Just as Fan Fang asked,
A guard walked in and said,""Lord Mayor, outside the door, Lord Ma Jun requests an audience. They said that the prototype of the seven repeating crossbows has been made. Please observe. If there are no problems, they will start to build them in large quantities.”
"Oh? Please!"
Qin Mu said with a hint of joy on his face.
Even the envoy from Beiping County couldn't care less.
When Fan Fang heard about the seven repeating crossbows, he couldn't help but frown.
Logically speaking, he had been in the army for many years and had come into contact with all kinds of armaments. As for crossbows, he had come into contact with many of them. However, he had never heard of the seven-shot crossbow mentioned just now.
However,
From the name alone, it should be a new type of armament.
Just as he was thinking, a person walked in with a brocade box in his hand. Both of his hands seemed to be holding something very valuable. The latter came to the front and back of Qin Mu and bowed. He stuttered,"
"Greetings, Lord Prefect. The seven repeating crossbows mentioned earlier have already been forged. Please take a look. If you confirm that there are no mistakes, then we will begin mass production.”
"Oh? Show me!"
The latter opened the box in a hurry.
Then, he said,
The seven repeating crossbow that had just been forged appeared in front of Qin Mu. Looking at its exquisite appearance, he stretched out his hand and took it out. Then, he loaded the crossbow bolts beside the box and aimed at a big tree in the courtyard before pulling the trigger.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh...
The sound of seven arrows being fired rang out. Then, seven holes appeared on the tree in the distance. As for the arrows, they pierced through the tree and nailed themselves to the wall. Looking at the power, it was actually a little stronger than expected.
Originally, he thought that after loading two more crossbow bolts.
Its power would be reduced, but now, it seemed that not only did it not, but it had even increased by a level.
Moreover,
When this kind of crossbow was released, it would be a suppressive trump card on the battlefield!
"Good, good, good stuff."
A satisfied smile appeared on Qin Mu's face before he nodded his head and looked at Ma Jun with praise. As expected of a great inventor. If it was anyone else, how could they do it?
He was glad that this fellow had submitted to him.
It would probably give him a headache.
Of course,
If Ma Jun wasn't under Qin Mu's tent, he probably wouldn't have such an opportunity.
After all,
At present, there shouldn't be any dukedom like Qin Mu who could invest so much in the research and development of armaments.
One had to know that the money Qin Mu had invested in the weapon workshop could probably be compared to the tax of several years in Youzhou.
"Lord Prefect, since there's no problem, I won't disturb you anymore. I'll immediately order people to hurry up and prepare the entire army for you as soon as possible.”
"Alright, go! If you can succeed now, you will be the first to succeed.”
He waved his hand to signal the latter to leave.
Ma Jun also turned his head and walked out. Although he went out, Fan Fang, who was in the room, could not calm down. After all, the scene just now was like a miracle!
It was too terrifying. The crossbow was much stronger than he had imagined.
I'm afraid...
There were no other weapons that could compare to it, right?
Judging from the meaning of his words, there were more than one or two of these weapons. He actually wanted to arm the entire army.
When he thought about how Qin Mu's army, which was originally incomparably elite, was equipped with such terrifying weapons, was there anyone in the world who could stop them?
Before the battle began, a few rounds of arrows would rain down. No matter how many people there were, they would not be able to withstand such a consumption.
Moreover, under the suppression of this rain of arrows, which army would dare to fight?
"Mr. Fan, what did you just say?”
While Fan Fang was thinking, Qin Mu asked.
At this moment, how could he dare to mention the tens of thousands of soldiers in Beiping County?
With just these few rounds of arrow rain, the entire Beiping County army would have been wiped out without a fight, right? The latter's eyes were filled with fear, and he did not know what to say for a moment.
Seeing this,
Qin Mu then said,"
"You just said that you want to negotiate, right? First of all, Gongsun Yue was the one who provoked us first. He must compensate us for the loss of the five cities of Liaodong Prefecture. In addition, we still have a batch of prisoners of Beiping Prefecture imprisoned here. If you want to redeem these people, I won't ask for much. Five taels of gold for every ten people. How about it?”
"Of course!"
Fan Fang hurriedly nodded.
Compensate for the losses was definitely necessary. At this moment, he did not dare to say that he had sent troops to quell the rebellion.
After all, this Governor Qin was not a fool. If he was angered, the entire Liaodong Prefecture would not be able to withstand his anger.
In addition,
Naturally, there was no need to mention the issue of the captives.
These people had to be redeemed. They were all trained soldiers, and Beiping County would naturally not give up.
Furthermore, if he were to directly throw these captives here, who would dare to become a soldier in Beiping County if Qin Mu made a fuss about it?
Even the current Beiping Army would be panicking.
After all, if they were captured, only death awaited them.
"In addition, there's a problem regarding Chang City! Since our army has already sent troops to occupy it. "In addition, all the officials and citizens in the city are willing to submit to our army. I think we should respect their wishes. Therefore, Chang City will belong to Liaodong Prefecture in the future. I believe that Mr. Fan won't have any problems, right?”
"This…Governor Qin, this is impossible. According to the map of the Great Han Dynasty, Chang City could not belong to Liaodong Prefecture! Why don't we pay for all the supplies and rations you used to attack Chang City? In addition, we'll give you an additional thousand gold and ten thousand dan of rations.”
Fan Fang said with a bitter smile.
Although he was afraid of the seven repeating crossbows,
However, he had to admit,
Chang City was the last line of their Beiping County. No matter what, they could not cede it. If it was taken by Qin Mu just like that, even his face would be tarnished.
Moreover, Changping City was prosperous. It was one of the few big cities controlled by the Gong Sun Family. Every year, it had a lot of taxes. Naturally, they were not willing to give it away.
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