Royal Road

As May approaches, the weather is getting warmer. I don't know if I drank too much medicated food. Liang Feng has always had a loss of appetite recently. He doesn't want to eat slimy rice and bean porridge at all. So he asked the kitchen to develop a bunch of pasta, mainly noodles. In this era, there are also the ancestors of two kinds of noodles, soup cake and water yin cake. Soup cake is noodle soup, wide and short, only two inches long and short. Shui Yinbing is relatively close to the noodles of later generations, narrow and thin, and can reach more than a foot. But both of them were pulled out by hand directly, and there was no such thing as the strength of the later generations to roll the noodles. Liang Feng, an authentic northerner, naturally sneered.

So under his guidance, after repeated improvements, the kitchen finally developed fine noodles. The chef obviously took a lot of hard work. Roll the noodles very thin, and then cut them with a sharp knife to make thin noodles with distinct roots. Roll with chicken broth, sprinkle with chopped green onion and coriander, and serve with a few slices of white shredded chicken. A good meal.

The noodles are suitable for making cold noodles, cut a cucumber, adjust some garlic juice, pour it on the cold water surface, and sprinkle a pinch of flax, refreshing and springing. Or stir-fry the meat glutinous rice with soybean paste, make it into a fried sauce, mix it in the noodles, you will never get tired of it.

This kind of delicacy, let alone Liang Feng, even Liang Rong loves it. The father and son's lunch at noon naturally changed their appearance. Although it doesn't look like a Gaomen pie, it is simple and delicious. Adding two side dishes occasionally makes it delicious.

After eating the hot chicken noodle soup, Liang Feng took the handkerchief handed by the green bamboo and wiped the sweat from his head, and rinsed his mouth with water before looking at the little guy who obediently put down his chopsticks. Maybe it was delicious, Liang Rong's little face was blushing, and he looked very cute. Liang Feng smiled slightly, and suddenly asked, "Ronger often ran to the school recently?"

Liang Rong had a round belly when he was relaxing and comfortable. He didn't expect to have such a question, just like a rabbit with his ears picked up, and he stayed where he was. After a while, he bowed his head in shame: "Rong'er is naughty, and I ask Father to punish him."

"Just go to the school to see, why is it so strange?" Liang Feng replied with a smile. In fact, Liang Rong had been holding back for so long before he ran out to peep, which had already surprised him. Fortunately, the little guy is still curious about school.

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

Liang Rong hesitated for a moment before he said: "The things taught in the school are quite shallow, I can recite a thousand-character essay, and they have only learned a little bit. The sand table book case is also slightly crude. But there are so many people, I didn't expect so many people together. Go to school."

Liang Rong did observe very carefully. Not only knew the teaching progress of the school, but also visited the desk sand table in the classroom. However, this answer further showed his curiosity and desire for the school. It's a child after all. Liang Mansion is too lonely for Liang Rong. Even if someone is enlightened, someone has fun with him, and the care and care of relatives, it is an irreparable shortcoming to grow up without a companion.

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 an identity like Liang Rong, he can only enter a private school that suits him.

It seems we still have to consider Cui Daru's suggestion. Or a competent teacher from Cui Jiaguai? After all, it is also very important to have strong teachers. For married people like Jiang Da and Duan Qin, children's education should also be concerned. If they can't provide it here, they can only leave their children in their hometown to go to school. And if there is a private school in the house, and the standard is good, they will bring their family members, so the cohesion and centripetal force will naturally increase. Not to mention the so-called **** effect.

Education is really a big problem.

After understanding the importance of the matter, Liang Feng comforted: "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 just like them."

Liang Rong knew what his father was talking about. Last time he could still say that he wanted to stay with his father, but this time, he couldn't tell. My father is getting busier these days, and he has to worry about his studies and read a lot of scriptures for him. If it's because I don't want to leave Liang's mansion, I will be willful and reckless, I'm really sorry for my father's painstaking efforts. Moreover, the school looks really interesting.

Biting his lip tangledly, he nodded silently. Liang Feng smiled and rubbed his little head, and it's better to go to the county town again.

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"Finally done!" Liu Jian picked up the items 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 host?" The craftsman next to him rubbed his hands nervously, very anxious.

"Naturally go! Go, let's go together!" Liu Jian answered without hesitation.

"This... how dare the villain offend the lord... or Liu Shidu go alone..." The craftsman shook his head quickly.

"If the host asks about production, I can't answer it. Go! Go!"

Although Liu Jian is not as unreasonable as his junior, but he is also quite stubborn. The craftsman couldn't tell him, so he had to follow him. In a short while, the two came to the main courtyard and met with the lord. Seeing what Liu Jian was holding, Liang Feng's eyes lit up: "Shiyue, but did you make a crossbow?"

"Exactly!" Liu Jian strode forward and passed what was in his hand.

This is a new type of crossbow that is a few points smaller than the ordinary crossbow. The crossbow body is less than three feet, and the weight is not very heavy. It looks extremely compact. It is not a normal arrow, but a shorter crossbow, which seems to be specially made. This is a project that Liu Jian focused on after improving the waterwheel, and now it has finally produced results!

After trying the tension of the bowstring, Liang Feng immediately asked: "How much range can this crossbow have?"

"Eighty steps can be pierced! But only cloth 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 results in trigonometric functions, after repeated trials, Liu Jian made a breakthrough in the original Han crossbow. If the strength of the crossbow body is further improved, it may 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, an open-armed crossbow requires a strong soldier to use it. It takes at least one stone (30 The strength of about kilograms), and to pull the rhubarb crossbow with ten stones, the strength of ten stones is required, and the range is said to be up to four or five hundred steps!

However, Liang Feng just listened to this number. Ten stones are not for individual soldiers, they can only be used for city defense and the battlefield. This kind of big guy is not something that Liang House can currently covet. It is extremely rare to be able to transform the arms and expand the crossbow to make it slightly smaller. This is also thanks to Liu Jian, a mathematician.

"Go and try. Come here, find a wooden target! Get Yi Yingzheng as well." Liang Feng stood up and walked outside with the crossbow.

The servants are very neat, and soon they brought wooden targets and placed them eighty steps away. Liang Feng raised the crossbow with one hand and wanted to test fire. The craftsman on the side just stopped: "Lord, this thing has a great thrust, it's better to use two hands!"

The hand crossbow also has a reactionary force? Liang Feng looked at his thin wrists, and couldn't help but change his hands with a wry smile. It's not what it used to be. At the beginning, you could be cool with a single hand gun, but now you can only follow the standard action. He didn't need to change his posture, he directly held up the crossbow in the gun-holding posture he had practiced for half a lifetime. Not to mention, the front sight of this crossbow, which is on the "Wangshan", has a scale, just like the ruler on modern firearms.

Familiar with the road, he aimed at the red heart of the target, he squeezed the hanging knife (that is, the trigger) on the crossbow machine, and only heard a buzzing sound, the crossbow bolt shot out. In the middle of the red heart! At the same time, there was a hot and painful sensation in his arm, not because of the reaction force of this thing, but because his wrist couldn't hold it.

"Lord Lord shot!" Someone on the side had already started to flatter.

Liang Feng smiled bitterly and shook his head. Someone took the target back, and Liang Feng checked it carefully, and it was true that he could only nail it to the target in 80 steps, and couldn't penetrate the board. This kind of distance, even if the winding speed is fast, at most it is only two shots about to meet the enemy, it seems a bit unworthy.

At this time, Yi Yan 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, you try it." Liang Feng handed the crossbow over.

Yi Yan didn't push away, took the crossbow machine, pulled the string and set the arrow, raised it with one hand, and shot at the target. The same is in the middle of the red heart, but his expression has not changed at all, obviously he has not paid attention to the reaction force. Liang Feng looked a little jealous, and the red mark on his wrist hadn't gone down yet. In terms of physical strength, it was estimated that he would be inferior to the kid in front of him in his life.

"It's ok, it's just that the pulling force during winding is a bit big, and it's estimated that the launch will be much slower." Yi Yan gave his judgment directly.

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

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

Liang Feng almost didn't ask how much money was it? Five thousand dollars! A bow is less than eight hundred dollars, which is almost tenfold!

"It's the price to make such an open crossbow?" Liang Feng resisted the pain and continued to ask.

"Almost. Some light crossbows with 50 steps may be cheaper, as long as three thousand dollars. A stone crossbow basically costs about eight thousand dollars. The main reason is that the crossbow machine is too cumbersome, and the use of copper and iron is not cheap." The craftsman also came from Fuxian's arsenal, and he was very familiar with the price in this regard.

It seems that the strong army is all made out of money. It would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to assemble a team of crossbowmen casually, and he was really not so embarrassed.

"Bo Yuan, do you think this crossbow is useful?" Liang Feng turned his head and asked Yi Yan.

The other party had already seen the problem with this thing, and shook his head: "Walking is not good, now 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 can't shoot arrows, you can easily use it. But it only makes sense to set up a crossbow team when there are many people and financial resources. Otherwise, just a little crossbow, it's better to practice a few more archers. However, the cavalry is different, the difficulty of riding and shooting is too high, even if they can master equestrian skills, they may not be able to shoot accurately. This crossbow is just small in size and has a longer range than a bow, making it suitable for those light cavalry.

"Then give you 60 copies first." After gritting his teeth, Liang Feng said. Now the cavalry has just recruited sixty people, just a small number, and they can handle it. Anyway, the cavalry is so expensive that it hurts his liver, 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 pondered for a moment: "There is an iron workshop to build a crossbow machine, and five helpers for the small one will be enough for two months!"

Liang Feng: "..."

Okay, he knew that this thing burned money and time. But research and development, it really won't work without this ring. It seems that Tiefang's standardized production has to be grasped too. If the accessories can reach uniform specifications, it will be much easier to assemble. However, he doesn't need to worry too much about this matter. Precision-controlled assembly and production have existed since the Qin Dynasty, and the craftsmen are quite familiar with it. Once caught, it will be effective immediately.

After thinking about it, he said, "When you turn back, you must circle the iron workshop alone and move some into the valley. You and the other craftsmen will go there, and then send a team of soldiers to set up checkpoints and keep them strictly confidential. These crafts must never be passed on, and offenders will be killed. amnesty!"

The craftsman narrowed his neck when he heard it. But he knew it from the bottom of his heart, because crossbows and armor were really prohibited items, and there was really only a dead end when they were found out.

"But this time the crossbow did a good job. Each person gave three thousand dollars and two pieces of silk cloth, which is regarded as a reward. If the continuous crossbow and shoulder crossbow are improved in the future, there will be a big reward!" This should be kept confidential and should be rewarded. Also have to reward, Liang Feng clearly distinguished this point.

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

With such a money-burning military factory, it seems to be making some civilian equipment for repairs, or try to improve the car's shock absorption or textile machinery? But these years, there is no technical protection. If you really make something and sell it at a high price, the most likely thing is to be learned immediately. Carpentry is not like porcelain, the structure is there, and it is not easy to keep it secret. Hey, we still have to think of other ways...