Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 544;

Chapter 540;

Not to mention that over there Li Yu chatted happily and gathered hundreds of people, it was very lively, but here Li Shimin invited Fang Du and two servants, Changsun Wuji, the Minister of the Household Department, and the general of the Sixteenth Guards into the palace.

A group of capable people from the Tiance Mansion gathered in Li Shimin's study, chatting and laughing, Yu Chigong is now proud of his horseshoe disease, not short of money, and has business to do, future generations don't have to worry, how can they be unhappy.

Li Shimin looked at Yu Chigong, who was arguing with Niu Jinda, and took out the bow and arrow that he had struck on the desk;
"The generals are all good players. I got a new bow and arrow here. Jingde Jinda, look at your palms and eyes. Is it a top-notch item?"

"It's Your Majesty."

Yu Chigong took the bow and arrow and simply tried to pull the bowstring. He let out a groan, and then he became serious. He pulled up the hem of his clothes and tucked it into his waist. Facing the door of the study, he got off his horse and pulled an empty bow into a full moon. In this state, there was a light bang when the right hand was loosened, and the bowstring was still trembling and humming after returning to its place.

"Good bow, Your Majesty."

Yu Chigong, as a general on horseback, is of course an expert, and turned around to face the emperor happily;

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this bow is very strong, and it is a high-quality bow among the top bows, but the force required is too strong, and the old minister's arm will become sleepy after firing sixteen arrows at most.

The bows commonly used by our sixteen guards don't have such strength. The veteran can shoot thirty arrows in a row and still have some spare strength, which shows the benefits of this bow!

However, if all archers are equipped with such hard bows, although the shooting range will be much longer, the number of arrows shot will also be reduced. Compared with the two, long-distance combat will definitely be cheaper, but close combat will suffer a lot. .

Therefore, the old minister thought that each guard could equip a maximum of [-] pieces of these high-quality hard bows, which could not be used in more blocking battles. Moreover, archers with strong arms had to be specially selected to use them. Even ordinary sergeants could pull them?But the three arrows lost their strength and became waste, and it was useless to use them. "

Li Shimin nodded and responded calmly;

"That's right! Words of respect and morality are the voice of gold and jade, and they also conform to the law of advance and retreat in military battles. You really are a good soldier in the army!"

"Don't dare, the old minister is ashamed not to be praised by His Majesty!"

Yuchi Gong's mouth was not polite, and his face was indeed a triumphant lion, obviously very confident in his fighting power.

Qin Qiong next to him didn't say much, just took the treasure handed over by Yuchi Gong, and followed the example to draw a gourd for a total of twenty consecutive empty bows.Only then did he calm down and let it go,
It seems that there is still some strength left, and I am afraid that it will be no problem to pull three more times. A group of generals in the study room are stunned. Yu Chigong is a fierce general on the battlefield. This is a well-known thing. Six Arrows, His Majesty's number one killer has come to pull twenty full moons, it is really an extremely terrifying existence...

Except for three civil servants and two servants who shot an eldest grandson Shangshu, the others who came today are famous generals on the battlefield. Seeing that the two generals have shown their abilities, they immediately aroused the desire to fight for power, and everyone was gearing up. Even Niu Jinda, who was carefully inspecting the arrow feathers, put down his arrows and joined in.

Except for Cheng Yaojin gritted his teeth and sweated profusely to pull out No. 18 full moons, no one else could get close to the number of twenty, and everyone admired it in their hearts. The kung fu of the Qin family brothers was once again confirmed on the spot.

Today, Li Shimin calmly tested the combat effectiveness of his generals again, and silently calculated the positions that a group of generals should have. Li Shimin didn't even look at Qin Qiong's ability to pull twenty full moons. , the number one killer under him knows better than anyone else in his heart,
Li Shimin's estimate that Shubao can pull 22 full moons is all within Li Shimin's estimation. In fact, Li Shimin guessed that Qin Qiong could pull at least [-] times. Strong and eager to win, this current temper is much calmer again.

"Old brothers, can you take another look at the difference between this arrow feather and the one used by Sixteen Guards?"

When a group of generals saw the emperor speak, they all ended the lively scene of flattering each other and responded together;

"It's Your Majesty."

Niu Jinda took the arrow feather from the emperor's hand again and said to a group of old brothers;
"Just now a certain family has checked carefully. This arrow feather is very special. The arrow is quite different from the one used by Erlang. It is narrower and much smaller than the arrow used by Erlang, and it is a little longer. , the arrow feathers at the back are also a lot longer, and the arrow spirit of the whole arrow is also a little thinner. According to a certain speculation, this kind of arrow feathers can shoot [-] steps more even with a sixteen-guard bow distance."

As soon as Niu Jinda said this, a group of generals immediately exploded, and they shot thirty steps more as a joke?Then this is a baby!

"What? I said old cow, don't get me wrong, thirty steps more is not a minority?"

"Hey! So what if you shoot thirty more steps? I think this arrow is half the size of the one we used. It's not a little smaller as General Niu said. It's so much smaller. Can you still kill people when you go out?"

"It's hard to say, as long as you shoot at a vital part, a certain family thinks it can still hurt people!"

No one can say bad things about merit, but there are constant arguments about arrow feathers. Li Shimin smiled and said softly;
"During the eclipse, Li Dalang came to the palace to give away treasures. I experimented with two arrows on the spot. In the end, Li Dalang wanted to ask for some rewards, but I scolded him and went back."

"It's Li Dalang again?"

"What is this Li Dalang doing? He didn't study the liquor and the Silk Road in Lantian, why did he change his way to play with bows and arrows?"

"Isn't it? He's not a member of the Ministry of Industry, and he even takes care of the affairs of the Ministry of Industry?"

"Oh, I'm talking about the brothers, Li Dalang's ability to make money, my old cow is full of admiration, but I haven't heard that he has been in the study a few times. Who doesn't know that he wanders around all day long? Hu Pengjiu He has a lot of friends, how can he have time to study military affairs? When did he even know some important military affairs?"

Cheng Yaojin was not happy after hearing this;
"You bastard, a certain nephew can't understand anything about the military? Is it because your nephew understands?"

Niu Jinfa laughed haha;

"I said Zhijie? What did you eat today, and you come to trouble me with just a word? If you have a bad temper, you can turn your back on me, is this?"

Qin Qiong bent down respectfully and asked for advice calmly;

"Don't dare to ask Your Majesty, I wonder how far the two arrows His Majesty tried shot?"

"Oh yes, let's talk about serious things, don't talk about Li Dalang, hurry up and listen carefully."

"What do you mean by a certain family? You guys have been talking all the time, but a certain family has been silent!"

"Oh, you don't lose your meat after a few words, aren't you squeaking?"

"It's really unreasonable, you dead cow..."

Li Shimin looked at the quiet study room, and explained calmly and triumphantly;
"Two hundred steps for the first arrow."

"Ok?"

"Not bad! It's more than a dozen steps more than Dead Cow guessed."

"awesome."

"Where did Li Dalang find this guy? Are you capable?"

Li Shimin added triumphantly;
"For the first arrow, I shot the target at the two hundred paces away two paces away!"

"what?"

"What?"

"God! His Majesty's kung fu has not fallen at all, and he is still so brave!"

"Your Majesty is amazing!"

"Your Majesty is brave!"

Li Shimin stretched out his hands happily and pressed;
"The second arrow hit the edge of the target at 250 paces, and it almost missed."

This time, no one sighed or spoke. A group of generals looked at me and I looked at you. Even the expressions of the three civil servants changed. 250 steps?This distance is not just a long shot, it can largely influence the victory of a blocking battle!

Li Shimin looked at everyone's disbelieving attitude and expression, and laughed loudly;
"I know you guys can't believe it. At noon, I heard Li Dalang bragging about 230 steps. I didn't want to talk to him. I thought he was exaggerating on purpose, and he wanted to squeeze some benefits. If he doesn't know how to bow and arrow, he still has to be silly. It’s a big blow, but after I personally tried it, I finally got down to it, you old brothers don’t need to say more, let’s go outside the study to test the truth on the spot, and it’s not too late to talk about other things.”

"Dehai, call someone to prepare!"

"It's Your Majesty."

"Please, Your Majesty first."

"Your Majesty, please."

"Okay, let's go out and test the authenticity of the old brothers and ministers."

A large group of civil and military ministers Wu Yangyang followed Li Shimin to the door. Two servants were measuring the number of steps and had just set up a [-]-step archery target. They counted [-] steps and put down another archery target before running over;

"Sage Enlightenment, the arrow targets are placed neatly."

"Well, back off."

"promise."

"My dear friends, who will shoot him?"

"Your Majesty, come first, I can't bear it anymore."

"Your Majesty, my old cow is willing to be a pioneer, to test the true and false for your majesty."

"His Majesty!"

"His Majesty……"

"You can shoot anything, don't worry, I will definitely ask all the love ministers to shoot neatly today, but don't fail, lest the old brothers make jokes."

"Ha ha ha ha."

"Jinda, you shoot first."

"According to the order."

Niu Jinda smiled triumphantly at Yuchi Gong, and swaggered to accept the bow and arrow, while Yu Chi Gong pouted on the ground and stood aside.

Niu Jinda took the bow and arrow and immediately became serious. He adjusted his posture for fear that he would not be able to shoot two hundred steps, so he directly pulled the bow to the full moon, aimed at the center of the target at two hundred steps, and with a whistling sound, directly knocked the target at two hundred steps to the ground. , fell two or three steps away.

A group of generals were all dumbfounded;
"My God, did you really shoot down all the arrow targets as His Majesty said?"

"Well, it's really good. It's a big treasure. Just the extra fifty steps, hiding in a place where thieves can't shoot, isn't that a huge advantage?"

"Isn't it? Others can't shoot us, but we kill them one by one. It's comfortable to imagine, hahahaha!"

Without further ado, Niu Jinda took two steps sideways, aimed at the second target, and then let go after a while, and the arrow feathers were inserted into the target at 250 steps away in the blink of an eye.

All the generals stopped talking, and Niu Jinda ran out, holding his arrow target and ran over, screaming happily;
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is really a treasure, Your Majesty! Baby..."

Niu Jinda ran over quickly;
"Your Majesty, look at the target. Although it didn't hit the center of the target, it's not far away. It's nothing. Please look at the back, Your Majesty?"

Niu Jinda adjusted the target for Li Shimin to watch, and then said to a group of generals;

"Look, brothers, look here..."

A group of generals gasped when they saw that there was more than an inch or two inches protruding from the back of the target.

"It's amazing! 250 steps can still hurt people, it's amazing!"

"If this shoots into the thief's body, it will be quite choking if it goes in almost two inches!"

"Who said it wasn't."

Many generals are gearing up to prove it themselves. In fact, they just want to show off their archery skills. The servant quickly ran over with the target and put it in place. A group of generals experimented one by one. Except for Qin Qiong, almost everyone shot it once. Li Shimin It was also very clever to applaud everyone once, which made a group of generals feel very comfortable.

Li Shimin turned his head to look at Du Ruhui beside him;

"From Aiqing's observation, can such an archer be put into use?"

"My Majesty, it is worth forming archers who specialize in using this kind of power to replace the old department. And I suggest that each guard has 500 archers in the past, but it can be increased to 1000 or even 2000. If there are enough archers On the battlefield, the frontal suppression, and the cavalry rushing to kill the formation, and the infantry reaping the heads, the culprits may have to look at the ocean and sigh and run away.

If it is used for surprise attack and blocking, the effect is even more astonishing, so I suggest that each guard must have at least 1000 archers to use, please allow your majesty. "

"My minister agrees."

"The minister seconded two thousand such archers."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Chen Lao Niu thinks that this kind of archer is not redundant even if he is given three thousand."

"Your Majesty's ministers are seconding."

Li Shimin himself was also thinking about the scene in his mind. The two soldiers and horses had just set up a battle formation, and the other party organized vanguards to rush over as usual, but the Tang army stood still. When the rain came, the thieves who were charging on the opposite side immediately laughed, Tang Bing was such a fool, he was going to shoot arrows at such a distance, is this a nonsense?

In the end, he got shot and got off his horse before he finished laughing. The more Li Shimin thought about it, the happier he was, and the more he thought about it, the happier he was. He also nodded frequently when he heard Du Ruhui's proposal, and when he heard Niu Jinda say that three thousand is not superfluous, Li Shimin immediately burst out laughing ;

"Hahahaha, Jinda, you think the same as I do, but when you shoot one, it will be money and silk. I wish the sons of the sixteen guards would have such a hard bow, but you have to consider the matter of money, three loves." Qing has been in the Ministry of Households, so I don’t know how much money is needed for such a hard bow? How much silk does this arrow feather cost?”

The three civil servants of Du Ruhui's Fang Xuanling and Sun Wuji discussed briefly for a while, discussing the manufacturing process and the materials used. In the end, the three of them were all looking at you, and no one came to speak. Du Ruhui, as the Ministry of War No.1, the leader of the military can't hide but can only bite the bullet and respond;

"Your Majesty, the three of us had a brief discussion, and we also figured out the cost of several materials. This, this, let alone the bow, I am afraid that this arrow feather will have to spend a lot of money in it..."

"what?"

Li Shimin panicked when he heard this, and cried out;

"What? Du Pu shot you right? An arrow feather always costs more money?"

Du Ruhui didn't know how to answer and could only say with a wry smile;

"To your majesty, the usual capital is that the three of us simply add up the cost, or... let's call the doctor or the staff who are in charge of bow and arrow manufacturing in the Ministry of Industry to come over and ask for clarification? After all, they are best at this."

Li Shimin was extremely flustered when he heard this. Bows and arrows are indeed top-notch treasures, but the amount of money and silk is too scary. Li Shimin's plan is to equip each guard with two thousand strong bows, and then each bow and arrow With twenty arrow feathers in hand, if there is a war, it will rain arrows all over the sky, and you can't shoot the thieves into a beehive?
If this is the case... an archer has twenty arrows, 2000 people will have [-] arrows, and one arrow will go out all the time... the arrow feathers of this guard alone will cost [-] to [-] arrows?

This is too scary, right?Li Shimin was also afraid that the three civil servants would make a mistake in their calculations, so he nodded immediately after hearing Du Ruhui's suggestion to ask an expert in the specific work;
"Come here! Go to the Ministry of Industry and call Yuanwai and Langzhong, who are in charge of making bows and arrows, and come here quickly."

(End of this chapter)