Three Kingdoms: The Guan Family's Rebellious Son, Long Blessing Jing Xiang

Chapter 73 Qimen and Five Elements

No wonder Guan Lin was surprised that the old man created "Qin Nu..."

You know, Qin Nu was completely lost in the late Han Dynasty.

Speaking of it, the Han army is strong, and its strength lies in the forging of weapons.

The sharpness of the long swords and halberds of the Han people is strong during the increasingly mature ironmaking skills and the budding period of steelmaking.

And Qin Jun is strong because of this Qin crossbow.

"Historical Records" records that since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, after the famous battle between Qi and Wei Maling, crossbows have stepped onto the stage of history.

For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the sword of Zheng State, the scale of Song State, the dagger of Lu State, and the sword of Wu Yue...

On crossbows, South Korea is famous all over the world. The so-called - "All the best bows and crossbows in the world come from South Korea!"

However, during the Warring States Period, South Korea's crossbow manufacturing technology was carried forward in Qin State. Under its standardized construction, Qin's crossbows far surpassed the six countries in terms of quantity and quality.

The Qin people also paid attention to wars: "The strong crossbow is in front, and the spear is in the back!"

Whether in ancient books or rumors, there are too many stories about Qin Nu.

According to legend... In the Battle of Changping, Zhao Kuo was talking about the war on paper, but the Qin army cut off food and reinforcements, and Zhao Jun starved for 46 days.

Under such circumstances, the Zhao people put all their eggs in one basket and formed four of the most elite breakout troops, led by Zhao Kuo himself.

But who would have thought that Zhao Kuocai was shot by crossbow arrows all over the sky "as soon as he went out", and died on the spot, and few of the troops who broke out survived.

This is the power of Qin Nu.

In addition, there are records in ancient books.

The Qin army resisted the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu invaded with 20 flying cavalry, but Qin general Meng Tian used a large shield to defend the periphery.

Inside the shield were dozens of rows of crossbowmen. Under the Qin crossbow, all arrows were fired at once, and the 20 Huns army fell to the ground in an instant, and the formation was in chaos.

On the next battlefield, the Qin Nu suppressed the Huns' archers and cavalry, giving the infantry a chance to cover up and charge. They killed 20 Huns in World War I and forced the Huns to retreat more than [-] miles. They did not dare to invade the Central Plains for nearly [-] years. .

This is also the power of the Qin Crossbow.

certainly…

In the Han Dynasty, the crossbow also made great progress.

For example, the parachutist Li Guang's "Han Rhubarb Ginseng Liannu" once shot and killed several Huns Zuo Xianwang.

Coupled with more than ten different types of strong crossbows, the crossbows of the Han army also made the Hu people terrified.

It's just that the crossbows of the Han Dynasty tended to be "crossbow machines" rather than single-man crossbows that were cast with arm or foot power.

Transportation and mobility are inevitably insufficient.

In terms of range, rate of fire, and maneuverability, the Qin Nu still maintains an absolute advantage.

However, at the end of the Han Dynasty...the world was in chaos. With the turmoil in the border areas, many crossbow making techniques were lost, not to mention the Qin crossbow, but the production process of "rhubarb crossbow", "six stone crossbow" and "eight stone crossbow". Also extremely hard to find.

Gradually, the power of the crossbow became weaker and weaker, and the range became shorter and shorter. Even the "Zhuge Liannu" was only 70 meters.

This kind of range can only hit the front row, and it can't threaten the heartland of the enemy at all!

Because of this, the "crossbow" that lost its power and range was gradually eliminated by the times, and few princes were equipped with crossbow troops.

On the contrary, the bow has become the mainstream of the battlefield.

Of course, in the final analysis, this is because of the loss of skills, because troubled times will not give a prince enough time to refine the crossbow.

While thinking about it, Guan Lin and the old man arrived at a place on the outskirts of the city. He was too curious...whether the old man was bluffing him.

However, the old man called a strong man, and the strong man was very obedient. After saluting him respectfully, he did as he said, stooped with his feet, pulled his waist with his arms, and wound up with all his strength...

With the sound of "嗖", the arrowhead fired by the crossbow machine seemed to pierce the air, and the bowstring bounced back and rubbed against the air violently, making a sharp whistling sound.

This is just the sound of a single crossbow arrow being fired. If ten thousand crossbows were fired at once... how spectacular would the sound of "Breaking the Wind" be?

Guan Lin couldn't help thinking about it.

It was only at this time that the other party could understand why the Qin army had to exhale the sound of "gale wind and wind" before the battle.

——This is not just for courage!
The off-string crossbow shuttled through the air at an extremely fast speed. As far as the eye could see, the crossbow had already landed. Guan Lin could not determine how many steps there were, but roughly speaking, it must have exceeded [-] steps.

At that time, Guan Lin also specially felt the wind direction here, it was just a slight tailwind...

If the wind is stronger and the wind is favorable, maybe we can really reach the [-] steps recorded in "Warring States Policy"!
For a moment, Guan Lin couldn't help feeling fascinated.

The old man seemed to see what Guan Lin was thinking.

He opened his mouth and said: "If you can't reach 400 paces, I've tried all the wind directions, but you can't reach [-] paces, at most [-] paces, this "Warring States Policy" doesn't seem to be rigorous."

Seeing this, Guan Lin felt that he had encountered a "thigh"...

Since this guy can make the Qin crossbow, he can probably make the other series of blueprints successfully. Guan Lin suddenly felt that the "future" of this trip was bright.

At this moment, he really wanted to be a teacher...

I never thought that when it comes to apprenticeship, the old man kept waving his hands, "You can draw the manufacturing diagram of this Qin crossbow, I dare not be your master, my surname is Huang, why don't you just call me 'Huang...'"

The old man wanted Guan Lin to call him "Old Huang"...

Unexpectedly, Guan Lin cupped his hands and called directly: "Old Huang"!
This was originally called by Guan Lin casually. Who would have thought that this old Huang has been calling him for half a year.

Later, this old Huang took Guan Lin to his own villa, and Guan Lin discovered that apart from his wealthy family, this old Huang really had two talents.

There are no serious things in the villa, but there are a lot of weird things.

For example, a yellow dog, Guan Lin was deceived into thinking it was a real dog.

When I got closer, I realized that it was made of wood...it was so lifelike that it was real.

Guan Lin praised a few words, but Lao Huang said that this was done by his daughter for fun.

There was also a wooden tiger. If it wasn't for the wooden dog, Guan Lin would really think that this old Huang would dare to keep a tiger as a pet.

The strangest thing is the wooden man, who can swing a knife...

According to what Lao Huang said, if this wooden man is ambushed in the bushes, he can catch the enemy by surprise and frighten the enemy!

And these were all done by his daughter.

At that time, Guan Lin suddenly became very interested in her daughter.

Her daughter is also a great inventor!

For this reason, Guan Lin couldn't help asking a few more questions...

Lao Huang is also very frank. He bluntly said that after his daughter got married, she followed her husband to Bashu, and Guan Lin suddenly recalled it.

—— Surnamed Huang!
—Daughter!Bashu!

——Wooden dog, wooden tiger, wooden man...

Guan Lin trembled and stood up in a hurry. He asked directly, "Is your daughter Huang Yueying? Are you Huang Chengyan?"

Apparently, Huang Chengyan was also very surprised that this kid could say his name.

These days, he walked in and out of the market in ragged clothes and disheveled face, and no one has ever recognized him.

However, Huang Chengyan didn't hide it, and answered frankly.

"Yes! Old man Huang Chengyan!"

Now, Guan Lin understood, and he asked Huang Chengyan, "Why are you so interesting, old man? You are Zhuge Kongming's father-in-law, why do you want me?"

Only then did Huang Chengyan confess his palpitations, "When I was young, I learned the five elements of Qimen, and I was very skillful. I didn't feel it before when I was traveling in the mountains and rivers in my middle age, but I suddenly felt lonely when I was old... just such a daughter, but she and her son-in-law went far away. God, there are a lot of logs in this mountain villa, and the living things are only a few servants and a donkey. Life is boring, boring..."

Now, Guan Lin knows...

Dare to love, this is the version of the empty-nest old man in the late Han Dynasty!
Guan Lin continued to ask, "Are you bored? Just find me to have fun? I, Guan Lin, is a dignified son of the Guan family, but it's your fun!"

got used to…

In front of this old man, Guan Lin is not used to being big or small.

Now, there is no respect for him at all because of his status.

In fact, Guan Lin's temperament would not be respectful to anyone.

After hearing Guan Lin's words, Huang Chengyan said with emotion: "Looking up at Taixu, I suspect it's Yulong fighting. The old man has studied for half his life and walked for half his life. In the end, he found that the shoes you bought are the most suitable for my feet."

Ha ha…

Guan Lin thought about it at that time, it was you who realized that you used to feel uncomfortable and weird shoes, but now you know... the root of the discomfort is your feet!
Of course, he didn't say that.

He just said lightly, "If I knew you were Zhuge Kongming's father-in-law, I wouldn't have bought you shoes! With this money, I can buy some meat to satisfy my craving, wouldn't it be better!"

Huang Chengyan shook his head and said with emotion: "If I had known it earlier, I wouldn't have told the truth. You still treat the old man like a crazy old man and accompany you occasionally; I will chat with the old man, and Shi Chang will give me some new drawings for me to think about. The old man is very happy." !"

Huang Chengyan's tone suddenly added a lot of decline and desolation.

hear here...

Guan Lin suddenly thought of his grandfather before crossing.

They are all in the countryside, and they have raised their children all their lives, but in the end their children are successful, they leave the countryside, and they don’t see each other for a whole year...

This is a very strange feeling. I miss it very much, but I can let it go resolutely, so that my children can fly higher and farther.

Alas... Guan Lin sighed, and he looked back at Huang Chengyan. He could understand the loneliness of this empty-nest old man.

Thinking of this, he looked up at Huang Chengyan, seeing that he was still lonely, he pulled his clothes off.

Shouted: "Old Huang."

"What?" Huang Chengyan looked at Guan Lin with reluctance, "I know the identity of the old man, so I won't accompany the old man anymore, should I go?"

"No!" Guan Lin waved his hand, and then he said with a smile, "You said you wanted to have fun, but then again, if I accompany you to have fun, would there be any benefit?"

Blunting these words, the loneliness in Huang Chengyan's eyes disappeared, and he looked at Guan Lin again with a bright light in his eyes, "What benefits do you want?"

"I see that there are a lot of cows in your farm, and I like to eat beef, but eating beef is easy to make trouble, or... I will chat with you, draw pictures for you, and accompany you to think about those wonderful things. If you say, How about letting me eat the cows in the villa?"

Guan Lin looked at those conscientious old scalpers, pouted his mouth, and the saliva was almost left, but he was still very rational: "Of course, before eating these cattle, you have to find a way to make them die in a reasonable and compliant manner... Otherwise, I will not eat well."

Just...that's it?
Huang Chengyan laughed all of a sudden, what did he think?Isn't it just a few cows?

For an empty nester;

Still for such an empty-nester old man with a precious status and an extremely empty spiritual world.

A few cows are nothing. There are plenty of cows in his villa. As for... the reasonable death of these cows is not easy... Huang Chengyan has a hundred ways.

As long as he can stop being alone, none of this is a problem.

Therefore, Huang Chengyan readily agreed.

What made Guan Lin even more surprised was that this Huang Chengyan was also really awesome. Not only did he make these cows die "unclearly", the key point was that the reason for these cows' deaths was accepted by the government.

What's 'left foot first', 'right foot first', 'dare to eat grass today, dare to eat people tomorrow'...

All in all, too much to list.

The most important thing is that no one has ever dared to raise half a question!
Of course, he doesn't need to do these things by himself at all. With his network in Jingzhou, he only needs to hook his fingers, and there are many people waiting to do things for him.

This also made Guan Lin realize that once a person's reputation reaches a certain level, he just writes a sentence - There are two trees in front of my house, one is a jujube tree, and the other is also a jujube tree!
——This kind of sentence can also become the truth!

That's all...

What's even more awesome is that Huang Chengyan also made "Bing Jian", which is a container for holding ice.

He was able to store the minced meat of a cow in it for [-] days, especially fresh, which also allowed Guan Lin to eat [-] days' worth of beef every half a month.

And this eating is half a year.

But Huang Chengyan, in the past six months, has made a lot of new utensils because of Guan Lin's "manufacturing drawings".

What "Qin crossbow", what "eight stone crossbow", what "rhubarb power ten stone crossbow", these are all ordinary.

Even the whole villa has been completely renewed because of the "keel water wheel", "water turning hundred operas" and "hydraulic blower".

Even, on the ingredients...

Such as dumplings, Dongpo pork, ham, tofu brain... everything is available!
Guan Lin likes to come here very much, because he can eat more delicious food, and the most important thing is that he doesn't need to spend a copper coin, and he can take a few pieces of beef from "Bing Jian" before leaving.

For example, the "Armored Ballista" that shot wolves during the last martial arts test was also a drawing drawn by Guan Lin, made by Huang Chengyan.

more than this…

Huang Chengyan and Guan Lin have another big plan.

A big project that requires a "huge" amount of money to put together.

This is also the reason why Guan Lin came to him this time.

now…

In the courtyard, firewood was placed in the stove, and a large black pot was placed on top of the firewood, and the soup made from chicken racks and sheep bones was boiling and bubbling in the black pot.

Guan Lin and Huang Chengyan were pouring the prepared ingredients into it respectively.

For example, Guan Lin likes to eat mutton that is older. He often has to rinse it for [-] breaths before taking it out. After dipping in the juice made of pepper and sesame seeds, he stuffs it into his mouth. Huang Chengyan is an elderly person with bad teeth, so he can only eat it. Tender...often only about ten breaths.

In addition, Huang Chengyan doesn't like dipping sauces. It may be that the pepper is too numb for the elderly, but he is a vegetarian, and he eats it with relish.

In this way, he is a vegetarian and Guan Lin eats meat. This kind of complementarity makes the two people eat each other to the best of their ability.

"Tell me..."

Huang Chengyan swallowed the boiled mustard greens and slowly opened his mouth, "Come on, let me hear, how much money did you earn? Do you dare to speak out loudly and want to realize our plan?"

"One hundred thousand hu grains! It's almost there?" Guan Lin also swallowed the mutton, and looked up at Huang Chengyan expectantly.

Ha ha…

But Huang Chengyan sneered, he seemed to be laughing at Guan Lin's stupidity and innocence, "Who told you? Making [-] Qin crossbows and [-] hu of grain would be enough?"

"One hundred thousand dendrobium is not enough?" Guan Lin was surprised...

Indeed, their plan was to make [-] Qin crossbows and equip them in the Han army.

With the advantage of the shooting range, when the cavalry of Cao Jun charged, by surprise, thousands of crossbows were fired, and the overwhelming crossbow arrows... were enough to shoot and kill all the invading enemies.

Of course, this needs to be kept secret. When the number of Qin Nu did not reach a certain scale, even his father Guan Yu could not tell.

Once it is leaked out, the enemy army has taken precautions, and it is almost meaningless.

However, according to Huang Chengyan's meaning, one hundred thousand hu grains are not enough?

"Hehe..." Huang Chengyan was sneering at this time. He raised his head and looked down at Guan Lin mockingly, "You kid, I'm afraid you have misunderstood Qin Nu? One hundred thousand hu grains are not enough for a fraction!"

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(End of this chapter)