Royal road

As May approaches, the weather is getting hotter.I don't know if he drank too much medicinal food, but Liang Feng has been losing his appetite recently. He didn't want to eat sticky millet rice and bean porridge at all, so he asked the kitchen to develop a bunch of pasta, mainly noodles.This era is also the ancestor of two types of noodles, soup cakes and water Yinbing cakes.Soup cakes are noodle soup, wide and short, only two inches long.Shuiyin cakes are closer to the noodles of later generations, narrow and thin, and can reach more than a foot.But both of them were pulled out directly by hand, and they didn't have the strength of rolling and pulling noodles in the later generations. Liang Feng, an authentic northerner, naturally sneered.

So under his guidance, after repeated improvements, the kitchen finally developed fine noodles.The chef obviously worked hard, rolling out the noodles very thin, and then chopping them with a sharp knife. A good meal.

Pulled noodles are suitable for making cold noodles. Cut a cucumber root, mix some garlic juice, pour it on the cold water surface, and then sprinkle a pinch of sesame seeds, refreshing and springy.Or stir-fry minced meat and soybean paste to make fried sauce and mix it in noodles. You will never get tired of eating it.

This kind of delicacy, not to mention Liang Feng, even Liang Rong loves it very much.The lunch meal of the father and son naturally changed.Although it doesn't look like Gaomen's pie, it is simple and delicious. Occasionally add two side dishes, and you can eat it with gusto.

After finishing the hot chicken noodle soup, Liang Feng took the handkerchief from Lv Zhu and wiped the sweat off his brow, then rinsed his mouth with water, before looking at the little guy who obediently put down his chopsticks.Perhaps because of the delicious food, Liang Rong's little face was flushed and looked very cute.Liang Feng smiled slightly, and suddenly asked: "Rong'er often goes to the school recently?"

Liang Rong ate his belly full, and it was a time when he was relaxed and comfortable. Unexpectedly, he would ask such a question, like a rabbit whose ears were picked up, and suddenly stayed where he was.After a long while, he bowed his head in shame: "Rong'er is naughty, please punish him."

"I just went to the school to have a look, why is there such a thing?" Liang Feng replied with a smile.In fact, Liang Rong was surprised that he had held back for so long before going out to peep.Fortunately, the little guy is still curious about the school.

"After reading it, what do you think of the school in the mansion?" Liang Rong's attitude towards the school was what he cared most about.

Liang Rong hesitated for a moment before saying: "The things taught in the school are quite shallow. I can already recite the thousand-character prose, and they have only learned a little bit. The sand table books are also a little rough. But there are so many people, I didn't expect so many people to be together Go to school."

Liang Rong observed very carefully indeed.Not only knew the teaching progress of the school, but also visited the desk sand table in the classroom.But answering like this, more and more showed his curiosity and desire for the school.It's a child after all.The Liang Mansion is too lonely for Liang Rong. Even if there are people to enlighten him, someone to accompany him to play, and relatives to take care of him, growing up without companions is an irreparable shortcoming.

But the school was not suitable for Liang Rong.Not to mention the low status of the students in the school, the things taught there are also very different from Liang Rong's academic progress and goals.This is a problem caused by class. With Liang Rong's status, he can only enter a private school that suits him.

It seems that Cui Daru's suggestion should be considered.Or kidnap a competent teacher from the Cui family?After all, it is also very important to have excellent teachers. For married people like Jiang Da and Duan Qin, children's education is also a concern.If they can't provide it, they can only leave their children in their hometown to study.And if there is a private school in the mansion, and if the standard is good, they will bring their family members over, so that the cohesion and centripetal force will naturally increase.Not to mention the so-called accompanying reading effect.

Education is really a big problem.

After thinking about the seriousness of the matter, Liang Feng comforted him: "When Rong'er is six years old, my father will find you a suitable teacher. Then you will be able to study in the new school like them."

Liang Rong knew what Father was talking about.Last time he was able to say that he would stay with his father, but this time, he was a bit speechless.Father has become more and more busy these days, and he has to worry about his studies and read a lot of scriptures to him.If I act willfully and recklessly because I don't want to leave the Liang Mansion, I'm really sorry for my father's painstaking efforts.Also, the school looks really interesting.

Biting his lip tangled, he nodded silently.Liang Feng smiled and rubbed his little head, and he should go to the county again later.

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"It's finally done!" Liu Jian picked up the things on the case, checked them carefully two or three times, and said excitedly, "It will definitely work this time!"

"Do you want to show it to the Lord Lang?" The craftsman next to him rubbed his hands nervously, feeling very disturbed.

"Naturally! Let's go, let's go together!" Liu Jian replied without hesitation.

"This... How dare the villain offend the master... Mr. Liu should go alone..." The craftsman shook his head hastily.

"If Lord Lang asks about the production, I can't answer. Go! Go!"

Although Liu Jian is not as unreasonable as his younger brother, he is quite stubborn when he is stubborn.The craftsman couldn't speak better than him, so he had no choice but to follow.After a while, the two came to the main courtyard to meet the Lord Lang.Seeing what Liu Jian was holding in his hand, Liang Feng's eyes lit up: "Master made an appointment, but the hand crossbow was made?"

"Exactly!" Liu Jian strode forward and handed over the things in his hand.

This is a new type of crossbow that is a few fractions smaller than ordinary crossbows. The body of the crossbow is less than three feet, and the weight is not very heavy. It looks extremely pocket-sized.The arrows on it are not ordinary arrows, but shorter crossbow arrows, which seem to be specially made.This is a project that Liu Jian has focused on developing after improving the waterwheel, and now it has finally produced results!

After testing the tension of the bowstring, Liang Feng immediately asked, "How far can this crossbow shoot?"

"Armor can be pierced at eighty steps! But it can only be cloth armor and leather armor, not iron armor." Liu Jian replied immediately.

This is also the maximum range he can guarantee.Thanks to Li Xin's new achievements in trigonometric functions, after trial and error, Liu Jian made a breakthrough in the original Han crossbow.If the strength of the crossbow body is further improved, maybe it can have a greater range!

This is much stronger than ordinary bows and arrows.The effective killing range of a bow is generally fifty steps, while the crossbow equipped by the court can reach a hundred steps. However, a strong and strong soldier is required to use the crossbow. kilograms), but to pull the ten-stone rhubarb crossbow requires ten stones of strength, and the range is said to be four to five hundred steps!

But this number, Liang Feng just listened to it.Ten stones are not for individual soldiers, they can only be used for city defense and battlefield.This kind of big guy is not something that the Liang family can covet at the moment.It is already extremely rare to be able to transform the Arm Tension Crossbow and make it slightly smaller.This is also thanks to the mathematics talent of Liu Jian.

"Go and try it. Come, find a wooden target! Bring Yi Yingzheng too." Liang Feng stood up, took the crossbow and walked outside.

The servants were very quick in their work, and within a short time they brought wooden targets and placed them eighty steps away.Liang Feng raised the crossbow with one hand, and wanted to test fire, but the craftsman at the side hurriedly stopped him: "My lord, this thing has a great thrust, it's better to use two hands!"

Hand crossbows also have reaction force?Liang Feng looked at his slender wrists, and couldn't help but smile wryly and changed hands.It's not what it used to be. Back then, you could hold a gun with one hand, but now you can only do it with standard actions.There was no need to change his posture, he directly picked up the hand crossbow according to the posture of holding the gun that he had practiced for half his life.Not to mention, the front sight of this crossbow, that is, on the "Wangshan", has a scale, just like the scale on a modern firearm.

Aiming at the red heart of the target with ease, he pulled the hanging knife (that is, the trigger) on the crossbow, and only heard a buzzing sound, and the crossbow shot out.Right in the heart!At the same time, there was a burning pain in his arm, not because of the reaction force of this thing, but because his wrist couldn't bear it.

"Langzhu's sharp shot!" Someone beside him had already started flattering.

Liang Feng smiled wryly and shook his head, the bullseye is so big, it would be embarrassing to miss it again.Someone took the target back, and Liang Feng checked it carefully. Sure enough, it could only be nailed to the target in eighty steps, and could not penetrate the wooden board.At this distance, even if the winding speed is fast, at most two rounds will reach the enemy, which seems a bit uneconomical.

At this time Yiyan also came to the courtyard, and saw the hand crossbow in Liang Feng's hand at a glance: "This is the new crossbow?"

"It's just developed by the workshop, try it." Liang Feng handed over the crossbow.

Yiyan didn't shirk, took over the crossbow, pulled the string and set the arrow, and shot towards the target with one hand raised.It was also in the middle of the red heart, but his expression didn't change at all, obviously he didn't take the reaction force seriously.Liang Feng looked a little jealous, the red seal on his wrist hadn't come off yet, and in terms of physical strength, he probably couldn't compare to the kid in front of him in his lifetime.

"The accuracy is not bad, but the pulling force is a bit too strong when winding, and the launch will probably be a lot slower." Yi Yan gave a direct judgment.

Liang Feng nodded, turned to the craftsman and asked, "How much does a crossbow cost?"

"With Master Liu's improvement, it only costs five thousand dollars!" The craftsman replied excitedly.

Liang Feng almost didn't ask back how much money?Five thousand dollars!A bow is less than [-] yuan, which is almost ten times as much!

"Is this the price for making such a crossbow?" Liang Feng continued to ask, holding back the pain in his heart.

"Almost. Some light crossbows that shoot fifty paces may be cheaper, only about three thousand yuan. A stone crossbow basically costs around eight thousand yuan. The main reason is that the crossbow machine is too cumbersome, and copper and iron are used, so it is not cheap." The craftsman also came from the arsenal of the prefecture and county, so he is very familiar with the price in this area.

It seems that the strong army is all made of money.It costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to assemble a team of crossbowmen casually, and he is really not that deep.

"Boyuan, do you think this crossbow is very useful?" Liang Feng turned his head and asked Yiyan.

The other party had already seen the problem with this thing, and shook his head: "Infantry combat is not good. Now that there are few people, it is better to train archers. But cavalry can be equipped with some."

The biggest advantage of the crossbow is that anyone can use it, even if you don't know how to shoot arrows, you can easily get started.But only when there are many people and strong financial resources, it makes sense to set up a crossbow team.Otherwise, with just that little crossbow, it would be better to practice more archers.However, the cavalry is different. The difficulty of riding and shooting is too high. Even if they can master equestrian skills proficiently, they may not be able to ride and shoot accurately.This crossbow happened to be small in size and had a longer range than a bow, so it was perfect for dealing with those lightly armored cavalry.

"Then let's give you sixty cards first." Gritting his teeth, Liang Feng said.Now the cavalry has just recruited 60 people, and it happens that there are not many cavalry, so we can handle it.Anyway, cavalry is so expensive that it makes his liver hurt, and it's not bad for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

"How long does it take to make these hand crossbows?" Liang Feng asked.

The craftsman thought about it for a while: "There is an iron workshop to make crossbows, and five helpers for the little one, two months will be enough!"

Liang Feng: "..."

Okay, he knows that this thing is wasting money and time.But research and development, without this link, it really doesn't work.It seems that the standardized production of the iron workshop will also be grasped. If the accessories can meet the uniform specifications, the assembly will be much easier.However, he doesn't need to worry too much about this matter. The assembly and production of precision control has existed since the Qin Dynasty, and the craftsmen are quite familiar with it. Once it is grasped, it will be effective immediately.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Turning back, the iron workshop will be enclosed separately and moved to the valley. You and other craftsmen will go there, and then send a team of soldiers to set up checkpoints and keep it strictly confidential. These crafts must not be passed on to the outside world, and anyone who violates them will be killed. amnesty!"

The craftsman shrank his neck.But he also knew it in his heart, because the crossbow and armor were truly forbidden items, and if they were found out, there was really only a dead end.

"However, this time the crossbow is well done. Each person will be given [-] coins and two bolts of silk cloth as a reward. If the Liannu and shoulder crossbow are improved in the future, there will be a big reward!" There is also a reward, Liang Feng clearly distinguishes this point.

Hearing this, Liu Jian and the craftsman became excited: "Thank you, Lord Lang!"

With such a money-burning military factory, it seems that they are going to make some civilian equipment to make up for it, or try to improve the shock absorption of cars or textile machines?However, there is no technical protection these days. If you really make something and sell it at a high price, the biggest possibility is that it will be learned immediately.Woodworking is not like porcelain. The structure is placed there, and it is not easy to keep it secret.Well, I still have to think of other ways...