Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 81 Talented
"I won't..."

Looking at the short bow handed over by Brother Haohuang, Zhu Youjian couldn't laugh or cry.

He really doesn't know how to shoot arrows. In his previous life, he was a small grassroots in poverty alleviation in the southwestern countryside, and he couldn't shoot a few times when he was a big soldier, so let alone shoot arrows.

"Really not?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Lu Wenzhao with a confused face, and Lu Wenzhao also nodded in embarrassment.

"Then you teach me." Zhu Youxiao said, and asked Lu Wenzhao to teach Zhu Youjian. After hearing that, Lu Wenzhao could only come up and teach Zhu Youjian infantry.

He first tried the pulling force of the short bow, and then said to Zhu You:
"Don't worry, Your Highness, this bow is just a two-strength bow, and it should be able to be drawn with His Highness's strength."

In the late Ming Dynasty, force was used as the standard for drawing a bow. One force was less than twelve catties, and the two-strength bow was about twenty-four catties.

It is recorded in "Tiangong Kaiwu" that when making a bow, the strength of the manpower is the most important, and the upper force can pull one hundred and twenty catties.

The middle force is reduced by two or three tenths, and the lower force is less than half, that is, the upper force is 120 jin, the middle force is 84-96 jin, and the lower force is 60 jin.

When testing the bow strength, step on the string with your feet on the spot, call the hook and hang the bow waist, when the string is full, push it and weigh the weight of the hammer, and you will know how much it is.

From this point of view, the standards of the Ming Dynasty were still relatively high, and Brother Haohuang's two force bows were obviously specially obtained for his own use.

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Youjian took the short bow, and then under the guidance of Lu Wenzhao, he pulled the string reasonably and tried to pull it away.

Pulling the bowstring was not as difficult as Zhu Youjian thought, perhaps because he was stronger than his peers, he easily pulled out the two bows for a full moon.

"It's so powerful..."

The eunuchs who watched from the side couldn't help but click their tongues. After all, the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty not only taught reading and literacy, but also practiced swords, guns, bows and arrows, and Yue Fei was their idol.

Normally, for a ten-year-old child to draw a two-strength bow, it is considered good to be able to draw a five-point bow, but now Zhu Youjian has drawn a full moon.

Judging from the expression, the full moon is very relaxed.

"Good strength!" Brother Hao Huang also boasted:

"When I drew the bow in front of the imperial grandfather at the age of twelve, I could only draw the two-strength bow to a full eighth, but my younger brother could draw a full moon at the age of ten."

Zhu Youxiao sighed, and Zhu Youjian also slowly returned the bowstring under the guidance of Lu Wenzhao, and then asked the good emperor brother:
"How much strength can the elder brother draw the bow now?"

"Now?" Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Now that the five-strength bow can be drawn to a full seven points, it can be regarded as being able to open a forty-jin bow."

The forty catty bow is already worthy of praise for Zhu Youxiao, whose main business is the emperor, and Zhu Youjian also put on a surprised expression after hearing this, which greatly satisfied Zhu Youxiao's vanity.

"Your Highness, let's learn how to shoot an arrow now."

Lu Wenzhao saw that the sky was gloomy and there was a possibility of snow, so he taught Zhu Youjian how to draw a bow and shoot an arrow, and also told Zhu Youjian the tricks of foot shooting.

For Zhu Youjian, who had shot a target in his previous life, although he didn't know the tricks of bow and arrow, he also knew that archery had higher requirements for the surrounding environment.

The wind speed and the aim need to be adjusted a little bit.

Therefore, Lu Wenzhao took Zhu Youjian to a place ten steps away from the target, pulled out a hair, and asked Zhu Youjian to see which way the wind was blowing.

Zhu Youjian just glanced at it, and probably knew how much to miss before shooting the arrow.

Therefore, he drew his bow and set his arrow according to the procedure, and moved east a little, but when he heard a "bang", the bow was like thunder, and the arrow was like thunder.

The arrow crossed the distance of ten steps in an instant, and suddenly pierced next to the bull's-eye, which was only three fingers away from the bull's-eye.

"it is good!"

As soon as Zhu Youxiao spoke, all the eunuchs celebrated together, but Zhu Youjian saw that he missed the bull's-eye, so he raised his bow and shot again unconvinced.

He glanced at Lu Wenzhao's hair, judged that the wind speed was about the same as before, restrained himself a little, and then shot out.

I saw that the arrow was like a shooting star, and it hit the target at once, right in the heart.

"it is good!"

Everyone was a little surprised this time, but Zhu Youxiao in the crowd was still thinking that his younger brother was talented or lucky, so he asked someone to hand him another arrow.

"Brother shoots three more arrows, if all of them hit the bull's-eye, I will give you the pearls from North Korea."

"Okay!" Zhu Youjian became bolder when he heard that there was a reward.

For the third arrow, he didn't need to observe the wind speed anymore, he could already feel the flow of the wind keenly, so he drew his bow and set the arrow, and shot it right away, hitting the bull's-eye.

This action put an end to everyone's thought that he was lucky, and Zhu Youjian shot two more arrows in a row, accompanied by two "唱唱", and the arrows all hit the bull's-eye.

"Your Highness is really good at shooting..."

Seeing this scene, Lu Wenzhao really sighed.

Normally speaking, even a genius, at the age of ten, would not be able to draw the bow five times in a row and hit the bull's-eye four times when using a two-force bow for the first time.

However, Zhu Youjian not only did it, but even did it with ease.

"Come on!"

At this time, Zhu Youxiao smiled and applauded, and called the eunuch:

"Send the pearls tribute from North Korea to Xuqin Palace."

"The maidservant leads the order..." After hearing this, the eunuch responded quickly, and Zhu Youxiao also looked at Zhu Youjian and said:
"Can my brother still shoot? Why don't you get on the horse and try?"

Why is it weird...

Hearing the words of the good emperor brother, Zhu Youjian was a little ashamed, then nodded and said:
"The strength is still there, brother Rong Chen will perform for my brother."

While speaking, Zhu Youjian got on the horse very skillfully, and he didn't look like a novice who just learned.

But after getting on the horse, Zhu Youjian behaved a little bit and said:
"It's okay to perform for my brother, but my brother has to promise me one thing."

"Let's say it, don't cover it up." Zhu Youxiao smiled and got on the horse together, and Zhu Youjian also said:
"Although the Imperial Horse Supervisor and the Habayashi Sanwei are established, they have no soldiers after all."

"In addition to the millions of acres of wasteland at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, my younger brother would like to make a wish for my elder brother."

"Brother Rong Chen recruits soldiers from all over the world, and the families of the soldiers recruited into the army can all be cultivated at the foot of Yanshan Mountain in Beishan."

"It's not difficult. Originally, the Imperial Horse Supervisor was elected by the warriors of the world." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile:

"It's just that the family, if they all come along, and my brother gave them wasteland, wouldn't there be no place to raise horses?"

"Don't worry about it, brother. I will go to Yanshan Mountain and cut some weeds to feed the horses." Zhu Youjian raised his chin and said obediently:
"At present, I don't have money to buy horses from the Mongols. I heard that among the barbarian (Neqalka) Tatars, several Taiji tribes have taken refuge with the old slaves."

"This barbaric Tatar invaded Jiliao in the early years, and now he has taken refuge in Jianlu."

"Wouldn't it be fun to send a general to lead the troops to level those troops and snatch back hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses when the troops and horses are completed?"

"And I heard that the Tatars are good at singing and dancing. When the time comes, I will gather those few Taiji together and let my brother dance in front of His Royal Highness."

"Hehe, then go catch it. If you catch a Taiji, I will reward you with ten thousand taels of silver." Zhu Youxiao only took it as a joke between brothers, but he didn't want Zhu Youjian to take it seriously.

"Okay!" Hearing these words, Zhu Youjian smiled, and Lu Wenzhao also stepped forward to teach him the essentials of riding and shooting.

(End of this chapter)