Afterwards, Shang Yi immediately began rigorous training for the regiment soldiers. At the beginning, it was still training on formation and physical fitness. Because after the summary of the village fight with Wangjia Datun, the regiment soldiers also realized discipline and
The importance of formation, so the attitude towards training has become much more serious. After fifteen days of hard training, and of course thanks to the service of sticks, the discipline and formation of the regiment soldiers have also been greatly improved. They look good when they go out.
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At the same time, the physical fitness of the villagers has also been significantly improved. Since they are the main force, each of them eats two taels of meat every other day, so their complexions are much rosier, and they walk with great vigor and vigor.
Powerful every step.
After today's training, Shang Yi began to announce to the regiment soldiers that starting from tomorrow, they will conduct boxing and weapons training. The regiment soldiers were very excited after hearing this, because queue training and physical fitness training are very boring.
, it’s finally time to get something new, and training in boxing and weapons is what the regiment’s soldiers look forward to most.
After the regiment was disbanded, Shang Yi was about to return to Qingshui Village, when he saw Tong Fang and Lu Shi coming to him with excited faces.
Tong Fang and Lu Shi were both brothers from Tang Town. One was a blacksmith and the other was a carpenter. They were both technicians. Shang Yi naturally knew the importance of technical work, so he did not ask the technicians in the village to join the militia, but invited them to join the militia.
They also organized themselves to uniformly produce the tools needed by the militia.
It turned out that both of them brought Shang Yi their latest products. When Tang Zhen, Jiang Yiqu, Bao Tonggang, Wang Xin, You Hongliang and others saw it, they all came over to see what they had made.
What kind of stuff was there? He couldn't wait to bring it to Shang Yi without waiting for his return. Even Zhou Shaohuan, Tong Dayong, Cheng Jin, Cheng Gang and other young people gathered around to watch the fun.
What Tong Fang brought was a gleaming big knife. Shang Yi took the knife in his hand and felt it was heavy, weighing about six or seven kilograms. The whole knife was more than four feet long, and the blade was three feet six inches long and four inches wide.
It has a hand guard and a twelve-inch handle, so it can be used with either one hand or both hands.
Tong Fang said: "Chief Teacher, I made steel according to the method you taught me. It took me more than ten days of hard work and destroyed more than ten knives. Finally, I made the kind of knife you want. This kind of knife is not only tough but tough."
Well, it can be broken and bent very quickly, and ordinary swords will break as soon as they touch it. Now I have made four of them, and they are all of the same quality."
After hearing this, Tang Zhen was dubious and asked, "Is it really that powerful?" After that, he asked a regiment soldier for a single sword and said to Shang Yi, "Here, let's try the sword."
Shang Yi nodded, and the two of them slashed at each other with their swords at the same time. There was a "dang" sound, and the single sword in Tang Zhen's hand was broken. Everyone shouted in unison, saying: "What a good sword, what a good sword!"
Tong Fang said proudly: "I have been working with iron for a lifetime, and this is the first time I have made such a good knife. And using the steel made in this way to make a knife, you can make a knife in less than a day."
Tang Zhen was also shocked and said: "You can make one in less than a day? Does that mean that as long as there is enough pig iron, we can all use this kind of knife soon?"
Tong Fang nodded and said: "That's natural. I didn't expect the chief teacher to know how to make steel. If he hadn't taught me, I'm afraid I, Tong, wouldn't be able to shoot such a good knife."
Shang Yi was amused. This was actually a technology that used to mix pig iron and wrought iron in southern China to quickly produce steel. It was called "Suzhou Steel" in history. It was originally the highest technology for steelmaking in China in this era. It is only limited by the region and has not spread throughout the country. However, Shang Yi recorded this process in detail on his computer, and also proposed some improvement methods in steelmaking, so it is more advanced than Suzhou Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. Even better. In Tong Fang's view, this was naturally Shang Yi's idea.
After hearing this, everyone else looked at Shang Yi with admiration in their eyes.
Shang Yi said: "Okay! Old boy, you have done a good job. You have made such regiment steel. In the future, our militia's weapons will be even better. I will reward you well when you get back."
At this time, Lu Shi saw that Shang Yi and everyone were surrounding Tong Fang, praising his newly-made sword. He became a little anxious and rushed to say: "Chief teacher, look at me, I will also give you the bow you want." It's done." He said and handed over an extra-large bow.
Shang Yi handed the sword to Tong Fang and took the bow.
It turned out that Shang Yi discovered that although there were still some bows in the hands of the militia, their range was not very far, that is, about forty or fifty meters. Such bows and arrows would not be of much use on a formal battlefield. And the bow-making technology of this era Not only is it complicated and expensive, it requires glue, paint, and horns, and the cycle is extremely long. It takes at least half a year to make a bow with an ordinary range of about 80 to 100 meters, and a bow with a range of 100 meters. A strong bow over fifty meters would take several years. Therefore, it was impossible to make a bow using the bow-making techniques of this era.
So Shang Yi searched for a long time on the computer and finally found what he needed to play with - how to make a copycat version of the Scottish longbow. This was originally posted by an enthusiast netizen who Shang Yi saw on a military forum. Post, Shang Yi originally planned to make one for fun when he had time, but he never had the time. As a result, it was delayed until more than 360 years ago before it could be implemented.
The best material for making a Scottish longbow is yew, but yew is a precious wood. Not only is it not available in Shandong, even Shang Yi can't afford it. However, elm can be used. The netizen used elm to make it. A copycat version of the Scottish longbow is released.
The method is roughly as follows: select a straight, uniformly textured part in the middle of the elm trunk, and cut it into a wooden stick with a cross-sectional side length of about 4 cm and a length of about 1.6 to 1.8 meters. This stick is the back material. Then cut this stick The stick is further cut into a pole shape with a thick middle and slightly thinner and narrower ends, and the two ends are cut from a quadrilateral to an octagonal shape. The surface must be smooth, the two ends are symmetrical, and the thickness is consistent, so that the force can be evenly exerted. Then there are the two ends Fold out the string shank, hang a rope on the string shank, slowly bend the back of the bow to fix it with all your strength, and gradually increase the bending force to fix the back of the bow to an ideal arc. For this purpose, the whole process takes about seven to ten days. Time. After the bow back is fixed, then replace it with the official bow string, and then a copycat version of the Scottish longbow will be ready.
Of course, when Lu Shi was making the bow, he made some small adjustments based on his own experience in many details, but overall he still followed Shang Yi's method. After making three bows, the fourth bow was finally successful.
Shang Yi took the bow. The length of the bow almost reached his shoulders. It was several sizes larger than the normal bows in ancient China. However, there was nothing that could be done about it. In order to pursue greater tension and range, he could only It was made so big. According to the research of later generations of scientists, the tension of a Scottish longbow can exceed 60 kilograms, and the range can reach more than 300 meters. In China, only the Divine Arm Crossbow of the Song Dynasty can match it.
Shang Yi pulled the bow string and stretched out the imitation Scottish longbow. It felt like the pulling force was at least fifty kilograms, which was not much worse than the original Scottish longbow. It seemed that the Chinese's imitation technology did have a tradition.
At this time, Lu Shi handed over a few more arrows specially made for this kind of long bow. Shang Yi took one, put it on the string and shot it with a "whoosh" sound, and saw that the arrow flew out with a total length of two hundred and forty fifty.
Meters away, it landed.
Everyone onlookers couldn't help being surprised. Wu Hansheng said: "What kind of bow is this? It can shoot so far. Chief teacher, let me try it."
He used to be a famous marksman in the army, so his hands were naturally itchy when he saw such a good bow. Shang Yi smiled and handed the bow to him. Lu Shi gave him another arrow.
Wu Hansheng took the bow and arrow, stood with his feet apart, held the bow with one hand, and pulled the string with the other. With a "swish" sound, an arrow shot out, hitting a big tree 150 to 60 meters away. The arrow actually penetrated more than half a foot.
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Wu Hanshang breathed a sigh of relief, caressed the back of the bow fondly, and reluctantly returned it to Shang Yi, saying: "I think the divine arm crossbow is nothing more than this. It is absolutely impossible to penetrate a layer of heavy armor within a hundred steps."
The problem is, if it is leather armor, it can be used at one hundred, thirty or forty steps." But he paused and then said: "But this bow is too big, it is not very convenient to carry, and it can only be used under steps, not
Use it right away."
Shang Yi chuckled and said: "Uncle Wu, there is nothing perfect in the world, and it is very good to be able to use it at a step. Do you like this bow? Don't worry, in a few days, everyone can have one.
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Wu Hansheng's eyes widened with disbelief, and he said, "In a few days, everyone can have one?"
Although he also saw that the craftsmanship of this kind of bow was very different from the bows he had used in the past, no matter how different it was, such a good bow would take at least three to five years to make, and its value would not be less than a hundred taels of silver.
Shang Yi's mouth seemed to be like mainland goods, you can get as much as you want.
Shang Yi didn't answer, and Lu Shiyi said: "Yes, that's right. This is the method taught by the chief teacher, but it just uses a few elm trees. Now I have four bows being trained, and at most three
It'll be ready in four days. I'll give you one first then."
At this time, even Tang Zhen, Jiang Yiqu, Bao Tonggang, Wang Xin, You Hongliang and others were shocked. Compared with the bows used by the army, this kind of bow has obvious shortcomings, but it has a long range and is sufficient.
Make up for it. And if it is really so easy to make and the cost is so low, it would be a great deal. Aren’t there elm trees everywhere in the world? I didn’t expect that Shang Yi even understood this, so when everyone looked at Shang Yi,
It was as if they didn't know him.
Shang Yi felt a little uncomfortable being seen by everyone. He knew in his heart that he had taken advantage of the time travellers. He coughed dryly and said: "Uncle Tong, Uncle Lu, you two have made great contributions this time. I will do a good job when I go back."
Reward you. We will start mass-producing these two weapons in the future, at least let the main force be equipped with these two weapons." He looked at everyone again and said: "Go back to the village! In a few days, everyone will know how to do it.