Chapter 253 Someone wants to start with Niu Youdao
There was a slight unusual movement in the woods, and with a whoosh, the crossbow in Yuan Huo's hand rang out, and a pheasant hiding behind the trees on the hillside on the side of the road pounced out and landed again.
After a few glances, no one in the group made any hesitation.
Yuan Gang was leading the way, and the four of them were alert to the left and right. The sound of horse hooves was fierce all the way to the depths of the mountain forest.
The crossbow arrows used by the four people were designed by Yuan Gang. They can be assembled or disassembled and carried. The assembly parts were made by Gongsun Tieniu.
Originally, Gongsun Tieniu did not take this matter seriously and left it to his disciples to complete. Unexpectedly, his disciples were unable to complete it. To be precise, they could not meet Yuan Gang's requirements because Yuan Gang's requirements were too high.
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Yuan Gang is very clear about the nature of the people he trains. Sometimes it is very necessary to make weapons easy to carry and conceal. Sometimes when entering and leaving a certain place, it is even necessary to make it invisible to people.
.Otherwise, if you run around with a bright weapon on your back, you may not even be able to enter some cities.
Therefore, he needs crossbows that can be disassembled at any time for easy carrying and hiding. He also requires that parts can be replaced with other crossbows at any time if the crossbow is damaged. This means that the components of all crossbows must be basically the same size.
For the hand-made blacksmiths, this requirement was too high, and the components produced were repeatedly rejected by Yuan Gang. In the end, it was Gongsun Tieniu himself who, with extremely superb craftsmanship, met Yuan Gang's requirements.
Gongsun Tieniu originally thought that Yuan Gang was deliberately looking for trouble, and he got angry and told Yuan Gang to get lost. Yuan Gang still asked Meng Shanming to come forward, and finally persuaded Gongsun Tieniu to take action.
But the speed of building it can't be faster, and other people can't. It's easy to imagine the situation if Gongsun Tieniu is relied on alone.
It took Gongsun Tieniu more than a year to create dozens of crossbow arrow components for Yuan Gang, but it still cannot meet Yuan Gang's needs for equipping two to three hundred people.
Originally, Yuan Gang wanted to get some guns, not the current ones, but the guns he was familiar with in his previous life.
As a result, it was difficult to even make crossbows with consistent specifications, let alone the gun he wanted.
With his familiarity with the structure of guns, combined with Gongsun Tieniu's forging skills, it should be no problem to make a gun, but the problem with bullets is bigger. The specifications and accuracy of the warheads are required to be higher. If the size of the bullet is inconsistent,
, causing an explosion in the chamber when firing, he might not kill others but instead kill himself. As the structure of the bullet's primer became more and more sophisticated, he had even less hope. If one of the two shots failed to fire,
, the critical moment is a matter of life and death, so it is better to carry a kitchen knife to save worry.
Of course he knows where the problem lies, but he is not good at industrial manufacturing, and Dao Ye is not good at industrial manufacturing either. Although he knows where to start, it will take him a long time to study to solve it.
Therefore, he could only give up some unrealistic ideas for the time being.
As for the riding training of war horses, Yuan Gang asked Meng Shanming for guidance.
He was able to ride a horse in his previous life, but his skills were far from being able to fight on horseback, and his skills were far inferior to the cavalry of this era. He knew the importance of being able to control a war horse in this era, and he did not know how to control cars or airplanes.
It doesn't matter if you have a tank, but you must be skillful in driving a war horse, so I found Meng Shanming to give me some guidance.
A person who can train a powerful and heroic warrior guard must have a certain skill in training cavalry. Facts have proved that he is right. Meng Shanming gave him great help, which opened his eyes and made up for it.
The shortcomings he lacks.
For more than a year, he has lived a fulfilling life every day, which is what he calls doing meaningful things. Things like Niu Youdao who always spends time alone in the room sitting cross-legged and meditating have a great impact on him.
Conceptually, it’s hard to get used to!
In the mountainous forest area for more than ten miles, the five riders quickly rushed out, lifted the alert, and continued to rumble forward under the sunset...
At the inn in the dusk, Niu Youdao and his entourage entered, jumped off their mounts, and left the horses to be taken care of by themselves.
The group settled in for a rest, washed up, and the two sworn brothers sat down to eat and drink together.
"Hey, brother, after eating and drinking at your place for a few days, are these things meant for human consumption?" Linghuqiu put down his wine glass with a frown on his face.
Niu Youdao: "It's okay, my brother is too particular."
Linghu Qiu rolled his eyes, "I am particular? Who is particular about the eating and drinking conditions over there? I guess there is no other person in the world who is so particular about you! Otherwise, you teach Hong Xiu your cooking skills, Hong Xiu.
brush?"
Niu Youdao: "It's not that I don't want to teach. My brother also saw it in my place. The signboard in the kitchen is 'Nanshan Temple'. Those are Nanshan Temple's unique skills. They are not easily passed on to others and no one is allowed in to observe them. I
It’s not like you break other people’s rules. If you want others to work, you have to respect them, right?”
After a meal of braised pork and an unexpected encounter with Shao Pingbo, he no longer showed off when he went out, not to mention that he had promised Yuan Fang not to spread it to others. As for those boys taught by Yuan Gang, he couldn't control it, and Yuan Fang couldn't control it either.
Yuan Gang was angry. It was strange that Yuan Gang could listen to Yuan Fang. Facing Yuan Gang, Yuan Fang could only complain on the sidelines.
Linghu Qiu touched his chin and said: "A group of monks in the temple actually have such skills. I'm really lucky!"
Niu Youdao chuckled: "That's right, otherwise I wouldn't have to take away a group of monks in one fell swoop!"
Linghu Qiu thought about it and could only shake his head in envy, "This is a huge way to make money!"
Niu Youdao smiled and said nothing. He didn't think it was a way to make money, because he knew what was going on inside. It was not something with a high technical content. The food he made could not be stored for a long time and was difficult to transport over long distances. If he wanted to use it as a way to make money, just use it as a way to make money.
Venues must be opened everywhere. Once the stall is spread, it cannot be kept secret at all, and sooner or later it will spread.
Like wine making, the wine can be stored for a long time as long as the source output is controlled, and it can also be used as a way to make money. It is not realistic to use cooking as a way to make money. If the Shang Dynasty can dominate the world and control the entire world, it will
It is possible to operate it as a way to make money, but it is impossible now.
In today's world, many people have problems with food and clothing. They just want to fill their stomachs. He doesn't think there is any meaning in spreading these crafts now. It can only let the wealthy people enjoy more things, and each additional thing can satisfy the desires of the wealthy people.
These things bring disaster to ordinary people.
For example, making wine, which ordinary people cannot afford to drink, satisfies the appetites of the powerful, but wastes a lot of food, which is not a good thing for the people who have difficulty in food and clothing. This way of making wine was developed in this era.
commit a sin!
Therefore, it is better to keep some things on hand for the time being because they are rare and valuable. It is also good to have something that can be taken out and used to entertain guests to make them happy and satisfied.
"I heard that my master is Dongguo Haoran of the Shangqing Sect?" Linghu Qiu suddenly asked, holding up his chopsticks.
Niu Youdao smiled: "That's right."
Linghu Qiu: "What do you mean? I have had a relationship with your master once, and I know him. He is a pretty good person, so why do you look down on him like this?"
Niu Youdao: "Brother misunderstood. Although he accepted me as his disciple, he did not teach me his skills. After I arrived at the Shangqing Sect, due to the struggle for power within the Shangqing Sect, I was put under house arrest for several years.
It turns out that the so-called cultivation practice just threw a book at me and asked me to study on my own, and he repeatedly attacked me and almost killed me, so I can’t say I have any good impressions of the Shangqing Sect.”
He didn't want outsiders to think that he had a deep relationship with the Shangqing Sect, and he had no relationship with anyone.
Linghu Qiu said in surprise: "Since Dongguo Haoran accepted you as his disciple, why didn't he teach me his skills? Could there be some accident?"
Niu Youdao shook his head: "It's okay not to mention unpleasant things."
Seeing that he didn't want to say more, Linghu Qiu, who had tried a little to test, didn't ask any more questions. He knew that the friendship was not deep and it was not appropriate to delve into the details now. The day was long and he was not in a hurry. He stopped the topic in time and changed the topic: "This
After resting at the inn, we will leave Jinzhou again. If I get the war horses back, I'm afraid I have to pass through Jinzhou. Although Jinzhou is allied with the Shang Dynasty, if a large number of war horses pass by, I'm sure I won't be able to bear the covetous feeling.
If they are going to be detained, why don’t you just clear the way and unblock it?”
Niu Youdao: "If that's true, then there will be a lot of places to clear the road. Let Tianyumen and the others take care of the clearing. It's good that I can work hard in Qi. I shouldn't worry about other places."
Yeah, I can’t worry about it either.”
In fact, as long as he can get war horses, he has no intention of taking the land route at all. The two counties are close to the sea. With such favorable conditions, it would be better if he didn't take the sea route. According to Fei Changliu and others, there is actually no such thing as Tianyu Gate.
This has been the intention for a long time. As long as war horses can be obtained, they will be transported by sea. However, there is no way to get the war horses out of Qi's borders...
Under the bright moon in the sky, a golden wing swooped down and escaped into a window of the inn.
Hong Fu reached out to take Jin Wing, took out a secret letter from the Golden Wing's foot tube, handed it to Hong Xiu, and then went to place the Golden Wing.
After Hongxiu opened the secret letter and read out its contents, he walked to the light and burned the secret letter to ashes. He immediately walked to the couch and whispered to Linghuqiu who was sitting cross-legged in meditation: "Sir, we have been captured by Xiaoyue Pavilion."
'People are watching."
Linghuqiu slowly finished his work, opened his eyes and looked at her, seemingly confused, "The people from Xiaoyue Pavilion are watching me?"
Hong Xiu: "To be precise, they are watching Niu Youdao, and someone wants to attack Niu Youdao!"
Linghu Qiu frowned: "Who means that?"
Hongxiu: "No one means anything. Someone has made the decision without permission. That person has dealt with you before, that is the woman named Su Zhao, the brothel proprietress who took the initiative to befriend you last time."
Linghu Qiu asked suspiciously: "How come she can't get along with Niu Youdao? Is that woman also from Xiaoyue Pavilion?"
Hong Xiu: "I'm afraid, otherwise how could we use the people of Xiaoyue Pavilion? There may be some status in Xiaoyue Pavilion, but the specific identity was not revealed in the secret letter."
Linghu Qiu sneered: "What the hell? Summon her immediately and have someone stop her!"
Hong Xiu shook his head: "It's hard to stop, and it's easy for people to doubt your identity. What it means above is that as long as you don't leave Niu Youdao's side, she won't dare to mess around. You've been warned!"