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Chapter 71 Compound Bow vs. Bicycle!
“Alright, let’s go in a bit!” Li Shimin said.

The matter of the temple was not mentioned before; it's considered a thing of the past.

"Uncle, please go back and wait for me. I'll take care of things here."

"Alright!" Li Shimin and his group returned to the village.

Xiao Ran found Wang Shen, "Uncle!"

"Nephew, what is it?"

"You've been working for so long, take a break!"

Wang Shen was puzzled. "Take a break?"

"Well, you've been working hard and need a break. That's it for today, you can go home now. Go find Second Aunt and settle your wages, it'll be calculated on a daily basis."

Not long after breakfast, even if it didn't cost money, no one would say anything.

Wang Shen thought Xiao Ran was being generous by giving away half a day's worth of gifts, but he didn't expect her to give away the whole thing.

"Nephew, there's no need to give so much," Wang Shen said, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Uncle, I know very well how everyone works; this is only to be expected."

Wang Shen didn't insist, and instead called out to explain the situation.

Everyone left happily, received their money as usual, and didn't have to work.

After everyone else left, Xiao Ran went into the warehouse.

The warehouse is now taking shape; let's take out the bicycles and compound bows.

San Niang and Xiao Hei returned to the village with Li Lizhi and the others.

Zhang Dalang was the only one left watching over the earthen kiln.

Xiao Ran rode his bicycle, carrying a compound bow, to deliver some food to Zhang Dalang, and then returned to the village.

Zhang Dalang was very curious when he saw Xiao Ran's bicycle.

"How can it run on two wheels?" Zhang Dalang was completely baffled.

The arrival of Li Shimin and others made Zhang Erya's house unusually lively.

There are many more people outside, all queuing up to receive their wages.

Cheng Tiehuan and Princess Yuzhang were not idle either; they helped distribute wages.

Xiao Ran's bicycle immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The others stepped aside, and Xiao Ran went straight into the courtyard.

"Eh~" The little princess ran over curiously.

Li Shimin, Qin Qiong, and others were also curious.

It was another rare and unusual thing that I had never seen before in most of my life.

“Little Nang Jun~ What’s this duck?” The little princess gently touched it.

"No, you rode all this way with just two wheels?" Li Shimin pointed at the bicycle.

"Uncle, there's nothing to be surprised about. With the right technique, even a single wheel can do it."

Li Shimin, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Cheng Chumo, and others stood around the bicycle, looking as if they had never seen anything like it before.

Li Lizhi, Princess Yuzhang, and the others, having received their wages, also pooled their money together.

"This is nothing special, just a bicycle."

"Nephew, try riding it again." Li Shimin asked, puzzled. "Two wheels will fall over when they're stationary, how can they run?"

Xiao Ran couldn't explain this to Li Shimin, because he didn't know either.

"Uncle, things that are stationary will definitely fall over, but things that are running will be fine." Xiao Ran rode his bicycle around the yard.

You can even do it without using your hands; you learned all of that from practicing in school.

Wow~ Little Nang is so amazing~

A group of people stared blankly, unable to understand how this thing could run, and so fast.

"Young Master's bow is also quite strange?" Princess Yuzhang said, and only then did the others notice Xiao Ran's compound bow.

Xiao Ran stopped his bicycle and took the bow off his back.

"Nephew, is this a bow? Is it sturdy?" Qin Qiong asked.

Xiao Ran's composite bow, with its ornaments and pulleys, was completely different from the bows of the Tang Dynasty. Xiao Ran pulled it, "Very sturdy!"

Li Shimin tapped it gently. It was made of carbon fiber, something that the Tang Dynasty certainly didn't have, and Li Shimin had never seen before.

"Nephew, let me give it a try." Li Shimin wanted to experience it for himself.

"Okay!" Xiao Ran handed it to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin took it and saw several bowstrings on it.

It entwines back and forth, which is different from that of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin looked at it carefully and found that he couldn't understand why it was designed this way.

The bowstring was wound several times, and it looked very nice.

The decorative elements added to the beauty of the compound bow.

Li Shimin pulled the bowstring; it was normal at first, but after pulling it back, it was very easy.

"Nephew, why is that?" Li Shimin's arm strength was astonishing; his bows were all heavy.

Li Shimin could easily draw Xiao Ran's composite bow, and to his surprise, it was very effortless to draw it.

"Uncle, why don't you give it a try!" Xiao Ran took out an arrow and gave it to Li Shimin.

It's also made of special materials and the workmanship is exquisite.

It's not heavy, but it's very sturdy, and importantly, it's perfectly straight without any curves.

Li Shimin really couldn't understand why Xiao Ran had so many good things.

Li Shimin drew his bow and fired an arrow, which pierced through a tree trunk not far away.

"Huh?" Li Shimin looked at the bow in his hand in disbelief; its strength far exceeded his expectations.

"Ananda, bring me my bow and arrows." Li Shimin handed Xiao Ran's compound bow to Cheng Yaojin, who was standing next to him.

I tried it myself.

The same distance, stretched to its maximum again.

It still hit the tree trunk not far away, but it didn't penetrate; it just stuck in the trunk.

"Is it a problem with the arrows?" Li Shimin asked Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran handed over another arrow. "Uncle, try using my arrow again."

Li Shimin shot again, and as expected of a master archer, he hit the target three times.

It was slightly better than Li Shimin's own arrows, but it still didn't penetrate.

Li Shimin refused to believe in superstition, picked up his own arrow, took the composite bow from Cheng Yaojin's hand, and shot it again.

This time the tree trunk was pierced again, and the arrowhead came out from the other side.

Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Zhang Anan, Cheng Chumo, Cheng Tiehuan, Li Lizhi, Princess Yuzhang, and others all saw it.

"No, my dear nephew, why is this? Why is the power so terrifying?" Li Shimin's prized bow was being crushed in terms of power.

"Uncle, this is a composite bow. The materials are special, but the design is also very sophisticated," Xiao Ran said simply.

“The Tang Dynasty also has composite bows.” Li Shimin looked to the other side, and Zhang Anan brought out a different one.

Xiao Ran looked at the composite bow of the Tang Dynasty, and it was indeed much better than an ordinary bow.

It employs a multi-layered composite material.

By complementing the physical properties of multiple materials and splicing and bending them through complex processes, the bow is usually shorter but has a larger arc, presenting a "recurved" shape with both ends up curving upwards.

However, Xiao Ran's compound bow is made of carbon fiber and has pulley systems such as eccentric wheels on it.

The materials and processes are different.

"Uncle, this is also a compound bow, but it makes the bow more powerful. Mine is a compound bow made of special materials, which also makes it more powerful, but these pulleys and eccentric wheels make it easy to draw and aim."

To put it simply, Xiao Ran's compound bow requires less effort to draw than the Tang Dynasty's.

Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong also tried it out and were surprised to find such a bow and arrow.

This benefit will definitely improve the hit rate.

However, people with less strength still can't use it. They can't pull it open at the beginning, so there's no time to store potential energy.

(End of this chapter)