Liu Tong looked a little embarrassed and smiled bitterly:

"Sir, you also know that Zheng State has always been strictly guarding against the mechanisms.

The old man said that even if the Zheng army was defeated thousands of miles away, it would still kill the machinery and equipment...”

Although Xiao Zicheng knew it in his heart, he could not hide his disappointment at the moment. It was like playing a game and making a magical equipment, but he could not equip it.

The black technologies he was thinking about could not be realized in a short time with the current industrial foundation of the Great Zhou.

The emergence of Zheng State's mechanism undoubtedly provided him with a new direction. How could he not be twitched?

An empty box and a famous name for a mechanical crossbow is useless...

Perhaps seeing Xiao Zicheng's thoughts, Liu Tong also sighed:

"Sir, this is probably the only thing that I have in the Great Zhou Dynasty about Zheng State's organs..."

Xiao Zicheng shook his head in disappointment, and was about to ask Liu Tong to lift this thing down, suddenly his heart moved and he quickly walked forward.

I saw a symmetrical circle on both sides of the box wall and a shallow round hole in the center, which was quite eye-catching.

Isn't this a groove used to install the gear set?

Xiao Zicheng stretched out his hand, stroked the groove on the wall of the box, and his brows were frowning and his face was full of contemplativeness.

The traces he found in the wooden box later verified his conjecture. The Zheng State crossbow was afraid that it was really driven by gears.

The obvious penetration mark on the side of the box should be the reason why this mechanism crossbow was disassembled.

I think this mechanism crossbow should have been hit by a streamlined arrow on the battlefield, causing the mechanism to fail.

In a hurry, the soldiers of Zheng State had no time to demolish the core, and the empty shell was seized and finally fell into the warehouse of the military weapon station for ashes.

Xiao Zicheng stood up straight and felt relieved.

I think after the crossbow was seized, the military weapon at that time was also excited to open it and study it.

As a result, he found that there was nothing inside at this time, and it was a pity to eat without any taste, so he simply threw it into the warehouse.

After all, the groove marks in this wooden box would not be noticed without those who have seen the gear set.

Even Xiao Zicheng could only see what the groove was for, but it would be a bit of a dream to let him restore the gear set based on this trace.

Zheng State's organs...

Xiao Zicheng's face looked really ugly.

To be honest, after the battle in Changping, Xiao Zicheng felt somewhat contemptuous of Zheng State.

After all, he was a clique with an absolute disadvantage in attacking, offensive and defense, and finally won.

The other party was the Black Flag Army, known as the strong army of Zheng State, which inevitably made him doubt the military strength of Zheng State.

But now when he saw this mechanical crossbow box, some of the original contempt in his heart disappeared.

You should know that in actual combat, the most elite strong archer in the Great Zhou Dynasty shoots ten arrows in a row is already the limit, and you need to rest to ensure lethality.

Compared with archers, crossbowmen have much stronger long-lasting performance, but the range of crossbow arrows is simply incomparable to strong bows.

As for the current crossbows in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the range of a strong bow is two hundred steps, but the crossbow arrow is only fifty steps. If it exceeds this range, the lethality will be nothing.

The speed of the crossbow arrows within the range is ten times faster than that of the bow and arrow, and the penetration ability is more than twice that of the bow and arrow.

These two types of long-range weapons have their own advantages and disadvantages, and it is difficult to judge which one is stronger and which one is weak.

However, the crossbow arrows in Zheng State are different. According to Liu Tong, the crossbow of Zheng State is not only twice as long as that of ordinary crossbow arrows in terms of range, but the more important thing is its firing rate.

To use Liu Tong's description, it is like a bead.

If this thing is sufficiently arrowed, it is simply a low-level heavy machine gun.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zicheng's face couldn't help but look a little ugly.

Once upon a time, the Great Zhou was first-class in terms of military strength and craftsmanship.

Unfortunately, now that time has changed, Zheng State's achievements in craftsmanship have far surpassed those of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"Take it out."

Xiao Zicheng waved his hand and asked Liu Tong to take the thing away.

He didn't think about repairing this thing in the past, but unfortunately, the military weapon station currently does not have the ability at all.

Furthermore, this crossbow box is a product from many years ago, and now it is probably all eliminated in Zheng State.

It’s just a matter of picking up people’s wisdom, but if you try your best to restore the technology, it’s just something that people have already eliminated, which is really boring.

It seems that my big week must step up the research and development of technology...

It is undeniable that the Zheng State crossbow found by Liu Tong today not only did not inspire Xiao Zicheng, but instead made him feel pressured.

You know, there is not much time left for the Great Zhou at the moment.

Although he had already produced steel in the mountain city, he was far from reaching the level of mass production.

Although the production of gunpowder is already familiar, it is difficult for Shancheng to produce saltpeter too low, and no saltpeter mine has been found for the time being, so it can only stagnate temporarily.

Since we cannot be done in one step, we will do it step by step and increase the steel output first!

Xiao Zicheng closed his fists and palms and breathed out as if he was relieved.

The craftsmen of the military weapons institute in these days, led by Shancheng craftsmen, have begun to burn and develop refractory bricks.

After firing the refractory bricks, you can start practicing steel in large quantities.

After giving instructions to Liu Tong and others one by one, Xiao Zicheng and Zhu Ying left the military weapon station.

After all, Zhu Ying was sneaked out again. If he didn't send this guy back to the palace, if Emperor Jingping got angry, a beating would be indispensable.

After all, he persuaded Zhu Ying to send back to the East Palace. As soon as he left the palace, Xiao Zicheng saw a special mark in the corner of the wall.

Damn, those three guys still know how to come back?!

When Xiao Zicheng saw the mark, his face turned dark instantly.

This mark was left by the three secret spies who secretly monitored the third prince during the winter hunting that day.

Thinking of these three people, Xiao Zicheng was so angry that he was trained with real money and silver. However, when he was framed, he disappeared.

In other words, Emperor Jingping did it intentionally. Maybe the grass on his grave is probably two meters high now...

Although Xiao Zicheng was angry, he still changed his direction without expressing his voice, turning left and right to an inconspicuous farmhouse.

"Come out? Could it be that I'll ask you guys to come out?"

Squeak...

The gate of the courtyard was opened from the inside, and three strong men dressed in farmers appeared in Xiao Zicheng's sight.

"We are letting down the will of the benefactor, and we will not forgive us for our death... Please punish the benefactor..."

The three of them looked at each other with shame, then fell to the ground immediately and said in a deep voice.

"Okay, okay, tell me what happened to you who fell to the ground that day, how could it disappear for so long?"

The leader heard Xiao Zicheng's questioning, and his shame became stronger:
Chapter completed!