Chapter 50: Sugar's New Shoes
Zhu Renming worked all night to study the production of zuò horseshoe and horseshoe nails, and at the beginning he made real yàn on wood, and the operation was quite handy.
But after all, the difference between wood and cuticle horseshoe is still relatively large, so hitting a horseshoe on a wooden pile should be different from actually nailing it in a horse's shoe.
Just practicing proficiency on a wooden stake doesn't help much in terms of success rate.
Therefore, Zhu Renming decided to find a similar material to practice his hands, but after walking around the farm, he didn't find anything to practice.
Zhu Renming had no choice but to try to give the sugar an iron horseshoe to try, and in the past two days, Zhu Renming did not let the sugar continue to carry the feed.
Instead, he chose to study the horseshoe, and if he wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools, and Zhu Renming still understands this truth.
Although he has immortal water and divine beast pills, which can be fused and stirred to become divine beast sewage, which has the effect of internal and external application to heal injuries, but the number is limited.
Zhu Renming can't always use high-concentration divine beast sewage to make sugar use, and the amount of divine beast sewage in the farm is now zero.
The amount of immortal water and divine beast pills that Zhu Renming separated is also about the same, and it is a question whether it is enough to support the slaughter of the people's native pigs.
Because the feed also needs to be fused and added to reduce nutrients, every drop of fairy water or a divine beast pill must be used on the blade.
The wear and tear of the horseshoes can be replaced by horseshoes, so as long as you know the way to make zuò and the precautions for nailing, Zhu Renming can operate it alone.
Of course, this is just Zhu Renming's personal thoughts, and the results of the past few days need to be actually tested.
How easy it is to nail it in a wooden stake, but how easy it can be when it is replaced by a real horse?
Zhu Renming found a time, and in the morning, he observed that Bai Tang's mental state was not bad, and the stratum corneum of the horseshoe had returned to normal.
Because I have been on the farm, the wear and tear of the horseshoe is not large, and this should be the best time to nail the horseshoe.
Zhu Renming, who was busy bringing the horseshoe, horseshoe nails and some tools, forgot an important thing, whether it is a person changing new shoes or a horse nailing a horse's shoe, it takes a process of adaptation.
When Zhu Renming nailed the horseshoe, he didn't fix the sugar, so he began to nail it, and the sound of metal hitting the horsefoot with the hammer hitting the horse.
White sugar is extremely sensitive to abnormal noises, and the rope tied to the white sugar with a "bang" is tightened, and the wooden stakes are pulled up by the white sugar.
Zhu Renming had no way to start if he wanted to nail the horseshoe, but fortunately, Bai Tang's feelings for Zhu Renming had increased a lot, knowing that he had no malicious intentions, otherwise the hooves would fly together, and it was a question of whether Zhu Renming would be able to stand up at that time.
"It's careless, I didn't fix the sugar, it's not so easy to nail the horseshoe, if you operate it alone, you will definitely have to bind the sugar, if there is a next time, it's unknown whether I can survive or not." Zhu Renming imagined that when he squatted down to nail the horseshoes to the sugar, it suddenly came with such a hoof, and the consequences could be imagined.
The first time he tried to nail the horseshoe, Zhu Renming was almost kicked by white sugar, and thanks to the mercy of his subordinates, he didn't die before he got out of the school.
Then Zhu Renming found hemp rope, tire rings, wooden racks and other tools to make an outdoor workbench for nailing horseshoe.
After doing a good job in this regard, Zhu Renming first polished the white sugar to make the horseshoe fit better.
In the process of polishing, Zhu Renming will use the language to appease it, and the grooming work is done, and Bai Tang's love will not be so excited.
I really don't know if the simple wooden frame can withstand it, and the power of white sugar should not be underestimated, although it is not high, it is a strength, endurance type weight-bearing horse.
After polishing, Zhu Renming took a horseshoe the size of the white sugar sole to try it, and after it fit completely, he took the horseshoe nail and planned to try to lay the first horseshoe nail.
"Ding-" Zhu Renming accurately hit the horseshoe nail with a hammer, which was not as difficult as he imagined, and it was easily fixed.
The cuticle hooves are not very strong, and the length of the horseshoe nails is calculated to be within the thickness of the hooves.
Therefore, except for some vibration in the body, the white sugar did not howl, which shows that the pain is not as big as imagined.
The first horseshoe was nailed up, Zhu Renming patted Bai Sugar's head, calmed it for a while, and saw that it was not much disgusted, so he started the work of the second horseshoe.
Just nailing a horseshoe, Zhu Renming is already sweating, no wonder the ancient skills of nailing the horseshoe will gradually be lost.
The main reason is that this job is too tiring and hard, young people are reluctant to do it, and the hard demand for nail horseshoe is not so great, and there are few cattle in the countryside.
What's more, it is more difficult to raise horses, it is not so simple to raise a good horse, it is not a free-range can live, it needs to be carefully cared for to play its due role.
With the first time, the second time was much simpler, and the resistance of the white sugar was not much stronger, and the wooden shelf could be fixed completely, which made Zhu Renming easier to operate.
The subsequent progress was very fast, nailing the horseshoe, Zhu Renming only spent more than an hour, including the time to appease the white sugar in the early stage, and also polished the iron horseshoe to make the white sugar move better.
"Alright, Sugar, let's go out for a walk and try on the new 'People' brand shoes." Zhu Renming went to graze with the white sugar that he hadn't gone out to hang out for a long time, and had been observing the fitting of the horseshoe, did it add a layer of protection to the horseshoes of the white sugar without affecting normal walking?
The conclusion is that the horseshoe is very useful, so that the sugar does not really come into contact with the ground, and it can be handled easily when encountering some rough roads.
In fact, you can also refer to yourself, if you walk barefoot on mountain roads without shoes, you can imagine how dangerous the stones are to the soles of the feet.
The delicate soles of the feet are easily cut by stones, and although the horse's hooves are not so delicate, they are worn for a long time, and the consequences are extremely severe.
Therefore, considering that the sugar will have to go over the mountains and mountains to carry the feed in the future, with the horseshoe specially made for it by Zhu Renming, the four hooves of the white sugar have been liberated.
It is better to carry heavy loads, especially on mountain roads with complex road conditions and paved cement roads.
In fact, the most worn is the cement road, and the farm is now paved with cement, which increases the wear and tear of the horses' hooves.
Now that there is a horsefar, there is at least one layer of protection, and Zhu Renming, who has a full set of equipment, deliberately made dozens of more horseshoes.
You can keep it for the sugar to wear, anyway, he has already mastered the method of nailing the horseshoe, and he will be more proficient next time.
People are forced out, and if traffic is not because of natural disasters such as landslides and mudslides, the people's farms are separated from modern cities and villages.
Zhu Renming will not think about doing everything by himself, he will definitely go to the nearby to find the villagers and ask who will nail the horseshoe.
In fact, even if Zhu Renming goes to find it, it is estimated that it will be difficult to find, not to mention the south, there are only a small number of people in the north who specialize in nailing horseshoe now, and they are all over sixty years old!