Three Kingdoms in a box

Chapter 118 Yan Liang forges a sword
Tian Feng left Xiagouhe Village, but when he left, his face was livid, especially when he saw the abandoned Qian family compound. Tian Feng gritted his teeth and said: "This gangster from Jitou Mountain is so bold that he dares to kill a big man. Officials are simply unreasonable and lawless. If we don’t kill people like this, the prestige of the Han Dynasty will not exist!”

Tian Feng looked angry, and everyone fell silent. Zhang Jiao and others frowned slightly, considering whether to get rid of this troublesome Tian Feng. If he was allowed to return to the county seat, I am afraid that the suppression of bandits would be put on the agenda. , Jitoushan is about to face a fierce battle.

But after thinking about it, Zhang Jiao and others gave up on assassinating Tian Feng. Tian Feng, a county magistrate with [-] shi, was different from a countryman with no rank.

If Tian Feng is the deputy county magistrate of Guang'a County, then the village stalwart is also the village chief. The difference between the two people is really huge. Now that a village stalwart dies, it is not a big deal. At most, it will attract the attention of the county. The county lieutenant suppressed the bandits, but if the county magistrate was moved, then he would not be the county lieutenant after he came down, but might be the army of the real Han Dynasty!

What a horrible thing this is!
Moreover, Tian Feng is not only the magistrate of Guang'a County, he is also a descendant of the wealthy Tian family. In this three-acre land of Julu, who dares not to give face to the Tian family? Even in Jizhou, the Tian family can be ranked high. ah!
Thinking of this, Zhang Jiao and others gave up the idea of ​​assassinating Tian Feng.

Tian Feng looked at Zhang Jiao and said: "Zhang Jiao, don't worry, I will definitely report to the county magistrate and ask him to order the bandits to be suppressed. If Jitou Mountain is not destroyed, it is because I, the county magistrate, are incompetent!" "

Tian Feng looked at Zhang Jiao as he spoke. Zhang Jiao also forced a smile and said, "If Tian County Prime Minister can get rid of this harm, he will really be my benefactor in Xiagouhe Village!"

Tian Feng said: "Well, don't worry, a certain family will return to the city right now. I think the army will be able to attack Jitou Mountain soon, flatten Jitou Mountain, and kill the bandits."

Zhang Jiao clasped his fists: "Please do everything!"

Tian Feng nodded, got on the carriage and left. Zhang Jiao watched Tian Feng go away, turned to look at Zhang Bao, and felt cold sweat on his forehead. Isn't this a disaster from heaven?
Why did you attract such a group of murderous talents to Jitou Mountain? The government is suppressing bandits. If this doesn't work, the entire Jitou Mountain will be destroyed!

This is a disaster!
Thinking like this, Zhang Jiao looked at Zhang Bao and said, "Zhang Bao, hurry up, find someone to inform Yan Liang and others, the government wants to suppress bandits, make plans quickly."

Zhang Bao heard this and said, "Yes, I will arrange for someone to go there right away."

But at this moment, Li Yu said: "There is no need for you to go to deliver the news. I will just inform Yan Liang."

After hearing this, Zhang Jiao said: "Immortal Lord."

Li Yudao: "Tian Feng is a man of great strategism. There must be no flaw in dealing with such a person. During this period, the whole Xiagouhe Village just needs to live peacefully. By the way, we can't just wait, Zhang Bao."

"Immortal Venerable!"

"Tomorrow you bring some money and go to the county town. This time you will mainly do two things. The first is to send some money to the county magistrate so that he can give some positive comments about Taiping Road. Through him, we need to bring peace to our Taiping Road. Tao is established as a good sect that educates the people and assists the government, so that we can gain a foothold in the righteousness."

"Secondly, we want to find out who is going to suppress the bandits this time and how many people they will bring with them. We will also donate some money to them, saying that we are supporting them in suppressing the bandits!"

After hearing this, Zhang Bao said: "My lord, Bao understands!"

After hearing this, Zhang Bao immediately clasped his fists and decided to leave tomorrow.

After Tian Feng came out of Xiagouhe Village, he said to the yamen beside him: "You guys leave two of you here and keep an eye on Xiagouhe Village to see if anyone is out and pass on information or something." !”

"Ah, sir, what do you mean?"

After hearing this, the yamen officer asked Tian Feng. Tian Feng pondered for a moment and said: "Everything in Xiagouhe Village is weird. The death of Qian Shifu's family is also very strange. This matter needs to be investigated."

"Does that have anything to do with Zhang Jiao from Xiagouhe Village?"

Hearing this, Tian Feng said: "I don't know, but judging from the current situation, it is best for Zhangjiao's Taiping Road if the Qian family is gone. This has to make me suspicious. Of course, this is just a little guess on my part." , I can’t say what happened to the Qian family, it’s really just bandits doing it to rob!”

After saying this, Tian Feng added: "Actually, I think I was wrong. After all, from the current point of view, the only Xiagouhe Village in Guang'a is a good place to go!"

After Tian Feng said this, he left two people behind and followed the car directly forward, back to the county. If someone comes out of Xiagouhe Village in the past few days to deliver a message to Jitou Mountain, then it must be Jitou. Shan and Xiagouhe Village colluded with each other. The destruction of the Qian family must have something to do with Zhang Jiao.

If no one came out of Xiagouhe Village to deliver a message to Jitoushan, then he had misunderstood Zhang Jiao. Tian Feng actually hoped that he had misunderstood Zhang Jiao!

After all, Xiagouhe Village is indeed the most popular village he has ever seen.

……

Here Yan Liang has sent the war horse back to the village. As soon as the horse arrived at the village, the eyes of the whole village were red. They couldn't bear to look away from the horse when they stared at it!
"What a horse, what a horse!"

Even Zhang Liang ran out and couldn't help but sigh. Yan Liang looked at the scene in front of him and smiled and said: "You want to become a cavalry. Starting tomorrow, we will select thirty cavalry from the whole village. Everyone is ready."

After hearing this, everyone looked at Yan Liang, and someone asked: "Company commander, what are the selection criteria for this cavalry?"

After hearing this, Yan Liang smiled and said, "We'll find out tomorrow!"

Yan Liang said, and at this moment Li Yu's voice reached Yan Liang's ears.

Li Yu told Yan Liang that Tian Feng wanted to go back and send people to suppress the bandits. Yan Liang's expression became solemn. The government wanted to suppress the bandits. This was a big deal, but of course it was not big enough to make Yan Liang afraid.

Yan Liang said: "Well, don't worry, Immortal Lord. The government has been suppressing bandits since ancient times, but there are not many that can really eradicate them. A certain family knows that in the past few days, a certain family will step up training of brave soldiers. When the soldiers come, they will block the water." Even if you come to Tubai, you won’t be afraid of them!”

After hearing this, Li Yu said with emotion: "Okay, you have this idea, I feel very relieved, don't think too much, if you need anything, come to me, I will help you!"

After hearing this, Yan Liang clasped his fists and said: "Thank you, Immortal Lord. Immortal Lord said this. A certain family really has something to ask of the Immortal Lord. It's like this. We already have war horses in the army, but we don't have many bows and arrows. Now we are making There is no shortage of wood for bows and arrows, but there is only a shortage of cowhide for making bow strings. I wonder if the immortal can solve it."

"Cowhide?"

After hearing this, Li Yu immediately thought of the vegetable market. The cowhide was not easy to handle. He could just go to the vegetable market to buy it. He was not short of money. But after thinking about it for a moment, Li Yu gave up the idea. It really doesn’t work.Because the real cowhide is too thick, if you put it in the Lilliputian country, it would be equivalent to laying a layer of meat skin half a person high for them. How can such thick cowhide be used as a bowstring?

But soon Li Yu's divergent thinking began to work. The reason why he chose cowhide was because it was tough and elastic and could be used as bowstrings.

Moreover, in today’s society, cowhide is no longer used to make bows, but composite materials are used. In other words, cowhide is not necessarily needed to make a bow. As long as you can find something strong and elastic, Li Yu thought directly in his head. Got the rubber band.

Is there anything better than rubber bands for bow strings?
Thinking of this, Li Yu went directly to the Internet to place an order and bought the thinnest and strongest rubber band. It is said that the thinnest one can reach 0.2 mm. In Lilliput, a 2 cm thick bow string would meet the requirements!

Place an order directly, ask the store to ship it via SF Express, and pay the postage yourself. This is not the time to save a small amount of money, but to save time and effort.

After doing everything, Li Yu just needs to wait.

At this time in the villain world, Yan Liang also told the news that the officers and soldiers were going to suppress the bandits. Zhang Liang suddenly shouted angrily: "Okay, since they are coming, let them come and go. I want them to know. Bandits are not that easy to suppress!"

After hearing this, Yan Liang said: "Yes, since ancient times, the weak have preyed on the strong. If we are weak, the government will naturally not take us seriously, but we in Julu still have six groups of bandits who are not afraid of the government. They do more evil. Why don't you see the government annihilating them? Isn't it because they are so powerful!"

"And haven't we always been worried about not being able to recruit green forest heroes? This is an opportunity. As long as we can defeat the government, we can become famous on the green forest road. In the future, there will be an endless stream of green forest heroes who join us in Jitou Mountain, and we can select the best. Admit it and strengthen our brave army!"

After listening to the pie that Yan Liang painted for everyone, the originally fearful mood of the group slowly dissipated and improved. The fear slowly turned into fear with a hint of expectation!
Next, Yan Liang arranged the task. Everyone should train. The logistics team needed to hurry up and negotiate with the craftsmen on what kind of wood they needed. After all, the Immortal Lord had promised to find them cowhide for making bow strings, and what they were lacking now was It’s the wood used to make bows and arrows!

After some arrangements, everyone got busy, and at the same time Yan Liang found the blacksmith in the village.

There are a total of six blacksmiths in Heilong Village. These six people are working overtime these days to make horse equipment for the village, including high bridge saddles, bilateral stirrups, and horseshoes that Li Yu later remembered and replenished.

Horseshoes are very important. Although they are two inconspicuous pieces of iron, they play a decisive role in the history of the development of Chinese cavalry.

Before the appearance of horseshoes, horses were very noble. For example, they could not run in places where the stones were too sharp, and they had to be careful when the ground was uneven. Mountainous areas were especially important, and they needed to be cautious before proceeding.

Otherwise, once the hoofs of the horse are damaged, the horse will be considered useless. Therefore, horses are quite precious and require intensive care in any team. Even some horses cannot easily pass the place and need to be cleaned up by soldiers first, and then Let the horses pass again!

During this long development process, no one thought of using horseshoes to protect horses' hooves. It was not until the Yuan Dynasty that horseshoes were officially put into use.

This gives horses the ability to move in complex terrain.

Li Yu's introduction of horseshoes in advance can be regarded as changing the history of Chinese cavalry.

When a cavalry is equipped with a high bridge saddle, bilateral stirrups, and horseshoes, the cavalry can be regarded as a mature cavalry.

However, Yan Liang didn't come here to see the horseshoes. He didn't even know what the horseshoes were for. When he came in, he saw a group of blacksmiths making semi-circular hoops. He didn't know what they were doing, and he was too lazy. asked, but he didn't know that this was the cavalry artifact that Li Yu gave him.

After all, when a person's thinking has not reached that level, if you put a horseshoe in front of him, he will not know that it is nailed to the horse's hoof. If you ask him, he might even say that it is a hidden weapon.

After all, horseshoes and boomerangs are somewhat similar.

This time Yan Liang asked the blacksmith to make him a large sword that fit his hand. After all, the government was coming to suppress bandits, and it would be awkward not to have a suitable weapon in his hand.

Fighting against the government is a life-and-death struggle, and there is no room for carelessness!

So he brought over the [-] kilograms of iron from Zhang Jiao, and gave the blacksmith the drawings of the broadsword style that he liked.

"Yes, just follow the shape of this big knife. What's the weight? Seventy or eighty pounds is best."

Yan Liang thought for a while and expressed his request. The blacksmith was shocked when he heard the words: "Company commander, seventy or eighty pounds, how can this dance? I think thirty pounds is enough."

Yan Liang waved his hands when he heard this and said, "Listen to a certain family. This big sword of mine costs seventy or eighty kilograms. It doesn't matter if it's less than one kilogram."

After hearing this, the blacksmith said: "Okay, but company commander, let's keep our words here. We can make this sword, but it doesn't matter if it can't be danced by then!" "

Yan Liang heard this and said: "This is natural. Don't worry, even if a certain family really can't dance, it has nothing to do with you. It's just that a certain family is not strong enough. I don't blame you."

After hearing this, the blacksmith felt relieved and said: "Okay, in that case, don't worry, company commander, we will definitely make a satisfactory weapon for the company commander."

Yan Liang cupped his fists and said, "Thank you all, I just hope you can hurry up a little bit. In a few days, officers and soldiers will attack. What kind of weapon does I need?"

After hearing this, many blacksmiths said: "Don't worry, company commander, I will definitely build weapons for the general first."

After hearing this, Yan Liang said: "Thank you everyone, I will ask the kitchen to give you extra meals later."

"Thank you, company commander."

Many blacksmiths were overjoyed when they heard this and quickly thanked them loudly. They can provide extra meals these days. This is considered to be an improvement in their treatment. What else can they be dissatisfied with!

Yan Liang nodded and left the blacksmith furnace, followed by the blacksmiths who looked at Yan Liang's seventy or eighty kilogram sword and couldn't help but sigh: "Captain Yan Liang is truly extraordinary for being able to wield such a heavy sword!"

Li Yu had actually been observing everything going on in the village. When he heard that Yan Liang was going to forge a big sword weighing seventy or eighty kilograms, he couldn't help but sigh. He was indeed Guan Gong's old enemy. Guan Gong's Qinglong Yanyue Sword weighed 82 kilograms. His big sword It also weighs seventy or eighty kilograms. The weight of their weapons is so similar, so their strength is probably about the same!
(End of this chapter)