Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 189
"Han Changlue died on this sling!" Wang Wenzuo said coldly: "At that time he was standing next to me, splashing blood all over my face, and a large piece was deeply sunken in the temple on the right side of his head. Watermelon!" He glanced across the crowd, and everyone fell silent.

"I mentioned Han Changlue just to tell you that although this sling looks like a toy, it can kill people. Even if you are wearing armor, if you take a hit, you will lose half your life. If you use lead bullets, you will be killed." It's not impossible. And this thing is different from bow and arrow. No matter how good archery is, a half-grown child can kill rabbits with a bow that can be drawn. As long as the cast is accurate, the power is no different from that of an adult male."

As Wang Wenzuo said, unlike projectile weapons such as crossbows and torsion spring guns, the sling does not store potential energy by creating deformation of the object to launch ammunition, but by rotating the rope to continuously increase the rotation speed of the stone projectile, and finally suddenly Release the rope and let the stone bullets fly out along the tangent direction at high speed. The muzzle velocity is no less than the arrow speed of a high-quality single bow. Considering that the weight of the stone bullet far exceeds that of the arrow, its power exceeds that of most arrows, and its power is enough to kill people wearing leather armor and linen armor. For adults, if you use higher-density lead bullets, the power will only be greater.

More importantly, the sling hardly consumes physical energy when launching it. An archer using a 120-pound war bow will be exhausted after shooting dozens of arrows in a row, but it is not difficult for a slinger to throw thousands of times from morning till night. Not exhausted.The fatal flaw of the sling is that it has extremely high requirements on the user, and the hit spread can be called metaphysics. If you are not careful, you will hit your own people. It is too difficult to find enough skilled slingers.

"What does Saburo mean?" Yuan Aolie asked a little puzzled.

"Master Huicong, what do these children learn in the monastery?"

"This—" Huicong quickly replied, "It's mainly reading, writing, and arithmetic, and there are also some Buddhist scriptures, "The Analects of Confucius", and "Spring and Autumn Annals."

"You need to be armed to learn literature, not to mention that Baekje is in troubled times!" Wang Wenzuo said: "Well, half of the time should be spent on martial arts, so that they can practice slings, bows and arrows, spears, horseback riding, etc. Art also takes time to learn!"

"Do you want to teach these boys this?" He Bayong was anxious: "Sanlang, these are all Baekje people!"

"So what?" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile, "Can we still stay here forever? These boys are the pillars of the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion in the future, so naturally we need to spend more effort. He Ba, your riding skills are among the best among us." Yes, if you have time, you can come to the temple to be a riding teacher, Cui Hongdu, you can be an archery teacher, Shen Faseng, you can be a spear teacher, Gu Cihang, you can be a sword and shield teacher, let’s take turns!" Seeing that everyone looked at each other, but did not speak , Wang Wenzuo smiled and said: "Why, you don't want to?"

"It's not that I don't want to!" Cui Hongdu was the oldest among the crowd, so he said with a smile: "It's just that I don't think it's necessary. To put it bluntly, many of our spear skills and bow skills are handed down from our families, and passed down to those who can't beat them. It's a pity for the guy!"

"Then you just pick a few suitable ones and adopt them as righteous children. Isn't this impossible?"

"Collecting children?"

"That's right, it's a fake!" Wang Wenzuo smiled and said, "Do you think this is okay?"

Everyone exchanged glances, and their eyes gradually became hotter. At that time, the concept of clan was prevalent, and Hu Feng was prevalent in the north. It was very common for wealthy families in the north to adopt adopted children to strengthen their power. The boundaries between parent and child were not as clear as in later generations.Wang Wenzuo's suggestion immediately tickled everyone's itch.

"Sanlang, will I offend the court's taboo by accepting Baekje's adopted son?" Liu An asked in a low voice whether he was more mature and prudent.

"What Goro thinks about is, I'll go to the Dudu Mansion first, but I don't think it's a big problem. After all, each of us can only adopt three or five adopted sons at most, and the official position is too low."

"Sanlang is right!" Zhang Junyan said with a smile: "Actually, there is another benefit of adopting a son, which Sanlang hasn't said yet!"

"What's the benefit?" Shen Faseng asked.

"We have fought in Baekje for so long, and everyone has benefited more or less, but Baekje is isolated overseas after all. It is a big problem to bring these benefits back. How many eyes are on us? , but it is the sin of the heavens! If you adopt one or two adoptive children, many things will be simple?"

"That's right, why didn't I think of this!" Shen Faseng clapped his hands and laughed, and the crowd also understood, clapping their hands and applauding.It turns out that throughout the ages, how to get back the legal and illegal trophies of Qiuba has been a big problem. Sui Youshi Wansui, Tang Youhou Junji, and Mingyou Lanyu all suffered big losses from the trophies. For Wang Wenzuo and the others, It was even more difficult, because they had to take a boat to return to China, and the belongings they carried were easily found when they boarded and disembarked, not to mention that gold and silver coins were rare at that time. Silk cloth, utensils, etc., these things are not small in size, and it is difficult to get away with it. If you have a Baekje son, you can temporarily store it, and then slowly send it back to the business traveler. The space for operation can be as small as Much more.

"It's not bad that Junyan can think of this level!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "It's just a little shallow!"

"Oh?" Zhang Junyan was a little unconvinced: "Is there something I didn't think of?"

"Everyone!" Wang Wenzuo did not answer directly: "What do you think is the greatest wealth here?"

Disputes erupted immediately. Some said it was gold and silver, some said it was gems, others said it was pearls, mink fur, and so on. Finally, all eyes were on Wang Wenzuo.Wang Wenzuo smiled and gave his own answer: "It is the land, where there is land, there is wealth, and land is the mother of all wealth!"

"Sanlang is right!" Zhang Junyan was a little unconvinced: "But we will leave here sooner or later, and we can't take the land away. What does this have to do with us?"

"The Beijing officials are in Chang'an, does it prevent them from having farms in Hedong, Hebei, and Jianghuai?"

"Yes, but Hedong, Hebei, and Jianghuai are all under the rule of the Tang Dynasty—" Zhang Junyan just realized that Baekje is also the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion of the Tang Dynasty, and he couldn't help being speechless.

"I know you guys think that the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion is still different from the mainland of the Tang Dynasty. I know this too, but it's a matter of human effort!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "Now I will tell you my method, you guys listen and see if it works. no!"

(End of this chapter)