Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 26 The Birth of the First Simple Composite Bow in the Eastern Han Dynasty

Zhang Sui didn't have to wait long before he saw Hongyu arrived first.

When Hongyu saw that Zhang Sui was actually dressed and waiting for her, she hurried over.

Handing a handkerchief wrapped with something to Zhang Sui, Hongyu asked, "Did you draw a portrait for me today?"

Zhang Sui reached out to take it and said, "I'm busy today, so I haven't yet. I'll help you after I'm done with this."

Their hands touched.

Hongyu was just about to ask, how long will we have to wait?
But before she could say anything, she lowered her head.

She turned around and left.

She felt her cheeks burning instantly.

If he saw this, he would feel very lowly.

Zhang Sui watched Hongyu walk away quickly and opened his mouth.

He originally wanted to say, let’s chat for a while?

After all, you took other people's food.

Moreover, he was not a fool and understood that Hongyu had a good impression of him.

Isn't there an old saying: "Time breeds love."

Of course, that’s definitely not possible now.

However, it is a rare day when we have a brief time together.

How can we deepen our relationship without chatting and getting to know each other?

But in the end, he didn't say anything.

This is the Zhen family mansion.

Shouting loudly will definitely cause unnecessary trouble.

In the late Han Dynasty, which was ancient times, wealthy families were generally quite averse to their servants talking about love.

Otherwise, the whole mansion would be in chaos.

Zhang then sat down.

have to.

I’ll talk to Hongyu about our chat when we meet tomorrow.

Zhang Sui sat on the ground and opened his handkerchief.

Inside was a porcelain bowl filled with rice and some vegetables.

Zhang Sui broke off two branches from the bushes nearby, broke off the twigs, used them as chopsticks and started eating directly.

This is the first time Zhang Sui has eaten rice since he came here!

As a southerner before the time travel, Zhang Sui was used to eating rice. After eating rice again after such a long absence, he was almost moved to tears.

Zhang Sui finished the rice in no time.

After fetching a wooden bucket of water from the ancient well, Zhang Sui washed the porcelain bowl and saw the fifth lady Zhen Rong tiptoeing towards him.

This time, she directly brought a big bowl of rice.

On top of the rice, there were not only vegetables, but also a few pieces of meat of unknown variety.

There is still some soup in the rice.

Zhang Sui didn't hesitate to take it and started eating.

Zhen Rong squatted beside him and said with a depressed look: "My master scolded me today!"

Zhang Sui asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"

Zhen Rong pointed at the porcelain bowl in Zhang Sui's hand and said, "I had lunch today. After eating, I wanted to drink some water, so I poured some water into the bowl and prepared to drink."

"I just realized that the chopsticks were broken!"

"I picked up the chopsticks and they were fine again!"

"I asked my mother and second sister, but they didn't know."

"When I was in private school, I asked the teacher about it, but he scolded me for being obsessed with trivial things and refused to answer my question!"

"Also, I heard that the master's new concubine is pregnant."

"I asked the sir why the concubine became pregnant."

"He called me obscene!"

"You know, my family has a private school. Not only me, but also the children of our Zhen family's distant relatives, are in the school."

"We discussed why the concubine became pregnant."

"Then, those people said that if you kiss, you will get pregnant."

"But my mother and second sister often kiss me, why can't I get pregnant?"

"I went to argue with the gentleman, and he scolded me again."

Zhen Rong looked at Zhang Sui expectantly and said, "You're so smart, you must know it, right?" Zhang Sui met Zhen Rong's anxious eyes, feeling a little amused.

This little girl is full of “a hundred thousand whys”!
In all the days I've known her, she always asks all kinds of questions.

Fortunately, he was able to explain all the questions she asked.

While eating, Zhang Sui said, "The problem with chopsticks is called the refraction of light, just like what I told you before, why stars blink."

Zhen Rong opened her eyes wide and asked in amazement, "How could they be the same?"

Zhang Sui spent a long time explaining the principle of light refraction to Zhen Rong.

Zhang Sui finished his speech and said, "As for pregnancy, how can I answer this question? Just ask Madam and you will know."

"Anyway, kissing definitely won't get you pregnant."

When Zhen Rong heard what Zhang Sui said, her eyes suddenly lit up.

The next moment, she quickly got up, hugged Zhang Sui's face and kissed him twice, saying with a smile: "You worried me to death before."

"Although I think kissing won't lead to pregnancy, I'm always afraid that I might have misunderstood."

"If I really get pregnant, my mother and second sister will beat me to death if I get pregnant at such a young age."

Zhang Sui touched his cheek, feeling both amused and helpless.

After all, he is just a child. Although he is smart, he still lacks confidence in some things.

Zhang Sui said: "You don't have to worry about this problem now."

"When you grow up to be as old as Madam and the Second Miss, you may become pregnant."

"Besides, it's not by kissing."

Zhen Rong lowered her head and glanced at herself and said, "Okay, then I understand."

Taking the empty porcelain bowl from Zhang Sui, Zhen Rong said, "It's getting late, I'm going to bed. As expected, you are the smartest. I need to eat more and grow up to be like my mother and second sister, then you can marry me. By then, you can help my Zhen family with your intelligence."

Zhang Sui looked at Zhen Rong's small back as she left, feeling quite sympathetic.

This little girl is so precocious.

At such an old age, she already knew that she wanted me to marry her for the sake of the Zhen family.

She doesn't even know what it means to truly marry.

Zhang Sui sat for a while before taking a shower.

After taking a shower, Zhang returned to his room to sleep.

Early the next morning, he practiced basic boxing and kicking skills with other soldiers.

After lunch early in the morning, Zhang Sui took his deputy captain Zhao Xu to Wuji County to find the elastic rope.

I really found it!
I found it in a shop that specializes in making ropes to connect the armor plates.

In prosperous times, armor cannot be made casually.

That would be punishable by death.

However, we are in a turbulent time now.

After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the imperial court allowed each county to make its own armor and weapons, organize volunteer armies, and fight against bandits.

As a result, the privilege of making armor fell into the hands of various noble families.

Each noble family would also make armor.

The process of creating a complete set of armor is extremely complicated.

Therefore, various armor-related shops came into being.

However, the stuff on these armors is not cheap.

For example, Zhang Sui bought ten ropes made of cowhide, each of which was only as thick as a chopstick, and it cost Zhang Sui five rolls of silk.

Zhang Sui also felt pain when he bought it.

Just ten of these ropes cost this much.

He couldn't imagine the cost of a set of armor!

After reluctantly buying the rope, Zhang Sui returned to his residence, found the wooden stick, and borrowed a sharp dagger from the team leader Zhen Hao, and cut the wooden stick into the shape required by the drawing.

It was not until the evening that Zhang Sui made his first simple compound bow in the late Han Dynasty.

Zhang Sui took his sword to the treasury and asked for twenty feather arrows. He returned to the room, stood at one side of the room, pulled the simple compound bow towards the wooden beam at the other end, and shot an arrow.

Ten steps away.

Zhang Sui shot an arrow.

The arrow's tip, along with the approximately one-inch-long wooden shaft, was completely embedded in the wooden beam.

No matter how hard Zhang Sui tried, he couldn't pull it out!

In the end, Zhang Sui could only break the wooden arrow body.

(End of this chapter)