"Liulang, you're late this time, I just came back and was appointed by His Majesty as the superintendent of the Chang'an Observatory, and I really can't spare time now!" Yuwen Hu said with a wry smile, with his relationship with Li Su, he would naturally not shirk if he could help him, but the matter of the observatory was personally explained by Li Shimin, and he didn't dare to delay it at all.

"Observatory?" Li Su was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then asked, "But outside the south gate of Chang'an, is the observatory about the meridian to be built?" ”

"That's right, I heard that it was requested by Master Li Chunfeng Li of Taishi Ling, and the building requirements of this observatory are extremely high, not to mention the height and solidity of the observatory, it must also be built on the central axis of Chang'an Avenue and the Imperial City, and a section of railroad track will be laid on this line, and this line will be the prime meridian of the whole world in the future, that is, the zero degree meridian!"

When he said this, Yuwen Wu suddenly patted his head, and said with a somewhat ashamed smile: "Haha~, look at my head, the concept of longitude and latitude was proposed by you Liulang, I actually forgot it, it's really an axe!" ”

Yuwen's family was originally a family of architects, and although Yuwenhu has now switched to gunpowder, he is still the leading architect of the Tang Dynasty, so if there is any important project, Li Shimin is still the first to think of him, but what makes Li Su cry and laugh is that Yuwenhu obviously does not know the importance of the military school. Of course, the observatory is also very important, but in comparison, the observatory can be built at any time, and the military academy is the sooner the better.

"Brother Yuwen, about the matter of the observatory, I will help you and my father, postpone it for the time being, if you really can't postpone it, then let others do it, after all, you are not the only one who is engaged in construction in the Tang Dynasty. And the matter of the military school is too important. I don't worry about handing it over to others, I'm afraid the only one who can pick up this burden in the entire Datang is Brother Yuwen! Li Su emphasized the importance of military schools. By the way, I held Yuwen Hu again.

Since Li Su said so, Yuwen Hu no longer shirked, and nodded in agreement. At the same time, he was also a little curious about the military academy in Li Su's mouth, and pulled Li Su to ask about the details, he was also in charge of gunpowder production, and he was half a soldier, so after listening to Li Su's introduction, he could also understand the significance of the military school. One of the most proud works in architecture.

After saying goodbye to Yuwen Hu, Li Su immediately asked Li Shimin for someone, but the other party agreed very simply. Immediately hand over the construction of the observatory to someone else. Yuwen Hu fully assisted Li Su in the construction of the military academy.

With a professional like Yuwen Hu as an assistant, Li Su immediately became relaxed. Selecting craftsmen and preparing various building materials, he didn't need to worry about it at all, everything was left to Yuwen Hu and his helpers, and soon the preparations were almost done, and the next thing was to choose the site that Li Su asked.

Military schools are not like ordinary academies or private schools, just find a place in the city. Students in military schools not only have to carry out book education, but also have to receive various trainings in peacetime, so military schools have high requirements for terrain, at least mountains, rivers, etc., so they can only be built outside the city.

At the beginning, Li Su proposed to build it in the east of the city, because his Qi Palace's palace was in the east of the imperial city, and he would go to the eastern suburbs after Tonghua Gate.

However, his suggestion was opposed by Yuwen Hu and his craftsmen, according to them, the military academy was the cradle of future lieutenant generals, and the main thing was to kill. The east belongs to the wood, is the direction of the main student, and the function of the military school is just the opposite, so the military school must not be built in the east, but should be built in the west of Chang'an City, because the west belongs to gold, in the four phases belong to the white tiger, the white tiger is the main killing beast, since ancient times it represents the majesty and the army, so the military school is built in the west is very compatible.

As a modern person, Li Su naturally despises this kind of feudal superstition, but there is a way to follow the customs, and he also knows that under the influence of the Jin Dynasty, the theory of feng shui was very popular in the Sui and Tang dynasties, especially in terms of architecture, whether it is a house or a cemetery, almost all of them are affected by the theory of feng shui, so it is not surprising that Yuwen Hu has such an idea.

The west side is the west side, and it's just a matter of running a few more steps. Next, he personally took Yuwenhu and other craftsmen to almost run all over the western suburbs of Chang'an, and finally selected a few suitable places, and after Li Xiaogong and Li Jing's field investigation, and then selected three to report to Li Shimin, and finally finally set the address of the military colonel in the western suburbs of the downstream of the river, that is, from Jinguangmen not far to the west.

The reason why it is located there is that the terrain is complex, there are mountains and rivers, and there is even a small green swamp, and there is also a huge flat land in front of the mountain, which is just used to build a military academy, and it is also close to Chang'an, in case anything happens in Chang'an, these loyal students can also be quickly mobilized to enter the city to maintain order.

After the site of the school was chosen, Yuwen Hu began to get busy, because he wanted to design the layout of the military academy as soon as possible according to the terrain, although Li Su was a layman, but he also participated in it, mainly to remove some flashy things in the design of Yuwen Hu, and the various buildings of the military academy did not seek beauty, all with solid and practical as the main purpose.

As a result, this design style makes Yuwen Hu very uncomfortable, sometimes looking at what he spent a lot of effort to design, but was changed into an ugly monster by Li Su, not to mention the anger in his heart, the two of them for this design drawing, almost three days of a small quarrel and five days of a big quarrel, and even sometimes do it, but after the fight, how Yuwen Hu should change it has to be changed, because Li Su is the person in charge of the construction of the military school. In addition, this also brings an unexpected benefit, that is, after the design drawings are finalized, the force value of Li Su and Yuwen Hu has increased a lot.

On the day of the groundbreaking, Li Su also specially invited Li Shimin, accompanied by Li Xiaogong and Li Jing, and under the gaze of hundreds of civil and military officials, Li Shimin personally laid the first shovel of soil for the foundation of the military academy, and then stood on a temporary high platform and delivered an inspiring speech to the civil and military officials, and finally handed over a four-character plaque of the Tang Military Academy to Li Su, asking him to strive for an early completion and let the military academy students who are being recruited attend classes as soon as possible.

After the start of the military academy, Li Su was idle all of a sudden, except for occasionally checking the progress of the project, he didn't have to worry about anything else, it was enough to have Yuwen Hu guarding there every day. However, he couldn't be idle for a few days, and was soon pulled by Li Xiaogong to help, because when he persuaded those retired veterans to go out of the mountain, he encountered a problem, and this trouble was related to Li Su.

The Tang Dynasty was killed in the troubled times, and after the founding of the country, it has never stopped fighting, and there are large and small wars almost every year, and it is in this environment that batches of fierce generals of the Tang Dynasty have been created. Now if someone asks in the restaurant who is the first fierce general of Datang? Then the answer must be varied, some people may say that it is Niu Jinda; Some people may also say that it is Hou Junji; There may even be people who say that on the battlefield of Goguryeo, he led more than 1,000 palace attendants to capture the spring Gai Suwen, thus becoming famous......

However, if you put this question twenty years ago, I am afraid that the answer will be very uniform, just ask ten people, it is estimated that at least eight will tell you, the first fierce general of the Tang Dynasty except Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao, there is no second person to think of! Even if this name is mentioned now, most people will still praise it, but with the passage of time, I am afraid that only some elderly people will remember Qin Shubao, who bravely won the three armies back then.

Speaking of Qin Qiong, Li Su is naturally very familiar with the main character in the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but when he came to the Tang Dynasty, he knew that the novel is a novel after all, and Qin Shubao in the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties is only ranked thirteenth in terms of force value, and he can't see how brave he is, but he slowly learned a real Qin Qiong from the casual conversations with Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Huailiang and others.

The Qin family is not from a high background, the ancestors are all civil officials, and they are not big surnames, and the people are also very thin, but the so-called heroes do not come from the source, in the troubled times between the Sui and Tang dynasties, Qin Qiong relied on his own bravery to kill a path of his own. When he followed Li Shimin to conquer the world, whenever he encountered a challenge from an enemy general, Li Shimin was absolutely the first to send Qin Qiong to respond, and Qin Qiong never let him down, taking the opponent's head in the army was like picking up something.

Later, Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong jointly commanded the Xuanjia Army, when the Central Plains was full of forces, and there were countless strong armies on all sides, but in front of the Xuanjia Army led by the two, they were all crushed into powder, the most famous time, was that the two followed Li Shimin with 3,500 Xuanjia Army, and broke Dou Jiande's more than 100,000 troops in one fell swoop. At that time, it was also the time when the Xuanjia Army was the strongest, and it can be said that it was Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong who established the name of the Xuanjia Army as the strongest army in the world.

However, after Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, Qin Qiong was injured too much when she was young, and her physical condition was getting worse day by day, so she had no choice but to retire from the army, and she had been idle at home for nearly ten years.

Li Xiaogong wanted to invite someone to teach in the military academy, and the first thing that came to mind was Qin Qiong. Although Qin Qiong is most famous for his bravery, but his bravery does not only refer to personal bravery, he was able to bring out the Xuanjia Army, the strongest army in the world, just this ability to govern the army and train the army, the entire Tang Dynasty could not find a general compared with it.

However, when Li Xiaogong found Qin Qiong, although the other party was greatly admired by the military academy, he also said that he was not in good health and did not want to teach in the military academy. Li Xiaogong naturally didn't follow this, pulled down his old face and grinded it a few times, and finally let Qin Qiong relax, but the other party made a very strange request!