Chapter 506: The First Cotton Bow of the Tang Dynasty
"Oh my God!! This... Such a big bow? Who can pull it open? Hou Ye, what are you going to shoot with it? Shooting a rhino? β
In the carpenter's shop, the stunned man was staring at the freshly baked big bow!
The thickness of the thighs is one foot long! Standing up to the height of two people, the thickness of a thick bowstring thumb! This is a bow, and the bed crossbow is not so big!
And it's big, it's big, and the materials for this work are too unsophisticated! The most important bow seems to have been dealt with with by a piece of wood, and it is even a little twisted when it is made, which can also be called a bow? Aren't you afraid of pulling and pulling and breaking and stretching yourself?
"Could it be that Master Hou is amused?"
As soon as this idea in my heart was born, I was immediately rejected by a stunned person.
He's not shrewd, though. But I also know that although my Hou Ye sometimes doesn't pay attention, he never does useless work! Now that he has done it, there must be a reason for him to do it!
Just when the stunned man was still staring blankly and thinking nonsense. Xiao Han stretched out his hand and pulled the bowstring, then scratched his head and said to the old carpenter who was waiting on the side: "I remember that there should be a wooden cake in this set, yes, and a wooden hammer like an oil bottle!" β
"Wooden cakes? Wooden hammer? The old carpenter looked at Xiao Han, and he was also a little unclear at this time. This morning in the heart, what is Hou Ye going to do? How do you make something weird?
But doubts are doubts, but there is no ambiguity under the hands of the old carpenter! After listening to Xiao Han's words, he immediately took off the charcoal pen from his ear and drew two drawings on a piece of wood nearby.
"Master Hou, what do you think is like this?" The carpenter stopped his pen and pointed to the picture and asked Xiao Han.
Xiao Han leaned over to take a look, and immediately said happily: "Yes, yes, yes!" That's it! Add a handle to the middle of the wooden cake, this oil bottle... Bah! Make the wooden hammer a little bigger! β
"Okay! Wait, it's right away! The old carpenter skillfully put the charcoal pen on his ear, trotted outside, and began to rummage through the suitable wood.
Taking advantage of the carpenter's busy work, he hurried to Xiao Han's side in a daze, and asked Xiao Han, who was constantly stroking the giant bow, "Master Hou, hey, what are we doing with this?" β
"Bounce cotton!" Xiao Han tapped the bowstring and replied without looking back.
"What is it to play cotton?" The stunned man listened more and more confused.
"Don't babble!" Xiao Han glared at him impatiently, and then said, "Wait, don't you know?" Oh yes! Just let you talk to Xiaodong about taking out all the cotton and drying it, did you say it? Tell you, if I stink it, see how I clean you up! β
"Huh?" was stunned for a moment, and said unwillingly: "No, how can you clean me up?" I told him early in the morning! If he doesn't get the sun, or if he doesn't do it well, won't I be unlucky? β
Xiao Han jokingly said: "Hmph, I can't control this!" You'd better pray that he does better! Oh, and that stupid dog, how's it going? β
Looking at Xiao Han, who was a little unreasonable, he sighed helplessly, and said weakly: "Okay, you have the final say!" Xiaoqi I have been thrown into an empty room according to your instructions, and I haven't been given food, it is said that I called a night last night, and the people in the noisy room next to me have not slept well! β
"And the face? Then make it a blast! No need to open the door! Hungry for three days! As soon as he thought of Xiao Qi, the fire in Xiao Han's heart rushed up!
Deserve! One after another, the uncle's good deeds have been ruined! Don't be hungry, you dog jumped off the wall in a hurry, I can't help myself for being annoyed last night!
The two men were gossiping, but the carpenter over there was very sharp.
After a while, the wooden cake that Xiao Han asked for was made with a wooden hammer. Roughly grinding off the burrs with sand and gravel, and before the carpenter could polish it carefully, Xiao Han was already impatient to carry him away.
Anyway, it's not for your own use, why make it so perfect?
With a wooden hammer in one hand and a wooden cake in the other, Xiao Han quickly returned to his yard.
In the yard, Xiao Dongzheng and Xiao Lian were carefully drying the cotton pulled by Steward Lu.
"What about Xue Pan?" Putting down the things in his hand, Xiao Han strode over, squatted down and looked at the cotton.
To say that these cotton seeds that were snatched back by Liu Hongji are indeed very good, and the cotton produced is not pest-in-law, and the white piece is placed on the straw mat that is pieced together on a page, and it looks like the earth that has snowed in winter from a distance.
"I've seen Master Hou, Miss Xue, he just went out ......" Xiaodong habitually behaved, and when he raised his head, he was just about to speak, but suddenly saw the courtyard gate, and he was stunned carrying a giant bow into the courtyard, and he was stupid for a while! What is this for? To slay dragons?
"Master Hou, you ......" Xiao Lian also saw the stunned at this time, and was even more surprised, covering her mouth and pointing at the stunned man who was grinning and asked Xiao Han.
Xiao Han had already expected this in his heart, and he was not surprised. I felt that there was a group of turtles around me, and I had never even seen a cotton bow! What do you know about this?
"What's all the fuss about? It's just a cotton bow! I can't explain it to you clearly, Xiao Lian, you go to the house, find a few thin quilts to come out, and get the cotton in a while, make a few quilts first! β
"Oh, yesβ" Xiao Lian nodded in agreement, and then turned around and went to the house.
Xiao Han was not idle at this time, so he asked Xiaodong to bring a few tables, make a big table in the courtyard, and then hold some dry cotton from the ground and put it on it.
"That's it! Now it's time to play! But the question is, how do you play this thing? When everything was ready, Xiao Han looked at the cotton and made a difficulty, this cotton, he wouldn't!
"No matter! Practice makes sense! Stunned, carry the bow for me! β
patted his head and cheered himself up, Xiao Han yelled at the side, and the stunned man who had just put down the giant bow immediately sighed, carried the bow again, and moved it step by step.
In other words, although Xiao Han had never seen cotton before, a "Clever Escape" was at the bottom, and these three appliances were well done.
Looking at this big cotton bow, Xiao Han also roughly guessed its correct usage.
So he asked Xiaodong and the stunned two to carry the giant bow together, so that the long bow body just crossed these tables.
"Go down, go down! Okay! Commanding the two of them to put the bowstring close to the cotton, Xiao Han picked up the wooden hammer and struck it hard!
"Boom ......"
The bowstrings tremble, and the cotton splashes!
Carrying the wooden hammer, Xiao Han looked down at the cotton, but found that he couldn't see the effect, thinking that it might be because he knocked too little, so he waved the wooden hammer in his hand and smashed it down one after another, and the bowstring in the yard immediately rang out!
At this time, outside the courtyard gate, two people and a dog were happily walking up the steps.
No need to ask, these two people are Xue Pan and Xiao Ai.
I slept so well last night! By the time they got up, the sun was already high, and Xiao Han had already gone to the carpenter's shop.
They didn't see Xiao Han, they were not surprised, after washing up by themselves, and then eating some breakfast, the master and servant decided to go out to take a look, and it was precisely because of this turn that they rescued Xiao Qi, who had been howling all night......