"Master Tian, ​​how wonderful you are." Jin Shiqi walked over to greet him.

"Master, are you still alive?" Master Tian put on his warm boots and stood up. This guy was quite polite. He looked at Jin Shiqi with a smile, "You have been avoiding me for three years.

.What happened today?”

"Master, the situation is different today."

"I heard you were injured. Why don't you just lie down and rest? What trouble are you making here?"

"No, it's not to cause trouble." Jin Shiqi bowed again and said respectfully: "Master, I know I was wrong. I want to practice bow and arrow."

"You are teasing me again, old man."

"It's true, it's...this time..." Jin Shiqi was so embarrassed that his tongue froze.

Master Na Tian laughed, patted his shoulder and said, "I just heard that you want to compete in archery with the young master of the Wu family?"

"hey-hey."

"What a nonsense." Having said that, Master Tian pointed to the door of the wing and motioned for him to go over.

Jin Shiqi was overjoyed and hurriedly followed Master Tian into the room. He saw all the weapons hanging on the walls, on the shelves, and on the table in the side room, including dozens of bows.

The styles of those bows are very simple, and they are probably the standard weapons of the military camp. If you look closely, you can see that each bow is labeled with the words "five buckets", "eight buckets", and "six buckets and a half", which indicate the strength of the bow.

.In the weights and measures of the Ming Dynasty, 1 stone equaled 10 buckets, and each bucket had a weight of 12 kilograms (the "jin" in the Ming Dynasty was slightly heavier than today).

When Master Tian mentioned bows and arrows, he knew all the treasures at home and introduced the types and functions of bows in great detail.

"The ones here are 'mounted archery bows'. As the name suggests, they are mostly used on horses. The draw force is usually 'four buckets' or 'five buckets', which is relatively light, soft and short, making it easier to draw the bow immediately."

"Here is the 'step bow', which is for professional archers. Look, is it long and stiff? The draw force of this kind of bow is usually 'six buckets' or 'eight buckets'. Very few of them are strong enough.

Men will also choose to use a strong bow that is 'one stone for two fights' or even 'one stone for two fights'."

Jin Shiqi picked up the thickest black walking bow and exclaimed: "Wow! Master, this is the top quality of 'killing six buckets of stone with one stone'! Is it the one you use, master?"

Master Tian: "This bow is only for testing arm strength and cannot be used for combat. Put it down quickly and don't get dirty."

"Master! The one is longer, let me go and have a look." Jin Shiqi ran towards the corner.

"Come back!" Master Tian grabbed him, "That's a pole."

After the introduction, Master Tian asked Jin Shiqi to choose a bow.

Jin Shiqi was self-aware and chose a weak "six and a half" walking bow. Master Tian helped him hang the bowstring, and he couldn't wait to draw the bow.

"Slow! You don't want your finger anymore?" Master Tian hurriedly grabbed him, took off the wrench from his thumb, and handed it to him.

Jin Shiqi suddenly realized that the method he had learned in the archery studio was to use three long fingers to pull the string. This was a bow-drawing method introduced by Westerners. In ancient times, Easterners used their thumbs to hook the string to pull the bow.

Therefore, you must wear a ring finger to prevent your fingers from being cut by the bow string.

Putting on the ring finger, he finally pulled the bow string apart with a "cluck". His arm was struggling, and he quickly calculated in his head: This "six and a half buckets" is equivalent to nearly a hundred kilograms of strength in later generations! A large bucket of soybean oil in the supermarket is less than 10

Jin, a bag of rice is only 20 Jin, a woman weighs 100 Jin...

"I used one finger to seduce a woman!" he exclaimed.

Master Tian waited for a long time and couldn't help but said: "You pull the string."

Jin Shiqi held his breath: "I've... pulled... ah!"

"Pull it behind your ears!"

"Ah?" Jin Shiqi relaxed, and the bowstring bounced back with a "pop".

Master Tian was speechless and took the bow. He pushed it flat with his front hand and pulled it behind his ear with his back hand. The bow string almost became an acute angle! The bow was motionless, and it was obviously full of strength. He paused for a few breaths before slowly letting go.

Said: "This is called opening the bow."...

How could this happen...Jin Shiqi felt sad.

Master Tian smiled and said: "Young Master, don't try to be brave. As the saying goes: 'A soft bow has long arrows, a fast horse has a light sword'. This is the choice of a truly good warrior. Your brother Shijun can shoot a strong bow that can kill two stones with one stone. He usually

All he uses is a six-fighter riding bow."

After hearing this, Jin Shiqi's confidence returned. This time he changed to the softest "cavalry archery bow" with a strength of "Four Dou".

"The softest bow is the weight of a junior high school girl... Ah, I opened it, master, look!"

This young man is in good health and has done a lot of push-ups, so his arm strength is not bad. He sighed in his heart. He didn't expect that the "soft bow" could be so hard. This is the murder weapon. In comparison, he was shooting arrows.

The things I touched in the museum can only shoot rabbits.

Master Tian asked him to slowly let go of the bow string, and taught him some basic knowledge such as the essentials of movements, holding positions, and breathing methods to educate him.

Jin Shiqi was most concerned about tomorrow's contest and what the so-called "win out of three games" rule was. He humbly asked Master Tian for advice, and Master Tian explained it briefly. It turns out that during the Tianqi years, there were three types of evaluations for archery in the army -

"Ten-step riding shooting" is to ride a horse around a target and shoot;

"Twenty-step rapid shooting", using a kneeling position to shoot arrows continuously without pausing;

"Fifty paces shooting", this can be aimed slowly.

The archery target is rectangular, five feet long, half a foot off the ground, and one and a half feet wide. It is basically the projected area of ​​an adult man. An average archer must hit one of three arrows, while an excellent archer is required to hit two.

The person who hits all three arrows is called a marksman.

Jin Shiqi practiced shooting the bow for a while and then asked to shoot arrows. Master Tian shook his head and said: "At the beginning, just practice raising the bow and shooting the bow. Don't be greedy for more or quick."

"No, master, we will have a competition tomorrow. In extraordinary times, extraordinary methods must be used."

The hidden plan in Jin Shiqi's mind is to use scientific methods to improve the bow and use technical means to surpass Wu Sangui. But in the final analysis, he still needs to rely on his own arm strength to shoot the arrow. Therefore, he must have a certain foundation.

Master Tian didn't insist, maybe he thought this guy was just a whim. Master Tian asked his second son, Jin Shijun, to take him to the shooting range in the backyard to shoot arrows. Although the second son was arrogant, he obeyed Master Tian's words. He didn't talk much.

After saying that, he walked outside, and Jin Shiqi hurriedly followed him.

When we arrived at the archery place, under the far corner, there were piles of straw and standard-sized archery targets. "It's so far away!" Jin Shiqi set up a pergola with his hands and stared at the archery target in the distance, "Is this a fifty-step target?

"

Younger brother Shijun opened his lips lightly and said, "It's twenty steps."

It turns out that the "step" calculated by the ancients was to take the left and right legs once each, and the two steps added up to "one step", a distance of nearly 160 centimeters. Jin Shiqi couldn't help but secretly complain, these twenty steps were already longer than the length of the basketball court. If

Isn’t that fifty-foot target the length of a football field?

Jin Shiqi said to his younger brother in the most sincere voice: "Xiao Jun, for the sake of being blood brothers from the same father and mother, please teach me."

"Don't call me Xiaojun."

"Okay, Ajun."

Shijun frowned, took the bow, nocked an arrow and pulled the string, and hit the target with one arrow. "That's it, you practice."

"I didn't see clearly...Hey, Ajun, come back! You...you bastard!"

After his brother left, Jin Shiqi fired angrily, no longer counting on others. He shot ten arrows in a row, but missed one, but his arm began to feel sore. After a few more arrows, the muscles of his shoulder blades began to hurt.

He hurriedly slowed down and couldn't show off at this time. He also had some exercise experience. He knew that the soreness now would turn into severe pain tomorrow, and I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to shoot an arrow by then...

There was also the wrist that was bitten by Su Xiaoniang. Although the muscles and bones were not injured, and expensive medicine was applied, it started to hurt again at this moment.

He slowly adjusted his breathing and slowly stretched his muscles. Jinbao also helped him pat his back and squeeze his shoulders. After practicing for a long time, the eldest son finally got an arrow stuck in the corner of the target, but then missed the target continuously. Only then did he become convinced.

The saying “it takes several years to train an archer” is truly true!

…

An hour later, Jin Shiqi came out of seclusion.

At this time, the sky was getting dark, and the soldiers had already packed up their things. However, the eldest son was still tossing around at the archery range, and the soldiers were too embarrassed to leave. After all, they were receiving food and salary from the Jin family.

Finally, Jin Shiqi walked out of the archery range with his shoulders slanted and his sore arms rubbed.

The second young master, Jin Shijun, coughed and said, "It's all gone." After saying that, he turned around and left.

"Ajun!" Jin Shiqi hurriedly caught up and asked quietly: "Good brother, are you free tomorrow?"

"Brother wants me to pretend to be you and compete in archery? I can't afford to embarrass that person."

"I didn't mean that, you misunderstood... Hey! Don't leave, you really misunderstood... What about you! Hey... come back!"

Jin Shiqi saw Master Tian getting dressed again and hurriedly came over with a smile on his face.

"Hello, Master Tian."

"Hello, Mr. Sir. How was your cum?"

"Master Tian, ​​I'm making rapid progress. I hit two of the last five arrows!"

"Oh, it's just below average. If you've had enough, just give me back the trigger."

"No, Master!" Jin Shiqi suddenly approached him, "Master, actually I have a way to defeat Wu Sangui. I just need your help tomorrow."

Master Tian's face turned cold, "Young Master, I call you Young Master for the sake of General Jin..."

"Master, you misunderstood. I didn't mean to cheat. In fact, I hate cheating the most."

"Sir, don't waste your time. The Wu family's strength is far superior to yours, so you won't lose unjustly. Besides, tomorrow is not a life-or-death showdown, it's just a child's nonsense. So, please keep your eyes open on winning or losing."

"No, no, I do it for my father's face. If I lose..."

"It's not the first time that you have lost your face, Master. It doesn't hurt if you do it one more time." Master Tian suddenly smiled, "The so-called misfortune comes with blessing! If you lose, it will not be bad for you."

After the old guy finished speaking, he turned around and walked away. Jin Shiqi was left standing there stupidly, with a blank look on his face. He thought about the old man's last words, which were probably "You deserve to lose, learn your lesson.

It means "effort" or something like that.

Seeing that the second young master and Master Tian were gone, the soldiers retreated quietly.

"I'm not trying to cheat!" Jin Shiqi looked at the empty courtyard, "Okay, I don't rely on you!"

"Brother, it's getting dark soon." Jin Bao consoled him, "I'm tired today. Go to bed earlier."

"What are you going to wash? My work begins now! Jinbao, prepare a car to go home and prepare to work overtime!"

…

Jin Shiqi hurried back to the house with Jinbao and rushed into the study.

Jinbao lit the lamp, found pen and ink, and spread paper on the table. Jin Shiqi found that the brush was not useful, so he took out a few sticks of charcoal from the stove and started drawing.

Jinbao picked up the wick next to him and asked curiously: "Young Master, what are you drawing? The stick is pointed like a dung fork..."

"Don't talk nonsense, this is a winning bow!"

When he said this, the eldest son's eyes flashed with golden light.

The reason why Jin Shiqi dared to meet Wu Sangui's challenge was because he knew that there would be a kind of people living in the distant future, and their archery skills would be even more outstanding.

That's the archery player.

The bows in the hands of athletes are by no means the simple bows of ancient times, but are equipped with a full set of auxiliary equipment, mainly divided into two categories: "shock absorption" and "aiming"...

The most critical thing is the sight.

Although Teacher Jin has never been exposed to real sights, he used archery as an example when he talked about "gravity" in physics class. After playing in the archery hall several times, he also thought about buying a high-end set.

Bows and arrows, I also went online to look at the products. However, I gave up due to price factors, lack of venues, and waning enthusiasm.

But the shapes, functions, and physical principles of those appliances are all in his head.

Archers in ancient times relied on vision and intuition developed through years of hard training to estimate the offset. However, athletes in later generations had sophisticated equipment.

Archers in ancient times relied on iron hands and steel fingers developed through years of hard training to improve their accuracy, while athletes of later generations could use industrialized products to reduce the shock during archery.

At this moment, those sophisticated equipment are gradually being drawn on Jin Shiqi's paper.

…

An hour later, when the eldest young master was diligently drawing and calculating data under the lamp, Jin Cai came back covered with frost.

When he went to the side courtyard to practice bow and arrow, Jin Shiqi asked Jin Cai to help him buy some tools and materials to prepare for him to make a "winner's bow" overnight. Jin Cai lived up to his mission and brought back a full set of axes and saws.

Chisels, ink line pots and other tools.

"Brother, we really don't have any special tools at home. I went to the carpenter's camp to find them." Jin Cai smiled and came closer, "I also got some information about the carpenter Su's family.

, do you want to hear it!”

"Ah, come on." Jin Shiqi immediately pricked up his ears.
Chapter completed!