Chapter 474

"Isn't it just because the accumulated steel is kept in vain? The servant saw it and felt distressed... So I wanted to see if I could use the excess steel, and maybe I could improve the cumbersome and time-consuming process of making my Song Dynasty crossbow."

Looking at Wang Yang, whose face was slightly red with excitement in front of him, Lord Lu nodded while stroking his long beard and said, "Okay, okay, it's rare that you can have such thoughts and wishes. Since that's the case, I'll wait for your good news. I just hope that next time you have any good news, say it slower and let me be prepared."

Wang Yang laughed dryly embarrassedly. After a while, someone brought in ten old craftsmen from the Crossbow Bureau and ten divine arm crossbows.

When Wang Yang saw the divine arm crossbow in front of him, he was a little excited. The sturdy but not without the beauty of the cold weapon. This thing made him think of the steel crossbow he had played with with his friends.

But this thing is much larger than the steel crossbow, and it is also extremely long, almost reaching the abdomen.

"This kind of divine arm crossbow is the important tool for my Song Dynasty to protect the country. We must not make any mistakes." After Wang Yang said goodbye, Boss Lu was afraid that Wang Yang would not know, so he gave a special explanation.

After Wang Yang responded, he picked up a divine arm crossbow and looked at it with great enthusiasm. While asking the craftsmen about the making of the crossbow tools, the old craftsman next to him boldly explained when he saw Wang Yang's appearance.

The cumbersomeness of making crossbows is definitely no less complicated than bows, and it is even more difficult. For example, this divine arm crossbow must be cut down, peeled and removed, and then placed indoors for half a year. Then it is bent in various ways. Every once in a while, it is bent at an angle, and then it also gets glue, sticky things, etc.... Just a crossbow arm process makes Wang Yang fuck his tongue.

Not only is the crossbow made in this way, the production of the bow is also so complicated that it is outrageous. However, this also made Wang Yang understand that even the Divine Arm crossbow is a composite material with the Great Song Dynasty bow, otherwise it would not have such a powerful attack power.

"Whether it is a crossbow or a bow, the key point is that it is on the crossbow arm and bow arm. It is precisely because of the sharpness of my Song Dynasty's crossbow that I can control the barbarian cavalry..." At this time, Lord Lu couldn't help but show off his classical Chinese.

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Back at his office, Wang Yang continued to think about the crossbows placed in front of him. In order to figure out the structure of the divine arm crossbow, the old craftsmen found tools and broke two of the divine arm crossbows into pieces.

While dismantling and asking, recording, Wang Yang recorded notes with more than two thousand words in a long time.

The crossbow body is made of mulberry wood, so there is no need to change any changes. After all, this part does not need to be replaced, and steel is not something that can be consumed at will.

The crossbow machine was made of bronze. The technology has been introduced from the Warring States Period to the present day. It has long been formed and is also made of metal. There is no need to add anything to it.

Wang Yang finally set his sight on the crossbow arm. Wang Yang played compound bows and crossbows in later generations. In comparison, Wang Yang felt that the steel crossbow that could easily make him standardize his goals and could penetrate thick wooden boards with one arrow was obviously more powerful.

I remember one time I used this thing to hunt with my friend. I wanted to hunt hares, but I accidentally got a wild boar. At that time, both brothers directly transformed Bolt and ran three miles across the country. I rushed home in one breath and seemed to remember to breathe.

Well, there is no need to mention the embarrassing thing, but to this day, Wang Yang still remembers the scene of assembling the steel crossbow there with great thrill.

Wang Yang couldn't help but believe in a pen and recorded the new term "steel crossbow arm" on the rice paper.

Crossbow arms can be replaced by mild steel, but what level of mild steel is the most suitable? At least it cannot be much different from this kind of crossbow arms that take nearly a year to make.

You should know that the divine arm crossbow still has lethality at about 300 meters. It is with this lethality that this individual weapon became the national protection artifact of the Song Dynasty.

If it is changed to using steel, the killing distance does not advance but retreats, and the retreat is even more severe, then there is no need.

We just did it. After Wang Yang weighed the weight of the crossbow arm, he had a rough idea in his mind. Soon, a batch of mild steel plates about one inch wide and about one to four cents thick were sent to Wang Yang.

After the two ends of the steel plate were laid, the young craftsmen from the Afang Bureau came to test. The steel plates that were more than three points thick and four points thick were really hard, even strong veteran drivers like Wang Yang could not pull them. The strength of this thing made Wang Yang think of steel plates for tanks, even if they were mild steel, which was too thick for manpower.

He gave up the four-point thick steel plate, the three-point thick steel plate, the three-point thick steel plate... He could only give up and pulled the thing to the string hanging position. Wang Yang felt that he almost even felt shit.

Although two and a half thick steel plates are better than three-quarter thick steel plates, they are still too difficult. If they are on the battlefield and are in a panic, it is easy for people to not be able to hang the strings.

In the end, both Wang Yang and most strong craftsmen were able to pull enough curves with foot pedals. Perfect!

Next, Wang Yang designed several combination methods of crossbow arms. One is composed of two soft steel plates with long outer surfaces, the other is composed of a thick steel plate in the middle, and the two ends are composed of thinner steel plates.

Another type is made of a single steel plate, and all of them are made of three steel plates of different thicknesses for testing.

The skilled craftsmen from the Crossbow Bureau could only tearfully remove all the ten divine arm crossbows, and then Wang Yang, the guy, directed them to start installing soft steel crossbow arms.

With the powerful Afang Bureau as the backing, there are also a large number of tools invented by Wang Yang. Even so, the crossbow arms of the ten divine arm crossbows were replaced until noon the next day.

Then Wang Yang led his men to the Nobufang Bureau for testing with these newly made steel-arm crossbows. The Bai Shiling of the Nobufang Bureau had heard yesterday that the top scholar had removed the divine arm crossbow and craftsmen from his side, as if he was preparing to transform the Great Song Dynasty's divine arm crossbow.

When Bai Shuling first heard the news, he was shocked, and then he couldn't help but feel happy, so he wanted to visit Wang Yang early the next morning. However, after hearing that Wang Yang had been busy all the time, he was very sensible and did not disturb him.

Now that I heard that Wang Yang was going to the Crossbow Bureau to test the steel arm crossbow, he naturally gave the green light and led the way in person. Along the way, he also carefully asked about some of the situations of the steel arm crossbow like Wang Yang.

He was also quite suspicious. Can steel arms be used to replace the expensive, time-consuming and labor-intensive crossbow arms in the past?
Chapter completed!