At the beginning, he will be divided by five horses of Tang Taizong

Qin Shou shook his head, "The foundation of all this is food and grass. In terms of logistics, fighting and fighting, isn't it money and food?"

Li Ke's eyes shrank suddenly, feeling a little shocked in his heart.

It was money and food, this was the first time he heard of it, but it made his heart pound.

Qin Shou continued: "I heard that in the past, people's carts were used to transport grain, and horse-drawn carts pulled it. When we fought in the Tang Dynasty, most of the people's food was Long land and grain from the Yellow River Road. During the war, how much can these two lands levy? "

Li Ke couldn't help but shook his head in a daze.

He doesn't know how much he can collect, but it is true that it is difficult to collect every time.

Qin Shou smiled and said, "Is there a proverb called "Suhu is cooked, the world is full"? If we can transport the rich grain and grass from the south of the Yangtze River by water, what about the heritage of our Tang Dynasty? How powerful it would be Material backing!"

"Furthermore, while water transportation is constantly being developed, it can also promote the development of agricultural water conservancy. People can buy more things after selling grain, and people's lives are more prosperous."

"It's a good thing for the country and the people!"

After Qin Shou finished speaking, Li Ke fell into deep thought.

The reason why I study military books so hard is because if I want to seize the throne, I only have such a chance if I have the military power and make meritorious deeds.

But now Qin Shou's words made him suddenly realize that he has other choices, such as mastering the way of money and food, such as mastering the matter of water transportation...

In this way, the big position may not be impossible.

Cheng Chubi and Changsun Huan looked at Qin Shou with shining eyes.

At this time, their thoughts are different from each other, but they are surprisingly similar.

That is, it must be right to lean on this guy, and at the same time tell myself that nothing will happen to this guy.

......

On the fourth day, they were already at the junction of Tongji Canal and Huai River, and they were not too far away from the place where the accident happened.

Everyone suddenly became more careful.

In Qin Shou's eyes, Lao Fang was the most reliable. He was usually not seen together with the crowd, and basically either lay down and slept or stood on the boat and patrolled around without saying a word.

As everyone knows, at this time Fang Yiai hardly dared to meet those people from Yanjiazhuang, she had shame, fear, anger, and many other complex emotions lingering in her heart.

Sure enough, not long after entering Huai River, something happened!

At this time, the fog on the river surface had dissipated, and the place too far away was not clear, but the dark boat in front of it could still be seen.

All of a sudden, several black boats rushed out, and someone at the bow was holding a knife in his hand.

"Qin Shou, go in and don't come out!"

Qin Shou couldn't help poking his head out, but was called out by Li Ke.

The boat was not so tense at this time,

Li Ke himself had fought in battle, and Li Shimin had arranged for a few Baiqisi to come in. They were all people who were used to seeing life and death, so they didn't panic at this time.

One by one they drew their weapons, and the archers put their arrows on their bows.

Cheng Chubi and Changsun Huan also held sharp knives in their hands, especially Changsun Huan, whose eyes were shining brightly.

"Get ready!" Li Ke

"Wait for my order, one hundred steps!"

"Whoosh!"

"Who? Who the hell shot an arrow?"

Everyone turned their heads, only to see that Qin Shou was holding a crossbow in his hand, and was in a daze!

Chapter 119: This guy is so ruthless! (two in one)

"Something flew over just now!"

The leader of the water bandits was named Zhang Dongshan. Hearing a strange noise, he felt a gust of wind passing by his face, and he couldn't help being stunned.

"What, I didn't see it." Said the "face-thin monkey" beside Zhang Zhidong.

"I didn't see it either"

"Really? Am I dazzled?"

Zhang Dongshan and his brothers are all "begging for a living" on the Huai River. They used to only dare to make small troubles, but some time ago, suddenly a nobleman found him, not only gave them money, but also provided them with sophisticated weapons. They even gave them a few Clippers built with a lot of money.

The only condition is to allow him to rob the grain boats that pass through the river, and the grain boats that are robbed belong to him.

Giving ships, money, and weapons, such a good thing that they couldn't find it even with a lantern, fell on their heads, making them even feel that their ancestral graves were buried in smoke.

Today, they have grown to a few hundred people, and even local officials and soldiers can deal with them one or two. When the number of officers and soldiers comes less, they are not afraid at all. When there are more people, they will sail into the reed marsh Fighting guerrillas with the officers and soldiers inside the grass and barley.

After encircling and suppressing several times, the officers and soldiers had no choice but to silence their flags and drums.

This makes them even more unscrupulous!

On weekdays, as long as they show up on the Huai River, the people will all disperse in fear.

Today, it happened that Zhang Dongshan took his brothers out to play the autumn wind.

I went out and wandered around, but there was nothing to gain, but I didn't expect to meet a few boats ahead on the return journey, and looking at the specifications of the boats, it was obviously not ordinary people's boats.

The people on the boat didn't run away, but they all opened up their postures one by one.

Zhang Dongshan bared his teeth and said, "Hey? Is this a hard bone?"

A man with a monkey face next to him said flatteringly: "Brother, don't you like to gnaw hard bones the most?"

"Well, what Lao Sun said is right, there is oil and water only when there is a hard bone."

"Let the brothers get ready, don't kill them all in a while, try to catch them alive, maybe there are big fish in them!"

"Face-thin monkey" said with a smile: "Don't worry, the hook is ready, let's go up and hook the opponent's boat in a while, can they escape?"

"That's right, boss, don't worry, I'll be the first to jump on the opponent's boat in a while!" said a shirtless guy on the front boat.

They have long been veterans of this method. Every time they wait for the boat to approach, they jump onto the opponent's boat and kill them. Of course, they won't kill all of them. The women and the so-called "big fish" will be left behind.

This is the steel crossbow mentioned earlier?

Li Ke and Cheng Chubi looked at the things in Qin Shou's hands, their chests rose and fell, and their whole bodies seemed to be tense.

"What's the matter?"

Changsun Huan was in a daze, because he was not present that day.

Li Ke approached Qin Shou with fiery eyes, "Brother-in-law, is this really the steel crossbow you mentioned?"

"Uh..." Qin Shou didn't want to admit it at first, but since he had already taken it out, he still held his forehead, nodded and said, "That's right, as long as you know it, don't tell it!"

If it wasn't necessary, he wouldn't want to show the steel crossbow. This stuff is expressly forbidden.

For the sake of caution, before that, he split the steel crossbow into two rooms.

Li Ke took a deep breath, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "Let me try?"

Qin Shou pretended not to hear and ignored him.

"Brother-in-law, let me try? I've never seen such a good thing." Li Ke coughed again and said.

"Don't make trouble, third brother!" Qin Shou waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No, this thing is not just for fun. If something happens to it, how can I explain to my father-in-law?"

"Besides, this bandit is coming soon, it's okay if you can't shoot the enemy, don't shoot your own people!"

This thing is not much less powerful than a musket, it's not a toy for fun!

Li Ke couldn't help being angry, seeing this baby, his mood at this time was even more urgent than just marrying a wife!

"Brother-in-law, your third brother, I usually don't like this kind of thing, let me try it, just once!"

Before he finished speaking, Li Ke held the steel crossbow, smiled and said, "Don't worry, brother-in-law, if you don't believe anyone, you can't help but believe me!"

"I'm the only one in our family who practices martial arts. Besides, I used to draw bows and arrows a lot. I've seen crossbows before. How can it be difficult for me?"

Qin Shou felt the huge strength of the third brother's grip on the steel crossbow, he couldn't help being shocked, and quickly said: "Third brother, don't rush to try it for you!"

Nima!

Why is this third brother so tiger?

How dangerous it is!

In desperation, he could only let go and let Li Ke hold it in his hands.

Li Ke held the steel crossbow in his hand, and couldn't help but feel his hand sinking. Compared with the hardwood crossbow of Tang Dynasty, the steel crossbow still has a lot of weight.

The black crossbow exudes a faint light, and the arrows are also thick and short.

At this time, Li Ke looked at the steel crossbow in his hand, his eyes were boiling like fire,

This thing is so easy to carry!

It seems that it can be disassembled into two pieces, and the arrow is also very short.

The most important thing is, what kind of device is this in front?Step on it?

"Brother-in-law, how do you wind this?"

"You are like this" Qin Shou gestured.

Winding with your feet?

With feet as support?

hiss!

This is great wisdom!

In this way, strong tension can be increased, and the arrow is also very time-saving and labor-saving.

Li Ke forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, stepped on it with his feet in the way of Professor Qin Shou, and then pulled the string with all his strength.

With this pull, Li Ke was even more startled.

The strength is too strong.

This is the steel crossbow?It feels much stronger than ordinary crossbows.

The best longbow also has the maximum strength of one stone to one stone four, and the strength of this steel crossbow can easily reach several times of it.

One can imagine its strength.

In fact, many people in later generations believed that the steel crossbow was an inhumane or unfair weapon, because an inexperienced steel crossbowman could kill a samurai who had been practicing martial arts all his life with one arrow.

It is conceivable that the power of the steel crossbow is so heart-shattering.

Li Ke is different from other princes, he has been in the army.

He was even more familiar with the crossbows in the Datang Army. The individual crossbows manufactured by the regulations could reach no more than a hundred steps, and the effective range was even less than fifty steps. Once it exceeded fifty steps, the accuracy and damage were seriously insufficient.

(In the ancient text, one foot is a step, and two feet is a step. The ancient step is the current step. The ancient 1 step is actually the modern 2 steps. There is also a saying "five feet is a step", so a step is about 15 meters It is the distance between two forward steps now. Even though it is possible that the ancients were relatively short, the steps were small. In fact, one step in ancient times should be more than 1 meters. Of course, there is another saying that they may use square steps when measuring steps. To put it this way, the ancient three hundred steps is about 13 meters today.)

Therefore, one hundred steps is equivalent to about 150 meters, and fifty steps is also about 75 meters.

Not to mention armor, even if you don't wear armor, you may not be able to shoot to death.

Individual crossbows are sometimes even inferior to archers, which is why crossbows are often referred to as heavy crossbows for guarding cities, but the popularity of individual soldiers is not high.

Experts will know if there is any.

As soon as the crossbow bolt entered his hand, his eyes were completely glued.

At this time, it was visible to the naked eye that the enemy ship was much closer.

It's almost a hundred steps away, but there is still no one on the boat shooting arrows!

Because the distance at this time is still far away, the strength of the bow and arrow is still not enough.

But Li Ke had already hung up the bowstring, raised the steel crossbow in his hand, aimed at a person on the front boat and pulled the trigger under the steel crossbow.

"Buzz!"

With a crisp sound, a crossbow arrow flew out like a thunderbolt.

It disappeared from sight at a speed that everyone's naked eyes could not react to.

At this time, Zhang Dongshan looked at the boat that was getting closer and closer, and his eyes became more and more cold, "Brothers, it's time to eat meat and drink soup, cheer up!"

"Kill!"