Training Tai Sui

"In this way, you go to my house and send 20 taels of silver to Jiang San and his family. Since the two of them have lost their lives for the sake of the master, I have to say nothing."

When he said this, Hou Ye's heart was bleeding. After all, 20 taels of silver was not a small amount. If he, a small official of the seventh rank, had no extra money, let alone take it out, he might not have seen it.

But just like what he said, if a subordinate dies for himself, he has to show something, otherwise, who would want to do things for him in the future?

The visitor said gratefully: "Master is kind, I have thanked Master on behalf of Jiang San and the others."

"Go." Hou Ye waved his hand weakly, but in an instant he said angrily: "This matter is not over, my brother Hou Ye can't be killed casually!"

Ever since, Hou Ye, furious, went straight to find He Chou.Although the Ministry of Industry is not in charge of such matters, there are only one or two officials that Hou Ye is familiar with, and this He Chou happens to be the highest-ranking one among them.

He Chou is very laid-back. On weekdays, Yu Xian has to worry about the management of the construction site. He only needs to show up at the construction site when he has a whim. If there is no specific business, no one dares to disturb him. Don't live too much. good.

When Hou Ye came to see He Chou, he had just woken up from a nap, with a lazy expression on his face.

"What? You said Qin Feng killed your people?"

Stretching out his hand to rub his stiff cheeks, He Chou seemed to have heard something unbelievable.

That man is holding King Jin's thigh, will he personally deal with your two green skins?

Seeming to know what He Chou was thinking, Hou Ye said with a firm face: "Master He, this matter is absolutely true. At that time, His Royal Highness Prince Jin had not yet arrived at his Zhuangzi. My original intention was to send two people to scare him. Thinking that the little bastard is so vicious, he actually killed him."

Ha ha.

He Chou didn't believe this at all.

What is Hou Ye? He Chou is very clear. To put it bluntly, this person is a mad dog under the prince's family. Even the prince may not know that he has this mad dog. You Hou Ye said that you sent someone to scare you , who will believe it?

But then again, no matter how bad Hou Ye is, it is still the prince's dog. As the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat the dog. In addition, Qin Feng didn't save face last time, so He Chou actually didn't want to see him. .

After pondering for a moment, He Chou asked, "Do you have evidence for this?"

Hou Ye curled his lips and didn't answer. There is evidence that he has already arrested people, so why bother looking for you?

He Chou was furious, there is no evidence, what a fart you are, I am a doctor of the Ministry of Industry, not a doctor of the Ministry of Punishment.What's more, that kid is obviously hugging King Jin's thigh now, even if I am a doctor of the Ministry of Punishment, how dare I arrest him without evidence.

Seeing He Chou's gloomy face, Hou Ye immediately added: "Lord He, that little bastard is cruel and eloquent. If you don't get rid of him, where is His Royal Highness King Jin...I'm worried that he will pose a threat to the prince!"

He Chou sneered, and said disdainfully: "The son of a criminal official, let alone him, even if his father is still there, so what?"

He Chou was young, and he knew little about what happened back then, but what he knew was that Qin Yi was opposed to the prince's resignation, and what a fifth-rank official, Wai Lang, could not do, a little bastard could do?

To be honest, in his opinion, Qin Feng, including Yang Guang, are just two little kids, and no one cares about them, but if there is something wrong with him... Can the crown prince let them go?If it weren't for the reputation and the emperor's opinion, the prince would have slapped all his brothers on the wall long ago, right?

He Chou waved his hand casually, stopped Hou Ye's defense, and said to himself: "Don't worry, I've already settled the game, just wait for that kid to jump in, and when the time comes, don't talk about Qin Feng, that little bastard." , even King Jin would have to be ashamed, knowing that not everything is something he can get his hands on!"

He Chou said this very firmly. The most important thing is that he believes that with his own ability, it will be a matter of time before he is appreciated by the prince. Yu Wenkai, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, is old, and he is still young, so he dare not expect that position , but the position of a servant will definitely not escape.

A senior member of the fourth rank who is less than 30 years old, just thinking about it makes people look forward to it!

"Dangdangdang!"

Just when He Chou looked determined, in a yard of the main house of Qinjiazhuang, a blacksmith was struggling to inflate the bellows, while the other was holding iron tongs in one hand and a small hammer in the other, desperately trying to hit a small piece of iron. Beating hard.

In this season when drops of water turn into ice, the three craftsmen are all naked to the upper body, and the blue veins on the muscles all over their bodies are protruding, which looks very impactful.

"This time, we must succeed!"

Taking a deep breath, Liu Laoshi put down the small hammer in his hand and looked at the seamless iron material with an indescribably tired expression.

Making bows and crossbows looks simple, at least much simpler than those sophisticated firearms of later generations, but the tools of this era are primitive and can only be operated by hand. Making such precision parts is actually a very skilled job.

Reaching out to take the small part, Qin Feng felt a little itchy and said: "How tough is it, can it withstand huge force?"

With steel these days, Qin Feng doesn't worry about its hardness. The only thing he worries about is toughness. Otherwise, what's the use of breaking the part after shooting two arrows?

As his name suggests, Liu honestly said with an honest face: "Young master, I can't guarantee it for a small one. Wrought iron is not hard enough, but steel is too brittle. In addition, this thing is too small to be forged. If it can be bigger , I can assure you that there will be no problems."

Qin Feng shook his head and said: "This thing is big, and this crossbow has to be bigger, and the weight will increase a lot. Soldiers marching in armor, and sometimes they need to carry rations at all times. If they carry such a heavy thing on their backs , Tired yourself down without waiting to meet the enemy, what's the use of this thing?"

In Qin Feng's conception, what he wants to build is the individual machine gun of this era, not the heavy machine gun, which is of little use. After all, a soldier shoots ten crossbow arrows in an instant. If there are more soldiers, it will cover the sky. Block out the sun.

But what is the use of a city with a large crossbow? It is not as effective as an archer with 5000 people.

As for field battles, that's even more of a joke. These days are not the mechanized troops of the later generations. They rely on a pair of legs to march, and they don't know what they can do without.Even the siege equipment is usually built nearby after arriving at the place. If you let the soldiers go on their way against this thing, isn't that sick?

Liu Laoshi was quite ashamed and said: "Master, there is also this furnace, the temperature is not enough, the iron is difficult to forge into steel, the small ones can only increase the strength, these are all right, the villain has nothing else, just There is a lot of strength. But this thing is not as strong as possible, too much force will destroy the toughness..."

"Small incompetence, please punish the young master."

You fucking said a lot, you can't help it, but the young master can!

Looking at the charcoal in the stove, Qin Feng wanted to give himself a slap. Why didn't he think of such a simple thing before?

"You mean, if the fire is hot enough, you can make something that meets the requirements?"

Liu Laoshi was stunned for a moment. In his opinion, it is a great thing for this young master of his family to know how to improve the crossbow. Does he still know how to heat up the stove?can't you?

"I dare not say that I am [-]% sure, but I should be [-]% to [-]% sure!"

After pondering for a moment, Qin Feng asked, "Charcoal, have you heard of it?"

Chapter 77 became

"Carbon..."

Wei Zheng's face was blank, obviously he didn't know what Qin Feng was talking about, but Yang Guang said slowly: "I know a little about this thing, some poor people will use it to keep warm in winter, but... I heard that burning coal will There was a lot of smoke, and some people were even choked to death, so this thing is not popular, Brother Ziyu is saying that this thing can increase the temperature of the furnace?"

It is not without reason that the ancients were reluctant to use coal. Anthracite coal is buried relatively deep. In ancient times, at least the Sui Dynasty did not have this technology to mine it, and the combustion of ordinary coal will produce a lot of smoke.If it’s just that, it’s fine. The problem is that ordinary coal has too many impurities and high sulfur content. Once it is burned, it will be a skyrocketing poisonous smoke, not to mention that if the coal is not fully burned, a large amount of carbon monoxide will be produced.

In later generations, the briquettes and briquettes used by people are actually refined. To put it bluntly, it is to wash the coal to remove most of the impurities.

However, in this year, the technical difficulty is too great, and there is almost no feasibility.

But the problem is that Qin Feng wants coal to forge iron, so he doesn't care so much outdoors. Besides, it's not difficult to get a pipe to vent the smoke. Can the heat generated by burning coal compare with firewood?

Not to mention that there is still a large amount of anthracite coal in Shanxi. This anthracite coal has a low sulfur content. Although it has a high ignition point, it is not a problem. It is said that it is used to forge iron, even if it replaces charcoal as a fuel for heating and keeping out the cold, there is no problem.

The price of charcoal is very high, mainly because it requires a lot of labor and manpower. You have to cut wood first, and then burn charcoal. This is a laborious job, but anthracite is good. As long as it can be mined, let alone supply the whole world, But there will be no problem in supplying the entire Daxing City.

"That's right." Thinking of this, Qin Feng said excitedly: "Ah Ying, we don't use coal for heating, so why are we afraid of smoke in this courtyard? Put it outside, the important thing is that the furnace temperature can be raised!"

Yang Guang nodded and said: "Brother Ziyu said that, I remembered something. Before, Yincheng County paid a tribute to a batch of charcoal, and my father rewarded me with some, but I thought it was too smelly, so I shipped it to Zhuangzi. I don't know if it's still here..."

Yincheng County... If Qin Feng remembers correctly, this place still has a name for later generations, Shenmu!

The coal in this place is not very good, but under the current conditions, it will take a long time to go to Shanxi to find a place, and then mine it. It is of course best to have ready-made coal.