stubborn thief

Chapter 28 Carpenter
The person I met recently is really, how can I say it?Really one is more pessimistic than the other.

Liu Chengzong thought like this, and walked on the small road in the suburbs with Xiaodiaofeng.

Dad sent Little Sixteen to call him and his elder brother over to greet Yang Dingrui, and also wanted them to accompany him for dinner, but when he talked about important matters in the court, he changed the topic and kicked them out.

He sent Liu Chengzu to train and asked Liu Chengzong to send the bowstring to the uncle carpenter in the eastern suburbs of the village, and then went to the blacksmith in Beishankou to see what else was needed.

Liu Chengzong heard Yang Dingrui say that the imperial court could not succeed in Shaanxi, but he didn't have time to listen to him elaborate on why it could not succeed.

He only knew that this apocalyptic jinshi and the second assistant official of the first court in the imperial court actually resigned and gave up his post.

Xiao Zhanfeng has a small cloth bag hanging on his back, with a bunch of bowstrings and crossbow strings, all of which he made in his spare time.

Bowstrings and crossbow strings are made of different materials and methods. The crossbow string is made of twine, and the bowstring is made of cotton thread. First, the cotton thread is used to make the bone, and then it is wound horizontally. It is strong enough to make a suitable string.

This is not the best string, it is not as good as zucchini silk for bone, but it is more suitable and durable than the animal tendon fiber string outside the mouth.

He carries dozens of strings, but he does not have dozens of crossbows. Strings and arrow shafts are consumables. A bow and crossbow must be equipped with at least three strings for backup, so that it can be used without errors, and strive not to hurt the shooter. bow.

In contrast to strings and shafts, arrows are not considered consumables.

At least in the frontier sequence, all the arrows are forged, the workmanship is excellent, and they are basically not bad.

Years ago, he bought a dozen forged arrows.

Joined the army for one year, participated in out-of-mouth burning, went through two small-scale encounters, hunted more than 20 times, and shot targets every day. There were not [-] or [-] broken arrow shafts, but more and more arrows remained in his hands.

Now he has 42 arrows, except for the two that he shot into the river last year and couldn't get them back. After nearly ten years of archery, Liu Chengzong reckoned that the arrows he bought back then would be honored to be buried with him.

The carpenter's house is not far from the village. It avoids the fields and guards the mountains and forests. It's not that it is convenient to go into the mountains to pick up wood. These years, the wood is bought. The land is divided, and the good places are gone, so I can only live outside the village.

The old craftsman was Chengzong's uncle, named Xiangliang. Because of his background as a craftsman, he was called to Yunnan with his father in his early years, and then went around with the army for more than ten years before returning to his hometown with his three children and his daughter-in-law in Liaodong.

When they came back, their two sons didn't even have serious names, so they were called Liu San and Liu Wu.

When Liu Chengzong came, the small dog, Xiao Zuanfeng, ran faster than him, and with four long legs stretched out, he entered the yard, and scolded the carpenter's house for tying the yard dog.

The master came late later, drank Xiao Zhanfeng, clasped his fists and smiled: "Uncle Liang, I'll deliver the bowstring and see if I can help."

The yard was very lively, and there was a lot of bamboo and wood piled up by the fence. These are all things Liu Chengzu asked for when he went to the North Paper Workshop some time ago.

Among the bamboo shavings and sawdust all over the floor, Liu Xiangliang's family of five went into battle together and were very busy. Several bow embryos were slowly being formed under the planer in their hands. Two pairs of well-oiled crossbows and eight bows hung on the wall not far away.

A bow and crossbow is nothing more than a tool. When it is done well, a series of processes such as drying the wood for one year, immersing it in oil at intervals, and attaching the rib and corner of the bow arm, will produce a batch of good bows in two years.

But it's not impossible to ask for speed, and the quality must be worse.

Ask for anything.

"The lion is here."

Liu San Liu Wu said hello and continued to work. The old carpenter stopped working and wiped the sweat, and stepped forward and said, "There's nothing to help, let's make everything easy."

Since Liu Xiangyu and Liu Chengzu organized all the young warriors into three teams, they had a huge gap in their weapons, and they were unable to carry out normal drills. There was little other than running around the mountains in the morning and digging ditches every day.

So we can only trouble blacksmiths and carpenters to make more weapons for people.

Weapons, keep everything simple.

Liu Chengzong responded with a smile, and while walking, he pointed to the bow hanging on the wall and asked casually, "Uncle Xiang Liang, is that a ready-made bow?"

After the old craftsman nodded, Liu Chengzong picked up one and held it in his hand, summoning the little drill wind to wind it up.

The structure of the bow is simple and the material is simple.

After winding, Liu Chengzong carefully opened it up, nodded and said, "Uncle Ti Liang's craftsmanship is good, the bow strength is very light, and the pull is very soft."

The requirements for this batch of bows in Xingping is to be as light as possible, preferably [-] pounds, and the heaviest should not exceed [-] pounds.

In the future, all those who will use bows will be peasants, and there will be many who can open [-] to [-] kilograms of war bows.

However, Liu Chengzong, who is proficient in archery, knows that bow and arrow is not a skill that can reduce ten forces with one force.

No matter how hard you are, you can't shoot correctly, but if you shoot it correctly, even a [-]-pound bow can still be used to kill people.

Movement and technique are more important. For beginners of archery, the lighter the bow, the easier it is for them to fix their movements with better habits.

What's more, even if the first batch of shooters are trained, these light bows can also be used by women and children in the three teams of township soldiers.

Hard work is appreciated and can make anyone happy. Liu Xiangliang is no exception. He walked away and said with a smile: "Look at Shiwa, you said this, your uncle made a bow for North Korea in Liaodong - I'll go and set it for you. Try a target."

"Uncle has also been to North Korea, when is the North Korea battle?"

Liu Xiangliang smiled and hung a wooden sign on the old elm tree in the courtyard, then shook his head and said with a smile: "When I went to Yunnan, the Korean War was already over. Let me think about it, it was the 41st year of Wanli."

"When their old king died of illness, what was the name of the new king, Gwanghae-kun, I don't know why. Anyway, the general asked the military craftsmen to make bows in Liaodong and sell them to vassal countries... Let's try this bow."

Liu Chengzong did not bring a bow and arrow, so he went out to walk the dog and hung a knife on his waist, so he had to look for a new barrel of wooden arrows in the yard.

He looked at the bamboo arrow and at the wooden target not far away, and cast a questioning look at Liu Xiangliang.

The old carpenter understood and said cheerfully, "Yangmu, don't worry."

Liu Chengzong was worried that the wooden target would damage the bamboo arrow, but he was relieved to hear that the target was poplar.

The poplar tree is old and thick, and the wood is very soft.

He didn't dare to retreat any further, he first fired an arrow ten paces away from the target, then retreated to fifteen paces after seeing the target, and finally shot an arrow at a distance of about twenty paces, and then stopped shooting.

No matter how far away it is, even if you hit it, it will be difficult to hit the target.

Just as he imagined, this bamboo bow shoots very slowly.

Slow enough to be sure that you are standing at the archery target and let him shoot, let him move and you can dodge, let him draw a knife and you can pull the arrow away.

But before he could tell Liu Xiangliang how he felt about using a bamboo bow to shoot arrows, someone applauded and shouted not far away, "It's a good shot, Shiwa's archery is very good!"

Turning his head, it was Jin Shi Yang Dingrui, who stepped forward and took a look at the bamboo bow. He said, "Why don't you make a long bow? Tang long bow."

(End of this chapter)