The little cutie recovered from her daze and curiously picked up the book that her father had placed on the table.
"The essence of weapons."
The cute little girl opened her red lips slightly and read out softly the four large characters written in regular script with sharp strokes on the book.
Looking at the book that contained nothing but four big characters, not even the name of the author, the little cutie looked up at her father, whose face was a little sad, as if his flesh had been cut.
"Dad, what is this?"
"You'll know after you open it and take a look. Pick a weapon you like and Daddy will have it made for you."
The Queen saw the four big characters on the book from a distance. At first she was a little confused as to what they meant. Until her daughter asked the question and Young Master Liu answered, a light flashed in her mind and she immediately realized what it meant. With a strong look of surprise, he walked quickly towards the little cutie.
"Yue'er, mother will choose with you and help you with your advice."
The little cutie looked at the queen with confusion and nodded blankly: "Okay, mother, please help Yue'er with her advice."
Liu Mingzhi seemed to understand something when he saw the Queen. In name, he wanted to help the little cutie choose the gift he wanted to give her, but in fact, he was interested in the details of the weapons in the book.
However, Liu Mingzhi did not speak to stop the queen. Instead, he walked to the stove, pulled out the plug on the side and started to boil tea.
This weapon essence describes the types of weapons, and the requirements for steel, iron, and weapon embryos are extremely strict.
It would take a lot of effort to build even Dalong's general, and it could only be produced in small batches, so large-scale equipment was out of the question.
Not to mention the soldiers and supervisors of the Jin Kingdom.
Even though the Queen has outstanding talent and can remember the specifications of all the weapons in this book with a photographic memory, it is still of no use.
Jin Guobing's smelting level simply did not meet the standards for manufacturing weapons.
Even if some skilled craftsmen gathered together to create one of these weapons, it would not be of much use on the battlefield.
On the battlefield, thousands of troops cannot be controlled by a powerful weapon.
If they are forcibly built, it will only be superficial, and the true strength of these weapons will not be brought out at all.
When the weapon goes wrong, not only will the combat effectiveness not be improved, but the problem will cause the weapon to be in a hurry. At least it will delay the fighting opportunity, and at worst, the body will be dead and the soul will be wiped out, and blood will be spilled on the battlefield.
Liu Mingzhi was making tea as if nothing had happened, while the Queen and her daughter were sitting on chairs and solemnly opened the cover of the book.
The Queen forcibly suppressed her excitement. Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was rare.
What he and all the civil and military officials of the Kingdom of Jin dream of? He is heartless but has no defense against his daughter.
For a moment, the Queen didn't know how to evaluate Liu Mingzhi.
You say he is a good man and a good father, but he has led troops to conquer the Kingdom of Jin several times. Do you say he is a heartless person? But in this patriarchal era, he loves his daughter more than all his children. Not much different.
At least if other children dare to secretly use things like Lei Zhenzi to fry fish? A meal of fried meat with bamboo shoots is indispensable.
Apart from anything else, the Queen has seen with her own eyes her daughter's status as the little overlord in the Liu Mansion.
Therefore, the queen didn't know how to evaluate Liu Mingzhi, a man she couldn't figure out.
She thought she already knew him very well? But slowly the queen discovered that she had never really understood this man.
When he is a rogue, he makes people gnash his teeth and his heart aches. When he is serious, he makes people look at him with suspicion. When he is ignorant of truth and truth, when he is calm and decisive, he is ruthless.
The Queen never understood how one person could have so many personalities.
When it comes to affection, some gestures make people blush and feel hot, but they can't help but fall into them; when they are unkind, they want to tear them into pieces.
The queen came to her senses from the inner discussion and concentrated on the book with all her heart.
"Mother? What is this? It looks like an artillery piece? But it doesn't look like an artillery piece."
The queen took a closer look. Her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and she also showed a confused look.
She was certain that the weapon on the pattern was a type of artillery, but the style of this artillery puzzled the Queen.
In the Queen's opinion, the type of artillery should be a bare barrel with no other cumbersome things.
And the larger the barrel, the greater the power.
The Queen thought well. So far, whether it is Dalong or the artillery forged by the Kingdom of Jin, it is indeed what the Queen thought.
However, the artillery shown on the book page not only has a much smaller and slender barrel, but also has two wheels like a carriage mounted under the barrel.
What kind of artillery is this?
Although the Queen is not famous, it cannot stop her understanding of Young Master Liu.
She knew that no one without conscience would keep an inexplicable weapon so carefully.
Blocking the little cutie's attempt to turn the page, the Queen silently observed the appearance of the cannon on the page, about to engrave it in her mind.
Liu Mingzhi glanced at the Queen's movements, shook his head helplessly and continued to fiddle with the briquettes in the stove.
Even if the skilled craftsmen of Donghai led by Han Zhong had to rack their brains to forge a weapon as powerful as an infantry cannon, what's the use of just having it engraved in your mind.
This thing was saved by Young Master Liu to prepare for his future campaign in the West.
There is no plan to produce it in large quantities at a high cost.
After all, if you want to mass-produce infantry cannons, one person's help is indispensable. It is not impossible to just rely on yourself and the people in Donghai to forcibly cast them, but the cost is too high.
And the quality may not be guaranteed.
And this person is none other than Wanyan Feixiong.
This guy can make the first-generation train, so casting an infantry cannon is naturally not a difficult task.
It was a thick book containing the essence of weapons. The pictures on the first twenty pages were all artillery pieces that were incomprehensible to the Queen.
She wanted to write them all down, but the more she read, the more confused she became. Many types of artillery overlapped involuntarily. Her mind was confused like a ball of mush.
Behind the artillery are various types of muskets.
The Queen had never seen the power of firecrackers, but she also learned from Wanyan Chiazha's battle report that this weapon was much more powerful than bows and arrows.
But seeing that there was only a simple pattern, the Queen really couldn't figure out how these firecrackers could explode with such power.
With the image of the gun roughly imprinted in her mind, the Queen controlled the speed at which her daughter browsed and continued to read.
The strange bed crossbows, bow crossbows, and hand crossbows made the queen look at them with suspicion.
The variety of swords, guns, swords and halberds dazzled the Queen.
The images on each page describe the power of these weapons. The descriptions of the power of the weapons in the text made the Queen's heart skip a beat.
It was even more chaotic than that night when he and Young Master Liu had sex with Liu Mingzhi in the bridal chamber of Luoyue Valley in the Kingdom of Jin.
But how to make it and what the requirements for the manufacturing process are are not mentioned at all.
The Queen gritted her silver teeth as she looked at the page after page of weapon designs that made her envious.
He glanced back at Young Master Liu who was sitting there making tea and pouring himself a drink. There was a deep resentment in his bright eyes.
It was this heartless person who made him unable to get up and down, which was even more uncomfortable than the sudden stop during sex.
My heart felt itchy as if it were a cat's paw.
Liu Mingzhi noticed the empress' resentful eyes, turned around and shrugged helplessly at the empress.
He knew the Queen would react this way, but the Queen had truly wronged him.
For some weapons, he had to spend a lot of money to test them step by step before he could get the perfect finished product.
I really think the time traveler is an omnipotent god.
If he knew everything, how could he invest five million taels of silver in casting the first batch of cannons?
Nearly half of the weapons drawn in this Weapon Essentials had to go through countless trials before they were finally finished.
He could draw it only based on the records in various documents.
Records are not meant to be perfect data.
The Queen looked at Young Master Liu helplessly shrugging his shoulders, gave Young Master Liu a sharp look with bright eyes, and continued to read the patterns on the pages with her cheeks slightly bulging.
But the Queen was thinking about how she would consume Young Master Liu's hard work at night.
"Dad, why do some designs have a red circle outlined with ink pen, while others don't?"
"My good daughter, what is outlined with the ink brush means that dad can help you build it with some effort. If it is not drawn in the ink brush, you can just ignore it. There is nothing you can do about it if you choose dad."
"Oh! Yue'er understands."
"Dad, can Yue'er want this weird hand crossbow?"
"Come on, let daddy see which one?"
The queen originally wanted to stop it and let the little cutie pick out a powerful cannon that she saw.
But then I thought about Mr. Liu's consistent style and gave up the idea?
Since he dares to let himself see it, he must not be afraid of ordering soldiers to create and imitate it.
Or maybe you can't imitate it yourself.
After careful consideration, the Queen decided that it would be better for her daughter to choose a weapon that could be used for self-defense.
Young Master Liu put down his tea cup and walked towards the mother and daughter.
She was about to take the book and take a look at the self-defense weapons her daughter had chosen, but she failed to take the essence of the weapons out of the Queen's hands several times.
Seeing the empress's lingering look, unwilling to let go, Mr. Liu turned slightly to block the little cutie's sight, and touched the empress' indescribable position a few times with his fingers.
The Queen snorted, hurriedly covered her lips, glared at Young Master Liu with shame and anger, and returned the book in her hand to Young Master Liu.
Young Master Liu took the book and looked at the weapon chosen by the little cutie, and murmured softly.
"Interceptor Hand Crossbow."
This thing is also famous in later generations. It is said that it can break the bones of elephants at a distance of 150 meters.
Naturally, Han Zhong and the others couldn't produce such great power at their level, but there was no problem in shooting a few people from a hundred meters away.
He did not doubt the craftsmanship of Han Zhong and the craftsmen, but he doubted whether the steel could meet the standards.
Fortunately, it is just a carefully built one, rather than being used for mass production, so the problem should not be too big.
Young Master Liu did not put the book directly back to its original place, but put it into his arms in front of the Queen and looked at the little cutie with a smile.
"My dear daughter, let's go to the backyard and forge weapons for you."
The Queen looked at the book that Young Master Liu had put up, and then raised her lotus feet to give Young Master Liu a kick.
Liu Da groaned, took the little cutie to a position that was more secret than the Queen's indescribable position, and pulled his daughter towards the door as if running for his life.
The Queen couldn't help but squeal, her cheeks were hot, and her bright eyes were so charming that they seemed to drip with water.
If he really complied with those words, thanks to the presence of an outsider like Little Cutie, otherwise the two of them would have definitely gotten into a fight on the spot.
The queen gave Young Master Liu a charming look and followed him without hesitation.
Maybe this time I can take advantage of my daughter and get a glimpse of the secrets of Liu Mansion's backyard.
