A thick door was opened, and the sunlight outside shot in from the door, and the shadows of two people were reflected on the ground. The person in front of him said, "Son-in-law, please see, this is the place where I collect weapons. I named it "Qianjun Pavilion". It collects famous weapons from all dynasties and some excellent weapons produced by my Song Dynasty!"

The person who spoke was Cao Yu, and Zhao Yan was naturally following him. The treasures Cao Yu mentioned yesterday were the weapons he collected in front of him. As a general, it was normal for Cao Yu to have such a hobby. What's more, he is now in charge of the Ma infantry and the Infantry Corps as the deputy governor of the Privy Council. In name, all the infantry and troops of the Song Dynasty were under his jurisdiction and were one of the commanders of the Three Yas. However, because the Three Yas were controlled by the Privy Council and the suppression of military generals by civil servants, Cao Yu's power was not as great as he imagined.

Zhao Yan also walked in with some curiosity. On the way he came, Cao Yu had already bragged to him about his collection, such as the horizontal sword used by Li Jing in the Tang Dynasty; the horse spear used by Cheng Yaojin; the Mo Dao used by Li Siye; the iron spear used by Li Cunxiao in the Five Dynasties, known as the "Thirteenth Taibao"; the iron spear used by Wang Yanzhang, etc. It seems that since the Tang Dynasty, all famous generals have deliberately left their weapons so that Cao Yu can collect them. Although Zhao Yan felt that the probability of such a thing happening was too low, it was not easy to expose his father-in-law.

Zhao Yan followed Cao to the collection room called Qianjun Pavilion. As soon as he entered, Zhao Yan felt cold all over. He saw that the room was filled with weapon racks, with all kinds of weapons standing on the racks, either rust or shining. Each weapon looked murderous. Zhao Yan even felt that the temperature in the room was lower than outside.

Cao Yu walked to the middle of Qianjun Pavilion with great pride, pointed to a horizontal knife on the shelf and said, "Son-in-law, please look, this horizontal knife is the one I mentioned just now. It was used by Li Jing, the god of the Tang Dynasty. When Li Jing attacked the Turks at night, he used this knife to cut off Jie Li Khan's head!"

Zhao Yan almost spit out an old blood when he heard this. Although his history was not good, Cao Yu must be worse than him. If he remembered correctly, Jie Li Khan was obviously captured alive and later was granted an official position by Li Shimin. When he was happy, he asked Jie Li to dance for him. However, when he arrived at Cao Yu, he became a head cut by Li Jing, which made Zhao Yan even more suspicious of the origin of the knife.

However, Cao Yu, who was in high spirits, did not notice the suspicion in Zhao Yan's eyes. He immediately talked about other weapons to him, such as Cheng Yaojin's horse spear, Li Siye's Mo Dao, etc. As he mentioned earlier, these weapons may not be really the weapons of those generals, but looking at their rust and murderous appearance, they are probably weapons left by the former Tang Dynasty.

After introducing the weapons of the Tang Dynasty, Cao Yu took Zhao Yan to a room next to him. The room was also full of weapons, but these weapons were all the weapons of various generals from the late Tang and Five Dynasties. Cao Yu started with some less important things this time, and finally came to the middle of the weapon room and looked at a strange weapon in the middle.

It was the first time that Zhao Yan saw Cao Yu looking at a weapon solemnly. He was very strange at the moment. He turned his head and looked at the weapon. He saw that the weapon was very strange. All the weapons were made of metal and looked very heavy. The head of the weapon was a human hand, with the index finger and middle finger straightened, which looked like a spear tip, and the little finger and ring finger were holding a brush tightly, but the tip of the pen was extremely sharp. Such weapons looked like thorns, smashes, twitches, and slashes, and it was probably not easy to use.

Cao Yu stared at the strange-shaped weapon and then breathed a sigh of relief: "Son-in-law, this iron is a weapon used by Li Cunxiao, the first powerful general of the Five Dynasties. It is said that Li Cunxiao has extraordinary magical power. He led the army to gallop under the hands of King Li Keyong of Jin. He never lost all his life. Unfortunately, he was later alienated by villains and died in the hands of Li Keyong."

"Li Cunxiao?" Zhao Yan had heard Cao Yu mention this name just now, but he just felt it was familiar at that time and did not remember where he had heard it. Now, after Cao Yu's reminder, Zhao Yan suddenly remembered it and said, "Father-in-law, is Li Cunxiao the Five Generation General who was dismembered by five horses and died?"

When Zhao Yan heard the old man say ancient times when he was a child, he often heard the saying "The king is not Xiang, and the general is not Li". Among them, Xiang refers to Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and Li refers to Li Cunxiao. In the entire history of the Central Plains, these two people should be the most brave generals. Xiang Yu killed hundreds of people alone on the banks of the Wujiang River, and finally committed suicide. Li Cunxiao was suspected by his adoptive father Li Keyong, and finally was willing to die. Li Keyong asked someone to hold Li Cunxiao's head and limbs with five horses, trying to dismember him five horses. Unfortunately, Li Cunxiao's muscles and bones were too strong, and the five horses could not be pulled. In the end, Li Cunxiao took the initiative to make someone break his hand tendon and hamstrings, and he was dismembered by the five horses and died.

"Yes, it's Li Cunxiao, who is known as the Flying Tiger General. Unfortunately, although he is brave, he is too stupid and loyal. He is extremely good at it and does not know that he is not sure about it. In the end, Li Keyong was suspicious and willing to die to show his loyalty. Otherwise, with his courage, who in the world could block his way?" Cao Yu said at the end, his eyes also showed excitement and regret. As a general, he naturally felt sympathy for such a brave general.

"After all, Li Keyong is unwilling tolerant. If he had the mind and means of our dynasty Taizu, I'm afraid Li Cunxiao would not have ended up being broken!" Zhao Yan also sighed. Although later generations said that the Tang and Song dynasties were strong, they had one characteristic, that is, most of the founding generals could have a good home, which was much better than the later generations of Zhu Yuanzhang and his son.

Hearing Zhao Yan's words praising Song Taizu, a complex look flashed across Cao Yu's face. He wanted to speak but stopped several times. In the end, he could only sigh silently and said nothing.

Next, Cao Yu took Zhao Yan to the last room. This room was no longer a weapon used by famous generals, but a weapon produced by the Song Dynasty, such as bows, crossbows, knives, guns, sticks, etc. Each type has several or even dozens of weapons. For example, the bow alone includes yellow birch bows, black lacquer bows, white birch bows, and a squid bows. There are six other types of crossbows, which were removed when not in use, so as not to reduce the bow power. These were all produced in the Song Dynasty Bow and Crossbow Courtyard. Unfortunately, Zhao Yan did not see the famous divine arm bows here, and it is probably not invented.

The weapons production in the Song Dynasty was very concentrated, and it was divided into two major institutions. The Bow and Crossbow Academy specialized in producing long-range weapons such as bows, crossbows, arrows, etc., while the North and South workshops produced common weapons such as swords, guns, armors, etc. Of course, these two institutions were divided into dozens of small institutions. These small institutions were called "works", such as iron armor, arrows, etc. It can be said that the division of labor was clear. All the weapons of the Song Dynasty army were provided by the Bow and Crossbow Academy and North and South workshops.

Cao Yu is also a man of great hands and eyes. In his collection room, he collected almost all the weapons produced by the North and South workshops and the Bow and Crossbow Courtyard, from various arrows to various sizes, as well as bed crossbows and catapults, all of which were here. Zhao Yangang was shocked when he saw the bed crossbows and catapults. Although the catapults were dismantled because they were too big, compared to other weapons, this large weapon was still very amazing.

"Father-in-law, it's fine if you collect other weapons, but if weapons like bed crossbows are spread, it may be a bit inappropriate, right?" Zhao Yan kindly reminded that the Song Dynasty's supervision of weapons was actually very strict. For example, there are strict regulations on the possession of knives by the people. The standard weapons of the army are strictly prohibited from being held by the people. Although Cao Yu is a general, it is normal for him to collect some weapons at home, weapons with amazing lethality like bed crossbows are strictly prohibited from being held by private people.

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Cao Yu laughed and said, "Thank you, my son-in-law, but you see that this crossbow is just a good person. Although I am in charge of the Infantry Department now, it is not easy to get a crossbow home. In addition, the cost of this crossbow is too expensive. Even if I ask me to spend money to buy it, I will feel very distressed."

Cao Yu said, and stepped forward to pull the crossbow arm that pulled the crossbow. At this time, Zhao Yan discovered that the crossbow arm of the crossbow was actually made of ordinary wood, with no tension at all, and it was even more impossible to shoot the spear-like crossbow arrow next to him.

"Father-in-law, is this bed crossbow very expensive? It looks like a pile of wood?" Zhao Yan revealed his military idiot at this time. He basically knew nothing about the heavyweight weapon of the ancient army, such as bed crossbows, and even didn't know much about ordinary crossbows.

"The cost of a crossbow is of course high, and the most expensive one is its crossbow arm. You see, the three-bow crossbow crossbow is on it. This crossbow arm is not made of wood and bamboo, but is dried with the best jujube wood for a long time, then made of thin slices with cow horns, and the tendons and glue are pressed on the bow arm to increase elasticity. It can be said that a crossbow arm alone will take one or two years to build it. The crossbow arm of a crossbow is much larger than that of an ordinary crossbow. It not only consumes more materials, but also makes it more difficult to manufacture. Only those crossbow craftsmen with the best skills dare to make crossbow arms, which is also the high cost of crossbows. Therefore, the crossbows in the Song Dynasty have always been insufficiently equipped." Cao Yu said with regret that the crossbows in the Song Dynasty have the best crossbows in the world, but the cost is too high. The court invests a lot of money in the crossbow courtyard every year, but it is still not enough.
Chapter completed!