Some time ago, Sima Cheng practiced martial arts every day, and Yang Hui went to the house every day to watch him and accompany him, but since that day, Sima Cheng suddenly stopped entering the school field, and Yang Hui was idle all of a sudden.

In addition, at that time, Yi Xue and Sima Lie were tense, and King Jing had withdrawn from the royal power struggle on the surface, and during the day, Yang Wei could not blatantly train his troops, so he mostly stayed in the mansion and rarely went out.

Although Shen Xing and Yang Wei are both Sima Jing's right-hand men, one of them is a writer, and the other is good at martial arts, and the things in their minds and things in their hands are not very different.

There are not many private contacts, and they are even a little out of place. When he was still in Yizhou, Yang Wei danced knives and guns in the armory all day long, or shouted orders in the training ground, while Shen Xing stayed under the eaves every day to read books and set up formations, quietly studying the art of war.

In this way, Shen Xing seemed to be the first time to go to the Yanghui Mansion alone, and when he just walked to the door, he couldn't help but hesitate. At this moment, a girl walked over, looking like a maid, and saluted Shen Xing respectfully.

Shen Xing saw that she was about thirteen or fourteen years old, and Yang Huan was surrounded by men on weekdays, why did there suddenly be a girl in the house? He didn't speak, but was puzzled, but the girl spoke first:

"This lord, are you here to find General Sheep?"

Shen Xing had never seen this girl, but seeing her watery eyes flashing one after another, her eyebrows and eyes showed a smart look, and she was not timid when she saw him as a stranger, so she couldn't help but look at this girl a little differently.

After listening to the girl's question, Shen Xing nodded, and the girl welcomed him in.

Yang Xing's mansion is not big, and Shen Xing has no servants along the way, the girl is in front, and she walks towards the inner courtyard with Shen Xing, looking at her back, Shen Xing suddenly remembered, if you really want to say, this matter is actually his idea.

At that time, Sima Lie raided King Jing's mansion, in order to prevent Yi Xue from revealing his identity, he made up a lie, saying that Yi Xue was an orphan girl who came back with General Yang, and later for the sake of insurance, he soon really arranged a girl to take care of Yang Hui's food, clothing and daily life.

It may be that he rarely has contact with women, and Yang Wei seemed to be a little unhappy at first, but Shen Xing heard that the girl he found lost her father and mother in the war, and she was not less hungry and cold on weekdays, and was bullied by other children, but she was not the type to be messed with, and she had fought with boys, and she was on an equal footing.

When he arrived at the inner courtyard, Shen Xing saw a large recliner like a swing in the courtyard, the recliner was suspended in the air, a long horizontal log was connected to the top, and there were wooden frames on both sides to support it, and there was a person lying on it, who seemed to be taking a nap with his eyes closed, and his face looked very pleasant.

The warm spring light and the slight wind, I don't know if it is the wind or the people, the recliner also gently shakes, there is indeed a bit of sleepy taste, but the situation in the Dayu court is changing, which makes people lose the feeling of appreciating the spring color.

Seeing this, Shen Xing couldn't help frowning slightly, and when he was thinking about how to wake up the person, the girl next to him had already taken a step, and the girl quickly stepped forward and pushed the chaise longue, the chaise longue hung in the air, and when she pushed it, it turned around, and the person fell directly to the ground.

"Oops!" Sure enough, it's a sheep.

The corners of Shen Xing's mouth twitched slightly, I heard that in order to hide people's eyes and ears, Yang Hui would train at night.

Dressed in plain coarse cloth clothes, with a loose belt,

Maybe it's the general's mansion, before Shen Xing came, there were mostly open spaces in the courtyard, and there were only a few big trees with plants.

Bows and arrows are the best weapons that can be prepared on an improvised basis, and they are easy to prepare. It only takes a short time and you will be a beneficiary when you use them.

It's better to have a completely dry and sturdy marblewood material, and you should be able to make a good bow when you don't. If you expect to be in the area for several months, you should stock up on some fine marblewood.

Other marbles will have a shorter lifespan, so you can make a few more bows, and when you lose your elasticity, use another one.

Yew trees are ideal for bow making, and there are about five species of yew trees, but not all of them are common.

Others such as oak, willow, hickory, cedar, ironwood, elm, cypress, birch and hemlock are ideal for bow-making.

The raw material should be a straight part of the middle of the trunk, with a uniform texture, and no or as few knots as possible. Cut off most of the sapwood of the log to obtain a cross-sectional square and the length of the archer's bowed back material, from the cross-section, to take the middle part, half of the wood core, half of the sapwood.

The core is relatively soft and compression-resistant, and is placed on the inside, while the hard tensile sapwood is used on the outside. This can be judged by looking at the wood grain in the cross-section, with the relatively sparse side being the outside.

By cutting one side of the wooden core, the material is trimmed to a thickness in the middle and a little thinner at both ends, and then the two ends are slightly narrowed by the two sides, slightly like a flat shoulder. The two ends are further trimmed into an octagonal shape with a planer.

In the trimming, it is necessary to achieve a smooth surface, symmetrical at both ends, and consistent thickness in order to exert force evenly. Once the shape has been cut, a flexure test is performed to check whether the elasticity of the bow's segments is uniform.

Because it is difficult to be completely uniform with naturally grown wood, there may be some places that are harder, some places are softer, and the strength may not be the same just because the shape is uniform. Therefore, it is necessary to correct it through observation and make the hardness area slightly thinner. The dorsal aspect of the arch is darker, and the medial aspect is slightly lighter.

"The one who bows, kneading the wood and the string is the arrow". The most important process of making a bow is to bend it.

The longbow has a simple rounded arc shape, and there is no complex shape of the Celestial Empire Angular Bow that curves back. If you don't need to roast the bow, it will reduce the tension of the bow, and you won't be able to bend it all at once, so that the back of the bow will not break and cause internal injuries and lose its elasticity.

The process of bending is called "taming the bow", which is to allow the bow back to gradually adapt to the bending. To do this, you need a special bracket. The bracket can be made of hardwood, with a groove dug vertically at one end to support the bow, and the other end managed to be fixed vertically to the ground.

Tie the rope to both ends in the relaxed state of the bow back, put the center of the bow back on the groove of the bracket, use even force, slowly pull the string, and hang it into the first string groove, and the bow back is slightly bent.

At this time, it is necessary to carefully check whether the curve of the bow is smooth and even, mark the areas that are too stiff, relax the bow back and trim and fine-tune until you are satisfied.

Then pull the rope apart, gradually increase the opening and hang the groove downward, and keep trimming the bow back until a satisfactory and uniform arc is formed.

Every three or four chord grooves are added, and the rope can be tightened. This process should not be rushed, especially before each increase in the opening, it is best to let the arch back "rest" so that the internal stresses can be relieved to avoid damage to the wood.

Don't tighten too much each time, it's best to tighten one inch at a time. When the full bow opening that is suitable for the archer is reached, the bow is tamed.

Refers to the maximum opening that the archer can pull out, which is equivalent to the distance from the palm to the chest when the arm is stretched out. At this time, remove the bracket and brush the arch back with several layers of linseed oil as a moisture protection layer.

When the oil is dry, you can hang the strings. The bowstring is made of sheep intestines or tendon tanning, and the elasticity and toughness are very good. The fixed opening when hanging the string is controlled by the distance between the bowstring and the center of the bow back to reach the height of the fist.

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