Three Kingdoms

Although one hundred people is not a large number, it is natural to discuss matters like this with the Pang and Huang families.

Fei Qian's wedding was held under Lushan Mountain, and the date coincided with Guining's time. So he and Huang Yueying went to the Huangjiayin Yard first, found Huang Chengyan, and took him to the Xiangyang Camp to hand over the arrows. Talk carefully to Huang Chengyan.

Then Fei Qian explained: "The Cai family is just worried that I will take this opportunity to interfere in Xiangyang's political affairs and dilute the interests of the Cai family, so they cast stones first to ask for directions. This is one of the reasons; the other is that the Cai family's strengths are also what we are lacking in." There is no shortage of other things like money, equipment, etc.; thirdly, the Cai family deliberately put the matter of private soldiers on the table, and they seemed to want to use this matter to remind us... "

Huang Chengyan nodded and said thoughtfully: "What the wise son-in-law said seems to mean something like this. After all, the Cai family and Zhang Boxen got married before us. It's not surprising that there are some news from the court..."

As he spoke, Huang Chengyan frowned and said: "...If this is the case, then the Cai family's implicit meaning is-"

"...We need to raise our own troops to prevent chaos!"

Huang Chengyan was silent.

In ancient times, because the transmission of news was very inconvenient, people who knew something first would often have a certain advantage. People like the Cai family who might have obtained first-hand news from the court naturally took the lead. .

Moreover, the Cai family has done this for the sake of the Pang family and the Huang family, so the olive branch handed over this time is quite weighty.

Of course, if Fei Qian is stupid and fails to understand the meaning of the Cai family's move, then the Cai family will naturally exclude Fei Qian from the list of future cooperation and only treat Fei Qian as a sowing machine. .

In the eyes of the aristocratic family, only the strong get stronger, and there is absolutely no intention to support the weak. At this point, all aristocratic families are the same, they are all extremely ruthless.

The children of the aristocratic family are like a pyramid. The strong among them are naturally in the highest position in the family. Their responsibility is to see the direction of progress and guide the family forward. However, under the feet of these strong people, there are a large number of more ordinary people. Family members rely on them, and while enjoying the various benefits and protections brought by the family, they must also dedicate their loyalty and even their lives.

"...In this case, the Huang family has to make some preparations... Yueying, go to my room in the backyard and get the rattan box on the first floor of the bookshelf..." Huang Chengyan pondered for a long time and then gave instructions. road.

After a while, Huang Yueying came out holding the rattan box in both hands.

Huang Chengyan took it and put it on the table, stroking it with both hands, as if he was remembering something. After a long time, Fang opened the rattan box and untied the silk brocade inside, revealing three pieces of it. Volume slips.

Huang Chengyan slowly took out the slips one by one from left to right, placed them gently on the table, and said: "These are the three volumes of Huang's secret biography, which record three categories: soldiers, armor, and weapons. Now the generals in the world Chaos, it’s time to take it out..."

Fei Qian took it respectfully and opened it. The more he looked at it, the more shocked he became. The Huang family was indeed a family of weapon makers, and they actually had such detailed records about weapons and armor—

For example, in the Scroll of Arms, everything from small arrows to swords, and even long weapons such as spears and halberds have detailed records from material selection to production. They even record the effects of using different materials.

For example, for the weapon and gun item alone, it reads:

"The spears are divided into nine colors, and their making is: wooden shaft, upper blade and lower spear...

"With a lance, use a double hook, an inverted single hook on the side of the head, or a ring on the pole...

“Rifles must be made of plain wood or crow heads. Those with crow heads...

"The awl spear has a four-edged blade, which is quite strong and sharp and cannot be broken..."

"The spear, several feet long, originally came from the south and was used by wild beasts. Within a few dozen steps, all those who hit it would fall...

…

"The horse spear is made of bamboo like wood, with three branches and six poles intersecting each other. The heads are all bladed, and they are often planted on the ground. Iron ropes are used throughout, and they are more interconnected, or set up a formation to set up a camp to resist danger and block the air. It is advisable to set them up to prevent thieves from riding unexpectedly, so that they cannot gallop..."

Um? Does Juma count as a gun?

Okay, maybe it's relatively simple, not counting the complicated equipment...

It's really amazing. It can be said that whoever gets these scrolls can know the various forms, production processes and required materials from weapons to armor to instruments. This importance is self-evident.

Huang Chengyan sighed and said: "Huang's method of making utensils originated from the Mohist family..."

I see!

No wonder Huang Chengyan lost his temper when he learned that Fei Qian actually had a fragment of Hu Feizi's chapter, because Hu Feizi was a disciple of Mozi.

The Mohist family was prominent during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, with a large number of members. It was a super-powerful civil society organization that crossed national boundaries. It was so powerful that it could even prevent a country's military actions. A typical example was the incident of stopping Chu and attacking Song Dynasty...

It was such a school with a tight organization, internal unity, and widely disseminated ideas. Mencius even said at that time, "The words of Yang Zhu and Mo Zhai filled the world." This means that there were two prominent schools at that time, one was Yang Zhu's school derived from Laozi, and the other was Mohism. The science of learning is the knowledge followed by many people...

Such a flourishing school had influence all over the world during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In the end, due to differences in concepts, during the unification of the Qin State, in order to adhere to the "non-offensive" proposition, a lot of power was consumed, especially when the government was in charge of the government. The people in power did not like it and suffered many suppressions. Until the Han Dynasty, there were only a few people who moved from explicit learning to hidden learning...

These three volumes of tablets have been passed down from ancient times, and have been continuously added, subtracted and corrected by the preservers of the past generations. By the time of Huang Chengyan's generation, they were already in perfect order. They were almost complete complete books on science and technology in the war department.

Like Pang Degong's "Six Tao", it is a rare treasure. Huang Chengyan's willingness to take it out can be regarded as an investment in Fei Qian's future. Of course, being his own son-in-law is also a very important factor.

After all, in the feudal society of the Han Dynasty that emphasized blood ties and lineage, no one would pay attention to it.

At present, the Cai family provided Fei Qian with a hundred private soldiers. Although they were training in the Xiangyang camp at this time, they would soon have to rely on Fei Qian to provide various types of armor and equipment to the private soldiers, so Huang Chengyan also gave them to him. Fei Qian meant to make some preparations in advance.

Fei Qian looked through it carefully, and frowned a little when he saw the Scroll of Armor. All the records recorded were relatively simple protective armors. He didn't see the so-called chain armor until the end, let alone the so-called chain armor. Mention the full-body plate armor that is often seen in later games...

Fei Qian thought about it again, including the soldiers and generals he had seen in Luoyang and Xiangyang before. It seemed that he had never seen anyone wearing this kind of armor. Most of them were ordinary leather armors, or It's iron plate armor...

Is it because this thing doesn’t exist yet?