Chapter 9 Bow Making
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These days, in addition to training the fort every day, Liu Feng also patrols the sentry posts in the fort at night, he is always nervous, in this chaotic era, if he is not careful, he may die without a place to be buried, what will happen in the future, he himself can't predict, he can only try his best to do every moment, do everything well. In this way, he was already emaciated, and he became even thinner.
Liu Feng tiptoed up, inspected the various sentry posts in the fort, and found that there was no accident, and went up to the castle wall alone, the surrounding fields seemed extraordinarily quiet, and there was no shadow in the range of torches. Liu Feng stood in the dark night, thinking about all the things in the fort.
The training of the fort has been formalized, but it is not achieved overnight, if you want to quickly improve your combat effectiveness, weapons are also the key, and he has let the blacksmiths build the spear, and what they lack now is long-range weapons. There were only a dozen horn bows in the fort, all of which were used by the steppe riders brought by Ulan. Moreover, the production of the horn bow is complicated and takes a long time, and Liu Feng can't wait that long for a while.
He suddenly remembered the longbow he had seen in his previous life, there was a carpenter migrant worker in his prison, and he had no choice but to use the longbow he made to hurt the boss who was in arrears of wages, and he paid attention to the case file of the migrant worker, about 200 meters, and an arrow pierced the thigh.
Early the next morning, Liu Feng went to the carpenter's workshop, there were many carpenters in the fort, usually they made some furniture, ceramic molds, etc., and Liu Yandong was taking care of these craftsmen on weekdays.
When the craftsmen saw the little castle master coming, they put down their work and stepped forward to say hello. They have all heard about the little castle master recently, and Liu Feng was in the kiln a few days ago, after Xiao showed his hand, the craftsmen were still quite convinced of him, the castle master.
There are only three old carpenters in the carpenter workshop, each of them has their own apprentices, and there are more than ten people in total, Liu Feng called them over, gathered in a circle, looked at these craftsmen in front of him, he knew that these were his treasures, with these craftsmen, he could realize his ideas.
Liu Feng said straight to the point: "I came here today to make some bows and arrows. ”
"The materials in the fort are a little insufficient, only enough for a few bows." An old craftsman said
This old craftsman is a person from Liu Feng's grandfather's generation, named Liu Yunfu, he is already very old, his hair is gray, and the traces of time are very obvious on his face.
"Third Grandpa, what I'm going to build is a new kind of bow, not a horn bow!" Liu Feng was quite happy to see the old man, in this era of pure hand-made production, the old craftsman represents the exquisite skills, after all, the craftsman's craftsmanship requires a long time of study and practice, in order to slowly accumulate.
"The bow I'm going to make, the bow should be made of hardwood, it shouldn't be complicated to make, and the bow should be long, taller than mine." Liu Feng briefly said what longbow he was going to make.
After thinking about it carefully, Liu Yunfu said slowly: "We can make this bow, and it won't take much trouble, but can such a bow be used?" ”
Seeing that the old man was a little skeptical, Liu Feng said with a smile: "Make it first, don't you know if it can't be done?" ”
Liu Yunfu, looking at Liu Feng's confident appearance, couldn't help but wonder, he rarely came into contact with this nephew on weekdays, when Liu Yan married his wife Bai Naren, a girl from the Rong clan, he lost his temper with his eldest brother Liu Yunshan, and looking at the fort over the years, people of all ethnic groups get along very well, and he often reflects on himself.
At this time, Liu Yandong, Wulan, Zhao Xuewei and others in the carpenter's workshop all came over, and they heard that Liu Feng was going to make a new bow, so they all came over to watch it curiously. Liu Feng saw that everyone was coming over to see what new things he was doing, so he bowed his head and started work with Liu Yunfu.
Under the command of Liu Feng and the old man Liu Yunfu, a longbow was born, the bow trained by Liu Yunfu himself, a longbow was made in about two hours, Liu Feng held the longbow in his hand with joy, imagining that the burghers had a longbow in their hands, and the arrows rained down to shoot the bandits into hedgehogs.
"The bow strength is similar to our horn bow, but the advantage is that it is simple to make, but there are not many hardwoods in our fort, and it is estimated that we can only make fifty such bows, and besides, this bow is not long, so it is not as cost-effective as our horn bow." Liu Yunfu seemed to be hitting Liu Feng, and said flatly.
"How much does the longbow cost?" Liu Feng said quietly
Liu Yunfu made a rough calculation, and said cautiously: "About one or two silver, if you have a few more dollars, you can do better." ”
Liu Feng was stunned! With some anticipation, he said, "Can it be better?" ”
Liu Yunfu nodded and said: "The hardwood we use now is not very good, if we change to hard oak or purple wood, the life of the bow can be longer, and the bow strength can be larger!" ”
Ulan looked at Liu Feng from the side, they were still discussing, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Try the bow first!" She watched Liu Feng busy for nearly two hours, and finally made a bow, and when she saw that the bow was taller than herself, she said with her heart full of slander: "This bow is so useless, and it can't be used on horseback!" ”
Hearing Ulan's dissatisfied voice, Liu Feng remembered that if he wanted to try the bow, there was no shooting range in the fort, so they could only go to the square to try the bow.
Standing in the square, Liu Feng pulled the bowstring, there was about fifty kilograms of force when the moon was not full, Liu Feng estimated that the strength of this bow was about sixty kilograms, he looked at the humanoid target after a hundred steps, raised the bow and shot an arrow.
The arrow hit the throat of the humanoid target, Liu Feng walked over and looked at the humanoid target, the arrows were almost out of the target, everyone looked at the power of the bow and arrow, and Wulan's riding bow did not have such great power. There are a few finely made horn bows in the castle, and it is estimated that the bow strength can be compared to this longbow.
Liu Feng wanted to make bows and arrows in large quantities, and the idea of training archers failed, such archers had to be tall and long-armed, and their arm strength was also good. His burgers barely managed to raise thirty.
When everyone was trying the bow in the square, Liu Feng took Liu Yandong and Liu Yunfu back to the carpenter's workshop. Liu Feng found that the craftsmen in the fort were not doing so well, and the workshop was very dirty, Liu Feng was afraid that in such an environment, the weapons made were not too reliable. He also had the problem of rectifying these workshops, so that these workshops could be of maximum use, and by the way, they also bought people's hearts.
"Third grandfather, second uncle, I want to integrate several workshops into one craftsman camp, led by the third grandfather, and I want to give our craftsmen better living conditions." As soon as Liu Feng opened his mouth, he threw out a bomb.
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