Chapter 335
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Chapter 335: Inspiration Surges
“I don’t want these, Your Majesty. You know what I mean. I want to research new weapons.”
Ye Xuan said, continuously blinking her large eyes.
While performing the final modifications on the crossbow, she had been thinking about what to do next, but for a while, she had no inspiration.
So, she turned her attention to Luo Ji.
Who else, in her impression, had such an explosive source of inspiration in his mind?
And currently, only Ye Xuan dared to act this way.
The guards on both sides looked straight ahead, pretending not to notice.
Clearly, they also had no way of dealing with this little ancestor.
Luo Ji, upon hearing this, showed an ‘as expected’ expression.
But even if she asked him, he didn’t have any immediate ideas.
This was because his current army genuinely lacked no particular equipment.
If forced to list some, he could certainly rattle off a long list, but the problem was that they couldn’t be made with current technology.
For a moment, Luo Ji fell into contemplation.
Then, as his gaze swept over a file on his desk, his expression froze.
He had just opened this file, intending to read it, when Ye Xuan arrived.
Now, an unconscious glance at its content suddenly gave him an idea!
“Sleeve arrow.”
“What is it? What is it?”
Ye Xuan’s eyes immediately lit up upon hearing another unfamiliar term from Luo Ji’s mouth.
She instantly leaned closer.
“You can think of it as a miniature version of a crossbow. It’s usually strapped to the wrist and can be hidden in the sleeve.”
“When needed, you just lift your hand or exert a little force, and it can shoot an arrow to attack the enemy.”
As he spoke, Luo Ji spread out a piece of paper and drew a rough sketch with a pen.
It was ugly, but the meaning was conveyed.
“I see, there can be such a weapon…”
Ye Xuan quickly took the paper with the drawing from Luo Ji’s hand.
This couldn’t be called a blueprint, as the important mechanisms and structures weren’t drawn at all.
At the same time, Luo Ji himself didn’t know the internal structure of a sleeve arrow, so he only drew the external appearance he had imagined.
But at this moment, Luo Ji suddenly realized that this was enough.
He didn’t need to describe any important structures.
Ye Xuan had an extraordinarily keen intuition for weapon research.
She only needed a small spark of inspiration, and her entire thought process could be completely opened in an instant.
“But Your Majesty, considering the stealth aspect, for such a small mechanism, the range and power probably can’t be guaranteed, right?”
In just an instant, merely by looking at Luo Ji’s ugly sketch of the exterior, Ye Xuan had already realized the ‘sleeve arrow’s’ flaws.
Luo Ji secretly marveled.
As a modern person, he could naturally think of this problem instantly, but for Ye Xuan, an ancient person, her mind turned a little too fast…
“As for range, 10 to 20 meters would be enough, because this sleeve arrow is a hidden weapon. Its importance lies in its stealth, and in launching surprise attacks on enemies at crucial moments. Furthermore, if it can silently kill an enemy, that would be even better.”
“Hidden weapon, hidden weapon…”
Another new term. After pondering for a while, Ye Xuan’s eyes grew brighter and brighter.
She was practically overflowing with inspiration, a level comparable to discovering a new continent.
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty…”
Ye Xuan became incoherent.
At this moment, she was speaking to Luo Ji, but her mind was already on something else.
And Luo Ji clearly knew what she needed.
He directly placed his own set of paper and pen in front of Ye Xuan.
Without a word, Ye Xuan skillfully picked up a charcoal pen and simply sprawled on the ground to draw, leaving the guards on both sides stunned.
“Your Majesty…”
“Hush—”
Luo Ji made a quiet gesture.
Inspiration was fleeting. You might think of something in one second, but then forget it in the next, and then you might never be able to recall it no matter how hard you try.
Anyway, his new office was spacious enough, and he was always exceptionally quiet when reviewing reports, neither of them would disturb the other.
So, he let Ye Xuan draw there.
With this thought, Luo Ji signaled a guard to get him a new set of paper and pen, then his gaze returned to the file in front of him.
This file was sent by Zhang Tang, the commander of the Mirror Division’s covert operations.
The covert operations unit’s duties, besides using extreme methods to interrogate prisoners and investigate intelligence, clearly included training special spies and assassins and executing special missions.
It was precisely because of this report that Luo Ji suddenly thought of ‘hidden weapons.’
His army indeed temporarily lacked nothing specifically needed, unless Ye Xuan could further upgrade and improve existing weapons and equipment.
But special departments like the Mirror Division and the covert operations unit needed them.
Thinking of this, while approving Zhang Tang’s application, Luo Ji quickly flipped through the crossbow blueprint Ye Xuan had given him.
The opened attribute window unsurprisingly confirmed it was a Black Iron-grade blueprint.
Luo Ji then took a blank piece of paper and clearly wrote instructions, ordering the Military Armament Production Department to mobilize the majority of its manpower and set a small goal to first produce 300 crossbows.
Afterward, he had a nearby guard deliver the blueprint along with this order to the Military Armament Production Department.
Crossbowmen were similar to archers, in small numbers, they were useless on the battlefield.
300 was Luo Ji’s minimum.
If possible, it would be best to form a 500 strong crossbowman unit.
However, Luo Ji could probably anticipate that the Military Armament Production Department, being new to crossbows, wouldn’t have a smooth start.
The mechanisms within were all delicate work, meaning it would take at least several months.
Forming a crossbowman unit in a short period was impossible.
But he then received another piece of good news.
“Your Majesty…”
A guard glanced at Ye Xuan, who was still drawing blueprints nearby, then quietly walked to Luo Ji’s side and whispered.
Luo Ji’s expression immediately brightened.
Without disturbing Ye Xuan, he quickly left his office with a few guards.
