There were many types of crossbows in the Dasheng Dynasty, including wooden bows, horn bows, and wooden horn composite bows. Originally, there were also bamboo bows, but they were eliminated because they were prone to aging.
But no matter what, it is not made of steel. The lower the grade of the high-strength steel of the Technology Research and Development Department, the lower the hardness of the steel, but low hardness equals high toughness.
Low-grade high-strength steel may be used to make crossbow arms.
It is conceivable that if it is successfully developed, it will definitely be much more powerful than a wooden crossbow arm.
What Yang Xuan then thought of was that if this thing was made, it would still need a certain degree of confidentiality, which meant that it had to be made by oneself.
There were only two people in the security company, Dong Tianbao and Zhang Junbao. Later, Yang Xuan forced Qin Laohan to join the security company.
Because his ability to make high-explosive gunpowder must be carefully protected. This thing must be in his own hands.
Having said that, Qin Laohan is actually just a nickname, and his real name is Qin Hanbao. Yang Xuan learned this when he was investigating Qin Laohan's background.
Therefore, the security company now has three treasures. Yang Xuan named the three of them the Three Treasures of Auspiciousness, and told them that they would be the veterans of the security company from now on.
Two martial arts masters, plus a technical master, a perfect match.
Being able to develop high-explosive gunpowder, Qin Laohan is fully qualified to be called a technical master, so the development of the crossbow was left to him.
Through his eldest brother Yang Xiao, Yang Xuan obtained a damaged crossbow.
This is the standard equipment of the Habayashi Guards, high-end goods.
After several days of research, Yang Xuan and Qin Laohan repaired the damaged crossbow and replaced the crossbow arms with high-strength steel.
In addition, a pedal is added to the front end to facilitate winding.
After test firing, it has been initially successful.
In the past few days, they have tried various grades of high-strength steel, as well as the length, width, and thickness of the crossbow arm. Next, they will test whether the crossbow arm can withstand manufacturing.
This requires a lot of testing, so Yang Xuan left it to Qin Laohan. Anyway, there are so many young and strong laborers in the yard, so let's try it slowly.
Yang Xuan came here today because Qin Laohan made a new crossbow based on the repaired crossbow.
Looking at the exquisite workmanship and some parts replaced with high-strength steel, Yang Xuan admired, this Qin Laohan deserves to have the word "treasure" in his name, he is really a treasure.
This crossbow is half smaller than the previous one, so its power is naturally not that great. Moreover, an arrow box is added to it, so the shooting speed is much faster.
This is Yang Xuan's opinion. After all, it is not a confrontation between two armies, so there is no need for such a long range, and this small crossbow is powerful enough.
In order to keep it secret, Qin Laohan put a layer of wood on the high-strength steel crossbow arm, so that it looks no different from an ordinary crossbow.
The crossbow arm is made of high-strength steel, coupled with the elasticity of the wood. Although it is small, its power cannot be underestimated.
When using pork as a target for test shooting, the pork can be penetrated.
After praising Qin Laohan, Yang Xuan said directly: "Just follow this, make ten of them first, and crossbows. They need to be made in large quantities. You can separate a yard in the yard and find a few more trustworthy ones."
When someone helps you, remember that the most important thing is to keep it confidential."
Old Qin smiled and said: "Don't worry, shopkeeper, you have forgotten what I used to do. Keeping secrets is engraved in your bones."
Yang Xuan patted him on the shoulder: "When our security company officially opens, I will give you 10% of the shares."
Qin Laohan blinked his squinted eyes, opened his mouth and said, "10% share? Does that mean I will also be the shopkeeper from now on?"
Seeing his excited expression, Yang Xuan nodded solemnly: "Yes, you will be the manager of the security company from now on."
Qin Laohan rubbed his eyes, which were obviously red: "Shopkeeper, I, Qin Laohan, swear to God, my life will be yours from now on."
Yang Xuan rolled his eyes: "You are a logistics and technical support person, so there is no danger to your life."
"Uh-huh."
Qin Laohan was so excited that he couldn't even speak.
His father used to be a tomb robber. In the eyes of the government, he was a person without a legitimate occupation. He was a refugee. A refugee was an untouchable, no different from a slave who was sold in a dental shop.
The only difference is that they can still make a living, while the slaves in Yaxing cannot make a living, so they can only be registered as slaves in order to have food and clothing.
The shopkeeper was a merchant. Although his status was still low in the Dasheng Dynasty, he had a serious status at least.
Although scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and merchants were of low status, this is something that scholars like to talk about. In fact, in terms of social status, the status of merchants was only lower than that of scholars.
To put it bluntly, money is the most important thing. Scholars look down on merchants on the surface, but which aristocratic family doesn't do business?
Reducing the status of merchants to the lowest level is nothing more than deceiving the common people so that they can do business on their own.
Yang Xuan comforted Qin Laohan and told Dong Tianbao: "Remember, the first criterion for selecting talents is loyalty, so you need to worry more about this matter."
Dong Tianbao nodded and solemnly agreed.
When he was in Laojun Temple, he was respected by all his juniors, so there should be no problem in this aspect.
On the other hand, Zhang Junbao from the side came over mysteriously and said: "Shopkeeper, are you raising dead soldiers?"
Yang Xuan glared at him: "If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb. If a king doesn't keep secrets, he will lose his ministers. If ministers don't keep secrets, they will lose themselves. If secrets are not kept secret, it will cause harm. You must think twice about everything. Don't leave everything out.
Say, do you understand? To punish you, there will be no pizza tonight."
Zhang Junbao was scolded, and when he heard that there was no pizza to eat, he suddenly showed a crying face: "I was wrong, shopkeeper, give me a chance, I will starve to death without pizza."
"Damn it, how did you grow so big when you had never eaten pizza before?" Yang Xuan said, "You will eat vegetarian noodles tonight and reflect on it."
Dong Tianbao and Qin Laohan were holding back their laughter at the side. It was very hard to hold back their laughter. It would be better not to hold back their laughter at all.
Zhang Junbao said angrily: "It's okay if you two don't help me plead for mercy. What kind of expressions are these? If you have the ability, continue to hold it in. I will kill you."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
The two couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing.
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Zhang Zhongliang said he would invite Yang Xuan to dinner another day, but the next day, Yang Xuan was blocked by him at the door of the office again, and he insisted on inviting Yang Xuan to dinner without any explanation.
After drinking for three rounds, Zhang Zhongliang started talking about the bank.
Yang Xuan heard the meaning in his words and wanted to recruit himself into the gang, so he couldn't help but become wary.
After thinking about it for a moment, the more I thought about it, the more frightened I became. This bank in the Sheng Dynasty could issue banknotes and lend money. This was clearly the prototype of finance.
There are many banks in Yingtian Mansion, but none of them are owned by the royal family. It sounds nice to say that they do not compete with the people for profit, but in fact they are deceived by scholars.
Although Yang Xuan doesn't know much about finance, he also knows how important finance is to a country. If done properly, it is not impossible to subvert a political power.
Yang Xuan didn't know if King Ning was aware of this, but whether he was aware of it or not, the bank had been open for several years and was preparing to expand. Once it reached a certain level, with King Ning's shrewdness, maybe