Chapter 41 Bow and Arrow
Environmental sanitation in towns is a must. In the past, barbarians did not pay attention to personal hygiene, but later Su Lun forced him to sort out personal hygiene.
The barbarians originally had medium-length hair, and some even had braids, but these guys were too lazy to handle their hair, so their hair was often dirty, and there were even a lot of lice inside, which smelled choking.
Sulun asked the goblin slaves to dig a big hole, then sprinkled lime inside, luring the water from the Red Sha River into the big hole, and then threw all the savages in by himself, so that they would not be allowed to come out without soaking in it for an hour and a half.
After several consecutive compulsory measures, Sulun finally taught these barbarians to pay attention to hygiene. Many barbarians were too lazy to take care of their hair and were afraid of being taught by Sulun, so they finally shaved their hair...
So, except for women, eight of the ten male barbarians were bald. All the barbarian warriors were bald. Now his barbarian guards were bald and muscled men, and they looked very oppressive.
While hunting, the barbarian hunters accidentally caught a few wild horses. Sulun also tried to train the wild horses. However, these wild horses were difficult to train. Sulun and others did not have qualified horse trainers. Some mercenaries could ride horses, but they were just half-baked at training.
Sulun didn't want to give up the cavalry and had no suitable candidates. In the end, he could only build a stable for these wild horses to live in. Maybe by the next year, there would be a few more foals in the stable.
Because of the archer talisman, Su Lun can train archers, and the shooting range in the military camp has been established. At present, the territory also needs a group of archers to increase long-range lethality.
In addition to human factors, archers also account for a large proportion of weapons. It is not easy to make a good bow and arrow. From the selection of materials to the production process, there are many materials, such as the bow tires of bows and arrows, you need to choose good wood.
Even the production process needs to adapt to the season. In winter, analyze the wood, boil the horns in spring, and cure the tendons in summer. In autumn, use glue, paint, and silk to combine the dry, horns and tendons, and finally fix the bow body in the coldest season of winter. Therefore, it takes at least two years to want a good bow and arrow.
Su Lun couldn't wait that long, so he planned to make some bows and arrows first and use them as much as possible. After a while, he would see if he had the chance to go to the centaur tribe in the wilderness to trade some centaur longbows.
Because of the short time, the bows and arrows made by the blacksmith shop are smaller in terms of range and power. However, they can be used as training. The candidates for archers have selected several of them from which mercenaries. Although these mercenaries are average in strength, they have used some of them. The shooting range in General Sulun gave them the training range for them to practice.
There is a lot of red sand in the river channel of the Hongsha River, which is also the reason why Sulun named the river. The mud and sand are very fine and are very useful for laying training grounds. The barbarians are energetic guys. When they have no tasks, they often compete for wrestling, etc.
After the construction of the military camp was completed, the barbarians were happy and liked to fight on the school grounds when they were idle. Now the school grounds were almost turned into a arena. Because the territory lacked entertainment facilities, the barbarians' fights were very popular in the camp, so Sulun allowed them to go.
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Most of the trees on the northern wasteland are pine wood. The wood of pine wood is average and is not the best wood to make bows and arrows. The most commonly used bows and arrows in the Kingdom of Florence is oak or teak. The bow bodies made by these woods are tough and difficult to deform after being air-dried, and the range is also long. They are standard equipment for the Kingdom army.
Of course, although the bows and arrows in the Kingdom of Florence are good, they are still a little worse than those of the Centaur and Half Elves. The effective range of the Florence standard longbow is only about 100 meters. Some excellent archers can hit the target at a distance of 120 meters, while the effective range of the Centaur's bows and arrows reaches 150 meters, or even 200 meters. The same is true for half-elves.
In addition to their superior skills in making bows and arrows, they also have the material of bows and arrows. The centaur longbow uses purple-shirt wood, and is matched with their unique bow making skills. As for the bows and arrows used by the half-elves, it seems to be a special plant they have cultivated.
Purple-shirt wood is expensive and can only grow deep in the northern wastelands. The wood is tough, elastic and plastic. The number of purple-shirt wood obtained in the Kingdom of Florence every year is very small, and most of it is obtained through trading with the Centaur tribe.
It is not easy for Sulun to obtain this kind of wood, unless he also travels through the wasteland and goes further north to find it. Humans have thought about transplanting purple-shirt wood. With the help of wizards, humans successfully transplanted and survived a group of yew trees. However, after transplanting to the human kingdom, the quality of the purple-shirt wood in its success has declined significantly.
Compared with the Centaur, the purple shirt wood is one-third softer, and it is not even as good as the material of oak or teak. The cost is higher than that of teak oak, but the quality is almost the same as that of them. The result is that the purple shirt wood is quickly thrown into the corner and forgotten.
If Sulun wants to develop archers, it is necessary to find a suitable wood. As for trees such as oak and teak, he likes warmer climates. His territory is too northern. Whether it is oak or teak, it will freeze to death in the long winters of the north.
Of course, if Su Lun is rich, he can also buy it directly from the system mall. Since the blacksmith shop was established, various weapons have been sold in the system mall. However, the weapons here are too expensive. A two-handed axe used by the barbarian will cost 150 jinars.
It cost only twenty ginners for him to make one by himself. A short bow costs forty ginners, and a long bow costs one hundred ginners. Sulun is so poor that he can't get a hundred ginners on his body. It can be said that he is the poorest lord in the entire Florence Kingdom now, so Sulun is naturally unable to afford such a price.
Although there were many things in the territory, he was still very pleased to see that the territory was going on every day. Just this afternoon, Gene and Johnson returned to the territory with more than 500 slaves and twenty large trucks of food. The return of the caravan instantly increased the population of Sulun's territory several times.
Chapter completed!