The bamboo tube above Du Shuangyu's head was split into two, and wine dripped down his face. The arrow landed on a wooden board ten steps behind Du Shuangyu, and the golden arrow's light seemed to be stronger. The arrow's body was trembling slightly.
At this moment, the bamboo tube on Du Shuangyu's head split into two and fell to the ground.
"The people of Chang'an will be happy to see this arrow and give some applause to the archery instructor in my palace!"
Li Yuanxing smiled, and Li Yuan also laughed.
Only Li Er did not laugh, because he knew who was in the field, and he had once competed with Xie Ke in archery. Li Er won.
The more than 100,000 people and spectators in the Datang Arena burst out violently after Li Yuanxing's applause, with applause like a giant gun. Countless people clapped their hands red, and hundreds of thousands of people roared excitedly.
Fifteen hundred steps, that distance is not fake, it is a real arrow in front of more than 100,000 people.
Du Shuangyu was so frightened that his legs became weak, but the people did not laugh at him. If he could face this arrow and hold it against the bamboo tube, he was qualified to learn archery.
The envoys from various countries turned pale and compared their archery skills. What else can be compared? Under the bright moon, how can there be the brilliance of fireflies!
King Qin of the Tang Dynasty!
What a great Tang and Qin king!
The envoys all had the same idea. The Prince of Qin's Palace was unfathomable. This time the archery skills forced out the Archery God of the Prince of Qin's Palace. If there were any more moves, I don't know what the Prince of Qin's Palace would show again. The terrifying Prince of Qin, the terrifying Prince of Qin's Palace!
One arrow shattered the pride of the eagle shooter.
One arrow shattered the confidence of the Condor Shooter!
"Wu Lang, the important point is the bow, not the archer. I want to have an arrow competition with Xie Ke, so you can arrange it!" Li Er said with a sullen face.
Ah! Li Yuanxing is going crazy. A trouble has just been solved, and this new trouble has appeared again. My brother, my brother the emperor, can you please stop teasing me? You are the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. How can you compete with a minister?
ah.
Li Yuanxing wanted to persuade, but when he saw Empress Changsun shaking her head slightly, he knew that he could not persuade her at this time, so he gritted his teeth and said, "My brother will arrange it!"
Li Yuan smiled cheerfully. Whether it was the arrow just now or the expressions of his two sons at this time, it was enough to make him drink. This New Year is really good.
After Xie Ke's arrow, archery, swordsmanship, boxing, and wrestling all became games.
Only the riders who came up from the equestrian grassland worked hard and fought hard to save some face for the envoys.
New Year, this is the first New Year in the first year of Zhenguan.
The people in Chang'an City went crazy. They had never had such a carnival before. People from the surrounding three hundred miles, and even people from Luoyang rushed to Chang'an City to participate in such a carnival if they had the conditions.
And Li Yuanxing quietly left Chang'an City when the first long-ball match of the Tang Dynasty started.
It wasn't until Li Yuan asked that Li Liyuan, the steward of the Qin Prince's Palace on duty this month, came to Li Yuan.
"Father, Wulang went to Yaozhou."
"Yaozhou, why is he going to Yaozhou? Our team starts today, and if he doesn't come to cheer me on, why is he going to Yaozhou?"
Li Yuan's tone was obviously unhappy.
Li Er stood up and said, "Father, Yaozhou is an important place for the country. Wu Lang must be rushing there because of important matters." After Li Er finished speaking, he secretly made a gesture to Li Liyuan, telling her to leave quickly. There are many people talking here and there are few people talking.
wonderful.
In fact, Li Liyuan didn't know what Li Yuanxing was doing.
Following Li Yuanxing were Wu Zhao and Cui Yingying. It was not because Cui Yingying was special, but because these were the days when Cui Yingying accompanied Li Yuanxing. Li Yuanxing originally couldn't bear to let Cui Yingying follow him to such a far place in such a cold weather.
But Cui Yingying was unwilling to wait in the mansion for Li Yuanxing to come back.
The convoy of three hundred people, even the horses were covered with warm rough wool, was heading towards Yaozhou quickly.
Also going with him were Qin Qiong, Cheng Motou, Wei Zheng, and Cui Sheli.
Yaozhou now has 30,000 elite soldiers, including 10,000 cavalry. The remnant army is 60,000. The remnant army comes from all over the world and has been strictly selected, both in terms of identity and skills.
There are 30,000 people in the remnant army, who are still capable of holding swords and are scattered throughout Yaozhou to serve as sentries and patrols.
Qin Wangzhuang's craftsmen have been dispatched here, with 70% of them, totaling 13,000 people.
Next, there is a huge group of soldiers, remnants of the army, and families of craftsmen, totaling nearly 200,000 people. In addition to tens of thousands of children who need to be fed, the rest of these people work and do business.
work, and open some small grocery stores, restaurants, and teahouses.
But family members are not the largest number of people.
There are nearly half a million slaves here. It can be said that the number of people in Yaozhou is already close to that of Chang'an City.
Among the slaves, there were 70,000 military slaves from the Turkic War and 120,000 prisoner slaves from the Tang Dynasty.
These 120,000 slaves were transferred by Li Yuanxing from various states and counties within a thousand miles. There are two types of slaves. One is a slave, who is a slave for life. The other is a prisoner, who has been a prisoner for more than five years.
Prison slaves are one of the main laborers doing hard work.
In order to increase the population, Li Yuanxing issued a strict order. All the people from all the prefectures and counties within a thousand miles around Chang'an City were sent to Yaozhou to work as coolies.
Next, with the support of the Seventh Family, Shiwei, Mohe, and Khitan, there were 200,000 foreign slaves, including 10,000 black slaves who were enslaved by Kunlun.
Goguryeo had the largest number of slaves, numbering 110,000.
Two months ago, when Hou Junji heard that His Highness the King of Qin needed coolies, the woman used 10,000 pieces of rough hair, 3,000 pieces of silk, and 50,000 shi of grain as temptations. Mohe and the Khitan could be said to mobilize the entire clan's troops to fight in the Qin Dynasty.
When a snow fell, it raided several prefectures and counties in Goguryeo, leaving only desolation wherever it passed.
All the population was transported to Yaozhou, which also brought a warm winter to the two ethnic groups.
This is also the direct reason why the Khitan Khan rushed to Chang'an during the New Year to congratulate the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty on the New Year.
The carriage was advancing rapidly. If any vehicle on the official road looked at King Qin's flag from a distance, it would immediately let go of the road and stop on the roadside to wait for King Qin's car to pass by first.
Li Yuanxing's team was divided into two. The front team moved quickly with three carriages.
Wei Zheng and four other people were also sitting in Li Yuanxing's carriage. Wu Zhao and Cui Yingying were in the same small carriage, and the maids were in the third one.
The rear team moved slowly, and a hundred carts were carrying some wine, which was used by the labor force.
"One hundred and ten thousand, of which there are actually 80,000 women. Have they killed all the men?" Li Yuanxing asked.
Wei Zheng looked at Qin Qiong, and Qin Qiong answered: "Wulang, Goguryeo fought with the Sui Dynasty, fought with Silla, and had constant conflicts with Mohe. Many men died, which is normal. In Goguryeo, if a man does not marry
Three women going home is disloyal to Goguryeo!"
"Ha!" Li Yuanxing laughed dryly.
"Isn't it a good thing to have more women?" Cheng Motou shouted: "Some of those big-headed soldiers are in their thirties, and they still can't get their wives to come home!"
Li Yuanxing ignored Cheng Motou and said to Cui Dunli: "Cui Changshi, I asked you to formulate a policy of more work, more rewards, excellence will be rewarded, and the best ones can have the status of civilians in the Tang Dynasty. Can you improve it!"
"Back to Your Highness, there are still some details that are not complete!"
"First sort out the big rules and announce them, so that these slaves can feel at ease. Let them know that as long as they work hard, they can have a better life than before. If the five hundred thousand slaves riot, I am afraid that I will
I knelt down and died in front of the palace, so we have to complete the details as soon as possible. In a word, Prince Qin’s Palace will do what it says!”
After Li Yuanxing gave his instructions, Cui Dunli immediately nodded in agreement.
Half a million slaves, more than half of them are men, and there are at least 200,000 strong men. If this number actually riots, it will be extremely terrifying. Even if the Youwu Guards fight to the death, if Changan has reinforcements, the losses will be huge, and even...
!
Lao Cheng yelled viciously: "Whoever dares to mess up, I have a certain steel knife in hand!"
"Old Cheng!" Li Yuanxing laughed and cursed: "You kill so easily, who will do the work for me!"
"Old Cheng still has a whip!" Devil Cheng roared, with an evil smile on his face.
Li Yuanxing laughed loudly: "Old Cheng, you should learn from this. You have a whip in one hand and copper coins in the other. Let them be afraid, but also let them have hope. I don't mind improving the status of foreign slaves, and even let them become officials and serve as officials.
General, be a noble!"
"Old Cheng doesn't understand!" Devil Cheng roared with a black face and a black voice.
Li Yuanxing was so angry that he wanted to scold again, but Cui Dunli said: "Your Highness, why not send Lu Chengqing to assist General Cheng."
"It's feasible. We can arrange a few more people with outstanding abilities."
"Yes, I will write the transfer order now!" Cui Dunli wrote the transfer order on the carriage, and then sent someone to return to Chang'an quickly to transfer Qin Wangfu Lu Chengqing as the order of Yaozhou.
We drove quickly and arrived at Yaozhou at noon.
Li Yuanxing must come because he has a huge plan here, a very secret and huge plan.
Gypsum was originally available in the Tang Dynasty and is one of the Chinese medicinal materials. The refining method is extremely complicated. Li Yuanxing asked craftsmen to use limestone to desulfurize the coke, and the by-product is gypsum. What surprised Li Yuanxing was that the technical power of the Taoist priests shocked Li Yuanxing, just like
It takes just one day to prepare the most primitive gunpowder.
In just three days, they successfully desulfurized and had high-quality coke and high-quality gypsum.
In one month, the industrialization process was completed. Under the hard work of tens of thousands of slaves, tens of thousands of kilograms of coke were produced every day, which made the blacksmiths happy. The more coke, the higher their steel output. The only thing they couldn't keep up with was
What sets the pace is the speed of mining. These days, once the last batch of more than 100,000 slaves arrive starts working, this problem will be solved.
Before arriving at Yaozhou City, Li Yuanxing did not enter the city, but just asked Cui Yingying to rest.
Li Yuanxing led Wei Zheng and others, as well as Wu Zhao, to the No. 1 steel workshop of the Tang Dynasty outside the city.
Here, a magical object that even Li Yuanxing would call a miracle has been completed, and another one is being assembled.
The miracle of the craftsmanship of the Tang Dynasty! (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)