Chapter 103 Archery Competition

The reason why this archery stall attracted Liu Hou's attention was because there were two teenagers competing in archery at the archery stall, one of whom he still knew. Both of them are thirteen or fourteen years old, both wearing the uniforms of the Royal Academy of the "Ministry of Industry", one of them has red lips and white teeth, a slightly slender body, and a sense of nobility, at first glance, he is a well-maintained young master of a rich and noble family.

The other was stout, wheat-skinned, and although he was young, he had a faint sense of fierceness. Both of them have good archery skills, only listen to the three sounds of "tuk tuk tuk", the slender young man's three arrows are shot in the red heart, causing a cheer around, the boss has a black face, and continues to hand over the arrows to the young man, after all, the young man just left a tael of silver, even if he wants to shoot a thousand arrows are enough.

The slender boy handed the bow and arrow to the sturdy boy, and the sturdy boy took the bow and arrow, and without saying a word, he also bent the bow and shot the arrow, and the three arrows of "Tuk Tuk" were shot out, and the three arrows were all in the heart. There was another round of cheering. The bow and arrows were returned to the slender boy's hands, and he shot three more arrows at the heart.

If so, the two sides shoot three arrows back and forth, each arrow of the two is shot in the red heart, the surrounding laughter is thunderous, the face of the boss of the archery stall is getting darker and darker, I didn't expect to meet two masters today, according to this situation, the prize he prepared must be lost, it seems that today is going to lose money, and it is a big loss.

The battle between the two continued, until after each had shot a dozen arrows, the slender boy gradually showed fatigue, and it was evident that his arm was already sore, for the hand in which he drew the bow began to tremble, until one time when it was his turn to shoot an arrow, the hand in which he drew the bow suddenly shook, and the arrow shot crookedly, and it reached the edge of the target, and he took another arrow, and tried to pull the bow again, but he let it go after pulling it halfway.

He crossed slapping and pinching his two sore arms in frustration, and said in his mouth: "No, no, you pervert, how strong is your physical fitness?" Why don't I get tired after shooting so many arrows in a row, my arms are so sore that I can't pull it, I can't pull it. ”

"Then you're admitting that your archery skills are not as good as so-and-so?" The sturdy boy said.

"Hmph, somewhere is not as good as you in archery, and it's clear that your body is not as perverted as you. There are so many arrows shot in front of you, somewhere is worse than you? Now it's just a loss of strength. If you change to a fire# gun that doesn't require so many bodies, even if you compare it for another hour, you may not be able to win a certain one. The slender boy said.

"Hmph, if you change the fire # gun subject, you will also lose, because your speed is too slow, and your loading speed is not as fast as that, although your accuracy is not lost to so, but according to the assessment items of the fire # gun, one of them is the reload speed, so you will still lose." The sturdy young man snorted.

"In the end, it's not a matter of physical fitness, you still rely on physical fitness to win." The delicate boy was not angry.

"If you win physically, you will also win, don't be unconvinced, prince, oh, no, now it should be the emperor, the emperor once left a message in the academy of 'civilize its spirit, barbarize its body'. It can be seen that physical fitness is indeed very important, and the emperor has long noticed this and is in favor of this. Look at you, weak and slender, and dare to say that you are most eager to go to the battlefield, and if you really let you go to the battlefield in the future, you will not be able to move your gun, and see how you still fight. The sturdy boy said.

"Now the most important thing in fighting a war is strategy, the art of war, after having firearms, the courage of the horseman is meaningless, no matter how strong the body, no matter how strong the martial arts, a shot can be knocked down. Why don't we try the art of war? The slender boy said disdainfully.

"Compare and compare, who is afraid of whom, let's go back to the academy and use the form of sand table deduction to compete, this time we can't afford to lose again." As he spoke, the sturdy young man raised his legs and prepared to leave, but the slender young man followed, not remembering to take the prize from the archery stall owner, nor did he ask him to settle the remaining advances.

Seeing this, the owner of the arrow stall couldn't help but be overjoyed, these two young masters don't remember the matter of archery, it couldn't be better for him, today he not only doesn't have to lose a lot, but can make a lot of money.

The slender young man followed the sturdy young man without taking two steps, looked up, and saw Liu Hou and others in the crowd in front of him, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then, suddenly came to his senses, and said, "The emperor......"

But before his words could be spoken, Liu Hou had already preemptively said loudly: "Cousin, don't come unharmed." As he spoke, he gave him a look.

The slender young man's tone was suffocated, and he immediately came to his senses, and hurriedly said, "Uncle Huang, why are you here?" ”

This slender young man is an acquaintance of Liu Hou, he is about the same age as Liu Hou, but he is a generation younger than Liu Hou. He is Mi Zhu's grandson and the current son of Zongzheng Mi Wei. Liu Bei married Mi Zhu's sister-in-law, Mi Zhu is Liu Bei's brother-in-law, Mi Wei is Liu Hou's cousin, and this Mi Zhao is naturally Liu Hou's cousin.

In ancient times, people got married early and had children for a long time, often the first child has grown into a # person, or even married and had children, and the last child has not yet been born. In this way, it is not uncommon for younger people to be much taller than older people.

This is the case with Liu Hou and this Mi Zhao, the two are about the same age, but they are a generation apart. Mi Zhu scattered all his family wealth to support Liu Bei to fight the world, and followed Liu Bei all the way from Xuzhou to Yizhou, which can be described as Liu Bei's diehard, plus Mi Zhu also married his sister to Liu Bei, and the two became relatives, so Liu Bei trusted Mi Zhu's family, and the two families had a very close relationship.

Because Liu Hou resolved the crisis in Jingzhou and made the plan to cross the river in white clothes of Eastern Wu fail, the surrender of Mi Fang's younger brother Mi Fang to Sun Quan did not happen in history, and the two families would have been separated from each other because of this incident.

In addition, in the past few years, many of the products produced by the "Ministry of Industry" have been sold to the three countries by the Mi family, a former big businessman, and the Mi family is still the Liu family's closest relatives, comrades-in-arms, and business partners at this time.

Liu Hou and Mi Zhao have actually known each other since childhood, although Liu Hou is mostly nested in the "Ministry of Industry", but the two still move around from time to time, so the two recognize each other when they meet.

"Hehe, I and your cousins-in-law stayed at home all day, and it was boring, so I went out for a walk to relieve my boredom. What's the matter, are you trying your hand at archery? Liu Houdao.

Mi Zhao also saw Zhang Xingcai and the other three queens at this time, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute one by one, saying "Hello cousin-in-law".

Liu Hou pointed to the sturdy young man and asked, "Who is this little brother?" Good archery. ”

"His name is Kong Ci, and he is a classmate of a certain family." Mi Zhao hurriedly said. Kong Ci saw that although this "cousin" was young, he was dressed luxuriously and had an extraordinary bearing, and he thought that he was not an ordinary person, so he hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute and said, "Student Kong Ci has seen Gongzi. ”

Liu Hou waved his hand, he listened to Mi Zhao and Kong Ci's reply, walked into the arrow stall, took the bow, and said: "I haven't shot an arrow for a long time, in fact, archery is quite fun, I used to like to play, and I happened to meet it today, so let's try it." ”

Zhao Tong took two steps forward, snatched the quiver in the hand of the arrow stall owner, took all the arrows over, and held them in front of Liu Hou. Liu Hou casually drew an arrow, "duke" the ground, and shot out, but unfortunately, Liu Hou's archery skills that were neglected to practice were really not good, although the arrow did not miss the target, but there was still some distance from the red heart.

After shooting five arrows in a row, the arrows could hit the target, but none of them hit the red heart. Liu Hou put down his bow in a daze, and said to himself: "Oh, I haven't practiced for a long time, and I have really regressed a lot, if I show it to Uncle Huang, I am afraid that I will be angry to death." ”

In fact, bows and arrows are not easy to practice, a qualified archer often has to go through several years of training before it can be used, Liu Hou did not miss the target, in fact, he is already stronger than many soldiers, as for the red heart in the arrow, that is the master of the master can do it.

On the contrary, the training cycle of the fire # spearman is much shorter, and the requirements for the user are reduced, which is one of the reasons why the early fire # gun is not as powerful as the bow and crossbow, but it can quickly replace the bow and crossbow.

Liu Hou's archery technique was instructed by Huang Zhong, and the uncle Huang in his mouth was referring to Huang Zhong, but Huang Zhong had passed away the year before last, although he said this in his mouth, but he also knew in his heart that Huang Zhong would not be angry with himself again.

There was a time when he was diligent in practice, and he used to be able to shoot ten arrows, and there were 7 or 8 arrows in the heart, but in the past few years, he has been busy with battles and has no time to practice archery, and his archery level has regressed a lot.

The skills of archery and martial arts are like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat. Therefore, in the past year, he has rarely competed with Guan Xing and Zhang Bao, because the two of them led the troops in the army, were diligent in practice, and their martial arts had made great progress, but he was busy with various affairs and neglected to practice.

Since you can't beat it, it's useless to make a fool of yourself. That's one of the prices you have to pay as a leader. A person's time and energy are limited, and it is impossible to be all-encompassing, and it is always impossible to be proficient in all skills, and it is always necessary to focus on it. His status is destined to allow him to only focus on civil governance, and martial arts can only be sacrificed.

No one cheered the people around, because most of them couldn't shoot all five arrows at the target, although Liu Hou's archery skills can't be said to be top-notch, but they are also qualified, and it is still okay to enlist as an archer. However, the three daughters around Liu Hou all covered their mouths and chuckled.

"Let's let the concubine give it a try." Zhang Xingcai took the bow in Liu Hou's hand and spoke.

When everyone saw a beautiful woman with a graceful and luxurious appearance about to shoot an arrow, they were also excited for a while, and they all looked at her with wide curious eyes. At the scene, except for the people brought by Liu Hou and the photos that knew the roots, no one believed that such a delicate and noble girl could also shoot arrows.

Zhang Xingcai was not ambiguous at all, took out the arrows from the quiver handed over by Zhao Tong, "Tuk Tuk Tuk", three arrows in a row cleanly, and the arrows hit the red heart.

"Good!" There was a burst of cheers and applause. Everyone didn't expect that this noble girl could really shoot arrows, not only could she shoot, but also obviously her archery skills were very high, better than the previous son. So the crowd began to whisper:

"What a powerful little lady, this archery technique is more than enough to be a general in the army."

"At such a young age, archery is so powerful, how do you say people practice?"

"Who said that women are inferior to men, Yu Mou, look, this woman is more powerful than ordinary men."

Of course, there are also unpleasant words: "Look at it, look at it, this rich boy is really useless, even his wife can't compare." ”

"Such a powerful little lady, she must be very strong in ordinary times, you say, marry such a capable woman and go home, how can the husband be able to revitalize in the future?"

"Women don't let their eyebrows go." Liu Hou gave a thumbs up and praised Zhang Xingcai. He didn't care at all about the derogatory or positive comments of the people around him, and his face was as thick as his name.