Chapter 380: Iron Back Bow
Finally, Li Hao finished singing the song "Daughter's Love", but Master Xuanzang was still closing his eyes and muttering. Fastest updates
Li Hao returned to his position with the guitar and sat down, and asked with a smile: "Master Xuanzang, how is my singing?" ”
Xuanzang stopped chanting, slowly opened his eyes, and said, "General Li's song should be sung to the female bodhisattva." ”
As soon as Li Hao heard the words "female bodhisattva", his eyebrows immediately rose, and he was a little excited, that's right, just like in the TV series, Tang Seng also likes to call beautiful women female bodhisattvas, oops, it seems that Wu Chengen is not writing blindly, some places are still very realistic, well, will the daughter council be adapted from the real location?
Li Hao asked unwillingly: "Master, have you really never been to the daughter country?" Oh, no, it should be called Xiliang Women's Country, and they don't necessarily have all women there, anyway, the king is a woman. ”
Xuanzang heard this and said: "If you want to say that the king is a woman, then there is, but it is not called the Western Liang Women's Country, but the East Women's Country and the West Women's Kingdom." ”
Li Hao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, it should be the East Women's Country and the West Women's Country, where are these two women's countries, and what is the situation in China?" ”
Xuanzang said slowly: "The poor monk has been to the East Female Country, and the country is not as Hou Ye said, there are no men, but the women of the Eastern Female Country are inferior to men, with women as kings, and the queen is called 'Binju', and there are female officials, who are called 'Gao Ba', and discuss state affairs equally." Bureaucrats outside the home, and men do it. There are hundreds of king's maids, and they listen to the government every five days. ”
"Oh, the country of women's power." Li Hao nodded when he heard this, and suddenly said with a cheap smile, "Master Fang Cai said that there are hundreds of maids of the queen, is this 'maid' a woman or a man?" ”
"This ......" Xuanzang was stunned when he heard this, then shook his head and sighed, "This poor monk doesn't know, although the poor monk has been there, he doesn't know anything about the things in the palace." ”
"Oh?" Li Hao raised his eyebrows with a wicked smile when he heard this, "You didn't go to see Her Majesty?" ”
Xuanzang shook his head and said: "The poor monk is just an ascetic, Her Majesty the Queen is in charge of the government of a country, and he must be busy, how can he meet the poor monk." ”
"That's a pity." Li Hao was shocked and disappointed when he heard this, and then asked, "Where is this Dongnu Country?" ”
Xuanzang said: "The east of the country is connected to Maozhou and Dangxiang, and the southeast is connected to Yazhou." ”
"So it's there, and it doesn't seem far away." Li Hao thought about it, and suddenly asked leisurely, "What about the situation in the West Women's Country?" ”
Xuanzang said seriously, "The poor monks of the Western Women's Country have never been there, but when they were in the Western Regions, the poor monks heard that where they are, the poor monks are not sure, it is rumored to be in the west of the onion collar, and its national conditions are roughly the same as those of the Eastern Women's Country, but some people say that most of the men in the Western Women's Country are ......."
Xuanzang suddenly stopped when he said this, and his face was embarrassed.
From Xuanzang's entry to the present, it is the first time Li Hao has seen him so embarrassed, and it seems that it is because of those things in men and women, Li Hao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "What's wrong with the man in the West Women's Country?" ”
Xuanzang said: "The poor monk is a monk, and there are some things that cannot be said." ”
As soon as he said this, Li Hao was even more determined to guess in his heart, raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile: "Is it that the men of the Western Women's Country are very weak in this aspect?" He pointed to his lower body as he spoke, and that action matched the smiling expression was a little obscene.
Xuanzang didn't say anything, obviously acquiescing, Li Hao was overjoyed when he heard this, and secretly thought in his heart: "This dare is good, the men in the West Women's Country are actually a group of men who don't lift men, if we go, hehehe...... When there is a chance in the future, I must take the special combat team and the brothers of the Xuanjia Army to plow the land and sow seeds, oops, Meidi is very, Meidi is very ......"
"General Lee! General Lee! ”
Master Xuanzang was calling Li Hao loudly, Li Hao finally recovered from his lustful state, turned his head and asked, "Is there something wrong with the master?" ”
Xuanzang said embarrassedly: "General Li, your saliva has wet your clothes. ”
Li Hao hurriedly raised his sleeve to wipe his saliva, embarrassed and laughed, alas, what a shame, in order to hide the embarrassment, Li Hao could only divert the topic and asked: "I don't know what the mage plans to do after returning to China?" ”
Xuanzang said: "The poor monk copied a lot of scriptures in the Western Regions and brought them back, and the poor monk intends to translate them into Chinese, and at the same time, the poor monk will also write a book called "The Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" according to what he saw and heard during his trip to the Western Regions. ”
"The Legend of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" Li Hao knows that this is a book of great historical value, when Wu Chengen wrote Journey to the West, he read "The Legend of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" many times, and the story of the daughter country seems to be adapted from the east and west of the female country in "The Legend of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty".
As for translating the scriptures, it is a very heavy job, the reason why there are so many different versions of the domestic scriptures, one is because the translator is not good at foreign languages, and the other is because the translator's Buddhist cultivation is not profound enough, if you want to translate the original meaning of the Buddhist scriptures, you must be proficient in foreign languages, and you must be proficient in Buddhism, such requirements are very high, so Xuanzang is likely to only be able to translate the scriptures alone, and it is difficult to complete the task without three or five years.
In history, Xuanzang did not translate the scriptures alone, there was a very famous monk who helped him translate the scriptures and write "The Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty", that monk was the debater, the one who had an affair with Princess Gaoyang in history, but now that Princess Gaoyang is married to Tibet, the debater should not have an affair with Gaoyang, and he can also be his monk with peace of mind.
Thinking of this, Li Hao said, "Master Xuanzang, when I was in Chang'an, I heard that there was a monk in Jinchengfang Huichang Temple called Bianji, who was not only proficient in many Chinese, but also extremely knowledgeable and profound in Buddhism, and might be able to help the master translate the scriptures and write the "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty". ”
Xuanzang thanked him when he heard this: "Thank you so much General Li." ”
"You're welcome, you're welcome." Li Hao smiled and waved his hand, "When does Master Xuanzang plan to return to the Central Plains, if you are not in a hurry, it is better to go back with me." ”
When Master Xuanzang heard this, he asked, "When does General Li plan to go back?" ”
Li Hao was embarrassed when he heard this: "I don't know this, everything depends on Tubo's actions, and I have to wait for the emperor's decree before I can go back." ”
Master Xuanzang was silent for a long time and asked, "General Li, is it ...... Going to war? ”
Li Hao smacked his lips and said: "I'm not sure, this time Tubo sent 100,000 troops to directly press the Tuyuhun border, obviously coming to our Tang Dynasty, if Tubo insists on going its own way, then a battle is inevitable." ”
Master Xuanzang was stunned when he heard this, and he said: "Amitabha, I hope that the king of Tubo can think of the common people in the world and show compassion, so that the people of the three kingdoms can avoid this catastrophe." ”
Li Hao smiled bitterly when he heard this, and had to sigh at Master Xuanzang's innocence, between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty, there will be a battle in the end, even if it doesn't happen now, it will be sooner or later.
And Master Xuanzang also secretly made up his mind in his heart at this moment, if he has the opportunity, he must go to Tubo, promote Buddhism, and try his best to ease the relationship between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty, so as not to cause misery to the people of the two countries.
On the matter of the war, Li Hao and Master Xuanzang's views naturally diverged, and they did not speculate for more than half a sentence, so their chat ended here, and Master Li Hao stayed in the barracks for a night, and sent him away early the next morning.
Next, it is a long wait, waiting for the movement of Tubo, waiting for the news from Chang'an, the days of waiting are very boring and boring, but Li Hao has a very fulfilling life, because he has pressure, pressure from the mysterious old enemy, so they practice martial arts diligently every day, not only that, but he is now also beginning to learn horse combat marksmanship and archery, these are the skills that must be learned in marching and fighting, he has now embarked on the road of a military general, and these basic skills must be mastered, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public.
Maybe Li Hao was born with a talent for practicing martial arts, he has made rapid progress in both martial arts and riding and archery, and his strength is huge, even the two-stone strong bow is too light, so he summoned craftsmen and asked them to find a way to build an iron tire bow for themselves, the strength of the iron tire bow is too strong, under normal circumstances, no one can pull it open, and Li Hao wants to build a longbow, that is to say, the bow arm is longer, and the power will be greater.
The standard bow in the army is generally a stone force, and the stone force of the bow and arrow refers to hanging the bow on the wall and then hanging a weight on the bowstring until the bow is fully drawn.
However, the ancients were very strange, a stone of rice grain is 100 catties, and when used to measure the bow force, a stone is only 40 kilograms, converted into ancient catties, it is only 50 catties, a bit strange, but these are not the point.
The lethality range of a stone bow is 60 meters, and here we are talking about a flat shot, if it is a projectile, then the range can reach 200 to 300 meters, and if you add the height of the city wall, the maximum distance can reach 400 meters.
The iron tire bow that Li Hao wants to build, the bow arm is 40 cm longer than the bow arm of the standard bow, anyway, he is much taller than the average person, his arms are also long, and his strength is also great, it should be no problem to pull it full, and now he is looking forward to the power of this iron tire strong bow.
More than a month later, Wang Wu, the head of the craftsmen in the army, personally came to Li Hao's tent with a large strong bow to ask for a meeting, Li Hao hurriedly received him, saw the big bow in Wang Wu's hand, and hurriedly took it in his hand excitedly, and felt that the bow was very heavy, at least twenty pounds in weight, and the bow arm was very thick, and the bowstring was also very thick, and he could feel its huge power without trying.
Li Hao couldn't wait to come to the shooting range with an iron tire bow, pulled a feather arrow and wanted to test shoot, but found that the arrow was too short, and the bow was only half pulled, and the arrow was not long enough.
Li Hao can only try like this, facing the arrow target, loosen the bowstring, there is a buzzing sound, the ear drum trembles, the sound of the bow is really loud, and then I saw the feather arrow flying, "snap", the target 70 meters away was shot through by the feather arrow, but ...... The arrow misses the bull's-eye.
Li Hao frowned suddenly, and turned his head to Wang Wudao: "Although this iron-tire bow is good, it can't match this kind of ordinary arrows, these arrows are too small, the bow can't be full, and because the rate of fire is too fast, these arrows are too light, easy to float, and they can't shoot accurately at all." ”
Wang Wu hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Yes, general, I know what to do." ”
So Wang Wu left in a hurry, and took the craftsmen to work all night, and early the next morning, Wang Wu came to see Li Hao again with a group of craftsmen carrying a large bundle of arrows, this time the arrows they brought were obviously one size larger than the standard arrows, and the length seemed to be more than one meter, and the arrow rod was very thick, and the arrowhead and tail feathers were relatively large.
Li Hao took a special arrow in his hand, obviously felt a lot heavier than ordinary arrows, and then he came to the shooting range again with a bow and arrow, stood a hundred meters away, bent the bow and arrows, and pulled the huge iron tire bow into a full moon, and as soon as his right hand was loosened, there was a loud "buzz" sound, and everyone felt that the ear drums were numb, and a soft sound of "pop" came, and the center of the arrow target 100 meters away was directly penetrated by the arrow.
Li Hao was very happy, looked at the bow in his hand excitedly, and muttered: "What a domineering bow, you have to take a name, huh...... This bow is made of steel, so it's called the Iron Back Bow! ”