Chapter Eighty-Four: The Making of Bows and Arrows

As soon as the sailors saw it, a large number of sailors immediately reflected.

"Hehe, I'm all too familiar with this. ”

"All I can say is that this thing hurts when it hits the thief J8, don't ask me how I know. ”

"Good people come out of the golden stick, who can make it up!"

"Hahaha, it's good that I was obedient when I was a child, but my brother is miserable!"

Ye Tian nodded and continued: "Everyone knows that this thing is called the Golden Stick, so do you know the scientific name?"

The barrage in the live broadcast room has suddenly become less, and I really don't know when it comes to this scientific name.

Ye Tian shook his head and continued: "This thing is called Vitex, it is a deciduous rolling tree or a small tree, it can be seen that many sailors have been beaten by this thing, but at least you have to know what the name of this thing is, whether it is wronged or not." ”

"Yes, Vitex, the name is pretty good!"

"This thing hurts to the bones when it hits my body, and I always had it at home when I was a child. ”

"Does the anchor want to use this thing? Who is it to hit? Can't it be a goddess!"

Ye Tian was stunned for a moment, rolled his eyes and said: "Who said that this thing can only hit people, you are used to being beaten, the reason why this thing hurts to beat people is because this thing is capricious and has good elasticity! So the anchor wants to use this thing to make a bow and arrow! See if you can catch a wild goat." ”

When the sailors heard this, they made bows and arrows, and they didn't expect the anchor to do this job.

I cut a relatively thick one, peeled off the outer skin, and then lit a fire with a kerosene lighter on the spot.

Ye Tian said: "After the vitex is dried, the toughness is even better, and it will not break easily. ”

After finishing speaking, Ye Tian took the dried vitex and roasted it on the fire, moving while taking the test, trying to squeeze the dried vitex to make its toughness the best.

After seeing that it was about the same, Ye Tian took out the fishing line and began to make bows and arrows, and said as he did it: "Do you know what ancient people used to make bows and arrows?"

The sailors looked at each other, and they really didn't know very well.

Ye Tian looked at the live broadcast room in amazement, it seems that everyone doesn't like to read.

"It seems that it is necessary for me to tell you about the development of bows and arrows, which originated in primitive societies, and at the beginning of the crossbow of the branches was tightened with ropes, and later generations have developed in production technology, and there are strict regulations on the selection of materials, ingredients, and production procedures. The original bow-making material is a single material, made of bamboo and wood, and later developed into composite materials, which are generally composed of animal horns, tendons, bamboo wood, silk, lacquer, glue, etc., and the production of strings is mostly horsetail hair, and the long-haired fibers on the horse's tail. It has the characteristics of long fiber, strong tensile force, wear-resistant and moisture-resistant, and not easy to break. It is the raw material for weaving clothes and interlinings, making bowstrings and brushes for silk and bamboo musical instruments, and the herdsmen in Mongolia still maintain the habit of making bows and arrow strings with horsetail hair. ”

"Ancient China not only had very strict requirements for bow-making in terms of talent, but also had detailed regulations on specific process steps. "Take the six materials must be the time, the six materials are gathered, and the ingenuity is it. "Analyze the bow trunk in winter, treat the horns in the spring, treat the tendons in the summer, close the materials in the autumn, put the bow arm in the bow box in the cold winter, and repair the appearance in the severe winter and extreme cold. In winter, the dry wood of the bow is naturally smooth and fine; in the spring, the corners are treated, which is naturally moist and soft; in the summer, the tendons are treated, and the tendons are naturally not entangled; in the autumn, the timbers are closed and the white is tight; in the cold winter, the bow body is fixed, and the bow will not be deformed; in the severe winter and extreme cold, the glue and lacquer are completely dry and solid, so the appearance can be repaired. Attach the bowstring in the spring and store it for another year before it can be used. The above-mentioned complex process takes two to three years. In the bow-making workshop, because the work can be staggered and flowing, there will be batches of finished products every year, but in the case of a bow, its man-hours cannot be shortened. The manufacture of compound bows represents the peak of ancient bow-making, and the world's detailed record of compound bow manufacturing is first found in the "Examination of the Gongji". ”

The sailors were dizzy to hear it, anyway, they remembered that making a bow is complicated, very complicated, super complicated.

"I'll go, will it take a year to make a bow?"

"Exquisite!"

"Treat the horns in spring, treat the tendons in summer, close the materials in autumn, and fix the bow body in the cold winter, the wisdom of the ancients!"

"It's up. ”

After saying a lot, Ye Tian's bow and arrow were also ready.

It's just that Ye Tian is the simple version of the simplified version, Ye Tian still needs to make arrows now, and the arrows are not easy to do, they must be straight.

Although Vitex is a relatively straight plant, it is still slightly curved, and the only thing Ye Tian can think of now is bamboo.

And the lowest part of the bamboo tube is the longest, thickest, and thickest, but correspondingly, the hardest is also the highest.

Not enough, Ye Tian is not worried, his blade has not been taken out yet.

The bamboo forest is not far from here, and it will take more than ten minutes to arrive.

After arriving, Ye Tian quickly found the bamboo he liked.

Pretending to take out a sharp blade from his pocket, the sailors saw that there was a black knife that they had never seen before.

"Where did this knife come from, I haven't seen it!"

"It's so small, the anchor doesn't want to use it to cut this bamboo!"

"It's good-looking, but if you cut bamboo, it's not as good as the previous one. ”

Ye Tian ignored the barrage of water friends, the system said that it would be effortless to cut anything with this knife, and Ye Tian did not dare to make a heavy hand.

It's just that the knife is gently placed at the bottom of this bamboo, and the fingers are gently moved, and a magical thing happens, the knife cuts this old bamboo like cutting tofu, and there is no need for any strength.

Water friends are also dumbfounded, like such a thick bamboo, the hardness is not ordinarily high, in the past, there was a kind of woodcutter in the countryside that was particularly wide at the back and used to chop firewood and cut bamboo.

"Damn, what kind of knife is this? I feel like the bamboo will break with a slight stroke. ”

"My good boy, what a knife is this!"

"Why is the thing on the anchor so perverted!"

Ye Tian smiled and said: "This knife is not bad! Carrefour Super Limited Customized Edition, look at this, there is also the name of the anchor!, the original price is 198,000! ”

When the sailors heard this, what did it do, so they complained one after another.

"How much is the original price?"

"The original price is 198,000!! After the discount, nine yuan will be discounted!, and six whetstones will be given!!"

"Pull J8 down, who believes it! How much is this, 0.05 off, or 0.005 off?"

"So where can I buy it?"

A sneer leaked from the corner of Ye Tian's mouth, and said: "It's said that it's a super limited custom version, you can't buy it, you can't buy it, the whole world has this one." ”

"Just blow it!"

"An anchor bragged in the live broadcast room and earned one million a month. ”

"Hey, a certain treasure has to be, a hundred yuan, and then sharpen it, the effect should be about the same. ”

Ye Tian shook his head, it was better to hurry up and make arrows.