Chapter 41: The Emergence of Bows and Crossbows (Seeking Rewards)

  "Whoa!"

  When Cloud Seven found himself back at the starting point, he couldn't help but curse loudly in his heart. He was now deeply regretful of why he had stayed within the Yang Manor after arriving in this world, never taking a step out to explore and get familiar with the roads. Now, he was like a headless fly, wandering around aimlessly. He had already asked seven passersby for directions, but their answers were all over the place - some said it was west of the city, others said north, and one even claimed that there was no Carpenter's Alley in the south. Cloud Seven almost went to ask his mother about it, wondering if these houses had risen from the ground on their own.

  "Hey, brother, can I ask you something?" Yun Qi stopped another passerby at the city market entrance.

  A passerby was suddenly pulled over and immediately became dissatisfied. In a bad tone, he said: "Who are you? Who is your brother, calling him Big Brother?"

  Yun Qi took a deep breath, suppressing his anger and forcing out a kind smile. He politely asked, "Excuse me, sir, I was wondering if there's a carpenter nearby."

  "You turn around... and look up again..."

  "Ah!" Yun Qi stood there in a daze, looking up to see the four bold and powerful ancient characters "Qiao Shou Mu Xing" carved on a wooden sign. Yun Qi's current mood was so frustrated that he wanted to dig out his own eyes and rub them clean, how could he have missed such obvious characters? And to make matters worse, someone had called him "big brother". He felt so cheated. Thinking of this, he turned around again, but the passerby from earlier was nowhere to be seen.

  "Damn it!" A standard modern Chinese curse escaped his mouth, and he immediately turned around with a huff, stormed off with his hands behind his back, and walked into the wooden shop.

  As soon as he entered the store, he found that there was no one inside, possibly in the back room. The store only had some finished wooden farm tools. "Shopkeeper! Come do business, come out to receive customers... uh... no, it's come out to entertain." After shouting, Yun Qi leaned against the counter, tapping his fingers rhythmically, with one hand supporting his chin, waiting for someone to come out.

  Before long, the door curtain connecting the two houses was lifted, and a man in his forties with a short shirt and a full beard came out. He was quite stout and greeted the guest warmly: "Ah, sir, are you here to make furniture or farm tools?"

  Yun Qi roughly sized up the interior decoration of the house and found that although the well-made farm tools were simple, they were also finely crafted. He replied, "None of those, I'm asking you, aside from furniture and farm tools, can other items be beaten?"

  Upon hearing this, his demeanor suddenly became more arrogant as he said: "To be honest with you, sir, you've found the right person. Within a ten-mile radius, who doesn't know about Clever Hands Wang? As long as I have a blueprint, I can make anything. What is it that you want to make?"

  Yun Qi saw him being so glib and asked suspiciously: "Really?"

  The great Han patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, sir. If I can't make it, then no one else in the world can."

  When Da Han said this, Yun Qi began to believe a little and thought about the pattern in his mind. He then ordered the carpenter to fetch paper and pen. The carpenter was very happy when he heard this, and quickly ran back into the house, generally using graph paper to create it, which would be equivalent to ordering in the present world, and the price would naturally be higher than the original product. Seeing that he could earn more, the carpenter was delighted and soon brought it back, respectfully handing the paper and pen over to Yun Qi.

  Yun Qi stared at the pen handed over by the carpenter and was stunned: "Damn, a brush pen, and it's so thick!"

  The carpenter asked strangely: "What's wrong with you, sir? Eh, isn't it a brush?"

  Yun Qiandao: "Using a brush to draw, how big of a paper would be needed to be precise? Moreover, I've never practiced brush drawing before, who knows it'll turn into a black mess. It's quite troublesome." Looking at the carpenter, he said: "Uh, do you have fine-tip pens?"

  "The carpenter replied honestly: 'Sir, this is already the finest brush.'"

  "Ah, my god!" Yun Qi slapped his forehead, feeling a headache, and then walked back and forth in the room. At this time, he saw a thin wooden strip among a pile of discarded wood shavings, picked it up and looked at it, the tip of the wood was similar to a pencil, and also saw a flat broken wood, which was just right for use as a ruler. With everything ready, without saying a word, he started drawing. As Yun Qi drew, the carpenter stared with wide eyes, he had never seen anyone draw with these things before, and yet it was so accurate.

  Before long, Yun Qi threw the wooden pen in his hand and handed the drawing to the boss: "Well, just do it according to this, can you make it?"

  The carpenter looked at it carefully, and after a while, he was amazed in his heart and couldn't help but praise: "Sir, how did you draw this picture? Why does it look like I'm seeing the real thing when I see the drawing paper? It's too fine. Even Wang Sheng, who is known for his clever hands, has never seen anything like it before. It's simply a divine stroke of genius."

  Yun Qi had long known that the carpenter would be surprised by his drawing, and said somewhat impatiently: "This is called a three-dimensional diagram. I've told you before, but you don't understand it either. You've seen the picture, so just say whether you can do it or not."

  "Capable, capable, capable, when will you want it, sir?" The carpenter said excitedly, his hands holding the blueprint shaking slightly.

  Yun Qi asked: "How long will it take you to make it?"

  "Originally, this thing would take half a day to do well, but now with these drawings, sir, you only need to wait for a moment, and it can be done." The carpenter patted his chest in guarantee.

  "Alright, you do it, I'll wait."

  "Rustle, rustle," amidst the sound of a saw cutting wood, Yun Qi found a small wooden stool and sat down beside the carpenter to watch him work. After a while, Yun Qi felt at ease in his heart. Although this carpenter looked rough, his skills were actually quite good. As he watched the small components being crafted one by one, Yun Qi's excitement grew. The world's first crossbow was about to be invented under his hands; how could he not be excited? Thinking further, if it were to spread to the military, this would undoubtedly be a great advantage. As a former soldier himself, although Yun Qi didn't belong to this era or this world, he now considered himself a Southerner and naturally hoped that the Southern soldiers could become stronger.

  ……

  After lunch, Yang Wenguan sent Mr. away and returned to find that Yun Qi was not there. After searching the entire mansion, he still couldn't find him. It was strange for someone so big to suddenly disappear. He went to Yun Qi's room again and found everything neatly arranged, with no signs of leaving home. Yang Wenguan felt even more puzzled and could only sit in the courtyard waiting. Having just eaten his fill, and with the warm sunshine in the afternoon, he soon dozed off.

  Yang Wenguang, who was dreaming, had a dream that the Shu army invaded the Southern Country and fought all the way to the city of Sicheng. He suddenly found himself transformed into a young general, wearing black armor and holding a long spear, eager to shout out his excitement. This was his childhood dream, and now it had finally come true. When he asked again, he discovered that he was actually a commander of a thousand men, with a thousand soldiers under his command, which made him even more excited. As the battle began, he was assigned to defend the main gate, watching as the Shu army surged forward like waves, and while feeling terrified in his heart, he also summoned up the courage to give orders for defense.

  The thrill of the kill, he suddenly felt someone pulling him, first shaking off that annoying hand from his body, didn't pay attention, thinking it was a dying soldier struggling. Just as he was about to continue killing the enemy, that annoying hand grabbed his collar and pulled him back with great force, this time he got angry, turned around ready to scold, but saw the person behind him was Yun Qi, before he could ask why he was also here, Yang Wenguan suddenly felt a strong force coming from behind, at the critical moment, glanced sideways with the corner of his eye, good guy, a Shu army big man, the large knife in his hand chopped down on his own back, and the blade had already sunk into flesh and blood.

  "Ah! I'm going to die..."

  Yun Qi Zheng was standing beside Yang Wen Guan, watching him sleep soundly. He thought of waking him up but was first slapped on the hand by Yang Wen Guan. Later, when he tried to pull him again, he heard a loud roar from Yang Wen Guan that startled him.

  Yang Wenguan wiped away the saliva from the corner of his mouth, and in a daze saw that the person in front of him was Yun Qi, whom he had been searching for half a day. Still not fully awake, he asked: "Huh? Yun Qi, you're back! Where did you go?"

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