"Forget it, I'd better keep the things in my hands."
Jin Feng shook his head and rejected Qinghuai's proposal.
Is it so easy to get money from the imperial court?
If you take less and suffer a loss, you might as well exchange it for a jade pendant. If you really dare to open your mouth, you may lose your life.
As for taking a job in the Craftsman's Mansion, Jin Feng didn't even bother to think about it.
In my previous life, I worked for others until my death. Now that I finally have the opportunity to be my own boss, I would be stupid to go to work again.
"Whatever you want, sir, just say it."
Qinghuai still refused to give up: "Even if I can't pay the price to my husband, I can still report it to the court and I will definitely satisfy my husband."
"this……"
Jin Feng thought for a moment and asked tentatively: "If I surrender to this method, can I change my title? The lowest one will do."
Growing up under the red flag and receiving modern education for many years, Jin Feng had never knelt down to anyone except New Year's Eve and Qingming Festival to worship his ancestors. He was naturally very disgusted with the ritual of kneeling in the feudal era.
Feudal society was too hierarchical. As civilians, they had no rights. They had to kneel down when they saw an official who looked bigger than him, and they had to call themselves commoners.
Jin Feng was barely a scholar, and Qing Huai didn't care much about these rules. The two of them usually met and communicated, and Jin Feng bowed to him as a scholar and called himself a niche, but Qing Huai didn't care too much.
If Qinghuai is a sincere person, in the Dakang etiquette, Jin Feng's behavior can be regarded as regardless of superiority and inferiority, and the following is a violation.
This feeling made Jin Feng very unhappy, so he made such a request.
Once you become a noble, even the lowest-ranking baron is considered a noble. Unless you see the emperor and queen, you must kneel down and worship. When you meet other people, even if the other person is a high-ranking member of the court, as long as they are not nobles, you do not need to do so.
Big gift.
Of course, the first-rank officials in the court are basically all high-ranking officials, and they are top-notch nobles such as Dukes of the Kingdom. They still have to salute when they see them.
But just bend down and cup your hands, there is no need to kneel down.
As for the emperor, Jin Feng felt that he would have no chance to see him.
Although the method of making iron is important, Jin Feng is willing to hand it over if he can change his title.
It's a pity that Qinghuai shook his head and said: "Dakang has been in peace for more than three hundred years and has accumulated too many honors. Therefore, the late emperor made an iron rule thirty years ago that no one can be awarded a title except for military merit.
I can't agree to this condition, sir, please change it."
"Are no knights allowed to those who have not served in the military?"
Jin Feng repeated Qinghuai's words and asked, "Does that mean that as long as I perform military service, I can exchange for a title?"
"The truth is correct, but if you are not a soldier, how can you achieve military merit?" Qinghuai asked curiously.
"I'm not a soldier, but you are." Jin Feng asked: "I heard from Zhang Liang that the Dangxiang cavalry has always troubled the Marquis. If I help the Marquis defeat the Dangxiang cavalry, will it count as a military merit?"
When Qinghuai heard this, he stood up with a loud sound.
In the age of cold weapons, cavalry was the king on land and an invincible force.
Dakang is located in the Central Plains and does not produce good horses, so it is difficult to form cavalry. Land battles are basically all infantry.
The weapons and combat methods are also very primitive. The only thing that can be done to face the cavalry is simple horse-repelling stakes, shields, and spear phalanxes. Once the heavily armored cavalry breaks through the spear phalanx, it is like a meat grinder.
It is very unfortunate that the Dangxiang people to the west of Dakang and the Khitan people to the north are both herding peoples. There are horses everywhere. Forming a cavalry team is as easy as drinking water.
Therefore, the Dakang officers and soldiers have been severely tortured by Dangxiang and Khitan cavalry in recent years.
It almost took a lot of lives to block the opponent.
Qinghuai had been fighting against the Dangxiang people since he was a teenager. He had suffered too many losses from the cavalry. How could he not be excited when he heard Jin Feng say that he could fight against the cavalry?
"Sir, do you have a way to fight the cavalry?"
Qinghuai's eyes turned red with excitement.
"I have some ideas." Jin Feng nodded.
"Appreciate further details."
"Cavalry has high defense and strong impact. If you want to deal with cavalry, the best way is to kill them before they get close."
"Of course I know this, but who can stop a heavily armored war horse?"
"crossbow!"
Jin Feng said: "Master Marquis, the crossbow you see is only the simplest one. I can make a more powerful one. I guarantee that it can shoot the enemy's horse two hundred steps away, or even further!"
Hearing what Jin Feng said, Qinghuai couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Sir, you may not know that there are already such heavy crossbows in the army. Unfortunately, there are too few of them, and every time an arrow is shot, three warriors have to re-string it. Wait until it is ready."
"Xian, the enemy's cavalry has already rushed in front of us."
"Did the Marquis forget the winch on my crossbow?"
Jin Feng asked.
Qinghuai suddenly thought of the winch and arrow box that Jin Feng had installed on his crossbow, and he slapped his forehead in shame.
As long as the winch and quiver are enlarged, wouldn't it also work?
"Sir, this method is indeed good, but the process of making heavy crossbows is too complicated. There are only a handful of craftsmen in Dakang who can make them..."
“What if I could make it in large quantities?”
"Sir, you don't dare to say such nonsense. Are you sure?"
Qinghuai used the honorific title unknowingly.
"If the Marquis gives his full support, I'm probably 70-80% sure."
In the heavy crossbow designed by Jin Feng, there are many places where steel needs to be used.
Jin Feng did not dare to talk too much until the steel smelting problem was solved.
"The certainty is 70 to 80%, which is already very high. What do you need me to do, sir?"
Qinghuai asked.
"I need something, Lord Marquis, please help me find it first."
Jin Feng picked up a piece of black charcoal and wrote what he needed on the wooden board.
There are many things here that he can't buy at the county government, and he hopes Qinghuai can get them.
Qinghuai took out the board and handed it to the housekeeper without saying a word.
The butler immediately left with two guards on fast horses.
"In addition to the crossbow, there is actually another thing that, if used properly, can also restrain the cavalry."
Jin Feng took out a bundle of wire from the corner, took out a section more than half a meter long, and handed it to Qinghuai.
I got this by accident while making iron last night.
"Can this thing deal with cavalry?"
Qinghuai took the wire with a look of doubt on his face.
This was his first time seeing this thing.
It turns into a ball when gently rubbed. How to deal with the cavalry?
"Although the iron wire is soft, it is very tough. If there is a long enough iron wire and iron thorns are screwed on it, once the war horse is entangled, even if its four legs are not tied, it will be stabbed by the barbs and cause extreme pain.
When the time comes, we don’t need to do anything, the war horses will throw the cavalry to the ground.”
Jin Feng couldn't help but think of the barbed wire fences on the walls of later generations.
In his previous life, he had a classmate who lived in a military compound. He climbed over the wall to play at night and was caught by a barbed wire. The harder he struggled, the tighter he was. When he was finally rescued, his body was so pricked that he couldn't see.
"Really?" Qinghuai still didn't quite believe it.
"How about we give it a try?" Jin Feng asked with a smile.