Huaiyu hurriedly packed his luggage, said goodbye to his family, and returned to Chang'an with Chumo. The two dogs stayed together this time, and Runniang asked him to take the white horse with him.
Ma Zhou had not drank a drop of wine in the past two days, and he felt much better. He proposed to return to Chang'an. He has now actively accepted the role of Huaiyu's guest, and even played a guest role as a butler.
Lao Wu patted his son on the shoulder and reassured him that he could go ahead with peace of mind. He was very happy that his son was awarded the post of serving in the army as the right guard of the crown prince who was under the ninth rank. The eldest son was from the eighth rank, and now the second son also got an official. It was simply
There is smoke coming out of the ancestral grave.
"A man who is a real man should have his ambitions in all directions and go out into trouble when he is young."
Huaiyu left Sanyuan with the luggage he brought from Zhongnan Mountain. Before leaving, he packed his luggage and took out some seeds from the bag. He also found some small potatoes in the bag, which are small potatoes that he grew himself.
, when I went down the mountain, I originally packed some with the idea that they would be delicious roasted, fried, and fried, but now they can be used as seed blocks for planting.
Potato seeds, corn seeds, peppers, tomatoes, pumpkins, and many vegetable seeds were not available in the Tang Dynasty. I told Lao Wu and Runniang how to plant them.
"These are Panhu varieties that are not found in the Central Plains today. My master collected some fruit and vegetable seeds from barbarian lands in the early years and later planted and cultivated them on Zhongnan Mountain. These seeds can adapt to the climate of our Central Plains."
I was in a hurry, so I didn't take Runniang with me.
There was no time to wait for the second and third sisters to return to their parents' home to meet each other, so Huaiyu hurried back to Beijing in silence.
The two horses Wuyun Taxue and Zhaoyebai were paired with Ma Zhou, and they rushed back to Chang'an in less than two hours. After entering Chang'an City, they went directly to the East Palace Right Guards to lead the report.
The chief eunuch, Zheng Na, is the administrative officer of the Imperial Medical Office. He is a doctor of medicine and the teaching assistant is in charge of medical education. All the doctors and acupuncturists in the four subordinate departments are expatriates.
Lao Cheng took out an order and gave him an order, "His Royal Highness has appointed General Youwei and General Pingdao, and Huo Guogong Chai Shao has been appointed as the general manager of the Longyou Road march. He has established a Longyou camp and dispatched 50,000 horses under his control to conquer Tuyuhun and Turks."
Sir, you have been specially sent by His Highness to the Longyou camp, and you have been given the task of inspecting and inspecting the medical staff of the Longyou camp. You will be responsible for the 50,000-strong military medical field first aid and other medical services in Longyou."
"This armor of yours is at the commander-in-chief level. The prince specially gave it to you. It weighs fifty-eight pounds."
And some simple ones are just adding two round guards on the front and back on the two crotches.
Huaiyu was panting and felt that his body was soaked. He wanted to take off his armor but Old Cheng stopped him. "Don't take off your armor immediately when you are sweating, otherwise it will be easy to remove the armor. If you are not careful, you can die. You don't know how to heal."
What?"
"I forgot about it for a moment."
It's quite heavy, but not as heavy as expected.
It was a pair of iron chain mail, weighing only twenty-six kilograms. It was like a piece of iron clothing, with a hood attached. It could be held on the knees and covered directly on the clothes. The weight of the chain mail was all on the shoulders.
It can effectively protect against knives and arrows, but it cannot protect against crossbows, and it cannot protect against sharp sword stabs such as horizontal knives, let alone spears, horseshoes, and blunt weapons such as whips, maces, and hammers.
"Me?" Huaiyu was extremely surprised, "Shouldn't this be a matter of sending a doctor from the Imperial Medical Office?"
Even though those from the ninth rank are minor officials, they are still officials. The threshold between Liuwai and Liunei is like a chasm, not to mention the difference between officials and civilians.
Huaiyu first went to pay homage to the chief, Cheng Yaojin. Lao Cheng was busy and was very happy to greet him when he arrived. "Come, come, let's see what Uncle Cheng has prepared for you." Lao Cheng pulled him aside.
, there is a wooden figure wearing a set of armor.
Lao Cheng patted him on the shoulder, "Is it very low to go down from the ninth rank? Let me tell you, the twenty doctors in the Imperial Medical Office are all Liuwai first-class, and none of them are Liunei. Only Ling, Cheng, and Medical Superintendent are
Only doctors who are doctors are of high quality."
"You have the strength, but you still lack practice."
Just the helmet has the shape of an alien beast on it, which is very eye-catching at first glance.
You must know that the county captains in the middle and lower counties are only from the ninth rank. They are the county magistrates in charge of the affairs of the magistrates in a county.
"Tomorrow at Mao hour, come to the Yamen to report and set off with the army."
After chatting for a while, when the sweat subsided, Lao Cheng helped him remove his armor, "It's really inconvenient if you don't get used to wearing it. Your Highness has specially prepared a ring-lock armor for you. This is the armor paid tribute by Kang State in the Western Regions.
The interlocking lock is shaped like a net lock. It was improved by imperial craftsmen and is now impenetrable.
Cheng Yaojin even provided him with a black lacquer horse bow and a rhinoceros horn bow.
"not heavy."
The helmet not only has a Suanni beast, but also has a high-rising collar connected to the helmet, which can protect the neck and shoulders very well. This set can not only protect the whole head and neck, but also protect the throat, and also protect the body.
Parts for face and shoulders.
"But I'm just down from the ninth rank."
Six pounds of weapon may not seem heavy, but fighting with full armor on your body is too much for Huaiyu after a while.
Suan Ni helmet, tiger head swallowing shoulders, lion robe belly, helmet spear red tassel.
As the crown prince's right guard, he led the government to join the army and was responsible for inspecting the medical school. He was fully capable of leading those official doctors or private doctors.
Mr. and Mrs. Cheng personally helped Huaiyu try on the armor. They put on the left and right parts one by one. Finally, they had to use armor bindings and cowhide straps to tie the buckles. It took them a long time to put on the complete set of armor.
Lao Cheng asked with a smile: "Two paintings and one medicine are all in exchange for this ninth-level military position. You are still capable."
Most of the Mingguang armors in the Tang army basically followed the style of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. They were based on the two crotch armors with round guards. Even the leg skirts were very short, only reaching the knees. They only had shoulders, no arm guards, and even helmets.
It's just a relatively simple iron armor, with a collar but no shoulder pads, and no greaves.
It sounds easy to say, but the task is still very difficult.
The ten doctors and twenty assistants recruited this time are all below the ninth rank of Huaiyu, and medical officers are military officers, but Huaiyu joins the army, so military officers are naturally lower than other officers.
"When you are in the military, there is no distinction between civilian and military positions. Could it be that when the enemy comes and asks you if you are a civilian or a military official, you will not be killed if you are a civilian?"
Huaiyu quickly picked up his mace and blocked it.
He had been practicing this weapon for a while, and he could barely perform a set of combos at ordinary times, but now he was wearing nearly sixty kilograms of Mingguang armor, and he couldn't do it after fighting Lao Cheng for a while.
Huaiyu looked at the two sets of armor and felt that something was not right. Even if he was specially granted the opportunity to enter the East Palace to join the army, there was no need to give him two sets of armor.
This kind of armor was introduced from the Western Regions as early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The Central Plains Dynasty improved it, but the production was not large. Now the Tang Dynasty often imports this kind of armor from the Western Regions through the Sogdians. It is not standard and is usually given to generals.
Fierce generals like Cheng Yaojin would often put on a piece of chain mail underneath their bright light armor when going into battle.
The entire set of armor is also visually richer and fuller, with the shoulder pads also having tiger heads swallowing shoulders, and lion heads robes and belly.
The thinner the armor ring, the better the defense and the more valuable it is.
The set Lao Cheng prepared for Huaiyu was very unusual.
"Uncle Cheng, are you going to fight?"
Huaiyu was no stranger to Mingguang Armor. He was wearing a set of Mingguang Armor when he first met Huaiyi. Thanks to that armor, he didn't die.
Li Shimin gave Huaiyu Mingguang and a set of chain armor. It was not that he was asked to wear double armor but because he knew that he had never been a soldier before and was afraid that wearing Mingguang would be too tiring for him every day, so he was given another set of chain armor, which was light and easy to wear.
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The right guard leads the yamen.
"Uncle Cheng, I have never been an official or enlisted in the army, so I don't understand anything."
"Don't worry, it's the first time for everyone. Your medical skills are so good, you can use them in the army." Lao Cheng pointed at Chu Mo, "Dalang will also go to Longyou this time. You guys happen to be together, so make a good contribution."
Well, it’s a rare opportunity.”
"I prepared a set of Mingguang armor for you. How do you like it? Do you like it?"
"Didn't you have a good chat with the officials of the East Palace Medicine Storage Bureau before? This time the prince will give you a chance to do what you want. The prince fully supports you, as long as you can reduce some casualties and use more doctors to save some wounded soldiers.
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"Try it." Lao Cheng said with a smile.
"That's because the armor is scattered on your body. Of course it's different from carrying fifty-eight pounds. But fighting with this armor is different. You're running and fighting on the battlefield. If you can last for two hours, it's a great achievement.
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The skirt is not only lined with cowhide, but also edged with red silk brocade. It is paired with a pair of cloud-head black leather boots, which is really domineering.
Later, I saw a lot of Mingguang Armor. In the early Tang Dynasty, Mingguang Armor actually referred to armor with a large round guard. The specific versions were different. The Mingguang Armor of senior generals was very gorgeous and powerful, and had extremely strong defensive power.
There are even several heavy shoulder pads.
"Isn't this armor heavy?"
Lao Cheng gave Huaiyu half a day to prepare.
"Is it so heavy? It feels good."
"Let me show you how." Lao Cheng smiled and picked up two short-handled double-blade axes from the weapon rack next to him. The ax blades were five inches wide and double-sided. The neck was eight inches long and the handle was three feet long.
"Doctors are also sent. Have you told several officials of the Donggong Medicine Storehouse about some problems in military medical care before? Obviously they reported it to the prince, so this time the prince asked you to come to inspect the medical school of Longyou camp.
The next imperial court will recruit ten private doctors and twenty assistants from the Imperial Medical Office, Shang Yao Bureau and Medicine Tibetan Bureau, as well as the governor's offices and prefectures from various places, as well as some acupuncturists, pharmacists, etc. to go to Longyou."
Huaiyu was a little confused. He did say that, and he was talking eloquently. What he was thinking about at that time was how to get closer to those East Palace officials and win more business, but he didn't expect this result.
Huaiyu said: "My joining the army is a civilian job, right? I don't need to wear armor, right?"
"You can survive dozens of moves under my hands, which is pretty good."
Not to mention it fits pretty well.
"This is Suanni Doumun."
Lao Cheng saw the opportunity, picked it up, hooked it, cut it, swung it, and knocked Huaiyu's long mace out of his hand.
Lao Cheng was holding a double axe. He shouted and started chopping. The two short-handled axes were swung in his hands like windmills.
The arm guards and greaves are also as polished as the round guards. They are paired with a crotch-less robe, wide-mouthed trousers, a corset, and a double-buckle belt.
Huaiyu took the six-pound mace given to him by Qin Qiong and danced it.
"Then what else do I need to prepare?"
"If you have horses, prepare two, some dry food, and some clothing. If you have strong and brave servants, you can also bring a few with you. If you don't have any, I will lend you a few." Old Cheng laughed.
Hehe said, "Anyway, I like you very much, kid. Sooner or later we will become husband and wife, so my family doesn't need to be so polite."
He didn't expect that he would be able to bring servants with him when he went to war. However, looking at Lao Cheng's smiling face, he shuddered. He was determined not to accept Lao Cheng's kindness. We don't want to marry Lao Cheng.
My daughter, who knows whether her daughter is a sumo wrestler or a wrestler.
"Work hard. You have to do this job well. Not to mention how many levels you will be promoted in a row, but it is indispensable to be awarded a rank of rank two or three, and to be promoted to a rank one or two as a casual official. It is even impossible to say that you can be made a baron and viscount."
The more Cheng Shi looked at Huaiyu, the more he liked you, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also likes you very much now. When you return to the court after victory, you will have your choice of daughters from Uncle Cheng's family. Whichever one you choose, you will get married. Uncle Cheng will give you a dowry of one million yuan!"
