"嘘嘚~嘘嘚~" The sound of horse hooves was heard not far outside the silent military camp. Several guards who were dozing were awakened. Several of them rubbed their eyes and saw a snow-white pony galloping.
Come.
A man suddenly shouted: "Yes, yes, it's His Royal Highness, please open the gate quickly." After hearing this, several men behind him hurriedly got up and lifted the wooden gate at the entrance of the military camp.
As soon as the wooden gate was lifted open, Zhu Muchen galloped in on a rocket. Just as several guards were about to close the wooden gate, three more horses appeared from behind and came galloping towards them.
The scorching sun in the sky at noon was dazzling. The man covered his forehead with the back of his hand and looked at the three horses galloping towards him. He shouted: "These people seem to be the entourage of His Royal Highness, please open the gate quickly." Several guards turned to the three horses.
The half-lifted wooden gate was lifted again. Erhu and others quickly entered the military camp on horseback. Then several guards looked outside the military camp door for a long time, fearing that there was someone behind. This wooden gate was not light, and it was lifted in the hot summer.
It's not pleasant to carry it out, so close the gate only after confirming that no one is around.
When a guard commander saw Zhu Muchen, he bowed his hands and said, "His Royal Highness."
Zhu Muchen rubbed his temples and said, "Please help me pick 300 strong guards. I want to form a firecrackers team."
The guard commander was a little confused when he heard this, but he didn't ask any more questions. He bowed his hands and said, "Yes, I humbly obey my orders."
Erhu and three others rushed to dismount and saluted with their hands raised: "Young prince."
Zhu Muchen touched Rocket's head and turned around and said, "Let's go to the training ground over there and wait for Aji to come over."
Three hundred guards slowly gathered in the training ground. They were all standing staggering on the ground. These people were all about the same height, but most of them were round and fat like pigs. The Royal Guards of the Royal Palace were relatively small.
It's a comfortable place. Discipline is very poor in the military camp. Gambling and drinking are common things.
Zhu Muchen looked at the guard commander and said, "Is this the one you picked for me to be strong and strong?"
The commander of the guards on the side heard this and cupped his hands in response: "Your Highness, these people selected for this humble position are already relatively tall in the military camp."
Zhu Muchen rolled his eyes when he heard this, wondering if this person had some misunderstanding about physical strength. He carefully looked at the people on the field. They were all fat and big-eared, giving the impression that they had no fighting ability at all.
"Alas~" Zhu Muchen sighed, and then said to the guard commander: "Let them stand still, I have something to say."
"Quiet, please stand up and line up for me. His Royal Highness has something to say to everyone." The guard commander shouted to everyone on the training ground. The noisy sound on the training ground gradually stopped and everyone stood still.
A little tidier than before.
"Congratulations to everyone for becoming the first batch of members of the fire gun team. Starting tomorrow, you will receive a series of physical training from me and learn to use fire guns." Zhu Muchen said loudly.
"Firegun team? What is it?"
“What is physical training?”
"I don't know, I haven't heard of it." There was a burst of discussion on the training ground.
"My young prince, the muskets and gunpowder have been put into the warehouse." Aji reported with his hand in hand.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Muchen responded: "Well, thank you for your hard work." Then he said to Aji, Erhu and others: "Go and record the names of these people, and then go back to the palace to find me."
"All of these people are arranged to live together. They will gather at the training ground to wait for me at 0:00 tomorrow morning. Anyone who is late will be dealt with according to military law." Zhu Muchen turned around and looked at the commander of the guards with a smile and said.
The guard commander's eyes twitched when he heard this, and he hurriedly raised his hands and saluted, saying, "Yes, His Royal Highness." Suddenly, with a "pop" sound, Zhu Muchen snapped his fingers, and the rocket that had just been wandering behind came to Zhu Muchen's side.
Zhu Muchen rode on Rocket's back, patted its neck and said, "Let's go, Rocket go home."
Zhu Muchen had just returned to the palace and looked at a man who was just about to enter the palace and shouted: "Uncle Pang Man, are you back?"
Hearing this, Pang Man turned around and cupped his hands and said, "Little Prince, I have already done what you asked me to do." After saying that, he took out a stack of bills from his arms and handed them to Zhu Muchen.
"Let's go in and talk." Zhu Muchen took the bill and said.
Zhu Muchen and Pang Man were drinking tea in the back garden when someone suddenly reported from behind them: "Young prince, I have recorded it as you ordered."
After hearing this, Zhu Muchen got up and walked to a relatively open place and said, "Come here." Pang Man, Aji, and others all came to Zhu Muchen after hearing this.
Zhu Muchen put a hand on Aji's shoulder and said: "Starting from tomorrow, you will teach the three hundred people selected today to use fire guns."
"Yes, little prince," Aji said with his hands raised.
"Uncle Pang Man, you and Sihu are responsible for the physical training and discipline of the fire gun team." Zhu Muchen said to Pang Man and others.
"Physical training?" Pang Man and others muttered in confusion upon hearing this.
"I will teach you how to do physical training now. You stand side by side and listen to my instructions." Zhu Muchen stood behind a few people and said. After hearing this, the people quickly lined up in a line.
Zhu Muchen shouted from behind everyone: "Spread your legs into a half-squat, lean your upper body slightly forward, and put your arms behind your body in a ready position." Although Pang Man, Aji and others felt that the movements were a bit strange, they still followed the instructions.
Zhu Muchen corrected everyone's mistakes in their posture. He had received military training before when he was in school, and he was quite good at this kind of physical training.
Zhu Muchen saw that they were moving smoothly and shouted again: "Stretch your legs hard, fully straighten your hips, knees, and ankles. At the same time, swing your arms forward quickly, jump up and forward, and then land on the soles of your feet."
Bend your knees for cushioning and put your arms into a ready position. Repeat seven times in a row."
Several people said "Hey~" and jumped forward seven times in a row. Pang Man, Er Hu and others were okay, they were martial arts practitioners after all, but Aji couldn't stand it and felt a little sore in his calves.
Pang Man turned around and looked at Zhu Muchen and asked, "Is this the physical training that the young prince mentioned?"
Zhu Muchen smiled and said: "This is a type of physical training. It's called frog jumping. Tomorrow morning, you will have the three hundred guards line up and jump in circles on the training ground."
"Hoop jumping?" Several people present were a little surprised. In fact, their calves were a little sore after just jumping a few times, but Aji was more obvious.
Zhu Muchen nodded and said: "Yes, circle jumping and frog jumping are exercises to develop the strength of the thigh muscles and hip joints. They mainly exercise the rectus femoris and thigh muscles."
"Chicken for thigh exercise?" Several people were a little confused when they heard it.
Zhu Muchen then motioned for them to line up and then shouted: "Okay, let's start the next move. Listen to my command, lie down and support the ground with your hands. Your body must be kept in a straight line from your shoulders to your ankles. Your arms should be placed on your chest, and your hands should be slightly apart."
Wider than shoulders.”
After hearing this, several people quickly stood up in line, looked at each other, and then followed Zhu Muchen's instructions, lying on the ground with their hands propped up in a posture.
Zhu Muchen corrected the movements of several people, and then said: "Keep this posture, support up and down with your arms fifty times." After hearing this, several people followed the instructions and supported up and down with their arms fifty times.
Zhu Muchen looked at the confused people and said: "This action is called push-ups. It mainly exercises the muscles of the upper limbs, waist and abdomen, especially the chest muscles. It is a very simple, easy and very effective strength training method."
"Chicken belly?" Several people were looking at their bodies intentionally or unintentionally.
"Aji, come here and lie down, then bend your knees and put your legs together. I'll show you the next move." Zhu Muchen said.
After hearing this, Aji lay down in front of Zhu Muchen. Zhu Muchen held Aji's legs and said: "Raise your hands and lower your head, use your abdominal muscles to contract, swing your arms forward, quickly get into a sitting position, continue to bend your upper body forward, and then return to the original position."
Get into a sitting position and do this thirty times in a row."
Aji had some difficulty completing the movements of lying down and lying on his back. After completing the movements that Zhu Muchen had just taught, he felt that many parts of his body were aching.
Zhu Muchen stood up and patted the dust on his knees and said: "This movement is called sit-ups. It mainly increases the strength of the abdominal muscles. It can not only increase the elasticity of the abdominal muscles, but also stretch the back muscles and strengthen the strength of the back muscles."
Zhu Muchen looked at the few people who still seemed to understand, and then said: "Every morning from tomorrow on, everyone in the Imperial Guard will practice these three movements for an hour. Anyone who disobeys or does not do it in a standard manner will be punished."
Give me a whip and whip me to death."
"Yes, young prince." Pang Man, Aji and others responded with their hands raised.
"Your Majesty, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Li Yu'an, would like to see you." An old eunuch bowed and looked at Zhu Di to report.
Zhu Di wrote a few words on a folded book, then closed it and put it aside and said lightly: "Let him in."
Li Yu'an bowed and entered the palace, kowtowed and said: "Greetings to Your Majesty, long live my emperor."
Zhu Di looked at the fold in his hand and said, "Get up, what's the matter?"
Li Yu'an stood up and bowed with his hands in hand: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Zhu Muchen, the Crown Prince of Chu, sent people to purchase a large amount of farmland and buildings in Peiping."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Di put down the brush in his hand, straightened his beard with his hand thoughtfully, and then said: "Go down."
Li Yu'an raised his hands and bowed in salute: "I take my leave." Then he bowed and slowly backed out.
