The martial arts arena that Zhu Houzhao wanted to build would naturally not be like the training rooms of later generations. What he needed was a large place, the kind that could be used for horse racing. Naturally, it would not be possible if the place was small. Although there are many palaces in the East Palace, if you want

Horse racing is definitely impossible, unless the garden is leveled like Gu Dayong said, but Zhu Houzhao would not do such a thing.

"If you don't use the garden, then you can only go to Xiyuan!" Gu Dayong said after thinking for a while.

The so-called Xiyuan actually refers to the North, Middle and South Seas on the west side of the Forbidden City in Beijing, collectively known as Xiyuan. It was the main imperial garden of the Ming Dynasty and an important place for emperors to rest, live and handle government affairs. Beihai is the largest in area, with a total

It is about 70 hectares, accounting for more than half of the whole garden. The layout is centered on the pond, with buildings surrounding the pond. In the southeast is Qionghua Island, on which Guanghan Palace (early Ming Dynasty) was built, which became the composition center of the whole garden.

The commanding heights and landmarks of the whole park. There are also Yuexin Hall and Qingxiao Hall on the island.

There was room for Zhu Houzhao to race horses in that area. After thinking for a moment, Zhu Houzhao gave up the idea. If he really went to Xiyuan, the noise would be much louder.

After thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao could only give up the idea. After pondering for a moment, Zhu Houzhao said: "Go to the zoo!"

The so-called animal garden is actually the place where Zhu Houzhao raised pets, which is quite similar to the leopard house in the future. Most of the pets raised here were pets collected by Liu Jin and others. You must know that the Ming Dynasty was the most prosperous time for feudal emperors to raise animals in history.

During the period, there were many places for raising animals such as Tiger City, Elephant House, Leopard House, Coil and Pigeon House, Deer Farm, Eagle House, etc. built in the capital.

The Leopard House was not created by Emperor Wuzong. It was a place where nobles raised tigers, leopards and other beasts for fun. This custom existed during the Yuan Dynasty. There are also tiger houses, elephant houses, eagle houses, etc. The houses are also called houses, such as sheep houses.

, Xiangfang, Hufang, etc. Such place names still exist in Beijing in later generations, which shows that this was the custom at that time. Zhu Houzhao's leopard room is said to be a place where Zhu Houzhao played, rather than his private zoo.

In the Ming Dynasty of this era, it was not Zhu Houzhao himself who had a private zoo, but many dignitaries also had private zoos, and they raised a variety of things. However, the leopard room later became a point of Hei Zhu Houzhao.

As for Zhu Houzhao living in the Leopard Room, it was naturally because he didn't like living in the Qianqing Palace and having lewd pleasures. He said it as if someone had seen it. When the emperor lived in the Leopard Room, what strange things did the concubine say?

When Zhu Houzhao raised his wife, he kept everything in the shit basin. In fact, Zhu Houzhao just lived in the leopard room, and he never neglected his civil and military affairs.

Zhu Houzhao even wanted to build a place similar to the Leopard Room, where there would be a place for martial arts training and it would be more enjoyable to do something.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Houzhao threw the idea away. Obviously, his father and mother would not agree to his request.

When he came to his zoo, although he had been prepared for it, Zhu Houzhao was still shocked. There were really many things here, including eagles, dogs, and even wolves. As he walked around and looked around, Zhu Houzhao felt that he

You can raise a panda. However, considering that pandas have extremely high requirements for living environment, Zhu Houzhao gave up this idea, lest it end up in the capital.

"Raze the zoo!"

After walking around for a while, Zhu Houzhao told Gu Dayong that Zhu Houzhao really had no interest in these things. He didn’t like carrying birds in cages or watching animals fight. After walking around, Zhu Houzhao discovered the zoo.

When he was still young, Zhu Houzhao decided to build his own martial arts arena here. Although it was smaller, it was enough.

Gu Dayong was shocked when he heard Zhu Houzhao's words. He didn't want the zoo any more. He knew how much Zhu Houzhao had put into it.

On weekdays, when I'm in a bad mood, I just stroll here and watch the beasts fighting, but now it's going to be bulldozed? Of course, Gu Dayong is worried not about this, but that the function of the zoo is gone. What should they do? Eunuchs like them usually

They were coaxing Zhu Houzhao to play in the zoo. If the zoo was gone, how could they coax His Highness to play here? Their intentions in the zoo were not small!

"Is there any problem?" Seeing that Gu Dayong did not reply happily, Zhu Houzhao frowned and asked in a low voice.

"This slave will send someone to do it right away!" Gu Da trembled and said quickly: "It must be done as soon as possible!"

Although it took some time to practice martial arts, there was a place for martial arts training. It was a quite large yard, probably as big as a football field in later generations. There were various equipment for martial arts training on both sides. Various weapons were placed on the shelves.

Weapons, Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction, walked over, reached out and took a long gun in his hand, waved it a few times and threw it aside, it was too light.

Once again he reached out and picked up a Qinglong Yanyue Sword that was much taller than him. He swung it a few times, but it was still too light. He picked up a big iron rod again, but it was still very light.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but look back at Gu Dayong: "These weapons are too light, aren't they a little heavier?"

Seeing Zhu Houzhao holding those weapons, Gu Dayong was very frightened. Although Zhu Houzhao also practiced martial arts in the past, he used smaller weapons. After all, Zhu Houzhao's age is displayed here, and his height is not that high.

, it is not suitable to use normal weapons. Now Zhu Houzhao is too light to hold normal weapons. Gu Dayong was surprised in his heart, but he quickly said: "Your Highness is amazingly powerful. This is already the heaviest weapon. If you want it to be heavier, you can only

Built from scratch.”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, walked gently to the end of the weapons shelf, reached out and picked up a mace.

This is a short mace, an underground weapon. The mace on the horse is long, like a spear. Zhu Houzhao still feels it is light when it is bumped gently.

The forging technology of this era is not up to par, and the steel technology is not good either. It is impossible to have a small and heavy weapon, and there is no legendary black iron. With my current height, this kind of mace is quite suitable.

Zhu Houzhao himself thought of a person. This person was Yu Wen Chengdu, the second best man in the world in the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. His weapon was the phoenix-winged gold-plated mace, which was actually a long-handled but big-headed weapon, a variant of the long-handled mace.

The same was true for the dragon-prisoning stick of patron king Yang Lin. Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but have a strong interest in this weapon. It was an inch longer and an inch stronger, and the harder it was swung, the better.

"Let someone make a mace. It doesn't need a wooden handle. It should be made of the best iron. As for the weight, let's start with eighty kilograms!" Zhu Houzhao told Gu Dayong.
Chapter completed!