Chapter 33 3. Long life in the harem

Shao Hao gave birth to Bi, and Pan began to be a bow and arrow. ——"Shan Hai Jing Hai Nei Jing" This seems to be a very normal record. According to the record, Shaohao was one of the ancient emperors. He gave birth to a child named Ban, and Ban was an innovative inventor. He was the first to invent the bow and arrow. ... Soon we will find that most of the ancient emperors were inventors, and inventions are the patents of the emperors. This makes people lose their temper. But if we study the history of the invention of the bow and arrow, there will be great confusion and doubts. Let’s start with the progress of human civilization. Apes are the earliest inventors. They invented throwing stones. Don’t underestimate the simple action of grabbing a stone and throwing it far away. This action symbolizes civilization and barbarism The distinction between wisdom and chaos.

Long before the apes learned to throw stones, the fights of the apes were all close-to-body combat, which was very exciting, but considering the environment in which the apes lived at that time, the opponents they fought with were not saber-toothed tigers with sharp teeth, or The mammoths in thick armor fought with these wild animals, but the apes suffered a lot, and it was impossible for them to be opponents. It was precisely the invention of the stone-throwing that saved the apes from their ultimate despair. The throwing of stones can extend the attack range of the ape to a certain distance from the side, and can use the rain of flying stones to put the opponent in danger when the ape is relatively safe.It is conceivable that ferocious animals such as saber-toothed tigers and mammoths were so depressed when the apes invented this long-distance attack weapon.Discovering that the apes had become cunning, these prehistoric animals resolutely became extinct in grief and indignation.

After throwing rocks, Neanderthals invented the javelin. Compared with the primitive and rough stone throwing, the javelin is a real artistic invention. Compared with the blunt stone, the javelin can be thrown farther, has a wider attack range, and has a higher hit rate. After mastering the javelin, the Neanderthals became the overlords on the earth. They were aggressive, ran north and south, conquered east and west, and became prehistoric Genghis Khan and ancient Kublai Khan.But suddenly one day, Neanderthals mysteriously disappeared on the earth. Until now, scientists have not figured out where these mysteriously disappeared Neanderthals went.

The disappearance of Neanderthals is because the javelin, a high-tech weapon, is widely mastered by the apes. Everyone knows how to throw javelins. Naturally, Neanderthals have no spells to recite, so they have to integrate with everyone. Marry each other, reproduce offspring, and later, the bloodlines are mixed, and they can no longer be distinguished from each other. It can be said that with the javelin, there is no need to invent the bow and arrow. Why do you say this way?Aren't bows and arrows farther, more accurate, and easier to carry than javelins? Not to mention the range and hit rate, just the convenience of carrying.Think about it, if you happen to be born in a primitive society and encounter a war, others carry a bow and put two hundred arrows in the quiver and set off easily, while your old man carries a large bundle of javelins, no more than ten arrows at most. A few javelins weigh hundreds of kilograms. When you arrive on the battlefield, you throw away more than a dozen javelins, but there are still hundreds of arrows shooting at you. Wouldn't it be miserable for you?

According to such an analysis, even though they already had javelins, primitive people still needed bows and arrows. However, the trouble is that any invention has a process, which is not only extremely long, but also the prototype of the invention is often clumsy, ridiculous and lacks practicality. To put it clearly, the javelin is a kind of applied technology, relatively speaking, it is a very simple invention. Find a thin bamboo, use a stone knife to cut out a pointed end, and you are done.This is not the case with bows and arrows. Bows and arrows not only require you to master the technique of baking and bending hard wood on fire, but also have tough cowhide bands as bow strings. The bow strings must be highly elastic and not easy to break. Arrow shafts and arrowheads require even more demanding manufacturing techniques... In a word, if it takes one morning to invent the invention of throwing stones, then it takes a year to invent the javelin, and it takes at least one year to invent a practical bow and arrow. From 10,000 to 30,000 years, the days are short, bows and arrows are not enough to be militarized, they can only be used as toys.All in all, in the primitive society, human bows and arrows were just toys and had no attack function.

So what is the meaning of this story about Shaohao's son who invented the bow and arrow? After such an analysis, the moral of the story becomes clear. In the era when bows and arrows were invented, the emperor's family was living a happy and promiscuous life.Look at this emperor, what is he thinking about all day long?This guy rowed a boat on the lake in the palace every day, howling like a wolf.Why is this guy howling like hell? It turned out that this fellow was playing hide-and-seek in the palace. He made an agreement with the girls in the palace that all the girls would hide, while he searched everywhere, and if he caught one, he would put it down immediately... In short, this kind of life is very happy. Men have been dreaming nonstop for 4,000 years.

It is a good thing for the common people that the emperor fornicated the harem. At least the common people took advantage of this opportunity to quickly invent bows and arrows... This period of history is like this.