The Golden County Magistrate

"Seeing you two are so excited, I thought it was something rare."

Zheng Yan glanced at the crossbow in Chen Yan's hand and immediately lost interest.

It turned out that Boss He was a craftsman of the imperial court. It was not unusual for him to make a crossbow.

"If you need a crossbow for self-defense, the people in the arsenal of Tozhou Prefecture can get it. Why wait for a year?" Zheng Yan was slightly disdainful.

The Great Zhou Dynasty strictly prohibits private possession of standard military equipment, such as bows and arrows, armor and crossbows.

However, some dignitaries do not take this ban seriously at all.

As long as an individual does not possess thousands of armors or bows and arrows, and there is no sign of rebellion, the court will never investigate such matters strictly.

Chen Yan is an official appointed by the court. If he holds a crossbow for self-defense, naturally no one will pursue it.

"Haha, ordinary crossbow?"

Boss He glanced at Zheng Yan with great disdain.

"You are blind."

Zheng Yan was stunned, her face full of anger, "Boss He, have you had enough of living?"

Boss He laughed: "The world's first Zhuge Crossbow was made by my hands, even if I die, it doesn't matter."

"You..."

Zheng Yan's face flushed.

"Captain Zheng, do you know how many arrows can be fired continuously at one time with this crossbow designed by the adults?"

Zheng Yan was confused, "Continuously?"

Boss He smiled disdainfully, pulled out the arrow box of the crossbow in Chen Yan's hand, pointed at the arrow box and said: "The arrow box contains ten arrows, and this crossbow can fire ten arrows continuously."

Zheng Yan's eyes suddenly widened, extremely shocked, and her voice trembled slightly: "You mean to fire ten arrows continuously, you can't load it like an ordinary crossbow?"

Boss He nodded proudly, "That's right."

Zheng Yan took a breath, shocked, and stared at the crossbow with a serious face.

"Is this true?"

This was said to Chen Yan. Obviously, she trusted Chen Yan more than Boss He.

Chen Yan nodded gently, "Normally, this is the case."

"This, this, if it is true, this crossbow will probably become the strongest weapon in the Great Zhou Dynasty in an instant." Zheng Yan likes to practice martial arts and is quite familiar with military affairs.

Her biggest goal is to be a female general. Obviously, this goal is a bit difficult to achieve, so she became a constable.

Chen Yan smiled and said nothing.

Zhuge Crossbow is indeed powerful, but it is unlikely to become a killer on the battlefield.

In terms of power, even the power of the real Zhuge Crossbow is definitely not comparable to an arrow shot by a longbowman with a full bow.

Therefore, the position of the bow on the battlefield is still unshakable.

However, for self-defense and close combat, Zhuge Crossbow is of great significance.

"The appearance is fine, the quiver is fine, and the automatic loading is naturally fine. The key is how powerful it is." Chen Yan murmured.

After saying that, he walked out of the prison with the crossbow.

Zheng Yan and Boss He followed closely behind him. Now no one cared about Boss He's order not to leave the prison.

When they came to the open space outside the prison, Chen Yan asked, "How far can the range be?"

Boss He replied, "I am in prison and don't have enough distance to test the range, but according to the strength of the bowstring and the requirements on the adults' drawings, there is no problem in reaching ten feet."

Chen Yan's eyes lit up.

Ten feet, about thirty meters away.

Such a range is enough.

After all, he wanted Zhuge Crossbow, and his purpose was not to cause long-range killing, but to protect himself.

"If you can really reach a range of ten feet, this official will reward you greatly."

Zheng Yan next to him was also horrified. The range of ten feet didn't sound like much, but the problem was that this thing was fired continuously, eliminating the need for reloading.

If it was true, it could be said that as long as you had this thing in your hand, you could shoot any master before he approached you.

One arrow can be dodged, but how to dodge ten powerful arrows in a row?

Chen Yan raised the crossbow and could see a tree in the open space not far away through the lights in the yard. The estimated distance was about ten feet.

The moment he pulled the trigger, Chen Yan clearly felt that the crossbow had a strong force. He tried his best to stabilize his arm. He heard a bang and an arrow was shot out.

Everyone's eyes fell on the arrow, and they saw that the arrow shot straight and passed by the small tree ten feet away.

However, no one felt sorry, but was shocked.

Whether it was Chen Yan or Zheng Yan, they both knew very well that the arrow just now had no signs of unloading in the middle, and it had maintained a strong momentum before hitting the tree.

As for the last passing by the tree,That was a problem with Chen Yan's accuracy, and had nothing to do with the crossbow itself.

"Good, not bad!"

Chen Yan was overjoyed and shouted.

Immediately, without hesitation, he aimed again, tightened his arm, and pulled the trigger again.

Bang!

Soon, an arrow hit the tree firmly.

Chen Yan did not hesitate and pulled the trigger again.

Ten arrows were shot out in a few breaths, some hit the target, and some deviated.

"Good stuff!" Zheng Yan widened her eyes and exclaimed.

With this thing, what martial arts can be practiced? No matter how strong a warrior is, can he avoid these arrows shot continuously?

Warriors will feel a chill in their backs even when facing bows and arrows, let alone this kind of crossbow that can be fired continuously.

"Too powerful."

Zheng Yan rarely praises people, but at this time she can't help but praise.

Glancing at Chen Yan, he said, "I thought you could only make some useless things."

Chen Yan was stunned and said disdainfully, "Huh, you ate a lot of the white sugar I made a few days ago. I heard that you would drink white sugar with water at night?"

Zheng Yan blushed and said quickly, "How do you know what I did in the dormitory at night?"

Chen Yan said, "There is a hole on the wall of your room, and you can see what's going on inside the room."

Zheng Yan's pupils shrank. After thinking about it, she really didn't notice it. "You won't peek, will you?"

Chen Yan pouted, "Peeping at you? It's loose and there's nothing to see."

Zheng Yan was a little confused and lowered her head subconsciously.

Loose and loose?

No, this girl is still pretty strong.

Suddenly reacted and said angrily, "Chen Yan, are you lying to me?"

Chen Yan ignored Zheng Yan and looked at Boss He with satisfaction.

"You can make this thing, it's really amazing."