Traveling to another world and becoming a local owner

Early the next morning, Cao Shuan came to see Zhang Ling with panda eyes.

Perhaps inspired by Fusheng, this guy didn't sleep all night and stayed up all night to make the quiver and crossbow rest.

Fusheng learned the double liquid quenching method and was so excited that he couldn't sleep. He asked his 13-year-old eldest son to pull the bellows and his 9-year-old youngest son to add charcoal. They worked for most of the night and finally made the crossbow chamber and crossbow arrowhead.

After Zhang Ling got up, the two of them took out all the prepared things and showed them to him one by one.

Zhang Ling discussed with the two of them the whole morning, and found out the shortcomings of the various parts of the crossbow and made improvements.

The rough crossbow chamber was polished smooth with a file, and the poorly fitting crossbow stock and movable bolt were repaired. Each crossbow arrow was also assembled with the arrowhead using wooden sticks of the same size.

Even the crossbow strings, they all agreed that they could be replaced with better bow strings.

After the unremitting efforts of the three people, a groundbreaking compound crossbow was officially launched.

Zhang Ling looked at the crossbow in his hand, which was 60 cm long, 50 cm wide and weighed more than ten kilograms, and a sense of pride arose in his heart.

He played with the crossbow for a while, then took out twenty taels of silver and handed them to the two men, saying, "You two have worked hard! This is a little reward for you, take it quickly! I declare again, you are not allowed to refuse. Rewards and punishments are clear, which is the rule of my Zhang family!"

"Yes, young master! Thank you for the reward. Brother Fusheng, you should take it if the young master gives it to you, otherwise he will be unhappy." Cao Shuan seemed to have gotten used to it. He happily took the silver and even carried Fusheng on his shoulders.

"Ah? Oh, then I'll accept it. Thank you, young master!" Fusheng scratched his head embarrassedly and said with a silly smile.

"Okay, you two have worked hard all night, go back and get some rest. If you have anything to say, we can talk about it after you have a good sleep. I'll be out for a while first." Zhang Ling nodded with satisfaction, then picked up the crossbow and said.

Ever since the wine steamer was made, Daniu and Li Liulang were gloriously laid off. It was not because they wanted to be lazy, but because Zhao Fengnian and his colleagues were too diligent.

There are only three steamers at the moment, and there is no need for too many people to operate them, so the two of them can only run errands and transport goods.

When Zhang Ling found the two, they had just finished lunch and had nothing to do, so they squatted outside the kitchen and chatted with a few old women.

"Are you two chatting? Do you want to go hunting with me?" Zhang Ling called out the two of them in a bad mood.

When the two heard that they were going up the mountain to hunt, they immediately became interested.

"Brother Ling, I've been feeling depressed for a while and have been wanting to go to the mountains for a long time. It's so boring to have nothing to do every day. If there was no one at home, I would have wanted to go back and stay there." Da Niu said aggrievedly.

"Where are your family members?" Zhang Ling was confused when he heard that.

"They all went to the kiln to make bricks. Even my niece and her family were busy collecting firewood and didn't bother to pay attention to me." Daniu was very depressed. He finally found time to go back home yesterday, but there was no one at home.

"Haha, that's perfect. You can chat with these sisters-in-law here. How nice." Zhang Ling raised his eyebrows and teased with a smile.

"Brother Ling, don't accuse me. They insisted that I stay with them and chat for a while. If you don't believe me, ask Liu Lang." Da Niu blushed and explained hurriedly.

"Haha, don't say that. You were obviously having a great time chatting, haha!" Li Liulang joked as he saw his embarrassed look.

"You..." Da Niu was speechless and his face suddenly turned red.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing about this. Let's go and hunt some game to improve our lives." Zhang Ling was also amused by the two of them. Fearing that they would start arguing, he smiled and changed the subject.

"I'm not going to talk to you anymore. I'm going home to get my bow." Da Niu couldn't argue anymore and was ready to go home angrily.

"No need, I just want to try out the power of this crossbow!" Zhang Ling hurriedly called him, showed the crossbow in his hand, and said with a smile.

Wangshan Village is backed by a mountain, and the three of them entered the forest after walking for a while.

"Master, look, there is a pheasant in the bushes." Li Liulang was born a hunter and had extremely sharp eyes. He lowered his voice and pointed to the bushes more than 50 meters away in front of the left.

"Where is it? Let me see. Yes, yes, the pheasant is in the grass." Da Niu leaned over, squinted his eyes, took a look, and spoke hurriedly.

"How come you two have such good eyesight? Let me take a look." Zhang Ling stared blankly for a long time in the direction of their fingers. Finally, he saw a red and gray feather in the gap between the grass.

"I've seen it. Stop making noise. Let me try." After Zhang Ling finished speaking, he quietly stepped forward with the crossbow, tiptoeing for fear of making any noise.

"Chiu..." He moved forward seven or eight meters, slowly pushed the handle above the quiver forward, then aimed at the target and pulled back suddenly, and the crossbow arrow shot out instantly.

"Cluck, cluck, cluck..." The crossbow arrow shot into the grass, and the pheasant was instantly frightened and flew up with flapping wings.

Zhang Ling knew that he had shot off target, so he raised the crossbow and followed the pheasant's flight path, pulling the handle continuously, shooting arrows one after another as if they were free.

"Cluck... Cluck... Cluck..." Under such intensive attack, the pheasant was unfortunately hit by an arrow and fell headfirst to the ground from mid-air.

"Hit it!" Upon seeing this, Da Niu ran forward quickly and brought the pheasant back in a short while.

The crossbow arrow hit the side of the pheasant's leg and pierced into the abdominal cavity at an angle. The arrowhead protruded from the other end. The death was extremely miserable.

"Master, this crossbow is so powerful that it can penetrate this pheasant alive." Li Liulang couldn't help but marvel at this. If he used a bow and arrow to shoot, he could do it at such a distance, but he had to pull the bow to its full length, which required enormous force. It would be impossible to shoot through the pheasant so easily.

"Of course, how about this crossbow, isn't it powerful?" Zhang Ling was delighted when he heard this. Although his hit rate was pitifully low, he was not a professional. He was able to hit the prey on his first hunt, which was enough to make him proud.

"I noticed that the young master didn't seem to use much strength just now. How could he have such power to shoot the pheasant from such a long distance?" Li Liulang looked at the pheasant, somewhat puzzled.

"Yes, Brother Ling, I'm also curious about how you did it. When I went hunting before, it took a lot of effort to pull the bow to the full length. Even so, I rarely shot a pheasant through." Daniu asked with a confused look on his face.

"Look at this crossbow. It is semicircular in shape. The crossbow string is tighter than that of an ordinary crossbow, so the power is naturally greater. There are two movable bolts supporting the bottom of the quiver. When pushing and pulling, the crossbow string can be easily pulled to the full extent using the principle of leverage, so it is not difficult." Zhang Ling held up the crossbow and explained to the two.

"Oh, then what is the principle of leverage?" Daniu nodded as if he understood, and then asked.

"Well, this thing is hard to explain right away. I'll tell you two when I have time." Zhang Ling was speechless for a moment. If he continued, he would probably have a hundred thousand questions, so he stopped talking immediately.

Li Liulang ran to pick up the arrows one by one. Perhaps he shot too far, so he only found seven of the eight arrows. Zhang Ling didn't care about this, but Daniu and the others felt distressed.

In this way, the three of them continued to move towards the forest. They encountered many hares and pheasants along the way. Although a few slipped through the net, it did not affect their harvest.