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Chapter One Hundred and Seven Steps

The emperor gave an order, and the waiters and the palace maids hurriedly started serving the dishes.

Unlike the rules of later generations, the catering rules of the Song Dynasty were very special. The first one was not edible dishes, but the so-called "checking dishes". That is, several fruits were placed in blue and white porcelain plates and served them one by one. The host and the guest were chatting and watching the rare fruits on the plate. After reading, they removed the checking dishes and then served the wine and food. At that time, the host and the guest first drank a cup of wine and then could eat the dishes.

When the Song people looked at the plate, they mainly used fruits. When the Song and Liao countries had peace for a hundred years, when the envoys of the Liao Kingdom came, they mostly used beef and mutton to eat, which was to respect the guests' eating habits, but they were also unsatisfied.

If anyone doesn't know the truth and eats the fruits on the plate, they will naturally make a big fool of themselves.

Zhao Huan has been accustomed to all the Song Dynasty etiquette habits in recent years. When the palace people placed a large boxwood carved table in the hall, they sat down first. Seeing Yue Fei and his son being reserved, they smiled and said, "Don't be polite, and don't be restrained. Although I met you for the first time, I felt really happy. If I were restrained and dared not be casual, it would be a pity for the table of good dishes that I specially ordered people to prepare."

Zhao Ding was of high power. Every time Zhao Huan saw him, he often kept a banquet, which was much more casual than Yue Fei and his son. When Zhao Huan sat down, he sat down and helped the emperor persuade him, laughing and said, "Your Majesty is indeed like this innate nature and does not like too many etiquette. Taizu removed the prime minister from discussing matters and sitting, and the so-called three princes sitting and discussing the way had long been in court. His Majesty restored the Han and Tang dynasties last year. When the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Privy Councilor, and Privy Councilor, all of them sat and talked about things. In fact, they were summoning small ministers. They also sat and talked about each other. They were also sitting and talking at the same time. When they were left for food, they were not just a guest. If General Yue had heard of some, they should know what I said was true."

What Zhao Ding said is something. Yue Fei had heard of it for a long time, and some had never heard of it. Seeing Zhao Ding sitting beside the emperor, Yue Fei was cheerful and heroic by nature, he immediately put away his uneasiness, sat down at Zhao Huan's head, and let Yue Yun sit beside him again.

After everyone sat down, the fruit plate was first put on the embroidered high-quality fruits. The eight flavors of fruits were built with fragrant round, real orange, pomegranate, orange, goose pear, milk pear, hawthorn, and papaya. It was a beautiful ball and colorful.

But although these fruit plates are beautiful, they are just one dish. After a while, they have been removed, and then there is a dish of slogan.

Zhao Huan first picked up the wine cup and smiled at Yue Fei, saying, "The court has been frugal in saving officials' expenses and offerings to the military and civilians. Although I am an emperor, I have to set an example for all officials. This is enough to look at the market. It is just a story that responds to the story. You must not blame me for being careless."

Yue Feici was about to get up and answer, but Zhao Huan smiled and said, "You have always been frugal and self-disciplined. I know it well, so I know that you will definitely not blame me for being stingy."

After the emperor said this, Yue Fei had no choice but to nod and smile, raise the wine cup in his hand, and when he saw Zhao Huan drinking, he touched his lips slightly and then put it down.

This is naturally the lesson he learned after drinking last time. He is determined to quit drinking and never drink anymore.

Zhao Huan laughed secretly, but didn't say anything. He only advised Yue Fei: "You should try this yellow bird, and it's all covered with water. It's all done with wine, wheat yellow, red cherry, salt, and scallion to taste, braised and soaked in wine, it's good."

Yue Fei did not dare to slap the emperor's intentions, so he picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, but he did not dare to chew it carefully. He bit the yellow bird's crotch and swallowed it in his stomach in just a few seconds.

Zhao Huan laughed loudly and repeatedly advised him to be at will. After the first time Yue Fei had a meal with him, he could not enjoy the wine and the dishes could not be at will. Zhao Huan knew that he could not let go completely, so he had to do it.

When the sheep's head soup was put on, it was the soup. Yue Fei held the soup bowl in his hand, and just waited for Zhao Huan to put it down, then stood up and bowed and said, "Thank you for the banquet."

Zhao Huan smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Forget it, I know that you don't eat the field here, so I won't force you."

In fact, there are many stories about the noble people eating. No one dares to take the food seriously. Zhao Huan did not force him to take it and asked someone to take the remaining mat and ordered tea. After everyone took a sip, Zhao Huan ordered, "Send someone to summon Yu Yunwen."

Yue Fei knew that the emperor summoned him this time was not as simple as seeing him. At this time, he saw that the emperor was already sitting upright. Although Zhao Ding was here to enthrone the queen, he also looked solemn and sat upright and pondered without saying a word. He knew that there must be something important to order, so he immediately pressed his hands on his knees and sat upright, just waiting for Zhao Huan to speak.

Zhao Huan did not talk about the serious matters for now, but only asked Yue Yun about martial arts. Yue Yun was fashionable and restrained. He talked a few words for a few words, but he felt that the emperor was very skilled in riding and shooting skills. He was happy, but he gradually danced and said to Zhao Huan: "Your Majesty said that the light cavalry plundered the formation, surround the two wings, and then attacked by the heavy cavalry. It was not a way to retreat and the light cavalry plundered again. It was indeed a good way to break the Great Song stair formation. Fortunately, Your Majesty is not a general of the Jin Kingdom, otherwise our battle would be more and more difficult."

He paused and said, "If you are the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is able to defeat His Majesty's method. The elite soldiers, strong bows and hard crossbows, and heavy armors are used to keep the best of their own minds. They move their whole body according to local conditions and move them all, but they must lead the enemy's nose, but they cannot be foolish enough to be trapped by the enemy's tactics and fight with the enemy. Using your strengths to defeat the enemy's shortcomings, this is the only way to military strategy. However, if you are the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one

He was young and didn't pay much attention to his words. Fortunately, Yue Fei was also obsessed with listening. He thought about the cavalry fighting method that Zhao Huan said, but he didn't care about it.

Zhao Huan was also happy to see Yue Yun like this. When Yue Yun joined the army, he was simply growing up on horseback. There are records in history that he led a small number of cavalry to attack enemy positions. Such cavalry generals were really in the Han army. The situation of no horses in the Song Dynasty has gradually improved, and in the future, there will inevitably be a horse shepherd's supervisor to raise a large number of horses. Although generals like Yao Duan are good at commanding cavalry, they are old and difficult to change their thinking patterns. Young generals like Yue Yun will become an excellent cavalry general who surpasses the times with a little point.

He heard it, but he knew that it was too early to talk about the cavalry at this time. Because he had sent someone to summon Yu Yunwen, he immediately recruited an eunuch and ordered him: "Get the things you have prepared."

Several eunuchs followed their orders, but after a while, they could hear a rumbling sound outside. Three or four of them were waiting to carry a armor into the hall gate. Although everyone was working together, they were still tired and sweating profusely, and their faces were flushed.

Yue Yun laughed in his stomach, but he didn't dare to be arrogant in front of the emperor. Seeing that he couldn't help but take his eyes off, Zhao Huan smiled and said, "Yue Yun goes and puts it on his body and let me see it."

"Yes, I obey the order."

Yue Yun wanted to say this, immediately got up and stretched his right hand to easily pick up the armor. Several eunuchs felt that their hands were lighter. When they went to see again, Yue Yun had already started to tie their armor on their bodies.

Because he was here to meet the emperor, he was just wearing a military officer's robe. At this time, he heard the emperor's order and left the outer robe. He stretched out his hands and draped his entire armor on his body. Then he tied his belt and tied his knots, thrust his body, and put the whole armor on his body.

"Okay, it's true that he is a famous scholar!"

Zhao Huan stood up very happy, stood in front of Yue Yun, looked carefully, and after a while, he smiled at Zhao Ding and Yue Fei again, "This is the new Infantry Armor created by the military weapon supervision. It weighs fifty kilograms and has 1,825 armor leaves. If you wear it on your body, the strong arrows within fifty steps may not be able to penetrate. Just now, what Yue Yun said was that the enemy's shortcomings were defeated because of my strength, and this armor was verified."

The Song army had no horses to trouble the Song court for a hundred years, and building heavy armored infantry has always been the guiding ideology of this army. The armor became thicker and thicker, but the protective effect could not increase more with the increase of weight. This so-called human armor was actually because of the battle between the Song and Jin Dynasties, and the cavalry horses were connected by three horses. The knights tied heavy armor and the horse body also had armor. When the three cavalry rushed towards each other, they were heavy tanks in the world.

Although the Song army had a good or bad bow and crossbow, it still needed heavy infantry to block the enemy's cavalry, so the study of heavy armor was put on the agenda. In the past two years, with Zhao Huan's great efforts, the research process was greatly shortened due to the gradually loosening of wealth. The Buren armor, which had only appeared in Shaoxing in ten years, can be mass-produced.

Although such heavy armor is too bulky and causes the infantry to move slowly, the infantry equipped with a large number of armor can obtain extraordinary protection capabilities. The protective power of the chain mail formed by small armor leaves is far greater than that of the previous generations. Not only can the arrows be damaged, but the slightly weak knife cuts the spear and stabs, it cannot cause fatal damage to the infantry in the armor. On the battlefield of thousands of horses, life and death are mostly in one encounter. Although the Jin soldiers have the power of the impact of the iron cavalry, the Song army has a copper wall composed of infantry armor. When they meet, most of the soldiers of the Song army were slightly injured. When they fight back, the armor was far inferior to the Jin sword of the Song army, but most of them were seriously injured and died. Yue Fei and his troops were able to defeat and defeat the main force of the Jin army on the front battlefield, which was also the reason why the power of the heavy infantry group of the Song army developed from these armors to the extreme.

The people in the hall were the Privy Councilors of the current dynasty, and the other two were generals of the commanding soldiers. When they saw Yue Yun’s armor on his body, how could they not understand the joints. Everyone looked happy and said, “With this armor, they will not be afraid of the Jin soldiers on their front.”

Zhao Huan smiled and was very proud, saying, "This armor is not easy to forge, and no one can wear it in the army. Still, according to the past, select elite and strong people from the hands of sword cards, wearing sergeant armor, holding a sword or axe. When the enemy cavalry, the sergeant armor is in front and the divine arm bow is in the back. In this way, the Jin soldiers are no longer afraid of it."
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