Standing on the general platform of the Datang Military Academy, I watched with great satisfaction as a group of neat phalanxes that were walking in unison in a sharp bamboo whistle, changing their footwork, stepping on the male entanglement, and marching forward with high spirits.

"What does Lady Yuan think?" Duan Yunsong's tone was very respectful, but I could also see from his shiny head that his whole body exuded a proud brilliance.

"Well, yes, very successful, great progress, but, Duan Duwei, don't you think something is missing?" Looking at the pretending scene, I don't know why, I always feel that something is missing.

"What's missing? The last general didn't see what was missing, but felt that these soldiers were more stern than before. Duan Yunsong was too easily complacent, not a little self-motivated, after looking at it for a long time, he finally understood that when a parade was held in the academy in the past, there had to be a gong and drum team, but here there is nothing, there is just a monotonous bamboo whistle, no wonder.

"Duwei Duan, are there drums in the academy?" Turning his head towards Duan Yunsong.

"Yes, of course there must be this, the general drum, the war drum, and several kinds of drums. There are several, large and small. Duan Yunsong is like a treasure.

I was overjoyed to hear it, and followed Duan Yunsong to take a look, although the soldiers in the army use very little musical instruments, but the use of drums is a lot, although we can't establish a military band, it's good that we can build a military drum band, and when it comes to the opening ceremony, it will be of great use.

"These are the drums you say?" With a black line on my face, I pointed to the smallest drum in the snare drum, which was about three times the thickness of my waist, and asked Duan Yunsong.

"yes, that's small, look at the drum. The upper and lower drum noodles alone cost two cowhides. Duan Yunsong hurriedly distinguished.

Yes, such a drum is hung on the waist, even if it is carried by force, let alone used during the march, I am afraid that it will have to be pulled up by a car to make it.

"Is there a smaller one, like one that can be hung around your waist?" With his hand on his waist, Duan Yunsong hurriedly shook his head: "My lord, as soldiers, the bigger the drum in the army, the better, if you want to find a small drum, I'm afraid it will be only available in the palace, otherwise, it will be used in folk tunes." ”

"So? Then you should be busy first, by the way, you have specially selected 100 drummers from among the soldiers in the past two days, which will be of great use at that time. After giving instructions to Duan Yunsong, he left the academy in a hurry, got on his horse outside the courtyard gate, and walked along the cement avenue that had been built towards Chang'an City with Fang Cheng-

"Why are you here again, Master Pony?" Outside the palace gate, the head of the palace gate guard greeted me with a smile when he saw me.

Turned over and dismounted, and couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this: "What do you mean it's here again, couldn't I have just come?" ”

"Hehe, the little one said the wrong thing, and I hope that you have a lot of adults, I don't know if you are going to find Your Majesty or the King of Jin?" It's so familiar, we're so magnanimous that we never put on a show with them, so much so that these guys have learned to joke with me.

"No, I have something important to do today. By the way, do you know which department is playing the big drum? "I didn't dare to talk about playing music, for fear that they wouldn't understand this new word, so I had to try to ask in plain words.

"Playing the big drums? Playing drums, the palace is also Taichang Temple, Taile Department, Propaganda Department, and Teaching Workshop, I don't know if you ask what you are doing? ”

"So many places?" I couldn't help but widen my eyes, it's really good enough, I didn't expect that there are still a lot of music institutions in our Datang.

"I just want to ask these departments, which ones can make musical instruments, such as small drums, small gongs, etc."

"If you want to find someone who makes musical instruments, I'm afraid you can only find it by going to the general as a supervisor, and Taichang Temple and Taile Department don't care about this." Fortunately, the palace guards were familiar with all of this, and summoned a eunuch to lead the way for me, and hurriedly followed him. When he arrived at the Zuo School Office, he had already received the news and hurriedly greeted him: "Zhang Jin, the next official will be the supervisor of the Left School, and Zhang Jin has seen Master Fang." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, today this official is here, and there is really something important to ask Lord Zhang." He saluted back to the forty-year-old Zhang Lingguan.

"Hehe, where is this person, all the invitations are the honor of our signature, my lord, please."

"I will be the superintendent of the left school office, and I will be in charge of the craftsman. Music utensils, ornaments, weapons, and funeral rituals are all out of this, I don't know what the adults are doing? The left school office ordered Zhang Jin to lead the way, and came to the gate of the compound with a plaque of musical equipment, and motioned for me to follow him in.

"Musical instruments, Fang is temporarily in charge of the Datang Academy, due to the lack of military music, so Erlet asked the adults for advice, hoping to make some musical instruments suitable for the army." As soon as they entered the door, they were full of craftsmen who were working, and when they saw that it was the commander who arrived, they all quickly got up and saluted.

"Hey, what is this?" I walked up to a craftsman in three steps and two steps, and picked up the rough blank of musical equipment that was laid on the ground, which was very familiar, very similar to the violin I had played, but the size of the resonance box was not the same as that of a violin, and it was oval-shaped.

"My lord, this thing is called a curved neck five-string pipa, do you recognize this thing? Sure enough, good eyesight. Zhang Lingguan's sycophant is crooked at all, really, it would be good if I really recognized it, so I had to say casually: "Where is it, I just think this thing is exquisitely made." A little embarrassed, he put the rough blank back on the table and smiled dryly: "Fang Mou wants to ask, where is the place where the drums are made here." ”

"Your Excellency, please come from here." I didn't walk long and crossed the other side of the alley, and sure enough, it was all percussion instruments, and there was a lot of nitrated leather drying on the dam.

"Here, I don't know what kind of music equipment does Master Fang want to order? Can you take a small look? ”

"Oh, it's this kind of drum, small drum, Fang also called it a snare drum, no more than a foot wide, with nose rings threaded at both ends, and then hung on the shoulder, easy to percussion......" In fact, it is very simple, that is, the proportion of those big drums is reduced, Zhang Lingguan recruited a supervisor who is in charge of making drum equipment, and after looking at the pattern, he told me with confidence that the materials in the prison are very sufficient, not to mention the production of such a small snare drum hundred, that is, a thousand are more than enough.

After finally completing a big event, I remembered the rough blank of the five-stringed pipa just now, and after obtaining the consent of this Zhang Lingguan, I went back to find the craftsman and asked him to help try out a stringed instrument that was different from the five-stringed pipa: the violin. I only remember that the main components of the violin are the headstock, body, neck, strings, strings, horses, cheeks, bows, and the rest I don't know, but with these old craftsmen making musical instruments for decades of experience, it should not be difficult, after all, I drew a pattern with a Zhenguan pen on the spot, very good, now inside and outside the palace, you can see this kind of cheap Zhenguan pen, whether it is chicken feathers, duck feathers, anyway, as long as the hair on the body of the beast is become, of course, at least the thick root capillary tube that can be held by hand, It is especially popular with those craftsmen and merchants, and the most important thing is that it is convenient.

After explaining the use of this violin in detail, the old craftsman seemed to be worried that he would not be able to make it right, so he invited several skilled craftsmen to participate in the study, and then came to the conclusion that it could be done, but I did not dare to guarantee that it would achieve the effect I needed.

"It doesn't matter, if you can make it, when the time comes, if there is anything wrong, Fang will come to ask the masters again."

"Don't be an adult, it's the duty of the small ones to do these things, so it's for you to rush to work at night, after three or five days, maybe a sample, and I hope that the adults will come to test it then, and if there is anything wrong with it, the small ones will be improved." ——

Very good, great, in addition to solving the matter of the Military Band of the Military Academy, by the way, Cheng Luanluan's requirements have also been half completed, when the time comes, let's give her a Liang Zhu, and it's strange not to lose this girl, hehehe.

Along the way, the occasional strange sound in the throat made the BMW who sat down very incomprehensible, always smashing the horse's head, it seemed that he was not used to the weird laughter of his own master, and even Fang Cheng also pulled down the old man, for fear that others would see that he was with me, ashamed, I glared at him fiercely, and walked side by side with me in a gray way, and looked around, who is it.

I don't have time to pay attention to him, we are crookedly when the time comes, play a violin, tell a poignant story, the bewitching and lovely Cheng Luanluan is not to be blamed under our jeans, this son's playing skills have won the award, the beautiful piano sound with my orator's eloquence, will be able to ...... "Second young master, born!" "A panicked scream that scared me so much that I almost rolled off my horse? Which lack of virtue is in the curse of this son?!

(To be continued)