Chapter 1023: Trapping Liao people is a tradition

The safe and effective preservation of ammunition, the inference of climate records, and the geographical and astronomical intelligence reconnaissance of enemy countries are inseparable from the accurate measurement of these values.

The bow pouch is made of genuine leather, with a form stamped on it. Among the current Jinshi masters, only Su You, Chen Zhaoming and Guo Huai can understand it.

It includes distance correction, height correction, and direction correction.

Correction parameters include cross wind speed, longitudinal wind speed, bow and arrow muzzle speed, temperature, humidity, and air pressure.

All these things form a very complicated density adjustment table. In addition to being able to shoot arrows, Su You and Chen Zhaoming's bows and arrows actually also include the measurement function of distance, temperature, humidity, and air pressure; and the precise control function of muzzle velocity;

Aiming function; correction function.

The whole thing is weird and unusual. Most of the parts are made of metal. The power does not come from the bow string, but actually comes from the steel wire spring in the bow frame. The bow string has also been upgraded, using the kind of bundled thin steel wire used in flat can bicycle brakes.

After getting this thing in hand, as long as someone corrects the correct horizontal offset angle and height offset angle of the scope according to the density table, anyone with a basic archery foundation can shoot with perfect accuracy.

Of course, this thing also involves a high degree of standardization of bows and arrows, and involves a lot of observations and calculations. Therefore, Su You said that they are the Observation School and achieve precise goals through observation and measurement. There is really nothing you can do against them.

However, this obviously deviates from the competitive spirit of the gentleman's struggle as mentioned by the Master, and obviously goes against the purpose of people to temper and surpass their own physical fitness, skills and spirit.

However, Wang Shiyue and Zhang Dunli could not understand this level for a while, so they were stunned by Su You's deception. They always felt that this statement was incorrect, but they could not tell what was wrong.

Wang Kechen was also stunned for a moment, but he was an old Jianghu after all. He rolled his eyes: "There must be something wrong with Mingrun's statement, but we don't know how to attack at the moment, so we can only... Zizhan, you Su

Enter my family! Use your family’s spear to attack your family’s shield!”

This game was already a regular subject in the Su family when Su Xun was still there. A historical event was dug out from the Han Dynasty, and then Su Shi, Su Che, and Su You criticized each other, and sometimes even exchanged positions.

It's a bit like the debate competition in later generations, with Su Xun judging the contest.

This method is what Wang Anshi evaluated as "strategist learning", but it is indeed of great help to the three people's logical thinking, argumentative writing, and rhetorical skills.

At least today, there are really not many people who can beat the Su family in terms of talking.

Su Shi said with a smile: "Uncle Yao is very versatile, so he can make excellent tools to make up for the lack of manpower."

"But we are not engaging in a battle, but a competition. What is the competition? It is manpower, not equipment."

"Although bows and arrows are based on hitting the target, the actual competition is the shooter's eyesight, arm strength, skills, breathing, mentality, etc."

"Although Mingrun's bow is also designed with the goal of hunting swans, it can be used for military purposes, but for competitions, it cannot distinguish the level of the players."

"Because if everyone uses such a bow, the results will be the same."

"But if everyone uses bows differently, the competition will be based on the quality of the equipment, not personal ability."

"Therefore, this bow should not be used for competition at all."

"Yes, yes!" Zhang Dunli stamped his feet in anger: "That's the truth! But this truth is too expensive! It's worth a thousand coins!"

Su Shi bowed and said, "My consort is so complimentary."

Zhang Dunli waved his hands: "No, no, it's really worth this number - the winnings Mingrun and Jingrun won from us in several shooting competitions have long been no less than this!"

Everyone laughed.

Su You said: "But I think it's okay to use it against the Liao people."

"Back then, my clan brother visited the Liao Kingdom. Because the Liao Kingdom couldn't help but study astronomy, its calendar was actually more sophisticated than that of the Song Dynasty."

"In the calendars of the two countries at that time, the winter solstice in the Song Dynasty was one day earlier than that in the Liao Dynasty, and the difference in this day was actually caused by the Song's own calendar error."

"At that time, the Qintian Supervisor of the Liao Kingdom used this to make things difficult for our clan brother."

"When my brother took the provincial imperial examination, the first sentence of his article was 'Yin and Yang are the great calendar of heaven and earth.' He won the first place in the provincial examination. After that, he paid great attention to the study of calendars."

"Although the Liao people's calendar was more accurate, they couldn't stand the fact that my brother read so many books, so he cited scriptures and quoted scriptures to scare all the Liao people."

"After that, the clan brother slowly explained, saying, 'The slowness of each family is different, and there can be no small differences. For example, the solar terms of the Hai period are the same as today's eve. If it is more than a few moments, it belongs to the Zi period, and it will be tomorrow. Either earlier or later, each one will be tomorrow.

It can be seen from its history. People in the north take it for granted."

"Only after returning to China, the clan brother told His Majesty the whole story, and then the Song Dynasty began to rebuild the calendar."

This matter is actually very serious, because one of the very important manifestations of the suzerain state is to issue calendars to the vassal states.

At that time, the Liao Dynasty was already a power on par with the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty generally maintained a low profile in its interactions with the Liao Kingdom.

If the Liao calendar is more accurate, then the Song calendar is even lower.

Su Song solved diplomatic problems through "technical means" and avoided embarrassing situations in diplomacy, so he was praised by Zhao Xu.

Everyone is smiling, and they can talk to the right people until they suspect that they are wrong. The Su family's rhetoric is really extraordinary.

Su You also laughed: "But that is not the right way after all. Fortunately, in December of the first year of Yuanfeng, Xin Chou Shuo promoted Si Tianjian to gather the calendar officials to examine the Liao, Goryeo, and Japanese national calendars. The Japanese national calendar is the same as the Feng Yuan calendar.

As a result, the calendars of various countries have similarities, but there are also differences."

"The New Year's Day in the Liao Dynasty coincides with the Xuanming Calendar, the Japanese Wuwu New Year's Day is similar to the Liao Calendar, and the Korean Wuwu New Year's Day coincides with the Fengyuan Calendar, but the qi is different."

"However, I, the Song Dynasty, have completely grasped the fundamental principles of solar terms, and also know the fundamental reason for the differences in solar terms in different places - because the longitude and latitude of the measurement locations are different."

"So now we, the Song Dynasty, can not only deduce the calendar of the Song Dynasty, but also the accurate time calendar of Liao, Japan, Goryeo... and even any place in the world. My study of the calendar of the Song Dynasty has long been out of the question.

There are several streets in various countries.”

"It is precisely because of its accuracy that the Liao Kingdom was at a real disadvantage in the calendar dispute with our country. Even the Emperor of Liao took the initiative to ask the Song Dynasty to help them build a bell tower."

"Following the Yuan calendar now travels all over the world, and calendar smuggling in the Liao Kingdom is also rampant. This is the only way to defeat the enemy."

"In short, please don't feel any psychological pressure. Telling you this story is just to tell you that cheating the Liao people is a fine tradition of our Su family."

"Just join our Guanjang sect. If they compete in archery, then give them a good shock. Don't worry, even if you give them the current eccentric pulley bow, they won't be able to copy it!"

During this small banquet, Su You became friends with Princess Xu's Mansion.

After a delicious shabu-shabu meal, the princesses and the prince-in-law, as well as the brothers Wang Kechen and Su Shi, returned to Weishi in a long motorcade.

In December of the second year of Yuanfeng, due to the funeral of the Empress Dowager, the festive atmosphere was much less intense, and many large-scale celebrations were cancelled.

Including next year's imperial meeting, it will also be suspended.

Then the elephant's pretentiousness was cancelled, so the elephant boy Xiao Shali took Duli and the others to Weishi.

There are hot springs here, and the climate near the hot springs is the warmest near Bianjing in severe winter.

Children's minds are the purest. Even the minds of children from powerful families have not been polluted too much.

So Xiao Shali immediately became the super idol in the hearts of the children of the powerful Wei family.

Mahout! The teenage mahout brother!

Other noble children only dare to look at them from a distance. Even if they want to get closer, the wet nurse will stop them immediately.

The only exception was the Su family's Bian Gu children's shoes, so Bian Gu and Sha Li quickly became good friends.

Bian Guan is not a squeamish child, he is the one who takes care of him when he is walking on the snow. As for Muke, I still don’t know who takes care of whom.

Now it's an elephant, and every day the flat cans voluntarily become free labor for the grains of sand.

Shi Wei and Su You didn't bother to care about this. Although Bian Guan was from a famous family, she was almost like a wild child from the countryside.

One day Bian Guan ran to the wall of the Princess of Shu's house and shouted: "Yanbi, Yanbi come out to play!"

Wang Yanbi was being taught etiquette by his mother and the palace maids, and he was going to the palace to greet Zhao Xu on New Year's Eve.

Hearing Bian Gu shouting outside, Wang Yanbi's little heart felt like it was being scratched by countless little claws, and the pieces all over his body began to rattle.

The princess of Shu sighed: "Forget it for today, you can't learn it even if I ask you to learn it. Brother Bian Guan calls you, so you go ahead."

Aunt Li hurriedly came over and took off the things on Wang Yanbi's body.
Chapter completed!