Li Mao stroked the artifact and said, "We hire skilled craftsmen with high salaries to restore it, if this thing can be successful, it will be popular in the world." Li Mao's confidence comes from this enlarged proportion of the wooden machine crossbow, he found that those parts that are easy to break, its manufacturing process is not complicated, sure enough, then think of more ways in the quantity, easy to wear and tear to make more, to win by quantity.

Li Mao's encouragement did not make Chang Mucang get carried away, he sighed, and said lightly: "In this way, there is another killing weapon in the world." It sounded very uplifting, as if everything was under his control. Li Mao said: "Things are dead, people are alive, and sharp weapons are in the hands of benevolent people, which is not necessarily a bad thing." ”

Li Mao didn't want to dwell too much on such an issue, so he changed the topic and asked Chang Mucang if he was willing to go out of the mountain to assist him in preparing for the military academy, Chang Mu Cang still said lightly: "Mu Cang obeys orders." ”

These words made Li Mao feel bottomless, and he returned home depressed for a long time. The light in the main room has been extinguished, since she was pregnant, Su Qing has developed the habit of going to bed early and getting up late, and she spends most of the day on **, this ** is now exclusive to her and the child in her belly, fire prevention and thief prevention Li Mao, in order to avoid Li Mao's harassment, she asked Meng Shi to latch the door as soon as it was dark.

Xiaoru heard Li Mao's footsteps, opened the door and stood behind the bead curtain and smiled at Li Mao, the rose-colored light wrapped her deeply, adding a layer of ** color. Li Mao understood her intentions, lifted the bead curtain and went in. Xiaoru had already prepared the footwashing water, she was the same as Qinniang, she always knelt to wash Li Mao's feet, Meng Chun's night was still very cold, Li Mao didn't want her to kneel for a long time, so she listened to her arrangement and washed her feet as quickly as possible.

Then he sat in a daze, Xiao Ru cleaned up, stood in front of him with her head down, and after a while, she coughed, Li Mao realized that he barely squeezed out a smile, and reached out to hug Xiao Ru on his legs. After laughing at each other for a while, Li Mao noticed that Xiao Ru was a little wrong, so he asked her what was wrong, Xiao Ru hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "I want to be a doctor with a divine doctor." The voice was as small as a mosquito humming, but Li Mao still heard it. He pulled Xiaoru's soft face and asked with a smile: "Okay, why do you want to study medicine." Xiao Ru hesitated for a while and said, "It's boring." ”

Li Maoqu flicked his finger on her forehead, and scolded: "The girl's family has nothing to do, learn to knit female workers, learn to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, learn to cook vegetables and make soup, what do you do with that thing?" ”

Xiao Ru snorted in a low voice: "I just want to learn." ”

Why did Xiao Ru suddenly want to study medicine, Li Mao knew that after Su Qing became pregnant, her daily life and diet were handled by Meng Shi herself, Xiao Ru couldn't intervene at all, these days he was busy with his feet and didn't touch the ground, and inadvertently snubbed her, she was protesting to herself in this way.

Li Mao touched Xiaoru's face and comforted: "I'll go back and tell Mrs. Ge that if you want to learn, you can learn to be like this, and in the future, our family will even save money for inviting Langzhong." When you finish your studies, I'll reward you well. ”

Although Xiaoru is still just a maidservant, the ** love she has received has surpassed that of ordinary concubines, and what she lacks now is a name, and Li Mao's "good reward" naturally refers to this.

Xiaoru just smiled faintly, Li Mao gently picked her up and hugged her tightly, kissed her on the mouth, and said angrily: "What a, my appetite has been raised, I will reward you with such a big benefit, I will laugh at her." ”

Xiao Ru immediately smiled and hugged Li Mao's neck flatteringly.

Tsunekikura's talent soon became apparent, and after years of seclusion in the countryside, he read all the military books and battle strategies he could collect. He has a profound study of military thinking, formations, weapons, military geography, and the history of the army's establishment, and he not only has a sharp eye and accurate view of things, but also has a strong operability of the things he mentioned.

Li Mao found a gold mine, tirelessly digging up, and like meeting a good teacher, he couldn't wait to learn to become a big fat man one day, if it wasn't for the fear that Chang Mucang would be dug up, Li Mao would like to promote him three times a day.

With the super think tank of Chang Mucang, Li Mao's confidence was doubled, and he made up his mind when he spoke and did things, although he was inevitably a little overbearing, but it also greatly improved his efficiency, and the preparatory work of the Jiangwutang Officer Training Center was progressing rapidly, and at the turn of the spring and summer of this year, the Jiangwutang small barracks ushered in his first batch of trainees -- 26 middle and high-ranking generals with outstanding meritorious service.

The list of these 26 people was proposed by Li Mao, and Gao Mu, together with Li Zhenke and Yang Yuanyin, after careful consideration, submitted it to Li Shigu for approval.

Among them, the Pinglu army accounted for 16 places, and the remaining 10 places were equally divided between the town navy and the Qing navy, and the lowest status among the trainees was also the deputy envoy of soldiers and horses, these people were arrogant and complaining when they first came, and everyone brought guards, less than a dozen people, more than 100 people, and some people also brought concubines, housekeepers and cooks. It is as lively as a market.

They used to come to the martial arts hall before, and they were no strangers to the small barracks, but the current atmosphere made them feel depressed: a team of soldiers in the inner courtyard were clearly guarding the gate of the camp, and Li Mao confiscated the armor, weapons, and property of all the generals according to the system, and the guards and their families were all driven back. This move was resisted by all sides, some people jumped like thunder, roared and yelled, some pointed at Li Mao's nose and scolded, and even drew their swords and bows and shouted to fight and kill.

Li Mao was not afraid, waved his hand lightly, and the wolf-like guards of the inner courtyard army arrested all the perpetrators, and all the generals who made mistakes and were arrested were ordered to run around the school field six times in public, and the order was given by Li Mao, and Li Mao held Li Shigu's sword in his hand. Li Shigu was too young and had little prestige in the army, so he was afraid that it would be difficult to deter everyone with a horse whip, so he handed over the sword to Li Mao. Everyone had heard of the notoriety that Li Mao had accumulated during his tenure as a picketer, and he was disdainful of it, and he was very jealous in his heart.

Running around the school field six times in public, all of them were embarrassed, for the sake of face, this tone could only be endured.

The life of the Ziqing soldiers is not easy, there is Xuanwu in the west, the old enemy of Xuanwu, Wei Bo across the river is strong and strong, and Xuzhou in the south is stationed with heavy troops all year round because of the transportation arteries leading to the land of wealth in the south of the Yangtze River in the heart of the Tang Dynasty. On the eastern seaboard, bankrupt paupers colluded with the wandering warriors of Silla and the Balhae Sea to stir up trouble.

Because of this, the soldiers in Ziqing always maintain a state of readiness for war, and the atmosphere in the army is much more refreshing than that of officialdom.

Li Mao planned a grand opening ceremony, and the dignitaries of the Ziqing Army and some of the important ministers of the founding fathers were present. The Tang Dynasty inspected the right servant of the school, the right Jinwu general, the Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, the Pinglu and Ziqing Jiedu, observation, and branch, and the Silla and Bohai envoys Li Shigu made an impromptu speech to the generals who had experienced a hundred battles under the stage, saying that it was improvised, but in fact it was carefully prepared, the speech was drafted by Chen Jingsheng, Gao Mu polished, and he himself revised it several times, before taking the stage to speak, he took it to Li Mao to give advice, Li Mao of course did not really put forward any opinions, but he still felt very warm about Li Shigu's small means of entrapment.

Li Shigu's speech achieved very good results, and his words were straightforward and thorough. Li Shigu commanded the army for ten years, and the vast majority of the senior generals in the army were left to him by his father or even his grandfather, these veterans are loyal, and arrogant are also there.

This time, this unique impromptu speech, so that the audience of the generals refreshed, Li Jialang's extraordinary eloquence made them feel good, the kind of luxury and majesty revealed from the bones made them even more impressed, coupled with many fathers and generals on the spot, the balance in the hearts of the generals quietly unbalanced, in front of Li Shigu they unconsciously lowered their heads, from the original oral dissatisfaction to convincing.

Li Mao, who was standing in the corner of the high platform, saw this scene and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it was easy for the generals to lower their heads, but it was difficult to raise them again. This opening ceremony, which took countless painstaking efforts, is worth it!

In the following month, the generals and cadets in the small barracks experienced a scene that they could not imagine, at the end of the third watch, the horn sounded, the meritorious service, the generals who commanded thousands of troops were beaten by the instructor and rushed up from the ** bunk, and hurriedly began to sort out the housekeeping, the outstanding will be verbally praised, and the unqualified will be ordered to re-arrange, over and over again, blushing and thick neck under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Four more exercises, the hour of the hour, three minutes of martial arts, the time of the meal, the after-dinner special discussion, before the noon meal, after the lunch break for half an hour, after the first day by the great achievements of the father, the strategic strategist to teach the art of war strategy, dinner at dusk, you can drink some wine, after the meal to play ball, games, Shen Shi two minutes off the lights to go to bed.

So the cycle repeatedly, in the tension and novelty, send away the sunset and usher in the morning sun.

A month later, the official class of the Jiangwutang Officer Training Institute officially opened, and the first batch of future officers and students entered the camp for training. The veterans of the general officer class accepted a new task - to go to the team officer class to give lectures to the recruits. This subject is very popular, and for veterans, it is possible to show off their past glory in front of the recruits, in one word: happy.

For these officers who have just entered the camp for training and are still confused about the future, the future is in front of them, and the reality is not far away.

Under the planning of Li Mao, Li Shigu, Li Zhenke, Yang Yuanyu and five important ministers formed an assessment group to inspect the results of everyone's study one by one, and give a high evaluation, and the excellent ones were awarded a gold badge, the excellent ones were awarded silver badges, and the qualified ones were given bronze badges, and the badges were engraved with the students' names, places of origin, ages, etc.

The badge pattern was designed by Li Mao, hired skilled craftsmen, customized with red gold, silver and brass, exquisite and heavy, so that these veterans who are accustomed to life and death and have read all the vicissitudes of life and death can't put it down.

A grand military parade was held at the graduation ceremony, in which the officers on review were veterans and officers of the school corps, and the soldiers were 500 soldiers stationed in the small barracks, 500 soldiers of the Inner Courtyard Army, and 500 soldiers in the front, rear, left, right, Zhenhai, and Qinghai armies, totaling 3,000 people. After the parade was completed, Yang Yuanyin, the envoy of soldiers and horses, was the leader, Li Shigu was dressed in military uniform, in the upper position, and Li Changshan, the deputy envoy of the soldiers and horses of the inner courtyard, guarded the side and back, formed a review team, and rode a high-headed horse to review the three armies.

Three months of intensive training may not improve their academic attainment, nor may they be able to train them any special killing skills, but it has completely changed their mental outlook and positional relationship with the manager.

In front of the three thousand soldiers who were read, Li Shigu could already look at them with a downward gaze, and this kind of psychological advantage was unprecedented before, which made him feel extremely novel and excited. Now he is not only their nominal commander, but also their psychological commander, not only consolidating the superiority and humility of the system, but also becoming their academic master, a teacher for one day, a master for life, the master loves the students, and the students respect the master, this intimate relationship was established in only three months, which is really a great benefit.

In order to reward Li Mao's special merits, Li Shigu specially called Li Mao when he was patrolling the queue, and asked him to follow him with the deputy envoy Li Zhenke, the left judge Gao Mu, and the veteran representative Li Xi. (Dissertation College)