Longevity starts from Liaozhai

Chapter 24 Tiger Roar
As mid-August approached, more and more tourists came to Lingzhou Prefecture, and even dignitaries from the neighboring prefecture came all the way to watch the annual tide of Yujiang River.

At this time of year, Lingzhou Prefecture is as lively as the Spring Festival.

Qin Chuan walked through the busy streets and came to a bow and arrow shop in the city - Sheliuhao.

There were good shooters in ancient times.Go to the willow leaves and shoot them with a hundred steps, and hit them with a hundred shots.There are thousands of people on the left and right, all of whom say they are good at shooting.

Therefore, Sheliu has become a model of good archery.

Dian Shi means the elegant and plain meaning of using dictionaries in writing.

He came to Sheliu just to make a handy bow and arrow and keep it for protection.

Sheliuhao is not the largest bow and arrow shop in Lingzhou Fucheng, but it is a time-honored shop that not only sells bows and arrows, but also sells materials for making bows and arrows.

Qin Chuan was wearing a Confucian scarf and shirt, which was the standard attire for students in the prefecture.This was sent by Wang Fu a few days ago, and it is also a necessary suit for the students of the government to go out. It can save a lot of trouble when walking in the city, and they will not be questioned by the city guards when they go out of the city and enter the city.

"Master, what kind of bow do you want? We have beef tendons, python tendons, sheep horns..." A neat guy came up to Qin Chuan and introduced all kinds of bows and arrows in the shop to Qin Chuan.

Scholars have six arts, namely: rites, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and mathematics.

Shooting naturally refers to archery, and Yu originally refers to the skill of driving, because in ancient times, the road conditions were worse than now. If the driving skills are not good, it is likely to bump along the road and torture yourself to death.

Therefore, in ancient times, imperialism was a very noble and practical skill, which could only be mastered by noble people.

In this era, the road conditions have improved, carriages have become more and more comfortable, and there are more and more coachmen. This art of imperialism is not as proud of scholars as it used to be.

On the contrary, with the popularity of stirrups and saddles, scholars prefer to ride horses, enjoying the feeling of freedom and joy of galloping on horseback.

It is one of the six arts that replaces the royal with riding.Just according to the old habit, still refer to cavalry with Yulai.

In the early years of the Liang Dynasty, riding and archery was the standard equipment for scholars. At that time, scholars could lead troops when they got on horses, and calm the people when they dismounted.

With the passage of time, riding and archery is not within the scope of scientific research, and it takes time and hard work to learn, and it gradually becomes a decoration.It's just that scholars often buy bows and hang them at home as decorations, which is also secretly revealing that they are not only capable of writing, but also of martial arts.

In fact, how can there be so many scholars who are both literate and military.

It's just that the cost of buying a horse is far higher than the cost of buying a bow, and the bow only needs simple maintenance, but the cost of raising a horse is extremely high.

The Liang Dynasty had a special horse administration, and some people who had to raise horses under the horse administration were often overwhelmed, and many of them were forced to ruin their families.

The clerk saw that Qin Chuan was dressed as a scholar, with an elegant appearance. Although he was physically strong, he didn't think he was a person who liked to dance with knives and archery. He must have bought a bow for decoration when he went home.

After all, scholars these days are all obsessed with stereotyped articles, and they are rarely even contaminated with poetry, not to mention drawing a bow and archery, which wastes energy and is useless for scientific research.

The guy gave an eloquent introduction for a while.

Qin Chuan interrupted him, "Is there any good Tuomu?"

As soon as these words came out, the buddy suddenly realized that the scholar Xianggong in front of him was actually an expert.

Bow making is mainly made of stems, horns, tendons, glue, silk, and lacquer, collectively called "six materials".

The dry wood is zhe (zhè) wood as the top, followed by eucalyptus, oak, etc., and bamboo as the bottom.The material of these woods is extremely solid, even if pushed and pulled, it will not break easily, and the bows made of them have a long range and great lethality.

Being able to name Zhemu shows that Qin Chuan is no layman.

There is business to be done, so the man brought a piece of Zhe wood, only one tael of silver is more than enough to make a bow.Qin Chuan also asked for horns, deer glue, silk thread for bows, and paint to prevent frost and moisture.As for the tendons, you can use the black wolf tendons at home.

It was spent in sevens and eights, and three and a half silver coins were used.

If it is a finished Zhe wood bow, it will cost seven or eight taels of silver, which is a lot of savings.What's more, the bow made by oneself is more suitable to use.Also, the wolf's fangs of the black wolf can be polished into arrows to make spike arrows. I don't know if there will be any special effects.

Qin Chuan also planned to use the leftover scraps of Zhe wood and mix it with the tail hair of the black wolf to make top-grade wolf hair.

It can be regarded as good use.

In addition, the stem bark fiber of Zhe wood can be used to make paper; the root bark is used for medicine; the young leaves can be used to raise young silkworms; the fruit can be eaten raw or brewed wine; the wood is yellow in heart, hard and delicate, and can be used as furniture or yellow dye; , and often plant this tree as a green plant.

Therefore, although Zhe wood is a superior material for making bows, it is actually not expensive.

But the Zhe wood used to make bows requires several processes and takes a long time, so the price of one tael of silver is only a little expensive, but it is still within a reasonable range.

After paying the money and the goods, Qin Chuan took the things and went straight back to the small courtyard in the outer city.

Qingqing planted flowers and plants in the yard, but only to see a yard of flowers and trees in full bloom, it must be next year.She is also digging a small pond. In the future, some small fish and shrimps can be raised. With her care, they will not die easily, so that they can add some life to the yard.When Ying Ning grows up, she can play with fish and shrimp.

Qin Chuan had already entrusted Qingqing to deal with these trivial matters of tidying up the courtyard.

Therefore, Qin Chuan was not surprised to see Qing Qing doing this, and found it quite interesting.

Qingqing will live a good life.

Qin Chuan handed over the bought things to Qingqing and asked her to put them in the utility room first.

Then Qin Chuan began to practice in the yard.

He played a set of crouching tiger boxing.

Although the courtyard is small, Qin Chuan moves around in a square inch, restrained and restrained.All the way through the Fuhu punch, the muscles of the whole body are exercised, the blood is flowing, and the body feels more and more firm, and the effect of the Hunyuan Boy Kungfu gradually appears.

Thanks to the black wolf's wolf meat tonic, otherwise Qin Chuan would never be able to make the current progress just by eating ordinary meat.

The last punch was blasted out, and the breath was spit out with the fist, making a sound like a tiger's roar, which was shocking.

However, Qingqing not far from him was trembling in the corner of the yard with a pale face.On the contrary, Ying Ning was not afraid at all, and puffed up her little hands and clapped her hands.

Qin Chuan approached Qingqing, and said with a smile: "I never thought you would be so timid. I will teach you a way to calm your mind. In the future, when I practice boxing and let out tiger roars, I won't be afraid."

Qingqing couldn't help being startled.

She has been a slave all her life, and no one has ever cared about her feelings.Even she doesn't care about it.Although Qin Chuan would treat her as a slave, his attitude was always different from that of the previous Dragon Palace bosses. As for Miao Zhu, Qin Fang also took her in as a rare commodity and gave her as a favor to the young master.

This feeling is very strange, but it seems very good.

The little banshee is really easy to satisfy and happy!
Qin Chuan taught her the method of calming the nerves. You don't need to breathe, you just need to visualize a quiet moon in your heart, and you can calm your mind and calm your mind.

I don't know if this method is effective for demons, but it is effective for humans anyway.

Qin Chuan happened to have a try with the little banshee.

(End of this chapter)