The sun was high and shining through the glass window onto the bed.
Li Chao was awakened by the sun.
Stretching his waist and picking up a pillow to cushion his back, Li Chao changed his position and lay down, yawning, wiping his eyes but not wanting to get up.
Sleeping in the winter is the most comfortable thing.
What's more, the warm kang sleeps so comfortably, and the warm bed in the morning can't come out at all.
Stretched out his hand and pulled the news bell on the side of the bed, and after a while, the door knocked, Li Chao called and came in.
Two maids came in.
They rested in the outer room of Li Chao's bedroom, and the rope at the head of Li Chao's bed was connected to the bell on the wall outside.
If necessary, pull the rope directly, and the bell outside will ring, and the maid will naturally come in to serve.
A maid carries a basin of warm water and a toothpaste, soap and towel.
Another lady carried a plate of milk and porridge, as well as newspapers.
Li Chao didn't bother to get out of bed, and the maid took care of it, washing his face and brushing his teeth by the bed, and then got into the bed.
A delicate and light breakfast table was set up directly outside the quilt, Li Chao leaned on the head of the bed, lying in the quilt to eat grass, eating breakfast while reading the newspaper.
The wives and concubines and children are still on the way here, and Li Chao is now a bachelor in the house.
Although bachelors don't have anyone to warm the bed, at least they can sleep as long as they want in the morning without being disturbed.
The army has been thrown to Wang Chengen, the envoy of the Guanjun Rong, and there are also family members at the gate of the Li Mansion to stop the guests.
Li Chao is now closed to no guests, and he doesn't go out, just messing around at home all day.
Sleep until the sun basks in the morning, then drink morning tea and read the newspaper, and the morning passes.
I finally got up at noon, took a walk, and then hid in the greenhouse after lunch to continue basking in the sun and reading.
When the sun went down, Li Chao went back to the house, made himself a delicate and simple dinner, finished eating, went back to the room to read and write something, and then went to sleep, and the day was over.
This kind of life is actually quite comfortable.
Everything was about to get back on track, and he began to plan when to return to Liaodong.
After the last temptation, he found that the privateer fleet of the nobles was fully capable of taking the city of Beisha.
And if you take Beisha City, the entire Liaonan Peninsula will be able to really control it.
At that time, the ports of Lushun and Dalian will be built, which can not only become an important commercial port supply point on the Dengzhou Silla waterway, but also a base for plundering Goguryeo.
While eating breakfast, Li Chao flipped through the newspaper.
Hanjing was controlled by the Restoration Party, but several newspapers and periodicals under Li Chao's name did not stop, and several newspapers such as the Times and Banyuetan were all published in Xiangyang.
There was a lot of news in the newspapers, mainly good news about the counterinsurgency.
Taiyuan has been taken, and Pei Lian, Duan Lun, and Zhi Sili have all been captured.
The damage to Taiyuan City was not great, and the restoration forces in the entire Hedong region were suppressed, and the rest fell silent.
Now that Li Ji has gone to Luoyang to join the emperor's army, Luoyang City is just around the corner.
Perhaps it won't be long before the emperor can lead a large army south to Hanjing.
"Lang Jun, the prince is here, and he has been invited to the living room for tea."
The servant came to report it.
Hearing that Wang Chengen was coming, Li Chao was a little surprised.
He got up and changed his clothes, and then hurried to the antechamber.
Along the way, he was guessing in his heart Wang Chengen's intention at this time, and according to his previous actions, he should have waited for the emperor to pacify Luoyang and then went south.
There are 500 miles from Luoyang to Dengzhou.
Luoyang has not yet been pacified, shouldn't Wang Chengen continue to purge here?
In front of the flower hall, stood a group of soldiers.
One by one was dressed in Mingguang armor, carrying a Tang knife at his waist, and carrying a double plug, a bow and arrows.
Li Chao glanced at these people, they should all be trained government soldiers, all of them are tall and tall.
But these people should not be among Li Chao's more than 10,000 Huai army, Wang Chengen seems to be more responsible, and he didn't directly extend his hand to Li Chao's army.
Wang Chengen unexpectedly wore a suit of armor.
This is a set of half-body armor, produced by the Ordnance Supervision and Armor Bureau, bright and shiny, composed of multiple parts such as cuirass, armarm, helmet, etc.
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This armor is thinner than the iron armor, but it is stronger.
It is a kind of steel produced by Li Ji Steel Factory, and then processed by hydraulic forging hammer, which belongs to a new material, a new process, stamping and forming, and then forged by thousands of hammers.
The Armor Bureau was actually only responsible for the final assembly, and this half-body armor was extremely popular as soon as it was introduced.
The emperor used it to reward the generals in the army, and it is said that the emperor also intended to build a batch in the future to equip his forbidden army.
Wang Chengen is a eunuch, but he is wearing such armor, which is surprising.
"This is a reward sent by His Majesty to our family, it is said that this armor was designed by King Yue himself, and it is really very good.
Although there are many parts and it is troublesome to wear, after putting it on, it is very light, but the whole person is like being surrounded by steel and becoming a steel body.
Half-body armor, in terms of form, is iron plate armor, but it is not full-body armor, but half-body armor style.
The biggest feature of this armor is that it is made up of pieces of plate armor that are riveted together into armor parts.
Breastplates, helmets, arm armor, hand armor, etc., are all made up of multiple plate armor pieces, which makes the defense performance higher.
But the advantage of this plate armor is that it is relatively lightweight, because it uses a new type of steel plate, which is lighter and stronger than the traditional iron armor.
In particular, the new type of stamping and hammering technology, after using water power, greatly improves the efficiency of production, and can also make this armor have the possibility of equipment.
Wang Chengen's half-body plate armor is also decorated with intaglio patterns to make the armor very beautiful, and the surface of the armor is plated with gold plating technology to create a conspicuous navy blue, or silver, gold and many other gorgeous and conspicuous colors.
These armors have become more than just a great piece of armor, they have become a beautiful work of art.
In fact, when Li Chao originally designed it, he didn't plan to make the armor too bells and whistles, he was more focused on practical performance, which is why he didn't use bulky full-body armor, but used half-body armor.
But when this thing came into the hands of the emperor, it was first not used to equip soldiers, but was used to reward those generals and officers.
Even the generals of different ranks have different patterns and gilded colors on the armor they are rewarded with.
"This set of armor is only thirty pounds, I can't believe it.
If such plate armor is cast from the iron of the past, it will cost more than 50 catties.
"Wang Chengen likes this set of busts very much.
Li Chao also admired him, and he didn't fight, and when he came to meet guests, he was still wearing something weighing thirty pounds.
However, it is said to be thirty catties, but it is actually not heavy, because this set of armor is actually divided into multiple parts.
These include helmets, iron gloves, iron boots, shoulder pads, cuirass, and even thigh armor and neck guards.
Originally, normal body armor should not have so many accessories, iron boots and thigh armor definitely don't, and some iron gloves don't have them.
To put it simply, a helmet, a cuirass, an arm guard, and a shoulder guard can be considered a half-body armor.
If that's the case, in fact, the weight can be reduced a lot, and it can be reduced to 20 catties.
"Your Majesty personally gave the armor, and it is also the prince and the prince who supervises the army."
Li Chao said with a smile.
"The credit is all that belongs to King Zhao, and our family is just a messenger."
Wang Chengen said with a smile, although he said so, but he could see that he was still very happy in his heart.
"King Yue, Your Majesty has a will for us."
Wang Chengen put away his smile, "Your Majesty ordered us to immediately lead our troops north to recover Hanjing." ” "Now," Li Chao asked.
"Yes, now." t1706231537: