200 Wen, which is a very small number, that is, on the streets of Tokyo, or most of the streets of the Northern Song Dynasty, to buy 20 cookcakes, and you can't even afford to eat a good meal.

Not to mention Fanlou, in the general tavern, that is, four dishes, a pot of wine, two or three people to eat, for a big restaurant like Fanlou, sorry, that is to start with a coherent, even if it is an ordinary plate of fried vegetables, at least it is consistent money.

200 Wen, even for ordinary people, take it out, and don't dare to enter any small restaurant to eat and drink, but he is connected with a bow that Han Qi considers to be epoch-making.

Even Han Qi was surprised, that's right, when 200 Wen was linked to the main bow and arrow, it was simply earth-shattering.

Looking at the surprised Han Qi and the others, Sun Ji was secretly cool for a while, yes, it was dark cool, and he took many days to accept this data, not to mention Han Qi and others who came into contact for the first time.

But if you think about it, what's so expensive about the longbow? No, not at all!

Dry, horn, tendon, glue, silk, lacquer, collectively known as the "six materials" seems very simple, but not simple at all, longbow and ordinary bow and arrow, are two completely different fields, different from ordinary short bow and compound bow, that requires a variety of materials.

All kinds of wood, glue, tendons, and even a part of fine iron, these can be combined to build a composite bow, which is the source of the strength of the compound bow, and it is also the root of the cost.

Each material has a time to be added, such as horns, and a specific time to collect and store, and other rib glue silk paints are similar, and it is the complex and changeable material that constitutes the strength of the composite bow.

Different from the development of the entire world civilization, the history of China's compound bow can even be traced back to the Yin Shang era 3,000 years ago, and with huge investment and complex materials, only a large empire like the Northern Song Dynasty can build such a large-scale archer team with the strength of the country.

That's what Han Qi was worried about before, that's right, this bow is very good, easy to cultivate, and very powerful, but the consumption is a little large, more than three times that of an ordinary bow, if it is also troublesome to manufacture, if the cost is huge, it can only be a chicken rib.

Sun Ji pointed to this bow and introduced, ordinary bow body, all you need is common wood like elm, and at the same time, it is not a hundred-year-old, or even hundreds of years old, it can be used in five or seven years, as long as there are no pimples or insects and the like, a relatively straight trunk is fine.

Although the core part of the trunk is used, a single trunk may only use a third or even a quarter of the part, but compared to a compound bow, it is much easier to mix a lot of wood and bone gum together.

Of course, the older the better, the stronger the bow strength, but the general is about the same, left and right, the requirements for the bow body of the longbow are not very high, because the maximum bow force is only one stone, and the huge and long bow body is enough to provide enough strength in the strength of the material that is not very strong.

The strings of a compound bow are the most complex than the bow, and in order to provide sufficient strength, the strings not only need to be maintained, but also specific materials, wound and combined.

But the bow of about half a stone, the material does not need to be so troublesome, in the choice of the longbow, Zhao Xin did not choose the most suitable hemp fiber, in the future perhaps in the Northern Song Dynasty after the large-scale planting of cotton and linen, will make a choice, now, the natural choice is silk, and even do not need to choose the best silkworm cocoon, waste silkworm cocoon.

The reason why the waste silkworm cocoon is wasted is that when it is generated, there is a certain amount of damage, or there is wear and tear when the silk is drawn, because the fine silk is used to weave into bright clothes, silk, and a lot of silk is needed, at least ten meters, or even longer, otherwise, it will not be able to go to the loom.

However, on the top of the longbow, the longest is 1.8 meters, and even if it is broken, it can also be used on the bowstring through weaving and winding, which can make use of a large number of waste silkworm cocoons.

After the emergence of silk in China, silkworms have become the most important handicraft products, and even from the beginning of the Wei and Jin dynasties, the maritime trade is mainly based on silk, silk is China's first, beautiful and soft and silky touch, even in later generations, silk is also one of the most important materials for top clothing.

Because of the huge output, in the entire Northern Song Dynasty, the output of silkworm cocoons in the north and south is quite high, because the output is huge, and there are many waste silkworm cocoons, which are conservatively estimated to account for two to three percent of the entire output, which may have millions, or even tens of millions of cocoons every year.

These are basically, they are waste, the general reeler, when they find silkworm cocoons, they throw away these things, and now they are used, what is his price, of course, in 200 texts, it is the above good silkworm cocoons as a measure of value.

The bowstring is made of silk, and the demand is not high, dozens of strands are combined, a silkworm cocoon, or even a waste silkworm cocoon, basically, it can be used as a bowstring for a long bow.

Bow and bowstring, and then there is no more, the tung oil black paint painted on the periphery is just a thin layer, which can be waterproof and anti-drying treatment for the longbow, although the tung oil is very expensive, but on the longbow, how much can be used, maybe in 200 Wen, even 5 Wen can not be accounted for.

"No more!" Han Qi looked at Sun Ji blankly, Sun Ji had already introduced the longbow from beginning to end, and there were no complicated "six materials" such as dry, horn, tendon, glue, silk, and lacquer

At best, wood as the bow body material, silk as the bowstring material, tung oil as the lacquer, at best there are only three materials, no horns, no tendons, no glue, these are precisely the most expensive places for composite bows.

It's so simple, this is not a surprise, but a shock, even if it is the captain of the pro-soldiers, you can judge from this that 200 Wen is the exact price, and even, when it is mass-produced, it can continue to be compressed.

Also, a wooden stick, a little tung oil, a silkworm cocoon, and only the silkworm cocoon is a little more expensive, but it can be replaced by a waste silkworm cocoon, so the price is basically zero, and even with a really good silkworm cocoon, the price is not expensive.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, silk and copper coins can be exchanged, a silk is equal to a consistent copper coin, but a silk to consume how many cocoons, more than half, will be used on the artificial, a silkworm cocoon silk, and then spun into silk, that requires a huge amount of labor, if purely silk, the price will be reduced a lot.

As the head of the ruling party, and later became the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, Han Qi participated in some military equipment procurement conferences, and was very clear about the purchase price of most of the equipment in the forbidden army.

Among the forbidden army, the largest expenditure is the Bu Ren Jia, the strong defense of the Bu Ren Jia, so that he has become the symbol of the Northern Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, the purchase of a huge quantity, the simple Bu Ren Jia is also quite expensive, and it has become the place where the forbidden army spends the most.

However, if the purchase price is the highest, the place with the largest annual maintenance cost is bows and arrows, bows and arrows, as the focus of procurement, a 3 stone bow, the cost is about 15 guan, the higher the bow power of the bow, the higher his price, for example, the 10 stone strong bow held by Sun Ji, the moon bow held by Danmu, can not be commented on at an ordinary price, they are treasures, more than 1000 treasures.

Most of the bows with more than 3 stones are single products, which are prepared for some high-ranking generals or soldiers with outstanding force, because they are not universal, they are only ordered separately, and those on the scale of the forbidden army are purchased in large quantities.

1 stone is cheaper, at least about 7 yuan, and the reason why it is so expensive is that the material is difficult to collect.

Not to mention the dry, silk, and lacquer among the six materials, these three are relatively simple, and the requirements of the composite bow for these three are far above the longbow, let's just say the tendons, what needs to be used is the main tendon of large animals, the large animals of the Northern Song Dynasty are scarce, cattle and horses, even the cultivation of the field is not enough, and the war horse and the ploughing cow have always been the eternal pain of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the price of this material is very expensive, and even the collected ribs cannot be used directly, and must require different treatment to be used.

The glue is more important, the bow and arrow is not a glue, it is a compound glue composed of many glues mixed together, which needs to be applied layer by layer, and if there is a problem in any step, there will be problems.

The scarcity of cattle and horses, which are also produced in horns, is also produced in animals, especially cows, which makes them expensive, and at the same time it takes quite a long time to process.

In order to solve this problem, especially in the Ordnance Division, the Great Song Dynasty set up a huge bow making workshop, which was specially used to make bows and arrows, and the annual investment was an astronomical amount, and it was these through long-term accumulation and time to process a large number of bow embryos, which made the annual output of bows and arrows reach a certain number.

The longbow is obviously different, as long as there are trees, silk, and basic materials, an ordinary carpenter, or even a little relaxed, a little bit, a carpenter apprentice, can make a bow in 1 and a half days, is this a joke, is it playing with me?

It's as simple as that, faster manufacturing speed, no need to store, no need to deal with it, you can do it directly, which saves a lot of labor costs, and the simple materials make Han Qi understand that the price of this bow may be lower than 200 Wen.

Even if it is according to the price set by Miaojiazhuang, 200 Wen, this is a terrible purchase price, which is enough to trigger a huge change in the purchasing physique of the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army.

At this moment, even Han Qi couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, his previous worries were almost swept away, and if he looked at this longbow again, it was not an ordinary eagerness, this seemingly simple weapon could become an epoch-making weapon, and he felt that this longbow, originality and power, could be compared with the weakened version of the Divine Arm Crossbow.

But now, he can basically be sure that this is a super weapon like Bu Renjia, which is enough to completely change the system of the forbidden army in the Northern Song Dynasty, and may even be remembered in history.