"Horseshoe? Young Master: What is a horseshoe? ”

Liu Mingzhi moved his sore arm: "Uncle Ma, what nonsense are you talking about?" Don't you know what a horseshoe is? ”

Qi Yun also looked at Liu Mingzhi in a daze, didn't he just fall into his head: "Brother Liu, the younger brother has never heard of a horseshoe." ”

"It is an iron nailed to the horse's hooves to prevent the horse's hooves from wearing......... The Great Dragon Dynasty wouldn't be without such a thing as a horseshoe, would it? ”

"I've never heard of a horseshoe for so many years, can you explain it, young master?"

"The younger brother has never heard of it."

"Uncle Ma, wait a minute, let me ask you how long a good horse can ride without damage to the horse's hooves?"

"If the road is flat, it will take two or three years, if the road conditions are bad, the horse's hooves will wear out in more than a year, and it is only under regular cultivation that the horse can grow new, otherwise no matter how good the horse is, it can only be killed and eaten in the end, otherwise raise a waste horse that can't be ridden, and waste some food, as long as it is delayed to take care of it."

Liu Mingzhi was puzzled to lift the horse he was riding just now really didn't have a horseshoe, and the skin on the horse's hooves had worn out and was about to expose the flesh, no wonder it raised its front hooves just now and let out a wail.

The same is true for horses when they don't have shoes on their hooves, just as if they step on a stone when they run without shoes.

Ma Biao took Liu Mingzhi all the way through all the places in the racecourse, and then looked at the hooves of dozens of good horses, all of which were extremely worn, although there was no big problem now, and there would be no accidents in the future if they couldn't stop it.

Liu Mingzhi rubbed his forehead, and kept muttering the word horseshoe on the way back to Mafu from the racecourse, which made Qi Yun and the two think that Liu Mingzhi had lost his mind.

A good horse without a horseshoe will be killed and eaten meat in two or three years because of the horse's hooves, and it is not a big problem to ride it for five to ten years if it is loaded with a horseshoes, but the horseshoes are a weapon of the country in this era.

Following.

"Uncle Ma, where is the best blacksmith shop in the city?"

"Huzi, take the young master to the blacksmith shop in the city, and you will lead the way."

"Yes, young master, you come with the little one, and the little one will lead the way for you."

"Master Wang, it's time to do business, my young master wants to build something, do you think it's convenient for you now?"

Wang Jiatie shop, a big man squatting at the door with a big bowl of tea, stood up: "Convenient, convenient, you see what you want to create."

Inside the Wang's iron shop, three or four men in short sleeves were building some farm tools. The furnace was steaming, and pieces of red-hot iron were taken out of it, and immediately two men beat them with big hammers and small hammers, and the cooperation was seamless.

"Good craftsmanship, Master Wang, the best blacksmith master in Yangzhou City is worthy of his reputation."

"The young master praised it falsely, all to support his family, and the rough craftsmanship barely looked at the past, what kind of object do you want to build, this young master, we rely on the size of the object to collect money."

Liu Mingzhi took out the drawings drawn last night from his arms and handed them to Master Wang, Qi Yun poked his head to see the things on the map clearly, yesterday Liu Mingzhi was mysteriously busy in the room for half the night to draw this drawing, and to measure the size of the horse's hooves, and to find a ruler or something, but the people of the horse house tossed enough.

The most important thing is that Liu Mingzhi was busy with something but didn't tell everyone, only said a sentence that you will understand.

Master Wang put down the tea bowl in his hand and looked at the pattern on the drawing with a confused expression: "This young master, this thing you want to build has never been seen before." ”

"The size is clearly marked, as for what this thing is for, you don't care, you can see if you can type it?"

"Yes, yes, but it may take a little time, after all, I haven't hit this kind of object, and the size is not easy to grasp."

"As long as it can be built, it doesn't matter how long it takes, what I want is a finished product."

"That's okay, young master, you rest first, and a certain family will make a charcoal fire."

"Okay, Master Wang is busy on his own, let's take a look."

The sound of clanging came out from the Wang family's iron shop, Liu Mingzhi shook his head as if listening to the piano, the horseshoe matter was done, and the Liu family's business would definitely go to a higher level, so that he could be a gentleman with more confidence.

About half an hour or so, Master Wang wiped the sweat on his face and walked out, holding four hoof pieces in his hand: "This young master, these things are really not easy to fight, and they are inexperienced, so you have to wait for a long time." ”

Liu Mingzhi happily looked at the four horseshoes that were exactly the same size as the drawings above, and more importantly, the four real objects were exactly the same, as if they were poured out of the mold: "Good craftsmanship, ingenious technology, Master Wang's iron-making skills are definitely this." ”

Liu Mingzhi gave Master Wang a thumbs up, no wonder I often hear that workers are workers, craftsmen are craftsmen, and the title of master craftsman is not so easy to get.

"Eating with a mouthful of food, I always have a bit of housekeeping skills, otherwise I won't smash my own signboard."

handed the horseshoe and iron nails to the tiger on the side, Liu Mingzhi took out a tael of silver and handed it over: "Master Wang, it's hard work." ”

"This young master, this is too much, a hundred wen is enough, and the small shop can't be found."

"Wait, Master Wang, listen to me, you can give me another two thousand sets of such items, and I will have a heavy use."

"Two thousand? Is it all such pieces of iron? ”

"Yes, Master Wang, you can see if this can be done."

Master Wang said happily: "Yes, of course it is, don't say 2,000 sets, 20,000 sets." ”