Great Tang princess

Chapter 241
In March of Yangchun, the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming.

When the slightly bare Mang Mountain began to wake up and gradually became green again, the five hundred soldiers in the glass workshop at the foot of Mang Mountain had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Although it's only been a month, these soldiers have become much stronger at a speed visible to the naked eye, and some of their faces have even begun to gain weight obviously.

After all, during this period of time, I ate well every day, but the amount of training was not too large.

Except for running three kilometers every morning, the rest of the time is basically in the training queue and the like.

In the case of excess nutrition, gaining weight seems to be a matter of course.

But the most important thing is that the spirit of these soldiers has changed a lot.

Everyone looked proud and proud, especially in the queue, even if they didn't wear the same uniform, they could clearly feel the difference between this army and other armies.

The other workers in the glass workshop are willing to watch their training when they are free, and they also know something about the food in the army.

Of course, Li Yuechen is not yet at the luxury of being able to feed unfinished food to pigs. Every time the leftover meat and vegetables in the army cooking class are basically distributed equally, rewarding some slaves who are more active in their work What.

And the workers in those glass workshops were also thinking about whether His Highness's army would still be able to recruit people in the future.

Even if they are uneducated, they still know that this kind of army is elite, not cannon fodder. If they can let their own children enter this kind of army and become officers in the future, they will basically have nothing to worry about for the rest of their lives.

Besides, although many things are kept secret, the workers in the glass workshop basically know something about the grenades.

Although I don't know the specific situation, I also know that there is a powerful weapon in this army.

Most of these craftsmen have no education. In their opinion, with such a powerful weapon, even if their children enter this kind of army, the chance of being injured or dying is very low.

They basically discussed these things every day, and it naturally reached Li Yuechen's ears.

However, she has no plans to expand the army at the moment. It is not easy to support these 500 people, and it is unbearable to do any more.

Fortunately, because of the invention of the spinning machine and the loom, the cost of both silk and ordinary fabrics has been reduced a lot, so Li Yuechen can consider using some silk.

For example, the shirts in military uniforms can be made of silk, which is more comfortable for soldiers to wear.

As for the coat or something, it is better to use a finer linen. In this era, it is not bad to be able to do this.

The Shangyi Bureau also made a set of samples for Li Yuechen to look at. The style is no different from the future military uniform, but it is pure black, and there are no decorations such as ribbons.

This is made according to the standard of the emperor Li Zhi's figure. There is no way, the most complete data in Shangyi Bureau is the emperor's.

Moreover, he is well-proportioned, neither fat nor thin, so he is more suitable as a model.

After thinking about it, Li Yuechen decided to let his father wear it to see how it would work, so he took this sample military uniform and ran to the Hall of Renshou.

……

The couple who were drinking tea and chatting saw their daughter running over with a suit of clothes, and they looked over curiously.

"Grandpa, come quickly, how about helping the child try this military uniform." Li Yuechen said excitedly.

"New military uniform?" Li Zhi unfolded it and looked at it, then frowned: "This costume looks so weird, and how does this kind of costume wear armor?"

Li Yuechen picked up his mother's teacup and took a sip: "This is the military uniform used for inspections. You don't usually wear it for training and combat. This thing represents the platoon of my Tang soldiers!"

After listening to his daughter's explanation, Li Zhi nodded with a complicated face: "All right..."

In fact, he doesn't really want to wear this weird costume, but since it's his daughter's request, even if he doesn't like it, he still has to try it, right?

As a father who can shave his beard just because of his daughter's words, what's the point of wearing clothes he doesn't like?
So he immediately took off the bright yellow round neck robe outside and began to change clothes.

This shirt made him look a little weird, because the front of the middle coat of this era is very heavy, and there is no such thing as a shirt with only a row of buttons in the middle.

Because the clothes were prepared according to the emperor's figure, the material of the buttons was extremely extravagant, it was actually made of jade!
After putting on the shirt and trousers, Wu Zetian next to him opened his eyes slightly.

Although he hasn't worn a coat yet, just standing there in a white shirt and black pants can make him look much taller.

For a moment, she seemed to see her husband again when he was young.

Li Zhi held a pure black tie in his hand, and asked with a puzzled expression, "What is this?"

As you ask, you have to tie it around your waist.

Li Yuechen hurriedly stopped him, took out a belt made of leather and explained: "This is the belt."

This belt is the simplest buckle type. The belt buckle is made of bronze to make a small cone, and there is a round protrusion on the front, which can be inserted into the belt buttonhole.

After putting on his belt, Li Yuechen stood in front of him, helped him turn up his collar, and tied his tie.

Li Yuechen's height is close to 1.7 meters, and he is only half a head shorter in front of Li Zhi, who is 1.8 meters. It even faintly makes Li Zhi look not so tall.

Seeing that this thing was going to be put on his neck, Li Zhi frowned: "What's the use of this thing?"

"It's useless, it's just for decoration." Li Yuechen explained with a smile, and helped him push the triangle of the tie up.

Wu Zetian watched with great interest from behind. Not to mention this dress, it saves a lot of material, and it can make people look more heroic and upright.

Poor people in this era actually wear short shirts, but they are also very loose and do not have such a close-fitting design.

After finishing his tie, Li Yuechen stood behind him and helped him put on his coat.

The moment the military uniform was put on, Wu Zetian behind suddenly leaned forward with a smile, put his elbows on the table and laughed, "Not to mention, wearing this military uniform, His Majesty looks much younger!"

"Of course, I'm not old at all!" Li Yuechen smiled, and then circled around Li Zhi.

Not to mention, the feeling is really different, the figure is tall and straight, and it looks very energetic.

Except for the hairstyle and beard, which seem a little out of line, everything else reveals a spirit that is out of tune with the times!

But this is something that can’t be helped, not to mention this era, even in the future, for most men, beards are optional, but they absolutely cannot live without the mentality!
Now only the military uniform has been made, and the hat has not been made yet, but even if it is just like this, it can be seen that the costume looks tall and straight after wearing it.

Hearing his wife's praise, Li Zhi raised his eyebrows: "Really? But Chen'er, is it necessary to add another set of uniforms to this army?"

"It is very necessary!" Li Yuechen nodded with a serious face: "The army represents the face of Datang, an army that looks very powerful can make other countries feel awe of Datang at first sight! "

"Well, it makes sense!" Li Zhi nodded, "Well, I'll leave this matter up to you."

Although I feel that what my daughter said makes sense, but now Li Zhi really doesn't take this sentence seriously.

After all, Datang now has such a big killer as a grenade. No matter whether it looks awe-inspiring or not, they will know how difficult Datang is when they really do it.

What Li Yuechen thought was, when the army had achieved certain results in training, he asked Li Zhi to watch a military parade, and he would definitely be impressed by that time!
……

Time passed quickly without knowing it, and it was the end of April in the blink of an eye.

After this period of training, these soldiers finally had a sense of the future army.

At least now, whether it is walking in the queue or turning around, it can be executed perfectly.

Especially when queuing up and walking in unison, the uniform footsteps can make the workers in the glass workshop come out to watch and amaze at the same time.

The camouflage uniforms of the soldiers are also ready, and the barracks have also entered the closing stage.

Li Yuechen's plan was to hold an awarding ceremony for them after the barracks were built, and at the same time the real training would officially begin.

Through her speeches and lectures during this period, these soldiers have begun to understand what loyalty is and what is the most important character of a soldier.

But it's not enough, because many of them still don't know a single character, and the future cultural lessons are still very important.

Of course, Li Yuechen is not worried that they will think about rebellion after they have learned the culture. After all, the royal family pays for their food and drink. The soldiers are ordered by the royal family and will be selected by the royal family. The biggest difference between mainstream troops is that changing generals is just a matter of transfer orders.

At noon, the morning training came to an end.

The 500 people stood neatly in the yard, with their feet spread apart, their hands behind their backs, and they looked at Li Yuechen in front of them with their heads held high.

"Hongfeng."

"Here!" Geng Yunqiang agreed forcefully.

Li Yuechen took out a piece of paper: "After a while, you will move to a new barracks, and everyone must wear epaulettes. Here are epaulet patterns of different military ranks. You can teach them."

Geng Yunqiang could read and write, so this matter was not difficult for him.

As for the collar badges and armbands, it's a bit too troublesome at the moment, Li Yuechen is not in a hurry to make them, let's wait until the future.

"Yes!" Geng Yunqiang saluted.

Regarding the salute, Li Yuechen also copied the military salute in the future, mainly because the military etiquette should be simple and straightforward, if it is too cumbersome, it will be very troublesome.

Just about to go to dinner with them, a craftsman came over and saluted Li Yuechen: "Your Highness, I have some new ideas about the improvement of the grenade, and I want to ask His Highness what it means."

Now that these craftsmen have all hung up their military posts, they naturally use this kind of military salute.

Li Yuechen nodded: "Then let's go and have a look!"

As he spoke, he strolled to the temporary laboratory of the Academy of Engineering.

After coming over, the craftsmen who had become officers saluted one after another, and then took out a slender thing and handed it over: "Your Highness, please have a look."

Li Yuechen took it over and took a closer look. This thing seemed to be a piece of iron wire, but it was not round, but flattened into a long and thin strip.

The width is less than one centimeter, and the thickness is only about three millimeters.

After taking a closer look, I found that there were small knife marks on the long strip, which seemed to be cut into sections, and each section was only about one to two centimeters in length.

But it is not completely cut off, but still connected a little bit, and the cutting edge is cut in obliquely. If it is wound into a circle with the wire, it can form a jagged shape similar to handcuffs.

"This is..." Li Yuechen was a little unclear what they meant.

The craftsman next to him explained: "Your Highness, after our experiments, if you simply wrap iron bars around the outside of the bamboo tube, the gunpowder may not be able to break it. It depends on the thickness of the bamboo tube and how much gunpowder it contains. But if you wrap the bamboo tube in advance The iron bar is cut one by one, leaving only one point uncut, and it can be completely exploded every time..."

Following the craftsmen's explanation, Li Yuechen understood what they meant.

To put it simply, the iron bar is wrapped around the outside of the bamboo tube. The moment the gunpowder explodes, the iron bar will be broken according to the pre-cut edge, and then scatter in all directions.

Since these iron bars are cut obliquely, after flying out, there are small blades, which can cause greater damage than now!

After hearing their explanation, Li Yuechen's eyes lit up, not bad!The key is that such a process is not too expensive, and the cost seems to be acceptable.

It's really unexpected that they can think of such a method. As expected of the top craftsmen of this era, they have kung fu in their hands after all! "

But what happened, Li Yuechen still planned to give it a try, and immediately arranged for people to find more than [-] sheep, and went to try it after eating.

After lunch, they brought five hundred soldiers and craftsmen from the Academy of Engineering to the testing ground.

When these soldiers heard that they were going to test a new grenade, they all looked forward to it.

Li Yuechen said loudly: "I'm optimistic about it. Although I've seen it before, I still want to say something. This thing is extremely powerful, so be careful when using it, otherwise you will hurt yourself if you don't pay attention!"

After giving instructions, he ignited the grenade in his hand and threw it at the flock of sheep more than a hundred meters away.

"Boom-"

There was a huge explosion, accompanied by a puff of smoke.

Li Yuechen took the lead and walked over to check. The middle of the flock was already a bloody mess, almost covered in holes, and even the few in the middle could no longer see their original appearance.

There were more than [-] sheep, but none of them survived.

Seeing this scene, Li Yuechen couldn't help but nodded: "Okay, okay... You have made a great contribution this time, and I will give you a collective second-class merit!"

These craftsmen didn't know what the second-class merit represented, but after hearing the meritorious service and looking at each other, they all grinned.

Li Yuechen didn't even bother to watch the training in the afternoon. Today, the weapon was successfully developed and he was in a good mood. He planned to go back to spend time with his parents.

However, he had just returned to the palace, before he had time to go to the Hall of Renshou, Fulai had already walked over quickly and reported in a low voice: "Your Highness, I just received the news that Mingjing died."

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