It was about a hundred steps, more than a hundred meters. The distance was not close. People with poor eyesight probably couldn't even see the carrot clearly at such a distance, and the sharpshooters in the army couldn't hit anything that far away; but Guo Shao knew that he could have done it, at least he wouldn't miss the target.
The air was very cold. Fu Ermei's eyelashes trembled slightly. She cupped her hands in front of her mouth, pursed her smooth red lips, stopped smiling and looked at Guo Shao.
Guo Shao ignored her for a moment and jumped back and forth several times in a very funny posture, like a frog. This action almost made Fu Ermei laugh. But when she saw that Guo Shao did not smile, she held back her laughter and just watched him do those actions with interest. He stood and twisted several times like dancing, shaking his limbs and letting out a long sigh.
Thump, thump. Guo Shao could clearly feel his heartbeat. After moving around for a while, he felt it again. Don't think too much, he said to himself.
The sound of his heartbeat was like a drumbeat accompanying him. He followed the rhythm of his heart. The light white mist floating in the cold air seemed to be the embodiment of the melody. Guo Shao murmured: Everything is perfect. He gently took the arrow from the quiver, and every movement was unhurried, not slow or fast at all. He picked up the bow and put the arrow on it. His muscles were suddenly filled with strength. The strong bow was pulled open with great force. The tendons were tightened and made a light sound, as if a life was whispering: Born to fight.
The arrow is aimed and paused in the air. The most appropriate moment depends on self-awareness. It cannot be too fast or too slow. It takes a lot of physical strength to keep the bow full, and it is more likely to miss when the strength is exhausted.
The arrow shot out of the bow and pierced the air rapidly. A dark shadow flashed, and the carrot that was hit was knocked off the target by inertia.
After shooting Fu Ermei, she clapped her hands in joy.
Guo Shao smiled and put down his bow. Fu Ermei came forward, held his hand and said: You can hit the target from such a distance. You just reminded me of playing a difficult song.
I'm back to my normal state. Guo Shao let out a long sigh and turned to Fu Ermei.
Fu Ermei said: My husband, you don’t have to go into battle yourself, you are still so nervous about your martial arts.
Guo Shao said softly: In this world, I find that most things are useless, but I rely on it to realize my dream. I will not abandon it, just like it has always been reliable in countless fierce battles. People only see that I have become powerful in a high position, but few people are interested in how I got to where I am now. Maybe it was luck or your sister. He smiled.
My sister wouldn't choose you for no reason. Fu Ermei said thoughtfully.
And my second sister. Guo Shao said, there is one thing I wanted to say when I first saw you, but I haven't said it yet. Before I was qualified to get close to you, I had done a lot and thought for a long time.
Fu Ermei thought about it and said with a smile: So you have been thinking about her for a long time.
After hearing this, Guo Shao laughed and said: In the end, you still couldn't escape from my palm.
Fu Ermei said softly: I'm just waiting. When did you say you wanted to escape
Guo Shao gradually came out of his guilt towards Fu Ermei, and he slowly found a way to get along with her tacitly. He asked for three days off from the Palace Front Department. At first, he planned to accompany his second sister, but he didn't say it because he didn't want to show his compensatory mentality too obviously.
During those three days, he was indeed by his second sister's side, not even a step away.
Three days later, he started to build a blacksmith shop in the middle yard, and called a few strong women and the blacksmith Lao Huang to help buy materials. The second sister certainly didn't know how to do this kind of work, but she was very interested in what Guo Shao did, and was busy serving tea, water and food, watching him work.
The second sister wanted to stay by his side at all times, but she would not pester him. She was most interested in Guo Shao's thoughts. As she said, she wanted to know more about Guo Shao. The second sister seemed a little obsessed and regarded Guo Shao as her world.
Guo Shao had experience in running a blacksmith shop, and Huang the blacksmith was also an experienced blacksmith who had worked all his life. Now Guo Shao did not have to worry about the cost and could just ask Huang the blacksmith to buy whatever he needed. He was familiar with building bellows, anvils and other facilities. However, he had to go to work in the morning and only came back to work in the afternoon.
The soup made by Yulian. Fu Ermei took Yulian to the separate house in the middle courtyard that served as a blacksmith shop, and then added in a low voice, "I helped, I'm learning from Yulian."
Guo Shao took the towel from her hand and wiped his sweat. Looking at Yu Lian silently serving the soup, he smiled and said: I remembered a joke. When Liu Bang was poor, he asked Fan Kuai, "Brother Fan, what do you want to do when we have money?" Fan Kuai said, "I drink soy milk and order two bowls at a time. I drink one bowl and pour one bowl. I eat pancakes and throw one away. Hum."
Yulian handed over the soup, and Guo Shao deliberately touched her hand: Isn't it funny
Yulian blushed, glanced at Fu Ermei secretly, and muttered: I think Alang is the same as Fan Kuai, why is he still doing this kind of work
Fu Ermei laughed and said: No, my husband is Liu Bang.
Guo Shao laughed dryly and was speechless. Fu Ermei said: But did Liu Bang and Fan Kuai have such a conversation? Was it written by Sima Qian? I have never seen it. It must be fabricated by my husband. Guo Shao laughed and said: That's why it's a joke.
After the two women delivered the soup, Guo Shao continued to work for a while until it was dark.
When he returned to the inner garden, Fu Ermei said at the door: "My husband, I have asked someone to boil water, you can take a bath and change clothes in a moment." Guo Shao nodded, took his second sister into the room next to the living room, and found a steel plate from a pile of weapons. He picked up a sword and knocked it a few times, then turned back to Fu Ermei and said: "Don't look at it as ugly, I took it to participate in the battle of Gaoping and the battle of Wuqi Town."
The second sister asked, "My husband built a blacksmith shop because he wanted to make another set of this kind of armor."
Guo Shao said: I have to think about it again. I can ask others to make armor for me. I want to make a new kind of armor. This one is too heavy. It is just a hammered iron plate hanging on the chest. Ordinary soldiers can't use it. I need to think of a new way.
At this time, Dong Sanmei came to the door and said: Alang, the hot water is ready.
After hearing this, Guo Shao took Fu Ermei out of the house. After taking a bath and eating, he turned over the blueprints at his desk and pondered for a long time. He drew a few plate armors according to his imagination, but after thinking about it for a while, he felt that the craftsmanship was difficult to realize.
He didn't know much about metallurgy before and only knew some common sense, but he was very familiar with the blacksmith work at that time and the current technology could not produce what was shown in the drawings.
In this era, there are only two ways to make ironware: casting and forging. Casting can achieve more shapes, but it is not strong enough, very brittle and thick; forging is a popular method for making weapons and armor. Repeated forging can not only remove impurities, but also adjust the carbon content of iron. If the craftsman is skilled, it can be made into steel. As the saying goes, a hundred forgings make steel. For example, weapons are made by repeated forging, but the efficiency is low.
However, manual forging cannot achieve most shaping, and it is especially difficult to process large pieces.
As Guo Shao drew it, it was impossible to forge it. He made some changes and thought that the main thing to protect the chest was to make a breastplate first, but it was still difficult to forge it with a hammer. If the efficiency was too low, it would be better to use the popular chain mail, which was more convenient for movement. What if it was stamped? Guo Shao put his hand on his chin.
Fu Ermei took the diagram he had placed beside her and began to look at it carefully. Guo Shao ignored her and continued to scribble some gears and pulleys on the draft paper.
He wrote down on the paper: "Hydraulic forging machine". But he thought that it was hard to find a place to test it now. The rivers would freeze in winter, and he had never studied hydraulic transmission devices before. Besides, what can be achieved by water power can also be achieved by human power at the beginning, a group of people pulling or using animal power.
Movable pulleys and gears can achieve the effect of adjusting force and direction. This is the physics knowledge that Guo Shao learned in middle school, and he can only rely on these things.
So he drew a very absurd picture on paper, first randomly drawing a group of people pulling a longer rope, then a pulley on the rope and then adding ideas. Now gears can only be made of wood. Even if the tooth pitch can be calculated, the bearing capacity and wear of wood are a big problem. Guo Shao thought it would be easier to use a pulley, and the rope could be replaced by an iron chain, as long as it is thick enough to withstand the force. .
After a while, the image of the engine moving back and forth emerged in his mind. The realization of some kinetic energy conversion should be related to mechanical principles. He had studied the mechanical principles course before, but regretted not taking it seriously at the time, and now he has basically returned to the teacher.
If the power system can be like a millstone, Guo Shao imagined a scene where a group of mules followed the millstone to grind flour; then the rotational kinetic energy was converted into the linear motion of the forging hammer up and down through the device. This would be worth putting into practice.
What should I do? Guo Shao touched the back of his head.
Fu Ermei yawned and said: I'm going to bed first, and my husband should not stay up too long.
Guo Shao nodded, and pondered for a long time, but could not figure it out. He had not touched these things for a long time, and he had been thinking about ancient things all day long. When he picked it up for a while, his mind was a little confused. He simply put down the brush and walked towards the bedroom, only to see that Fu Ermei had fallen asleep.
Guo Shao pressed the quilt over her on the bed, remembering that he hadn't been with Yulian and Yang for a long time. As soon as he got home, Fu Ermei followed him, and no one dared to compete with her. He quietly left the bedroom and saw that the light in Yuqing's room was still on, so he walked to the door, opened it and said: Yuqing, get up and bolt the door of the hall, I'm going to rest somewhere else tonight.
Yuqing pulled the quilt over her neck and glared at him. "I didn't do anything to you, why are you glaring at me?" Guo Shao said angrily. Seeing that she was awake, he didn't stay any longer. After that, he turned around and went to the hall to pick up a lantern, walked out of the door and went straight to the east from under the eaves.