Wang Yuan always suspected that the ancient calculation method of bow power was somewhat different from the modern calculation method. Otherwise, how could there be so many fierce people?
"Tiangong Kaiwu" calculates the power of the bow like this: "Put your foot on the string and hang the scale hook on the bow's waist. When the string is full, move the scale and press it, and you will know how much it is." From this point of view, it seems to be the same as the bow.
Modern bow and arrow weighing is no different.
However, from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Tang and Song Dynasties, the method of testing bow power was different. The bow string was first relaxed, the bow waist was fixed, and weights were hung on the string to test the limit of what the bow body could withstand. (Note: "Kao Gong Ji"
, Zheng Xuan of the Han Dynasty, and Jia Gongyan of the Tang Dynasty all have relevant records and explanations.)
Therefore, a one-stone bow before the Song Dynasty meant that the bow could withstand the force of one stone. However, a one-stone bow in the Ming and Qing Dynasties meant that a person needed to use one stone to fully draw the bow.
The former is based on bow performance, and the latter is based on human power.
People in the Ming Dynasty should be aware of this difference. The official statistics of bow power have been calculated in kilograms. However, the folk still follow the old system of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and still use "stone" and "dou" to express it - mostly for the convenience of bragging.
Just like India's GDP data, after modifying the statistical method, the GDP growth rate suddenly increased.
The seven-double bow Wang Yuan just pulled was said to weigh 126 kilograms, but in fact it was probably only 80 kilograms! He had not read "Kaogong Ji" and "Tiangong Kaiwu", and did not know the difference between ancient and modern statistical methods, so he always felt
It's so mysterious that when you draw the bow, you feel like you are cultivating an immortal.
Of course, there are still fierce people.
"Tiangong Kaiwu" has a strict classification of bow power. The one who can draw more than 120 kilograms is called tiger power, which is almost more than 160 pounds. Although the warrior Song Ling'er mentioned that can draw a two-stone bow, he will definitely not be able to draw a 338-pound bow.
, but it is possible to draw a 200 pound bow.
Since he couldn't figure it out, Wang Yuan didn't think about it anymore. He just stood there and felt silly because Song Kui forgot to take away the bow and arrows.
With a standard walking bow and two bags of iron arrows, Wang Yuan felt like he had made a fortune.
"Hey, let's go hunting." Song Ling'er said.
Wang Yuan spread out his hands and said, "I can't hunt, my hands are shaking too much."
Song Ling'er smiled and said: "It's okay, it will be fine in a moment. By the way, can you ride a horse?"
"I've never ridden one before," Wang Yuan said.
"I'll teach you," Song Ling'er said to his entourage because he was a good teacher. "Give him a horse."
Unfortunately, there was only one pony, which was Song Ling'er's mount.
Achai brought his horse over, and after Wang Yuan rode on it, his legs were too short to reach the stirrups. The stirrups could be shortened, but traffic accidents are very easy for children riding big horses.
"Forget it, just ride on mine," said Song Ling'er, who has a bold and generous personality and is full of martial arts habits. "I will give you a pony someday, and we will skip class every day to go hunting. Anyway, you and Song Kui and the others won't fight anymore. You will stay in the clan."
There is no excitement in learning, so it is better to ride a horse and hunt."
Wang Yuan had never ridden a horse in his life, so he climbed up carefully. Fortunately, the horse was very docile and there were no accidents.
Song Ling'er corrected: "Your legs should be placed vertically, so that it is easier to exert force."
Wang Yuan said: "I have longer legs than you, but the stirrups are too high and I can't stand my legs up."
Song Ling'er immediately called Achai over and asked him to adjust the height of the stirrups.
Although Achai is a bit silly, he is quite enthusiastic. After adjusting the stirrups, he took the initiative to correct Wang Yuan's mistake: "You have to use your front paws to step on, and don't put your feet in. What if the horse goes crazy and your feet get caught in the stirrups?"
If you stay here, I can drag you to death."
These guys were probably bored out of their minds, so Awang soon came over to give them some guidance.
And, they are all crazy!
This place is located at the foothills of Fenghuang Mountain. Although it is relatively flat, the slope is at least 40 degrees, allowing a beginner to practice horse riding here.
Wang Yuan is also a lunatic and completely ignores potential risks. Not only did he have fun practicing, but after getting a little familiar with it, he urged the horse to canter in small steps, even running downhill.
It's like a group of experienced drivers taking novices who have never touched a car into the mountains and saying with great ease: "Driving is easy. Step on the clutch, hit the accelerator, grab the steering wheel and do whatever you want. Just don't make random turns, and you're guaranteed not to overturn and fall."
cliff."
Then the novice said: "Wow, it's really easy, I want to speed up!"
Wang Yuan did not speed up, the horse speeded up on its own.
This beast didn't care who was riding on his back. He was still jogging when he first went downhill. As a result, he ran faster and faster due to inertia.
Wang Yuan was so frightened that he jerked the reins, causing the horse's head to be lifted up.
"Don't pull the reins tight. This is a downhill slope and the horse will miss the road if it can't see the road!" Awang reminded him quickly when he saw this.
Wang Yuan immediately relaxed the reins, leaned forward slightly, and braked slowly with the reins. However, the horse had already lost its temper and could not be stopped like this, so he could only barely control the speed.
Fortunately, the horse knew how to turn and kept running along the mountain road without charging Wang Yuanfei in a straight line.
Soon after turning around a mountain col, both the man and the horse disappeared without a trace.
No matter how heartless Song Ling'er was, she was anxious at this moment and urged: "Hurry up and chase me!"
After running all the way to the bottom of the mountain, the horse's speed finally began to slow down, but Wang Yuan became excited. He didn't feel afraid at all. Instead, he felt a sense of enthusiasm for a ride, and even hit the horse to speed up again.
People are affected by the environment.
Born in Chuanqing Village and raised in a barbarian land, no matter how rational Wang Yuan is, he will inevitably be contaminated by barbarian habits.
He despises life and death, despises etiquette and laws, values commitments, and is prone to anger!
People with this kind of character, if they lived in the Han Dynasty, were called "heroes" by the Ming Dynasty.
Starting from the Zhengde and Jiajing dynasties, there were more and more chivalrous people, and "chivalrous people, thieves, and Confucian scholars" influenced each other and combined.
Wang Gen, one of the "Two Kings" under Wang Yangming's sect and the founder of the Taizhou School, was evaluated by Li Zhi, a thinker of the Ming Dynasty, as: "This gentleman is a knight...who has the spirit of never regretting his life."
How does Wang Gen teach his students?
One day, Wang Gen and his student Xu Yue went out. On the way, they encountered a deep ditch, which was more than ten feet wide. If they fell, they would die or be injured. Wang Gen said: "Jump over it!"
Xu Yue was too scared to jump, but the teacher repeatedly forced him to do so, so he gritted his teeth and ran, leaping across the ditch.
Wang Gen shouted: "That's how it should be!"
Damn it, both the master and the disciple were great Confucians. Xu Yue later even became the chief envoy of Yunnan and died in battle while serving in Yunnan.
Another student of Wang Gen, Yan Jun, offended countless powerful bureaucrats because he petitioned for the people many times. As a result, on his way back to his hometown after buying a ship, he was lured by a Nandu academic officer to give lectures in Taiping, and he was accused of "stealing and selling official ships."
After three years in prison, his disciple Luo Rufang sold his property and launched a fund-raising campaign to rescue Yan Jun from prison and sent him to the frontier as a soldier. Finally, Yan Jun was invited by Yu Dayou to be a military advisor.
Yanjun also had a student named He Xinyin, who ranked first in the Jiangxi Provincial Examination at the age of thirty and was known as a "genius in the world." Because he admired the teachings of the Taizhou School, he gave up the imperial examination and studied under Yanjun. After completing his studies,
, returned to his hometown to establish an intensive cooperative organization called "Jutang" to implement his own social transformation plan. He contributed all his family property, and other members also had to contribute property when they joined. It already had the flavor of a people's commune, and they unified it with
He dealt with the government, resisted all kinds of exploitation by officials, and founded public schools to spread the concept of social reform.
As a result, when Zhang Juzheng was reforming, the two sides came to blows, and He Xinyin was beaten to death by Zhang Juzheng's faction officials.
This is a disregard for life and death, which is a consistent habit of the Taizhou School of Mind Studies. What is their understanding of learning? Knowledge is what is useful to the common people.
These are called "Confucian heroes", and another type is called "Confucian thieves".
Gao Gong, the richest man in the Longqing Dynasty, had a brother named Gao Jie, who was promoted to governor. After he was elected, he actually hung out with bandits, and was respectfully called "Uncle Gao" by the thieves. His hobby was to rob passing businessmen, until
It was only after he won the Jinshi that he restrained himself.
When Gao Jie returned home in his later years, he was robbed by thieves at night. Gao Jie opened the door, holding two knives, and was surrounded by only a follower holding a stick. The two of them joined forces and drove dozens of thieves into the wilderness. One of the thieves recognized his identity and bowed down.
"My third uncle is so powerful!" Gao Jie laughed loudly and invited the thieves home for a banquet. Several young thieves were so impressed that they were willing to become slaves and serve him for life.
The last type is "robbery", which is nothing more than robbing the rich and giving to the poor.
If Wang Yuan is placed in Ming Dynasty society, he is by no means a rare species. There are many people similar to him.
At least, if he joins Wang Yangming's sect, he will definitely become a close friend with Wang Gen.
Riding a horse for a ride in the bamboo forest, Wang Yuan felt as if he was racing. It wasn't until the horses were tired that they finally stopped. Wang Yuan lay in the forest and looked at the sky leisurely, feeling the breeze blowing and fell asleep happily.
"Meow!"
A little kitten licked Wang Yuan awake and rubbed him on the face, as if he was hungry and looking for something to eat.
"Meow!"
Another cat meow was heard in the distance.
Wang Yuan got up to search and found three kittens. They were probably separated from the female cat, or the female cat had died in an accident.
The three little kittens were not afraid of people. They stumbled and fell to the ground from time to time. They opened their pink little mouths and cried non-stop.
“You’ve traveled through time and still become a shit shoveler?”
Wang Yuan held the three kittens in his arms and said with a smile: "Let's give you a name each. Well... you are called cement, you are called wood, you are called steel bar, and we are called the three civil engineering heroes."