The most valuable thing about a Yellow River fish weighing more than ten catties is not the tender meat or the rich fat, but the swim bladder full of gas.

Endure the fishy smell, take out the fish maw, wash and chop it, throw it into the pot, cook it for a day and a night, add a small amount of quicklime, and you can get a very valuable strategic material - fish gelatin!

Before the chemical industry, the wise ancestors used animal skin tendons to boil natural animal glue, animal glue is very widely used, such as donkey skin boiled out of the name ejiao, is a good product for blood tonic, the ink made into blocks also needs animal glue, as well as furniture, books, paintings, all are inseparable.

Among the many uses, the first recommendation is to make weapons, especially bows and crossbows, in order to increase the range, the bow arm to use wood, tendons, horns and other materials, and these materials are glued together is a variety of glue, according to the book in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, "Examination of the Gongji" records: "Deer glue green white, horse glue red white, cattle glue fire red, mouse glue black, fish glue bait, rhino glue yellow." ”

To make bows and crossbows, the best glue is fish glue, and all the parts that are stressed need to be glued with fish glue.

A few unlucky eggs were assigned by Ye Hua and did this job.

Liu Yanqin wanted to cry without tears, Wang Tingyi frowned, he was about to cry, Fu Zhao poked the fish's belly with all his strength, as if he was poking Ye Hua!

Stinky boy, wait, Lao Tzu must settle accounts with you.

After killing more than a dozen fish in a row, Fu Zhaoxin really couldn't stand it, and turned his head to go out, wanting to breathe, but when the cold wind blew, the fishy smell on his body became even more pungent, and he almost fainted.

Fu Zhaoxin had no choice but to hang his head and return to the tent.

He looked down and was suddenly taken aback, it turned out that in front of Gao Huaide, the dead fish were piled up into a hill, this knife skill, with a slight wave, he cut open the stomach, and then reached out, quickly took out the internal organs, pulled off the swim bladder, and threw away the rest of the intestines, and when he finished dealing with it, the fish was not dead, desperately opened his mouth, stared at the dead fish's eyes, twitched from time to time, and saw Fu Zhaoxin's scalp numb, shuddering!

No wonder it is said that the gentleman is far away from cooking, and he is indeed a little unacceptable!

"I said, Brother Gao, you are also a child of a family, how can you be so skilled in killing fish and killing, have you practiced?"

Gao Huaide didn't raise his head, just nodded silently.

"This, what kind of hobby is this, your father doesn't care?"

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin took the time to drink water and came over, "It was Gao Envoy Jun who asked him to do it." ”

"What do you mean, I don't understand!"

Zhao Kuangyin stabbed Gao Huaide and praised: "His archery skills are good, he can wear Yang in a hundred steps, and the bow he uses is made by himself, every process is clear, and every raw material is chosen by himself, right?" ”

Gao Huaide still didn't speak, and acquiesced to his uncle's explanation.

Fu Zhaoxin shook his head, he really couldn't accept it, if he wanted a good bow, just buy one, why bother so much, weird, it's weird!

Suddenly, he remembered something and exclaimed, "Senior brother, so you can make a bow?" ”

As soon as he said this, Liu Yanqin and Wang Tingyi also threw away the knife in their hands and came over together.

"Tell us, how do you get it?" Liu Yanqin said excitedly: "You see it will take a few days to do it, and I also want a bow made by myself, which must be smooth!" ”

Wang Tingyi nodded desperately, he thought the same thing.

Gao Huaide finally raised his head, glanced at it, and then kept silent, just continued to kill fish!

What kind of attitude?

Several people were angry, and at this time Ye Hua appeared behind them, "Don't work, be careful that I remember that you are absent from work, and you have no food tonight!" ”

Liu Yanqin simply broke the jar and broke it, "Just remember, we're discussing how to make a bow, right?" ”

This time, Gao Huaide finally put down the knife in his hand and said in a muffled voice: "It can't be done!" ”

"What, what do you mean?"

Gao Huaide explained seriously: "Bow making is mainly based on six materials such as dry, horn, tendon, glue, silk, and lacquer. Analyze the bow stem in winter, treat the horns in the spring, treat the tendons in the summer, close the materials in the autumn, and put the bow arm in the bow box in the cold winter to finalize, and repair the appearance in the severe winter and extreme cold...... "Gao Huaide is still a technical nerd, and the process is clear, but everyone is not much interested, they just want to know how much time it takes to make a bow!"

"If the materials are complete, it will take three years!"

"Three, three years? Not three days! Liu Yanqin was the first to blow up his hair, "Ye Yuanjun, the Khitan soldiers have moved, so you asked me to boil glue to make a bow, what's the use of making it?" ”

Fu Zhaoxin's face also darkened, and he glared at Gao Huaide, "Why didn't you say it earlier, if you said it earlier, would we have to work hard?" ”

Gao Huaide was still very serious, "I don't think your efforts will be in vain, and there is nothing wrong with you learning to kill fish and boil glue!" ”

"You!"

If it weren't for Gao Huaide's good kung fu, they really wanted to press him to the ground and beat him up.

There is no way to be angry with Gao Huaide, so they can only find Ye Hua, they are angry, hugging their shoulders, and they don't give an explanation, they will have an endless posture with you!

Ye Hua sneered twice, I am not afraid of your Lao Tzu, let alone you!

"Come on, push things up!"

Accompanied by Ye Hua's gestures, a craftsman pushed two bed crossbows and placed them in front of the big guy for them to watch, and then Ye Hua said his plan.

First of all, the Khitan and the Northern Han Dynasty joined forces to attack, the situation in Linzhou was not optimistic, Ye Hua felt that there was no need to hit the stone with an egg, give up Linzhou, and withdraw the military and civilians, there was nothing wrong with it, and the Yang family had agreed, and the old and weak women and children all went on the road.

"Although I am ready to give up Linzhou, I can't hand it over in vain, according to my speculation, Khitan and Liu Chong, their main force is still in Jinzhou, or the first line of Hebei, and Wang Jun and Guo Xianggong are dead. In this way, the attack on Linzhou can only be a partial division, and there will not be too many people. ”

Fu Zhaoxin agreed with Ye Hua's judgment, but he didn't dare to be optimistic.

"Even if it's a partial teacher, it's not something we can deal with. It won't be long before the Yellow River will freeze, and when the Khitan cavalry will come and go, Linzhou will be short, the city will be damaged, and if you are not careful, it will be broken. Besides, in the first two battles, there were many wounded, and the people had to be encouraged to return south, everyone had to bring some food, and Linzhou didn't have much to eat...... All in all, I don't think it's interesting to stay in Linzhou. ”

After listening to Fu Zhaoxin's instructions, it was rare that everyone else nodded, including Gao Huaide, Fu Zhaoxin finally found a little respectable feeling.

Ye Hua didn't refute, but said: "Although the words are so, I am always unwilling, but don't be afraid, I won't come nonsense." ”

Walking to the front of the bed crossbow, Ye Hua showed them the results of the improvement.

As mentioned earlier, Ye Hua changed 60 winch crossbows to 20 bed crossbows, and this time even the remaining 90 were changed, making a total of 50 bed crossbows.

Ye Hua also asked the craftsman to install wheels for the bed crossbow, with a pair of small wheels in front and a large wheel for carriages in the back, the small wheel is responsible for steering, and the big wheel is responsible for bearing the load, which is similar to the structure of a wheelchair.

The mobility in the field is very good, and it can fully keep up with the cavalry brigade. In order to adapt to the field battle, Ye Hua strengthened some key parts.

The big bow was removed, and there were still a bunch of parts for the remaining winch crossbow, Ye Hua was reluctant to throw it, he collected the strong bow used in the army, reassembled it, not to mention, and made a batch of shrunken versions of the winch crossbow, the range could only reach 300 steps, but the rate of fire was increased by a cut.

"We attack with bed crossbows, and use winch crossbows to protect ourselves, even if we encounter the Khitan cavalry, we have the strength to fight, what do you think?"

According to Ye Hua's description, everyone quickly thought of a scene, they launched an attack 1,500 steps away, and the angry Khitans chased after them, they calmly retreated, and while running, they flew kites with winch crossbows, so that the Khitans couldn't catch up, so they could only stare dryly...... Wonderful, wonderful!

Fu Zhao Nobun let out a long sigh, such an obscene tactic could only be imagined by Ye Hua.

"What are you waiting for, boiling glue, modifying the ballista!"

With a strange scream, the big guys rolled up their sleeves and buried themselves in their work...... Unconsciously, outside the tent, thick clouds rolled, and a blizzard covered the mountains and valleys, and the Yellow River froze over......