Chapter 4, Bows and Arrows
Compared to the ghost in front of it, this place is like another world, with bright lights and people coming and going. This street is not big, but it is the only commercial street in the vicinity for dozens of miles, with the slave area to the left and the slum area to the right, and the purchasing power of the poor is significantly higher than that of the slaves who have nothing.
The formation of the commercial street lies in purchasing power.
Biscuits, canned food, steamed buns, steamed buns, ham sausages...... What was eaten as a snack before the end of the world is now a staple food, and a luxury food. Because of the radiation problem, there is almost no place to plant and breed on Mars, and all food today is cultivated in greenhouses and produced indoors, as long as it is something to eat, even a peanut, it has become a rare thing.
Liu Wei'an has always been below the poverty line, and today he unexpectedly got 255 copper plates, plus the original savings of 6 copper plates, a total of 261 copper plates, which is the most abundant time in his family in the past three months, but it is far from the point where he can squander.
10 copper plates for a bun, Liu Wei'an took 10 in one go, compressed biscuits 8 copper plates, took 10 yuan, and the rest of the money was all energy tubes, energy tubes 5 copper plates, a total of 16 tubes, and when I went back, there was only one copper plate left in my pocket.
Thanks to the 'looting' game, the money in it is common to the real world. It is worth mentioning that the opening of the war of the end times, the credit crisis is also a very important factor, after the establishment of the three empires, the currency was unified, and the paper money maintained by credit was canceled, and now the currency in circulation on the market is basically three kinds, gold coins, silver coins and copper plates, however, basically copper plates and silver coins, gold coins are still relatively rare.
Passing through the dark streets, the environment of the slave area is no better than the slum area, although after nightfall, because of the cold, most people choose to hibernate, but it cannot be excluded that those who are extremely hungry, in this dark night, there are countless sins every night, like Liu Wei'an, who does not even have an ID card, if there is an accident, there will be no one who even asks.
Although today's society is technologically advanced and civilization is progressing, it is like a troubled time here. Fortunately, there were no accidents along the way, Liu Wei'an felt that it should be too early, if there were still people wandering outside after ten o'clock, they could basically encounter something.
Back in the basement, unsurprisingly, the lights in the room were turned off. Liu Wei'an turned on the light, and Zhao Xin saw the food he was carrying at a glance, the buns were still hot, and his eyes lit up.
"Eat." Liu Wei'an grabbed a bun and ate it in a big gulp, although the long-lost taste is not as delicious as what is made on earth, but for a person who has drunk the energy tube for three months, this is the supreme deliciousness.
Zhao Nannan looked at Liu Wei'an and did not move. The difference between buns and energy tubes, how could she not know? However, after all, he couldn't resist the hope in Zhao Xin's eyes, and he felt sad for a while, and silently grabbed a bun. Zhao Xin cheered softly when she saw her mother doing it, quickly grabbed a bun, and ate it in a big gulp, with a happy smile on her face.
The energy contained in the energy tube can only ensure that people do not die, and there are many trace elements that the human body needs that cannot be provided, after all, the price determines the quality, and taking the energy tube for a long time will turn people into waste, and food must be supplemented every once in a while.
Zhao Nannan stopped after eating a bun, and Zhao Xin came to see that his mother didn't eat it, and he didn't eat it. Liu Wei'an had already finished eating the second one, raised his eyes and glanced at Zhao Nannan, and said softly: "Eat, in the game, I am already on the right path, don't be hungry." ”
Zhao Nannan hesitated for a moment, then grabbed another bun, she knew her daughter very well, if she didn't eat it, she wouldn't eat it. In his heart, he was moved and sad, and lowered his head to prevent Liu Wei'an from seeing his lackluster eyes. Zhao Xin smiled happily and quickly grabbed another bun.
After Liu Wei'an ate three buns, he returned to bed, pondered for a while, grabbed his helmet, and entered the 'plunder' game. Zhao Nannan glanced at him in surprise, but did not speak. Usually, Liu Wei'an has long dragged himself into sleep with fatigue at this point, but today seems to be very different.
The bed is an old-fashioned iron frame bed, divided into two bunks, Liu Wei'an sleeps in the lower bunk, and Zhao Nannan's mother and daughter sleep in the upper bunk. After Zhao Xin finished eating, Zhao Nannan cleaned up the rest of the food and pulled Zhao Xin to bed, the one-meter-two bed was a bit narrow for two people, but Zhao Nannan felt unprecedented warmth.
Entering the game, it's also dark in the game, the time of the World of Warcraft and the human world seems to be synchronized, and there is also a sun in the sky during the day, and it is twenty-four hours a day, the only difference is that the moon at night in the World of Warcraft is red, and it looks very weird.
Because of physical problems, Liu Wei'an has always been online during the day and resting at night, and his physical strength can only support an average of six hours, seven hours is already the limit, and it is the first time to go online at night.
The night in Stone Town was much calmer than during the day, the flow of people was more than half less, some shops were closed, and many people carried torches out of the city or into the city, Liu Wei'an did not have much time to pay attention to these, and hurried out of the city, and then the moonlight, although the light was dim, he could barely make out the road. He went to the direction of the cemetery many times, so that he would not get lost.
The farther away from the city, the fewer pedestrians. After walking for about ten kilometers, there was no longer a single figure on the road, the field was pitch black, only trees, which seemed to be shadows, and the insects made cheerful calls in the grass, and the occasional bird scream was quite scary.
When passing by a forest, Liu Wei'an stopped and began to cut down trees, this forest is iron poplar, there are not many of them, only more than a hundred. Iron poplar, the wood is tough and elastic, and it is an excellent material for making bows.
There are clouds in ancient books: bow-making is mainly made of dry, horn, tendon, glue, silk, lacquer and other materials, also known as 'six materials'. Those who do it think they are far away, those who are think they are sick, those who are tendons think they are deep, those who are glued think they are harmonious, those who are silk are thought they are solid, and those who are lacquered are thought to be affected by frost and dew.
dry, including a variety of wood and bamboo; The main body used to make the bow arm is stacked in multiple layers. The properties of the dry wood play a decisive role in the performance of the bow. The dry timber is on the top of the wood, and the second is the wood, the oak tree, etc., and the bamboo is the bottom. The horns, or animal horns, are made into thin sheets and attached to the inside of the bow arm (abdomen). The main horn used in the bow maker is the horn of the white, the middle and the young, and the horn of the unabundant is preferred; "The horn is two feet long and five inches (nearly fifty centimeters), and the three colors are unreasonable. It is called "cow wearing cow", which is the best horn (the price of a horn is equivalent to a cow, so it is called a cow wearing a cow). The tendons, the tendons of the animal, stick to the outside of the bow arm (back). The role of tendons and horns. All of them enhance the elasticity of the bow arm, so that the arrow is more powerful when it is fired, and the middle object is deeper. The selection of tendons should be small and long, and the large ones should be round and moist. Glue, i.e. animal glue, is used to bond dry materials and corner bars. Six kinds of glue are recommended in the "Examination Record", such as deer glue, horse glue, bovine glue, mouse glue, fish glue, and rhino glue. The preparation method of glue "is generally made by boiling animal skins and other animal tissues (especially muscle cavities) in water, or adding a small amount of lime alkali, and then filtering and steaming. According to the experience of bow making in later generations, fish gelatin made from fish tissue, especially the palatal endothelium and fish fat, is the best. Late Chinese archers used fish glue to make important parts of the bow, that is, the place where the force is bearing. Whereas, it is used in less important places, such as covering the skin. Silk, that is, silk thread, tightly wraps the bow tube of the Fu horn rib with silk thread to make it stronger. The color of the silk beard is bright, as if in water. Lacquer, the prepared bow arm is painted to prevent the erosion of frost and moisture, and the color of the paint must be clear.
It is obvious that Liu Wei'an does not have such time, so the bow he made is the simplest kind, and the iron poplar wood cut down by the torch is baked into a curved shape, and then tied with beef tendons, and it is done.
This is the second time to make a bow, it was done in just an hour, unlike the first time, it took two days, the bow was done, and the next thing is the arrow, a sharp arrow, when it comes to the process, it doesn't have to be much simpler than the bow, however, what Liu Wei'an needs is disposable arrows, so there is no need to be so strict.
However, although it is a one-time use, the material should not be sloppy. Liu Wei'an knew that bamboo was good, but there was no bamboo in this area, so he could only choose wooden poles.
The hardness of iron poplar is sufficient, but elasticity affects accuracy. Liu Wei'an walked about three miles to the northeast on the familiar road, and in the dense woods, it looked gloomy, if he hadn't been here many times, Liu Wei'an really didn't dare to come in alone.
After looking carefully for a while, his eyes lit up, he took a few steps forward, drew his knife and slashed, and soon cut down five or six small saplings the size of his fingers, and then picked them up and ran. This black Buldong is too scary. The startled bird's wings fluttered, and it seemed to be behind him, and Liu Wei'an didn't look back until he ran to the road. He took a few breaths and began to make arrows.
This is an iron birch, hard as iron, straight as a spear, it is difficult to grow, and if it is not for the sharpness of the dagger, it is really not easy to cut them down. A small sapling can be cut into four arrow shafts, exactly twenty-four, peeled and polished, all unnecessary things are removed, and finally the nail clippers from the hands of the rotting corpse are installed, and one arrow is already made.
The arrows of the twenty arrows are carrion fingernails, the arrows of one arrow are animal bones, and there are three that have nothing to install, so Qin Zhou sharpened them, and the twenty-four arrows were made with the flower feathers and pheasant feathers in front of them, and they were all used up.
After the bow and arrow are made, the next thing is to kill the monster, Liu Wei'an hesitated for a moment, and set off towards the cemetery, in the dark night, he went to the cemetery alone, to be honest, he was really a little worried.
There are obviously more monsters in the night than in the day, slipping around, tanuki, bobcat, earth dog, wolf, ...... Liu Wei'an was not sure to shoot them, so he carefully avoided them one by one, and after about an hour and forty minutes, he entered the scope of the cemetery, and it was obvious that the moonlight in this piece of heaven and earth was even lower, and there was no sound.
It seems that because of the shroud of corpse qi, there are basically no creatures like to live in it, there are no monsters running around, there is no sound of insects, Liu Wei'an is not used to it, there is no figure around, gritted his teeth, and strode in.