It was morning when the penniless and hungry Xue Li arrived in Chang'an City, in fact, he had already arrived in Chang'an City last night, but because Chang'an City had a curfew, he had no way to enter Chang'an City, so he also found a place to deal with it for a night, anyway, it was almost June, nothing could not be tolerated, Xue Li's physique was also different from ordinary people, and he didn't even fall into his neck for such a long time, and he was holding a cow fork.

But the soil buns are the soil buns, and I have been to Liufu when I am so big, and I have taken a look at the small market by the way, where have I seen Chang'an City, the capital of the prosperous Tang Dynasty? Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, is a super city with a population of nearly one million, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there is an endless stream of people coming and going, and Xue Li is distracted for a while, where has he seen so many people? Where have you ever seen such a majestic city? There are also elite soldiers, as well as majestic cavalry, all of which make him fascinated......

At this time, the floating population of Chang'an City definitely exceeded one million, because of the opening of the military university, super thick conditions, and only a thousand people were selected, almost all the men who were brave and brave and had the intention to serve the country were fascinated, if it were not for Suning's strict age restrictions, I am afraid that there would be more people who came to sign up, and there was no shortage of literate civil and military people, which made Suning particularly happy, in the past five days, there were more than 1,000 people who were literate among the 50,000 applicants, and the age was generally low. This made Suning particularly pleasantly surprised.

This proves that there are still many literate young people who are willing to join the army to serve the country and win fame and wealth, and it also proves that the current policy of emphasizing military merit in the Tang Dynasty is effective, and there are many young people who have no way to be recommended for the imperial examination. So I signed up for a military university and changed to a military route, which is good, but even if I can't read, it's nothing, the first job in the army is cultural education, and where can I learn the art of war?

Even if there are some illiterate geeks who can use soldiers, however, the level of cultural literacy determines the level of a person's life, not in academic qualifications. It's about learning and insight. Therefore, for the acceptance of knowledge and the knowledge of Cheng dù determines a person's life, Suning feels that people in the army need to read and understand the truth more. Because a lot of the time. The military has some special choices to make. A choice about the fate of the nation.

Li Ermaxi can have the loyalty of a soldier, that is based on what he does is right, and if he is wrong. The army must have the ability to judge, so Suning emphasized in the school motto the importance of the army to protect the people, through the subtle influence of guò, this concept is deeply engraved into the heart of the army, so that the army understands its responsibilities, and at a critical time, the army will make key choices.

Therefore, cultural education can not be relaxed, ideological education is particularly important, the first phase of the military university's students, it is estimated that they will be selected from those literate people, of course, accidents are not excluded, these days Suning also instructed the staff of the registration point to leave him a list of literate applicants, he wants to try to find some historical celebrities from it, and can focus on training in the future, and then lead to help.

God does treat Suning well, give Suning a big surprise, Wang Xuance's name jumped on the paper, twenty years old this year, a young and promising young man, a famous diplomat and military strategist of the Tang Dynasty who will create a miracle of destroying a country by one person in the future, this can also be regarded as an accident, among more than 1,000 people who are literate, he is also a familiar name with Suning, and the others are names that have not been heard, but such a great talent is rare, and people cannot be greedy, Datang Military University is a whole, not by one person can carry forward.

With such thoughts, Suning continued to carry out the sixth day of enrollment under the protection of the four guards, these days almost every day there will be a large number of people who have not had time to sign up for the previous day, and more and more people are coming, according to this trend, it is estimated that there will be no less than 100,000 people who will sign up at this time, and there are so many people who have the heart to serve the country and pursue fame, but there are too few ways to select talents, and the threshold is too high, so there is no threshold Datang Military University was born, although it focuses on the military, However, it also attracted many literati to join the service.

So Suning began to think, although the training of officers is a must, but it is impossible for military universities to only teach the art of battle formations, it must be divided into two categories that are good at cavalry combat and infantry siege operations, that is, cavalry generals and infantry generals, there are not many all-rounders in military affairs, that is a general, and the middle-level officers and grass-roots officers below still have to be divided into ranks, and at this time the division of labor in the army is not clear, and there is no special army independent of cavalry and infantry, Suning hopes to take this opportunity to train some other branches of the army and generals who are good at commanding them.

It was at this time that Suning hoped to begin to study firearms, so as to separate the siege arms as soon as possible, and set up a Shenji battalion as a special technical class.

As a civilian, Suning can't touch firearms, what he can contact is the most primitive black powder in fireworks, and even high-grade gunpowder can't be touched, and Baidu can't search for the labeling configuration of gunpowder, probably what saltpeter sulfur and charcoal and other things still know, it is estimated that this thing will be studied for a period of time, and the cannon is not just a steel pipe can be solved......

As an informal official of the Datang Military University, Suning has the right to participate in the affairs of the Datang Military University, although I don't know what this so-called official title fabricated by Li Ermaxi is what, and there is no Yulu, not an official, but as long as he has this power, Suning can not follow these students to participate in daily teaching, because according to Suning's level, as long as he follows Li Jing's side, Li Ermaxi is still a little selfish, I want Suning to get the best education and become the new leader of the military.

Suning doesn't care about this, what he cares about is that Suning has the power to promote yì and the right to participate in affairs. A series of reforms can be carried out in the Datang Military University, such as the establishment of a gunpowder research center, Suning feels that gunpowder is not so easy to get, and firearms are even more difficult to get, although the gunpowder is bundled together into a bag is an explosives package, but in the face of the city wall formed by the accumulation of stones or the earthen city wall still lacks attack power, it is necessary to make a cannon that can use the power of gunpowder to fire solid ammunition, which means that the firearms unit can be independent of the second cavalry service as the third service.

This is more difficult, so Suning sent people to collect saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal everywhere, preparing to see if they could get black powder according to a certain proportion. Black powder is the ancestor of all gunpowder. The development of black powder means that the development of firearms has begun, and it is not just that the bow and arrow are set on fire as a firearm, and only after the advent of cannons can firearms really be regarded as firearms. Otherwise, it does not count as a firearm.

It is said that the gunpowder was inadvertently made by those alchemists. The so-called bore. You can blow up the copper furnace, which is probably considered to be huge, and Suning plans to try the difference between the power of a simple black powder explosion and the explosion of these explosions. Maybe you can find a way to optimize the black powder, but Sun Simiao doesn't know this, so he shouldn't understand this, ask him if there are other Taoist friends who are addicted to alchemy or something, and follow the footsteps and formulas of these alchemists to see if there is a chance.

Wait until the artillery can fire solid cannonballs to cause damage to the city wall, or its research can be regarded as the victory of the first stage, remember that when the Tang Dynasty dealt with Goguryeo, it was met by Yang Wanchun, who was good at defending the city, and guarded the city like an iron bucket, forcing the Tang army to retreat, if there is such a sharp weapon as artillery, a hundred artillery pieces are fired together, and a hundred iron bullets will not believe that the city wall will not be destroyed!

This is all an afterthought, now, it is true that the military university is run well, watching those staff continue to send the information of literate applicants to their hands, Suning is also screening these people one by one, although I don't know if they can be selected, but if there are some excellent ones that are not enough to stand out from tens of thousands of people, I have to remind him, don't be discouraged, there will be a chance next year.

But these people are destined not to include Xue Li, Xue Li has made up his mind to enter the military university, so as soon as the Chang'an City Gate opens, he went straight to the registration site Zhuque Gate, about an hour later, Xue Li arrived at the Zhuque Gate, but at this time, the Zhuque Gate was already crowded, and Xue Li came relatively early, so he found a relatively high position, and when Suning arrived in the town, it was Xue Li's turn to sign up.

"Name." The staff asked without raising their heads.

"Xue Li." Xue Li answered honestly.

"Is there a table?" The staff still doesn't look up.

"The word is benevolent." Xue Li replied.

"Age." The staff continued to ask.

"Seventeen weeks, and less than a month is eighteen." Xue Li replied honestly, although he knew that the minimum age limit was eighteen years old, but he didn't lie, he thought that he was eighteen years old in less than a month, and he was qualified to enter the military university, so he replied with confidence.

The staff raised their heads and looked at Xue Li, it doesn't matter what they look at, they are really stunned, one of the very important criteria for the selection of officials in the Tang Dynasty is that the appearance is majestic and upright, although the military university is not, but the Tang Dynasty court is basically all handsome guys, except for the powerful muscular men such as Wei Chigong and Cheng Biting Jin, but the facial features are still upright, and there are no crooked melons and cracked dates, so people generally think that the appearance of the dignified person has a future, it is obvious that Xue Li is such a dignified person, and it is very majestic, tall and big, A body of muscles, an absolute fierce direction, it took a while for the staff to come back to their senses.

"Where are you from?" The staff then asked.

"Jiangzhou Longmen." Xue Li replied.

The staff became interested: "Lang Jun is only seventeen years old, and he has never been crowned, how can he express his words?" ”

Xue Li replied: "My father died early, and before he died, he crowned a certain person in advance and gave a word, so there is a certain word." ”

The staff asked: "The person with the word is by no means an ordinary person, looking at Lang Jun's dignified appearance, he must be extraordinary, but why does he look like this?" The staff pointed to Xue Li's tattered clothes, and Xue Li replied embarrassedly: "A certain is from the Xue family of Longmen, and his ancestors are indeed in a high position, but since his grandfather's family declined, after his father's early death, he can only make a living by farming and working, and he is no longer expensive. ”

The staff said strangely: "Lang Jun is a nobleman, although he is in the middle of the family, but a certain view of Lang Jun's appearance and bearing is extraordinary, but although he has the heart to agree, but the enrollment of Datang Military University is strict, and he will never be admitted until eighteen, that is, he does not want to be exhausted and fishing, Lang Jun's situation is really special, what if Lang Jun will come again next year?" Absolutely. ”

Xue Li was shocked when he heard this, it was already this time, where could he wait another year? Waiting another year means another year of danger, and it will be a year late to return to the hometown. No, absolutely not! (To be continued......)