Chapter 058 Create a better quality black feather arrow

"I hope you all take care of your errands!"

Xu Xingxia readily approved the request of these five soldiers.

Five soldiers were drawn out to be responsible for logistics production at once, and Niujiaodun's combat power was greatly reduced. Apart from the four officers, there were only three soldiers. Although these three soldiers were young, with some strength, and some combat skills, they were really not worthy of compliment. It seemed that Huang Fei could only be used with a watch. If Huang Fei had to fight with the Tartars in hand, it was estimated that even five Huang Fei would not kill a Tartar.

Fortunately, Xu Xingxia never expects them to go into battle to kill the enemy. At present, Niujiao Dun, he is still the only firepower output point. Zhang Quanfu and others can only fight cold guns, and it is still difficult to face the enemy head-on. Xu Xingxia's only hope is that they can discover the arrival of the Tartars in time and issue an alarm. As for more tasks, they must be divided after forming a new combat team.

That night, Niujiaoduan seemed very quiet. The soldiers who had been working all day long went to bed early, and after a while, they were already snoring. Xu Xingxia was a little unable to sleep. After all, this was the first night he spent in Niujiaoduan after traveling through time. The experiences of these days profoundly told Xu Xingxia a cruel reality, that is, in this chaotic era, there are risks everywhere. If you are not careful, you may be crushed to pieces. He himself could not predict what would happen in the future.

In the middle of the night, Xu Xingxia tiptoed up, patrolled the guard post on the top floor, and found that nothing unexpected happened, so she went back to sleep. When it was almost early in the morning, the guard post was replaced, and Xu Xingxia got up and took a look. When he got up twice, the surrounding fields seemed particularly quiet. There were no living creatures within the range of the torch. Occasionally, there were some unknown birds flying, and occasionally one or two strange insects cries. Apart from that, there was nothing else. There was darkness in places where the fire could not shine.

It is not unnecessary for Xu Xingxia to be so cautious. Once the guard post falls asleep, the Niujiao Dun will be very dangerous. There are only a few people in Niujiao Dun, and once they are touched by the Tartars, they will be absolutely finished. Of course, the possibility of the Tatars attacking Niujiao Dun is not high. If the Tatars want to attack Niujiao Dun, they must walk. Even if they wrap a linen on the horse's hooves, the sound of the horse's hooves hitting the fields can be felt, after all, the distance is too close.

In fact, every time the Tatar cavalry arrives, the movement is quite loud. The Tatars never hide their whereabouts, nor do they bother to hide their whereabouts. In front of the Ming army in Ningxia Town, the Tatars did not need to do this at all. In addition, the strengths of the Tatars are all on the back of horses, and they will not give up this talent easily.

The next morning, Xu Xingxia received a report saying that Liu Guangliang had arrived with three old craftsmen. This was agreed yesterday, and Xu Xingxia asked them to discuss something.

"Let them come in."

Xu Xingxia waved her hand and said.

Soon, Liu Guangliang and three old craftsmen appeared in front of Xu Xingxia.

Among the military households in Weizhenbao, these craftsmen have the most difficult living. The craftsmen, including Liu Guangliang, were all dressed in tatters. Two craftsmen were barefoot and didn't even have a pair of straw sandals. Judging from their appearance, they probably came without breakfast. Perhaps their family had no concept of breakfast at all.

Xu Xingxia said straight to the point: "I invite three of you today, mainly to build some weapons and equipment."

Liu Guangliang immediately said, "Don't worry, as long as it is something we can build, we will do our best."

Xu Xingxia nodded and said with satisfaction: "I thank you all in advance."

The first thing he wants to build is of course his own black feather arrow. The thirty black feather arrows he currently has always felt that it was not enough. If the Tartars have a large number and do not have enough black feather arrows, it would be a problem. Especially if the Tartars have a large number and besieged Niujiaodun, it would be far from enough for him to only have thirty black feather arrows.

At present, Niujiaoduan's combat power is basically only him, Gao Meng, Zhang Quanfu, Liu Chuang and other four. Yu Lijun obviously has poor combat power, let alone others, not to mention the role of cannon fodder. And the only archers are he and Zhang Quanfu. If the Tartars are not afraid of death and are willing to pay the price of about fifty people and attack Niujiaoduan, the consequences will be more troublesome. After thirty black feather arrows are shot, there will be only hand-to-hand combat. If the Tartars are purely hand-to-hand combat, how many other Tartars can Xu Xingxia kill?

Xu Xingxia took out four black feather arrows and handed them to the four craftsmen, saying in a leisurely manner: "Please look at this thing, let's see if it can be built in the same way."

Liu Guangliang looked at the black feather arrow carefully for a while and said to an old craftsman next to him: "Old Guo, bows and arrows seem to be your business, let's talk about it."

The old craftsman, named Guo Fuquan, is already very old, almost sixty years old, and his hair is completely white. The traces of time are very obvious on his body. His face is full of wrinkles, and his eyes are deeply sunken. If it weren't for hereditary, an old man like him would have retired long ago. However, due to the perverted military household system, he had to continue to serve. The service of the craftsmen was almost lifelong.

After all, the craftsmanship of craftsmen requires long-term study and practice to accumulate slowly. The older the craftsman, the more experience he has, the more exquisite his skills, and the better the quality of the weapons and equipment he has created. In the era of pure handmade production and no mechanized production, this was very important. Therefore, there were a large number of old craftsmen in every workshop in the Ming Dynasty, and the same was true for the Wei Army.

Among the craftsmen in Weizhenbao, Guo Fuquan is specialized in creating arrowheads. After carefully studying the black feather arrows, he slowly said: "Sir, these black feather arrows are all made of the best cooked iron. The cost is relatively high and it is also difficult to make, and they have to be forged repeatedly. If they are copied accordingly, the cost will be very high."

Xu Xingxia said calmly: "How much does it cost?"

Guo Fuquan calculated it roughly and said cautiously: "One tael of silver is definitely something you need. A black feather arrow like this requires six kilograms of pig iron. If you add two more coins of silver, you can beat it better."

Xu Xingxia brought back the Black Feather Arrow and said expectantly: "Can it be a little better?"

Guo Fuquan nodded and said, "Yes. The arrow can be made stronger. Even if it is shot on the bone, it will not crack. If it is not intentionally destroyed, it will be completely possible to use it repeatedly for several years or even more than ten years."

Xu Xingxia said hopefully: "You can tell me in detail."

Guo Fuquan briefly introduced: "Sir, this is like this..."

These black feather arrows were all built more than two hundred years ago. Although the quality of the construction was very good at that time, after all, two hundred years have passed, and things have changed. In the past two hundred years, cast iron and steelmaking technology in the Ming Dynasty has been developing, especially steelmaking technology has been constantly improving, and technologies such as steelmaking have gradually matured, which has made the quality of steel better and better.

The arrows of these black feathered arrows by Xu Xingxia are all forged by raw steel (also known as crude steel), and the quality is better than that of cooked iron. Two hundred years ago, it should be the best quality steel. However, after two hundred years, this raw steel was a bit behind. Now, the ingots obtained by stir-frying steel, or the 100-steel steel made by repeated forging, are of better quality than raw steel.

Guo Fuquan means that through repeated forging, the arrows are completely forged into the mass of the 100 steel steel. In this way, the arrows will not crack and damage when they hit the bones. A black feather arrow with a 100 steel steel arrow will be used repeatedly for several years, and there will be no problem. Of course, the cost of 100 steel steel is much higher than that of raw steel.

Xu Xingxia asked curiously: "I wonder if all kinds of raw materials can be obtained?"

Liu Guangliang said: "This is not very difficult, pig iron is relatively cheap."

Seeing Xu Xingxia a little confused, Liu Guangliang explained in detail. If you want to say what contributions made by Emperor Wanli in the development of science and technology, it is probably a blast furnace. In order to earn private money, he privately sent eunuchs to dig mining and mass iron. In many places, special iron smelting furnaces were built. The scale of these iron smelting furnaces is quite large. According to historical records, there is a blast furnace in Foshan, Lingnan, with a daily pig iron production of more than 3,600 kilograms, which shows that the output is quite amazing.

In Ningxia Town, there are also three such large blast furnaces, which use raw materials produced by Helan Mountain. Helan Mountain is not only a treasure house of animals and plants, but also a treasure house of various ores. The iron ore, coal mines and other ores produced are of quite high quality. All the raw materials required for iron smelting can be found in Helan Mountain. These blast furnaces in Ningxia Town also produce thousands of kilograms of pig iron every day, supplying the entire northwest.
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