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Chapter 143 Making a Trebuchet

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    He Changxing nodded and began to lead his soldiers to move the wine out of the wine cellar.

    Zhang Huaili, on the other hand, was about to cry, but he was already very lucky. At least this time, He Changxing knew how to give money.  Although he can't make much money, he can still make some money.

    ¡° If it was Xia Yang who came here from the beginning, Xia Yang would be able to do it, let alone two jars of wine for one ocean, or ten jars of wine for one ocean.

    That man is not a soldier at all, he is a robber!  A robber through and through, and a robber who doesn't pay attention to the morality of the world.

    Zhang Huaili was about to leave this place. After all, he felt uncomfortable as long as he stayed with Xia Yang. He always felt that the next moment the robber would come up with some crooked idea to blackmail him.

    But before he could leave, Cai Heyuan stopped him and said, "County Magistrate Zhang, don't leave in a hurry! Our group has something to do with you, it's a good thing!"

    Hearing this, Zhang Huaili secretly sighed in his heart and thought, can Xia Yang do anything good if he comes to me?  He must be thinking of ways to blackmail me again.

    But he could only apologize and say: "Captain Xia, what's the matter? You tell me, I'm listening."

    Xia Yang patted Zhang Huaili on the shoulder and said with very sincere eyes: "County Magistrate Zhang, this is a good thing!"

    Zhang Huaili asked: "What's a good thing? What's a good thing?"

    Xia Yang smiled and said: "We have carpenters all over the city. I will give you two hours to gather them all, and then gather them in the camp of our fourth regiment."

    Zhang Huaili asked strangely: "There are all carpenters in the city? What do you want carpenters to do?"

    Xia Yang said with a cold face: "Military secrets, why are you asking so much? You still have one hour and fifty-nine minutes. If you haven't summoned these carpenters to the camp of the fourth regiment by the time, I will ask you why."  .¡±

    Hearing this, Zhang Huaili naturally did not dare to neglect.  He hurriedly took his men and began to search for the carpenters in the city.

    Cai Heyuan still doesn't understand. What is the purpose of summoning carpenters?  Could it be that you are planning to buy some furniture for yourself?

    This is understandable. After all, the group room only had a few simple pieces of furniture, which was too shabby.

    It has to be said that Zhang Huaili is a local snake in this city after all, so he did not waste too long looking for the craftsmen.  In just one hour, he had already walked into the camp of the Fourth Regiment with seven or eight carpenters and several carpenter's apprentices.

    Xia Yang was very satisfied with Zhang Huaili's work efficiency, but this time he didn't embarrass Zhang Huaili too much.

    Zhang Huaili saw that he had nothing to do, and his anxious heart suddenly dropped.  He thought that as long as Xia Yang didn't cause any trouble for him, he would be lucky.

    The carpenters were a little uneasy, even though the Fourth Regiment had not caused any trouble in Mancheng, and even often helped local people solve their troubles.

    However, in this solemn military camp, these ordinary people will inevitably feel a little nervous.  Coupled with the natural fear of being an official, everyone was looking at Xia Yang with awe.

    Noticing the nervousness and fear of these carpenters, Xia Yang said with a smile: "Don't be so nervous, everyone. The reason why I asked you to come here this time is to let you help build something. These days, you will have food and shelter.  In the camp of the fourth regiment, a sample must be built within three days.

    Of course, don¡¯t worry, I will give you a piece of ocean every day.  This is much more profitable than working at home.  "

    An old carpenter with some gray hair squinted his eyes and bravely asked Xia Yang: "Master Captain, what do you want us to build you? We carpenters can't build this cannon or something like that."  !¡±

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    In addition, for your second question, the thing I want to build is nothing else but a trebuchet.  "

    Hearing the term trebuchet, some young carpenters looked at each other and started talking about it.

    Of course they know what this "trebuchet" is. Even if they just listen to books, they can know that this is what ancient people used to attack cities.

    They were just wondering why Captain Xia wanted them to build this thing.

    Aren¡¯t all wars nowadays fought with aircraft, cannons, and heavy machine guns?  The trebuchet has long been eliminated by the times.What are the uses of the eliminated weapons?

    Xia Yang said: "Can you create this thing?"

    The old carpenter with some gray hair said: "My father once built this thing. I still remember what the structure is. Captain Xia, if you give me a day, I can make a sample for you. But this sample is just  A mold, if there is nothing wrong with the mold, you can make the trebuchet you want according to the mold."

    Hearing that this old carpenter could actually make a trebuchet, Xia Yang was surprised and delighted and said: "Well, just build it and tell me what you need. If something can be made, as long as you build a trebuchet, I will give it to you."  You will be rewarded with two pieces of ocean each."

    Once they heard that they were getting money, these carpenters, who usually worked hard for half a month to get two or three yuan, immediately became motivated.

    In ancient times, the trebuchet was a powerful siege weapon.  But its structure is actually very simple. It uses a counterweight and uses the principles of inertia and leverage to throw something very far away.

    During the Three Kingdoms period, there were already "Thunderbolt Cannons". This "Thunderbolt Cannon" can be regarded as a type of trebuchet.  In the West, there is "Hui Hui Pao"

    In addition, there are also "bed crossbows" with more complex structures and torsion trebuchets, etc., which can actually be regarded as a type of trebuchet.

    ¡°Then these craftsmen began to settle down in the camp of the Fourth Regiment, preparing to make trebuchets.  Xia Yang specially allocated more than 100 people to assist them in manufacturing.

    If they need any materials, let them buy them and try to make a trebuchet that can be used in actual combat as soon as possible.

    The reason why Xia Yang built the trebuchet was actually to throw out the napalm bombs made of colloidal gasoline.

    He planned to put the gelled gasoline in empty wine jars and then seal them.  When fighting the Japanese army, throwing these things into the Japanese army's formation will definitely cause widespread destruction.

    But if it is thrown manually, then a large wine jar filled with gasoline can only be thrown twenty or thirty meters away at most.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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