343 - Poor Usma
Although he knows that his decisions may not play a role in this life to a large extent, Ji Thief, who often plays strategy games, knows that only when your defense is strong, will there be time and space for development.
In fact, in terms of defense, it is better to have an arrow tower, which is seven or eight meters high, and can overlook the fortifications that can be sniped with bows and arrows outside the valley, which is undoubtedly the best choice in the era of cold weapons.
It's just that the crux of the problem lies in the arrow tower, the arrow tower, and the tower alone does not have arrows.
Tahao said, mobilize all the clansmen, support to death, that is, a dozen or so can be erected in the tribe in a month, but what about arrows?
Where there are arrows, there must be a bow.
Before, Ji Thief was obsessed with bows and arrows, the most powerful weapons in the era of cold weapons, for a while, so he specially checked a lot of information.
Although it is said that there were also bows and arrows in the middle and late stages of primitive society.
But how to say it, the earliest bow and arrow was only a single bow, and the simplicity of the bow and arrow is not uncommon to say.
The range is about the same as that of a spear thrower, slightly worse than a flying stone rope, and it is far from the compound bow of later generations that can kill up to 70 paces with precision and kill from 120 to 150 steps.
If you want to do it, you will do it well, so the reason why Ji Thief has never made bows and arrows in the past is because of this.
The composite bow is made of six materials, collectively known as the six materials.
They are dry, horn, tendon, glue, silk, lacquer.
The main stem is the selection of the bow body, which is generally divided into two kinds of trunk and bow body, the best trunk material is undoubtedly the top wood, followed by the wood, and then, the bow body can be made of wood with stronger toughness.
Bamboo and ash are good choices, and in comparison, ash is better than bamboo.
The horn is used to be responsible for the horns of the beast, and the horns of the sheep and the horns of the cow can be anything, because the prey is brought in every day, so the acquisition of the horns is the simplest part.
After that, there are tendons that assist the strength of the bow body, and beef tendons are generally used, which is also very easy to obtain.
Glue, which refers to the glue that explains animals, like mouse glue and bovine glue, is not difficult to take.
The main function of silk is to combine the tendon with the bow body and make it look more beautiful.
However, silk is currently something that the thief can't get at all, but you can wait for the hemp rope to come out and replace it with hemp rope.
The last is the lacquer, the role of the lacquer is to prevent the bow from getting wet, and the thief doesn't want to waste the bow made by himself because of the dampness, so the lacquer is a lot of parts.
In nature, the resin of the sumac tree can be said to be a natural paint, and it is best used on the body of the bow.
After a series of complicated procedures, it was barely made into a bow.
Don't think that just by sandwiching these materials together, you can make a bow, and the production of composite bows is still divided into seasons.
In the winter, the talents are analyzed, the corners are made in the spring, the ribs are made in the summer, and in the autumn all the materials are put together to make a composite bow, and then the bow body is placed in a prepared mold in the winter to shape.
It can be said that a powerful compound bow takes a year and a season to work.
Although it is said that it has taken a little longer, the power of the bow made in this way is undoubtedly huge, at least, if it is taken out in primitive society, it is almost sideways.
The production of bowstrings and arrows is a trivial matter, cut a raw cowhide with enough toughness, and then wrap it with silk, and the bowstring will come out, and the arrows are also divided into arrows and arrows.
When a piece of wood is sharpened, it is an arrow, and if you add a feather and an arrow, it is an arrow.
It's a little cumbersome, but it's not a problem compared to a complex compound bow.
After walking for a long time and not seeing the thief, Tushan looked back and saw that the thief stopped in place and did not move, so he ran back to him and asked suspiciously, "Patriarch, what's wrong with you?"
Hearing Tushan speak, Ji Thief came back to his senses and said blankly, "Huh?"
The next second, he hurriedly said, "No, it's nothing." ”
Tsuchiyama just looked at Ji Thief suspiciously.
"Let's go. ”
As he spoke, the thief walked forward, and at the same time, he made a plan in his heart.
It's autumn now, so you can prepare the tools for making bows, so that you can see the first bows in the winter a year later.
It's just that he only understands theoretical knowledge, and he has never done it himself, so how about telling Usma what he thinks? In the whole tribe, except for Ah Zheng, he can understand himself best.
Moreover, Usma can still hold his breath, and there is a stubbornness that he doesn't understand that he has to study and understand, so he gives him the bow to make it, and he is completely relieved, besides, isn't the engineering department in charge of this?
Well, it's just that smelting copper, building arrow towers, and building tribes are piled up in one place, I wonder if it will tire Usma down?
Well, it seems that the pork rib soup and goat's milk have to be completely opened to supply the engineering department.
By the way, there is also the extraction of plant fibers, which must also be put on the agenda, without plant fibers, you can't make ropes, without ropes, the production of bows is equivalent to saying that it is completely useless.
Continuing to walk in the valley, the thief took advantage of this free time to walk around the entire valley.
Unlike the Frost Valley tribe, most of the eastern plains are gentle areas, there are many plains, in the southeast corner of the valley, there is a very large open space by the river, here, it is very suitable for planting crops or something, as long as the weeds are pulled.
Also, it's perfectly fine to put the breeding pen here.
It is close to the water source, which is convenient for animal breeding and sanitation issues.
Whether it is in the Frost Valley tribe or in the Eastern Plains, he has always paid great attention to hygiene since the Ji Thief crossed over, previously the Frost Valley tribe, and now the Eastern Plains.
The thief clearly demanded that everyone in the clan should wash their hands before eating and take a bath before going to bed, otherwise, they would reduce the food supply the next day.
Moreover, Ji Thief deliberately asked Ah Niu's Ministry of Security to supervise this, and if anyone doesn't do it, report it directly to themselves.
If anyone thinks it's okay not to eat once or twice, then I'm sorry, you go to the prison of the Ministry of Security for a few days, prison life, Ji Thief made it clear that there is no meat supply.
So looking at it this way, Hunting is still a privilege.
The reason why Ji Thief attaches so much importance to hygiene is not that he has traveled over in later generations and prefers cleanliness or something.
You know, he's also half an otaku, and he usually doesn't clean up much at home.
The fundamental reason is that the thief does not want to cause infectious diseases or something because of health problems in a primitive society with a high degree of medical backwardness.
You know, even in ancient times when human civilization had been established and medicine was beginning to take shape, many people died because of infectious diseases.
Not to mention primitive societies.
Therefore, hygiene has always been the top priority of Ji Thief.
"There is also a large clearing in the northwest corner of the valley, which can be used as a gathering place for the three combat departments of the tribe, and when there is nothing to do, you can also train or something, it is space, there are not many trees, well, in this case, let Usma's engineering department make some training equipment for them or something. ”
The thief was babbling in his mouth, basically, he had already made up his mind.
Alas, even poor Usma, it will be a while of hard work.
Forget it, do those who can work harder?
Continue walking, and when the busy clansmen in the tribe see the thief, they will stop and call out to the patriarch.
As he walked, Ji Thief suddenly saw that there were more than ten people who were about the same age as Ah Zheng by the river, and they were all fifteen or sixteen-year-old children who were scuffling in a mess.
They were divided into two sides, eight or nine on each side, and rolled on the ground in a ball, and the fight was fierce. Moreover, these children are so ferocious, basically, they are rushing to be injured and maimed, with their posture, if they are given a few weapons, they will definitely dare to kill each other.
Seeing this scene, Ji Thief froze for a moment, turned around and frowned and asked Tushan, "What's going on?"
Tushan scratched his head: "I don't know." ”
Seeing this, the thief was a little dissatisfied, and walked over.
"Stop it!"
The thief arrived and roared.
The children who were scuffling stopped their movements when they heard the sound, looked back, and saw the thief and Tushan, they were all startled, and one by one, they hurriedly stood up from the ground and stood in the same place, with their heads down, not daring to look at the thief.