The tenth year of the founding of the Han Dynasty (232 AD)
June 18
Weiyang Palace, Xuanshi Palace
After reading it carefully several times, Liu Chan nodded with satisfaction. However, Wang Yuanji on the side looked confused. She did not understand what Liu Chan drew.
"Your Majesty."
"What is this?"
Wang Yuanji asked curiously, but Liu Chan rolled up the drawing, put it in his arms, and said with a smile: "My beloved concubine, would you like to follow me out of the palace?"
"Ah???" Wang Yuanji was stunned. Liu Chan didn't answer her about what the drawing was, but asked her if she wanted to leave the palace with him. She said inexplicably: "Your Majesty is leaving the palace again?"
"Where are you going, Your Majesty?"
"You will know after you come with me." Liu Chan didn't bother to explain, so he took Wang Yuanji's hand and walked out of the palace.
In front of the main entrance of Weiyang Palace.
A carriage was already waiting here. Liu Chan walked up to it and said: "Go to Zhao Mansion."
"No!"
The guard responded, and Liu Chan and Wang Yuanji quickly stepped onto the carriage. Wang Yuanji asked, "Are we going to General Zhao's house?"
"Well!" Liu Chan nodded and said, "I haven't visited his old man for a long time. I just happened to go to him today to ask for advice." He said and patted the scroll in his arms.
"Your Majesty;" Wang Yuanji leaned against Liu Chan and asked, "What did your Majesty just draw?"
"Why is my concubine so impatient?"
"When we get to General Zhao in a while, my concubine will naturally know about it."
"Don't worry." Liu Chan said, gently tapped the tip of Wang Yuanji's nose, and said with a smile: "I will open my eyes to my beloved concubine in a while."
"Really?"
Wang Yuanji suddenly looked expectant.
"Of course!"
Liu Chan is very sure.
...
The distance between the Zhao Mansion and Weiyang Palace is not that far. The carriage moved in just as long as a stick of incense, and Liu Chan's carriage stopped at the gate of the Zhao Mansion.
At this time, in the backyard of the Zhao Mansion.
Zhao Yun, who had been leisurely all day long, had just practiced Tai Chi for a while and then lay leisurely on a wicker chair. This wicker chair was sent to him by Emperor Liu Chan not long ago.
It’s every day, and there’s nothing to do anyway.
Practice Tai Chi and bask in the sun.
It became Zhao Yun’s daily life.
But as soon as he closed his eyes, he was startled by the sound of rapid footsteps. He looked up impatiently and saw a young boy running in from outside in a hurry.
Before Zhao Yun could get angry, the young man had already rushed forward and said hurriedly: "General, your Majesty is here."
"Your Majesty?" Zhao Yun was stunned when he heard this, and immediately stood up from the wicker chair.
"Yes!" The boy nodded and said, "Your Majesty has arrived at the gate of the mansion."
When Zhao Yun heard this, he didn't think much and hurriedly walked out of the gate. Because he walked so fast, the boy could only trot to keep up with him.
Outside the house.
As soon as the carriage stopped, Liu Chan took Wang Yuanji in hand and slowly stepped out of the carriage. He had no intention of waiting for Zhao Yun to come to greet him. He was not so pretentious.
It's just that they just got off the carriage.
Zhao Yun ran out, then bowed and saluted: "Old minister, I pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
"Teacher, get up quickly!"
In private, Liu Chan prefers to call Zhao Yun his teacher. After all, his marksmanship was originally taught by Zhao Yun. In addition to being monarch and minister, they also have a relationship, that is, master and apprentice.
Zhao Yun saluted, and Liu Chan quickly helped him up.
"Your Majesty, please come in."
After a brief exchange of greetings, Zhao Yun led Liu Chan and Wang Yuanji into the Zhao Mansion.
Entering the atrium, Liu Chan was not polite to Zhao Yun, so he sat on the upper seat with Wang Yuanji. However, Liu Chan could see that Zhao Yun seemed to have a troubled look on his face.
But Liu Chan naturally knows.
This old general Zhao must still be upset that he did not participate in the Battle of Liangzhou.
"Teacher;" Liu Chan asked with a smile: "Have you been in good health recently?"
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty." Zhao Yun said: "I practice Tai Chi taught by *** every day and everything is fine. Even if Your Majesty lets me wear it and go into battle now, I can go into battle without any effort."
Alas!
Liu Chan naturally understood that the old general was complaining about him.
Because during the Battle of Liangzhou, he requested to be a vanguard, but unfortunately the Prime Minister refused on the grounds that the Battle of Liangzhou was just a small battle and there was no need for the veteran general to take action in person.
Moreover, Liu Chan was still fanning the flames, saying that the prime minister sent troops to Liangzhou and the capital Chang'an needed someone to guard it, so he asked Zhao Yun to guard the capital.
Does the capital need him to guard it?
Of course I don’t want to need it.
Not to mention that the Emperor is in Chang'an, and there are also Xu Shu, Hao Zhao and others staying in Chang'an. A veteran of his seventies like him is needed to guard the place. He just wants to go to the battlefield.
Because now, for him, the opportunities to go to the battlefield will be less and less.
He also wanted to make further contributions to the Han Dynasty while his physical strength was still there, and to contribute more to the revival of the Han Dynasty.
However, the emperor and the prime minister did not give him this opportunity.
So at this time, when Liu Chan asked him about his health, he reminded him that even if he were to go into battle now, he would not have any trouble.
Liu Chan secretly lamented that the old general refused to obey him.
"That's good;" Liu Chan said with a smile: "I have nothing to do today, so I came to visit the teacher. I would like to ask the teacher a few questions."
Oh???
Ask a question?
Zhao Yun was immediately shocked, because this was the first time Liu Chan had formally stated that he wanted to ask questions. In the past, if he had any doubts, he would ask them directly, of course, mainly about marksmanship.
"Don't dare to ask for advice," Zhao Yun said: "Your Majesty, if you have anything to ask, please speak up. As long as I know it, I will know everything and tell you everything."
"Thank you, teacher!" Liu Chan thanked him, took out the scroll from his arms, and spread it out on the table. Zhao Yun came over curiously.
These are several drawings, but Zhao Yun didn't fully understand them even after just a glance.
"Teacher," Liu Chan pointed to one of the drawings and said, "I recently acquired the five thousand Liangzhou horses from the Horse Tribulation History, and I want to train an invincible cavalry that can gallop around the world."
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As he spoke, he deliberately frowned and said: "I just studied it carefully and found that the current cavalry still has many areas that need improvement." He pointed to the drawing and continued: "This is the saddle and stirrup that I have improved.
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"Teacher, take a look."
"Is there anything else that can be improved?"
Liu Chan seemed very pious, although this stirrup saddle is not actually a rare thing now. As early as the Western Han Dynasty, stirrup saddles had been used for cavalry.
However, compared with the saddles and stirrups of later generations, they were much simpler.
For example, a saddle is made of some leather with some soft objects on it, and then fixed on the horse's back. In this way, the rider will no longer feel as uncomfortable as riding a naked horse.
Then there are stirrups. The more common stirrups nowadays should actually be called horse harnesses, because most war horses just have a lasso for the knight to use to step on his feet.
The emergence of this lasso has indeed greatly improved the way knights fight. In the past, if you fought on a naked horse, the requirements for cavalry were very high. First of all, your riding skills must be perfect, otherwise you can't even ride on a horse.
In battle, you can ride a horse and run, even if you are capable and your butt is strong enough.
But with this lasso, the knight can put his feet in the lasso, so that even if the horse's belly is tightly clamped, the knight will not fall off easily when running.
But——
Compared with future saddles, stirrups are still simpler.
In the past few days, Liu Chan stayed in Xuanshi Hall all day long, doing nothing but studying the stirrups, saddles and other things.
He wants to upgrade the Han cavalry so that the Han cavalry can ride war horses more easily.
Therefore, stirrups and saddles are the first things to be improved.
The stirrups were drawn based on the stirrups of later generations. Liu Chan pointed to the drawing and said that this needs to be made of iron. The appearance of this stirrup will naturally be more helpful to knights.
Then there is the saddle. On the basis of the original saddle, Liu Chan drew a drawing based on the appearance of the saddle of later generations. This saddle has an extra base than the common saddle now and can be made of wood.
Listening to Liu Chan's narration, Zhao Yun nodded in approval from time to time.
Because he is also a veteran on the battlefield, he naturally knows the relationship between cavalry and war horses. He also naturally knows that with the saddle and stirrups, the hands of the cavalry will be completely freed.
Wang Yuanji, who had not understood clearly in the Xuanshi Hall before, now looked like a little fangirl, with admiration written all over her face. It turned out that this was what Liu Chan painted.
After looking at the saddle and stirrups, Liu Chan pointed to a drawing and asked deliberately: "Teacher, can you recognize this thing?"
Zhao Yun looked at it carefully, but did not understand what it was. Wang Yuanji suddenly laughed and said: "Your Majesty, this concubine knows."
"Ah???"
Liu Chan was stunned when he heard this. Could it be that his beloved concubine is also a time traveler?
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(PS: Today I can only update two times, one at noon and one in the afternoon. It was supposed to be three updates, but I wrote 5,000 words in the morning and forgot to save it. When I closed other windows, I turned off the copywriting.
, all the five thousand words I wrote before are gone, so I have to write it again. So I can only update two chapters today, woohoo!)
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