Fei Qian can't stay in Jingxiang for too long, after all, the longer he leaves Bingzhou, the higher the risk, not to mention that he has helped Liu Biao to get rid of Sun Jian, although on the surface it must be said that Liu Biao presided over this battle, but in the small circle of the Jingxiang clan, at least in the Pang clan, the Cai clan and the Huang clan know what the specific truth is.

When Liu Biao took advantage of Sun Jian's death to start a new wave of persuasion and attack on Jingnan, the Pang family, the Cai family, and the Huang family were all silent, and they neither said yes nor no to Liu Biao's behavior......

For Fei Qian, Liu Biao's behavior is just enough to cover up for himself, and he doesn't want to be focused on by Yuan Shu when he returns to Bingzhou, and he is welcomed.

In case Yuan Shu and Sun Ce's kid know the truth of the facts, Yuan Shu will have something to say, Sun Ce's two stunned sons, well, maybe they will rush up with someone regardless of it......

But now, Fei Qian is concerned about how much aid the old man is willing to give him. In these years, the talents of craftsmen are similar to the gold-inlaid blue-collar workers in later generations, not all of them are available in that place, but even in later generations, there are many people who think that wearing a white shirt and sitting in an air-conditioned room is called a serious job, and the rest of the stinky sweat at every turn are all scum......

However, Fei Qian took Jing Xiang to defend the soldiers, about 800 people, and cleaned up more than 2,000 soldiers, such a record is more convincing for Huang Chengyan, at least let Huang Chengyan affirm that Fei Qian has at least two hands, and the previous achievements in Bingzhou are not the so-called accidental.

In the Huangjiayin Courtyard, above the open space of Huang Chengyan and Fei Qian's workshop, in front of the two people, they visited a batch of newly made crossbow parts of various types and some crossbow arrows.

Han Dynasty arrows and crossbow arrows are two completely different things, to put it simply, the overall length of the arrow will be longer than the crossbow arrow, and the tail feathers will be longer, but the tip of the crossbow arrow is more sharp, so the arrow and crossbow arrow are generally not universal.

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 deflect after shooting, and the difference is thousands of miles.

Huang Chengyan said: "If the crossbow wants to be strong, it needs to be strong, and the string force is strong, so that the ability can penetrate the armor; If the crossbow wants to be balanced, it needs to be stable, the knife teeth are flexible, and it is better to have no astringency cards. ”

The most important part of the crossbow is three, one is the arm, one is the bow, and one is the machine.

The "arm" is generally made of wood, the "bow" is across the front of the arm, and the "machine" is mounted on the back of the arm. There are more mechanical requirements is the "machine", the crossbow machine is generally made of copper, installed in the crossbow "Guo", the front is used to hang the string of the "tooth", "tooth" after the "Wangshan", there is a "hanging knife" exposed below, when the design of the plate suspension, so that the "tooth" shrinks, the crossbow arrow can be shot.

Bows are generally made of multiple layers of bamboo and wood chips, which are then glued, and each layer of glue is applied until it is dry before proceeding to the next process......

Therefore, in fact, what restricts the time of the crossbow machine is not the "arm" or the "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 you speed up?" "This has to be done slowly one by one, and it will be the Year of the Monkey?

Huang Chengyan nodded and said: "Fast can be fast, use candles instead of drying, but it is a waste of people, a cost of things, and ......" This is of course certain, and it is not that the master can't do this kind of thing at all, and it will become a waste product if he is not careful.

Fei Qian frowned and said, "Isn't it possible to replace it with other materials, such as thirty forged steel sheets......

"Sheet steel?! Don't laugh ......" Huang Chengyan subconsciously replied, but then groaned, "...... Steel sheet, well......"

The steel frying technology of the Han Dynasty has reached a certain standard, but for many people, they have not thought of making good steel into a bow arm, and the vast majority of people have good steel, they will inevitably choose to use it on the blade, who will think about making steel sheets into bow arms?

However, for the Huang family, there are both steel and iron reserves, so under one of Fei Qian's ideas, Huang Chengyan quickly asked a craftsman to go to the warehouse to take a piece of steel ingot that had been made before, put it back into the furnace, and beat it with a clang.

Huang Chengyan looked at it and said, "The idea of a virtuous son-in-law is ingenious, but even if it can be used...... It's just too much ......."

In the Han Dynasty, the sword that was refined in fifty years generally cost about six thousand to eight thousand yuan, and the one that was refined in one hundred years cost more than ten thousand yuan, although the thirty refining sword would be cheaper, but it was also three or four thousand yuan when converted. Of course, this is the value under the condition of price stability, and when the price is stable, a stone of grain is generally about 300 to 400 yuan, which is equivalent to a crossbow with 30 steel-making sheets, but the value of the crossbow is almost equal to 10 stones of grain and grass, and then with the value of other parts, the price of a crossbow is simply 10,000 yuan......

Under the condition that prices are relatively stable, tens of thousands of dollars can be used to buy grain and grass, which is enough to feed a soldier for a year, and there is no problem at all.

In this way, the crossbow machine that does use steel sheets will instantly become high-end equipment, and it is not that Brother Hao can't afford to use it at all. This feeling is the same as that of white-collar workers in some metropolises who use a year's salary to buy a "green" bag......

The craftsmen of the Huang family are indeed extremely skilled, only to see that they burned a piece of steel ingot softly, and then clanged and beaten, knocking out the shape of a long strip, and then reheated it after cutting it, and forged it again, almost in a stick of incense or so, a piece of steel was knocked out, and then after quenching, it was slightly polished, and it was taken to Huang Chengyan and Fei Qian.

Fei Qian looked at the master craftsman's breath on the side was a little uneven, and he was adjusting his breathing, and he couldn't help but feel a little in his heart, after all, manpower is still limited, and only by expanding to the mechanical aspect can this invisible constraint be broken.

Huang Chengyan replaced the steel sheet with a crossbow arm with great interest, and then temporarily fixed the steel sheet with hemp rope, took a bowstring and just hung it, pulled it hard, frowned, and said: "This can't use a four-stone string, at least a six-stone ......" and then glanced at Fei Qian.

Oops, it's so eyeless!

Fei Qian hurriedly understood, stepped forward to help, and hung up the bowstring that had become a six-stone strong crossbow, and then helped to open the string, and then took a crossbow arrow for Huang Chengyan very doggedly, and presented it with both hands......