The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 732 An Iron Frame
"It won't break? How is that possible! Laohou, you're thinking too much." Li Muyun shook his head and said under the gaze of everyone: "There is nothing in this world that won't break. At most, you can use it for a little longer."

"In that case, did you just humiliate the old man and others!"

Hou Junji rolled his eyes angrily, you talked for a long time, I thought you could make an indestructible eight-ox crossbow, but you actually said that the same can be broken, so why are you pretending.

Li Muyun knew that he could never recite this crime, so he took over the conversation and said, "You can't say that, we are discussing, it has nothing to do with humiliation or not, the reason why I ask this question is because I have a way to solve these problems."

"Solution? How to solve it?" Li Shimin became somewhat interested and sat up straight.

"Simple!" Li Muyun snapped his fingers: "Uniform standards, modularize and standardize all equipment, as long as this can be achieved, the problem of equipment update can be easily solved."

"What do you mean?"

Modularization, standardization, a few old guys sitting together can understand every word, but people don't understand what it means together.

Seeing that he has successfully aroused the interest of the veterans, Li Muyun smiled slightly: "Well, I just made a shelf and put it outside. If you guys are interested, I can have someone carry it in, so it will be easier to explain Some."

"Well, bring it in." Li Shimin really wanted to see what the miraculous thing that Li Muyun had boasted about looked like.

After a while, a frame made of pure iron was carried into the yard and placed beside the eight-ox crossbow.

Several veterans gathered around at the same time, looked at it for a long time, and then looked at Li Muyun with a confused face: "Aren't you just replacing wood with iron? This is what you call modularization?"

"Of course." Li Muyun nodded, and waved to the strong men who had just brought in: "You guys, take this thing apart and let the adults take a look."

"No!" Several strong men agreed, stepped forward quickly, took out the tools in their hands and fiddled with the square shelf for a while, and the shelf was dismantled into dozens of pieces, big or small. of iron.

"This..., what is this for?" Li Shimin walked around the pile of dismantled iron blocks, vaguely thinking of something in his mind, but he was a little uncertain.

Li Muyun chuckled and said, "These are all built according to certain standards, and each piece has its own number."

As he spoke, he lifted up a relatively long piece of iron: "For example, this one is marked with 'foot 1', that is to say, it is a leg numbered 1 with a height of three feet, but it is located on the Left front, if this rack damages this outrigger during battle, you can completely remove such an outrigger from any other equipment, install it directly and use it. And you don’t have to worry about whether it is suitable for use.”

"Also, this is just a frame for the eight-ox crossbow. We can also produce some trebuchet frames. The height of the outriggers can be manufactured with the same standard as this one. That is to say, if there is a battle in the future, just add some spare parts , we can transform the eight-ox crossbow into a trebuchet at any time, and similarly, the trebuchet can also be changed into an eight-ox crossbow."

"This is the advantage of modularization and standardization. The entire equipment and all accessories can be disassembled at any time and replaced at will, which can ensure the reliability of the equipment on the battlefield."

"Of course, another advantage of doing this is that craftsmen don't have to perform too complicated operations. They don't need special manpower to create different equipment as before. As long as they are trained uniformly, the blacksmith who will be the supervisor can create all the equipment. "

"Hiss..., if this is the case..., it seems that there is really a need to upgrade the equipment." Li Jing nodded slightly, looked at Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, what do you think?"

"I think it is very necessary. Even if the reliability of the equipment is not considered, this kind of thing that can be disassembled and assembled at any time can provide great convenience in transportation."

After all, Li Shimin was an emperor on horseback, and he looked at things differently from Emperor Wen. When he joined the army and fought his first battle, he knew that the most troublesome things such as eight-ox crossbows and trebuchets were not in use, but in transportation.

These equipment are of great use in siege and defense battles, but transportation is also a big problem. An eight-ox crossbow weighs hundreds of catties. It is a big problem to transport it to the battlefield. Marching, this thing can only take away the upper bow, and the lower shelf is left behind.

But if the current modular design is followed, it will not be so troublesome to bring the equipment to the battlefield in the future. Just take it apart, carry a few pieces on each person's back, and assemble them together when they arrive on the battlefield. It is very cost-effective in terms of time alone. Even equip troops in large numbers if you can.

Thinking of the large number of equipped troops, Li Shimin's eyes were already burning with flames of war, as if he saw hundreds of eight-ox crossbows launching a stormy attack on the enemy's army.

In the past, when facing the enemy's attack, they were covered with bows and arrows. I guess they won't be used in the future. Get more eight-ox crossbows. Whoever dares to confront Datang at that time will directly cover them with eight-ox crossbows, and smash them with a one-meter-long crossbow. , even if there are 10 people attacking, he will kill half of them at once.

At this time, Hou Junji couldn't care less about arguing with Li Muyun, and greeted those strong men who had just dismantled the shelf: "You guys come here and put this shelf back up."

"No!" The strong man didn't dare not listen, and quickly stepped forward, and it took less than a quarter of an hour to assemble the shelf again.

Looking at the assembled shelf again, Li Shimin, Li Jing and others soon saw some tricks, pointed to several connection positions and asked, "What is this thing? How can the iron objects be connected together so quickly?"

"This is called a bolt, which is newly researched by me, and it can be used in many ways." Li Muyun explained.

"Bolts?" Li Shimin approached, curiously looked at the bolts that are very common in later generations, and even pushed the assembled iron frame himself, and nodded in satisfaction when he found that nothing was moving.

"What is this? Why are there so many holes on these two legs? And why are these two legs broken?" Li Jing soon discovered the problem and asked, pointing to the two hind legs of the iron frame.

Li Muyun explained confidently: "This? This is used to adjust the height. It can be used to shoot upward, horizontal and downward. After all, there are any situations on the battlefield. With the adjustment function, it is much more convenient. .”

(End of this chapter)