wild trail

Chapter 403 Technology Sharing

After adjusting the angle of the ballista, it aimed at a small mound 20 meters ahead.

Everything is ready, the captain nodded and said: "Let's start!"

The team member operating the ballista raised the wooden hammer and slammed it down hard.

There was a slight tremor of "嗡!", and the crossbow string stretched instantly, and the crossbow arrow was ejected at an extremely fast speed.

In the blink of an eye, in front of the crossbow arrows, the mound of soil was as fragile as tofu, and the crossbow arrows of more than one meter were fully inserted into it.

Seeing this result, the natives all opened their mouths in surprise, looking in disbelief.

"This... is amazing, it's amazing!" Zhou Yan swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said excitedly.

The captain smiled and said: "The effect seems to be pretty good. It should be enough to deal with that monster. The power can only be said to be very average. Our ability is still not as good as those real craftsmen in Xia Kingdom."

"Is this just normal?" Zhou Yan said in disbelief.

The captain nodded and said: "It's really ordinary. The killing distance of this thing can be a little longer than it is now. This distance can also be effective against fools without wisdom. If I had known that the weapon with the longest range in the Xia Kingdom could shoot from Here, knock down the mountain on the opposite side."

As he spoke, he pointed to a small mountain road in front of him.

Zhou Yan looked at Zuo Xiaoshan, twitched the corner of his mouth, and said, "Is there really such a powerful weapon in this world?"

"Of course, this thing is a national weapon of the Xia Kingdom. It is impossible for ordinary people to see it. Only soldiers can operate it. We have only seen it from a distance. If there is such a thing, it only takes five or six doors to kill those monsters. It was beaten into a meat paste from a distance."

"Xia, it's really powerful!" Zhou Yan sighed again.

Showing a sense of presence in front of these natives made everyone feel extremely proud. As a member of the Xia Kingdom, the strength of the country made them proud.

Zhou Yan walked to the ballista and carefully looked at this extremely simple weapon. It was hard to imagine that just assembling the wood together could produce such a great power.

"Xia Ren, we have this thing, can the monster kill it?"

Zhou Yan asked.

"Not yet, this thing is very slow to operate, and the shooting is not accurate. It is useless if the number is too small. If you can't kill those monsters at once, the monsters can easily rush over at such a short distance, so we are too dangerous It is." The captain explained.

"How much do you need?" Zhou Yan asked.

"At least [-]. When the monsters are nearby, attack them in two parts. The first round of attack must not kill all the monsters. After the first round of attacks, the second round of ambushes will immediately attack those monsters. For those who survived, I believe that after two rounds of attacks, those monsters will be able to cause a lot of casualties, and then we only need to organize warriors and immediately wipe out the remaining monsters with weapons."

"Monster, can you come together? The monsters are scattered, and we can't ambush them." Zhou Yan asked.

The captain nodded and said: "I'm also worried about this. If you want to complete this plan, someone must lure those monsters to the ambush location. This task is very dangerous. If you are not careful, you will lose your life. If you don't If people do this, even if they have weapons, it’s useless.”

Hearing this, Zhou Yan patted his chest confidently and said: "There is Yanbu, warrior, don't be afraid, I will lead the monster to lead the warrior."

"This may cost you your life, aren't you afraid?" the captain asked.

"Warrior, don't be afraid, it's for the clan." Zhou Yan said in a deep voice.

Looking at the resolute face of the young man in front of him, the people on the other side suddenly respected him.

"You are the patriarch of the Yan tribe, you are a true warrior!" the captain said solemnly.

Zhou Yan chuckled, and readily accepted Xia Ren's compliment.

"Boss Zhou, it's not easy to make this crossbow. It's not easy to make [-] crossbows. It can't be done in a short time with the strength of the few of us. If possible, I hope you can arrange it from the tribe. Some people come out and make bed crossbows with us."

At this time, Zhou Yan showed a look of embarrassment.

"What's the trouble with Chief Zhou?" the captain asked.

"Men hunt, women gather, and make cooked food. People come to make this thing. It's not enough. Arrange people to eat." Zhou Yan said slowly.

Hearing this, the captain frowned and thought about it. Zhou Yan was right. Although there were hundreds of people in this small primitive tribe, which seemed to be quite large, it had not developed agriculture, and there was not much leftover food to support some people. Make off-the-shelf Ballista.

After being silent for a while, the captain said: "Boss Zhou, if you teach the rest of the tribes how to make this thing, let each tribe assign a part of their hands to make it, and each tribe can only make one, what do you think?"

Zhou Nan frowned. To be honest, he didn't want to share such a good thing with other tribes. If only he mastered the technology of this weapon, then his tribe might be able to dominate this area in the future.

Looking at the ballista, then at Zhou Yu and others, he sighed. Although this weapon is very attractive, judging from the performance of these Xia people, they don't care about it at all. The terrible Xia Kingdom has arrived here, what's the use of developing the tribe no matter how powerful it is, is it possible that it can still fight against the Xia Kingdom.

Zhou Yu couldn't help but shudder when he hit the weapon on the opposite mountain. Under the threat of this weapon, his tribe was basically no different from a baby.

Xia Guo, whom he had never seen before, was an incomparably huge giant in his heart, which made him unable to resist at all.

"Okay, I'll arrange this matter. After a while, the leaders of those tribes, come here, Ballista, talk to these people!" Zhou Yu said with some reluctance.

The captain seemed to see what was going on in Zhou Yan's mind, and smiled and said, "Patriarch Zhou, this kind of powerful ballista is of no value, Xia Kingdom will expand here in the near future, if you really think about the people, just think Find a way to integrate your people into Xia Guo as soon as possible, and the rewards Xia Guo will give you will exceed your imagination."

Zhou Yan nodded and said, "I see, thank you for your kindness."

Five days later, the Youyan Department became lively, and the leaders of the surrounding small tribes arrived in the Youyan Department one after another. After hearing about the Xia people, these ignorant savages were very surprised.

Xiaren's beautiful clothes and other weird things dazzled them, and some even showed greed in their eyes.

But after learning about the situation of Xia Guo in detail, these people were immediately too frightened to have any greed. The reason for changing their minds was not only the legendary powerful Xia Guo, but also the attitude of the Ministry of Salt.

Anyone could see that Zhou Yan valued these people very much. If he attacked them, he would obviously turn against the Yanbu. With the strength of the Yanbu, it would be easy to destroy any of their tribes.

Looking at the indigenous leaders sitting around obediently, the team members carefully observed the situation of these people.

But after looking at them for a while, there was nothing special about them except that they all looked like they had never bathed in their entire lives. Some of them looked like idiots, which allowed the team members to have a rough judgment on the strength of these tribes.

As the landlord, Zhou Yan got up and said: "I asked you to come here today. I think you also know the purpose. The holy land is occupied by those monsters. Not only are there no places for us to trade with each other, but you should also find out During this period of time, those monsters showed signs of moving outward, and my people also found some small monsters. Obviously, this thing is expanding its number. If the monsters continue to develop like this, our current living place will not It's safe."

"The leader of the Yan Department, the people you sent told us that these Xia people from the west have made a new weapon that can kill those monsters. Is this true?" someone asked.

Zhou Yan nodded and said: "Of course it is true, leaders, follow me!"

As he spoke, he walked in the direction of the ballista.

Looking at the big guy in front of them, the savage leaders just watched the excitement, and couldn't see what was so good about it.

"Is this the thing? Although this thing looks very suspicious, it's just a pile of strangely shaped logs. Can this also kill the monster, and this thing is so big, how can a warrior fight with it?" asked the solution.

Zhou Yu smiled, looked at the team members, and explained: "Xia people, the leaders want to see the power of the bed crossbow."

The captain nodded and said: "Zhou Yu, Li Qiang, Li Gaoshan, Zhao Lantian, you guys give them a demonstration!"

Several team members nodded, got up and walked slowly towards the ballista.

The indigenous leaders consciously let them see a road, and stared at Zhou Yu and the others intently.

Under the gaze of so many people, Zhou Yu seemed a little nervous, and his palms were covered with sweat.

After some operations, the crossbow arrow successfully completed a perfect shot.

The result of the test firing immediately made the crowd boil, and their reaction was far more exaggerated than when Zhou Yan saw it for the first time.

With such a great power, it is more than enough to kill a monster, even if it is used to kill those rough-skinned and thick-skinned guys in the jungle, it is more than enough to rub.

The leaders looked at Zhou Yan full of envy, jealousy and hatred, all kinds of complicated emotions.

With such a powerful weapon, the Youyan Ministry can be said to leave the rest of the tribes far behind, and the gap in strength will become wider and wider.

When they were worried, Zhou Yan said something that shocked them.

"Leaders, this thing is called a bed crossbow. It is a weapon brought by the Xia people from the west. The Xia people are very friendly and willing to help us. I also agreed to their request. The method of making this bed crossbow will be shared with you. You have learned how to make a bed crossbow, as long as your tribe makes one, with so many of us, and with the help of the bed crossbow, those monsters will die in our hands."

As soon as the words fell, the crowd began to discuss in a hurry. They didn't believe their ears at all. They thought that the Ministry of Salt was just borrowing their hands to deal with those monsters. They didn't expect them to be willing to share this technology. It was somewhat beyond their expectations.

"There is the leader of the Salt Department, is what you said true?" Someone asked.

Zhou Yan nodded and said, "Of course it is true. I, Zhou Yan, know better than you. If I say something, I will definitely do it."

With Zhou Yan's words, the leaders were relieved a lot.

They fantasized that if their own tribe mastered this weapon, the strength of the tribe would definitely be greatly improved.

After discussing chaotically for a while, these people agreed to Zhou Yan's suggestion, and the next step was for the Xia Kingdom Expedition Team to explain the production process of the ballista to them.

The blueprint of the ballista was drawn on the animal skin by Zhou Yu and the others. Under Zhou Yan's translation, the team members explained each part of the ballista in detail.

The natives who had seen the power of the ballista listened very seriously.

In the next few days, the expedition team answered various questions from these people, and they even met these people with measuring tools.

Since they don't have metal tools, it is very difficult to make ballistas by looking at stones. Even if they have measuring tools, the things they make should be extremely ugly as you can imagine.

But as long as there is no deviation in the key parts of the ballista, it should not affect the use. Although the production process will be extremely slow, but if we share the task with them, it is still possible to make twenty bed crossbows within half a year. .

After receiving nearly a week of training in the Ministry of Salt, these people returned to their respective tribes with blueprints. The weapons design drawings written in their hands were an incomparably huge wealth for them.

Watching these people leave, Zhou Yan frowned and sat on a fallen tree trunk.

He was still very reluctant to give up such a crucial technology.

The captain walked to Zhou Yan's side, found a more comfortable place to sit down, and said, "Are you still thinking about the bed crossbow?"

Zhou Yan raised his head, looked at the captain, nodded and said: "The bed crossbow is very powerful, share it with them, the Yanbu cannot be strong."

The captain smiled and said: "To be honest, the bed crossbow is not as useful as you think, and its real value is not as good as bows and arrows."

Zhou Yan asked puzzledly: "Bows and arrows are not powerful, they can only kill birds, they cannot pierce animal skins."

"I've seen your bows and arrows before. They are too simple. Xia Guo's bows and arrows can shoot very far, but I don't know the specific production method. These are all technologies that the imperial court prohibits from being distributed to the people."

"Is Xia Guo's bow and arrow very powerful?"

"Very powerful. A good archer can shoot through a man's chest."

"You are really lucky to be born in Xia Kingdom!" Zhou Yan said enviously.

But the captain shook his head and said, "I was not born in Xia Guo."

Zhou Nan looked at him in surprise, and said, "Isn't he born in Xia Kingdom?"

"When I was very young, my tribe was not as strong as yours. I didn't even have a bow and arrow. It can be said that I didn't even know how to make a fire. I joined the Xia Kingdom later. You are right. I am luckier than you. Joining Xia Guo let me get rid of ignorance and know what is human life." The captain looked at the west and said with emotion.

(End of this chapter)