I went ashore by weaving straw shoes and became a master craftsman

Chapter 223 The Caravan Comes
Before Shenchu ​​time, all eight hundred warriors came back, all hungry and listless, and many people were injured, all caused by scrambling for prey and fighting each other.

How can there be so many mountain beasts in Kuaiji Mountain?Each person sends twenty arrows, which is actually a way to deceive the brave man.The government is willing to spend thousands of dollars to buy wild animals, and then release them to the mountains for brave men to shoot?How is it possible, the money of one beast is enough to buy a hundred birds and a hundred rabbits!

What's more, [-] people can only hunt within the range of a small mountain.

It took a while to count the prey. Huan Zhen and Wang Tian sat on the edge of the examination area, while Bu Qu Tie Lei and Shi Hou had been waiting here.

Shi Hou first gave a brief account of the news of the death of the old woman and the execution of eunuchs in the craftsman's examination room, and then said: "At noon, the Qian's caravan and Shen's caravan in Wuxing County, the local Peng's caravan, and the Wang's caravan , Zhao’s caravans are all here. Peng’s caravan has the fewest slaves and ox carts, and goes directly to the craftsman’s examination room. The rest of the caravans are all distributed in two examination areas.”

Wang Tian didn't feel hungry immediately, and analyzed: "Although Wuxing County also has quasi-guards and craftsmen to assess, but the Qian family and the Shen family are rich families, it is normal to come to Kuaiji County to do business."

Since Wang Tian said that, he just felt that it was abnormal. After all, the origins of the gangsters who caused troubles in recent days are well known, and they all came from Wuxing County!

Shi Hou: "In the Wubi examination room, the Qian family has seven ox carts, and there are more than [-] servants standing outside the carts; the Shen family has nine ox carts, with more than [-] people. The number is a rough number. There must be someone else."

Tie Lei: "Over the craftsman's examination room, there are more than seventy servants of the Qian family, two more ox carts than here; nearly a hundred servants of the Shen family, three more ox carts than here."

Huan Zhen frowned: "When they come here, they prove that they know everything about the pavilions and townships they have passed. The servants in the caravan must also be able to withstand the inspection of the bamboo cards they pass. There are many people and few cars. All relying on foot strength, these slaves must be strong and strong."

Both Shi Hou and Tie Lei replied: "Yes."

Without being afraid of being interrogated by the government, hundreds of strong slaves gather. If they harbor evil intentions, they will be in serious trouble!

Wang Tian is a local. Huan Zhen asked him, "Peng, Wang, and Zhao are all merchants?"

"Both. The Peng family deals in wooden wares, while the Wang and Zhao families deal in bamboo wares. The Peng family is the richest and has started building ships."

Dajin does not allow private shipyards. The imperial court has just issued a navigation order, which only allows businessmen to cooperate with official shipyards. It is said that they are cooperative shipbuilding, but in fact they are paying several times the money to buy seagoing ships and sailing quotas.

There are many wealthy businessmen, and the county office can give Peng a place to buy ships. From this point, at least it can be seen that Peng is trusted by the county office, which is what Wang Tian hinted at.

What about Wang and Zhao?

At this moment, like Huan Zhen and Wang Tian, ​​there are many brave men who have listened to Bu Qu's recounting of the incident of killing bandits in the past two days, and thus analyzed the situation.

Fortunately, at the very beginning, Qi Duanren's vices exposed him, leading to one villain after another.No one is stupid enough to think that these bandits gathered in Kuaiji Mountain by chance.

"Little craftsman, is your surname Ang? There is such a surname, from Shanyin County?" In a bullock cart of Shen's caravan, a cold voice gave an order: "Qi short people can't do anything, it's abominable. But this craftsman , it is an ominous sign. Find a way to find the servant girl and kill him."

got windy.

The craftsman examination room.

When the time for application is up and the fourth test item is over, the examiners and inspection craftsmen all enter the tool making area. While eliminating the candidates, they must also select three modified tools for the candidates.

For Wang Ge, of course the chief examiner has to inspect it himself. "Tell me about each instrument."

"Yes. This device is called a wolf tooth racket. It is modified according to a trebuchet." Wang Ge began to elaborate: "The long pole can be rotated. Immediately lift it up. Let go, and the mace falls heavily... If it is used on the city wall, there is no need to set up crossbars, but iron rings can be added around the plank, tied tightly with ropes, and a winch is set to hit the enemy soldiers climbing the city wall. Then lift it up, then lower it, and cycle like this. Of course, if there are enough materials, the log can also be wedged full of sharp edges and suspended by ropes. In this way, a lot of materials can be saved to make other equipment.”

The chief examiner has been on the battlefield and has seen real wars. Following Wang Ge's spitting and rapid words, he imagined the scene of the wolf tooth clapping and the wolf tooth rolling wood constantly hitting the enemy soldiers. He was excited from the back of his head and kept getting goosebumps pimple.Especially Wang Ge's last sentence, save a lot of materials, it just hit the most troublesome problem of the craftsman!
Wang Ge explained the diagram of the second model: "This device is called the wooden flail hammer. It is modified according to the flail. It can break armor and shield."

"Broken shield?" The examiner's voice cracked a bit.Breaking armor is easy to understand, the hammer is full of thorns, like caltrops, how to explain breaking shield?

"The flail can only hang down. The flail hammer is different. When you swing it around the shield, it is easy to hit the shield soldier. It's a pity, if I know kung fu, I can replace the wooden man's flail hammer. If I can ..." Wang Ge deliberately pretended to be thinking and hesitant, "If I can ride a horse and use the power of the horse to swing the flail and hammer violently like a brave man again! I think..."

Don't think so!The examiner's nostrils swelled with excitement: "I think no matter how thick the enemy's armor is, they can still be killed with one blow!"

"Yes. The third equipment is called the Iron Cone Shield Cart. It is modified according to the knife car...Tomorrow will depend on the terrain of the steep slope and the amount of reward materials. If it is not suitable for walking on wheels, or it is impossible to make wheels, you can only make wooden shields and wedges. Stabilize it on the ground, and place it in front of the craftsman's flag, as my last defense for the city defenders."

Fortunately, this test item allows the brave man to observe the defense equipment in advance and allow the brave man to admit defeat.The examiner nodded in satisfaction, and sighed again, this is the talent of a craftsman. At a young age, he knows how to adapt measures to local conditions and materials!
Wang Ge was very satisfied with the examiner's satisfaction, and he was even more excited: "The fourth kind of equipment is called a mud thorn net, which is modified according to the wood thorn net... The mud for making mud balls is best made of deep mud clay. The vine bark is peeled off and shredded. If it is added to mud balls, it will definitely be firm after drying. If there is a real war, the common people can make mud balls, and craftsmen can make other equipment; and the dirty juice in the mud balls in the wooden frame can be replaced with dung juice.”

Examiner: What is fecal juice, it can be replaced with poisonous juice!

"The fifth type of equipment is called the double-rod mud thrower, which is also modified from the trebuchet..."

Youzheng moment.

The quota of [-] warriors in the county martial arts competition examination room has been released.Huan Zhen, Wang Tian, ​​and Yu Xi were all included.

The third test item is announced: the battle of the brave man to attack the city.

Rules: A team of ten warriors, as the "siege side", will fight on the thorny slope with the craftsman candidates from the "defense side".The fighting time is three days later.Tomorrow, each team of warriors will compete in a contest to select their own "superior".During the siege, the commander's orders must be obeyed.

Rules of victory and defeat: Defeat all kinds of defensive equipment, rush to the top of the slope to win the craftsman flag, if you lose five brave men, even if you win the craftsman flag, the team of brave men will be considered a failure.Among the winning teams, the final elimination will be based on the length of the siege, leaving 300 teams.These [-] people will then take the final exam.

The final exam items will not be announced yet.In short, only one hundred "quasi-guards" were retained in the end.Only those who have obtained the "quasi-guard army" can participate in the selection of the guard army for the state government next year.

As soon as the military officer finished explaining the assessment rules, Huan Zhen raised his hand. After the military officer gave permission, he asked, "How will the attacking party and the defending party be divided into battles?" He had a bad feeling and had to avoid Wang Ge.

(End of this chapter)