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"Brother Yu, I brought good wine and famous teachers, so don't blame me for coming uninvited~" Master Shang bowed happily to Yu Sanlang.

"Master, what are you saying? It is an honor to have a distinguished guest visit our humble home. I wish you could come every day." Yu Sanlang returned the greeting and then looked at the strange old man.

Master Shang raised his hand and introduced: "This is my senior brother Mo Shougui. My senior brother is good at mechanical arts. I saw Hongdou seemed to have a special talent for mechanical arts, so I pulled him in to serve as a soldier. I can't let the child's talent go to waste."

Master Shang said a lot of things, but actually they were all for his own senior brother to hear. He had already given two implicit greetings to the Yu family.

"Stop talking nonsense. Let me ask you, was the crossbow blueprint really the child's own idea? Has the actual crossbow been made?" Mo Shougui interrupted his fellow disciple impatiently.

Although he was a little obsessed with research, he was not stupid. He thought he couldn't see that his junior brother had written to him again and again to lure him.

"Well, it was my daughter's own idea. I didn't know about it at first. She asked my second brother to make two of them. She wanted to give them to me as a birthday gift, but something happened at home, so I found out in advance."

Yu Sanlang laughed when he mentioned this. His second brother couldn't hide the truth and it was exposed at the first time. He simply asked his second brother to help make a few more and give them to the people around his wife and daughter in the farm to try out first.

"Oh? Let me see it." Mo Shougui was a little surprised.

After he arrived, he saw the toys sold by Yu Wangzhai, but those toys were too simple. Although they were surprising, they were definitely not amazing. That was why he was skeptical about the crossbow drawings that his junior brother sent him.

Yu Sanlang took the opportunity to invite them into the main courtyard. It was not that he was impolite not to invite guests in, but the two brothers were actually a little anxious, so they started greeting each other in the hall.

In the front yard of the main courtyard, Yu Hongdou was competing with Wen Daozhi in painting the Dragon Boat Festival Five Poisonous Creatures picture.

"As the saying goes, the five poisonous insects awaken during the Dragon Boat Festival. After the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather becomes hot. The poisonous insects that have survived the winter awaken in the spring, and their toxicity also revives. Therefore, we must guard against the five poisonous insects during the Dragon Boat Festival."

Wen Daozhi casually drew a long-legged centipede and told his little apprentice the meaning of avoiding the five poisonous creatures during the Dragon Boat Festival.

“I know that the weather is hot during the Dragon Boat Festival, and the five poisonous creatures will be restless when they wake up.” Yu Hongdou drew a chicken next to the smiling centipede.

"I've noticed that you seem to like drawing chickens these days. After today, you draw a hundred chickens in different shapes." Wen Daozhi issued the death assignment with a smile on his face.

The smile on Yu Hongdou's face froze. Her gaze shifted and she saw her father and brother. She stood up and ran over, throwing herself into Yu Song's open arms.

"Brother, if you don't come back, I will almost forget what you look like." Yu Hongdou touched Yu Song's face and always felt that her brother seemed a little older.

"Puchi" Master Shang heard what the master and disciple said before, and when he saw the little girl hugging her brother with a flattering look on her face, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Hongdou, come here, let me introduce you. This is the senior brother I told you about who is very good at tools and mechanics. You can call him Uncle Mo first. My senior brother needs to test you first."

Master Shang's words left some room for his senior brother. He was afraid that his senior brother would be stubborn and they would not be able to become master and disciple. Not only would it be awkward for him, but it would also dampen Hongdou's desire to learn.

"Little kid, let me ask you, what is the range of your crossbow? How strong is its power?" Mo Shougui didn't waste any time and went straight to the point.

"Hello, Uncle Mo. After the crossbow was made, I did not test the upper limit of distance and strength. However, according to my design, its optimal range is within 25 steps of an adult man. As for strength, I want to use drugs to increase the lethality."

Yu Hongdou saluted first, then truthfully stated her ideal design idea, but one point was that different materials, such as the strength of the bowstring, would result in different range and strength.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Yu Sanlang took the initiative to look for the crossbow he got from his second brother.

"What is your intention in designing this repeating crossbow?" Mo Shougui stared at the little girl's face, wanting to know her real thoughts.

Children's main purpose is to have fun, otherwise they wouldn't have thought of so many toys. Mo Shougui is not afraid of designing for her because she finds it fun, but he is afraid of how to play with it.

The fun of deceiving others and the fun of hunting birds and animals are different in nature.

"My original intention was to make it to provide protection for the elderly, the weak, women and children, and then I wanted to make it as a hidden weapon for my father to defend himself. However, this crossbow is obviously not suitable. I just want to ask you how to make the crossbow more compact and exquisite."

Of course, Yu Hongdou would not be stupid enough to say in front of Master Shang that she wanted to get a crossbow guard team for her father.

Mo Shougui nodded after hearing what Yu Hongdou said, but his eyes were already attracted by the crossbows that Yu Sanlang took out in each hand.

He first took the one made of cow tendon, looked at the tree in the yard, then looked at Yu Sanlang. He saw Yu Sanlang nodded, raised his arm, aimed at the tree trunk, hung the string, drew the bow, and released the arrow.

"Swoosh!" A wooden arrow shot out from the crossbow at high speed and nailed firmly to the tree trunk.

Mo Shougui frowned, repeated the action again, shot three arrows in a row, walked to the tree trunk to check it out, and began to comment: "This beef tendon is a low-quality material, which affects the strength. If deer tendon and beef tendon are combined, it will surely be stronger."

After saying that, he walked back, picked up another bow with a silk string, aimed it at the tree trunk, hung the string, drew the bow, and released the arrow.

He repeated it three times, then shook his head without any comment.

"Uncle Mo, cow tendons are hard to come by. Silk strings are less powerful, but the material is easier to find." Yu Hongdou added, explaining why there was a second string.

"I know, it might be better if raw cowhide is mixed into the silk." Mo Shougui nodded, then reacted and stretched out his hand to point at the little girl in the air.

Why did they need hard-to-find materials? It must be because they wanted to produce more. And if they made too many crossbows, and everyone had one, even if they were just female soldiers, the killing power would be considerable.

Yu Hongdou chuckled and gave the other person a look that said we both knew each other.

"Okay, girl. I do know how to make this crossbow smaller and more lethal, but the principles involved are numerous and complex. I'm afraid it will take three to five years to learn them all. I just don't know if you want to learn."

It was the first time Mo Shougui smiled since he entered the room. He looked at Liannu, then at Yu Sanlang and Yu Song, and then glanced at his silly junior brother. He turned to Yu Hongdou and invited him to be his disciple.

Yu Hongdou naturally wanted it, but she still explained: "Teacher, I mainly want to make more fun things to make the childhood of children like me happier."

She doesn't want to be a weapons expert, she just wants to learn something about machinery that can be applied to her life to make her life more convenient.

Mo Shougui looked at her sideways.

Yu Hongdou felt the other person's gaze, giggled, and immediately prostrated herself on the ground. From then on, she had an extra practical teacher to protect her.