Everyone laughed, and Yelu Hanyu laughed so hard that he couldn't breathe, and joked: "Li Zheng, are you a horse?"
"I'm not a horse!" "Then why are you looking for that woman over there?" Li Zheng said with a smile, "Don't you think I'm ugly! I want to find that woman over there to have a handsome son!" Everyone There was another round of laughter. Yang Peng smiled and patted Li Zheng on the shoulder, "When there is a chance in the future, I will definitely find you a wife over there!" Li Zheng's eyes lit up, "Brother, we have made an agreement, don't lie to me, Li Politics!" Yang Peng smiled and nodded.
I turned around and walked to the horse. I felt even more shocked at such a close distance. The horse's back was actually as tall as Yang Peng. Standing next to it, Yang Peng felt like he was facing a wall. ! He turned to ask John: "Aside from its huge body, does this horse have any other advantages?" John said excitedly: "There are too many advantages! It can carry a heavy weight, its short-distance charging speed is amazing, and its endurance is also very good!"
Yang Peng chuckled and said, "If you put it that way, wouldn't it be perfect?" John nodded, looked at the horse in front of him with shining eyes and said, "This is definitely the most perfect war horse in human history. It is a symbol of beauty and a perfect combination of speed and power!”
Yelu Hanyu was very surprised to see John facing a horse with such an attitude. Looking at this huge horse, he asked: "How many such horses are there now?" John said: "There are already three thousand that can be used!" Yelu Hanyu said excitedly: "We can already form a cavalry. Team up!" Yang Peng nodded, looking at the huge war horse in front of him, he felt that there was no perfect mount for a formation-breaking iron cavalry!
"John, you have done a great job, I want to reward you well!" John stood up to Yang Peng and said that he wanted to reward him. His blue eyes lit up, and he quickly knelt down and thanked him; "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Then he glanced at Mr. Wang who was standing aside. Zhi, "Your Majesty, in fact, this is not all the credit of the minister, but also thanks to Wang Laozhi's herbal medicine!..." This was the first time Yang Peng heard about this matter, and he couldn't help but look at Wang Laozhi.
Wang Laozhi smiled and clasped his fists and said, "I haven't had time to tell the leader about this yet. I happened to remember that there are many prescriptions that are very beneficial to horses in an ancient horse training book, so I prepared some medicine for John to take. I gave it a try, and unexpectedly the effect was very good. The horses that took the medicine obviously grew faster than ordinary horses and were stronger, so John immediately promoted its use in all horse farms." At this time, John had already stood up and nodded. : "That's what Wang Laozhi said." Yang Peng smiled and nodded, "You did a good job!"
After a pause, "John, bring all these big horses and follow me to the army!" John responded quickly, suddenly remembered something, and said to Yang Peng: "Your Majesty, this kind of horse is called 'Yanwang Horse'" '!" Yang Peng chuckled and said, "Is this how you got the name?" John nodded. Yelu Hanyu smiled and said, "That's not a bad name!" She glanced at Yang Peng with her beautiful eyes, then pursed her lips and smiled, not knowing what funny thing she was thinking. John couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Yelu Hanyu's smile. Don't blame him. If you want to blame him, he can only blame Yelu Hanyu because he is so charming!
Wang Laozhi noticed John's expression and secretly gave him an elbow. John came to his senses in shock and lowered his head in a hurry.
Soon after, John led his subordinates and drove 3,000 King Yan horses to follow Yang Peng and others to the military camp directly under the jurisdiction of the legion's formation-breaking cavalry outside the city. Although John was already an official of the Prince of Yan's Palace, this was the first time he entered the military camp of the Yanyun Army. What he saw made him very curious. His first impression was that the military camp of the Yanyun Army was smaller than the military camp of their Western army. It was much neater, and the atmosphere seemed to be more serious. There was no sound of laughter or fun at all. This is really unimaginable!
Walking through the alleyway of tents to the edge of the school grounds, we saw a huge square where thousands of strong, bare-chested soldiers were practicing killing techniques. Everyone was sweating like rain, filled with murderous intent, and their movements were uniform and magnificent. John's eyes widened in shock.
The commander of the formation-breaking army, Hu Yanbi, came up to him, cupped his fists and bowed, "General, I pay my respects to King Yan!" Then his eyes were fixed on the huge horses of King Yan behind Yang Peng and the others, and he could no longer take his eyes away. That look was like seeing the most charming beauty.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Don't look at it, these horses are meant to be equipped with your formation-breaking cavalry!" Huyan Biyuan was overjoyed, "Really!?" Yang Peng smiled and nodded. He glanced at the soldiers who were training on the school field and said to Huyanbiji: "Let the soldiers stop training and come and gather in full gear!" Huyanbijiang agreed, ran back to the school field, and shouted: "Stop. Training! Come and gather in full gear!" Thousands of soldiers stopped at the same time and agreed in unison. Thousands of people seemed to be one person, and then quickly began to put on the pile of heavy armor and shirts stacked in front of them. John was stunned for a moment, feeling very incredible.
After a while, thousands of soldiers of the formation-breaking army were neatly dressed and assembled. Thousands of tall, heavily armored soldiers lined up neatly there, really like a big mountain, exuding an invisible and heavy pressure! Hu Yanbi ran back to Yang Peng, cupped his fists and said, "King Yan, everyone has gathered!"
Yang Peng nodded, glanced at the tough soldiers in front of him, and saw that their eyes were the same as Hu Yanbi's just now, and they kept looking at the 'Yan King Horse'. Yang Peng smiled and said: "Don't drool! These horses are for you!" Everyone became excited, and a sergeant raised his voice and asked: "King Yan, are you telling the truth?"
Yang Peng smiled and said, "When did I deceive you?" All the soldiers laughed. "First battalion, get out!" Yang Peng shouted in a loud voice. The five hundred sergeants standing at the left front of the entire military formation immediately took a step forward, looked at Yang Peng, and waited for orders. Yang Peng turned to John and said, "Bring in five hundred horses!" John immediately ordered his men to bring in five hundred horses.
Yang Peng ordered: "First Battalion, listen to the order. These five hundred horses will be handed over to you. I will give you a stick of incense to prepare, and then go to the sprint training ground!" The five hundred people roared in unison excitedly, and then He immediately came over and led the horse down, put on the bridle, and put on the saddle. He was very skillful in his movements, but the bridle and saddle were not tailor-made for the 'Yanwang Horse'. They were too small and looked very awkward.
Yang Peng, Yelu Hanyu, Wang Laozhi, Li Zheng, Huyan Bijian, John and others first came to the viewing platform on the side of the sprint training field next to the military camp. In front is a large open flat land, with the military camp on the right, and thousands of densely packed scarecrows standing on the left. Those scarecrows are all dressed in Khitan army uniforms, and the front row is holding the most common type of Khitan army. Leather shield. John looked very curious when he saw this scene for the first time.
Yang Peng asked John: "How do you Western knights train to charge and kill?" John thought for a while and said: "It's just to charge and assassinate the scarecrow..." Yelu Hanyu asked: "Like this here?" John shook his head quickly, "No, no, no, it's not like that, it's a scarecrow!" Yelu Hanyu asked strangely: "Don't we all conduct group charge training?" John shook his head.
At this time, the gate of the military camp on the right opened, and five hundred cavalrymen riding the "Yanwang Horse" filed out. With their backs to the military camp, they formed a most common horizontal charge formation of heavy armored cavalry. The five hundred cavalry were arranged in Three horizontal rows. Although they haven't charged yet, they are already exuding a huge pressure that makes people breathless, making people feel as if they are facing a majestic mountain peak! Yelu Hanyu exclaimed: "Although they are not equipped with vests yet, their momentum is already much higher than before!" Yang Peng nodded, eager to see the power of their charge, and quickly turned towards Huyan Bida nodded.
Huyan Bijia understood what he meant and immediately raised his right hand towards the five hundred cavalry. When the five hundred cavalry saw this, they immediately prepared to charge. Everyone couldn't help but get excited, and a terrifying bloodthirsty and murderous aura emanated!
Huyan Biyuan suddenly waved his hand to the left. The five hundred cavalry roared fiercely, like a thunder, and then the five hundred cavalry rushed up, raising smoke and dust all over the sky, and swept toward the imaginary enemy battle formation like an overwhelming mountain! The cavalry charges that John saw when he was in the west were all a large and chaotic group. He had never seen such a well-organized charge before him. He was so shocked that his legs could not stop trembling!
The armored cavalry rushed to the front of the 'enemy' formation and waved their heavy maces one after another. As a result, the cavalry below surged and the sticks flew above. In the blink of an eye, the originally strict formation composed of thousands of scarecrows was almost completely destroyed. Flattened! There were only a few scarecrows left standing sparsely in their original places, looking very miserable!
Yang Peng nodded with satisfaction, "Okay! Even before putting on the vest, the speed, momentum, and impact power have already far exceeded the previous armored warriors!" Hu Yanbixi said excitedly: "Such an armored warrior can definitely defeat the enemy. Any powerful enemy!" Li Zheng said with great envy: "Brother, can you equip my Modao Army with such a war horse?"
Yang Peng said angrily: "Mo Dao Army is infantry, what do you need horses for?" Li Zheng curled his lips, "Brother is biased! Why can't infantry ride horses? We can ride on horseback and just dismount and fight when we get to the battlefield!"
Yang Peng couldn't help but his heart moved. He suddenly thought of a legend. It was said that the elite infantry of the Tang Dynasty seemed to fight in this way. They maneuvered on horseback and fought dismounted. Yelu Hanyu thought: "Li Zheng's idea is not unfeasible. It's just that the number of war horses is currently limited, and it is impossible to equip infantry!" Yang Peng smiled and said: "My little sister is right. Li Zheng, wait until there is one in the future. There are enough war horses, I will be the first to equip them for you!"
Li Zheng was extremely excited. Everyone was about to leave, but they found that John was still standing there without moving. Li Zheng shouted angrily: "Huang Mao, what are you still standing there for?" Then he smiled evilly and said: "Is it because you can't bear to part with those horses?" John Shaked his head. Everyone was even more surprised, so they returned to him and saw that John looked pale as if something was wrong. Yang Peng asked in great surprise: "What's wrong with you?" John swallowed and said very embarrassedly: "No, it's nothing, it's just that my feet are shaking a little and I can't move!"
Li Zheng raised his eyebrows and said, "You have so many things going on, you idiot! Your feet can tremble for no reason!" John glanced at the returning cavalry in the distance, "No, it's not inexplicable, I'm just a little shocked! "
Everyone followed his gaze and understood immediately. Li Zheng laughed unceremoniously and said, "You have been frightened for a long time! You are such a frightened person!" John argued with a red face. : "We don't have such an army in the west. If we suddenly see it, we will be very shocked! What's so strange about this!" Li Zheng curled his lips, "It's obviously just to frustrate the bird, but you still have to quibble!" Everyone couldn't help laughing, Yelu Hanyu He said angrily: "Li Zheng, shut up!" Li Zheng smacked his lips and stopped talking.
Yang Peng asked John: "What exactly are the Western armies like? In your opinion, who is stronger compared to our Yanyun Army?"
John said without hesitation: "Of course the Yanyun Army is powerful! I have never seen such a powerful army!" John felt that the word 'powerful' alone was not enough to describe the feeling this army gave him. Everyone smiled, and Yang Peng pointed to the formation-breaking cavalry outside, "How many Western cavalry do you think these five hundred formation-breaking cavalry can deal with?" John thought for a while, "Well, I don't know much about military affairs. But I feel like it shouldn’t be a big problem for five hundred cavalry like this to deal with one thousand Western cavalry.” Yang Peng showed a thoughtful look.
Soon after, Yang Peng and others left the military camp, and the three thousand 'Yanwang horses' they brought naturally stayed in the military camp. Yang Peng then went to the ordnance field again and asked Ling Zhen to send someone to measure the physique of the 'Yanwang Horse' in order to make a suitable vest and saddle bridle. Ling Zhen immediately called the person in charge of the armor factory and asked him to take people to the military camp to measure King Yan's horse.
Yang Peng was walking in the armory, accompanied by Ling Zhen and others. From time to time, people passing by Yang Peng busily saluted Yang Peng. "I came here today mainly to see the progress of the new gunboats. How is it going? Do you have any good news for me?" Yang Peng said with a smile. Ling Zhen smiled mysteriously, "Prince Yan, madam, please follow me." Then he led Yang Peng, Yelu Hanyu and others towards the shipbuilding yard by the river.
As soon as the group entered the shipbuilding yard, they saw a huge warship with a very unique shape docked on the largest slipway in the distance. It was basically completed, but there were still many workers doing surface painting and other work. Yelu Hanyu was surprised, "This warship looks so strange!!" Yang Peng stared at the warship with a very excited expression, "That's a real gunboat!" The warship on the slipway It is different from all warships in the East from ancient times to the present. It looks very similar to the Western sailing gunboats of the 16th century. It has a displacement of 700 tons. There are three layers of gun emplacements on both sides of the hull, which can be equipped with thirty-six cannons. , far more powerful than all current warships. This is definitely an epoch-making weapon, appearing more than 400 years earlier than similar weapons in history.
"Very good! I just made a rough drawing, but I didn't expect you to make it! Very good!" Ling Zhen smiled happily. "How many of these gunboats are being built now? When will they be put into use?" "There are six in total. It is estimated that they will all be handed over to the navy in a month!"
Yang Peng nodded and frowned: "It's a pity that it's a little less!" Ling Zhen immediately took the opportunity and said: "It's mainly because of insufficient funds!" Yelu Hanyu said with a smile: "You really seize the opportunity to ask for money from your elder brother. !" Ling Zhen was very embarrassed. Yang Peng laughed loudly and patted Ling Zhen on the shoulder, "I will discuss the funding with Qian Letian and the others, and will allocate it to you as soon as possible!" Ling Zhen was very happy, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, King Yan!"
Yang Peng smiled and asked: "Do you have any other problems that you need me to help you solve?" Ling Zhen thought for a while, "It's nothing else. It's just that iron and steel have been out of stock recently, which makes me very annoyed. !" Yang Peng frowned and said: "How could this be? I remember that when we regained the roads in Hebei, many mines fell into our hands. How could the supply be tight?"
Ling Zhen said quickly: "Although there are many mines, there is a lack of workers to dig them!" "Lack of workers? Is it possible that you are deducting workers' wages?" Ling Zhen was startled and said quickly: "Even if I have ten courages, I would never dare to do such a thing!" "What's going on? Why don't the workers want to work in the mines?" Ling Zhen sighed and smiled bitterly; "It's just that the place under King Yan's rule had such a good life! People are not willing to do dangerous work like mining just for a few dollars!"
Yelu Hanyu smiled and said: "According to what you said, isn't it brother's fault!" Ling Zhen realized that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly waved his hands and said: "Subordinate, I never meant this. ,yes……"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Okay, okay, my little sister is joking with you. Why are you nervous? Besides, what does it matter if you just complain about me!" Ling Zhen smiled awkwardly. Yang Peng thought: "Since the people are not willing to work in the mines, let's improve the salary." Ling Zhen said anxiously: "The salary is already very high! Nowadays, the salary of the workers in the mine is the same as the salary of the handymen in the city. It's basically the same!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Don't be such a tough guy! Mining is a very dangerous job, so let's improve it a little more!" Ling Zhen frowned and said: "In this case, I'm afraid the overall cost will go up. Today's I’m afraid there won’t be enough money! In addition, as a result, the prices of civilian tools are bound to rise, which is not a good thing for the people!”
Yang Peng frowned and said: "What you said makes sense! What should we do about this matter?" Yelu Hanyu thought of something and said quickly: "Brother, why not send all the prisoners of the Liao Kingdom to mines in various places? !" In fact, there are already tens of thousands of Liao captives mining now, but that was just a decision made by Yang Peng before against the tens of thousands of Khitan troops captured by Han Bing, and it was not promoted everywhere, so there are still more than 60,000 Liao prisoners. National prisoners were imprisoned in various places.
Yang Peng's eyes lit up, "I actually forgot about this! I remember there are more than 60,000 prisoners. If all these prisoners are used for mining, it should be enough, right?" He looked at Ling Zhen. Ling Zhen nodded quickly, "Absolutely enough!" "Okay, that's it! Hand over these captives to local governments and let them mine! At the same time, we must also tell those captives to reform well, as long as they work honestly After five years of reform, I will give them their freedom!"
Yelu Hanyu asked in surprise: "Brother, are you serious?" Yang Peng smiled and said: "Of course it is true! Only by giving them hope will they work conscientiously!" Yelu Hanyu felt that Yang Peng What the elder brother said seems to make sense. Yang Peng said to Ling Zhen: "Tell your people not to mistreat these prisoners, and the food should not be too bad! Just think of them as cattle plowing the fields. If the cattle are thin, they will not be able to work. Do you understand! "Yes, I have remembered it."
The group left the ordnance field and returned to the left-behind residence. It was already evening. When passing the gate of the princess's mansion, they suddenly heard the familiar sound of the piano rippling out of the princess's mansion. Yang Peng and others couldn't help but rein in their horses. Yang Peng listened carefully. The melodious sound of the piano made people seem to see the desolate desert, the lone swordsman and the peerless beauty alone in the desolate castle. Yang Peng said in surprise: "Isn't this "Moyu'er·Yanqiu Ci"? How could it be...?"
Yelu Hanyu said with jealousy: "Speaking of this matter, brother, you are so partial!" Monk Yang Pengzhang was confused and said with a smile: "How do you say this? Don't brother love you enough? ?" Yelu Hanyu snorted, "You made two songs specifically for sister Zhao Jinxi. I heard sister Zhao Jinxi sing them. They were so beautiful and touching!" He looked at Yang Peng with some grievance, "But you didn't do either. Make a song for me! Obviously in your heart, sister Zhao Jinxi is more important than me!" "What nonsense are you talking about! In fact, my eldest brother has already made a song for me, but he was always busy and forgot, so he didn't tell you! "
Yelu Hanyu was very surprised, "Really!" Yang Peng smiled and nodded, "Of course it's true! You are my dear little sister Yelu, how could I lie to you?" When the female guards heard this I couldn't help but chuckle at the words.
Yelu Hanyu was very happy, and said with a longing look on his face: "Sing to me now!" "It's so easy to sing on the street! I'll sing to you again when I get back!" Yelu Hanyu nodded thoughtfully and raised his head. At the beginning, "You are not allowed to cheat!" "If you don't cheat, don't cheat!"
The group of people continued to walk home. Yang Peng searched hard for a good song along the way. When he entered the house, Yang Peng suddenly thought of it! After entering the house, I saw Zhao Jinxi, Yang Tong and Chai Yonghui coming out of the hall. Yang Peng said to Yelu Hanyu: "I will sing it to you now!" Yelu Hanyu shook his head and whispered: "No, the elder brother gave it to me! I must listen to it first before letting others listen to it. !" Yang Peng laughed.
After dinner, Yelu Hanyu couldn't wait to pull Yang Peng to her yard. When other women see her, they will inevitably be a little jealous. As soon as the two people entered the courtyard, the Jin sisters immediately came over to greet them. Yingying bowed: "Welcome to the master, welcome to the madam!" Why are these sisters here? It turned out that after returning to Yanyun, Yang Peng assigned the Jin sisters to Yelu Hanyu to serve as personal maids, because Yelu Hanyu really lacked so many people around him.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
