Chapter 9: Making a Bow and Arrow

On the island, there is no shortage of pebbles.

Picking up the grass, Jiang Lin selected two pebbles, one large and one small, put the sisal on a slightly larger stone, and gently hammered it with the smaller stone, so as to remove the mesophyll of the sisal, leaving only the coarse fiber layer, which is the material for making the bowstring.

More than a thousand years ago, the Indians had already used sisal to make bows and arrows, so the method of making bows and arrows from the coarse fibers of sisal is historically proven.

It took nearly half an hour of hammering to obtain a large mass of sisal wire, and after sorting it out, three small strands were taken out, one end was fixed to a small tree trunk and began to be staggered.

Jiang Lin's weaving speed is not fast, but it is quite rhythmic, revealing an indescribable dexterity, gradually, a ball of sisal silk turned into a strong string, when the hemp rope is long enough, Jiang Lin took it off, held it with both hands and pulled it a few times, it was estimated that it was enough to withstand the pull of the bow and arrow, nodded with satisfaction, put the rope close to the pocket, and began the preparation of the bow body.

Jiang Lin looked around, picked a wooden stick with a length of about one meter and a half and the thickness of a mineral water bottle cap, propped one end on the ground, put pressure on the other end, felt the flexibility of the wooden stick, felt very satisfied, and then took out a tactical straight knife, scraped off the surface bark of the wooden stick, cut it to smooth, and then cut a gap at both ends of the wooden stick to place the arrow strings.

The next step is to prepare the materials for making the shaft.

First of all, Jiang Lin first chose the shrub branches with the thickness of the little thumb, which grew straight and were an excellent material for making arrowheads.

Using a tactical straight knife, the shrub was cut into a length of about one meter and two, and then the heavier end was cut into a sharp triangle, and a groove was carved at the other end, and so on, one after the other, about a dozen or so were made.

As for the arrow feathers, it is not a problem at all in the deep forest, especially on the island, there are very rich bird resources, Jiang Lin searched around for less than ten minutes, and collected dozens of feathers.

Jiang Lin suddenly had an idea, put the prepared materials in the thorns to hide them, and turned around and ran towards the place where he had landed on the island just now.

Looking at this five or six meters high cliff, Jiang Lin pouted, turned over and grabbed a protruding rock, moved down little by little, and when it reached a height of about three meters, Jiang Lin jumped down and landed steadily on the reef.

"Mr. Jiang Lin, are you leaving here?"

As soon as he landed, Jiang Lin heard Vane's voice coming from above his head, so he looked up and replied, "No, I'm just taking something." ”

Answered, Jiang Lin no longer paid attention to Wayne, waded to the two bags of slippers, opened one of the packs and took out four or five pairs, returned to the cliff, first threw the slippers up, and then climbed up along the cliff.

"Mr. Jiang Lin, what are you doing with this thing here?" When Vane saw Jiang Lin retrieve a few pairs of slippers, he was a little puzzled, and tilted his head with a curious expression.

"Haha! Nothing, make pillows. Jiang Lin laughed dryly, and while collecting slippers around, he answered Vane's question, as for Ono standing next to Vain, Jiang Lin didn't even give him a straight look.

Regarding Jiang Lin's answer, Wayne was undeniable, and smiled lightly: "Mr. Jiang Lin's mentality is really good, can he still sleep now?" ”

"What? Mr. Vane doesn't think I'm going to run away, does he? After collecting the slippers, Jiang Lin walked up to Vane and looked at Vane with a smile.

Hearing Jiang Lin's words, Wayne hurriedly waved his hand to deny: "What did Mr. Jiang Lin say, if Mr. Jiang Lin can really leave here, it's too late for me to be happy for you!" ”

Immediately afterwards, Wayne pointed at Ono and said to Jiang Lin, "Do you see that raft over there?" When they were first captured, Mr. Ono and the others tried to escape, escaping in several directions, but finally chose to come back, because this sea area is too vast, and with manpower, there is almost no way to leave here. ”

Following Vane's finger, Jiang Lin did see a raft with rather rough workmanship behind a reef on the right side of the island, it seems that Vane did not lie to himself, but after thinking about it deeply, why did Vane tell himself the example of Ono's failed escape? The intention is a bit worth figuring out.

Turning his head to look at Wayne, Jiang Lin's eyes were a little playful: "Haha! Mr. Vane, don't worry, I won't do such a stupid thing, goodbye Mr. Vane, I'm going to take a break. ”

Vane smiled and nodded, and Jiang Lin immediately hugged his slippers and turned around and entered the jungle.

"Let's go! Go back and rest first, tomorrow is very critical, and there must be no accidents! ”

Looking at the fiery clouds at the edge of the skyline, Vane said to his subordinates as he walked.

Jiang Lin, who entered the jungle, turned his head to look at Vane and his party who were leaving, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and then he turned around and strode towards the place where the materials for making bows and arrows were stored.

Put the slippers together with the materials, and now Jiang Lin has to do something else - make a fire.

To make a fire without fire, it is necessary to use the most primitive fire-making technology - drilling wood to make fire.

The principle of drilling wood for fire is very simple, but this is a technical job, no experience, even if the materials are complete, it will not be able to make fire.

Jiang Lin quickly found a dry wooden stick, cut it into two sections, used a tactical straight knife to scrape out a small and fluffy pile of wood pile chips on it, and then sharpened a piece of wooden stick, dug a small hole in the middle of the other wooden stick, carved a small groove on the edge of the small hole, put the dry wooden stick with the groove on the ground, fixed it with his feet, and then placed a small piece of wood pile chips in the groove, and then placed the sharpened wooden block in the groove of the wood below, and began to rub quickly.

Rapid friction generates a high level of heat, and when the heat is sufficient, the wood chips in the grooves are ignited.

The wood rotated quickly between Jiang Lin's palms, and a little spark was already faintly visible in the groove, stopped rotating the wooden stick, tilted the wooden stick with the groove, and a little spark followed the groove and slipped into the sawdust that had been prepared long ago, Jiang Lin picked up the sawdust with the spark and blew it gently with his mouth.

"Huhu...... Whew"

It didn't take long for a small flame to rise in Jiang Lin's palm, carefully put the fire on the ground, Jiang Lin began to chop the dry wooden stick for the fire into small pieces, put it on the fire little by little, and a pile of fire rose.

After that, Jiang Lin dug a pit the size of a human head in the ground and moved the fire into it.

First, the braided hemp rope is placed next to the fire to dry the water, and then the collected feathers are taken out, and the feathers are broken into two pieces to form arrow feathers.

The arrow feather is there, but how to place it on the arrow is another process......