After agreeing on the plan for Yingcheng, Ying Zheng became more interested and took Lu Buwei, Changping Jun, and Li Xin to Jing Kiln.
Ying Zheng also ordered Zhao Gao to notify Li Si, Meng Wu, Wang Jian and other important ministers to go together. Even Sima Hong and his son were summoned, and special people were sent to pick up the respected Ning Gong and Shang Lao.
Li Xin and others didn't know why such a big battle was needed.
Because Ying Zheng decided to make the secret of "my weapon" public to the world.
After all, Lu Buwei had already become suspicious, and it would be even more unclear if he continued to hide it. Moreover, "my weapon" was a magic weapon destined to become famous all over the world. It was originally intended to use its prestige to frighten the enemy. Therefore, the greater the momentum, the stronger the deterrent effect.
Not only should it not be concealed, but it should also be touted.
When they arrived at Jing Kiln, Jing Fan had already led a group of people waiting in front of the gate.
"Welcome Your Majesty, Mr. Lu Xiangbang, and Mr. Changping." Everyone bowed in unison, in unison, as if they were well prepared.
"Without courtesy." Ying Zheng raised his hand and said, "Today, I specially invite important officials of the court to come and observe the results of Jing Kiln. Leader Jing, you will have to worry about it for a while."
Jing Fan cupped his hands and turned sideways to get out of the way: "Your Majesty, please."
Ying Zheng and others entered the gate and sat down to rest, chatting with Jing Fan while waiting for other courtiers.
"Unexpectedly, these craftsmen sent by the old minister to the king actually played a big role." Lu Buwei said with a smile.
"Yes, if it weren't for Father Zhong's generous donation, how could I have obtained these blessings?" Ying Zheng said.
"Your Majesty, what kind of fortune is this?" Li Xin wanted to ask on the way here and said curiously.
Ying Zheng nodded at Li Xin and said with a smile: "You, I knew you would be curious."
After that, Ying Zheng ordered Jing Fan to send someone to get some things.
"This place is called Jingyao. It is a place where new weapons, ordnance and equipment are developed for the common people." Ying Zheng explained, "Now that you are back, it is just an eye-opener for you. You must know that there are many important ministers in the court. People don’t know this place, but now I want to build a group of magic weapons to make it famous all over the world.”
"Magic weapon?" Li Xin's eyes widened, "What magic weapon? Is it powerful?"
Seeing Li Xin's expression, Lu Buwei and Changping Jun couldn't help laughing.
"You, it's true that you love your sword as much as your life." Ying Zheng said with a smile, "She looks so much like Princess Hu Yu."
Mr. Changping was actually very curious, but after all, he was old and experienced, so he was stable. However, he still saw a few craftsmen walking over carrying several boxes: "They are back."
Li Xin stood up, stepped forward to help put down the boxes, and opened one of them.
Several exquisite flying crossbows were displayed in front of him. Li Si grabbed one in his hand and looked at it carefully.
"Your Majesty, this crossbow is very exquisitely made. It must have better range and accuracy than those used in the army." Li Xin said while fiddling with the flying crossbow.
"You're pretty good at it." Ying Zheng said, "Let's wait until everyone is here. You can take one and try it at the shooting range outside."
"Okay." Before he finished speaking, Li Xin grabbed a handful of crossbow arrows and quickly walked out the door.
Lu Buwei smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Still that impatient."
"Let's go out and play with Li Xin so we don't have to wait." Ying Zheng said.
"Okay." Lu Buwei and Lord Changping said at the same time.
The open space where the flying crossbow was once tested has been transformed into a professional shooting range by Meng Tian. The place is spacious and it is no problem to practice riding and shooting.
Li Xin tested the wind direction, aimed at the bull's eye, and fired three crossbow arrows in succession. One of them hit the bull's eye, and the other two were slightly off.
Li Xin changed to another longbow and was ready to compare.
At a distance of twenty feet, there was no need to draw the bow to full length. Li Xin used a little force and aimed at the bullseye.
But just as Li Xin shot the arrow, he heard a shout from not far away: "Li...Xin!"
Li Xin's hand shook, and the arrow's feathers were deflected. Not to mention the bull's-eye, it was still some distance away from the edge of the target.
The sound of horse hooves gradually followed the sound of shouting. Three horses were approaching from far away. Sitting on the horse were none other than Meng Wu and his son. The one calling Li Xin was none other than Meng Tian.
"Meng Tian." Li Xin put down the long bow in his hand and ran towards Meng Tian.
Among their peers, Li Xin and Meng Tian have the best relationship. They grew up together and even
Accompanying Ying Zheng to study and practice martial arts, the relationship between their parents is also very good.
Meng Tian jumped off the horse, stepped forward and hugged Li Xin's shoulders, saying happily: "Good brothers, I haven't seen each other for a year."
"Yes." Li Xin said happily, "It seems that you are strong again."
Li Xin punched Meng Tian in the heart, and the two laughed.
Meng Wu and Meng Yi also dismounted.
"Uncle Meng, Meng Yi." Li Xin saluted.
"You have grown stronger too." Meng Wu watched Li Xin grow up and loved it very much.
"Brother Li, long time no see." Meng Yi also has a good relationship with Li Xin.
Ying Zheng and Li Si also followed, and the Meng family father and son greeted Ying Zheng.
"Meng Tian, just now you shouted loudly, causing me to shoot the arrow crookedly. This does not prove that this new type of flying crossbow is better than the long bow." Li Xin joked.
"Hahaha, let's compete again." Meng Tian said with a smile.
"Let's go." Li Xin said.
Back at the shooting range, Meng Tian and Li Xin stood fifty feet away from the target. Meng Yi also came to join in the fun, and the three of them started competing.
"Meng Tian, I feel that the accuracy of this flying crossbow has been improved, but I don't see how it is better than the long bow." Li Xin said after shooting an arrow.
While Li Xin was speaking, Meng Tian had already shot two arrows with his flying crossbow.
"That's because your contact time is too short." Meng Tian said, "You will know after a while."
"Oh?" Li Xin shot another arrow with some confusion.
The three brothers competed in archery and chatted while important officials from the court arrived one after another.
Meng Tian always used a flying crossbow and was still chatting and laughing. Li Xin used a long bow. There were beads of sweat on his forehead and the bow was not fully drawn.
Meng Tian stopped, handed Li Xin a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "Wipe your sweat."
Li Xin took the hand towel, wiped his sweat, and said, "So, that's what you want to explain."
"Haha, not bad." Meng Tian said, "I have been using the flying crossbow, and you have been using the longbow, but over time, the difference in physical strength has become apparent. It requires a lot of arm strength to fully draw the bow. , and when physical strength decreases, the range and intensity will also decrease."
Li Xin said with some awareness: "But the flying crossbow can't do it, because it doesn't require much arm strength and can always maintain high accuracy and strength."
Lu Buwei, Meng Wu, Wang Jian and others who were watching the battle heard the conversation between the two and kept nodding.
Meng Tian added: "That's not all. We are still shooting on foot. If we are shooting on horseback, the difference will be even greater."
"Why?" Li Xin asked.
Lu Buwei also asked curiously: "Yes, why?"
Meng Tian cupped his hands and said: "Back to Lu Xiangbang, as we all know, the arrows shot by longbows are thrown, and the arrows shot by flying crossbows are straight lines. When the cavalry of both sides fight, the longbows fight from above, and the target is people, but most of the cavalry have shields. Protection, it’s not easy to get hurt.”
"That's right." Meng Yi also put down the flying crossbow in his hand and added, "However, the flying crossbow shoots flatly. The target is larger horses, and horses have no shields for defense. If the horses are lost, the cavalry can still Call it cavalry?”
In other words, who said you have to hit people to fight cavalry?
"Haha, wonderful, wonderful." Lu Buwei said with great joy, "I didn't expect that this flying crossbow has such wonderful features."
Ying Zheng was also overjoyed: "I am the only one who knows the secret of this. It seems that the Meng family brothers have put a lot of thought into the research on flying crossbows."
Meng Tian and Meng Yi cupped their hands and said, "The king has given me a reward."
Lord Changping said: "I don't know when it will be effective on the battlefield. It must be just a practice, but the power will still be different."
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "There will be a chance."
At this time, Ning Gong and Shang Lao's sedan chairs also arrived, and the important people were basically there.
Ying Zheng came out, stood in front of the ministers, and said loudly: "Today, I summoned all the ministers to come because I have something to announce. Previously, I got a treasure by chance, and this treasure is the beginning of Zhou Dynasty. The key to King Wu’s Mausoleum, I used this key to enter King Wu’s Mausoleum and found several rare treasures.”
The ministers were in an uproar.
Ying Zheng waved his hand to signal the ministers to quiet down, and then said: "The flying crossbow that everyone saw just now,
That's one of the discoveries. Several other discoveries include seeds that can increase yields, paint that can be used to make porcelain, and a map that records peerless magic weapons. "
"It turns out that the flying crossbow was found in the tomb of King Wu."
"After all these years, can we still grow food like that?"
"I have seen that porcelain, it is indeed exquisite."
"I wonder what that peerless magic weapon looks like."
All the ministers talked about everything.
Ying Zheng waved his hand again and said: "As for the flying crossbow, the Meng family brothers just explained the advantages. Those seeds have also sprouted. I also ordered Jing Kiln to prepare a lot of exquisite porcelain. When the ministers go back, you can Pick some, as for the magic weapons, that is also the focus this time, you see."
As soon as Ying Zheng finished speaking, he saw Jing Fan walking out with "my weapon" in his hand.
"Is this the magic weapon?" Lu Buwei opened his eyes wide and watched carefully.
"How weird."
"It looks a little heavy."
"It seems to be just a shield."
The ministers began to discuss again, and there were many people talking.
Ying Zheng cleared his throat and said, "About this 'my weapon', I brought it back not long ago, so I haven't studied it thoroughly yet, but today, I might as well give it a try."
Zhao Gao stood up from behind and said loudly: "The king ordered some death row prisoners to be summoned and ordered to compete with the soldiers holding the magic weapon. In this way, the power of the magic weapon can be demonstrated by fighting to the death."
"Yes, if you click it all the way, it will not fully reflect the power of this weapon." Wang Jian said.
"Then let's get started." Ying Zheng said, "Zhao Gao goes to find a sergeant."
"It's better for Wei Chen to come." Li Xin has been staring at "my weapon" for a long time, how could he miss this opportunity.
"Okay, then it's up to you to use the magic weapon to fight against the death row prisoners. You must be careful." Ying Zheng said.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Xin stepped forward and took "my weapon", looked at it over and over again, and then started dancing.
Zhao Gao brought five death row prisoners, holding different weapons.
"Whoever among you can defeat this military master will be forgiven of his crimes, do you understand?"
"Understood." Several death row prisoners clenched the weapons in their hands.
Li Xin also became familiar with the "my weapon" in his hand, pointed his finger at one of the death row prisoners and said, "Come here."
"Look at the knife." The death row prisoner shouted and came to kill with the knife. Judging from his posture, he was a master of using the knife.
Li Xin swayed, used "my weapon" to deflect the blade, flipped his wrist, and used the shield blade to cut across. Although the death row prisoner had good skills, he was too slow to dodge. He received a cut on his chest and fell to the ground.
In just one round, the power of the divine weapon appears.
Zhao Gao signaled that the death row prisoner should be carried down for treatment.
Li Xin lowered his head and looked at the "my weapon" in his hand, and was quite surprised.
Seeing this scene, the other four death row prisoners unconsciously took a step back.
With a smile on his face, Li Xin pointed forward and said, "You guys, come on together."
Several prisoners on death row looked at each other. Under the collision of their eyes fighting for freedom, it seemed that several of them had strengthened their confidence and each came to attack with their weapons.
Li Xin did not dare to be careless and put on the defensive, using defense as offense.
Li Xin was already very skilled in martial arts, and now that he had the magic weapon in hand, he was even more at home. At first, he only defended but did not attack, but after a few moves, he waited for an opportunity to counterattack.
Several death row inmates didn't have much cooperation, so it was easy to defeat them one by one. Within a few breaths, they all fell to the ground.
"Sure enough!" Lu Buwei clapped his hands and said loudly.
"Not bad, not bad." Ning Gong smiled.
"It's not easy for a young hero to be paired with a peerless weapon." Mr. Shang also sighed with emotion.
Ying Zheng also said with a smile: "My lords, the name of this magical weapon is 'Wo Qi'. According to legend, it was created by the Yellow Emperor. And on the map recording this magical weapon, there is a sentence, It’s like ‘I am the only divine weapon in the world’.”
Li Xin looked at the "my weapon" in his hand and thought that it was time to show off his reputation, so he raised it above his head and said loudly: "I am the only one who is the most powerful weapon in the world."
"I am the only divine weapon in the world!" The surrounding Meng family troops shouted in unison.
This effect has exceeded expectations.
