Chapter 132: Material Selection
This news made the two of them immediately become serious, although they also wanted to make some contributions, but judging from the results of the current training, such soldiers could not fight at all.
"Chief, we'll definitely speed up our training." Kong Yi said.
Wang Lang nodded and said, "You two will pick two people from each of your people, and I plan to build two beacon towers between Linhe Village and here, and two people need to be stationed in each place." ”
"Is it the beacon that I mentioned earlier, lighting cigarettes and delivering news?" Bark asked.
Wang Lang said solemnly: "That's it, we are relatively hidden here, if the enemy advances eastward, the most likely to be attacked is the Linhe side, if we can't support them in time, it will be dangerous there." ”
"Then I'll pick two people from my team in a moment." Kong Yi said.
Wang Lang nodded and said, "This matter should be done as soon as possible, and after it is selected, someone will be sent over to build it tomorrow." ”
"What about training?" Bark asked.
"The training cannot be stopped, and the construction of the beacon tower, regardless of men, women, and children, must be involved, and it must be completed within two days."
Kong Yi and the two also realized the seriousness of the matter, and agreed with Wang Lang's approach, this kind of life-and-death matter is related to everyone's life, and there is no room for sloppiness.
"After training this morning, you will take people to cut down the trees that will be used to build the beacon tower." Wang Lang said.
After the three of them chatted for a while, and when everyone had regained some strength, the spearmen continued to train, and after the punishment they had just received together, everyone felt much closer to each other.
Wang Lang did not continue to supervise their training, he believed that Kong Yi and the two of them had realized the sense of urgency, the training method had been handed over to them, and the rest was just time to familiarize themselves.
After explaining what they should do, Wang Lang returned to the tribe, after the birth of the child, the sense of crisis in his heart was much stronger than before, now he is already a family and a mouth, if the tribe is broken, waiting for him will be a tragedy of family destruction and death.
Wang Lang didn't dare to think about that scene, only when he became strong could he protect the people he cherished.
Letting go of the distractions in his heart, Wang Lang called Lin Huo, who was training archers, and planned to try to restore the longbow.
Wang Lang told Lin Huo about his idea of improving the bow and arrow, and said: "This kind of bow and arrow should be much more powerful than the current bamboo bow, if successful, this weapon has both the power of throwing spears and the accuracy of bows and arrows, and it will definitely greatly enhance the strength of the archers." ”
For a long time, the bows of the tribe were made of bamboo and hemp rope, but now Wang Lang actually wanted to make a bow out of wood and animal intestines and tendons, which made Lin Huo feel that this was not a thing to work at all.
"Lang, are you sure this can really make a bow and arrow?" Lin Huo asked with a frown.
"I haven't tried it, but I think it should work." Wang Lang said with great certainty.
Lin Huo thought for a while and said, "Okay, since that's the case, then I'll try it with you." ”
Wang Lang smiled and said, "If it succeeds, this new bow will be named the Divine Fire Bow, what do you think?" ”
Lin Huo was taken aback by these words, his name could be associated with the gods, which made him panic, and he hurriedly said: "Lang, what ability do I have to use the word god, what should the gods do if they send calamity because of this?" ”
"The gods don't send down calamities, if this bow is really powerful, presumably the gods should be happy, we haven't wasted the wisdom given by the gods, why are the gods angry?" Wang Lang said seriously.
Lin Huo was very entangled in his heart at the moment, naming the bow after himself, this kind of glory was very tempting for him, thinking that in the future, as long as he mentioned the Divine Fire Bow, he would think of him Lin Huo, which made him swallow his saliva.
"Lang, this is the way you came up with, give me this honor, wouldn't it be bad!"
Wang Lang said indifferently: "What's wrong, what do I want this honor to do, as long as the tribe is strong and the clansmen are happy, it is my greatest wish." ”
Lin Huo said with emotion: "You will definitely be the greatest leader, those tribes in the west that enslave others, compared to you, they are like those glowing insects by the river at night, and you are the bright moon in the sky." ”
Wang Lang didn't want to be a saint, he just wanted to live comfortably, but this simple idea required countless efforts, Lin Huo's praise did not make him fluttering, but made his pressure increase a little, and said with a wry smile: "Let's still work!" ”
The two of them took their tools and walked to the edge of the forest to finish making wood suitable for making bows and arrows.
Although Wang Lang didn't know what wood was needed for the original longbow, a strong bow was the first priority for the bow, and it could not be pulled twice and broken, so the selected trees must be hard and strong and have a certain elasticity.
The kind of trees that make wheels are strong, but because they are so strong, it is impossible to bend that kind of wood.
After searching for an hour, Wang Lang found a tree with a fairly good hardness, this tree is very straight, with a trunk of about 20 centimeters in diameter reaching into the sky, and he estimates that this tree is at least ten meters high.
The two of them used axes to cut down the tree, and in ten minutes, the big tree fell to the ground.
Wang Lang walked to the position of the canopy, cut off a thumb-thick branch with an axe, and broke it vigorously.
"Smack!" There was a crisp sound, and the branches broke in response.
Wang Lang shook his head, he thought that he could make a bow with a branch, but it was broken so easily, obviously this trick would not work.
Unable to take shortcuts, Wang Lang had no choice but to set his sights on the trunk of the tree, for trees, the trunk part of the trunk must be much stronger than the branches.
Wang Lang asked Lin Huo to keep an eye nearby, and he took a saw and began to process the trunk.
The trunk of the tree was cut into pieces of about one meter and six meters, and then the wood was sawed down with Lin Huo in turn, a plank with a thickness of about four or five centimeters, and it took two people more than an hour to do this.
At this time, not far from here, there was a clanging sound of logging, Wang Lang looked over there and knew that it was Kong Yi and the others who had come to prepare the materials for building the beacon tower.
Retracting his gaze, he continued to process the board in his hand, measured the thickness of the board, and sawed it into a stick with a square cross-section.
In order to try whether this wood can be made into a bow, Wang Lang put the wooden stick on the ground, called the forest fire over, the two of them grabbed the other end of the wooden stick hard, and pressed down hard, the toughness of the wood is very good, there is no sign of breaking, seeing this scene, Wang Lang knew that the wood he chose was successful.