After Mo Chuan and Shen Ning left the post house, they remained silent and didn't say a word on the way back to the palace.
Shen Ning didn't speak either. The two of them sat in the carriage, each thinking about their own thoughts.
Mo Chuan took out the repeating crossbow blueprints from his arms and looked at them carefully one by one. His face did not show much joy for getting the blueprints, but his long eyebrows frowned even more tightly.
He originally thought that finding the blueprints in the box would prove that the Northern Qi envoy was causing trouble.
But Shen Ning categorically said that this matter had nothing to do with the Northern Qi envoy and that he was unjust.
As a result, the suspect who sent someone to sneak into the posthouse to steal the blueprints becomes confusing.
The two most suspicious people are Li Zhixing, the Minister of War, and Chu Shaoyang, the king of Dingyuan.
No matter which one, he did not want to be the main messenger of this incident.
"After this five-gun crossbow is built, it can fire five arrows at a time?" Shen Ning's eyes fell on the drawing in Mo Chuan's hand, he glanced at it casually, and then asked thoughtfully.
"That's right, Ning'er, you can actually understand weapon blueprints?"
Mo Chuan was a little surprised. Most people would not be able to understand such complicated design drawings if they had not learned the art of forging.
Even he had to ask Li Zhixing for a few books on blacksmithing to study for a few days before he could get a glimpse of the door.
Shen Ning smiled slightly. She had indeed read books about this kind of cold weapon manufacturing map. Although she couldn't understand it, there were graphic and written records about it in the memory palace in her mind.
"You know a little bit about it, but this five-bow crossbow doesn't look out of the ordinary. Is it powerful to fire five arrows at once?"
She recalled the books she had memorized about repeating crossbows. The most famous one was the Zhuge Liannu. Legend has it that the repeating crossbow was made by Zhuge Liang of the Three Kingdoms. It could fire ten arrows at a time and had very powerful firepower. The disadvantage was that it was too bulky. Large and too heavy to be used by one person.
Later, a great inventor in Wei State, Ma Jun, improved the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow. The improved Repeating Crossbow became smaller, lighter and more agile, and could be used by a single soldier. But the most powerful thing is that it can fire fifty arrows at a time. Arrows have great killing power, but unfortunately the production method has been lost.
After listening to Shen Ning's words, Mo Chuan's brows relaxed, he touched her hair and said with a smile: "Silly girl, this manufacturing blueprint for the five-gun crossbow is extremely valuable. Both Dong Qin and Nanyue are eyeing it. It can be launched at once. A crossbow with five arrows, do you think it’s powerful?”
Shen Ning blinked and suddenly said: "I know there is a crossbow that can fire ten arrows at once."
Mo Chuan was slightly shocked: "Ten arrows, so powerful?"
He then nodded and said: "Well, I believe there must be someone in this world who has created the Ten-Continent Crossbow, it should be the Northern Qi Dynasty, otherwise they would never sell the drawings of the Five-Continent Crossbow. They have already created the Ten-Continent Crossbow, so naturally they will The five-repeated crossbow is no longer rare, but this five-repeated crossbow is a highly coveted weapon for us in Xichu."
Shen Ning couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, cleared her throat, and said, "Mo Chuan, I mean, I can draw a design drawing of ten consecutive crossbows."
"What did you say?"
Even though Mochuan Mountain collapsed, his expression remained unchanged, his body was shaken heavily, and he looked at Shen Ning in disbelief.