Li Zheng added a few pieces of charcoal and said, "It's not cooked." ”

Cheng Chumo poured a sip of wine, "Have you heard?" ”

"What did you hear?"

"Recently, the court and the Chinese government have been talking about the marriage between you and Princess Changle."

Cheng Chumo leaned over to Li Zheng and said: "I heard my old man say that many people in the court are saying that you are not qualified to marry a princess, and your family is too low to be worthy of a princess." ”

Li Zheng suddenly smiled and said, "I'm a horse breeder now." ”

Cheng Chumo sighed: "Tell me about you, Your Majesty wants you to marry a princess, but he asked you to do the work of raising horses, isn't this a bad practice?" ”

"It's good to raise horses, what an easy job." Li Zheng said as he looked at the horses grazing.

Cheng Chumo stood up and looked at a horse, "It is said that Long Wujun's horse is the strongest, I want to take a look." ”

After speaking, Cheng Chumo turned over and rode a horse, shouting and riding the horse.

An hour later, Xu Dahu came back with a few horseshoes.

"The blacksmith is very busy, so he has built a few of them, and the lieutenant will see if it can be done."

Six horseshoes, Li Zheng looked at it for a long time, "It should be able to be used." ”

Xu Dahu brought a horse to help Li Zheng nail the horseshoe.

Looking at knocking the horseshoe down, Xu Daniu said, "Teacher, won't the horse hurt?" ”

"The outermost horn of the horse's hooves is inherently unconscious."

With great effort to nail four horseshoes, the horses fluttered from the ground to their feet.

Somewhat awkwardly ran two laps and then stopped.

After a while the horses seemed to get used to the horseshoe and became normal again.

Xu Dahu looked up and down for a long time, and the horse was indeed nothing abnormal.

Then look at the effect of touching the ground between the horseshoe and the horse's hoof.

After riding this horse and running around, he came back with a sad face.

Li Zheng was surprised and said, "Why are you still crying?" ”

Xu Dahu choked up and said, "Captain, do you know how many of our war horses died?" How did you die? ”

"Okay, okay, you're a few years older than me, why are you still crying."

Xu Dahu said: "I have been raising horses since I was a child, horses are my friends, every time I see a horse hooves are useless, I can no longer run, such horses will die soon." ”

"Alright, stop crying."

Xu Dahu said: "Why didn't Captain Du come to the Longwu Army earlier. ”

Li Zheng scolded with a smile: "If you cry again, I will deal with you by military law!" ”

Xu Dahu immediately stopped sobbing.

Cheng Chumo rode back after a long lap and said: "Sure enough, the horses of the Long Wu Army are really strong and fast. ”

"You try that one." Li Zheng pointed to the war horse that had just been nailed to the horseshoe.

Cheng Chumo looked at Li Zhengzhi's war horse and said, "This horse is much thinner. ”

"I've got the best horses!" Xu Dahu said stubbornly.

Cheng Chumo grinned and waved his horsewhip.

Li Zheng explained to Xu Dahu: "This guy is Cheng Biting Jin's son, he is very arrogant and a little reckless on weekdays, don't be surprised." ”

Xu Dahu pouted and said: "I know who he is, that horse is not a big horse breed in the first place, and Cheng Chumo doesn't understand horses at all." ”

Looking at Xu Dahu, who was only fourteen years old, Li Zheng said: "How old did you join the army?" ”

"Back to the captain, I joined the army when I was ten years old."

"So early?"

Xu Dahu grabbed the back of his head and said with a smile: "After the humble father died in the war, the humble became the deputy lieutenant here, and they said that this was hereditary. ”

Joined the army at the age of ten, what should a ten-year-old child do?

Li Zheng recalled that the military system of the Tang Dynasty was indeed hereditary.

Like Zuo Wuwei and Jin Wuwei, many military positions in the Weifu army are hereditary.

The advantage is that once there is a shortage of soldiers, someone can replace it.

The same should be true of such a mysterious army as the Long Wu Army.

For the sake of secrecy, this army should not be easily let in.

Li Zheng asked tentatively, "Big Tiger, where did you say your camp is?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Dahu's eyes immediately became vigilant, "What is the captain asking for?" ”

"You say I raise horses for them, I have to know where they are."

Xu Dahu explained: "Don't hide it from the captain, this matter can't be said to be lowly. ”

"Does it have to be so mysterious?"

Xu Dahu plucked up his courage and continued: "Let's be honest, in fact, this time Your Majesty asked the county marquis to come to raise horses, and many people in the army were not happy, so they could rest assured that they would come with him." ”

"What else?" Li Zheng continued to probe.

"There is also the fact that Du Wei is an outsider, not a member of our Dragon Martial Army."

Li Zheng felt strange again, "I am the captain of your flying cavalry battalion of the Longwu Army, and I am still an outsider?" ”

"Hmm!" Xu Dahu nodded, "Because the humble position is hereditary, he entered the Longwu Army, and the lieutenant was sealed by His Majesty, which is different." ”

It is necessary to do so for the sake of confidentiality.

For example, the Long Wu Army is such a heavyweight army.

Li Shimin is not even easy to show his strength in front of others.

Even if it is himself, Li Shimin has to be on guard.

Thinking that Xu Dahu had been back and forth for more than an hour just now, Long Wujun should not be too far away from here.

Of course, this does not rule out that Xu Dahu, a kid, deliberately pinched the hour around the bend, maybe closer.

The area around Jingyang is so familiar that it can't be more ripe, and there is no trace of the army at all.

Noticing the feed in the manger, Xu Dahu said, "Is this what Du Wei fed?" ”

"What's wrong?"

Xu Dahu looked at some corn and beans in the feed and said, "It's too expensive to feed the horses." ”

Li Zheng said: "I raise my horses like this, I have money. ”

Xu Dahu looked at the feed in the manger and thought, "Sin, sin, sin." ”

These days, for ordinary people, this is all food.

It's almost the same for people to eat, and Li Zheng actually fed it to the horses.

When I came, I heard an uncle in the army say that Li Zheng of Jingyang County was a very rich man.

Now that I think about it, using human food to feed horses, this Li Zheng is really rich.

Cheng Chumo, who came back from a lap, turned over and dismounted and looked: "This horse is wrong." ”

"What's wrong?"

"It doesn't feel right to ride." Cheng Chumo observed and looked down and found the problem, "Li Zheng! What's under your horse's hooves?! ”

Li Zheng cleared his throat and corrected: "Under the hooves of my horse, not under the hooves of my horses, Brother Mo, don't talk nonsense." ”

Cheng Chumo looked at the iron ring under the horse's hooves and said, "What is this exquisite? ”

"It's called a horseshoe."

Looking at the horse's hooves, Cheng Chu pondered silently, "What's the use?" ”

"Increase the life of the horse...... Wrong! It should be to increase the life of the horse's hooves. ”

Cheng Chu said silently: "I didn't understand, I spoke human words." ”

Li Zheng took a step forward: "It's like a person puts on shoes, and a horseshoe puts shoes on a horse." ”

Cheng Chumo touched the horseshoe as if he was touching a piece of silver cake, and his eyes were hot.