After settling the affairs of the field and the fleet, Surin took a large group of people to prepare to go up the mountain early in the morning.

The purpose of this trip to the mountain was threefold: one was to plant the fruit tree saplings that had been bought, the second was to cut down the trees and prepare timber for the construction of the ship, and the third was to find trees suitable for bowing.

Throughout the history of our country, we can find that the heavy cavalry of the Han Dynasty, so the bow and arrow were popular, and the Song Dynasty had few horses, so the crossbow was vigorously developed, and it can be seen that the number of cavalry is an important factor in deciding to match the bow or crossbow.

When he came, Surin found that there were a lot of war horse resources here, so there would definitely be a large number of cavalry in the future, so he chose to build a large number of bows and arrows instead of crossbows.

However, a batch of crossbows will also be made, and they will be coordinated with bows and arrows when the time comes, after all, they are the main long-range strike weapons in this era.

They were accompanied by people from shipyards such as Prang and Schliman, who went in search of timber suitable for shipbuilding.

The biggest takeaway from Horto's trip was that Surin found a few people who could make bows and arrows, and Tim was one of them, the oldest and most experienced, and he would lead a group of people to find the most suitable wood for the bow in the mountains.

When he reached the foot of the mountain, Surin saw that a large area of forest had been cut down, leaving only bare stumps, which was undoubtedly very sad for him, a person with a 21st century environmental consciousness.

But now I have to do this, because I have to consume a lot of wood fuel every day, whether it is daily life or a blacksmith shop, I have to get tens of thousands of catties of wood every day, and with the development of the town, the future development will continue to intensify.

Su Lin also made some countermeasures before, such as cutting as many saplings as he could, but this method only treats the symptoms but not the root cause, after all, it will take more than ten years for the saplings to grow up.

In addition, he asked the people in the town to burn charcoal, which is the product of incomplete combustion of wood, which can exert more heat, which can be regarded as a little slowing down the process of tree cutting!

After seeing these stumps, Surin also knew that he had to find a new energy source to replace wood, otherwise in a dozen years, all the books on the mountain would be cut down, and all kinds of environmental problems would emerge in an endless stream.

Then Surin separated from the others and led a group of people carrying the saplings up the mountain.

However, all the way was dense in Surin, and there was no vacant land at all, so I could only continue to walk.

After reaching the halfway point of the mountain, Su Lin came to the foot of a cliff more than ten meters high, and this cliff stretched for several kilometers, and it would take most of the day to die if he wanted to get around.

Then he looked at the people behind him and asked, "Have you ever been up to anything?"

"No, we don't usually come here, let alone go up, but the wild people should have been there. One of them replied.

"Savages?" Hearing this, Su Lin was stunned for a moment, thinking that there were still savages on this mountain.

Felicia, who was on the side, saw the confusion on his face and opened her mouth to explain: "It's the barbarians of the Tariq tribe, they are all jokingly called so. ”

"I see. ”

Now Surin also knew that the two of them also got along very well, otherwise they wouldn't have teased each other before.

Then he had people go and call Tariq up, and at the same time let people start making rope ladders, which would definitely be usable later.

After a while, Tariq rode up with a few young men, and when he saw Su Lin, he immediately said, "Lord Duke, I heard that you are looking for me?"

Su Lin nodded, then looked at the cliff and said, "Have you ever been up before?"

"Yes, don't look at the cliff as it is very high, but the young people of our tribe can go up. Tariq replied with a smile.

"What's up there?"

Hearing this, Tariq immediately had an intoxicated expression on his face, and after a while he spoke, "There is a large clearing above, and there is a lot of fruit in it. ”

Hearing this, Su Lin was also overjoyed, there were really fruit trees on the secret road, so he hurriedly asked them to hurry up.

Then the four young men climbed up one after another with rope ladders, only to see them grasping the raised stones with both hands, relying on their strong arm strength to climb up, with the taste of middle rock climbers.

After going up, they fixed the rope ladder, and the people began to go up slowly, and finally hung the saplings up.

After Felicia went up, Surin motioned for Shi'an to go up, but she kept shaking her head, with a hint of fear on her face.

Seeing this, he knew that this girl must have a fear of heights, so he climbed up first, and at first glance he saw a large dense field of grape branches with green grapes on it.

At this time, he looked at Shi'an below and tempted: "There are a lot of delicious foods on it, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it if you don't come up." ”

As soon as he heard that there was something to eat, Shi An's eyes immediately lit up, and then he climbed up with a sigh without a trace of hesitation at all.

Su Lin stood on the edge of the cliff and looked down, there was a feeling of seeing the mountains, the town could be seen vaguely, and the surrounding scenery was also in sight, a verdant, spreading mountain range, from time to time a flock of birds flew by, it was really a holy place in the world.

Then everyone continued to set off, Surin looked at this large vineyard, and his heart was also happy, not only did he have another fruit, but he could also make pure wine when the time came, and he would get brandy after purifying it.

It took them an hour to cross the vineyard, and then in front of them was a large meadow, where they could already see the snow-capped mountains in the distance.

Then Surin asked people to start planting saplings here, and at the same time, he also carefully observed the surroundings, and found that the climate here is relatively humid and the sun is abundant, which is very suitable for the growth of trees.

After telling the story to continue, he took Felicia and Shi'an into the distance to see if there was anything new to discover.

After walking for a while, they saw a small river meandering down from the top of the mountain, which was formed by the melting snow from the top of the mountain and spread all the way to the town at the foot of the mountain.

Su Lin walked to the river and looked at the crystal clear drinking water, and couldn't help but put his hand in, and suddenly felt a little ice, and then picked it up and took a sip, a chill penetrated the whole body.

Shi'an also learned from him to take a sip at this time, only to feel that his teeth were cold, and he quickly spit it out, and complained at the same time: "It's so cold, why are you okay?"

"I'm fine, I'm rough and thick, I guess you're too delicate!" Su Lin also joked.

"yes, but I think I'm older than you!"

"It's useless to be older than me, who told you to have a brain on your chest. ”

At the same time, Tim and Shuriman were leading a group of people around a tree more than ten meters high, carefully observing, and scratching on it with knives, and their mouths kept discussing.

After Surin came down, he told Tariq to dig a path out of the cliff, otherwise he would have to climb up and down every time, which would be very troublesome.

At this time, he saw Schriemann and the others getting together, so he walked over and asked, "How is it?

Hearing his question, Schleiman immediately replied: "Lord Duke, look at this purple shirt, the trunk is straight, there are almost no forks, the grain is tight, and it is also resistant to insects and corrosion, and it is a good shipbuilding wood. ”

As soon as the words fell, Tim also chimed in: "Lord Duke, the purple shirt is very suitable for making bows and arrows, and the bows made of this material are tough and can shoot far. ”

Hearing their words, Su Lin also nodded in agreement, purple shirt wood is indeed very suitable as a variety of building materials, strong and durable, and it is also the best material for making longbows.

Then he looked at Tim and asked, "How long does it take to make a longbow?"

After hearing this, Tim replied directly: "Generally, you can do it in a day." ”

Then Su Lin asked, "What if it's a recurve bow? It's the kind that is curved on both sides and has a little amplitude." ”

"That kind of one will take three or four days, and you have to choose other materials. Tim pondered for a moment and replied.

The reason why Surin asked this was to create a suitable soft bow for cavalry, the longbow was only suitable for infantry, and it was impossible for cavalry to draw a longbow of one meter and five meters on a horse, so it was necessary to use a recurve bow.

The bows and arrows of this era were generally longbows, after all, they were simple to make and powerful, so Surin would make them in large quantities, while recurve bows did not need much.

He also wanted to make the ancient recurve compound bow in his previous life, but time waits for no one, a bow has to use six materials, and it takes three years to make it, and he doesn't have that much time now.

After assigning the task, Surin instructed Gordon, the infantry captain next to him, "From today onwards, all the soldiers will stop training and help cut down trees and make bows and arrows, you know?"

"Yes, Lord Duke. Gordon replied with a serious face.

Then the 1,000-odd soldiers were brought up and began to cut down trees, some of which were used to make bows, and some of which were left to dry in the sun for future use as materials for shipbuilding.

Soon after, a hill of wood was piled up in the clearing below the foot of the mountain, and some people continued to cut down the trees, while others followed Tim to learn how to make bows.

Shi An also looked like a curious baby at this time, wandering around, and stretched out her neck to see how they bowed.

Tim began to use a knife to cut the purple shirt wood into a straight pole, then tied ropes to both ends, and then placed it on a bracket with a vertical row of string grooves.

At this time, Tim slowly pulled the bowstring into the first string slot, and put it aside after this step last night.

Seeing this, Shi'an couldn't help but ask: "Why do you do this? Can't you just bend the bow directly, and how convenient it is to roast it with fire!"

As soon as he heard this, Su Lin also explained with a smile: "This process is called bow taming, and the bow cannot be bent all at once, otherwise it will either be broken or lose its elasticity, let alone roasted with fire, which will reduce the opening force of the bow." ”

Shi'an also showed a sudden realization after hearing his explanation, as if she understood.

Su Lin knew that the longbows were more than one meter five, much longer than other bows, which was an inevitable choice for a single bow to increase or decrease its power, while those composite bows made of various materials were much shorter, and relatively speaking, it took longer to manufacture.

Now he's in a race against time, so everything has to be simple.