knew that Lin Shuo and Ge Wenyu were showing signs of premature love.
"Brother Shuo Shuo, Sister Qianqian, why are you here?" Ge Wenyu laughed as soon as he saw Lin Shuo and Lin Qian.
Prince Ping'an Ge Xingyuan looked at Lin Shuo with a forced smile on his face: "Nephew Lin is here? Are you here to look for Xiaoyu again?"
Lin Shuo nodded, but before he could say anything, Ge Xingyuan frowned and asked, "You've been looking for Xiaoyu all day. Have you finished your own business?"
In fact, Ge Xingyuan knew very well that when military generals were in the capital, there was usually nothing important to do.
Lin Shuo didn't know if he was pretending or not, but he didn't care about the sarcasm in Ge Xingyuan's words at all. He said, "I basically don't have much to do. I just report to the Military Affairs Camp every day."
Seeing Lin Shuo's serious expression, Ge Xingyuan became even more annoyed and said in a bad tone, "Why do you have to come to my house if you don't have anything to do?"
Lin Qian had seen this expression on Lin Wu's face before. Things change over time. I wonder if Lin Wu has ever thought that his son would one day be despised like this.
Seeing how explicit Ge Xingyuan's words were, and his expression that said "get out of here right now", the princess glanced at him sideways, smiled and said to Lin Shuo, "Your Highness doesn't mean to stop you from coming, but Xiaoyu is still an unmarried girl after all. It's not good for you, a man from outside, to keep visiting her. "
"Father, Mother! What are you talking about? I was the one who asked Brother Shuo Shuo to come and play with me!" Ge Wenyu frowned and said unhappily.
Ge Xingyuan immediately glared at Ge Wenyu and was about to slam the table when Lin Qian spoke up, "Your Highness, Princess, my brother and Princess Wenyu have been busy with the Ten-Crossbow Project lately, so he has been coming to the mansion more often.
He came to visit today because the Ten-Repeated Crossbow has been completed, and he wanted to let Princess Wen Yu see it first."
Ten-shot crossbow? Ge Xingyuan had been fighting for so many years and was very familiar with weapons. The most popular crossbow on the battlefield now was the triple crossbow, which could shoot three arrows at a time and had to be reloaded after each shot.
"Take it out and let me see it." Ge Xingyuan's eyes fell on the wooden box in Lin Shuo's hand and said.
Lin Shuo glanced at Ge Wenyu, then opened the wooden box and took out the crossbow.
This ten-shot crossbow looks similar to an ordinary crossbow, except that it has a long quiver in the middle that can hold ten crossbow arrows.
After the crossbow arrow at the bottom is shot out, the crossbow arrow above it will automatically fall down to fill the vacant space.
Lin Shuo demonstrated it to Ge Xingyuan and said, "This ten-shot crossbow can also be made into a crossbow cart. However, I've tested it, and the crossbow cart can only fire three times in a row, each time shooting five heavy arrows."
Ge Xingyuan and the princess had been fighting on the battlefield for so many years, and after Lin Shuo demonstrated it briefly, they both saw the importance of this ten-crossbow.
"If every soldier in the army can be equipped with such a ten-barrel crossbow, then what a terrifying presence they would be on the battlefield!" said Ge Xingyuan.
Lin Shuo smiled and said, "This isn't even the full power of the Ten-Ball Crossbow. This quiver only holds ten arrows. After all ten arrows have been shot, the empty quiver can be removed directly."
As he spoke, Lin Shuo placed one hand on top of the quiver, gripped it and pushed it forward, and the entire quiver was removed. He then took out another quiver full of arrows and reloaded it.
"This way, we can basically achieve uninterrupted attacks, saving a lot of time."
Ge Xingyuan and the princess finally couldn't sit still anymore. They stood up suddenly. Ge Xingyuan even walked to Lin Shuo and took the ten-shot crossbow.
A quiver can hold ten arrows, so if each person carries ten quivers, that means a hundred arrows. An army has at least a thousand people, and a thousand people can shoot a hundred arrows in a row.
Hiss! What a terrifying killing power that must be! Ge Xingyuan and the princess looked at each other and both gasped.
Ge Wenyu came close to Lin Shuo, opened his big eyes, and looked at him admiringly: "Brother Shuo Shuo! You are so amazing!"
Lin Shuo smiled proudly and reached out to touch Ge Wenyu's head. "That's right, you don't even realize who I am. But you are also very capable. If it weren't for your suggestion, I would never have thought of making a ten-repeat crossbow."
"Hey, then we are all awesome."
Lin Qian watched the two of them being intimate as if no one was around, and stole a glance at their parents. Fortunately, they were in shock and didn't notice Lin Shuo's actions.
However, Lin Qian was very worried that if Ge Xingyuan discovered their intimate behavior, he would cripple Lin Shuo's arm.
Ge Xingyuan and his wife studied the ten-barrel crossbow for a while before coming back to their senses. They said to Lin Shuo, "Shuo Shuo, this ten-barrel crossbow is really powerful. Go to the palace now and hand it over to the emperor.
If we can mass-produce it, the combat effectiveness of our Yongyao Army will be greatly improved, and we can save more soldiers when we go to the battlefield again."
Regarding this incredible weapon, Ge Xingyuan's final thought was just to increase the survival rate of the soldiers on the battlefield.
Lin Shuo hesitated. He turned to look at Lin Qian, then at Ge Wenyu, and finally at Ge Xingyuan, "I haven't thought about submitting the manufacturing method of the Ten-Bow Crossbow to the Emperor.
"I originally made the Ten-Crossbow just for fun, not for anyone. This Ten-Crossbow is incredibly powerful. If, and I mean if, I hand it over, will the Emperor have any thoughts?"
Lin Shuo was worried that after the emperor got the ten-repeated crossbow, he would think of unifying the countries and becoming a Qin Shi Huang. By then, war would break out everywhere, and many ordinary people would surely be displaced and become victims of the birth of a powerful dynasty.
If that is the case, he is guilty of a great sin.
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