Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 564 Improvements to the Han Crossbow

Fei Qian can't stay in Jingxiang for too long. After all, the longer he leaves Bingzhou, the higher the risk. What's more, he is still helping Liu Biao to kill Sun Jian, although on the surface it must be Liu Biao He presided over this battle, but in the small circle of the Jingxiang gentry, at least the Pang, Cai, and Huang knew what the specific truth was.

When Liu Biao took advantage of Sun Jian's death to start a new wave of persuading and attacking Jingnan, Pang, Cai, and Huang were all silent. They neither said yes to Liu Biao's behavior, Not saying no...

  For Fei Qian, Liu Biao's behavior was just enough to cover up for himself. He didn't want Yuan Shu to focus on him and welcome him when he returned to Bingzhou.

  In case Yuan Shu and that boy Sun Ce know the truth, Yuan Shu is better off saying something, but that idiot Sun Ce, well, maybe he will rush up with someone regardless...

  But now, Fei Qian is concerned about how much assistance the old man is willing to give him. These days, craftsman talents are similar to gold-inlaid blue collars in later generations, not everywhere, but even in later generations, many people think that wearing a white shirt and sitting in an air-conditioned room is a serious job. Others who are sweating all over the place are all worthless scum...

However, Fei Qian led the Jingxiang guards, at the cost of about 800 people, and cleared away more than 2,000 soldiers. Such a record was more convincing to Huang Chengyan, at least it made Huang Chengyan affirm that Fei Qian had at least two hands , the results obtained in Bingzhou before are not so-called accidental.

  In the Huangjia Yinyuan, Huang Chengyan and Fei hid in the open space of the workshop. In front of them, they visited a batch of newly made various crossbow parts and some crossbow bolts.

Han Dynasty arrows and crossbows are two completely different things. To put it simply, the overall length of the arrow will be longer than the crossbow, and the tail feathers will also be longer, but the tip of the crossbow is sharper, so the arrow Arrows and crossbow bolts are generally not interchangeable.

Whether it is an arrow or a crossbow, it is extremely important to have a good workmanship, especially the balance of the overall arrow and crossbow. If the center of gravity does not meet the standard, it will cause the entire arrow and crossbow to break down after being shot. The deflection is a thousand miles away.

  Huang Chengyan said: "If the crossbow wants to be strong, it needs to be strong, and the strings and strings work together to be able to pierce through the armor; if the crossbow is to be stable, it needs to be stable, with flexible blades and teeth, and it is better not to be stuck."

   There are generally three important parts of a crossbow, one is the arm, one is the bow, and the other is the machine.

  The "arm" is generally made of wood, the "bow" is across the front of the arm, and the "machine" is installed at the rear of the arm. The one with more mechanical requirements is the "machine". The crossbow machine is generally made of copper and is installed in the "Guo" of the crossbow. The front is the "teeth" for hanging strings, and there is "Wangshan" behind the "teeth". There is a "hanging knife" exposed at the bottom. When designing, move the hanging knife to make the "teeth" shrink down, so that the crossbow bolt can be shot.

  Bows are generally made of multi-layered bamboo and wood chips, which are then glued together. After each layer of glue is applied, it must be completely dry before proceeding to the next process...

  So, in fact, it is not the "arm" or the "machine" that restricts the time of the crossbow machine, but the "bow". It takes too long to make a good and qualified bow.

  Fei Qian picked up a crossbow and said, "Can't we speed it up?" This has to be done slowly one by one, until the Year of the Horse Moon and Monkey?

Huang Chengyan nodded, and said: "Fast can be fast, using candlelight instead of drying, but it's a waste of time and money..." Of course this is for sure, and it's not that the master can't do this kind of thing at all. It's a waste.

  Fei Qian frowned and said, "Can't it be replaced by other materials, such as thirty-forged steel sheets..."

   "Steel sheet?! Don't be joking..." Huang Chengyan replied subconsciously, but then pondered, "...steel sheet, um..."

The technology of frying steel in the Han Dynasty has reached a certain standard, but for many people, they have never thought of making good steel into bow arms. Most people have good steel, and they will inevitably choose to use it on the blade. Who would think about making it into a steel sheet to make a bow arm?

However, for the Huang family, both steel and iron reserves are available, so under Fei Qian's idea, Huang Chengyan quickly asked a craftsman to go to the warehouse to take a previously made steel ingot, and recreate it. Throwing it into the stove, there was a clanging sound.

   Huang Chengyan looked at it and said, "My son-in-law's idea is ingenious, but even if it works...it's too expensive..."

  In the Han Dynasty, swords with 50 refinements generally cost about 6,000 to 8,000 yuan, and swords with 100 refinements cost more than 10,000 yuan. Although swords with 30 refinements would be cheaper, they still cost three to four thousand yuan after conversion. Of course, this is the value when the price is stable, and when the price is stable, a stone of grain is generally around 300 to 400 yuan, which is equivalent to using a crossbow with 30 steel-making pieces, but The value of a crossbow is almost equal to ten stones of food and grass, and after adding the value of other components, the price of a crossbow is almost a small amount of tens of thousands of dollars...

  Under the condition of relatively stable prices, tens of thousands of dollars are used to buy grain and grass, which is enough to feed a soldier for a year without any problems.

   Calculated in this way, it is true that the crossbow machine that uses the steel sheet has become a high-end equipment in an instant, and it is not that Brother Hao cannot afford it at all. This feeling is the same as that of a white-collar worker in a metropolis buying a "green" bag with a year's salary...

The craftsmen of the Huang family are indeed extremely proficient. I saw him burn a piece of steel ingot until it softened, and then knock it out into a long strip shape. After cutting it, he reheated it and forged it again. After about a while, a strip of steel was knocked out, and after it was quenched and polished, it was brought in front of Huang Chengyan and Fei Qian.

  Fei Qian looked at the master craftsman beside him with a little uneven breathing, and he couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart. After all, manpower is still limited. Only by expanding to the mechanical aspect can this invisible constraint be broken.

Huang Chengyan enthusiastically replaced the steel piece with the crossbow arm, then temporarily fixed the steel piece with a hemp rope, took a bow string and just hung it up, pulled it hard, then frowned, and said: "This can't be done with four stones. It's the string, at least six stones..." Then he glanced at Fei Qian.

   Oops, I have no eyesight!

  Fei Qian quickly understood, stepped forward to help, and then hung up the bowstring that had become a six-stone crossbow, and then helped to open the string, and then fetched a crossbow bolt for Huang Chengyan in a doggy manner, and offered it with both hands...

   Tanabata, well, strictly speaking, it’s not the so-called Valentine’s Day in China...

   It's a pity that the lover's money is more profitable, so...

   Wishing all lovers in the world what is it?

   The author did not eat breakfast, his head was a little dizzy, and he couldn't remember...

  (end of this chapter)