"Your Highness, Wen Hao told me yesterday that he would go north to work with his college classmates today and it would take several months to return. However, he did not tell me what the specific matter was. Does Your Highness know?"
Qiquge New Workshop, in the side hall of the editorial office of "Datang Daily".
Li Ke, who had achieved his goal, was about to go out and leave, but was suddenly stopped by Li Yu, and then heard Xiao Yu'er ask.
Li Ke paused and frowned slightly. After pondering for a moment, he turned to look at Li Yu and said, "Xiao Wang does know something about this matter, but this matter is related to the secrets of the academy and should not be leaked to the outside world. Wen Hao doesn't I’m telling you, it’s for your own good, and also for the sake of the teachers and students of the academy who are going north this time! I hope Miss Li Yu can be considerate!”
He had memorized the academy's "Confidentiality Management Regulations". The telegraph relay station was the academy's second trump card project and a top-secret scientific research project. Of course, this matter could not be told to outsiders.
Li Yu's eyes flashed, but her expression remained as usual. She saluted Li Ke and said, "Li Yu understands! Thank you for your frankness, Your Highness! But please tell me, is there any danger in the trip north?"
Meng Wenhao is Li Yu's best friend. She doesn't have to ask about the specific mission of the academy's teachers and students to go north, but she wants to know whether this mission is dangerous.
Li Ke paused and replied: "Miss Li Yu, don't worry about safety issues. There are a thousand forbidden troops escorting this trip, and Wen Hao and the others are performing tasks within the Tang Dynasty, and the local state government soldiers and horses will protect them!"
Hearing this, Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Then I'll be relieved! Thank you, Your Highness! I should be able to draft the notice for raising military resources before the application date, and then I will send someone to show it to Your Highness!"
Li Ke smiled and waved his hand: "That's not necessary! The fact that the mountain chief can hand over this editorial department to Miss Li Yu proves that the girl's ability is indeed outstanding. I believe in the girl's ability! After the notice is written, it will be placed directly tomorrow Please read it in Datang Daily! I will take my leave first!"
He will return to Chang'an City soon to handle official affairs related to Jin Yiwei. Sending this document back and forth will inevitably affect efficiency.
Li Yu smiled sweetly and said: "Thank you for your trust, Your Highness! Your Highness, walk slowly!"
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"Place your palms forward, hold the horizontal bar with both hands, the distance between your hands is slightly wider than shoulder width, your feet are off the ground, and your arms are naturally drooping and straightened, yes, just like this!"
In the Xuanjia Army Camp, after all the two hundred pairs of horizontal bars customized by Qiquge Workshop were installed, Li Zexuan took some soldiers from the W-shaped battalion and the generals from the A-shaped battalion and the T-shaped battalion to the location of the horizontal bars and started to demonstrate for everyone in person. The essentials of the pull-up. At this time, he was holding the horizontal bar with both hands and his feet were already off the ground. He continued:
"Then, use the latissimus dorsi, which is the contraction force of your waist and back, to pull your body up. When your chin exceeds the horizontal bar, pause for a moment and rest for a breath to completely contract the latissimus dorsi. Then gradually relax the latissimus dorsi and let Slowly lower your body until it returns to complete sagging, and repeat. During the process, you can bend your knees, cross your calves backwards, and tilt your body slightly backwards, which can better exercise your arm strength!"
After demonstrating the essentials of pull-ups on both sides for everyone, Li Zexuan left the horizontal bar, turned to look at everyone, and said, "Do you understand everything? Sun Zhiping, come and demonstrate it for the soldiers!"
The essentials of the pull-up sounds simple, but it is not easy to do in practice, because the key to the pull-up is to use the power of a pair of arms to drive the entire body to move up and down, which requires very high arm strength. General soldiers in modern times are required to do at least fifteen pull-ups when they join the army. In his previous life, when Li Zexuan was in college, when he took the physical fitness test for the first time, he couldn't even do a standard, complete pull-up. Moreover, they There are many students like him in the class!
"Here!"
Sun Zhiping clasped his fists and accepted the order, walking towards the horizontal bar that Li Zexuan used just now.
"Hey! This exercise method is a bit interesting. Let's give Zhang a try! Li Shenjun will also help Zhang have a look!"
When Li Zexuan was demonstrating, Zhang Shigui had been watching carefully. A layman watched the excitement, and an expert watched the doorways. He saw a lot of doorways. At this time, he couldn't hold back. He laughed and looked directly at the other person next to him. Walk on a horizontal bar.
Sun Zhiping and Zhang Shigui both came from the military and had experienced a lot of training over the years. Although they had never been exposed to pull-ups before, they were able to perform well on the horizontal bar after watching Li Zexuan demonstrate it twice. That’s it!
"Hehe! This thing is interesting. The rising and falling depends entirely on the strength of the arms. It is a good way to exercise arm strength! It's just that the standard you set earlier, Li Canjun, was only fifteen. Isn't it too low? Zhang thinks everyone has less You have to do a hundred to be considered barely qualified!"
Zhang Shigui relied on his strong martial arts strength to quickly do pull-ups on the horizontal bar. This sport, which was originally somewhat difficult, was as easy as a child playing house in his hands. No, he did it. After a few pull-ups, Zhang Shigui gave Li Zexuan some advice.
Hearing this, Li Zexuan suddenly felt dumbfounded. After thinking about it, he could only say: "General Zhang, this pull-up is indeed not difficult for martial arts masters, but it is still a bit difficult for ordinary soldiers! In addition, this pull-up is not difficult for martial arts masters. , the standard of fifteen per person is not static, and the generals of each battalion will need to gradually increase this standard based on the training conditions of their respective soldiers!"
"Yeah! What Li Canjun said makes sense!"
Zhang Shigui nodded and said: "In this case, Zhang has no doubts. From today on, the soldiers of Jiazi Camp will have one more training - pull-ups, haha!"
Li Zexuan clasped his fists at Zhang Shigui, Lu Da, and Sun Zhiping, and said: "Then I'll trouble you three to teach the essentials of pull-ups to the soldiers in the A-zi camp, D-zi camp, and Wu-zi camp today. We must let everyone Everyone has learned it, and everyone must reach the minimum standard of fifteen today. If you can’t do it, just keep practicing for me even if you don’t sleep at night!”
"The last general takes command!"
Zhang Shigui, Lu Da, and Sun Zhiping all clasped their fists and bowed.
"Okay! Let's start with the W-Zi Camp and learn from them all. A-Zi Camp and D-Zi Camp will conduct other training first. After the W-Zi Camp soldiers have completed their training, they will come over one after another!"
Li Zexuan waved to some of the Wuziying soldiers behind Sun Zhiping.
In addition to Zhang Shigui, Lu Da, and Sun Zhiping, the people who came to see him demonstrate pull-ups were also some soldiers from the Wuzi Camp. After Zhang Shigui and Luda finished watching, they went back to teach the soldiers in their own battalions, while the Wuzi Camp It saves this process.
"Here~!"
The soldiers responded, dispersed, ran to the horizontal bar closer to them, and began to practice according to the movements taught by Li Zexuan before!
"The height is not high enough. Go higher! Your chin must be higher than the horizontal bar to count as one!"
"The distance between your palms should be about shoulder width. What are you doing with your hands so wide apart?"
"I said you could bend your legs earlier, but I didn't let you swing here! Do it well!"
When the soldiers were training, Li Zexuan and Sun Zhiping were not idle. They shuttled among the soldiers and corrected them on the spot when they encountered irregularities in their movements.
"Hey! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, this pull-up isn't that difficult! It feels much easier than long-distance running!"
Cheng Chumo tried it on the horizontal bar for a while. Fa Xian's pull-up was not as difficult as he first thought, and he couldn't help but said with joy.
"Brother Ugly Niu, do you think I am at a disadvantage doing this?"
Yuchi Baolin on the side asked at this time.
Cheng Chumo couldn't help but be stunned and asked in confusion: "Baolin, why is this?"
Yuchi Baolin said with a depressed look on his face: "Brother Ugly Niu, I just heard that this pull-up uses your arms to hold your body, but I am much heavier than you, so I will definitely suffer a disadvantage when doing it! Don't you think so?"
While talking, Yuchi Baolin struggled to do another pull-up.
Although he is also a martial arts practitioner and has fought against Wu Jie, his body is relatively strong and his arm strength is not strong, so it is naturally more difficult to do pull-ups.
"Forehead?"
Cheng Chumo was completely stunned. After a moment, he came to his senses, scratched his head and said, "Baolin, you seem to be right! Then you have to practice more. Didn't you just listen to Xiaoxuan? If you can't do fifteen, you won't be able to sleep at night." I can’t even sleep!”
"Yeah! I know! The fifth one~!"
Yuchi Baolin gritted his teeth and continued practicing.
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"Ahem! I invite all the bosses to come over today. The Marquis has entrusted Lin to tell you something!"
In the afternoon, around Shen Shi, six people were sitting around a table in a private room of a teahouse in Chang'an City. Seeing that everyone had arrived, Lin Wenyuan stood up, bowed his hands to everyone, and said.
Today, basically all the first batch of members of the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce are here. I have to say that Lin Wenyuan's work efficiency is really high!
Cao Wendong, Lin Wenyuan, Liao Xifan, Zhang Jingyang, Feng Zhihua, Zheng Yinhong, and Li Chengqian. Among them, Li Chengqian is the prince of the dynasty, so Lin Wenyuan cannot invite him. Moreover, the matter to be discussed today has nothing to do with Li Chengqian, so Li Chengqian did not come; as for Zheng Yinhong , is currently managing the teahouse for Li Zexuan in Jiangnan, so his son came on his behalf.
"Master Marquis? May I ask Boss Lin, what are the orders of the Marquis?"
Hearing Lin Wenyuan say that it was Li Zexuan's intention to call them here today, everyone couldn't help but be shocked. Cao Wendong couldn't help but ask.
The people sitting here today were just well-off wealthy businessmen before last year, but because of Li Zexuan's appearance, they have now become prominent figures in the capital, especially Feng Zhihua, who now has an official status. It makes everyone envious.
In addition to fame, everyone also reaped profits. With the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce's "exclusive resources" of various novel goods, everyone also made a lot of money this year. So everyone knew in their hearts who brought them their current wealth and status. As soon as they heard the three words "Li Zexuan", no one here dared to be cautious!
"That's not right! I recently heard that the Marquis went to take up a post in the Xuanjia Army. Now that the Xuanjia Army is busy training, the Marquis should have no time to spare!"
Feng Zhihua frowned and said doubtfully.
"That's right! I also heard that the Marquis went to the Xuanjia Army!"
Zhang Jingyang nodded in agreement.
"Haha! Boss Feng and Boss Zhang are right, the Marquis is indeed in the military at the moment!"
Lin Wenyuan cleared his throat, then he carefully took out a seal from his sleeve and said to everyone: "The Marquis is in the army and can't go out, so he asked Lin to do something for him. This is the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce." You must have seen the president’s seal, right?”
This seal was given to Lin Wenyuan by Li Ke when he left the Lin Mansion this morning. After all, Lin Wenyuan was doing things in the name of Li Zexuan. Without this seal as a guarantee, it would be difficult to convince other people in the Chamber of Commerce.
Everyone was startled, and then they leaned forward and took a serious look at the seal in Lin Wenyuan's hand. Feng Zhihua respectfully bowed to the seal and said, "It is indeed the president's seal! The Marquis wants me to Boss Lin, please tell me what you are going to do, and I will do my best!"
"That's right!"
"That's right! Boss Lin, please clarify!"
As soon as the president's seal came out, no one had any objections. This was Li Zexuan's position in everyone's hearts.
Lin Wenyuan put away the seal and then said: "You must have heard about the official document sent by the imperial court to various places the day before yesterday regarding the recruitment of elite soldiers, right?"
"Um!"
Everyone nodded.
Businessmen are the most well-informed. It is impossible for them to not hear about such a big matter.
Lin Wenyuan continued: "Now the Tang Dynasty and the Turks are at war with each other. You must all know in your hearts that the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks will soon come. This time, the imperial court will summon 150,000 elite soldiers from various states and counties to come to Chang'an for intensive training. , and these 150,000 troops will bring a lot of money and food expenses to the court.
A few days ago, the Marquis proposed to His Majesty that he call on merchants from the Tang Dynasty to raise military resources for the country. His Majesty finally agreed and gave the Marquis full authority to handle the matter. But the Marquis has important matters in the army at the moment, and it is inconvenient to be distracted. As a member of the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce, we have received a lot of care and favor from the Marquis on weekdays. We should share the worries of the Marquis at this moment. What do you think? "
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. They never expected that the current Saint would be involved in this!
Letting businessmen raise military supplies for the country is unprecedented. On the surface, this seems to be a loss for the merchants, but in fact it is not the case, because the emperor asked businessmen to raise military supplies, not scholars. This shows that the emperor has something in his eyes. Businessman!
If this happens, the status of businessmen in society will inevitably rise to a higher level!
"Boss Lin is right. Everyone must know who we owe our wealth and status to today! Now that the Marquis has entrusted us with something, we should do our best to share the worries of the Marquis. !”
Cao Wendong stood up and looked at everyone, saying in a deep voice.
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