Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 27 Trust me, I will win every time I gamble, guaranteed!

After following the villagers to dig wild vegetables for two days, experiencing the folk customs and clearing up some of his doubts, Yuanye lost interest in this "famine-surviving activity of the working people of Japan in the Middle Ages". After all, he did not eat wild vegetables, unlike the villagers of Hibitsu Village, who needed to eat wild vegetables as their staple food before mid-February of the lunar calendar in order to save precious food for the strong laborers during the spring plowing season.

So he returned to Yayoi's house and continued to run his black clinic, but the number of patients became increasingly rare, sometimes not even one a day. Perhaps between illness and hunger, people in this era were more afraid of hunger, so during this period of time, he prioritized digging wild vegetables and just endured the illness.

People like Yuanye cannot sit idle. Once they are idle, they start to think about danger, prepare for a rainy day, become suspicious, and begin to wonder where there are traps waiting for him to fall into - survival anxiety is probably engraved in the bones of all Chinese people.

He took into account the current situation. As a "miracle doctor", the villagers of Hibizun Village should be unlikely to kick him with dung forks. He also had a relationship with Maeda Toshiie, and he could deepen their friendship when he came to visit him on vacation. There shouldn't be any problems on the "official" level either. So what else could he do to prevent any accidents?

He pondered for a while and felt that it would be safe to hide in the village, but if he needed to leave the village for something, his personal safety would be greatly reduced - mainly because it had been more than a month since he came here, and the electric baton was running out of battery and would soon be unusable.

It seems like I should get a more powerful weapon in case I suddenly need to go out.

So what kind of weapon would be better?

Swords, spears, halberds, or cannons?

I don't know how to use swords, spears, swords or halberds. If I learn it now... Yuanye feels that it may be too late.

He studied mathematics, physics and chemistry in elementary school, and his major in college was chemical engineering machinery. In terms of physical skills, he had only practiced "Young Eagle Spreads Wings" and "The Times Calls". It would be difficult for him to switch to martial arts at the age of 20. There is an 80% chance that he would get half the result with twice the effort, and his future achievements would not be too high.

As for the iron cannon, it was quite suitable. After all, firearms were the trend of history, and he was very clear about that. However, he did not have the conditions to make one now, and it was too expensive to buy one. The little money he had was only enough to buy a gun stock.

He turned around dozens of times with his hands behind his back, and then dug through the items he brought with him when he traveled through time (most of which were secretly buried). He decisively activated the greenskin's "I'm Thinking" skill, and when he had an idea in his mind, he started working immediately, preparing to make a design first.

"what are you doing?"

He was moving up and down the earthenware seat, shaving wood, burning charcoal, looking for a ruler, and spreading paper, waking up A-Man who was dozing off. However, Yuanye had something to do, so he focused his mind and his uneasiness subsided. He felt very calm and comfortable, and waved his hand casually: "Just do something, it's none of your business, go back to sleep!"

"What are you making?" Aman became curious. He felt that Yuanye was really capable of making a fuss. He obviously had some money and could have lived a leisurely life with good food and drink for several years, but he didn't want to do that. He just wanted to make a fuss and it was as if he couldn't rest every day!
"I plan to make a bow." Yuanye did not hide it from her. Since the electric baton could not be used and he could not afford the cannon, he felt that using a bow was the safest option.

"You can also make bows?" Aman was slightly surprised. After all, as a "primitive ninja", she had not been idle during this period and had already figured out Yuanye's background. She felt that he was a nice guy who was kicked out of his home with a little bit of a hole in his head. He also had good medical skills and a strong body, and that was all. But she didn't expect that he would suddenly have a new skill.

This was a bit unexpected and began to insult her professional dignity.

"I learned a little before." Yuanye still spoke the truth, and recalled some things in the past, with a slight smile on his face.

Meng Ziqi's father was an amateur hiker, and he also played around with weapons and archery.

Of course, it was purely for fun. He was not proficient in any of the three things and could only climb half of a mountain. He just wanted to entertain himself and have fun. But he, like Yuanye's uncle, worked in a machinery factory. He used his spare time to take him and Meng Ziqi to fleece the factory. They made a compound bow with scraps and tried to go up the mountain to shoot pheasants and rabbits. Unfortunately, he died before he could accomplish his goal. The bow was confiscated by the Security Department just after it was finished.

This incident left a deep impression on Yuanye. At that time, he had just beaten his alcoholic father on the head and was being despised and looked down upon by his relatives. He had just been taken home by his uncle. He was withdrawn and gloomy in character, and was somewhat self-destructive. He complained about everything all day long and often fought with other children when provoked.

He would fight a group of people at once, and would bite others even if he couldn't win. He was just like a wild child, but Meng Ziqi's father was a very sunny and cheerful person. He not only had no objection to Meng Ziqi making friends with him, but was also willing to take him to play together. He would just ignore his lack of manners, cold words and even rude remarks towards him, and was very tolerant and generous.

Well, Meng Ziqi's father had a slight disability in his legs and feet, and Yuan Ye was not a very good person at that time. When a sentence didn't make sense, he suspected that Meng Ziqi's father was looking down on him and secretly mocking him. He also cursed Meng Ziqi's father as a dead cripple, and then he went back and became autistic and uncomfortable, but at that time he couldn't control his emotions...

These are Yuanye’s dark history, so it’s better not to mention them. But strictly speaking, he was able to get out of the shadow of his childhood, reshape himself, and become a calm, strong, mature, generous person who can take many things in stride. This was mostly influenced by his father Meng Ziqi. Yuanye was still a child at that time, just a little older than A’man is now. It was the first time he knew that people could live like that. Even if the environment was bad or they were disabled, they could still be self-disciplined, self-reliant, optimistic, and make a career.

Yuanye was very grateful for this, and the older he got, the more grateful he became. After all, even if he asked himself honestly, he might not have the patience to tolerate an uneducated wild child. In his heart, he also missed the time that changed his life, so when he talked about making a bow, he couldn't help but smile.

Ah Man didn't know his past. When he suddenly smiled, he thought he was proud. His rebellious mentality came up again. He couldn't help but said disdainfully: "It's nothing great to be able to make a bow. You just have nothing to do! There are plenty of bamboo bows and wooden bows in the village. Do you really need to make one yourself? Why don't you just ask those stupid villagers for one? You fool, you won't even take advantage of a bargain!"

"My bow is different." Yuan Ye didn't care about her nonsense at all. He picked out the charcoal sticks and prepared the simple drawing tools. He started to make a design draft and said with a smile, "I want to make a good bow!"

"What's the difference?" Ah Man was getting more and more curious. "Can you really make a bow? Can you make a three-stroke bow? A fighting bow? Can you make a five-vine bow?"

Maruki bows and bamboo bows are both traditional bows in Japan. They are made of zelkova, yamakino, beech, bamboo and other materials, and strung with ramie-twisted bowstrings. The production method is very simple. Usually, because the strength of the bow materials is insufficient, they are made very large, generally exceeding two meters, and two and a half meters is not uncommon. They are considered very representative Japanese bows. Most of the Maruki bows that often appear in Japanese anime are of this type.

This type of bow was used in Japan until the late Heian period, and then a modified bow-making method was introduced from the Korean Peninsula, which was to scrape the curved front surface of the bow flat and glue bamboo strips on it to increase the bow's strength.

This type of bow was called a "bamboo bow", but it was not used for long and was soon replaced by a "three-stroke bow" with bamboo strips glued to the front and back of the bow. It was used until the late Kamakura shogunate period.

Towards the end of the Kamakura shogunate, Japan was in a frenzy of fighting, and their weapons were upgraded. Based on the "three-stroke bow", they wrapped the bow with layers of rattan, usually larger on top and smaller on the bottom, with thirty-six circles on the top and twenty-eight circles on the bottom, to further increase the strength of the bow. The bowstring was also made of hemp twisted and dipped in lacquer, and the "doujuan bow" was improved, which became the main force on the battlefield.

The biggest problem with this bow is that it is very heavy. Then until now, in the middle and late Muromachi period, as the world became increasingly chaotic, a "five-vine bow" appeared, but the bow-making method was not yet widely popularized at that time. It was considered a new high-tech product. Legend has it that with only five layers of rattan rings, you can aim and shoot thirty-three meters (about 66 meters, which can kill unarmored units. To break armor, please continue forward 30-40 meters), and the upward shot can reach one hundred and eighty-five meters (about 370 meters, with the best hand level 39-degree angle to throw a light arrow. Whether you can hit it depends entirely on luck and it is extremely difficult to aim). It is known as the strongest bow in the world.

In later generations, there was a place called "Sanjusangendo" in Japan, where archery competitions were held every year. It was named after the legend of the Goto bow. After all, there were no new types of bows in Japan later on. Bows and arrows were eliminated by the times and improvements had stopped, so there was no need for new legends.

Well, if Yuanye can make round wood bows and bamboo bows, the only strange thing is how can a pampered young master like him do such rough work. After all, the villagers are using this kind of bows. It does not require any technical skills and is purely physical work. But if he can make a doujuan bow or even a five-vine bow, that would be quite impressive. He must have a family secret skill and can immediately become a professional bow maker, or even a master bow maker.

After Ah Man asked, Dou Dou's eyebrows huddled together and became cautious, suspecting that Yuan Ye was a hidden master of bow making, and there was actually a side of him that she hadn't seen through. But of course Yuan Ye couldn't make that kind of primitive compound bow. He recalled in his mind, drew a picture with his hands, calculated the lever arm and eccentricity, and said casually: "Neither, I've already said, I want to make a good bow."

What he wanted to make was a modern pulley compound bow, or rather, due to limited conditions, he wanted to imitate the modern pulley compound bow as much as possible to ensure high precision and strong bow force, so that he could shoot an arrow through heavy armor and scare the enemy directly, thus possessing absolute deterrent power - in case he had to leave the village and without the electric baton, his close combat strength would be greatly reduced, so he could just shoot the enemy to death from a distance to scare them away, which would have the same effect.

As for whether it can really achieve the desired effect... he is not sure about that. He has never shot a living person before. He can only learn through practice. He will make it first and then see!
Ah Man didn't understand and became more and more puzzled: "A good bow? How good? Is there a better bow than the Goto bow? How far can it shoot?"

The wilderness doesn’t actually pursue range, but strong bow range is a bonus.

He thought about it and recalled two pulley compound bow test videos he had seen: one with an arrow piercing six bottles of Coke at 10 meters, a coin hit with straight aim at 70 meters, a target at more than 170 meters, and an upward shot that landed at more than 690 meters; the other was playing with marbles, more than 150 meters, two teeth hit, nine stitches, compensation of yuan, and six months of probation.

But he estimated that he lacked materials and could not reach that level, so he had to make a big discount. He then said thoughtfully: "There are about 60 rooms for aiming and shooting. Within 60 rooms, we should be able to guarantee a good hit rate and a certain degree of lethality."

Ah Man didn't believe it when she heard it. She wasn't a young lady who grew up in seclusion. She was a "primitive ninja" who had seen the fighting on the battlefield with her own eyes while lying in the bushes. When she heard this, she felt her intelligence was insulted and she immediately shouted, "This is impossible! You are kidding me, there is no such a strong bow in the world. I don't believe that a bow with 60 calibers can be aimed and shot!"

Yuan Ye made the bow just because he had nothing to do, so he prepared it just in case, not to prove anything, so he didn't care whether she believed it or not. He was busy with his own things and casually said to her: "Believe it or not!"

Aman looked at the strange blocks, lines, circles and strings of unfamiliar "barbarian characters" he drew on the paper and felt that he was just bragging, the kind of stupid bragging that made him look stupid.

She was not used to his bad habits, and she was aggressive by nature, so she wanted to continue arguing with him, but her eyes suddenly lit up and she immediately became excited. She pressed the Mino paper in front of Yuanye and said excitedly: "It's impossible anyway, how about we make a bet of five strings of coins... well, three strings of coins, do you dare?!"

Yuanye treated her well, so she would not cheat him to death. It was enough for her to get three strings of money, which still showed that she had some conscience.

Yuanye raised his head and looked at her, then lowered his head, opened her claws, and said unhappily: "Don't gamble, you don't have three strings of money."

"If I lose, I'll lose my head to you!"

Yuan Ye was really impressed by her. She really valued money over her life. He looked up and said speechlessly, "Your head is already a bet. Have you forgotten?"

Yes, I made a bet before, betting whether that fool Oda Nobunaga would be defeated within two years, and then I would come to him to collect the money...

Aman remembered it, but this didn't bother her!

She rushed out barefoot and shouted, calling Ah Qing who was practicing martial arts in the yard to come in, then pulled her and said to Yuan Ye: "Don't worry about this, we have plenty of brains, it all depends on whether you dare to gamble!"

Ah Qing was stunned for a moment before she realized what was going on. She couldn't help but frowned and said angrily, "Sister, what are you doing?!"

Ah Man didn't care whether she was angry or not. He pulled her hard and whispered in her ear, "How can this be nonsense! Trust me, I will win every time I bet, guaranteed to win! When the time comes, let's bet 50-50... 40-60... uh, 30-70, 20-80. I'll bet 80 and you'll bet 20. I won't let your hard work be in vain!"

If Yuanye said there were thirty rooms, or even forty, she would have reluctantly believed it, even if it was to flatter her sponsor against her conscience. But sixty rooms was absolutely impossible. That was almost twice as many as the five-vine bows. How could Japan have such a strong bow?
Do you really think she is a fool who has never seen the world?
She, Aman, is never stupid. She is the wisest person among the Koga people!
So, it’s a guaranteed win!
(End of this chapter)