Chapter 223 The caravan arrives

Before Shenchu ​​time, eight hundred brave men came back. They were all hungry and listless. Many of them were injured, all caused by fighting each other for prey.

How can there be so many mountain beasts in Kuaiji Mountain? Giving twenty arrows to each person is actually a way to deceive brave men. The government is willing to spend thousands of gold to buy wild beasts, and then release them into the mountains for brave men to shoot? How is it possible? The price of a wild beast

Enough to buy a hundred poultry and a hundred rabbits!

What's more, eight hundred people can only hunt within the confines of a small mountain.

It would take some time to count the prey. Huan Zhen and Wang Tian sat on the edge of the examination room area. Buqu Tielei and Shi Hou had been waiting here.

Shi Hou first briefly told the news about the death of the old woman and the execution of the eunuchs in the craftsman examination room, and then said: "At noon, Wuxing County's Qian's caravan, Shen's caravan, the local Peng's caravan, and the Wang's caravan

, Zhao’s caravan is here. Peng’s caravan has the least number of slaves and oxcarts, so they go directly to the craftsman examination room. The rest of the caravan are all distributed in the two examination areas.”

Wang Tian suddenly stopped feeling hungry and analyzed: "Although Wuxing County also has quasi-guards and craftsman examinations, the Qian family and the Shen family are both wealthy families, so it is normal for them to come to Kuaiji County to do business."

When Wang Tian said this, he felt it was abnormal. After all, everyone knew the origins of the gangsters who had caused trouble in recent days, and they were all from Wuxing County!

Shi Hou: "In the martial arts examination room, the Qian family has seven ox carts with more than fifty servants standing outside the carts; the Shen family has nine ox carts with more than 70 people. The number of people is rough, and it is not accurate.

There must be someone else."

Tie Lei: "Over there at the craftsman examination room, there are more than 70 servants of the Qian family, and there are two more ox carts than here; there are nearly a hundred servants of the Shen family, and there are three more ox carts than here."

Huan Zhen frowned: "They came here to prove that the pavilions and villages they passed were known to all. The servants in the caravan and the bamboo signs of the places they passed must also withstand inspection. There are many people and few cars along the way.

It all depends on the strength of their feet, these slaves must be strong and strong."

Shi Hou and Tie Lei both responded: "Yes."

Without fear of interrogation by the authorities, hundreds of strong slaves gathered together. If they had evil intentions, they would be in big trouble!

Wang Tian was a local. Huan Zhen asked him: "Are the Peng family, Wang family, and Zhao family all merchants?"

"They are all. The Peng family deals in woodware, the Wang family, and the Zhao family deal in bambooware. The Peng family is the richest and has started building ships."

The Jin Dynasty does not allow private shipbuilding. The imperial court has just issued a navigation order, which only allows merchants to cooperate with government shipbuilding companies. It is said that they are cooperating in shipbuilding, but in fact they are paying several times the money to buy seagoing ships and seafaring quotas.

There are many wealthy businessmen, so the county office can give Peng a quota to buy ships. From this point, it at least shows that Peng is trusted by the county office. This is what Wang Tian implies.

What about the Wang family and the Zhao family?

At this moment, there are many brave men like Huan Zhen and Wang Tian who are listening to the story about the bandit killings in the past two days and analyzing the situation.

Fortunately, at the beginning, Qi Duanren's evil habits were exposed, leading to one evil bandit after another. No one was stupid enough to think that these bandits gathered in Kuaiji Mountain by chance.

"Little craftsman, your surname is Ang? How come you are from Shanyin County with this surname?" A cold voice issued an order in an oxcart of Shen's caravan: "It's abominable that a short man can't accomplish anything. But this craftsman

, which is an even more ominous sign. Find a way to find the servant girl and kill her."

The wind has risen.

The craftsman examination room.

When the application time comes and the fourth test item ends, the examiners and inspecting craftsmen all enter the tool making area. While eliminating the candidates, they must also select three modified tools for the candidates.

At Wang Ge's place, the examiner must of course inspect it himself. "Tell me about each instrument."

"Yes. This instrument is called a wolf-fang beater, adapted from a trebuchet." Wang Ge began to elaborate: "The long pole can be rotated. Although the wolf-fang beater is heavy, the two of us who are guarding the city can pull the hemp rope together.

Make it lift up immediately. Let go, and the mace falls heavily... If it is used on the city wall, there is no need to set up crossbars. Iron rings can be added around the wooden boards, tied tightly with ropes, and a winch can be placed to hit the enemy soldiers climbing the city wall.

Then lift it up, lower it again, and repeat the cycle. Of course, if there are enough materials, the rolling wood can also be wedged with sharp edges and suspended by ropes. In this way, a lot of materials can be saved to build other instruments."

The examiner had been on the battlefield and had seen real wars. Following Wang Ge's rapid-fire words, he imagined the scenes of wolf fangs hitting enemy soldiers, and wolf fangs rolling logs continuously hitting the enemy soldiers. He was so excited that he felt goosebumps from the back of his head down.

Damn. Especially Wang Ge’s last sentence, saving a lot of materials, simply hits the most troublesome problem for craftsmen!

Wang Ge explained the second model diagram: "This instrument is called a wooden man's chain flail. It is modified from a flail. It can break armor and shields."

"Broken shield?" The examiner's voice was a little cracked. Breaking armor is easy to understand. The hammer is full of thorns, like caltrops. How to explain broken shield?

"The flail can only hang downward, but the flail hammer is different. When you swing it, you can turn around at will and bypass the shield, and it is easy to hit the shield soldiers. It's a pity. If I know kung fu, I can swing the flail hammer instead of the wooden man. If I can

..." Wang Ge deliberately pretended to be thinking and hesitated, "If I could be like a brave man again, ride a horse and use the power of the horse to swing the sledge hammer! I think..."

You don’t have to think so! The examiner’s nostrils swelled with excitement: “I think no matter how thick the enemy’s armor is, he can still be killed with one blow!”

"Yes. The third instrument is called the Iron Cone Shield Cart. It is modified based on the Sword Cart... Tomorrow it depends on the terrain of the steep slope and the amount of materials to be rewarded. If it is not suitable for walking on wheels, or it is impossible to make wheels, you can only make wooden shields and wedges.

Stay steady on the ground and place it in front of the craftsman's flag as my final defense for the city."

Fortunately, this test allows the brave man to observe the city defense equipment in advance and allows the brave man to admit defeat. The examiner nodded with satisfaction and sighed again, this is the talent of a craftsman. At a young age, he knows how to adapt to local conditions and talents!

Wang Ge was very satisfied with the examiner's satisfaction and said excitedly: "The fourth instrument is called the mud caltrop net, which is modified from the wooden caltrop net... The best mud for making mud balls is deep clay. Pull off the vine bark and tear it into pieces.

Add it to the clay balls and they will definitely be solid after drying. If there is a real war, you can let the people make clay balls and the craftsmen make other tools; and the dirty juice in the clay balls in the wooden frame can be replaced by dung juice."

Examiner: What's the matter with fecal juice? You can also replace it with poisonous juice!

"The fifth instrument is called the double-rod trebuchet, which is also modified from the trebuchet..."

Youzheng moment.

The quota for the five hundred brave men in the county martial arts competition examination room has been announced. Huan Zhen, Wang Tian, ​​and Yu Xi are all included.

The third test item is announced: the brave man's attack on the city.

Rules: A team of ten brave men, as the "attacking side", will fight with the craftsman candidates of the "defending side" on the Thorny Slope. The fighting time will be three days later. Tomorrow, each team of brave men will compete in a duel to select the winner.

Each has its own "chief". During the siege, the commander's orders must be obeyed.

Rules of victory and defeat: Defeat all kinds of defensive equipment, rush to the top of the slope to capture the Craftsman's Flag. If five warriors are lost, even if they capture the Craftsman's Flag, the brave team will be considered a failure. In the winning team, the length of the siege time will be used

At the end, 30 teams were eliminated and 300 people were selected to take part in the final examination.

The final examination items have not been announced yet. In short, only 100 "Quasi Guards" will be selected in the end. Only those who have obtained "Quasi Guards" can participate in the selection of the Guards for the prefecture next year.

As soon as the military attache finished explaining the assessment rules, Huan Zhen raised his hand. After the military attache agreed, he asked: "How will the battle be divided between the attacking and defending forces?" He had a bad feeling and had to avoid Wang Ge.
Chapter completed!