Xiang Wanying was also cutting bamboo nearby. She would occasionally glance at Xiang Lingying, feeling somewhat puzzled.
My eldest daughter was just blocked by a snake by Zhang Liu, why is she looking at him like this...
The look that Xiang Lingying gave Zhang Liu at this moment made Xiang Wanying, the head maid, feel sad.
She always felt that her original plan of completing her daily work and then occupying Zhang Liu's body, while the eldest lady enjoyed his spiritual companionship while busying herself with government affairs day and night, would fail...
And not far away.
While Su Yan was checking whether there was any danger around and collecting bamboo fungus, she also looked at Lingying from time to time.
Her intuition as a girl made her feel that the other person's eyes were strange!
Chapter 326: The Girl Who Trys to Play with Guns (Monthly Ticket Rewards for Extra Chapter 29)
The progress of making bamboo spears for Zhang Liu, Xiang Wanying and Xiang Lingying was very difficult.
At the beginning, Zhang Liu's idea was very simple. He just needed to trim the bamboo and then tie metal sheets on it to use it as a long-range weapon, a bamboo spear.
Zhang Liu's first bamboo spear design:

But this is really very simple and can only exist in thoughts.
When it comes to actual hands-on operation, the difficulty of production increases exponentially.
The first thing is how to tie the metal sheet on and fix it firmly without it loosening, which is difficult to do.
Because bamboo is very smooth.
The bamboo is half the thickness of a girl's wrist, two meters long, and weighs about five or six kilograms. After the metal sheet is tied up with a rope, it is just the right weight for Xiang Lingying to use.
Wood of the same material and thickness weighs at least ten pounds.
It is a bit difficult for boys like Zhang Liu to use it.
So this is also the fundamental reason why he chose bamboo instead of other materials.
After the metal sheet is tied to the front part of the bamboo, the shape looks majestic, even with a strong sense of lethality.
But big problems arose in the actual combat stage.
Xiang Lingying certainly wouldn't pick up this bamboo spear and go fight some wild beast. She just followed Zhang Liu's suggestion and stabbed the palm tree in front of her that was used as a target.
After the first strike, the piece of metal, secured with a rope, became lodged directly into the palm tree.
When Xiang Lingying pulled it out with force, the metal sheet became loose.
After the next three stabbings, the metal piece fell off directly.
The ropes used to tie the metal sheets also broke directly.
And from the second time on, the lethality and destructive power of the spear were significantly reduced. It was even impossible to nail it on the palm tree like the first time. The entire metal piece was crooked and had no attack power at all.
Zhang Liu knew the reason why the problem occurred.
That is because in order to ensure the initial killing power after entering the body, the sharp edge of the metal sheet is exposed to at least ten centimeters.
This means that the contact area between the metal sheet and the spear is only a few centimeters.
At present, the killing power is still acceptable against palm trees that are not moving and have loose wood.
In the first attack, the blade penetrated at least three centimeters.
But if it were a moving wild boar, Zhang Liu really wouldn't be able to determine the casualties.
The opponent will twist. What if the metal piece is directly inserted into the wild boar's body in the first wave and then twisted?
It’s no big deal if the wild boar runs away with the razor blade. We can just go back to the wreckage of the plane and get some more.
But what if the wild boar goes crazy and rushes back with metal pieces to attack us like a human bomb tank?
There probably aren't any girls who would use the Tang family's Overlord Gun.
Therefore, without the gun tip, the bamboo would completely lose its lethality as a support, and both he and Anya would be forced to engage in the most dangerous close combat.
Of course Zhang Liu also knew that if it was under the best circumstances.
Then the wild boar should be stabbed about ten centimeters into its body by at least three or more blades in a wave of concentrated fire, and be directly suppressed by five two-meter-long bamboos, waiting for him to come over and finish it off.
But if we only imagine the best-case scenario for this kind of life-and-death hunting, it would be a bit too naive...
Touching the scar on his chest that had completely disappeared, Zhang Liu learned the lesson from the counterattack against the hungry wolf that he should give priority to the worst case scenario.
Therefore, the bamboo spear must have enough power for a second attack!
Standing by and looking at the test results, Xiang Wanying's expression was somewhat solemn.
The first thing she thought of was to sharpen the bamboo to use as back combat support.
In this way, even if the blade misses or even falls off in the first wave of attack, everyone will still have the strength to continue fighting.
But the lethality of metal products and wooden products is absolutely different!
For others, there is only one prerequisite for this hunt, which is that they don't get hurt.
But for Xiang Wanying, she had to ensure that her daughter would not be injured at the same time as she herself was not injured...
Zhang Liu reached out and picked up the metal piece on the ground and held it in his hand, his eyes fixed on the broken rope on the ground.
The main reason why they become loose is that the ropes are made of rattan skin. Although they are tough, they are not very strong.
The moment of penetration is actually a kind of leverage principle.
The contact surface is the fulcrum, the bamboo spear body is the power arm, and the metal sheet is the assist arm.
Looking for a more resilient rattan material?
Throwing away the broken rope in his hand, Zhang Liu thought back to the past year.
"Zhang Liu, I have an idea." After thinking carefully, Xiang Lingying suddenly remembered the method of tile placement that the other party had talked about with her last night, and she immediately came up with a solution.
Looking at the bamboo spear in his hand, Xiang Lingying turned his head and said to Zhang Liu: "Can these metal pieces be modified?"
"Hmm?" After hearing Xiang Lingying's words, Zhang Liu asked, "How do you plan to change it?"
"You see, bamboo is hollow, with a layer of bamboo nodes inside. We can wrap the handle of the knife with rattan and then push it in to hold it in place. This way it won't get loose!"
Hearing Xiang Lingying's suggestion, Zhang Liu, who had already thought about it, shook his head and said:
"No, the handle is not long enough and the blade is too thick. I can't cut the bamboo and leave only about five centimeters of bamboo joints."
"I either don't leave any bamboo joints, or I have to leave the whole bamboo joint and knock through the front before using it. If, as you said, the knife handle is stuck in and pushed all the way to the bottom, the front of the bamboo will crack."
After saying this, he also sighed slightly with regret.
Xiang Lingying's suggestion was actually very correct, but there was a prerequisite, that is, Zhang Liu must have a hand saw that could perform fine processing on bamboo.
With only a not-too-sharp machete to chop bamboo, all Zhang Liu could do was to chop the bamboo into slits and then twist it to break.
Rather than cutting off cleanly.
If the bamboo is not cut at once, it will easily break in the middle, especially this kind of bamboo which is only about three or four centimeters in diameter.
After hearing Zhang Liu's explanation, Xiang Lingying did not look depressed at all, but rather looked proud.
She continued, "My idea is to stretch the bamboo open and put the handle and part of the blade directly into it. We can knock a notch on the back of the blade and then fix it to the bamboo with rattan. The rattan can also fix the gap in the bamboo to ensure that the knife will not fall out of the bamboo when it is pulled out!"
Design of the cute bamboo spear by Xiang Lingying:

"Hmm! This is a good idea!" Zhang Liu thought about it for a while and instantly realized that Xiang Lingying's suggestion was very good.
Because that way.
It is no longer "rattan", "bamboo", "metal sheet" and "rattan"; it is a category of "rattan", "bamboo", "metal sheet", "bamboo" and "rattan".
The metal sheet will naturally not loosen and fall off so easily, and it can also ensure the power of the second attack.
Thinking of this, he immediately began to make changes.
Ten minutes later, the second version of bamboo spears was freshly cooked.
Chapter 327: Gu Qingrou, who has determined her target of stealing someone’s girlfriend…
The tester for the second version of the bamboo spear was still Xiang Lingying.
Under the gazes of Zhang Liu and Xiang Wanying, she picked up the bamboo spear and stabbed it hard into the palm tree.
The result was the same as the first stab, with about three centimeters of the gun tip embedded in the palm tree.
"Um……"
She pulled the bamboo spear back with both hands, groaned muffledly, and the metal spear head was pulled out by her.
This is completely different from the first version of the bamboo spear where the blade was tilted when it was directly loosened. Because of the rattan binding, the spear head is now firmly fixed on the front end of the bamboo spear. In other words, this time the spear head is fully capable of a second attack.
After seeing this result, Zhang Liu began to relax.
Then Xiang Lingying followed the advice of his head maid, stepped forward and stabbed, starting the second stabbing test.
"Click..."
With a slight sound, the bamboo body at the rear end of the bamboo spear cracked slightly.
However, because it was tied with densely packed tiny vines, the bamboo was not really separated, and the tip of the bamboo spear had been nailed into the palm tree again.
Looking at this scene, Zhang Liu and Xiang Wanying looked at each other, then nodded with happy expressions.
But Xiang Lingying's testing work did not stop.
Taking a deep breath, she pulled the bamboo spear back again, and then continued to stab forward.
After repeating this process for the fourth time, the front part of the bamboo spear finally broke apart, but the metal sheet was still tied to it.
Although its combat effectiveness was also greatly reduced and it could no longer penetrate into the palm tree, it could only fall backwards with the loose vines.
But overall it is much better than the first version of the bamboo spear.
Seeing this result, not only Zhang Liu and Xiang Wanying, but even Xiang Lingying, the "tester", showed happy expressions and said, "Success!"
After collecting two bamboo bowls of bamboo fungus, Su Yan came over to check after hearing the sound. Then she also gave high praise to the power of the bamboo spear.
When Zhang Liu, Xiang Wanying, Xiang Lingying and Su Yan started to make the remaining bamboo spears.
Anya and Gu Qingrou were also hiding on the edge of the western mountain top. They were checking the wild boar nest and surrounding terrain under three palm trees a hundred meters away from them.
There was one big wild boar and six small ones in the wild boar den. All of them were covered in mud, and there was an obvious trail of mud and water spreading from the top of the mountain. They were probably coming back from playing in the river on the top of the mountain.
They now understand clearly the reason why the wild boars chose to settle here.
Although this place is on the west side of the hill, because there is a steep slope on the west side, the wild boar's home is a relatively flat slope with a slight protrusion.
So starting from the morning, the sun shines on this side, which is obviously warmer and more comfortable.
In addition, the bees in the beehive on the three palm trees would occasionally land on the little wild boar and be licked directly by the big wild boar. Judging from the way it grunted and blinked its lips, the bees must have tasted very good.
The two have a symbiotic relationship, with the wild boars ensuring that the bees are not disturbed by other wild animals, and the bees occasionally providing the wild boars with high-protein insect food.
At this moment, Gu Qingrou was looking at Anya beside her with a worried expression.
The other party was holding a stone about the size of a fist in his hand, and was constantly weighing it, with a face full of desire to attack.
Anya is currently estimating the distance.
The straight-line distance from here to the wild boar is about one hundred meters.
And she was currently on top of it. In other words, the stone she threw with all her strength might just hit the beehive, causing the wild boar and the bees to fight.
Then he and Gu Qingrou began to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between pigs and bees.
"Well, I'll try... I'll leave right after I lose it! It's over a hundred meters long, even if the wild boar comes over, it won't be able to catch us!"
After calculating the distance, Anya felt that her plan was perfect. She moved her arms slightly and prepared to take action.
But then she was hugged tightly by Gu Qingrou.
"Student An Ya! Let's not do that. We have to listen to Zhang Liu, otherwise he won't like us." Holding the little body in her arms, Gu Qingrou's tone revealed a bit of anxiety. She said very seriously: "Let's not cause him any trouble beyond his plan..."
After hearing the name Zhang Liu, Anya, who was originally full of fighting spirit, suddenly calmed down.
The reason why she wanted to provoke a fight between the bees and the wild boars in advance was that she wanted to reduce the wild boar's combat effectiveness in advance and lay the foundation for tomorrow's hunting operation.
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