While waiting for Cai Xiaozi's reply, Zhang Mengcheng visited the miracle doctor at the top of Artemisia. Because Xigui survived with maggots, the miracle doctor Artemisia and his students also began to study maggot therapy.

Although Zhang Mengcheng does not know much about medical skills, he relied on the experience of later generations to talk about the relationship between bacteria and wound infection. It's just that due to the limited level of knowledge and the lack of corresponding equipment, Zhang Mengcheng can't prove the existence of bacteria to them.

But even so, the miracle doctor at Artemisia Peak and his students have somewhat broadened their minds. Although there are some expressions such as anger in traditional Chinese medicine, due to limited cognition, it is often entrusted to feudal superstition, and there are many bad explanations. The doctors at Artemisia Peak were very groundbreaking in comparison, at least under the influence of Zhang Mengcheng, they began to pay attention to disinfecting the maggots used in their medical experiments.

The traverser Zhang Mengcheng originally wanted to observe and learn a little more on the sidelines, but the leaders of the mugwort peak did not let Zhang Mengcheng be idle. They directly dragged Zhang Mengcheng to the farmland at the top of the mugwort to inspect around, hoping that Zhang Mengcheng, who was very talented in their eyes, could give more guidance to increase the harvest in their fields.

Zhang Mengcheng didn't have anything to hide, and taught them some of the experiences he had summed up. There are many leaders and old farmers who pursue advanced agricultural production methods, and they constantly raise their doubts, and they have all been seriously answered by Zhang Mengcheng.

There are more and more people around Zhang Mengcheng, the former showman, because Zhang Mengcheng has no shelf, and the atmosphere of conversation is becoming more and more harmonious. And the topic of their discussion became more and more shifted from the scope of agricultural technology, and gradually began to shift to other aspects, and finally talked about the common battle between Artemisia and Jindingshan.

Everyone first talked about the previous siege of Shaliluan, and then talked about the previous raid on Du Wenhuan. After that, I don't know who said it, let the leader of Artemisia and Jinding Mountain compete with each other to have martial arts skills.

Everyone thought it was very interesting and started to coax. The leaders of the Cai family also had this intention, so they ignored Zhang Mengcheng's shirk and directly pushed Xiucai to the martial arts arena. In the end, more and more people learned the news, and they all flocked to the sidelines and began to look lively.

As a guest, Xiucai really couldn't shirk it, so he had to appear and compare the bow and arrow with the people at the top of Mugwort. It's just that Zhang Mengcheng didn't know at this time that his luck and state today were surprisingly good.

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Zhang Mengcheng shot an arrow at the arrow target fifty paces away, and the feather arrow accurately hit the center of the arrow target after some serpentine movement. The surrounding onlookers all shouted in surprise when they saw Zhang Mengcheng hit the target again.

I don't know why Zhang Mengcheng's state today, he has to be quite good in the martial arts arena, and his luck is also excellent. All nine feathered arrows hit the target, and all of them were in the middle circle of the target. This achievement not only stunned everyone in the martial arts arena, but even Zhang Mengcheng himself was frightened.

Cai Zhongguang (the fourth, the wind chasing team) opened his mouth wide in shock, rubbed his eyes and found that he was not mistaken. immediately laughed out loud, patted Zhang Mengcheng on the shoulder to congratulate, and said to his seventh uncle: "Seventh uncle, our sister-in-law is a good hand at farming and financial management, and this archery kung fu is also very good." In addition, when he led the team to break into Du Wenhuan's army, a little person disrupted the official army. What kind of Wenqu star is this, this is clearly a martial arts star! ”

Cai Zhongguang's seventh uncle, Cai Liyuan, is also Zhang Mengcheng's future father-in-law. After seeing Zhang Mengcheng's amazing performance just now, he was also speechless in shock. As the best shooter in the top of Artemisia, Cai Liyuan is very confident in his skills.

And this is the practice venue he comes to almost every day, and Cai Liyuan's results in nine shots and seven hits this time also played at his usual level. But I still didn't expect to be defeated by Zhang Mengcheng, who came here for the first time, and the opponent's feather arrows actually hit the center of the target, which is simply a god.

Zhang Mengcheng saw that the people around him were acting a little crazy, and he hurriedly explained: "Actually, usually my results in our village are nine shots, five or sixth, not as good as my father-in-law. The best luck I've ever had was when I missed a target in the nine shots. Today is my luck, I can't take it seriously, I really can't take it seriously. ”

Zhang Mengcheng's archery skills are indeed not as good as his future father-in-law. He couldn't help but feel a little sorry, if this luck could be used on the battlefield, what a great effect.

"Whether it's luck or not, you've hit all the shots today. Didn't you pull the bow of one hundred and forty pounds just now, this is a real skill, and you can't fake it at all. Seventh, this son-in-law is really both civil and military, you have to hold it in your hands. simply got married immediately, and the province was worried that it would be snatched away by others one day. Fifth Uncle Cai Lixian also admired Zhang Mengcheng's ability, and there were more than a dozen people who could open a 140-pound bow at the top of Artemisia, but they were not as capable of writing and martial arts as Zhang Mengcheng.

After a long period of training, Zhang Mengcheng can indeed draw a bow of one hundred and forty catties now. Although this achievement is indeed very strong, it is not the group of unparalleled force in this era, and there are more than a dozen people who can open the Jinding cottage.

And Zhang Mengcheng's second brother Zhang Mengguang and Fan Shunjiang and Ma Xiangzhong, they can even pull a bow of one hundred and fifty catties, and they still have a lot of spare strength. As for the bow with a greater pulling force, since Zhang Mengcheng did not have it in their stockade, they did not measure the maximum pulling force of the three people.

In fact, a bow with such a large pull force is only used to train people's strength. When everyone really fights, they still use war bows with much lighter pulling force. "However, those who have more arm strength can draw the bow, and the probability is based on 100 catties, and those who can send 100 catties of the empty bow can only use 50 catties when shooting. About five-tenths of the force, do not exert too much effort. "Although it may be due to the differences in the usage habits of individual people or the school of archery, there will be some differences in the specific implementation. But Zhang Mengcheng adhered to this principle, and the nine arrows just now were all shot with a seventy-pound bow. (Note 1)

People who are better at archery than Zhang Mengcheng in Jinding Mountain, such as Ma Xiangzhong and Che Jibao, they are also the same as Zhang Mengcheng when they fight in peacetime, but they use a seventy-pound war bow. And the more powerful Fan Shunjiang is accustomed to using a war bow with eighty catties of tension, which is still specially customized.

In the war bow officially made by the Ming Dynasty, that is, from seventy catties to forty catties, it is divided into four standards, and the tensile force of seventy catties is already one of the largest tensile forces in the standard war bow. And those who are looking for a larger rally bow can only go to the bow master to customize a special one according to their own habits. (Note 2)

failed to overpower his future son-in-law in his most proud skills. Cai Liyuan, who was only thirty-five years old and in the prime of life, was unwilling to admit defeat and asked to continue to compete with Zhang Mengcheng.

He always thought that his future son-in-law was just a little showman who could read. On the occasion of the encirclement and suppression of Sha Liluan, he took the rear team of Artemisia Peak and finally entered the battlefield and missed the fierce battle in front.

And when Du Wenhuan attacked the Chinese army under the security city, he stayed at the top of Artemisia to defend. Even if he had heard of Zhang Mengcheng's performance in the battle, he had never actually seen it once.

Zhang Mengcheng, who couldn't be entangled, had to take a break and compete with him again. This time, Zhang Mengcheng returned to his usual level, with six shots in nine shots. However, Cai Liyuan went one step further and finally defeated Zhang Mengcheng, with a total score of 18 shots and 15 hits.

Zhang Mengcheng, who was afraid that his father-in-law would ask for another comparison in the future, immediately admitted defeat and surrendered. Cai Liyuan is an elder after all, and he knows that it will be too weak to continue to entangle. So he let Zhang Mengcheng go and watched others come forward to compete with peace of mind.

PS: Note 1: The principle of the selection criteria for the strength of the war bow in this section was first known by the author from the martial arts preparation of the "Jingguo Xiongluo". Later, the same content was found in the door of the selection of objects under the volume of "Wujing Archery Authenticity", "The strength of the bow should be the first".

Most of the "Jingguo Xiongluo" is an excerpt from the statement in "Wujing Archery Zhengzong". And Gao Gong, the author of "Wujing Archery Zhengzong", also mentioned another method of measuring power in the second volume of the Finger Mystery: "Those who lift ten pounds of stones should use twenty pounds of strength with a bow, and those who lift twenty pounds of stones should use forty pounds of strength with a bow." If there are many stones in addition, the bow will be added according to the routine. ”

Based on his own experience, Gao Gong described to us later generations that there were many theories of archery at that time, and there were also famous archery masters such as "Jiangshang people" and "Jiubian Lie Town Zhucai Shi". Therefore, there should have been many schools of archery at that time, such as the selection of the strength of the war bow, there should also be other methods and standards.

According to the calculation of the cultural relics unearthed so far, the average value of one catty in the Ming Dynasty is divided into four groups: 602 grams, 578.5 grams, 586 grams and 594 grams. Scholars mostly use the average of the four sets of data, that is, 590 grams per catty in the Ming Dynasty to calculate the data of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, according to the standard of 590 grams, the 70 catties of war bow in this book also reached 90 pounds of tension, which is quite a practical war bow. The author has also estimated the strength of the war bow in the Song Dynasty for reference, but some data are too exaggerated. So if you still feel that the setting of this pull is inappropriate, you can post your own post and talk about your thoughts.

Note 2: From the "Daming Huidian" volume 192, "Yongle first year played accurately, making a bow: the face is wide and three fingers, and its strength is from 70 catties to 40 catties, divided into four grades." ”