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Chapter 369 Chapter 380: Iron Back Bow

Finally, Li Hao finished singing "Daughter's Love", but Master Xuanzang still closed his eyes and folded his palms together, muttering non-stop.

Li Hao returned to his seat with the guitar in his arms and sat down, and asked with a smile: "Master Xuanzang, how is my singing?"

Xuanzang stopped chanting, slowly opened his eyes, and said, "General Li's song should be sung and listened to by the female Bodhisattva."

As soon as Li Hao heard the word "female Bodhisattva", his eyebrows raised immediately, and he was a little excited. That's right, just like in the TV series, Tang Seng also likes to call beautiful women "female Bodhisattva". The place is still very realistic, um, so is the Daughter Congress adapted from a real place?

Li Hao asked unwillingly: "Master, have you really never been to the Country of Daughters? Oh, no, it should be called the Country of Women in Xiliang. They don't necessarily have all women there, anyway, the king is a woman."

Xuanzang heard the words and said: "If you want to say that the king is a woman, then there is, but it is not called Xiliang Nuguo, but Dongnuguo and Xinuguo."

Li Hao's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, it should be the Eastern Women's Country and the Western Women's Country. Where are these two women's countries, and what is the situation in the country?"

Xuanzang said slowly: "The poor monk once went to the country of Dongnv, and the country is not like what Lord Hou said, there are no men, but in the country of Dongnv, women are superior to men, and women are kings, and the queen is called 'Binjiu'. There are female officials, called 'Gaoba', who discuss state affairs equally. Bureaucrats abroad, and male husbands do it. There are hundreds of royal maids, who listen to politics once every five days."

"Oh, a country with women's power." Li Hao nodded when he heard the words, and suddenly smiled cheaply, "Master Cai just said that there are hundreds of Queen's maids. Are these 'maids' women or men?"

"This..." Xuanzang was taken aback when he heard the words, then shook his head and sighed, "This poor monk doesn't know either. Although the poor monk has been there, he doesn't know anything about the palace."

"Oh?" Li Hao raised his eyebrows with a smirk upon hearing this, "Did you not go to see Her Majesty the Queen?"

Xuanzang shook his head and said, "The poor monk is just an ascetic monk. Her Majesty the Queen is in charge of the affairs of a country, so she must be very busy. How can I meet the poor monk?"

"That's a pity." Li Hao was speechless and disappointed when he heard the words, and then asked again, "Where is this Dongnvguo?"

Xuanzang said together: "Dongnvguo is connected to Maozhou and Dangxiang in the east, and Yazhou in the southeast."

"So it's there, and it doesn't look far away." Li Hao thought for a while, and suddenly asked, "What about the West Lady Country?"

Xuanzang said in a serious way, "The poor monk of Xinu country has never been to it, but when he was in the Western Regions, the poor monk heard people say, where is the poor monk, but the poor monk is not sure. It is said that it is in the west of Congling. The east women's country is roughly the same, but some people say that most of the men in the west women's country..."

Xuanzang stopped suddenly when he said this, with a look of embarrassment on his face.

It was the first time Li Hao saw Xuanzang being so embarrassed since he entered the account, and it seemed that it was because of those things about men and women. Li Hao's eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with the men in Xinu Country?"

Xuanzang folded his palms together and said, "The poor monk is a monk, so there are some things that cannot be said."

When he said this, Li Hao became more sure of his guess, raised his eyebrows and asked with a mean smile, "Are men from the West Women's Country, who are very weak in this respect?" The smiling expression is a bit wretched.

Xuanzang didn't say much, apparently acquiescing. Li Hao was overjoyed when he heard the words, and thought to himself: "It's a good idea, the men in Xinu country are actually a bunch of men who don't lift up men. If we go, hehehe...wait If there is a chance in the future, I must take the special forces and the brothers from the Xuanjia Army to plow the land and sow seeds, alas, Meidi is very, Meidi is very..."

"General Lee! General Lee!"

Master Xuanzang was calling for Li Hao loudly, Li Hao finally recovered from the state of obsession, and turned his head to ask: "Master, what's the matter?"

Xuanzang said embarrassingly, "General Li, your clothes are wet with your saliva."

Li Hao hurriedly raised his sleeves to wipe his saliva, and laughed awkwardly. Alas, it's so embarrassing. In order to cover up the embarrassment, Li Hao could only change the topic and asked, "What is the mage's plan after returning to China?"

Xuanzang said: "The poor monk copied many scriptures in the Western Regions and brought them back. The poor monk intends to translate them into Chinese. "Tang Western Regions"."

"Da Tang Western Regions" Li Hao knows that this is a book of great historical value. When Wu Chengen wrote Journey to the West, he read "Da Tang Western Regions" many times. The story of the daughter country seems to be based on Adapted from the Eastern and Western Women's Kingdom in "The Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty".

As for translating scriptures, it is a very heavy task. The reason why there are so many different versions of domestic scriptures is that the translators are not good at foreign languages, and the second is that the translators are not deep enough in Buddhism and want to reproduce the original meaning of the Buddhist scriptures. When translating, one must be proficient in foreign languages ​​and have a deep understanding of Buddhism. Such requirements are very high, so Xuanzang may only be able to translate the scriptures by himself, and it is difficult to complete the task without three or five years.

In history, Xuanzang did not translate scriptures alone. There was a very famous monk who helped him translate scriptures and wrote "Da Tang Western Regions". That monk was Bian Ji, the one who had an affair with Princess Gaoyang in history, but Now that Princess Gao Yang is married to Tubo, Bianji should not have an affair with Gao Yang, and he can be his monk with peace of mind.

Thinking of this, Li Hao said: "Master Xuanzang, when I was in Chang'an, I heard that there is a monk named Bianji in Jinchengfang Huichang Temple. He is not only proficient in many languages, but also knowledgeable and profound in Buddhism. Maybe he can help Master translate scriptures. With "Da Tang Western Regions"."

Xuanzang clasped his palms together and thanked, "I really thank General Li for this."

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Li Hao smiled and waved his hands, "When Master Xuanzang plans to return to the Central Plains, if you are not in a hurry, why not go back with me."

Master Xuanzang asked, "When is General Li planning to go back?"

Hearing this, Li Hao said awkwardly: "I don't know about this, everything depends on Tubo's actions, and I have to wait for the emperor's imperial edict before I can go back."

Master Xuanzang was silent for a long time, and asked: "General Li, is it... going to war?"

Li Hao smacked his lips and said: "I'm not sure yet. This time, Tubo sent a [-] troops to the border of Tuyuhun. It is obviously aimed at our Tang Dynasty. If Tubo insists on going its own way, a war is inevitable. .”

Master Xuanzang felt sad when he heard the words, and folded his palms together and muttered: "Amitabha, I hope that the king of Tubo will be considerate of all the people in the world and show compassion, so that the people of the three countries can avoid this catastrophe."

Li Hao smiled wryly when he heard the words, and had to lament Master Xuanzang's innocence, there will always be a war between Tubo and Tang Dynasty, even if it doesn't happen now, it will be sooner or later.

At this moment, Master Xuanzang also secretly made up his mind that if he had the opportunity, he must go to Tubo, promote Buddhism, and try his best to ease the relationship between Tubo and Tang Dynasty, so as to prevent the people of the two countries from suffering miserably.

On the matter of the war, Li Hao and Master Xuanzang naturally disagreed in their views, and their conversations were not speculative, so their chat ended here. Li Hao stayed with Master Xuanzang in the barracks for one night, and the next morning Then send him away.

Next, there is a long wait, waiting for news from Tubo, waiting for news from Chang'an. The days of waiting are boring and tedious, but Li Hao has a fulfilling life, because he is under pressure, and the news from that mysterious old enemy Not only that, but he has also started to learn horse fighting marksmanship and archery. These are skills that must be mastered when marching and fighting. Now that he has embarked on the road of generals, he still has to master these basic skills , otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public.

Perhaps Li Hao was born with the talent for practicing martial arts. He has improved rapidly in both martial arts and riding and archery, and his strength is so great that even a two-stone strong bow is too light, so he summoned craftsmen and asked them to find a way to make it for him. A pair of iron tire bows. The strength of iron tire bows is too strong. Under normal circumstances, no one can pull them away. Moreover, what Li Hao wants to build is a long bow. That is to say, the longer the bow arm, the more powerful it will be. .

The standard bow in the army is generally one-stone strength, and the one-stone strength of bow and arrow refers to hanging the bow on the wall, and then hanging heavy objects on the bowstring until the bow is fully drawn.

However, the ancients were very strange. A stone of rice grain was 100 catties, but when used to measure bow power, a stone was only 40 kilograms. Converted to ancient catties, it was only 50 catties. It is a bit strange, but these are not the point.

The lethal range of a stone bow is 60 meters. Here we are talking about flat shooting. If it is projectile, the range can reach 200 meters to 300 meters. If the height of the city wall is added, the farthest can reach 400 meters.

The iron tire bow that Li Hao wants to build has an arm that is 40 centimeters longer than that of a standard bow. Anyway, he is much taller than ordinary people, his arms are also long, and he has great strength. It should be no problem to draw it to the full. Now he Just look forward to the power of this iron tire strong bow.

More than a month later, Wang Wu, the chief craftsman in the army, personally brought a large and strong bow to Li Haoya's tent to ask for an interview. Li Hao rushed to meet him. He felt that the bow was very heavy, weighing at least twenty catties, and the bow arm was very thick, and the bowstring was also very thick, one could feel its enormous power without trying it.

Holding the iron tire bow, Li Hao couldn't wait to come to the shooting range. He pulled a feathered arrow and tried to shoot it, but found that the arrow was too short, and the bow was only halfway drawn, and the arrow was not long enough.

Li Hao had no choice but to make do with it. Facing the archery target, he let go of the bowstring. There was a buzzing sound, and his eardrums trembled. The target a meter away was pierced by the feathered arrow, but... the arrow failed to hit the bull's-eye.

Li Hao frowned immediately, and turned to Wang Wudao: "Although this iron tire bow is good, it can't match this kind of ordinary arrows. Light, easy to float, not accurate at all.”

Wang Wu hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, General, I know what to do."

So Wang Wu left in a hurry and led the craftsmen to work all night. Early the next morning, Wang Wu brought a group of craftsmen to see Li Hao again carrying a large bundle of arrows. This time the arrows they brought The arrow is obviously one size larger than the standard arrow, and the length seems to be more than one meter, and the arrow shaft is very thick, and the arrow and tail feathers are also relatively large.

Li Hao took a special arrow in his hand, which obviously felt much heavier than ordinary arrows, and then he brought the bow and arrow to the shooting range again, stood a hundred meters away, bent the bow and set the arrow, and shot the huge iron The fetal bow was stretched into a full moon, and the right hand was loosened, and there was a loud "buzz", and everyone felt their ear drums go numb, and there was a soft "pop", and the center of the arrow target [-] meters away was directly pierced by the arrow.

Li Hao was very happy, looked at the bow in his hand excitedly, and murmured: "It's such a domineering bow, it needs a name, um... this bow is made of steel, so let's call it Iron Back Bow!"

(End of this chapter)