As May approaches, the weather is getting warmer. I don't know if he drank too much medicated food. Liang Feng has been losing his appetite recently. He didn't want to eat sticky millet rice and bean porridge, so he asked the kitchen to develop a bunch of pasta, mainly noodles. This era is also the ancestor of the two types of noodles, soup cake and water cake. Soup cakes are noodle soups, short and wide, only two inches long. Shuiyin cake is closer to the noodles of later generations, narrow and thin, and can reach more than a foot. However, both of them were directly pulled out by hand, and they didn't have the strength to roll and tear noodles in later generations. Liang Feng, an authentic northerner, naturally scoffed.
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 cutting them finely with a fast knife. A good meal.
The noodles are suitable for making cold noodles. Cut cucumbers, add some garlic juice, pour them on the cold water, sprinkle with a pinch of flax, and refresh your teeth. Or stir-fry it with pork sang and soy sauce to make a fried sauce and mix it in noodles.
This kind of delicacy, let alone Liang Feng, even Liang Rong loves it very much. The lunch meal of the father and son naturally changed. Although it is not quite like Gaomen's pie, it is better than simple and delicious. Occasionally add two side dishes, and you can eat it with great taste.
After eating the hot chicken noodle soup, Liang Feng took the handkerchief from Green Bamboo and wiped the sweat on his forehead, then rinsed his mouth with water, before looking at the little guy who put down his chopsticks obediently. It might be because it was deliciously eaten, Liang Rong's little face was flushed red and looked very cute. Liang Feng smiled slightly, and suddenly asked: "Rong'er often runs to the school recently?"
Liang Rong's belly was round, and it was when he was relaxed and comfortable. He didn't expect such a question, like a rabbit whose ears were picked up, and stayed in place all of a sudden. After a long while, he bowed his head in shame: "Rong'er is naughty, please ask my father to punish him."
"Just go to the school to see, why is there any reason?" Liang Feng replied with a smile. In fact, it took Liang Rong so long to run out to peep, which surprised him. 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 about most.
Liang Rong hesitated for a moment before saying: "The things taught in the school are quite shallow. I can already recite the thousand-character text, and they have only learned half of it. The sand table book case is also a little rough. But there are so many people, I didn't expect so many people to come together. go to school."
Liang Rong observed it very carefully. Not only did I know the teaching progress of the school, but I also visited the desk sand table in the classroom. However, answering like this, his curiosity and desire for the school became more and more evident. A child after all. Liang Mansion is too lonely for Liang Rong. Even if there are people who are enlightened, have fun with, and care and take care of relatives, it is an irreparable lack of growth without companions.
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 vastly different from Liang Rong's academic progress and goals. This is a problem caused by class. With an identity like Liang Rong, he can only enter a private school that suits him.
It seems that Cui Daru's suggestion still needs to be considered. Or kidnap a competent teacher from the Cui family? After all, it is also very important to have excellent teachers. Married people like Jiang Da and Duan Qin also have to worry about the education of their children. If they can't provide it on their own, they can only keep their children in their hometown to study. And if there is a private school in the mansion, and the standard is good, they will bring their family members over, so the cohesion and centripetal force will naturally improve. Not to mention the so-called companion reading effect.
Education is still a big problem.
After trying to understand the seriousness of the matter, Liang Feng comforted him: "When Rong'er is six years old, my father will find a suitable teacher for you. Then you will be able to study in the new school like them."
Liang Rong knew what his father was talking about. Last time he could still say that he wanted to stay by his father's side, but this time, he couldn't say it. Father is getting busier these days, and he has to worry about his studies and read a lot of scriptures to him. If he acts willfully because he doesn't want to leave the Liang residence, 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 rubbed his little head with a smile, and let's go back to the county town.
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"Finally done!" Liu Jian picked up the things on the case, carefully checked it two or three times, and said excitedly, "It will definitely work this time!"
"Do you want to show it to the master for inspection?" The craftsman next to him rubbed his hands nervously, very apprehensive.
"Of course I'm going! Let's go together!" Liu Jian replied without hesitation.
"This... how dare the villain offend the master... let Master Liu go alone..." The craftsman quickly shook his head.
"If the master asks about the production, I can't answer it. Go! Go!"
Although Liu Jian is not as unreasonable as his younger brother, he is quite stubborn when he is stubborn. How could the craftsman speak to him, so he had to follow. After a while, the two came to the main courtyard and met the master. Seeing what Liu Jian was holding in his hand, Liang Feng's eyes lit up: "The teacher agreed, 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 even smaller than an ordinary crossbow. The body of the crossbow is less than three feet, and the weight is not very heavy. It looks extremely compact. The above is not a general arrow, but a shorter crossbow arrow, which seems to be specially made. This is a project that Liu Jian has been working on after improving the waterwheel, and now it has finally come to fruition!
After trying the tension of the bowstring, Liang Feng immediately asked, "How much range can this crossbow have?"
"Eighty steps can pierce armor! 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 improved, maybe it can have a larger range!
This is much stronger than ordinary bows and arrows. The effective killing range of a bow is generally 50 steps, while the crossbow equipped by the imperial court can reach 100 steps, but a crossbow requires a strong soldier to use it. About kilograms) of strength, and if you want to pull the ten stone big yellow crossbow, you need ten stone strength, and the range is said to be up to four or five hundred steps!
But this number, Liang Feng just listened to it. The Ten Stones are not for single soldiers, they can only be used for city defense and battlefield sniping. This kind of big guy is not something that Liang Mansion can covet at present. It is extremely rare to be able to transform the arm crossbow and make it slightly smaller. This is also thanks to Liu Jian, a mathematician.
"Go and have a try. Come on, find a wooden target! Get Yi Yingzheng as well." Liang Feng stood up, took the crossbow and walked outside.
The servants did things very neatly, and after a while, they brought the wooden target and placed it eighty paces away. Liang Feng raised the crossbow machine with one hand and wanted to test the shot, but the craftsman on the side just stopped him: "Lang Master, this thing has a lot of thrust, it is better to use two hands!"
Hand crossbow also has reaction force? Liang Feng looked at his slender wrists, and couldn't help but change his hands with a wry smile. It's not what it used to be. At the time, you could hold a gun with one hand, but now you can only follow standard actions. He didn't need to change his posture, he directly picked up the crossbow in the gun-holding posture he had practiced for half his life. Not to mention, the crossbow's crossbow, which is above the "Wangshan", has a scale, just like the rear sight on a modern firearm.
Aiming at the target red heart, he pulled the hanging knife (that is, the trigger) on the crossbow machine, only to hear a buzzing sound, and the crossbow arrow shot out. Right in the heart! At the same time, there was a hot pain in the arm, not because the reaction force of this thing was so great, but because his wrist couldn't hold it.
"Lord Master shot!" Someone on the side had already started to flatter.
Liang Feng smiled wryly and shook his head, the bullseye was so big, it would be a shame to miss it again. The target was taken back, and Liang Feng checked it carefully. It was true that he could only nail it to the target at 80 steps, and could not penetrate the plank. This kind of distance, even if the winding speed is fast, it will only take two rounds at most to catch the enemy, which seems to be a bit inconvenient.
At this time, Yi Yan also came to the courtyard and saw the crossbow in Liang Feng's hand at a glance: "This is the new crossbow?"
"The craftsmanship just developed it, you can try it." Liang Feng handed the crossbow over.
Yiyan didn't shirk, took the crossbow machine, pulled the string and mounted the arrow, raised one hand and shot at the target. It is also in the middle of the red heart, but his expression has not changed at all, obviously he did not take that little reaction force into his eyes. Liang Feng looked a little jealous. The red mark on his wrist had not gone down yet. In terms of physical strength, it is estimated that he will not be able to compare to the boy in front of him in this life.
"It's okay to be accurate, but the tension is a bit large when winding, and it is estimated that the launch will be a lot slower." Yi Yan directly gave his judgment.
Liang Feng nodded, turned to the craftsman and asked, "How much does a crossbow cost?"
"With Master Liu's improvement, it only takes five thousand dollars!" The craftsman replied excitedly.
Liang Feng almost didn't ask a question. How much money? Five thousand dollars! A bow is less than 800 dollars, which is almost tenfold!
"It's all this price to build such an arm-stretching crossbow?" Liang Feng resisted the pain and continued to ask.
"Almost. Some light crossbows that shoot fifty paces may be cheaper, only about three thousand dollars. A stone crossbow basically costs about eight thousand dollars. The main reason is that the crossbow machine is too cumbersome, and it uses copper and iron, so it is not cheap." The craftsman also came from the prefecture's arsenal, and is very familiar with the price in this area.
It seems that the strong army is all out of money. It costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to assemble a team of crossbowmen casually, and he is really not that rich.
"Bo Yuan, do you think this crossbow is useful?" Liang Feng turned his head and asked Yi Yan.
The other party also saw the problem with this thing long ago, and shook his head: "Infantry is not good, now there are fewer people, it is better to train archers. But cavalry can be equipped with some."
The biggest advantage of a crossbow is that anyone can use it, even if you don't know how to shoot arrows, you can easily get started. But it only makes sense to set up a crossbow team when there are many people and strong financial resources. Otherwise, that point of crossbow, it is really better to practice a few more archers. However, the cavalry is different. The difficulty of riding and shooting is too high. Even if you can master equestrian skills, you may not be able to accurately mount and shoot. This crossbow is just not big, and its range is farther than that of a bow. It is perfect for those light-armored cavalry.
"Then I'll give you sixty cards first." Gritting his teeth, Liang Feng said. Now the cavalry has just recruited sixty people, which is just a small number and can handle it. Anyway, the cavalry thing is expensive enough to make his liver hurt, and it is not less than a few hundred thousand dollars.
"How long does it take to build these hand crossbows?" Liang Feng asked.
The craftsman pondered for a while: "There is an iron workshop to build a crossbow machine, and five helpers for the little one, two months is enough!"
Liang Feng: "..."
Okay, he knew that this thing was burning money and time. However, research and development, it is really impossible without this ring. It seems that the standardized production of the iron workshop will also be grasped. If the accessories can meet the unified specifications, the assembly will be much simpler. But he doesn't need to worry too much about this matter. The assembly and production of precision control has been in existence since the Qin Dynasty, and the craftsmen are quite familiar with it. Once caught, it will be effective immediately.
After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Go back to the iron workshop to circle it alone and move some into 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 spread outside, and those who violate them will be killed. amnesty!"
The craftsman shrank his neck. However, he actually knew in his heart that because crossbows and armor were truly banned items, there was really only a dead end when they were found out.
"However, the crossbow did a good job this time. Each person was given 3,000 yuan and two silk cloths, which was considered a reward. If the continuous crossbow and shoulder crossbow are improved in the future, there will be a big reward!" Also reward, Liang Feng clearly distinguishes this point.
Hearing this, Liu Jian and the craftsman were both excited: "Thank you sir!"
With such a money-burning military factory, it seems that they need to make some civilian equipment to make up for it, or try to improve the shock absorption of the car or the textile machine? 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 there, and it is not easy to keep it secret. Alas, I still have to think of other ways...