When Lou Zheng returned to the Great Marshal's Mansion, it was already dark.

Steward Wu stood in front of the gate of the Shuai Mansion and stretched out his head to look at the streets on both sides, until he saw the carriage of the Shuai Mansion coming, and his heart was put back in his stomach.

The carriage drove in directly from the side door of the Shuai Mansion, and when Lu Hongxiu helped Lou Zheng get out of the carriage, Steward Wu hurriedly walked over.

"Little lady, it's getting dark, why did you come back, the general is in a hurry in the flower hall."

Lou Zheng nodded, "Uncle Wu, I'll go over now." ”

commanded the two guards to carry half a basket of iron bars to the flower hall.

Steward Wu followed behind him and looked at the black and strangely shaped iron block, frowned and asked the guards who carried the basket.

"What is this?"

The guard said bitterly: "We don't know, the little lady came out of the blacksmith shop in the afternoon and brought half a basket of this thing, I didn't say what it was for, just let us load it in the carriage and bring it back." ”

Listening to the guard's words, Steward Wu waved at him.

The guard stuck to himself, "Uncle Wu, the boy heard from the aunts in the backyard that the little lady wants to make us new clothes, is this true?" ”

Steward Wu glared at the young guard, "Those women with big mouths and long tongues in the backyard have to block their mouths one by one!" ”

The young guard was startled, holding his mouth and about to cry, "Uncle Wu, is this all fake?" Aren't the brothers happy for nothing? ”

Steward Wu nodded at the lean young man in front of him, and said helplessly: "How is it fake, the little lady is talking about the same thing, I went out today to buy cloth for the little lady." ”

The guard's eyes immediately brightened, and he even cheered childishly.

The provoking housekeeper Wu slapped him. "Okay, send the things over, the little lady is waiting for it!"

In the flower hall, General Lou sat on the main seat with a frown, his back was straight, but the fist on his knee was clenched, exuding the momentum of no one to enter, until he heard the guards report that the little lady had returned home, and the momentum on General Lou's body dissipated.

Before Lou Zheng came back, Steward Wu had already reported to General Lou what Lou Zheng had done all day today.

General Lou was moved and guilty. The girl was only fifteen years old. Just in time.

If it is an ordinary noblewoman, this age is the time to be under the knees in front of the elders and enjoy the favor. But his daughter was worried that her father would come to the border of Liangzhou, where the environment was harsh, and she would have to work for his military camp.

General Lou let out a long sigh.

Before entering the flower hall, Lou Zheng instructed the medicine slave who greeted him to bring dinner to the flower hall.

Entered the flower hall. Lou Zheng came to his father with a smile. Let the two guards carry the bamboo basket over and place it in the center of the flower hall.

Lou Zheng walked to his father's side. Holding Daddy's arm, "Dad, come and see what these look like?" ”

General Lou's depressed mood was interrupted by his daughter. It got better.

With Lou Zheng's support, General Lou walked to the side of the bamboo basket, bent down to pick up a strange iron bar, and looked at it carefully, "You ghost, Daddy can't see it, what is it for?" ”

Lou Zheng blinked his clear eyes, and said coquettishly: "Don't tell my dad first, let's eat, and after eating, I'll ask my dad to see the use of these iron bars with his own eyes." ”

It was rare for the daughter to show a coquettish appearance, and General Lou touched the girl's black sideburns dotingly, and said hello.

Lu Hongxiu didn't stay to eat together, but went back to his small courtyard first.

Lou Zheng instructed the medicine slave to take care of his brother's food, and after dinner, he went to the stable in the marshal's mansion with General Lou.

General Lou smiled and followed behind his daughter, not asking why he came to the stable so late.

In the stable, General Lou's dark cloud chase was tethered, and there were dozens of horses that were to be used by the guards and the mansion on weekdays.

As soon as the seven or eight manu were about to rest, they received the news that the general had come to the stable, and hurriedly came out together and knelt down to greet them.

"Jiaojiao, but you want to tell these manuu to do things?"

Lou Zheng stepped forward, asked a horse slave to lead an old horse out, and ordered someone to hang a lantern around the stable, the brighter the better.

General Lou stood aside and watched his daughter busy.

It wasn't until Lou Zheng asked Manu to nail the strange-shaped iron bar to the old horse's thin hooves that General Lou's eyes widened in surprise and he completely lost the composure that a general should have.

"Jiaojiao, this is ......"

Lou Zheng glanced back at her father, and under the dim light, her smile was warm.

"Daddy, don't worry, look at this old horse."

Manu had already understood the beauty of this thing when he drove the horseshoe into the hooves of the old horse, and by the time all four hooves were nailed to this strange iron bar, Manu couldn't wait to pull the horse a few steps.

The old horse was frenzied for a moment except for the first time when he nailed the horseshoe, and when the horseshoe was installed, he did not feel a little uncomfortable, and even ran two laps happily, as if it did not have to directly rub the rough ground with the soles of his feet, which made it a lot more comfortable.

Manu immediately knelt on the ground in surprise, "General, this is really an artifact!" ”

General Lou has been in the army for so many years, how can he still not see the benefits of these inconspicuous iron bars that look like scraps!

The wear and tear of horses' hooves has always been the most important cause of horse consumption in the army.

If this small iron bar can solve this problem, then those old horses that are about to retire can go to war again, and the service life of the horses can be greatly extended, even four or five years.

A few small iron bars in exchange for four or five years of service for a war horse, how worthwhile!

Without Lou Zheng's reminder, General Lou immediately summoned his subordinates to issue an order to requisition all the blacksmith shops in the city to quickly make this kind of iron bar.

Lou Zheng smiled and watched his father issue orders in high spirits, such a father is the real general of Zhenbei on the border of Liangzhou in her eyes!

When the order was issued, General Lou touched Lou Zheng's hair with tears in his eyes, "It's really embarrassing for me." ”

Lou Zheng shook his head and hugged his father's solid arm, "It's just a small idea, as long as I can help my father." ”

After the arrangement, the father and daughter went back to the study.

Lou Zheng helped his father sit down at the desk, poured him a glass of warm water, and sat down beside his father.

General Lou took a sip of white water at a moderate temperature before he spoke: "Jiaojiao, what you did today, Lao Wu has already told his father, and now in front of his father, Jiaojiao will tell me what he thinks." ”

Ever since he saw his daughter turn a useless iron bar into a supreme treasure, General Lou has paid more and more attention to his daughter's ideas.

Steward Wu told him again that Lou Zheng was going to make new clothes for the soldiers in the barracks, and he wanted to know his daughter's thoughts even more. (To be continued.) )