Chapter 287: The ......
The cost of a high-quality porcelain is about six or seven yuan, and with the cost of transporting it to Chang'an City, it becomes twelve yuan.
It was sold to Liu Ling, Gongsun Hong, and Chen Chan, and it was about 600 yuan.
The three big dog families, within a while, sold the first batch of porcelain to other big dog families in Chang'an City at a price of 1,200 yuan, earning double the profit.
In this regard, Guo Xie was very hot-eyed, and even gave birth to a trace of not very good thoughts.
However, thinking of Yang Chuan's harmless face and the two shallow dimples on his face, he quickly dispelled the idea of going it alone.
He may never know that it was his small act that saved his life......
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"Unexpectedly, Guo Xie was born in the Black Society, but he really has the quality of a ranger, and in the face of that splashing wealth, he forcibly held back?"
Thousands of miles away in Shuofang City, in the back hall of the Taishou Mansion, in a secret room, Yang Chuan untied a bamboo pipe from a stupid carved leg, pulled out a roll of parchment from it, and chuckled.
The porcelain bureau was arranged for Liu Ling, Gongsun Hong and Brother Chen Chan, and this time, even if the three largest 'human and livestock' dealers could not be bankrupt, at least it would make them break their bones, and there was no suspense about this.
By the way, speaking of which, that Chen Chan and Yang Chuan are still a bit 'related to each other'-
Chen Xu and Chen Xu are the sons of Chen Wu, the Marquis of Tangyi of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Xuan, the princess of Guantao, and are the descendants of Chen Ying, the founder of the Han Empire.
These two brothers used to be the most arrogant imperial relatives of the Han Empire: their mother was the eldest princess of the Han Dynasty, Liu Yan, her sister Chen Ajiao was the queen of the Han Dynasty, and Chen Chan's own mother-in-law was the princess of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Che has three sisters, Princess Pingyang, Princess Nangong, and Princess Longxi.
In other words, if they see Chen Chan in the future, Yang Chuan, Huo Quai, and Cao Xiang will have to come forward and bow down and shout 'third aunt'.
Of course, if he marries Liu Man, the princess of the full moon in the future, and the former queen Chen Ajiao, he will become his mother-in-law, Chen Xu and Chen Xuan, he seems to have to shout 'uncle'......
I can't care about it so much.
For Yang Chuan, these intricate relationships can't catch his heart that has no reverence for imperial power, as long as he provokes him, even if it is the emperor, he has to find a way......
Ahem, it's a little floating.
Yang Chuan gently wiped away the trace of inappropriate thoughts in his mind, immersed himself in his mind, and combed through the entire 'porcelain plan' again to ensure that nothing went wrong before giving up.
Earning a lot of money and food, and getting Liu Ling, Gongsun Hong and the Chen brothers with their hands is just a matter of convenience, just wait for the result; Right now, his biggest anxiety is still in Shuofang County.
Tuntian is very smooth, millions of acres of crops are growing gratifying, even Liu Che, who was far away in Chang'an City, was happy after hearing about it, and sent a batch of cattle tendons, boxwood, fine iron and other materials for the first time, urging Yang Chuan to strengthen the combat strength of the Yulin Army as soon as possible.
Recently, he has two big things on his hands.
The first is the 'logistical supply' of the Yulin Army's armor, weapons, and war horses, and the second is naturally mining.
Ah Tie led an exploration team composed of orphans, according to the map, and soon found a coal mine, an iron mine, a copper mine and a sulfur mine on the vast territory of Shuofang County; However, judging from the news he came, it was very difficult to mine these mines, and with the current strength of Shuofang County, there was no way to mine them at all.
And the biggest problem is population.
Shuofang County is seriously underpopulated, and there is a serious shortage of manpower in tuntian, grain protection, forest protection, etc., not to mention the transfer of some manpower to mining......
The manpower problem of the hospital has not yet been solved, and now it involves mining, smelting refined iron and mining sulfur. ’
'Where will Benhou get tens of thousands of people?' ’
'If at this juncture, the Hun cavalry breaks into Shuofang County, not to mention fighting, just by plundering the horses, they will also suffer heavy losses. ’
"It seems that many things can't be rushed, so let's build the Yulin Army first!" ’
He leaned over to examine the parchment maps, and gradually, he fell into deep thought......
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A few days later.
Yang Chuan summoned Huo Quzhi and Cao Xiang, and in a large courtyard outside Shuofang City, the three of them lay on the Mazhazi, enjoying the cool and drinking tea.
In late spring and early summer, the sun is clear and the breeze is blowing.
Under the mat not far away, hundreds of craftsmen are busy, processing the mountains of boxwood, beef tendon, cowhide, wool, cashmere, silk, etc., into bows and arrows, sandwich wool felt soft armor, leather armor; In addition, in another village courtyard farther away, there were also hundreds of craftsmen busy, but they were smelting refined iron and making weapons for the Yulin army.
All ordnance processing must be carried out separately, which was the rule of the Han Empire.
This rule is to follow the system of Daqin, and it has not changed much in the next two thousand years, which is nothing more than to prevent craftsmen from arming themselves and doing something bad.
"Yang Chuan, where did you get so many good things? I've seen it roughly, this batch of materials is worth at least seven or eight hundred thousand dollars, right? ”
Huo Quzhi looked a little excited, stretched his neck from time to time, and observed those craftsmen working, and the eyes of the two narrow Danfeng began to have small flames.
"Seven or eight hundred thousand dollars?" Cao Xiang sighed and scolded: "Without three million dollars, you can't buy so many things at all, and you, the captain of the school, are too comfortable, right?" ”
Huo Quzhi smiled: "Aren't there two good brothers?" ”
Cao Xiang scolded with a smile: "Get out!" ”
The two soon began to laugh and fight.
Yang Chuan was lying on the horse, but he was secretly worried, this batch of materials would at most equip the Yulin Army two or three times stronger than the Hun cavalry; The northern army, whether it is armor, weapons or war horses, is about five times that of the Huns.
The so-called 'One Han War and Five Hu' sounds very popular, but the entire Han Empire can reach this level with the Northern Army.
The problem of war horses has been completely solved.
The problem is, armor, food and grass, weapons, bows and crossbows, chariots......
That's right, crossbows and chariots!
Yang Chuan slowly opened his eyes: "Go sick, Cao Xiang, I have an idea." ”
Huo Quzhi and Cao Xiang, who were fighting and frolicking, got up from the ground and said with a very doggy smile: "Please speak." ”
"Yes, yes, yes, if you have a fart, let it go!"
Yang Chuan didn't bother to pay attention to these two second-class goods, he turned his head and shouted to a few teenagers not far away: "Who is that, bring over our crossbow machines and chariots." ”
The teenagers answered, walked into a tall, sturdy warehouse, and in a few moments pushed several carts of racks.
On the cart, there were several kinds of bows and crossbows neatly placed, among them, there was something like a wooden box, which was covered with a wooden board in front of it, and I don't know what it was for; Another 'frame car', but it looks a little bulky and dumbfounded, like a deformed carriage?
Huo Quzhi and Cao Xiang walked over quickly, and their four eyes were stunned.
This is silent, and there are so many good things?
The crossbow machine production technology of the Han Empire is very superb, such as some of the god arm crossbows, siege crossbows, city defense crossbows, hand crossbows, and crossbow chariots commonly used in later generations, in fact, they have already had a prototype; For example, the bed crossbow of later generations was actually improved from a prototype called the 'Great Qin Crossbow'.
Of course, in order to avoid someone saying that he was not creative, Emperor Gao Liu Bang plagiarized and borrowed from 'Violent Qin', and changed the name of the Great Qin Crossbow: 'Great Han Crossbow'.
In this way, it becomes an original ......
"The crossbow machines used by the Northern Army are all copper machines, and we are not very good iron, so I will find a way to replace them with fine iron machines."
"Look at this kind of crossbow, it is most suitable for use on the back of a galloping horse, hanging on the waist, when encountering the Huns head-on, wave the blade in your hand with one hand, and quietly touch out the small crossbow with the other hand, and shoot five arrows first."
"There is also this kind of crossbow machine, which can fire thirty crossbow arrows at a time, and can be fired three to five times in a row, not for accuracy, but for fire coverage."
"And this kind of crossbow machine, you look at it as a crossbow machine, in fact, this is a kind of crossbow machine that can fire quickly in bursts......"
Listening to Yang Chuan's unreliable introduction, Huo Quzhi and Cao Xiang couldn't hold back for a long time, so they wanted to try the power of these crossbow machines; After all, no matter in any era, the bow and crossbow will always be one of the favorite toys of men, and what they want is the hardness, toughness and range......
This manor was originally a 'military factory' specially allocated by Yang Chuan, not only with tall and reinforced walls, but also many special sites for testing the power of weapons.
The half-sized men, having carried all the bows and crossbows and the strange 'carriage' to an open field, began to fiddle and adjust with ease.
Woohoo!
With the light sound of the crossbow machine and the bowstring, one after another crossbow arrows shot out, like thunder, and in the blink of an eye, the 'grass target' seventy or eighty paces away was shot into a hedgehog.
In particular, the kind of 'repeating crossbow' that 'only seeks to be covered by firepower', although the range is less than 100 steps, but it is expensive to shoot a large area of 'grass targets' in front of you in a dense and continuous manner, using a portable arrow magazine, and in seven or eight breaths.
Seeing this very bulky, but amazingly powerful 'repeating crossbow', Cao Xiang's eyelids jumped wildly.
Huo Quzhi was so excited that he couldn't help but step forward and change a 'arrow box' with his own hands, and with the help of several teenagers, Meimei shot two rounds.
"Hey, hey, awesome, awesome!"
Looking at Huo Quai, who was enjoying himself, Yang Chuan couldn't help but laugh and scold: "Look at you poor and sour, where is there still the majesty of Yulin Military Captain!" ”
Huo Quzhi sighed: "No way, it's very poor." ”
All three laughed wryly.
The newly formed Yulin Army, except for a layer of bright armor, a colorful feather and a very scarlet coat, is simply poor and does not look good, when Gongsun Ao was a captain, many Yulin orphans even had to train hungry.
Time also, life also.
Since Yang Chuan came to the Yulin Army, this army, which is destined to go down in history and be powerful in the world, has finally slowly become regular, and has begun to keep up with and compete with the most powerful Northern Army of the Han Empire.
Huo Quzhi and Cao Xiang sighed with emotion, but Yang Chuan continued quietly: "What the Northern Army does not have, we must have; What the Northern Army has, we have to be stronger than them. ”
"Take the bow and crossbow as an example, our Yulin Army has a small number of people, and it is expensive to be flexible and mobile, and the heavy crossbow machine used by the Northern Army is likely not to be used."
"Still."
Yang Chuan pointed to the clumsy 'frame car' and asked with a smile: "Go sick, Cao Xiang, give you a chance, guess what this thing is?" Guess right, there's a big prize! ”
Cao Xiang glanced at it: "Chariot? ”
Huo Quzhi shook his head: "No, this thing is much heavier than a chariot, is it, a city crossbow?" ”
Yang Chuan smiled: "Neither of you guessed correctly. ”
He walked over slowly, climbed onto the shelf, and opened the plank in front of him with his own hands, revealing dense black holes, as many as sixty-four!
Compared with the chariot 'Wu Gangqiang crossbow car' currently equipped by the Han Empire, this kind of car is relatively light, and the outer layer of the carriage is added with a layer of iron plate and wool felt lining, and its defensive performance is naturally increased by more than three or five times.
"The Yulin Army is flexible and mobile, but once we enter the Mobei Grassland and the Western Regions, our logistics will become the biggest trouble," Yang Chuan jumped lightly, came to the other side of the car, and opened the wooden plank behind him, revealing a very spacious space.
He stretched out his hand and grabbed an iron rod, pushed it forward, and then pulled it back, and in the black hole in front of him, sixty-four cold arrows suddenly appeared: "Therefore, we will prepare a few big meals for the Huns, so that they can pounce like locusts, and a rain of arrows will shoot a large area." ”
As he spoke, he grabbed another lever made of fine iron and let out a low 'hey' roar.
Airplanes!
In a buzzing sound, the sixty-four arrows came out like a rain of arrows, and with a sound of 'brushing', they splashed into the depths of the sky; visible to the naked eye, the rain of arrows drew a beautiful arc, and fell seventy or eighty paces away, stirring up a cloud of dust in a radius of seven or eight feet.
There was a 'click' sound.
When Huo Quzhi and Cao Xiang were still shocked by the rain of arrows just now, they only heard another crisp sound in the compartment of the 'frame car', but it was Yang Chuan who came with another volley.
Airplanes!
Brush Brush Brush!
In another clearing, sixty-four crossbow arrows suddenly landed, and then stirred up a large piece of dust, and the momentum was extremely shocking, making Huo Quzhi and Cao Xiang open their mouths for a while before they cheered in unison: "Good!" ”
"Yang Chuan, what's the name of this thing?"
Huo Quzhi stepped into the tall car, looked and observed into the 'carriage', and several chrysanthemums were smiling on his extremely handsome face......
"It's not named yet, or is it called the Random Arrows?" Yang Chuan said with a smile.
Huo Quzhi and Cao Xiang snorted in unison and scolded: "Cheesy! ”
Yang Chuan is a 'name waste', they all know this, from the litter of children to Sister Leopard, Leopard 1, Leopard 2, Leopard 3...... and so on, you can roughly think of it.
"Otherwise, let's call it a chicken slaughtering dog cart, shooting the Huns, like slaughtering chickens and slaughtering dogs' ears, listen to it and be majestic." Huo Qu smiled triumphantly.
Naturally, the name Huo Qu's illness didn't seem to be much better than Yang Chuan's name, which made Yang Chuan and Cao Xiang laugh for a while.
After some deliberation, the final decision was made.
This kind of chariot, which can not only be used as a chariot in an emergency, transport grain and supplies, but also quickly form a camp, has a very domineering name: [Bache]......
(End of chapter)