doomsday survival

Chapter 47 Bow Making ([-])

Shi Jian, Xia Qing and Xia Rou stood in the middle of the room, looking at the miscellaneous items on the ground like a street stall, desperately trying to find something that could be used as a weapon.

In terms of weapons, there are a lot of weapons. There are only two axes, but only the fire ax can be used as a heavy duty. The other ax has a blunt blade and can only be used as a hammer.Other picks, hammers, and crowbars are blunt and heavy. Shi Jian can use them, but neither of the sisters can use them.All they could use was a sapper shovel and a short katana sword.

Although Shi Jian didn't want them to take risks, he still needed some protective weapons.Xia Qing can continue to use the sapper shovel, but Xia Rou is too small, and these weapons are not suitable except for the short katana.

The most important thing is that the threat that Shi Jian may face now is not the zombies that have no power but the same speed as ordinary people, but the wolves whose speed and flexibility are far greater than humans, so Shi Jian has to consider other weapons.

Shi Jian analyzed these situations one by one to sister Xia Qing, then handed the engineer shovel to Xia Qing, and said, "Qing'er, you should use the engineer shovel."

Xia Qing nodded and took the engineer shovel.

Xia Rou looked up at Shi Jian, and asked crisply, "Brother Jian, what about me?"

Shi Jian glanced at Little Lolita with a smile, and asked her, "Do you want to use weapons too?"

"Of course." Xia Rou puffed up her small chest and said loudly, "I've grown up."

Looking at this arrogant little girl, Shi Jian couldn't help rubbing her head, and said, "How about brother Jian giving you this knife?"

"Okay!" Xia Rou replied loudly, "I will also help brother Jian and sister fight!"

"Okay, I will definitely let you go if necessary." Shi Jian dealt with the little girl vaguely.

Xia Rou happily picked up the samurai sword and waved it vigorously.

After distributing weapons to Xia Qing and Xia Rou, Shi Jian began to think about what he should use.

"It would be great if there were guns, wolves, zombies, one by one, one by one, and one by one." Shi Jian fancied that he was holding an AK47 to fight all over the world, but soon he sighed secretly, "It's a pity, let alone a gun now, even a bow and arrow."

"Bows and arrows!" Shi Jian slapped his thigh and shouted, "Yes, I can make a bow!"

Shi Jian's cry attracted Xia Qing and Xia Rou's attention, Xia Qing asked, "Brother Jian, what's wrong?"

Shi Jian was so excited that he walked back and forth in the room, rubbing his hands together and said to the sisters: "I can make a bow, so that even if the wolves do come to attack us, we can attack them from a long distance, instead of fighting them hand-to-hand!"

Xia Qing saw that Shi Jian was so interested. Although he didn't know what a bow and arrow was, he was also happy that Shi Jian had found a way.

Shi Jian is a person who does what he says and does it. When he thought of making a bow and arrow, he immediately started to prepare.Shi Jian dug out the materials he had copied down earlier, and carefully searched for information about bows and arrows.Fortunately, Shi Jian remembered correctly. At that time, he was afraid that his mobile phone would run out of battery, so he copied some of everything, and saved it to read when he needed it. There happened to be something about bows and arrows in it.

After looking at it, Shi Jian realized that he was wrong in thinking that the bowstring needs elastic materials when he was drilling wood to make fire.The bow actually relies on the tension of the bow handle to shoot the arrow, rather than relying on the elasticity of the bow string to complete this action. As long as the bow string is strong and durable, the real trouble is the bow handle itself.

There are also many types of bows, which are roughly divided into three types in modern times: straight pull, recurve and compound.A straight-draw bow is to tighten the bowstring in the direction of the natural curvature of the bow handle, while a recurve bow is the opposite. Traditional Chinese bows are all recurve bows, and the famous English longbow is a straight-draw bow.The compound bow is a modern compound pulley bow, which is not the same concept as the ancient compound bow, but the kind of bow Stallone used in the first blood.

Shi Jian took a closer look at the materials and found that there was only the straight-draw bow making method in it. He recalled it before he remembered that the conditions at that time could only make straight-draw bows, so other methods were not copied in order to save money. down.But thinking of the English longbowman, Shi Jian felt yearning again. This is one of the strongest bowmen.

No matter what, there is only one kind of bow that can be made now, so even if the English longbowman is the weakest bow soldier, Shi Jian has to make a cameo.The shape of the bow cannot be changed, so the material of the bow handle must be carefully selected. Of course, yew is the most suitable material for the English longbow. Unfortunately, Shijian is not available, so we can only settle for the next best thing and choose birch for it. bow handle.

Generally, the wood used to make bows must be completely dry and firm. The birch wood in Shi Jian's hands was quite dry, but Shi Jian used it as firewood, and the length was simply not enough.Shi Jian had no choice but to go outside with an ax and a hand saw to find a suitable tree trunk to make a bow handle. Although it wasn't dry enough, the trees in winter didn't have much moisture, so he should be able to use it first.

Standing in the defense circle, Shi Jian held up his binoculars and carefully observed the surrounding forest environment, but luckily he didn't find any wolf.Shi Jian felt a little relieved, but still didn't dare to be careless, and called Xiaomeng and Xiaowei to walk towards the woods.

"Brother Jian!" Xia Qing called to stop Shi Jian.

Shi Jian looked back at Xia Qing who was holding an engineering shovel, and said with a smile, "I'm going to find materials for making bows, what are you doing?"

"I'm worried." Xia Qing said bluntly, "I'll go with you, and I can help you if there are wolves."

"No!" Shi Jian flatly refused, "I have Xiaomeng and Xiaowei here, don't go there, didn't you say that when the men in your tribe do dangerous things, the women wait at home?"

"But I..." Xia Qing said with red eyes, "I'm worried about you."

"It's okay to worry, be obedient and go back quickly." Shi Jian said resolutely.

Xia Qing felt uncomfortable for a while. He was worried that Shi Jian would encounter danger when going out, and he was afraid that he would be of no help to Shi Jian. of……"

Shi Jian understood what Xia Qing meant. There is no love between men and women in the tribe. The relationship between them is purely biological. Men need women to help them vent their desires, while women need men to provide them with food and protection. .But Xia Qing and Shi Jian are different, they really love each other, and they would rather give everything and even life for each other.

"Be obedient." Shi Jian walked up to Xia Qing, stretched out his hand to caress Xia Qing's shy face, and said softly, "If you don't want to go back, just watch me here, okay?"

Seeing that Shi Jian was so determined, Xia Qing looked at Shi Jian with big watery eyes, and said pitifully, "Brother Jian, don't go far, let me see you, okay?"

Seeing Xia Qing's worried look, Shi Jian didn't want to force her to go back, so he handed her the binoculars and said softly, "Okay, you can watch it for me, and call me if you are in danger, okay?" After speaking, he kissed Xia Qing lightly on the face.

Xia Qing nodded happily and agreed.

Shi Jian called Xiaomeng and Serena Wei, and carefully walked across the single-plank bridge, passed through the horse-rejection formation, and came to the woods to pick out suitable tree trunks to make bow handles.

There are footprints of wolves everywhere in the woods, trampling the snow very messily, and even the shaved wolf fur can be seen on some branches. It can be imagined that the wolves wandered here for a long time last night, but they were only afraid of the bonfire. Dare to step forward.

Shi Jian didn't know how the wolves found this place. It may be that Shi Jian was the one who set up the trap and came to take revenge, or it may be because the light of the bonfire attracted the wolves.But no matter what, after Shi Jian discovered the traces of the wolves, he made guarding against the wolves his top priority. After all, these wolves were too dangerous.The cunning, viciousness and organization of wolves are unmatched by ordinary animals, even the Siberian tiger, the king of the forest, will not easily provoke them.

Shi Jian wasn't even sure whether his defensive circle could stop the wolves from attacking, or whether the wolves could only surround him or not. Although he had enough food, how long could the firewood last? Without the wolves attacking, the three of them went directly to see Lord Yan.It is precisely because of this that Shi Jian was so anxious to make bows and arrows, just in case the wolves attacked him, he could also cause certain damage to the wolves and make them retreat.

Shi Jian took a closer look in the woods, turned his eyes to a white birch, and happily shouted to Xia Qing who was far behind: "I'm so lucky, this tree is just right!"

　Sorry for the late update!Today is just one update, and tomorrow I will try my best to make two updates, but only in the afternoon or evening. If it is short of three updates, I will make up for it.Then weakly said: Can I ask for a ticket?

　　
　
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