Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 5 Eighty-pound Mace

The martial arts arena that Zhu Houzhao wants to build will naturally not be like the training room of the later generations. What he needs is a large place, the kind that can run horses, and it is naturally impossible to have a small place.Although there are many palaces in the East Palace, it is definitely impossible to run a horse.Unless the garden is leveled as Gu Dayong said, Zhu Houzhao would not do such a thing.

"If you don't use the garden, then you can only go to Xiyuan!" Gu Dayong said after thinking about it.

The so-called Xiyuan is actually the north, middle and south seas on the west side of the Forbidden City in Beijing, collectively known as Xiyuan.Beihai has the largest area, with a total area of ​​about 70 hectares, accounting for more than half of the whole garden.The layout takes the pool island as the center, with buildings around the pool.There is Qionghua Island in the southeast, and Guanghan Palace (early Ming Dynasty) was built on the island, which became the composition center of the whole garden and the commanding height and symbol of the whole garden.There are also Yuexin Hall and Qingxiao Hall on the island.

There was a place for Zhu Houzhao to race horses in that area. After thinking for a while, Zhu Houzhao dismissed this idea. If he really went to Xiyuan, the movement would be much bigger.

After thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to give up this idea. After pondering for a moment, Zhu Houzhao said, "Let's go to the zoo!"

The so-called animal garden is actually the place where Zhu Houzhao raises pets, which means the leopard house in the future. Most of the pets raised here are the pets collected by Liu Jin and the others.We must know that the Ming Dynasty was the most prosperous period in history when feudal emperors raised animals. There were many animal breeding places in the capital, such as Tiger City, Elephant House, Leopard House, Pigeon House, Deer Farm, and Eagle House.

The Leopard House was not created by Emperor Wuzong, but a place where nobles raised tigers and leopards for entertainment. This custom existed in the Yuan Dynasty.There are also Tiger House, Elephant House, Eagle House, etc. Houses are also called Fang, such as Yangfang, Xiangfang, Hufang, etc. Such place names still exist in Beijing in later generations, which shows that this was the custom at that time.Zhu Houzhao's leopard room is said to be the place where Zhu Houzhao plays, rather than his private zoo.

In this era of Ming Dynasty, it is not Zhu Houzhao himself who has a private zoo. Many powerful people also have them, and they keep a variety of things. It's just that the leopard house later became a point of Hei Zhu Houzhao.

As for Zhu Houzhao's living in the Leopard Room, it was naturally because he didn't like living in the Qianqing Palace, and he said it as if someone saw it.The emperor lived in the leopard house, so what was the strangeness of the concubine in the past? He also said that Zhu Hou took care of the child prostitutes.In fact, Zhu Houzhao just lives in the Leopard Room, and his civil and military affairs have never been neglected.

Zhu Houzhao even wanted to create a place similar to the Leopard House, where there is a place to practice martial arts, and it would be more fun to do something.

After thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao still threw out this idea. Obviously, his father and mother would not agree to this request.

When he came to his animal garden, although he had already prepared for it, Zhu Houzhao was still taken aback. There were really a lot of things in it, including eagles, dogs, and even wolves.While strolling and watching, Zhu Houzhao felt that he could raise a panda.However, thinking that pandas have extremely high requirements on the living environment, Zhu Houzhao dismissed this idea, and don't let the capital die by then.

"Eradicate the menagerie!"

After walking around for a while, Zhu Houzhao told Gu Dayong that Zhu Houzhao was really not interested in these things, and he didn't like carrying caged birds or watching animals fight.After turning around, Zhu Houzhao found that the zoo was not small, and Zhu Houzhao decided to build his own martial arts field here.Although small, it is sufficient.

Gu Dayong was taken aback when he heard Zhu Houzhao's words. The animal garden is gone?Does he know how much Zhu Houzhao has spent on this.

Usually, when you are in a bad mood, you just stroll here and watch the beast fights, but now you are about to be bulldozed?Of course, Gu Dayong was worried that it was not this, but that the role of the zoo was gone, what would they do?These eunuchs usually coax Zhu Houzhao to have fun in the animal garden. If the animal garden is gone, how can they coax His Highness to have fun here?Their intentions in the zoo are not small!

"Is there any question?" Seeing that Gu Dayong did not reply happily, Zhu Houzhao frowned suddenly and asked in a low voice.

"My servant will ask someone to do it right away!" Gu Dayong shuddered, and quickly said: "It must be done as soon as possible!"

Although it will take some time to perform martial arts, there is a place for practicing martial arts. This is a quite large yard, which should be as big as a football field in later generations, with various weapons for practicing martial arts placed on both sides.Various weapons were placed on the weapon shelf, Zhu Houzhao nodded in satisfaction, walked over, reached out and took a long gun in his hand, waved it a few times and threw it aside, it was too light.

Once again, he reached out to pick up a Qinglong Yanyue Knife that was much taller than himself, swiped it a few times, but it was still too light, picked up a big iron rod again, it was still very light.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but look back at Gu Dayong: "These weapons are too light, aren't they heavier?"

Seeing Zhu Houzhao holding those weapons, Gu Dayong was terrified. Although Zhu Houzhao used to practice martial arts, he used smaller weapons. After all, Zhu Houzhao's age is listed here, and his height is not that high. , it is not suitable to use normal weapons.Now that Zhu Houzhao held a normal weapon, it was too light. Gu Da was surprised in his heart, but quickly said: "Your Highness is amazing, this is already the heaviest weapon, if you want to be heavier, you have to build it from scratch."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, walked gently to the end of the weapon shelf, and reached out to pick up a mace.

This is a short mace, which is an underground weapon. The horse's mace is long, like a spear, and when it is slightly bumped, Zhu Houzhao still feels light.

The forging technology of this era is not up to standard, and the steel technology is not good. It is impossible to want a small and heavy weapon, and there is no legendary black iron.With my current height, this kind of mace is quite suitable for me.Zhu Houzhao thought of a person, this person is Yuwen Chengdu, the second hero in the world in the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and his weapon is phoenix wings and gold-plated 镋, which is actually a long-handled big head, a variant of a long-handled mace.

The same is true for the prisoner dragon cudgel of Yang Lin, the backer of the mountain. Zhu Houzhao couldn't help becoming very interested in this weapon. It is inch long and inch strong, and the heavier the swing, the better.

"Have someone make a mace, don't need a wooden handle, but use the best iron. As for the weight, let's start with eighty catties!" Zhu Houzhao ordered Gu Dayong.

Zhu Yijun wanted to practice with a heavy weapon, otherwise his strength would be in vain. Thinking of himself sitting on a horse and waving a mace, the scene shouldn't be too beautiful.

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