The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1230 Missing
"Your Excellency the Governor! This is my daughter Ruorong. The automatic flying crossbow that was successfully tested this time was made by her!" When the deputy governor in charge of the training, Feng Yanfu, saw Sheng Yuan, he immediately came up with a girl of about fifteen or sixteen. He laughed and patted his daughter's shoulder, with pride on his face and in his eyes.

"As expected, heroes have always emerged from youth! Miss Feng is a real talent!" Sheng Yuan looked at the girl who saluted him, and thinking of the result of her design, he couldn't help but give her a thumbs up and praised loudly, "Today, I have also seen why the voice of a young phoenix is ​​clearer than that of an old phoenix!"

"Hahaha, Lord Governor, you are too kind! You are too kind! You can't praise me like that, otherwise I will be too proud! Hahaha!" Feng Yan, who was always strict in his actions, couldn't stop laughing at this moment. His pair of big hands, which were not particularly broad, left afterimages.

Feng Ruorong who was standing next to her couldn't help but cover her face with her hands.

Sheng Yuan really liked this kind of straightforward expression, and gave Feng Yan enough time to show off, and then smiled and invited Feng Ruorong: "Miss Feng, please follow me to the meeting room to discuss in detail."

"Hey, Lord Governor, there's no need to be so polite. Just call me Ruorong." Feng Yan patted his daughter's shoulder again and reminded her, "Rongniang, report to Lord Governor carefully and be as thorough as possible."

Although Feng Ruorong looks a little shy, he is not overly timid. His words and actions are confident, and he is a very likable child.

Two days ago, Sheng Yuan had just returned home from the palace when the Five Military Governor's Office sent someone to look for him. The first thing they said was that the Five Military Governor's Office's craftsmanship workshop had developed some very powerful weapons.

When Sheng Yuan heard this, he didn't take it too seriously.

For someone like her who had "seen" the advanced technology tree in her previous life, ancient cold weapons were not enough to make her overly excited.

But when the other party said, "The weapon developed is a long-range crossbow, which can not only attack from the air, but also fire automatically," Sheng Yuan was shocked.

Especially after seeing the real thing, Sheng Yuan's disbelief reached its peak.

A bamboo basket is supported on an object similar to a Kongming lantern, and a crossbow is mounted on the edge of the basket; the two ends of the crossbow are connected to two boxes, one is the arrow box and the other is the mechanism.

"The mechanism connects the two ends. As long as the gas generated when the fuel burns and the pressure generated when the flying lantern rises reach a certain level, the mechanism can activate the quiver and let the crossbow shoot out all the arrows in the quiver in one breath." Speaking of his own achievements, Feng Ruorong seemed like a different person, eager and excited.

Even when she mentioned the shortcomings of the design, she was more excited than disappointed: "It's a pity that I can only trigger the crossbow to fire by controlling the height of the flying lantern. Therefore, the flying crossbow can't aim accurately, and the direction and range of shooting are also greatly limited. More importantly, it has extremely high requirements for weather conditions... Therefore, further research and improvement is needed."

"Your research is already very good." Sheng Yuan praised Feng Ruorong, "Not to mention that there is no war on the border of Da Chu for the time being, you have plenty of time to continue your research. Even if there is a war, the flying crossbow can play a role in attacking the enemy by surprise, whether it is used for siege or defense... and it can also increase combat power."

Sheng Yuan, who had witnessed the flying crossbow experiment before, had a rough understanding of the function of this weapon.

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Putting aside its practical significance in actual combat, the existence of this weapon may trigger a wave of automatic design, and by then, it is possible to develop a technology that will shock the world.

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"Sister Yuan, do you really think this thing can be of great use? If the wind direction changes outside, the arrow may turn around! If multiple people aim at it, the thing won't be able to hit the enemy when it falls!"

An Yu and Sheng Yuan sat side by side on their horses, looking from afar at the group of people in the craftsman's workshop busy with flying crossbows, and felt that it was a waste of effort.

"It looks ridiculous now, after all, it's just an elementary form. Let's wait and see as it slowly advances. Who knows, we might be able to research an upgraded flying crossbow that overcomes all the current shortcomings!" Sheng Yuan flicked his money bag, his tone relaxed, "The Five Military Command Office still has ample finances. Instead of leaving the money there to make other departments jealous, it's better to invest in research and development. Even if the results look ridiculous, as long as there is a future, those censors who like to impeach everywhere can shut up."

"That makes sense then."

An Yu retracted his gaze and looked at Sheng Yuan with a smile: "Sister Yuan, your inspection of the five armies this time is to pave the way for the Crown Princess to inspect the five armies later?"

"..." Sheng Yuan really hadn't thought of this, and shook his head slowly, "The princess is still young, it's too early for her to inspect the army now." "If that's the case, then it's strange, since you took charge of the Five Armies Commandery, everyone from the headquarters to the five armies has been convinced by you, and there has never been any chaos that you have to pacify recently... Why are you so anxious to come out and not even participate in the princess's announcement to the ancestral temple?"

An Yu asked all the questions he had not asked in Kyoto before on this grassland outside Beijing.

"Don't say you are puzzled, I am also puzzled!" There was no outsider around at the moment, and Sheng Yuan whispered to him about the conversation when they entered the palace.

"It's really hard to understand!" An Yu scratched his head. "In fact, I specifically asked around. No one from the Nine Cities Army will follow you when you go out the day after tomorrow... Could it be that the Queen is worried about the Emperor and wants to send you two to protect Kyoto?"

Sheng Yuan shrugged: "Then I don't know! At that time, I asked for a long time, but my sister refused to tell me. After asking too much, she just said that it would be clear when she came back. It's hard to understand!"

She sighed and suddenly shook the whip in her hand, as if to wave away all doubts and confusions: "Since you can't figure it out, then don't think about it. Anyway, you have to obey orders and follow the will!"

She has never liked internal conflicts, and she doesn't like being confused for a long time.

"If you don't understand it now, you will understand it in the future. Why rush it?" After Sheng Yuan thought it through, he still remembered to comfort An Yu.

An Yu felt her open-mindedness and said to her cheerfully, "Yuan Jie'er, what if you still don't understand it?"

"When we get back, I'll write a big calligraphy for you and hang it in the study. You'll know it when you look at it every day!"

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Sheng Yuan pulled the reins in his hand, turned his mount around, and waved to An Yu to make a promise.

"Are you trying to give me a look of 'blissful ignorance'?!" An Yu hurriedly rode his horse to catch up, asking with a hearty laugh.

Sheng Yuan looked back at him, her eyes sparkling: "If you don't understand it, then you don't need to understand it. If you can't figure it out, then don't try to understand it... It's also quite happy to be confused, isn't it?!"

"Well! Smart people like to play dumb!" An Yu pretended to be taught, winked at her jokingly, and laughed playfully, putting on a pitiful look of self-pity, "It's a pity that a real fool like me is foolishly following your foolishness!"

"You are such a fool, my dear. You just walk slowly. I will run fast!" Sheng Yuan rolled her eyes at him, whipped her horse and rushed away in the blink of an eye.

"Hey! Sister Yuan, you're not waiting for anyone!" Seeing this, An Yu hurriedly urged his horse to chase after her.

Gradually, the grassland they had stepped on returned to its previous tranquility; occasionally a breeze blew, faintly seeming to carry their laughter and joy.

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"Commander-in-Chief, urgent report!"

A few days later, Sheng Yuan had just entered the big tent when he heard a chaotic sound of footsteps outside, followed by a messenger from the Five Military Commanders' Office running in.

"What?!" Sheng Yuan took the secret letter and opened it. Suddenly, his head buzzed and he couldn't stand.

"Sister Yuan, what happened to you?" An Yu, who was standing next to her, was shocked when he saw this and rushed over to support her.

As he spoke, he looked down at the letter and saw the words: "The princess is missing, return quickly."