Chapter 209 General Liu Wants a Heavy Crossbow
"Your Highness, I know you designed the repeating crossbow, and it works very well. However, I'd like to know if you can increase its range and damage to a level suitable for siege warfare?"
General Liu had seen soldiers use repeating crossbows, and he had used them himself, and he thought it was a great invention. But once people have one thing, they want another!
Lord Jin, who was sitting on the other side, was stunned by General Liu's request. He thought that since the manufacture of weapons has reached the point where any function can be obtained.
Lord Jin felt that Liu Guangtou was taking advantage of His Highness's ignorance of these principles, so he immediately said:
"Liu Guangtou, you're getting a bit arrogant because of your favor. Didn't your army always use whatever we made before? Why are you making demands now?"
General Liu was speechless about this old man Jin. He hadn't asked him why he was demolishing the steps there. He was just about to have a big argument with the old man Jin when he heard His Highness, who had been thinking for a while, ask:
"You want a heavy crossbow?"
When General Liu heard His Highness's question, he felt that there was a chance. He immediately stopped arguing with Old Man Jin and looked at Zhao Lingmeng expectantly: "If the heavy crossbow Your Highness mentioned can meet the requirements I mentioned, then it is a heavy crossbow!"
"Heavy crossbow..."
"Your Highness, can our Jing Kingdom make it?" General Liu immediately asked after hearing His Highness's expression, fearing that he would miss it if he asked a question too late.
Zhao Lingmeng thought about it carefully and decided it should be possible. But he couldn't be so confident, and he had to make sure people didn't doubt the origin of these things. "Theoretically, it's possible, but I haven't built it. It's just an idea in my head!"
"Can it really be made? Your Highness, can you take me with you when you make it? I also want to go and see it." When Lord Jin heard the description of General Liu and Your Highness, he immediately volunteered.
"Master Jin is already a weakling, what can he do? Your Highness, please choose me! I am still young and suitable to help. I have seen Wang Wu, and I am very good at forging weapons."
Zhao Lingmeng looked in the direction of the voice and saw a middle-aged man with an elegant temperament. He was tall and strong, and his smile sounded a bit honest.
Lord Jin saw that His Highness was really sizing up Wang Wu, and fearing that Zhao Lingmeng would change her mind, he glared at Wang Wu with gritted teeth, "Wang Wu, you are so brave, you even dare to snatch my opportunity?"
"Master Jin, don't be so stingy! You are our superior. You must train the younger generation whenever you have the chance!"
Wang Wu's family was quite influential, and he was also quite capable, so he wasn't afraid of Lord Jin. He would definitely fight for the opportunities he deserved, as he wasn't stupid.
Seeing that Wang Wu took the lead, the people below also joined him to fight for opportunities for themselves.
"right!"
"Give our people a chance too!"
"Your Highness, look at me!"
For a moment, the whole yard sounded like hundreds of ducks quacking, making it extremely noisy.
Zhao Lingmeng placed her hands on the table, resting her head on them. She calmly watched the quarrel. In her past life, she'd often heard her accomplished classmates complain about their labs, which would often lead to arguments. Sometimes, when passions flared up, it wasn't impossible for her to stretch her legs.
In her previous life, she had heard her classmates complaining about this, but she didn't believe it. Now she did. She felt that she owed those classmates from her previous life an apology.
But Zhao Lingmeng found it quite amusing to listen to these people quarreling. None of them cursed, but as they argued, they began to dig up other people's dirty laundry. Zhao Lingmeng felt like she was being forced to listen to so much gossip! She regretted it, thinking it would have been even better if they had a plate of sunflower seeds.
Zhao Lingmeng was still thinking to herself, she didn't know if there were such things as melon seeds in this world, anyway, she had never seen them.
Seeing Princess Funing was lost in thought, grinning foolishly with her head propped up, Fan Yong stepped out to maintain order, "Ladies and gentlemen, please pay attention to your appearance."
After Fan Yong finished speaking, he tried hard to look at Zhao Lingmeng, indicating that their prince was still there!
The adults present were obviously not stupid. They immediately understood what Deputy Commander Fan meant. For a moment, everyone felt a little embarrassed.
General Liu thought to himself, you guys always quarrel whenever something happens. Now you can't even maintain the image of an old man, mature and steady!
But no matter what General Liu thought, he still took the initiative to break the awkwardness of the scene.
"Your Highness, let's continue our conversation! You just said you have an idea. When it's built, can you let me participate in testing that heavy crossbow?"
Zhao Lingmeng wouldn't be so foolish as to promise anything right now. Whether the emperor agreed or not was not up to Zhao Lingmeng anyway: "It's just an idea at the moment. Everything you say later will have to be approved by the emperor. You understand!"
"I understand this!" General Liu nodded quickly, thinking to himself that it was indeed true. It seemed that he had to go to the emperor to discuss it when the time came. Otherwise, with so many people wanting to try out the new weapons, the emperor would not be able to remember him.
Zhao Lingmeng looked at General Liu's happy expression and explained truthfully, "But General Liu, don't hold your hopes too high. To achieve the effect you want, it's bound to be a huge thing, and transporting it will be a big hassle."
General Liu didn't really care. He was an optimistic person. "Your Highness, don't worry. Just make it first. As for transportation, as long as it's a good thing, there will always be a way."
General Liu said this and thought so in his heart. As long as the power was strong enough, he would find a way to get it to the border no matter how heavy it was.
Since General Liu said so, Zhao Lingmeng nodded and wrote down the heavy crossbow in the notebook she brought with her, and would think about it carefully when she had time.
After Zhao Lingmeng took note of it, she looked up at General Liu, who was still sitting next to her. "General Liu, do you have anything else to say?"
What it means is that if there is no one, make room for the person behind. Zhao Lingmeng actually came, so these dozen people must be given a chance.
"I just want to ask, if I have any needs or ideas in the army in the future, can I come to Your Highness?" General Liu felt a little embarrassed when he said this. He felt that he was being too demanding. So his voice became lower and lower as he spoke.
"I don't accept private inquiries or requests. If there's a need, I have to go through the formal process and get the Emperor's approval. If the Emperor approves, and I have an idea or I can do it, I definitely won't refuse. But if the Emperor doesn't approve, I'm at my wit's end."
Zhao Lingmeng was still very friendly. She didn't act like a princess, nor did she call herself "Your Highness." That was because she felt that these people were also working hard for the peace of Jing State, and they were also people worthy of respect.
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