Early the next morning, Fang Jinshi got up, Liang Cuirong had already prepared the gift early and asked Wei Chong to set up the carriage, and Fang Jinshi was even more sure that Liang Cuirong must have something.

After breakfast and a short rest, Liang Cuirong urged to go to Song's house, the two got into the carriage, Wei Chong hurried to the east of the city, it turned out that the place where Song Qian moved was actually in the countryside outside Bianliang City.

The farmhouse in the countryside also began to prepare for the New Year, by the Bianshui River, a unique and exquisite wooden building is Song Qian's new home, Fang Jinshi's carriage stopped in front of the door, he jumped off the carriage, he saw the fifth son of the Song family, Song Qian standing on the wooden building and bowed to him, followed downstairs to the door to greet, Fang Jinshi walked into the door, and saw a small river more than a foot wide separated the wooden building from the gate, a pair of iron suspension bridges slowly put down, Song Qian made his home like a city gate moat.

Song Qian came out from inside and said, "Leader Fang came to the cold house, it is really brilliant." ”

Fang Jinshi hurriedly said: "Fifth Brother Song is polite. He approached Song Qian and said, "In the next place, three points are to congratulate Fifth Brother Song on his housewarming, and the other seven points are to come to eat Fifth Brother's fish soup." He said this as if he had said it to an old friend who had not seen him, and the distance between the two of them was suddenly shortened.

Song Qian laughed and said repeatedly: "Some of them will not disappoint you." ”

Song Qian didn't have a special relationship with Fang Jinshi before, this time they met, Song Qian saw that Fang Jinshi was very flattering, unpretentious, and had a good impression of him in his heart, Fang Jinshi asked Wei Chong to take a gift and come over to give it, Liang Cuirong also came to salute, calling him "Fifth Brother Song", Song Qian also called his own family to see the ceremony, this is a somewhat thin and black local woman in Bianliang, with a mediocre appearance, rough hands and feet, and some fat.

However, Fang Jinshi still looked at her twice, because the "Song Sister-in-law Fish Soup" in later generations was too famous, although Fang Jinshi didn't know whether the "Song Sister-in-law" in this famous dish that had been handed down to a thousand years later was the inconspicuous woman in front of him, but he was still looking forward to the legendary Song Sister-in-law Fish Soup.

Song Qian let Fang Jinshi into the wooden building, and said a few polite sentences, Fang Jinshi saw that Song Qian said that it was the anniversary of the housewarming, but at this time, there was no guest, and he couldn't help but feel strange in his heart, and said casually: "When did the fifth brother come back?" I don't know what's going on in Shaanxi. ”

Song Qian said with a smile: "It's only been half a month since I came back, the Yunnei Prefecture is still the same, the Jurchens of the Jin Kingdom and General Liu have fought a few times, and they have lost more than they won, and they don't dare to attack the city again, and your father-in-law is still planning to recapture Ningren County." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "It's nothing to retake Ningren County, as long as you don't fight the idea of Roufu County." ”

Song Qian said: "Roufu County is not easy to fight, Fan Zhixu transferred the Yongxing Army's men and horses to increase the defense of Roufu County, and besides, Roufu County at least blocked the Western Xia Army, and it is always better to fight two enemy troops than to face three roads." ”

Fang Jinshi smiled and said nothing, and Song Qian said again: "What is Leader Fang doing when he returns to Bianliang City?" I heard that you have already eaten imperial food in the government? ”

Fang Jinshi said: "It's just a mixed meal, and the grade is too low to be worth mentioning." ”

Song Qian nodded, and the other party entered the stone and said, "Didn't you say that you want to eat fish soup?" The backyard is ready, and so are they. ”

Fang Jinshi didn't know who Song Qian said about "they", but there was fish soup to eat, it was enough, he and Liang Cuirong were led by Song Qian, through the court to the backyard, this is a small farmhouse courtyard, there are three old houses on the right side, two with closed doors and two with open wooden doors.

The room was full of wood shavings, axes, saws, wood, etc., and no one cleaned them up, like a carpenter's workman's work.

There was a charcoal stove in front of the other door, and it was already cold in the furnace, and there were sledgehammers and iron rods on the ground, like a blacksmith's shop.

If the Song family doesn't know how to be a carpenter and blacksmith, they can't afford to call the name of skillful Song, Song Qian smiled and said: "The home is messy, see it." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "If Fifth Brother Song doesn't have these at home, I'm strange." As soon as he finished saying this, he heard someone behind him shouting: "Fourth sister, brother-in-law." ”

The voice was crisp and pleasant, it was a girl's voice, Fang Jinshi turned around, and saw a small girl, hugging a white cat, timidly walking from the aisle behind him, it turned out to be Liang Cuirong's youngest sister Liu Huanqing.

As soon as Fang Jinshi saw her, he couldn't help but be surprised, Liang Cuirong had already walked over with a smile, took her hand and said, "What about the second sister?" ”

Liu Huanqing said: "I'm in the house with my second brother-in-law." ”

Fang Jinshi suddenly understood, it turned out that Liang Cuirong's second sister and her husband Xie Wanli came to the Central Plains together, and this little girl Liu Huanqing came with her, no wonder Liang Cuirong must follow him, Xie Wanli and Song Qian have been neighbors since childhood, and grew up together, he is now a Liao general, and he came to the Great Song Dynasty for inconvenience, so he lived in Song Qian's house.

The so-called housewarming is just an excuse, and it looks like an old house for many years.

Song Qian let Fang Jinshi into the back room, which was completely different from the adjacent carpenter's and blacksmith's house, and the decoration was quite elegant and chic, Liang Cuirong's second sister was sitting there drinking tea in Song costumes, and Xie Wanli was holding a bow and crossbow with a unique shape to pull the string.

Fang Jinshi and his wife walked to the house, Xie Wanli put down the bow and crossbow in his hand, the second sister also stood up, Fang Jinshi stepped forward to speak, and asked about the situation in Yunnei Prefecture, the reason why Xie Wanli returned to Bianliang in the Great Song Dynasty at this time was that the war was eased, and the time was rare, and second, his father had died for three years and wanted to rebuild the tomb, which naturally no one else could replace, and third, his wife had never been to the Great Song Dynasty, so she came back to see and went to her hometown to recognize her ancestors and return to her ancestors.

A few people sat down to talk, and chatted for a while, the fifth sister-in-law of the Song family finally brought up the fish soup, Fang Jinshi couldn't wait to take the bowl up and eat two bites, this Song family fish soup is really different from other places, and it is closest to the taste that Fang Jinshi was once familiar with.

These bowls of fish soup were eaten for a long time, and after the meal, the three Liang Cuirong sisters went to talk on their own, Xie Wanli Song Qian and Fang Jinshi sat in the house drinking tea and chatting, Xie Wanli picked up the crossbow in the corner of the house and said: "This crossbow you made is only afraid of four stones and six buckets, and I don't know how far it can shoot." ”

Song Qian said: "Let's try it outside and let you see it with your own eyes." The three of them took the strong crossbow and walked to the courtyard, Xie Wanli pulled up the crossbow arrow bowstring with great effort, looked up at the mountain, and dodged an arrow in the mountains and forests behind Song Qian's house, and the flying feathers crossed the sky like meteors, and fell on the ground very far away.

Xie Wanli looked back at the place where he opened his bow and archery and said, "I'm afraid there are three hundred steps." ”

Song Qian said: "How is it compared to the divine arm bow used by the official army?" ”

Xie Wanli said: "When it is comparable, it's just that the winding is much more laborious than the divine arm bow, and the average soldier has no strength to shoot again after three or five times of winding." ”

Fang Jinshi walked over, took the bow and crossbow in Xie Wanli's hand and said, "I'll try." He spent all his strength, his face was red, his neck was thick, and he didn't even put the strings in place, which made Song Qian and Wanli laugh.

Xie Wanli said: "This crossbow is not as free as the Divine Arm Bow, and the winding is heavy, what is the use of you doing it?" ”

Song Qian glanced at him contemptuously and said disdainfully, "I'll let you see and understand." He took the crossbow in Fang Jinshi's hand, walked back to his courtyard, went to the carpenter's room to take a small square wooden box and installed it in the position of the arrow cluster, and then lay down on the ground, kicked the bowstring with both feet, and quickly wound it, and after looking up at the mountain, his hands were loosened, and an arrow flew out and shot into the distance, Xie Wanli was stunned, Song Qian lay on the ground and did not get up to install the arrow cluster, but his feet were wound, and the second arrow flew out, he lay on the ground and wound it very quickly, and the wooden box shot out one after another, and the ten arrows in the wooden box were shot out in a moment.

Song Qian lay on the ground and sent the wooden box on the bow and crossbow forward, and when he pulled it back, the wooden box fell off, and he quickly installed another wooden box on the crossbow, and then shot ten arrows in the same way.

These twenty arrows lay on the ground and shot them very fast, because he had ten arrows hidden in his wooden box, and he didn't need to shoot one arrow like the Divine Arm Bow and Crossbow, which was a repeating crossbow.

Xie Wanli stayed for a while, thought about it, although the pull of this bow and crossbow requires four stones and six buckets, but if it is wound with his feet, it is not difficult, he raised his eyes and glanced at Song Qian, Song Qian was looking at him with a smile, ready to listen to his opinion.

Xie Wanli said: "This crossbow shoots arrows very fast, but you can't see the enemy when you lie on the ground, and the accurate head can be said to rely on blind shooting, so it has little effect." ”

Song Qian said: "Yes, a blind shot by one person is not very useful, but what if there is a phalanx of thousands of people together with such a rate of fire blind shooting?" ”

Xie Wanli was stunned for a moment, such a rate of fire, such an arrow distance, if the rain of arrows in the sky was shot to cover one place together, the scene must be quite terrifying.

Song Qian said again: "This is what I thought of from the Wanlun crossbow, although the Wanlun crossbow is powerful, but the body is large and heavy, extremely inconvenient, and more importantly, it can only be limited to the narrow alleys of the alley. ”

Fang Jinshi couldn't help but move in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "Fifth Brother Song, can your crossbow break the kidnapping horse of the Jin Kingdom?" ”

Song Qian shook his head and said: "The kidnapping horses of the Jin Kingdom are all elite riders, extremely fast and not afraid of death, cooperative and skilled, and it is very difficult to break, but I am thinking, if the arrows that shoot the abduction horse are many and dense, and the shooting is far, there will be a chance, the light horses of the abduction horse are all light armor or even no armor, this is the weakness of the abduction horse, this is the reason why I concentrate on this strong crossbow." ”

Fang Jinshi thought for a while and said: "Although the accuracy of this crossbow is poor, if someone commands the angle and shouts the password, the accuracy will increase a lot, and after a long period of strict training, it will definitely be effective." ”