Chapter 108: Taming

After breakfast, the assembly whistle sounded, the doors of the various dormitories suddenly opened, and the soldiers quickly gathered like bullets to enter the stables to saddle and lead the horses, and then marched to the playground to wait for orders. First, he got on and off the horse, and then stood up and rested for a while, and the command was the same as when he was training on foot, but the aftersound was longer, so that the war horse could react under the control of the rider and make standardized movements.

After nearly a month of bareback training, everyone can now ride on the horse and trot steadily, so that nothing will happen to the horse. It turned out that they usually conducted infantry training in the morning, and only carried out riding training at noon and afternoon, but that day there was an angry incident that made Zhao Ta angry, and simply changed the morning to cavalry training, but it was mainly aimed at horses, not people.

Zhao Ta's horses are now used, part of them are the original ones in the house, and some of them are the ones that captured the bandits, in order to look at the spirit, he chose a black horse, and the horses in the house are good to say, after training, they know simple passwords, but the horses seized from the robbers are more miscellaneous, originally they were snatched from everywhere, so they all have a 'local' accent. And the pro-guard team used to deal with horses and less, only know that the road 'driving' is to go, 'hoo' is to stop, during the training is just like shouting at the family like a random scream, as a result of the training outside the house that day, a car driver passed by, threw down the whip and shouted 'drive', those who understood followed, horses are group animals, but also understand the principle of 'follow the crowd not to be beaten', and the confused people also followed, and the whole horse team followed the cart.

This incident stimulated Zhao Ta and decided to organize and discipline the horses, otherwise he would not defect with the enemy when he went to the battlefield one day Zhao Ta knew that everything should start from the basics, and each combat action from a single to a group and team joint training was also from shallow to deep, step by step, and finally achieved the same movement of men and horses, people fighting horsepower, horses fighting people's might, once entering the battlefield, people and horses can become a fighting body, so as to give full play to the power and specialty of cavalry. So he transplanted the set of training infantry to horses, rearranged the unified password for them to learn, understood what it meant to 'forward, stand upright, turn left, turn right, walk in unison...', and now march in formation, what is the distance between horses and horses, they must be measured with a ruler, so that they can be consistent.

The domestication of animals has a great influence factor, after this period of time between people and horses run in with each other, these horses have established feelings with their respective owners, and horses are quite intelligent, according to some experts, can reach the level of five or six years old human beings, of course, except for people like Zhao Ta. Horses are not as easy to store information as humans but much more convenient than other domestic animals. After the whole training, they can now make the horse do simple actions such as turning left, turning right, forward, backward, accelerating, slowing down, etc., all of them can be done by simply pulling the harness or body movements.

The "lying down" star officer issued an order, Zhao Ta's horse is a royal horse given by his father, which is one in a thousand miles, not only good-looking, but also smart, and has been trained by the royal horse trainer, of course, it is easy to use. Hearing the command, Zhao Ta pulled down the slow rope on the left side, and the force was immediately transmitted to the horse, and the horse immediately bent his legs and lay down, Zhao Ta relaxed the reins, and quickly took out a piece of shortbread and stuffed it into the horse's mouth, which was regarded as a reward for its obedience.

The horse ate satisfied, looking at the guy next to him, that guy was too stupid, and he was still standing upright, but could the arm be twisted over the thigh, I saw that his master was more forceful, the horse chewed tightly, it clearly heard the sound of the horsebit and the gums rubbing, the corners of the buddy's mouth were almost grinning to the surface of the feet, this kind of taste can be tasted by himself, unbearable, this stupid buddy must also understand at this time, but he will have to be whipped later, why bother to be smart early

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Zhao Mansion has been developing continuously in recent years, it has become more and more prosperous, there are many workshops on both sides of the Baishui River, the furnace fire is endless day and night, the fragrance of wine is scattered for several miles, the sound of the weaving factory, the sound of striking iron, and the squeak of the waterwheel forming the main theme here; In the past, the small wharf that transported materials has also been expanded, and can dock large ships, merchant ships coming and going on the Bianhe River, and the boats that send grain know that the road is too peaceful here, and they will stop here to rest, and some merchants who transfer materials will also take advantage of this to deliver the goods, although the state and county have set up a tax card here, but they are afraid that the prince 'Geng Zhi' no one dares to come nonsense, and there is less harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, which attracts caravans to gather, and in a few years, Shengsheng has turned this place into a big market. …,

Of course, Zhao Ta will not let go of this opportunity to make a fortune, and sent people to build a warehouse, rent and sell the store to the merchants, set up his own shop, open a hotel, a shop, and manage the entire market through the management committee established by the firm, maintain fair trade, and only charge a little money such as sanitation fees and public security fees, but he will never take advantage of the situation to bully the market, force to buy and sell, and take a profit from it. One industry is prosperous, all industries are prosperous, and for a time, all walks of life gather here, and the prosperity covers ordinary state cities

It is said that 'the big is hidden in the city, and the small is hidden in the wild', and now Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others control the government, and the court has made them miserable, and there are also honest and shameless people in the huge ranks of intellectuals, who drill into the power system of the ruling group and cater to the political consciousness of the autocracy of the authorities. However, most of those intellectuals who have their own independent values and pursuits would rather live in idleness and no longer enter the court as officials.

In the Song Dynasty, there was a policy of preferential treatment of scholars, and with this condition, these scholars could receive a salary even if they did not go to serve on substantive assignments. Some people love the Qingming here, the convenient transportation, the smooth flow of information, and the convenience of life, so they choose to settle here and become hermits. Although there are no mountains here, there is water, so they bought or rented land from the house to build houses on both sides of the dam and live a small life.

These people say that they are secluded, but they also want to eat, drink, socialize, and have fun, but they disdain to go to the dock, so there are some teahouses, restaurants, study, paper shops, and small tile courtyards that perform miscellaneous dramas around them to meet their spiritual and material needs.

Qingming has passed, the valley rain is approaching, it has come to the twilight spring season, people go to thick clothes, change into light summer clothes. In the afternoon, there were more pedestrians on the street, and those who went to bed late and got up late to read also came out of their homes to eat tea and drink. At this time, two people, an old man and a young man, walked through the street, although the old man had white beard and hair, but he was also tough, and his waist was straight. Behind him was a young man of eighteen or nineteen, slender and handsome, both of whom wore short and narrow purple shirts with round necks, narrow sleeves, and a lack of hips at the front and back.

"Teacher, it's been a long day, let's go upstairs and rest, shall we? "Quite a few words" came to the three-story restaurant, and the young man asked.

"It's fine," the old man said with a smile.

Seeing the guests coming to the door, Xiao Er immediately welcomed the two of them in warmly, "Is the guest upstairs or downstairs?" Xiao Er asked.

"Three mountains," the young man said, but the old man shook his head with a smile and followed him upstairs. Xiao Erleng hurriedly followed.

Some people want to ask, how to go upstairs to talk about 'mountain', it turns out that at this time of the Song Dynasty, the wine pavilion is called the hall, and the upstairs is named after the mountain, one mountain, two mountains, three mountains and the like, the card is written on the mountain, which means that the wine is high. If you enter the store, you can't easily go upstairs to the pavilion, I'm afraid that the wine will not be strong. If you don't buy much wine, just sit downstairs, called the door bed road, and just eat and drink.

"The two guest officers want a few catties of wine, we are all soju produced in Fuzhong, clear and mellow, full of stamina" Xiao Er picked a seat near the window for the two and put four plates of vegetables and vegetables, where you can see the long blue water, it is indeed a good place.

"Let's get two catties first," the young man said without moving his chopsticks, looking at the old man. When he entered the store, he had already seen the red sticks in front of the building, and the kumquat red light hanging on the door of the store.

"What kind of dishes do you want?" Xiao Er asked again, "The fat chickens and tender geese we have here are all produced in Zhuangzi, and the fresh fish is also freshly caught from the river."

"Just a few of your store's special drinks and dishes, don't be verbose," the old man seemed a little tired, and waved his hand.

"Okay, this will be all for you" Xiao Er promised to pour tea, went downstairs, reported some wine and food, from the front of the store, greeted a tea seller who picked up a tea bottle and ordered tea along the door, whispered a few words in his ear, the tea seller nodded and left in a hurry, they walked the streets and alleys, well-informed, often responsible for transmitting market news, supporting each other's tea, and asking each other about movement. If there is something auspicious or bad in the neighborhood, they also spread the word for it, or help gather favors and divide labor, which has long been customary, so some people don't care when they see it.

The two people upstairs whispered, looking at the scenery outside the window, at this time Xiao Er led seven or eight people upstairs again, one of them looked at the two of them, and whispered a few words in Xiao Er's ear, Xiao Er explained a little embarrassed, but he couldn't stand the person, so he had to come over.

"Two guest officers, these adults want to meet here, can you move to the second floor?" Xiao Ermei said with a smile.

"There are still a lot of empty seats upstairs, can't they be left alone? Why are you telling me to wait, are you afraid that we won't be able to pay? ”。 The young man said with some annoyance, but Xiao Er didn't reply, just looked at the old man.

"Let's go down to the second floor, I'm sorry little brother," the old man shook his head helplessly and said.

"What are you afraid of them?" The young man asked, puzzled. The old man pointed to his clothes, and then saw that the man who had just gone upstairs stood up and went downstairs first.

"Alas" the young man looked at the few who had just gone upstairs, wearing black gauze hats, soapy shirts, hornbands around their waists, and leather boots, which were the hoodies that scholars and doctors often wore when meeting guests, and he looked at his own clothes, which were purple, which were easy to move and walk, and were often worn by military generals.

"Hehe, these two martial artists also know each other, let's sit down," the leader said with a smile. ……，