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Feng Yong and his men rushed directly to the county government office, and then he grabbed the horse's head.

"Xi Yuyu!"

The tall horse neighed with a long and his hooves stepped heavily on the ground.

"Brother!"

Before Li Qiu could stop the horse, he went up to meet him and shouted excitedly.

Feng Yong turned over and dismounted, rushed forward, "Xinhou!"

When the brothers meet, they feel a little emotional.

"I've met my brother."

Li Mu then followed him forward and Yingying bowed.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work in the past few years."

Feng Yong nodded.

"What my brother said? I will have no hard work when I waited to sit in Nanxiang. But my brother, who traveled north and south, still went to the malaria-affected place in Nanzhong, which is the hard work."

Li Mu dressed up carefully, not wearing his usual tight clothes and narrow sleeves, wearing regular clothes, bright moon gauze, rings and bells, only her eyes flashed with strange lights, staring at Feng Yong, and said softly.

"If we don't talk about these, we each have our own duties."

Feng Yong waved his hand and asked Li Qiu, "Where is Huo Jianling?"

"I'm waiting for my brother in the workshop of Hanzhong Metallurgical."

"Time is tight. Madam Mu, please go back and arrange the Maobu workshop immediately. I will go to the workshop in Hanzhongjie first."

Li Mu nodded, "I understand."

Most people who come outside have an illusion that the inner city is the core of Nanxiang, but this is actually wrong.

The real core of Nanxiang is the textile workshop and Hanzhong Metallurgical Workshop behind the inner city, as well as the kilns that have been emitting black smoke.

Of course, on a large scale, it should also include pastures at the foot of Bashan and mines in the mountains.

They are the real pillars of Nanxiang.

Feng Yong took everyone to the Hanzhong Metallurgical Workshop, where Huo Yi had been waiting, "I've seen Junhou."

"No need to be too polite, Huo Jianling, are you ready what I want?"

"Returning to the Lord, the officials prepared 30,000 iron bars and 300 craftsmen. They could put horseshoes on the spot as soon as the horses arrived."

Huo Yi welcomed Feng Yong in and said, "Everyone of these craftsmen is used to pass the horseshoe to Nanxiang Ranch and to Ma An of Dongfeng Express. His craftsmanship is not unfamiliar."

With the continuous increase in Dongfeng Express business, the use rate of horses is getting higher and higher, and more and more horse damage is caused by excessive wear and tear of horses.

Since Feng Yongping built a ranch and had the real source of horses, he began to install horseshoes on horses used by Dongfeng Express, which is a small-scale attempt.

This Northern Expedition required a large number of horses to help transport grain. Feng Yong brought five thousand horses from Yueqi in one breath, and all of them were nailed to the horseshoe within ten days.

"That's good." Feng Yong nodded, "What about the others?"

"Please follow the officials."

Huo Yi took Feng Yong to an open space where there were several tables and a few strange things on the table, but it could still be seen that it was basically a crossbow, with several soldiers waiting for their orders next to it.

"General Wang, the weapons you need are here."

Feng Yong walked to the table, picked up a crossbow, and handed it over.

"Is this a foot-step crossbow?"

Wang Ping took it and felt that the crossbow was really strange.

"It is indeed a foot-pedal crossbow, but it is more convenient than an ordinary foot-pedal crossbow, and it can be used by ordinary soldiers."

As the name suggests, a crossbow is a powerful crossbow that puts the crossbow arm on the feet and uses the power of the legs to straighten the waist and pull the strings with both hands. It has a long range and great power.

Even a light crossbow that only uses arm strength to wind the string is much slower than a bow. This kind of foot-pedal crossbow is slower and it requires a higher strength requirement for the user.

However, the crossbow in Wang Ping's hand was added by Feng Yong to a pull rod that can be pulled back and forth. The lever principle can be used to achieve the effect of winding with less force, and at the same time, the winding speed is also increased.

A collar was added in front of the crossbow, which was similar to a stirrup, which was convenient for stomping with your feet when winding the strings.

Feng Yong signaled, and soon a soldier stepped forward to demonstrate. Zhang Xian raised an arrow, aimed, and buckled the hanging knife. The straw man two hundred steps away shook, and a crossbow arrow was added on it.

Apart from those sharpshooters and theoretical maximum ranges, the effective kill range of ordinary archers in the army is generally around 100 steps, and the best kill range is 60 steps.

But it is very expensive and difficult to train an archer. Not only does it require talent, but it also requires long-term uninterrupted training.

Moreover, for crossbows, bows and arrows have short aiming time, cannot accumulate force for a long time, and require high arm strength.

Crossbows are different. Their usage is very simple and does not require special skills. Crossbow players can be quickly cultivated in the army.

More importantly, because the crossbow uses arm strength, waist strength and leg strength to skeleton, the range can range from far to near, and from 20 to twenty steps is within the killing range of the crossbow.

It can also accumulate power, such as Wangshan, and other auxiliary aiming equipment to improve accuracy.

The crossbows in the army are basically foot-pedal crossbows, with a range farther than ordinary bows and arrows. The effective killing range is about 200 steps, and 150 steps is the best distance.

The disadvantage is that it is difficult to wind the string.

Therefore, the reason why the imperial court banned crossbows was because the crossbows were powerful and the method of use was simple, so that normal people could exert their power.

Feng Yong's improved foot crossbow has added a collar while maintaining its power and range, making it more convenient to wind the string. It is equipped with leverage, making it easier to wind the string, and the firing rate is much faster than that of ordinary crossbows.

"nice one!"

Wang Ping's eyes lit up and he stepped forward and snatched it, unable to let go of it.

"This kind of crossbow, compared to the crossbow in the army, can attack the horse army at least once more when it goes out one hundred and fifty steps, and those with skilled ones can fire it twice."

"One is enough!" Wang Ping praised, "Three thousand people will be sent out once. As long as they dare to rush over, at least two or three hundred people will be killed or injured. If it is an infantry army, it will be sent out three or four more times, and at least one or two thousand people will be collapsed."

"What's more important is to save effort and be more energy than the opponent. The chances of survival are greater, and the chances of winning are greater."

This kind of foot-pedal crossbow is not much different from the crossbows used in the army today. Ordinary crossbowmen can almost use it by hand.

The reason why Feng Yong responded so much to Jiang Bin's disruption of Han Zhongjie's production order was that he wanted to use the convenience of the prefect of Yuezhi to have autonomy and let Han Zhongjie create new weapons for him in preparation for the Northern Expedition.

Of course, this was after Jiang Bin's inferior treasure sword incident, and Feng Yongcai remembered to fight against the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty first so that no one could make trouble for him again.

Zhuge Liang wanted to bring Feng Yong with him this Northern Expedition, in order to give him a better understanding and gain some experience at the same time, so he did not object to his plan to test new weapons among the soldiers of the Yuezhi.

Only the number of new weapons was restricted, with less than 5,000 people.

At the same time, the imperial court only paid half of the money and food, and the remaining half had to be paid by itself.

As for the luxury thing like the purple electric treasure knife, when the prime minister of the Han Dynasty knew the cost, he said directly, "You can do it yourself." The court has no money and no food!"

In the past two years, Feng Yong has been using new weapons in Yuexi Infrastructure and Hanzhong Metallurgical. He has continuously spent all the money and grains to emptie the Feng Mansion, including his wife's dowry.

At the same time, the private money of Wang family, Zhao Guang's wife book and Li Yi...

It can be said that this Northern Expedition was a big bet for Feng Yong, and losing would almost mean losing everything.

Just as Feng Yong was preparing to test the new weapons of the Northern Expedition, a rumbling sound rang out at the intersection of Nanxiang, and the horses that could not be seen on the road were rushing towards this side.

At the same time, all the seals on the warehouse gates of Nanxiang Workshop began to be torn off, and then they pushed open the door and counted the supplies inside.

One wooden box with different sizes, but also nailed to death was moved out. It might be fur cloth, arrow feathers, or even crossbows, swords...

All kinds of managers took the account books and checked their numbers. Then, with a wave of their hand, the people below began to move to designated locations.

All the warehouses in Nanxiang, men and women, are like hard-working ants, coming in and out, busy.
Chapter completed!