Zhang Chong was very considerate this time. Of course Hong Yuan didn't know, but he remembered which warship Li Yan boarded when he came here a year ago. Today, he still took Hong Yuan to the warship.

From the moment he boarded the warship, Hong Yuan felt the difference.

Ichiro Muto boarded a warship before. At that time, Hong Yuan felt that this warship was a tool for naval forces to fight, but it was just something that needed to be used during war.

But now, everything on the battleship is much more refined than before.

From the outside, the paint on the warship and the military flag logo of the Tang Dynasty, and the re-paved floor on the deck all show that the warship is different from before.

Moreover, Hong Yuan also discovered a very important change, that is, when he wanted to take a look, there were no soldiers on the warship, and Zhang Chongxian called the soldiers up.

Now, there are many soldiers on the ship who are busy. There are also soldiers practicing sea battles on the deck, and several craftsmen are walking around with their own tools. They are obviously checking whether the ship can sail out of the sea.

Seeing these changes, Hong Yuan couldn't help but nodded secretly.

"We have indeed not wasted this year. Now it's time to prove this. Let's go and set sail! Take me to the sea to take a look, and then demonstrate the improved weapons to me. His Majesty said in his letter to me that the most important purpose of this warship is to fight. No matter how powerful it looks, it must be the performance of encountering the enemy!"

"Okay! The county magistrate is waiting and see!"

It was Zhang Chong's spirit that was now very different from the timid look when Li Qing came a year ago. After saying this, he waved his hand and gave an order. The soldiers under his command immediately arrived at their respective positions. After a moment, the battleship slowly moved.

According to Hong Yuan's requirements, the distance of the warship sailed several times longer than the last test, and the shore was a little unseen. Only then did Zhang Chong instruct the soldiers to stop and test the weapons.

During the voyage, Hong Yuan was observing the expressions of Zhang Chong and the soldiers on the ship.

He knew that if they had never sailed so far before, they would have felt nervous.

But obviously they didn't feel nervous. In other words, such a long distance must be the distance they can often reach. After reaching such a conclusion, Hong Yuan felt a little relieved.

The weapons test was the top priority of Hong Yuan's inspection this time, and it was also the situation Li Yong wanted to know the most.

When Hong Yuan looked at it with his naked eyes, the weapons on this warship were obviously still present now, and what was not before were three giant crossbow arrows arranged in eight directions on the deck, and arrows were placed like hills next to each giant crossbow.

This arrow is obviously also of characteristics. Looking at the thickness of the arrow, Hong Yuan knew that if he aimed at it, if the warship of the same size was not well maintained, it would be pierced by a single arrow.

Just as Hong Yuan was thinking about this, Zhang Chong began to order the testing of the weapons on these warships. Although they were all things that Hong Yuan had seen before, this test still gave Hong Yuan enough surprise.

The range or power of almost every weapon has increased by about one-third in these three years. What is this concept? This shows that the combat effectiveness of this warship has increased by at least one-third compared to three years ago, which is definitely a huge improvement.

In fact, Hong Yuan had an impression of these changes before, because compared with the weapons that could be made in decades, the Tang Dynasty has been developing and progressing over the years.

At this time, the craftsmen knew that there were a lot more than those of the craftsmen decades ago, so a little more powerful materials were replaced with these weapons, so they could upgrade these weapons, so they would only achieve such a great improvement in just three years.

After basically all these weapons were demonstrated, Zhang Chong came to Hong Yuan and said, "This is the power of our Tang Dynasty warships today. I wonder if the county magistrate is still satisfied?"

Unlike the timid and not confident one year ago, Zhang Chong is now full of confidence and full of confidence. It is obvious that his performance in the past three years that gave him such confidence.

"Why don't you demonstrate the crossbow around the deck?"

"The county magistrate has great vision. The crossbow around the deck is the weapon I have developed over the past year, but there are no enemy troops or targets on the sea. Therefore, we still have to wait until we return to the shore to find the target on the shore and let the county magistrate see the power of the crossbow."

Zhang Chong was also very confident about this matter, so Hong Yuan just nodded and signaled that Zhang Chong could return.

When the warship reached not far from the shore, Zhang Chong gave the order, several soldiers around the crossbow fixed on the deck began to move. The two raised the huge arrow and loaded the crossbow soon.

Although I don’t know how much slower than normal crossbows, in naval battles, such a little time is not counting as time, not to mention that when they install arrows on the crossbow, the ship is still moving. Obviously, this action cannot be successful without repeated tempering.

"Did you see that tree? Our goal is that tree!"

Zhang Chong pointed his hand at a towering tree on the shore that was obviously several times thicker than other people, and said to several soldiers.

These soldiers didn't even bother to talk and started to operate the crossbow directly, obviously aiming.

Hong Yuan watched coldly and found that Zhang Chong's forehead was also sweating at this time.

This is a very critical moment. If you cannot hit the target, it doesn't matter if Zhang Chong is embarrassed in front of Hong Yuan. If Hong Yuan says that these powerful crossbows are all useless flower-like guitars, even if Li Neng finally finds out, he will have to listen.

But at this time, things are not something that Zhang Chong can say alone. These things have no luck, and they all see the truth under their hands.

There was no sound. After these soldiers aimed for a while, with a whoosh, the very thick arrow flew out.
Chapter completed!