Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

Not only Concubine Su played with bows and arrows, but even Qinghe and the others played with them, but they just played with a playful attitude, shooting a few arrows and it was over, it was really a mentality of playing.

But everyone is full of interest in horseback riding.

"Let's go, let's go to the racetrack. Brother, you can ride too." Li Ke saw that everyone was interested, and immediately said with a smile.

"Ah? I can't, this leg is not very convenient." Li Chengqian didn't think Li Ke did it on purpose.

"Trust me, it's no problem. I improved the harness." Li Ke smiled. Although Li Chengqian fell off his horse, Li Ke was not afraid, because what he took out now was the standard Takahashi saddle of later generations. .

There were saddles and stirrups in the Tang Dynasty. In fact, stirrups were available in the Han Dynasty, but at that time they were single-sided stirrups, and later gradually developed into double-sided stirrups. Advantage!Even greater than the bonus received by armored cavalry!

Because in the past, cavalry archers without double stirrups wanted to draw their bows on horseback. Many times they had to stop the horses and stand in place to shoot arrows, because people could not control their core strength on horseback. But with double stirrups, A person can control a horse with his legs, and the legs can be borrowed, which makes it possible for cavalry archers to shoot arrows while riding a horse.

So don't look at the fact that Da Han and Datang's beating nomads is similar to beating sons, but if the Turks of Datang are thrown into the era of Dahan, the result may not be necessarily the same.

Of course, this kind of assumption is meaningless. After all, nomads have double stirrups, and the big man must have them too.

In addition, there are saddles. The Tang Dynasty had saddles, and they were available at the end of the Three Kingdoms period. But everyone has a misunderstanding, thinking that having these things makes them very strong.But in fact, everything is evolving gradually, and it is impossible to invent the pinnacle.

Even horseshoes have undergone countless years of evolution before they become what they are in later generations, not to mention saddles.

Although the current Takahashi saddle is very close to the Takahashi saddle of later generations, there is still a gap. It is of great assistance to cavalry, but it is not as great as the later Takahashi saddle.

The seemingly simple Takahashi saddle is actually formed by the accumulation of hundreds of thousands of years of human experience in the use of cavalry.

Now, Li Ke is gradually equipping the Tang cavalry in Xizhou with later generations of Takahashi saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes, including armored cavalry, which are also gradually tested.When the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty makes a large-scale attack next time, it will surely shock the world.

And in Li Ke's racetrack, naturally all the equipment is the equipment of later generations, so Li Chengqian's not serious lameness does not actually affect riding.

"Oh? Then I want to try." Li Chengqian became a little curious. Concubine Su opened her mouth to stop her, but in the end she didn't speak. She actually knew Li Chengqian to some extent, and knew Li Chengqian's obsession with this aspect. Many people don't know. People in love say that Li Chengqian admires Turkic culture, but in fact he admires the shitty Turkic culture, does Turkic have culture?It's just that no one knows Li Chengqian's inner loneliness.

When everyone arrived at the small racecourse that Li Ke was talking about, Li Chengqian was speechless. Is this a small racecourse?

It sounds like the 1000-meter circumference of the circular runway is not big, but when you come to it, you will find that it is still quite big.Moreover, there are actually stands around the racetrack, and I don't know who built this kid for.

And someone here has already started preparing horses.

"An Ning, Qingchan, go and take Changle and the others to change clothes." Li Ke pointed to the specially built changing room beside him.

"Yes. Your Highnesses, please follow me." Yang Anning said with a light smile.

Changle and the others followed one after another, even Concubine Su followed.

"Brother, shall we also change clothes?" Li Ke said with a smile.

"Yes." Li Chengqian looked at the robe on his body that really didn't fit well.

After he followed Li Ke into the dressing room, Li Chengqian had a weird expression when Li Ke took out the clothes to change. What is this colorful thing?As for what Li Ke took out, it was naturally the training clothes in the security room, and a full set of winter clothes. The size of these things was not worn by women at all, and they were basically worn by men. Li Ke took out all of them.

"How do you wear this?" Li Chengqian didn't ask where the maid was, but asked after looking at the clothes curiously.

In fact, there were trousers in ancient times, but the clothes on the outside were long gowns and trousers on the inside. What Li Chengqian asked was where to wear them.

"Just wear the outermost ones. Wear the warm ones inside first." Li Ke took out several sets of military thermal underwear. It is not so cold in Chang'an now. It is enough to wear thermal underwear and a set of cotton coats. There is no need for a coat. superior.

Li Ke also simply took off his clothes in front of Li Chengqian, leaving only a pair of boxer underwear. Cough, this thing was made together with the female tactical vest that was given to Changle and the others last time. That is to say, it is actually for women, but it doesn’t matter if you wear boxer underwear, and you can wear it in a large size. The main thing is that modern underwear is comfortable to wear.

Li Chengqian was dumbfounded. He watched Li Ke put on a set of thermal underwear in a speechless manner. In the end, Li Chengqian followed him, but he kept his four-sided underwear, and then put on another set of thermal underwear.

When he put the clothes on, Li Chengqian was a little surprised. The clothes looked close to the body, but they were very soft, and the fabric...was too tight. I don't know how Saburo wove it. Come out, the price of this dress is definitely not cheap.

As for the cotton trousers, they looked relatively simple, and the colorful clothes outside felt rough to the touch. They were a little big on the body, but it didn't affect it.

It's just that Li Chengqian was not used to wearing this outfit, but he found some advantages. It was very similar to a strong suit, and it was very convenient to move his legs after wearing it, including the top.

After putting on his clothes, Li Ke asked someone to bring over two pairs of boots. These boots were not taken out of the warehouse, but leather boots made in this era, but the raw cowhide on the bottom of the sole was covered with thousand layers The bottom, and then the upper is the boots made of cowhide.

It doesn't look very pretty, but it's functional.

After putting it on, Li Chengqian looked at the ugly boots and was speechless: "It's so ugly, can't it be made better?"

Li Ke is a little helpless, do you think I don't want to?Isn't this the rubber that hasn't been made yet?They have already sent people to Lingnan Road with rubber tree seeds. At that time, they will find places around Guangzhou and other places to start planting rubber. Rubber trees grow very fast, and they can be produced in about five years.

Eucommia gum is also being tested by someone to make shoe soles, and it should be almost ok.

"It's not that simple, it just needs to be easy to use." Li Ke shrugged his shoulders. As for whether it can be made to look good, that's what the craftsman's research has to do with Li Ke.