Chapter 32: The Horseshoe
It only took seven or eight minutes to get out of Luzhou City from the Luzhou Government Office.
But it took at least three times as long to arrive at the Zhuangzi in Chen Zhi's mouth from the gate of Luzhou City, which made Li Yuanjia sigh that the roads were rotten in recent years, not to mention the dirt roads, the whole road was also uneven, and even if the horse under his crotch wanted to run faster, he didn't dare to use a whip, for fear that he would accidentally fall off it.
So when he arrived at the destination and grabbed the reins of the horse to slow down the speed, Li Yuanjia was also secretly relieved.
When I looked up, I saw seven or eight young people walking up from the Zhuangzi in the distance.
"Chen joins the army, this is your friend, right?"
Li Yuanjia asked casually while urging the jujube red horse under his crotch to move forward slowly.
"Yes, King!"
What made Li Yuanjia a little strange was that Chen Zhi seemed to be a little absent-minded, and he just replied casually and then never spoke again. Then when they arrived in front of Zhuangzi, after everyone turned over and dismounted, Chen Zhi did not introduce Li Yuanjia to the friends who began to salute one after another, but couldn't help but speak: "King, Chen Zhi is bold, dare to ask if you can let the lower officials see your mount?" ”
"Huh? You want to see the fire cloud? ”
After listening to Chen Zhi's request, Li Yuanjia not only felt strange, but glanced at Chen Zhi with appreciation. At the same time, the reins that were supposed to be handed over to the guards next to him were also taken back by him.
This guy is very careful!
"Yes, please ask for the king's permission!"
Looking at Chen Zhi's eagerness on his face who bent over to give a salute, Li Yuanjia suddenly laughed, threw the reins in his hand into Chen Zhi's arms and said, "Hahaha, it's okay, just look at it!" ”
Don't think about it, of course he knows what this guy wants to see.
This high-headed horse called Huoyun was given to him by Li Yuanjia's uncle Yu Wenshi and himself, and it is said that he bought it from others at a high price, and it can definitely be regarded as the word "divine horse". It's just that Li Yuanjia also knows that the greatest value of his horse is not itself, but the things on the horse!
Takahashi saddle and stirrups are naturally not rare, they have been available hundreds of years ago, but Li Yuanjia believes that even if it is Li Shimin's set of guys, I am afraid it is not as comfortable as his own!
The finished product after a thousand years is not comparable to the design of the Tang Dynasty.
Once in his last life, when the department organized a go out to play, Li Yuanjia rode a horse on the grassland on the dam for two hours, and chatted a lot with the black-hearted groom along the way, so these things were remembered clearly and easily designed.
Merely......
When Li Yuanjia saw that Chen Zhi did not pay attention to the harness designs that were thousands of years later, but walked straight to Huoyun's front legs, and squatted down directly regardless of his identity, the admiration on his face became more and more intense!
Sure enough, this guy has found out.
Although Li Yuanjia knew it in his heart, Chen Zhi's strange performance made his friends immediately dissatisfied.
Originally, when Li Yuanjia finally arrived, these people were both nervous and excited. What is nervous is Li Yuanjia's identity, after all, everyone's status is too far apart; But at the same time, although everyone knows that he doesn't like political affairs, he can assassinate history with Luzhou...... What's more important is the fellowship of a prince, who can not be excited?
But no one expected that when everyone was waiting for Chen Zhi to introduce himself, that guy actually squatted under the leg of the king's horse!
"What the hell is this damn bastard trying to do?!"
Just when everyone was angry and strange, Chen Zhi suddenly grabbed Huoyun's right front leg and tried to lift it up......
"Sigh the law ......"
"Fire Cloud! Stand up for me! ”
Seeing that Huoyun, who was very unhappy, raised his foot and wanted to give Chen Zhi a look, Li Yuanjia, who had been prepared, immediately opened his mouth to drink his mount, then walked over and patted its neck and said with a smile: "You guy, your temper is not small!" People just want to see your shoes...... Be generous and show him! ”
"Shoes, shoes?"
After listening to Li Yuanjia's words, Chen Zhi's eyes instantly widened!
At the moment when Huoyun raised his foot just now, Chen Zhi could say that he could see it clearly, and there seemed to be a black thing nailed under the foot of this beast......
That's its shoes? The king actually put shoes on a horse?
Not to mention Chen Zhi now, even those who were still glaring at him just now, angry that Chen Zhi didn't hurry up to introduce them to the friends they knew to King Yu, they were all stunned when they heard Li Yuanjia's words - after a while, several of their faces gradually turned red!
I don't dare to laugh if I want to laugh, I don't dare to open my mouth if I want to ask.
If the person who said this on the other side didn't know Li Yuanjia, not King Yu and Luzhou Thorn History, a few people would have leaned back and lowered their mouths with laughter.
Shoe a horse?
Isn't this a ridiculous joke?
He didn't have the heart to care about what these people were thinking, Li Yuanjia nodded without moving: "Hehe, you can also call this thing a horseshoe, or a horseshoe, which is actually a pair of iron shoes that I asked people to make for Huoyun." Of course, the horses under the crotches of my guards are all wearing such shoes now...... Speaking of which, thanks to the iron materials sent by Chen Senjun, otherwise they wouldn't have been loaded so quickly! ”
"Iron Shoes...... Boom! ”
After swallowing a mouthful of foam vigorously, Chen Zhi hurriedly asked, "King, please forgive the foolishness of the officials and dare to ask...... What are these iron shoes used for? ”
He had already found out when he set off.
Because the sound of Chen Zhi's mount running is a little dull, especially when soaking on the bluestone road in front of the Luzhou Government Office, the sound is often not too crisp. But whether it is Li Yuanjia or his guards, when they instigate the war horses to run, the sound of "de" and "de" is very brittle, and Chen Zhi, who handles thousands of catties of iron every year, is simply familiar with this sound!
So when he arrived, he couldn't hold back any longer!
Li Yuanjia was not surprised at all, but raised his eyebrows, and asked with a smile: "Chen joined the army, I don't know if you have carefully looked at the horse's hooves?" Actually, the on that hoof...... Well, it's the hard stuff at the bottom, which is actually divided into two layers. The top one is alive, and the bottom one is dead, and even if you cut it off or drive it into the nail, the horse won't feel pain! ”
"Huh? How so? ”
The two eyes were as wide as bull's eyes, and Chen Zhi's expression was full of a taste called surprise.
"Hehe, that's right!"
Nodding, Li Yuanjia smiled: "And these ...... Although these things are very hard, they are also relatively fragile, and they will naturally wear out over time, sometimes even split, and in serious cases, even destroy a horse! ”
"That's right!"
"Exactly."
……
When they heard this, everyone nodded subconsciously.
At this time, Chen Zhi finally understood, and said with an amazed face: "So, in order to protect the hooves of your beloved horse, you came up with the wonderful idea of putting iron shoes on it?" ”
"Me?"
After listening to Chen Zhi's words, Li Yuanjia immediately shook his head, waved his hand and smiled: "Hehe, this kind of good thing is not what I thought of, because it has been around for hundreds of years......"