Chapter 37 Practicing Archery
"Of course, it won't be that simple, but all this will not be able to move on until the tea trees have grown!" Zhen Qian didn't want to tell Qin Hao everything, now that the cooperation had just begun, it was beneficial for him to hide something.
Seeing that Zhen Qian was reluctant to elaborate, after all, the two sides had just contacted each other yesterday, Qin Hao also knew that things would not be so simple, so he said, "Yes!" Anyway, the slope under the mountain is useless, so listen to Zhen Lang's ......".
The fog in the mountain gradually dissipates with the height of the sun, and standing on the top of the mountain, the scenery below the mountain can be seen at a glance.
Zhen Qian raised his eyes and looked around, and found that the surrounding terrain was steep, and a silver-white ribbon passed through the mountains, knowing that it was the Tuo River flowing through the door of Qin's house.
"Uncle Qin, where are you?" Zhen Qian pointed to a mountain draw.
Qin Hao looked in the direction of Zhen Qian's finger and said with a smile: "Did Zhen Lang take a fancy to that piece of mountain hollow?" ”
Zhen Qian nodded, it was surrounded by mountains on three sides, facing water on the other, the terrain was dangerous, and there were cliffs and cliffs all around, which was still a natural barrier.
"It's really good here, but it's not easy to cross the river, and it's a bit of a lot of work to erect a railing bridge on both sides?"
"This is it!" Zhen Qian didn't want to think about it.
Qin Hao said with a bitter face: "Is Zhen Lang's wine shop also located in it?" ”
"That's nature, what difficulties does the Qin family have?" Seeing that Qin Hao was a little hesitant, he knew that it was not easy to erect a fence bridge, and it would not be possible to erect it without ten days and half a month, but unfortunately Zhen Qian's attitude was firm, there were not many good places like this.
"Zhen Lang said with a smile, the Qin family has nothing else, there are still manpower, but all of them are built, and it will take a month to wait, and then it will be indispensable to continue to trouble Zhen Lang?"
"Uncle Qin is polite, now the cooperation between our two sides is mutually beneficial, the Qin family has inexhaustible resources in the mountains, I am just helping the Qin family to make suggestions, it is not appropriate to say that everyone's interests are troublesome!"
"That's right! What Zhen Lang said is reasonable, it is better to stay here for a few more days, the Qin family still has a lot of things for Zhen Lang to help with? ”
The two were polite, and seeing that it was not early and the location had been chosen, they went down the mountain and walked around the Qin family, entered the village, and found that a child was hitting something with a stone? When he got closer, he was knocking on a bunch of small walnuts, Zhen Qian reached out and picked up a few and said, "Uncle Qin, are there many such nuts in this big mountain?" ”
Qin Hao nodded and said: "Zhen Lang likes these little nuts, there are indeed a lot of them in this mountain, but unfortunately they can't be eaten as food, if Zhen Lang likes them, I'll ask someone to help you pick some back?" ”
Zhen Qianshen said mysteriously: "I won't take advantage of the Qin family, if it's convenient for the Qin family, let people pick more, I'm willing to buy them all, how about ten cents a catty?" ”
Qin Hao saw that Zhen Qian didn't look like he was joking, and reminded him: "These things are worthless in the mountains, Zhen Lang really thinks about it?" ”
Nuts have been forgotten for a long time, the hard shell makes people have a feeling of not being able to swallow, and the ancients are different from the enthusiasm for melon seeds, eating nuts is a lot more troublesome, and is regarded as a kind of medicinal material, for the ancients who pay attention to the demeanor, and the nuts are not elegant.
"I need a lot, and I will purchase such nuts from you for a long time, and at the same time I will find a job for the women in the village, the few bamboo houses I lived in yesterday will be used as a foothold for me to come here in the future, there are still a few things here that Qin Bo needs to come forward to collect, and I will take them with me when I leave?"
Zhen Qian found that the Qin family had no craftsmen except for some hunters who were good hunters, so he wanted to make use of the surrounding bamboo forests and process some bamboo products, but in addition to providing some rudimentary bamboo sticks and bamboo tubes, he couldn't even weave the simplest bamboo mats, so he had to go back and find another way.
Qin Hao was also depressed and apologetic, Zhen Qian said a lot of ways to make a fortune, but the Qin family was pitiful that they could do less, and they were really right, guarding a golden mountain to eat, and the Qin family really couldn't blame others for being like this now.
"Zhen Lang has a lot of ideas to make money, but it's a pity that these people in the Qin family can't do anything but hunt, so please ask Zhen Lang to help?"
Zhen Qian now feels that the Qin family is not ashamed of being poor, he has not learned some crafts for so many years, and he can't help himself at all, so he raised his middle finger to Qin Hao in his heart.
"Take your time! I'm a little anxious, craft is not something that can be learned in a day, it's because I didn't think about it before! ”
After Zhen Qian said this, Qin Hao also knew that the Qin family's family background was too thin, and he didn't even think of things like weaving bamboo mats, although a bamboo mat was not worth much, but it could also help the Qin family a lot, so he wouldn't be hungry, speaking of which, Zhen Qian broke this layer of window paper.
"Zhen Lang has any other good ways to make money, you might as well say it, and the Qin family can also counsel it!"
Seeing that Qin Hao was a little greedy and insufficient, Zhen Qian said with disdain: "In fact, as long as the Qin family makes use of the surrounding bamboo sea, they can earn five or six hundred yuan a year, and now the top priority is to find a craftsman who can process bamboo, bamboo has many uses, bamboo mats, bamboo chairs, lanterns, etc., as long as it is something that can be related to bamboo, the Qin family should be able to do it, but it is still just now, and when the Qin family masters the processing technology, the ancient rattan in this mountain is also a very good material, and it is impossible for the Qin family to ......be rich at that time."
Qin Hao laughed, feeling that Zhen Qian was right, the Qin family still has a long way to go in the future.
Talking and laughing, a group of people have come to the entrance of the village, when they came, more than a dozen cars of goods were gone, replaced by some furs and mountain goods, Wang Qun is directing people to load the car and transport it away, and when he saw Zhen Qian coming, he greeted him: "Da Lang, I will return to the county seat today, and send the goods you want in two days, I will arrange things at home, Da Lang don't worry!" ”
"Uncle Wang personally handled this matter, I am naturally relieved, go all the way slowly!"
Qin Hao said with a smile on the side: "Brother Wang can rest assured to go back, Zhen Lang is now a distinguished guest of the Qin family, although it cannot be compared with the Zhen family here, but many things are no worse than the Zhen family, it will definitely make Zhen Lang feel at home, Brother Wang will go early and return early, the Qin family is still waiting for Zhen Lang to turn his whimsical ideas into real money?" ”
Gentlemen talk about righteousness, businessmen talk about profits, and now Qin Hao is thinking about how to make the Qin family rich, and there is nothing to avoid, so that Zhen Qian and Wang Qun are a little embarrassed.
Wang Qun drove the carriage away and disappeared at the end of the mountain, and Zhen Qian turned around and returned to the mountain village.
Qin Hao pointed to the surrounding mountains and said, "If Zhen Lang wants to go into the mountains, I will let people accompany you, and you can hunt on the way, which is much more interesting than the spring hunting of scholars?" ”
Zhen Qian really wanted to experience the fun of hunting the ancients, but unfortunately he didn't know archery, and he didn't see that Zhen Qian had a bow and arrow at home before, so he shouldn't have time to go out to hunt.
"Uncle Qin, I don't know how to shoot arrows, I don't know if someone can teach me!"
"You won't!" Qin Hao looked at himself like a rare animal, there are really not many people like Zhen Qian's identity who can't shoot arrows these years, this is similar to everyone in later generations who can play basketball and football, it can't be said that he is proficient, at least he should be able to do it.
"Father-in-law, shall I teach you?" Qin Meng on the side immediately jumped out.
"This little ghost", Qin Hao patted Qin Meng's head dotingly, the latter reluctantly hid his head to the side, and protested loudly: "I'm not too young this year."
Seeing that Qin Mengyi bravely took the matter over, Qin Hao smiled and said: "Okay, you take your father-in-law to practice archery, I have a bow and arrow here for Zhen Lang, please Zhen Lang don't shirk!" ”
When Zhen Qian saw the bow and arrow given to him by Qin Hao, his face was a little ugly, this is not to say how good the bow and arrow is, or how bad it is, it is just a very ordinary horn bow, Zhen Qian just tried it, and found that the ancient bow and arrow were completely different from the compound bow and arrow of later generations, and he couldn't pull this bow and arrow without any strength.
"Father-in-law, this is a hard bow of two stones, and it is also a kind of bow and arrow often used in the Qin family's hunting, the patriarch knew that his father-in-law had never used a bow and arrow, so he changed to a softer bowstring, and now the pulling force is equivalent to about one stone, now I will teach my father-in-law some skills in using bows and arrows!"
Qin Meng took his bow and arrow and demonstrated to Zhen Qian: "Father-in-law, don't take the bow first, open your feet and shoulder-width apart, interlock the three fingers of your hands under your chin, your elbows and shoulders are flat, pull your arms outward and then release your fingers, follow the force of pulling away, and open your arms horizontally." The action after release, if you stop, the body should be a big word. This is the most basic string play. All future archery moves are based on this. When archery, you should cooperate with your own breathing: inhale when you pull, exhale when you release...... and follow my father's example! ”
After starting to practice archery, Zhen Qian found that he used to think about archery a little simpler, especially when watching some archery masters in film and television dramas, which is called a chic, pulling a bow and shooting arrows in one go, 100 shots, 100 steps, what kind of arrows, throwing arrows...... It's like playing, and when it comes time to use the arrow, I realize that it's not like that at all.
At the beginning, archery and martial arts squatting and horse steps were not bad, there were many introductory skills to learn, not to mention, it was boring and boring, that is, after doing the action of pulling the bow a few times, it was already backache, and the arms and fingers were immediately numb.
After a while, Zhen Qian almost wanted to give up, but he still persevered when he thought of his little life.
"Father-in-law, let me teach you the 'three-stage archery method' first, the first step is to hold the bow and arrows. The archer mainly uses the thumb and index finger to hold the bow, the arrow is placed on the index finger bend, and the string hand opens the string with three fingers, and the arrow is between the index and middle fingers. The second step is to inhale, pull the string under the jaw, pause for a few breaths, and observe whether your posture is correct and whether your shoulders and elbows are flat. Be careful not to look at the target! Pull fast and slow down. Basically, after pulling the bow full, count 3 times silently in your heart. The third step is to release, exhale, and place the arrow behind the string hand. After releasing the arrow, pay attention to see if your posture is correct, your eyes are best to look squarely, don't care whether you hit the target, as long as your posture is right, the landing point of the arrow is basically a ...... together, as long as the father practices these three steps a hundred times a day, after a month, it should not be a problem to shoot the arrow target within fifty steps! ”