When he arrived at the archery range, Li Chengqian looked at the professional archery targets in the distance. He was speechless. They were much larger than the school range he had imagined.
Li Chengqian even doubted whether ordinary arrows could hit this farthest target.
"Hey, brother, choose one?" Li Ke pointed to the bows and arrows hanging next to him. To be honest, Li Ke didn't expect anything to be improved on these bows and arrows. The bow can be said to be one of the earliest long-range weapons used by humans. It has a history of I don't know how many years ago. In this process, most of the Bows and arrows had actually reached their peak before the breakthrough in materials science led to modern bows and arrows.
The bows and arrows of the Tang Dynasty are basically in the style of Turkic recurve bows. Among the designs of these crossbows, to be honest, the most that Li Ke could improve was to add moving pulleys to the crossbows. Other than that, there was not much he could improve. And those are more theories from later generations, such as using some natural plant extracts to add layers to wooden bows, soaking them, etc. to increase toughness.
The moving pulley does not seem to have high requirements, but in fact, if the pulley is not finely lubricated enough, it will affect the rebound speed of the crossbow string. In the end, it is not even better than not having a moving pulley.
Most of the bows placed here are recurve bows with different strength. Li Chengqian chose a medium one, and then Li Ke asked someone to bring an arrow basket from the side and put it next to Li Chengqian.
Inside are carefully crafted arrows.
"This arrow is well made." Li Chengqian took out an arrow and looked at it and said.
"It's not bad. The machine built by my craftsmen can now make arrows much faster." Li Ke also picked a pair of bows and arrows, and then directly bent the bow to set the arrows. The arrow target more than thirty meters away was straight. Hit the red heart.
"Not bad!" Li Chengqian nodded, and he also drew the bow, and the same arrow shot out, without missing a beat, hitting the target equally.
As soon as Li Chengqian put down his bow, there was a soft "swish" sound and a "dou" sound, and another arrow hit the target directly.
"You..." Li Chengqian turned around and was about to praise him, but after only saying one word, Li Chengqian was stunned because it was not Li Ke who shot the arrow, but Chang Le!
Li Chengqian looked a little dumbfounded, Changle? ! In Li Chengqian's impression, the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty has always had a quiet and quiet temperament. If you say she is a gentle and virtuous princess with both talent and beauty, then absolutely no one will have an opinion. But bows and arrows? !
Have you never come into contact with Changle? But with the accuracy of this target, it's obviously not the first time I've played it.
"Oh, that's good. It seems that you have worked really hard in the six months since Third Brother left." Li Ke also looked at Changle with some surprise. Although the bow in Changle's hand was not as strong as Li Ke's bow, it was For a woman, she is not weak. If her body does not have strong enough core strength, she will definitely not be able to pull it apart.
This is not the kind of bow and arrow from later generations that uses new high-tech materials and does not require such high strength.
"Of course! I've been practicing!" Although Chang Le is still wearing a long skirt, she looks quite energetic holding a bow and arrow at the moment! The feeling between the eyebrows and eyes is completely different from before!
Now Changle is more confident, and his whole person is full of sunshine and positive attitude, not just tranquility and gentleness.
"You didn't instigate this, right?" Li Chengqian, who had regained consciousness next to him, couldn't help but ask.
"Brother, look at what you are saying, what is encouragement? I am encouraging! Don't you think Changle's body is much healthier than when he was a child? Proper exercise is good for the body. Anyway, we don't ask Changle to lead troops in war, just Let’s call it a movement.” Li Ke shouted quickly, what is agitation? This is Changle's own idea, and at most I will support her.
Li Chengqian: "..." No wonder these sisters like to play with you, but that's not the case. You agree to whatever they want to do. If they want me, I also like to play with you.
"Brother, don't tell Father, you just said you wouldn't complain." Chang Le smiled and winked at Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian: "..."
"Third brother, third brother, I want to play too!" Jin Yang shouted loudly.
"Okay, come on, third brother will pick something fun for you." Li Ke immediately nodded with a smile. As he said this, Li Ke ran to the side and took out an exquisite hand crossbow.
Li Chengqian: "..."
"Wow, this is good. Is this a crossbow?" Jinyang's eyes were shining.
"Yes, this is a crossbow, but Si Zi, you are too young to play with it by yourself, and this thing cannot be pointed at people." Li Ke stood directly behind Jin Yang, and then helped her to string the small hand crossbow. Then he put a crossbow arrow inside and found a target six or seven steps away.
"Just pull the trigger here." Li Ke taught Jinyang how to use the crossbow, and then asked her to aim at the target. Li Ke helped hold it and let Jinyang pull the trigger by herself.
There was a low "buzz" sound from the bowstring and a "bang" sound. The target about 10 meters away was directly shot through by the crossbow arrow.
Li Chengqian and everyone were stunned. Are you serious? This thing is obviously lethal.
"Wow! This is so awesome! Third brother, when I grow up, if the husband my father finds for me is like Sister Changle's fiancé, I will shoot him with this!" Jin Yang said with shining eyes, "Or, third brother, you can secretly get one for me. Next time if my eldest grandson makes me angry again, I will secretly shoot him with this one too!"
Li Chengqian: "..." What did Changsun Chong do wrong? !
"Hush! Sizi, don't say this nonsense." Changle whispered quickly.
"Oh oh oh, I understand, we can't let outsiders know, it will be bad if it spreads." Jin Yang nodded hurriedly.
Concubine Su: "..." She has a feeling right now, who am I? where am I? What is this place? She always felt that there was something wrong with this style of painting. Is this Saburo? Saburo, what on earth are you teaching?
Looking at these fourteen Tang princesses with shining eyes, Concubine Su wanted to know how their future husbands would deal with themselves.
"Sister-in-law, do you want to try it?" Li Ke stood up and looked at Concubine Su next to him and asked.
"Ah?" Concubine Su was stunned for a moment, but when she looked at Chang Le who was shooting a bow and arrow again over there, she suddenly felt a little excited. It seemed like she had never played before?
"It's okay, give it a try. Brother, please help my sister-in-law choose a softer bow, just for fun. Throughout our lives, we always have to try something new. When we get old, we will sit by the fire and watch the family full of children and grandchildren. That You should not regret for doing nothing, nor should you feel ashamed for wasting your years, nor should you regret for things that you had the opportunity to try but did not try." Li Ke said with a smile.
Concubine Su and Li Chengqian were stunned for a moment, and then Concubine Su thought for a moment, and it seemed that this was really the case. When she gets old, will she regret that she gave up the opportunity when she was young?
"Then Da Lang, let me try too?" Concubine Su looked at Li Chengqian tentatively.
"Okay, anyway, San Lang also said that these are entertainment activities." Li Chengqian paused, and then he also smiled. He simply took Concubine Su over to select bows and arrows in person, and chose a softer bow and arrow for her.
Chang Le, who was shooting arrows not far away, had a smile on his lips. The third brother's lips had not left off even after traveling to the Western Regions. They were still so sharp and could always speak to the softest parts of people's hearts unconsciously.
With a "bang", an arrow with a three-edged armor-piercing arrow shot directly through the red heart of the wooden archery target thirty meters away from Changle.
