"They are also in Xining." Xu Te nodded and said to Song Yu.
Songyu's face was full of expectations: "Ben Zamp wants to meet the two of them."
Pu Da and Hu Liang never expected that Zan Pu would meet them in person.
You know, in the past, they did business through their aide Li Yang, and they never met Zamp in person.
There is nothing else, because they are businessmen at the lowest level of society, scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, ranked last.
"Thank you Master Yun." After hearing Yun Shuchen's announcement, Pu Da and Hu Liang bowed respectfully to Yun Shuchen.
Without Zhaojiazhuang, the two of them would always be the lowest-level businessmen.
It's different now. They still have another identity, that is, they are ministers of the Kingdom of Israel.
Although this kingdom is small, it is still a country.
The two people's gratitude to Yun Shuchen came entirely from the heart, which caused a qualitative leap in their identities and hearts.
Yun Shuchen returned the courtesy and smiled slightly: "You don't have to belittle yourselves. After all, you are also the minister of the kingdom. It is natural to meet Zanpu."
"I'm telling Master Yun that I also want to meet Zanpu. I wonder if that's okay?" Meng Lang quit his job. He was also a minister, so why didn't he have a share as minister of the Ministry of War?
Yun Shuchen looked him over, which made Meng Lang feel a little embarrassed. After all, this meant praise, not Yun Shuchen's.
Yun Shuchen nodded and smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter, we'll introduce them together."
"Thank you Master Yun." Meng Lang bowed deeply to Yun Shuchen, expressing his inner gratitude.
Meng Lang had met Tubo people before, but it was as a businessman.
Businessmen have the lowest status, and it is impossible to meet officials. At most, they can meet their staff and the like.
It was different now. He was a minister, and he was meeting Zampu, the king of a country. The excitement and excitement were indescribable.
Under the leadership of Yun Shuchen, the three of them came to Song Yu's bed in panic.
"Puda, the Minister of Household Affairs of the Kingdom of Israel, Hu Liang, the Minister of Commerce, and Meng Lang, the Minister of War, came to pay homage to Zanpu and wish Zanpu a speedy recovery." The three of them reported their names and positions and bowed to Zanpu together. A gift.
Song Yu couldn't help but was stunned. He originally only wanted to meet two businessmen, but now not only did three people come, but they also came to meet them as ministers of some kingdom.
Song Yu looked at Chen Hua in astonishment and asked, "Master Chen, aren't they businessmen? Why are they the ministers of the kingdom? What on earth is going on?"
"The three of them are indeed the three ministers of the Kingdom of Israel, a vassal state of Zhaojiazhuang." Chen Hua also found it funny. The three of them were businessmen, and they actually became ministers as businessmen. It was indeed a bit funny, but this was indeed a fact.
Songyu nodded, looked at the three of them, frowned, and turned to Chen Hua: "There is this thing called Yise, Yise? Ben Zamp's head was so dizzy that he didn't remember it for a moment."
The three people couldn't help but change their expressions. This statement was indeed hurtful and even insulting.
However, it was understandable to think that the other party was deeply poisoned. Thinking of this, the three of them felt relieved.
When Song Yu said this, he couldn't help but look at Chen Hua. He had never heard of this kingdom, let alone the poison of Datura. His brain was a little groggy and he couldn't remember it for a while.
"Songyu is the Kingdom of Israel, a kingdom in the far west." Chen Hua nodded and reminded.
"Kingdom of Israel, Kingdom of Israel, Ben Zamp remembers it." Songyu read a few sentences and nodded, "The soldiers and horses of the Minister of War of the Kingdom of Israel, how are their combat capabilities?"
Businessmen can do business, but this is a battlefield, not a shopping mall.
"On the way from Lanzhou to Xining, the caravan was robbed by two thousand horse bandits, and one thousand of them were horse archers." Chen Hua organized his words and recalled the situation, "These cavalry were almost killed by the caravan, and the kingdom's soldiers He also participated in the battle."
"Horse bandits, the horse bandits are all cavalry, and they are also archers, is it true?" Song Yu did not continue, but looked at Chen Hua with suspicion.
He was just suspicious because he was not at the scene after all.
More importantly, Babasi, the most influential lama in Tibet, has expressed his intention to surrender to the barbarians on behalf of the entire Tibet.
Although this is symbolic, it also proves that the strength of the Hu people cannot be underestimated.
Chen Hua nodded and looked at Song Yu with a meaningful look: "The general doesn't know whether they are barbarians, but they are indeed cavalry, and a thousand of them are indeed bow cavalry."
"Zhaojiazhuang defeated the Hu people twice. Zimei's strength. Do you believe that the Kingdom of Israel also has this strength?" Song Yu's eyes were filled with suspicion.
After all, he had fought against Chen Hua and knew the opponent's weapons and strength.
He had always been skeptical about this kingdom of Israel that he had never heard of.
After all, the Tubos also fought against the Hu people, and both sides had their own victories and defeats, but overall the Hu people still had the upper hand.
It was precisely because both sides had their own victories and defeats that the Hu people felt that the cost of occupying Tubo was too high, so they turned to the second option, as long as Tubo nominally recognized the Hu as its suzerainty.
But the Kingdom of Israel, a small kingdom that I had never heard of, actually had such strength, Song Yu couldn't believe it.
At this time, Hei Xuan stepped forward and bowed respectfully to Song Yu: "Tell Zamp, the cavalry of the Kingdom of Israel have a type of crossbow that can be fired very fast without any effort. The firing speed is as fast as that of a longbow." More than five times. The general guesses that the barbarian archers and cavalry were defeated by such crossbows."
"There is such a sharp weapon. Can I show it to Ben Zamp?" Song Yu looked at Chen Hua with expectation on his face.
Chen Hua nodded. This was actually a weapon that existed in the Han Dynasty, but was later lost.
The other party asked to see it. After all, this was Zhaojiazhuang's secret weapon. I wonder if it could be shown to the Tubo people?
Chen Hua couldn't help but look at Xu Te and saw Xu Te nodding.
It turned out that the little saint didn't prohibit it, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Zamp turned out to be just trying out, but he didn't expect that the other party actually agreed, so he couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
He immediately thought that as long as he could see the true face of this cross-armed Lushan, he would not believe that Tibetan craftsmen could not imitate it.
Chen Hua signaled to the soldier and asked him to take out the crossbow from the pocket of his war horse.
When Chen Hua brought the crossbow to his arm, Song Yu's eyes lit up and he stretched out his hand to take it.
His loyal doctor, Chanbu, immediately blocked the way with his right hand, bowed his hand, and patiently advised Songyu: "Zanpu's body has always been precious. Now he is deeply poisoned and his body has not recovered yet. It is best not to use force."
"Ben Zamp is not that weak yet. If you don't use such a delicate weapon yourself, it would be a regret in life." He glared at Chanbu and reached out to take the crossbow.
Unfortunately, during the process of picking it up, Song Yu's arm pulled at the wound and almost fell from his hand.
Lin Zhi hurriedly stepped forward to help, preventing Song Yu from making a fool of himself on the spot.
Songyu took it and looked at it carefully, stroking the crossbow in his arm.
It was made of lime wood and brushed with tung oil, making it gleaming.
While stroking it, Songyu said in admiration: "This is just a small bed crossbow, but it doesn't look like it. It uses a trigger instead of a wooden hammer. It seems to have a slot for arrows. Strange, what is this?"
Songyu asked, pointing to the thing that could be held with his hands.
"This is the handle. You can use it to hold the arm-opening crossbow with your right hand." Chen Hua said lightly.
Song Yu couldn't help being shocked, and asked in shock: "So, can this be fired with one hand?"
"Of course it can be fired with one hand, but the accuracy will be a little worse." Chen Hua replied lightly, his tone unknowingly filled with pride.
This is the groundbreaking invention of the Little Sage. Only Zhaojiazhuang's arm-opening crossbow has this function, but the previous Han crossbows did not have this function.
Song Yu carefully looked at the crossbow again, pointed to something with scales on it and asked, "What is this and what is it used for?"
"This is called a ruler, and it is used to help with aiming." Chen Hua continued to explain.
Song Yu couldn't help being surprised: "It means that not only can it be fired with one hand, but aiming is also very simple."
"Of course, ordinary archers have to train for several years to become a proficient expert, but this crossbow only takes half a month to become an expert." Chen Hua nodded and said an even more astonishing result.
"Ben Zamp finally understood that the cavalry of the Kingdom of Israel relied on this sharp weapon to defeat the barbarian horse archers." Songyu Zamp finally understood that the kingdom's cavalry, which had never fought before, was able to defeat the barbarian horse archers.
Chen Hua looked at Meng Lang and nodded: "Exactly, this crossbow played a key role."
Song Yu couldn't help but caress it repeatedly, as if it was the most beautiful woman's skin in the world. He couldn't put it down and admired it: "Only Zhaojiazhuang can make such an ingenious thing."
Not only did he look admired, but so did his Hei Xuan, Long Chen, Lin Zhi and others.
They were even more anxious. Zamp could still be touched by novices. They could only enjoy it with their eyes.
Hei Xuan and others stared at the crossbow, and were more concerned about how powerful it was and whether it could be demonstrated.
Perhaps in response to the ideas of Hei Xuan and others, Song Yu raised his arm and pulled the trigger.
With a step, it quickly flew towards the upper part of the wall.
Everyone couldn't help but look at the arrow. How effective was it?
The result was surprising, as most of it entered the wall.
You must know that this wall is not an earth wall, but a blue brick.
In other words, it can easily penetrate leather armor, and it is very possible to penetrate even thin iron armor.
Seeing how powerful the arm-opening crossbow was, Songyu immediately became more interested.
He looked at the arrow hole and couldn't believe his eyes.
It turned out that the arrow had automatically come from the arrow slot below to the bow hole at some point, and I couldn't help but be shocked.
Song Yu had no strength now, so he had to hand the arm-opening crossbow to Lin Zhi and motioned for him to hang up the crossbow and bow.
Lin Zhi had almost drooled at the sight, and couldn't help but be overjoyed when she heard that she was finally able to personally touch the crossbow of this barbarian bow-riding killer.
Under the envious looks of Hei Xuan and Long Chen, Lin Zhi opened the crossbow for the arrow, and then reluctantly handed it to Song Yu.
Song Yu's target this time was a stone pillar. He wanted to see how powerful this arm-opening crossbow was?
With a step, Song Yu pulled the trigger, and the crossbow arrow shot out like a meteor. It actually penetrated into the stone pillar. Although it shook a few times, it was still stable and did not fall.
The people in Zhaojiazhuang smiled, while Lin Zhi and others looked pale, as if their bodies had been shot by crossbow arrows.
No matter how strong they are, they are still flesh. Even if they wear a suit of willow leaf armor, it is just an extra layer of weak protection that is thin and can be penetrated by crossbow arrows.
In addition to fear, Lin Zhi, Hei Xuan, and Long Chen all had green lights in their eyes. With such arms and crossbows, what kind of big talk are they afraid of, and what kind of barbarians are they afraid of?
Songyu took in the expressions of his subordinates and couldn't help but sigh. It's a pity that they don't have it in Tubo. This sharp weapon is in the hands of the little saint.
No wonder the barbarians repeatedly encountered obstacles in front of the little sage. These sharp weapons invented by the little sage kept the barbarians under their feet forever.
Thinking of this, he made up his mind to establish a good relationship with the little saint and try to get these sharp weapons in his hands.
He just took a look and found that Tibetan craftsmen could imitate this arm-shaped crossbow, but the performance would be ten times different.
It can automatically load arrows, assist aiming, and can be fired with one hand.
The auxiliary aiming ruler and the one-handed launch handle can be imitated, but the imitation is much weaker.
But you can never imitate the automatic arrow loading. It must have an unknown mechanism.
And he looked carefully and found that the arrows of Zhaojiazhuang's crossbow were exactly the same, so they would not get stuck.
How this was done, he couldn't help but be shocked. No wonder the other party allowed him to see and use it freely.
Don't underestimate this automatic arrow loading function, it can increase the firing speed by at least three times, or even ten times.
In other words, while your stiff bow is still drawing and unloading the arrow, the opponent's crossbow arrow has already been fired.
Even if Tubo could imitate it, due to the lack of automatic arrow loading function, while he was still loading arrows, his body would have been shot or even penetrated by the opponent.
What Song Yu didn't know was that the reason why Zhaojiazhuang's version of the arm-opening crossbow could not be copied was because it was equipped with something called a spring and used standardized production.
Standardized production must strictly follow standard dimensions, even to the smallest detail.
Except for Zhaojiazhuang, no one can do this, because other craftsmen use hand-made methods, and the dimensions cannot be grasped even if they want to, because each craftsman has different skills and cannot make them exactly the same.
What Zhaojiazhuang uses to make it has already used a lathe. This is the real unknown secret of Zhaojiazhuang.
Even Chen Hua, Xu Te, and Yun Shuchen didn't know this, and Meng Lang and others didn't know it even more.
Knowing that these are the oldest craftsmen in Zhaojiazhuang, there is absolutely no problem with their loyalty.
As for springs, Zhaojiazhuang can only produce them in small quantities, and the technology is not yet mature.
This is true for Zhaojiazhuang, not to mention other craftsmen.
Song Yu looked at the excited faces of Pu Da, Hu Liang and Meng Lang, and couldn't help but feel envious and even jealous.
Although you are a small and insignificant country, with the protection of the great god Zhaojiazhuang, why are you afraid of barbarians?
Seeing the three of them, he suddenly remembered his purpose of letting them in.
The three of them didn't know why Zamp wanted them to come in, and they looked at Zamp with questions.
In the past, not only were they not qualified to look at Zan Pu, but they were not qualified to even want to meet Zan Pu.
But today was different. Not only could they meet Zamp, but they could also look up at each other.
He sighed, looked at the three of them, and finally broke the silence and asked: "Ben Zamp suppressed your prices before, but there is a reason for this. Now Ben Zamp will tell you."
The three of them were relieved to finally understand the reason for Zamp's visit, but they also didn't understand why Zamp tried so hard to lower the price?
