Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Pre-Departure Ritual
After a while, the deer rushed in from outside, holding a bronze mirror in his hand. At that time www.biquge.info bronze mirror was still very rough, basically a relatively smooth part found from the scrap, and then let the craftsman polish it smooth.
This copper mirror is not even round, and the shape is determined by the shape of the remnant. Luna's is not thick, but at that time, it was impossible to penetrate such bronze.
Lu fixed the bronze mirror, and then Yi took a deep breath, he even asked everyone present to dodge, and a crossbow arrow suddenly changed its course and injured everyone.
After listening to Yi's words and thinking of the strength of the crossbow arrows just now, everyone was so frightened that they went to find shelter. Only Long Qiupeng was still standing there, staring at Yi's crossbow.
Yi was still not at ease, he looked around and then glanced at Long Qiupeng. Seeing Long Qiupeng's repeated insistence, Yi was no longer entangled, and said, "I'm ready to let go." ”
Everyone subconsciously shrank up and hid behind obstacles. Only the crisp sound of the "bell" was heard, and the people hiding behind the cover closed their eyes one after another. The timid Great Lake, even with weak legs, knelt on the ground.
But nothing happened, and no one heard the voices behind. So everyone slowly opened their eyes, but saw Long Qiupeng standing there with a smile on his face, and Yi's eyes were full of incredulity.
Turning his head to look at the bronze mirror on the wall, he was shot through a hole by a crossbow arrow, but the arrow was still deep in the wood behind the bronze mirror.
The deer felt himself gasp, and he didn't care about the large lake that was slumped on the ground, so he rushed over to look at the crossbow arrow. His hand gently touched the arrow god, but he felt a cold sweat break out on his back.
"This! Much more powerful than a bow and arrow! Lu finally recovered from the shock, he looked at Long Qiupeng, and wrote a look of excitement.
But Long Qiupeng said with a smile: "The ruler is long, and the inch is short." Although bows and arrows and crossbows have similarities in appearance, they have their own merits. In terms of long range, the bow and crossbow are still not as good as the bow and arrow, and the bow and crossbow mainly consume the strength of the waist, not the arm, so the cavalry is better with a bow and arrow. However, as you have seen, if it is penetrating, then the power of the bow and crossbow should not be underestimated. ”
Yi, who was standing on the side, added: "The arrows of the bow and crossbow are light and small, so the long-range power is not enough, but if it is made larger, the lethality is definitely incomparable to the bow and arrow." He said, his eyes twinkling. He seemed to see what Long Qiupeng had told him, where was the exhaustion.
Long Qiupeng nodded, his hand was placed on the Wangshan of the bow and crossbow, and said to Yi: "This is a single crossbow, there are many aspects that need to be considered and improved, but now, I need you to help Dahu adjust this Wangshan, and then it can be put into production." As for what you're talking about, it's going to be revealed little by little. ”
Yi nodded, very excited. It's only when he's excited about it.
The first crossbows and the first version of the sundial were completed almost on the same day, and that day was the day when Dahu was to take the people to the Celestial Maiden's Department.
The night before, Long Qiupeng had already chosen a location in the altar square, marked the direction of due south and north according to the position of the North Star, and waited for the next day's ceremony to place the sundial according to the established position.
This morning, as soon as it was dawn, it was noisy outside. Because three things were going on at the same time today, a grand celebration was held in the tribe, and the elders and leaders of the nearby tribes came to congratulate them. The sub-trees of the Kongsang clan specially prepared a car silk weaving to celebrate the dragon tribe.
The first thing everyone did when they sat down was to fix the sundial. In fact, a wooden sundial was made before, but the sundial was small and a little casual. Dahu felt that it was a passage for him to get close to the will of heaven, so he wanted to make a big one for Long Qiupeng before leaving.
Long Qiupeng felt that he had a heart, so he didn't refuse, so this time, he made a stone sundial, which was bigger and more exquisite. Long Qiupeng even felt that it was more than he had seen in Beijing, such a valuable gift, of course, had to be given in front of everyone at the ceremony to see off Dahu.
The sundial carved in stone is very heavy, and it takes more than a dozen craftsmen to carry it steadily to the designated position.
The sundial was lowered, stirring up a puff of dust, and the sun was so good that it made a clear mark on the sundial. The outer circle of the sundial is Arabic numerals, and the inner circle is the earthly branch of Zichou Yinmao, and it seems that the time was less than nine o'clock from the situation at that time. Long Qiupeng thought that the celebration would officially start at nine o'clock, but the meal would start at twelve o'clock.
So he stood up and explained the purpose of the sundial to the puzzled people: "This sundial is a miracle that leads to the sky, and he knows the movement of the sun and the secrets of the four hours. The sun is a cycle of 365 days, and when a cycle ends, the sunrise and sunset of the sun will coincide. ”
Seeing that everyone's faces were suspicious, Long Qiupeng said indifferently: "Don't believe it, if you don't plan to leave today, just verify it, when the shadow of the sun points there, it will be dark." It doesn't matter, though, when the time comes, I'll get started. ”
As soon as Long Qiupeng finished saying this, he saw that the shadow of the sun had just been drawn to the number 9. There was no order, and everyone started their own activities according to the agreement.
The drums sounded, and the dancers danced. The tribesmen offered delicious fruits and tea to their leaders and guests, all of which were picked by Xi and his people on the back mountain of Xishan Village this spring.
After a burst of singing and dancing, Dahu brought his "construction team" to Long Qiupeng, who as the leader of the Long tribe and the dragon god, blessed and blessed these people one by one.
At this time, two people came up carrying a silk silk about one and a half meters long. The guests had not yet come out of their curiosity about the sundial when they were attracted to the silk again.
Long Qiupeng clapped his hands, and the two of them unfolded the silk silk, and the leaders of the other tribes present were stunned, it was a city, an unprecedented city. Even if there were no physical objects, they could still feel the majesty of the city from the huge map. This is something that the other leaders here dare not think of.
In fact, before leaving, Long Qiupeng had already explained these things to Dahu. Take it out today, and show the strength of those clan elders and tribal leaders here to the warrior Dragon Clan.
Before the celebration began, both the bear and the deer objected to this, showing them the structure of the new city for fear that they would be able to attack it in the future. Long Qiupeng didn't think so, after all, this drawing is not a construction drawing, the real construction drawing, in fact, has already been secretly put away by Dahu, this is more like a rendering.
But compared to this, what made Long Qiupeng more confident was that the Long tribe already had a reason for them not to dare to attack.