"The past is gone, and the future can be chased." Pharmacist Li patted Su Dingfang on the shoulder, smiled and said, "Let's put these down, think about tomorrow's feast, how to promote bowing." ”

"Preach the Bow Strike?"

Su Dingfang looked dazed.

"Dingfang, as you know, Keju has been used for military training in the past dynasties to enhance the body and temper the military spirit. However, have you ever thought that the bow can also be used for military training? ”

"Use the bow for training!"

Su Dingfang's eyes lit up, but then he shook his head again: "There are enough military horses to bow down." However, he thought for a moment, and his eyes brightened again: "Now that there are more and more decommissioned war horses, they can indeed be used for bowing!" ”

"Yes." Li Yaoshi's expression was solemn: "During the Wude period, most of the battles were in Middle-earth, mainly infantry, followed by the naval division. However, in the future, they will have to face the foreign departments. This time, the main reason for pacifying the Turks was to rely on cavalry. Therefore, the use of the bow for military training is extremely important for the future. ”

"Dingfang understood!"

It dawned on him that he was overjoyed.

So the next day, at the banquet of the ceremonial personnel of the army, Su Dingfang and Xue Guwu talked about the joy of bowing, which made everyone itch and scratch their hearts and be eager to try.

From then on, the beating bow gradually replaced the keju and became the most important sports entertainment in the Tang Army.

Compared to Kemari, the speed of the bow is faster and the field is larger, so the requirements for strategy, technique, thinking, and teamwork are higher than Kemari.

This kind of exercise, which can be said to be the ability to analyze the enemy's situation and make decisive decisions, is contained in the lightning and fire of the event, and it is really an excellent way to improve the intelligence of the leader.

Decades later, in the upper class of the Tang generation, almost everyone, both men and women, was immersed in bowing and could not extricate themselves.

This is a later story, and I will say ......

At that time, the ancestral residence of the Li family was created by Li Wendu, the great-grandfather of Pharmacist Li, during the Northern Wei Dynasty nearly 200 years ago.

When the ancestors were illustrious, they also added to and expanded.

However, after King Li Yaowang was removed from the list and became a commoner, he no longer had the ability to properly defend it.

So far, although the houses are not full of devastation, they have been quite vicissitudes.

So Pharmacist Li allocated money for the renovation of the ancestral house before returning to Beijing, which can be regarded as a congratulatory gift for his sixtieth birthday.

Naturally, Li Dejian will be in charge of the renovation project, but for now, he must rush back to Chang'an to participate in the official work of the prisoner, and he will not be able to spend his time and energy here for the time being.

On this day, the group said goodbye to the villagers and returned to Chang'an on the first way.

As soon as the three plains are released, it is Zheng Guoqu's old way.

Xue Guwu and the others all stayed with Pharmacist Li and listened to his story.

Zhengguo Canal can be called the great construction of the world, and together with Dujiangyan and Lingqu, it is known as the three major water conservancy projects of the Qin Dynasty.

This "Zheng Guo" is not the name of the country, but the name of a person, and he was a water conservancy master in Korea during the Warring States period.

Zheng lived in an era in which Qin made eastward expansion its national policy.

Han, Zhao, Wei and other "three Jin" are close to the east, so they naturally bear the brunt.

There was a large river as a barrier between Zhao and Qin, and Wei built the Great Wall as early as the reign of King Hui of Wei to strengthen Qin.

As for South Korea, it is the weakest in Sanjin China, and it can only outwit in the face of a strong Qin.

King Han Huanhui was overjoyed when he knew that King Yingzheng of Qin was a good man, so he sent Zheng Guo to lobby and offer advice on digging ditches, saying that after the chiseling was completed, it would be used to irrigate the acres of fields, which could make Guanzhong fertile for thousands of miles.

This was a conspiracy of South Korea to "exhaust Qin", trying to make Qin use its property and manpower for domestic purposes, and there was no time to deploy the Eastern Crusade.

At that time, South Korea, like Zhao, Wei, Qi, Yan and other countries in Hedong and Kanto, was dominated by millet in grain farming.

Millet is an extremely drought-tolerant crop that grows naturally in the weather and climate of North China without the need for artificial irrigation.

Therefore, South Korea believed that the act of digging the ditch would only allow the Qin State to build a large number of buildings and consume national strength, but it would not provide much tangible benefit after the dug was completed.

Unexpectedly, at that time, the Qin State had already imported wheat from the Western Regions, and wheat was a very irrigated crop.

After the Zhengguo Canal was dug up, the diversion water came out of Beishan, flowed eastward through Sanyuan and other places, introduced Luoshui, and then injected Weishui.

It is really as Zheng Guo said, irrigating the acres of fields and regulating drought and flood have made Guanzhong fertile for thousands of miles, and the winter wheat harvest has increased sharply, and there has been no apology for decades.

The granary of the Qin State was full, and the soldiers and civilians were safe to eat, and the country was rich and strong, and even accelerated the eastward expansion of the Qin State.

Just six years later, Yingzheng destroyed South Korea.

After another nine years of war, Daqin unified the "world".

Speaking of this, Pharmacist Li couldn't help but sigh: "There is a saying in "Sun Tzu": 'Knowing oneself and knowing oneself will not be defeated in a hundred battles.'" Si is also said. We were able to pacify the Turks in one fell swoop, not only by means relying on bows and swords, but also by three or four years of soothing the knot and going through behind enemy lines. The so-called "go up to the army to plot, then attack the enemy, then attack the army, and then attack the city", you should keep in mind. ”

Xue Guwu and the others bowed down together and said yes.

Pharmacist Lee continued to tell the story.

Zheng Guo was originally sent by Korea to Qin's secret room, and before the ditch was completed, Ying Zheng had already noticed Zheng Guo's conspiracy, was furious, and wanted to kill him.

Zheng Guo defended himself: "Weichen is indeed intermittent at the beginning, but if the canal is chiseled, it will also have great benefits in Qin." Although the minister continued his life for Korea for several years, he contributed to the establishment of the Qin State for eternity. ”

Ying Zheng was convinced that he allowed Zheng Guo to continue to supervise the progress of the trench digging project.

However, the Qin State has long reused guest secretaries, including Baili Xi of Yu during the Qin Mugong period, Shang Ying who defended the country during the Qin Xiaogong period, and Lü Buwei who defended the country during the reign of King Xiang of Qin Zhuang to King Yingzheng of Qin, etc., which have long caused the dissatisfaction of the Qin clan.

The Zheng Guo incident led to the outbreak of long-standing grievances, and the clan jointly signed a letter to urge the expulsion of the guest secretary, so Yingzheng issued the "Expulsion Order".

Li Si, who came from the state of Chu, was also among the expelled guests.

He put forward the concept of "tolerance is great" in the "Book of Expulsion of Guests", with the theme of "the king is not only the people, so he can understand his virtue", discussed the strategy of "crossing the sea" and "controlling the princes", analyzed the harm of expelling guests and the benefits of using customers, and believed that "recruiting talents" is the foundation for unifying the six countries and achieving the imperial cause.

Ying Zheng listened to his proposal, revoked the expulsion order, and officially reused Li Si.

And from then on, with the national policy of "destroying the princes, becoming the emperor's business, and unifying the world", it will eventually be able to achieve great success.

Speaking of this, Pharmacist Li sighed again: "Now Your Majesty, regardless of region, origin, or ethnicity, can truly 'recruit talents' in order to create the great cause of 'Tian Khan'. Just ......"

At this time, he looked around at Xue Guwu and the others, and said solemnly: "It's just that you and the others are all military generals, and the Turks, and even Dongyi, Xirong, Nanban, and Beidi, all ethnic groups have military generals. If you look to the future and want to achieve something, you have to study. Only by deeply immersing ourselves in the inherent culture of our Chinese can you fundamentally make it difficult for foreign generals to surpass. ”