Chapter 5: The False Great Inventor
"Wan'er, since you're here, let's come in and have a drink together."
Fang Halberd's call made Brother Huai'er, who had just eaten meat, almost choked.
Which other Wan'er could this halberd know?
Not only Luo Huai, but even Zhao Wan looked at Luo Huai with a little embarrassed smile.
"Brother Fang said that he wanted to join your Zhao family, I didn't believe it, but now I believe it a little. General Zhao. ”
Zhao Wan didn't expect Luo Huai to also know about this, so it was no wonder that Fang Ji called her in.
"You two are also small acquaintances, and you can't hide when you see each other." Fang Ji also laughed. "Brother Huai'er, didn't you break off the father-son relationship with your father?"
"That's true, but ......"
"No, but." Fang Ji laughed at this time. "Remember, I don't care what happens to you when you leave the Drunken Immortal Fang, even in this Drunken Immortal Fang, if you want to drink, it's all my drinking friends. Drinking wine and eating meat is not avoidable. ”
Zhao Wan didn't care, she used to think that Luo Huai was depressed and became the second ancestor, but judging from the recent events, her brother Luo has not changed from before.
However, Zhao Wan knew that Luo Huai felt a little guilty about the death of her fourth brother and some nostalgia for the imperial court.
"Speaking of which, is the emperor's decree serious? Isn't that person you're looking for right here? ”
Luo Huai naturally pointed out that General Zhao had a husband who had not passed through the door but did not know his name and identity, and asked the emperor to help find it, which is a bit ridiculous but many people believe it is true, after all, the Zhao family is loyal to the monarch and serves the country, and its reputation in the hearts of the people is worthy of it.
"This matter is naturally a delaying tactic, and this is only the first part, and the matter is not over yet." Fang Ji laughed again.
Indeed, with the emperor's character, although he is not careful, he will not easily let the Zhao family marry a "rich" husband. ”
Fang Ji hesitated, the word "marry" used by this Huai brother is something.
"Leave everything to me, the Dog Emperor will definitely scratch his brain and can't figure out what the problem is."
Zhao Wan was a little frightened when she drank wine now, and what Luo Huai and Fang Ji said was more violent than the other.
In the past, whoever was in front of her and the emperor made her feel a little disrespectful, that is, she had to be served by military torture, and Fang Ji actually called her "Dog Emperor......
"By the way, Fang Halberd, I saw Your Majesty the day before yesterday, and he showed me the birthday gift of the Seventh Prince, what kind of telescope is it, I can really see things in the distance. Is that thing difficult? ”
"Ah, I designed it." Fang Ji said flatly.
Zhao Wan was a little depressed, how could this guy behave like a trivial matter!
This thing can be said to be very useful for them to march and fight! For scouts, the enemy can't see the detection information from a farther distance, and for them, these generals can also know the opponent's movements in advance, which is extremely useful.
"But since it's you, Wan'er, I have something better for you than a telescope."
Zhao Wan was a little expectant when she heard this, she originally thought that Fang Ji would give her something, but after thinking about it carefully, she understood that Fang Ji should give her something that she could use for marching and fighting on weekdays.
Fang Ji went in at this time, walked into his inner room, and turned over the "inspiration" he kept.
As an old man, there are actually a lot of things that need to be understood, at least Fang Ji feels that he is no longer the kind that works very hard.
Like his junior brothers and sisters, some of them are even from legitimate professional classes, and applying those knowledge to Lao Qian is quite unprofessional.
And Fang Ji felt that he himself had learned from a small deception, in other words, he had changed from a small deception to a big deception in his previous life, and his experience was richer than that of those junior brothers and sisters.
"This is the horseshoe you showed me in the past." Zhao Wan took this drawing with some doubts.
"Horseshoe?" Luo Huai was very curious about things he hadn't heard of, after all, with his memory, he could know if this thing was new.
However, the two of them saw that the drawing of the halberd was just a drawing, but they didn't know the use.
"Could it be that it has something to do with horses' hooves?"
"That's right." Fang Ji laughed. "Wan'er, is your army quite short of war horses?"
"Hmm." Zhao Wan nodded. "Although the Great Wei has a lot of land, there are few places suitable for raising horses, while the Jurchen people in the Northeast have strong and endurance horses, and there are many them. One of the conditions for the Jurchen to sue for peace this time was to send me 5,000 good horses to Dawei. ”
"Is there another reason why horses' hooves are easily damaged?"
"This ...... Indeed it is. Is it possible? Zhao Wan seemed to vaguely know the usefulness of this horseshoe.
"The horse's hooves are actually made up of two layers, the surface is a hard layer of, which is used to protect the horse's hooves. When the horse runs or is corroded by stagnant water, this layer of keratin will quickly fall off, and we only need to nail a horseshoe to the horse's leg to protect the horse's hooves.
It's not a strange thing, is it? And with this horseshoe, the horse can also grasp the ground when running, and it is not easy to fall. Well? Why don't you two talk anymore? ”
This Zhao Wan naturally knew what this thing meant...... Extending the life of a horse means that they have more "cavalry troops"!
Luo Huai was naturally shocked, but then it was a pity.
"Brother Fang, your invention is indeed a benefit to horses, but this thing seems to be quite easy to learn, and those Tartars will naturally learn it in the future."
Luo Huai naturally understands this truth.
The concept of the horseshoe, after Fang Halberd explained it, people accepted it at once, and they would know that this thing could not be simpler in nature. But the person who came up with this concept is indeed capable......
Luo Huai could only sigh that the shock brought to him by this old brother had always been there, and it never stopped, which made him, a self-proclaimed genius, a little ashamed.
In fact, for horses, Fang Ji remembered the Mongolian cavalry of the previous life. The success of the Mongol Empire was in fact full of irreproducibility, and the Mongol cavalry was undoubtedly the most powerful army in the world at that time.
That is, before the advent of firearms, horses were absolutely the most important strategic resource. This is also the reason why the Tartars of this life have always dared to cross the border to plunder the border of the Great Wei, although the horses of the Tartars are relatively short, but they are strong and not afraid of the cold, which is conducive to their entrenchment in the Northeast Plain in the longer winter.
"Speaking of Brother Huai'er, who did you deal with the artillery battle that hooked the soul and fascinated you last time?"
"That, it's sold just a street and across a bridge from here, and my drug is indeed a good thing, right, but you can't use this thing as a weapon, you know, the incense is not easy to ignite, and I used a few large boxes to charm the soul that time."
"Just have it!"
Fang Ji naturally made a note of the shop that sold cannonballs, and if he was lucky, he might be able to see the steady development of firearms in his lifetime......