Chapter Twenty-Six: Horseshoe and Horsetail
When he came to Li Ke's mansion, when he met Wang Ke, he told Cheng Huailiang about Li Ke and lost his temper.
Li Ke waited for Wang Ke to finish speaking before he said with a smile: "Brother Wang, don't worry, Huailiang is not an outsider, when Brother Wang didn't come back, I was very good with Huailiang." This told him that it was okay, and he wouldn't say it. ”
Cheng Huailiang was also next to him and hurriedly responded: "That's it, I will never say it, you better hurry up and tell me what I can help." ”
Li Ke heard that Wang Ke wanted Cheng Huailiang to help with this matter, and asked curiously: "Brother Wang, you have come up with some ideas again, speak up and listen." ”
Wang Ke saw that the two of them were in a hurry, and he didn't ridicule and said directly: "Originally, I thought that you and I would just know about this matter, I can't help, your sisters and sisters still have to be related to you, and let them help you say good things when the time comes." Now that Brother Cheng knows, he is much more convenient than you in this regard. ”
The two of them didn't understand when they heard Wang Ke say this, and they looked at each other and said in unison: "Why is he (me) so much more convenient?" ”
Wang Ke smiled slightly, and said his thoughts: "Let's make an appointment, Your Highness will be sick again, and you will pretend to be very serious." Brother Cheng told the princess that he hadn't come to see His Majesty for a long time, and invited the princess to come with him to visit His Royal Highness's illness, but it happened that His Royal Highness fell ill. Brother Cheng has to find a way to guide the princess to help His Royal Highness say more good things when gathering with other princesses, especially in front of Princess Xiangcheng and Princess Changle. It would be better if I could enter the palace and talk to my mother. But you must not show flaws, so that the emperor will not force His Royal Highness to leave the capital when he sees His Highness like this. ”
After hearing this, the two couldn't help laughing, and they both felt that this method was indeed much more clever than Li Ke's own horse.
As soon as Li Ke was happy, no matter what time it was, he asked people to serve wine and food, and he had to get drunk with Wang Ke and the others.
Seeing that Li Ke was in high spirits, the two of them also said something, and they didn't shirk it, and they both shouted for Li Ke to take out the best wine to thank them.
It didn't take much effort for the food and drinks to be served, and the three of them chatted while eating. Wang Ke proudly told the two of them about his winemaking in the past few days, and the two of them were itchy when they heard it, and they both asked Wang Ke to give them a little to taste.
Of course, Wang Ke agreed, and promised that the celebrity would ask someone to give each of the two families ten jars to drink first, and then send them again later, which made the two of them happy.
After Wang Ke finished speaking, he remembered that he hadn't seen Cheng Huailiang for a long time, so he asked Cheng Huailiang: "Brother Cheng, what have you been doing on weekdays except for coming to His Highness recently?" I haven't seen you come up to me, why are you so busy, how about we hear about it? ”
Li Ke also said on the side: "I've been here twice, and each time I didn't stay long before leaving." I really don't know what I'm busy with, you have to talk about it today, maybe Brother Wang can help you get an idea. ”
Cheng Huailiang listened to the two of them talk about himself, sighed and said, "You guys are idle, I don't know that my little brother and I are really tired during this time." Isn't this the idea of Brother Wang, now all the generals are mobilizing their own troops, and the emperor is ready to mobilize 150,000 troops on the border to wage war against the Turks, and our family is no exception. My father went to the court every day to fight, and wanted to lead the soldiers to fight, and the matter of mobilizing soldiers and war horses was handed over to me, and the soldiers were easy to do, and the notice was on the line, but the war horses were in trouble, and there was nothing on weekdays, so when it was important, they had to check it. If the horseshoe is sharpened, you can't send it, and if the quantity is not enough, you have to buy a new horse early. Little brother, I insist on it every day, you think, so many horses, one by one, don't tire people to death. If the oil hadn't arrived today, I would have to inform Brother Wang that he was still playing with the horses at this time. ”
Wang Ke felt strange, how could the horse's hooves be grinded, didn't there be a horseshoe? So he asked, only to see Li Ke and Cheng Huailiang staring at themselves as if they didn't know themselves.
Wang Ke said humbly: "Why are you looking at me like this, where did I say something wrong?" ”
Li Ke stood up, pulled Wang Ke and left. When the three of them came to the stable, Li Ke asked the groom to pull out a horse and talk to Wang Ke. Wang Ke listened for a long time before he understood that there was no such thing as a horseshoe at this time, and the horses relied on the horse's hooves to grind the ground on weekdays, and the horse's hooves would definitely be thinner after a long time. If something hard gets into the horse's hoof, the horse is gone.
Usually the horse is scrapped, and the big deal is to change it, but the battlefield is changing rapidly, and if the battle is underway, the person's life will be lost. So check it once before each expedition and eliminate a part.
Wang Ke waved his hand and said lightly: "This is easy to solve, put horseshoes on the horse's four hooves, you can protect the horse's hooves from being worn, how can you check it like this every time you go out." Now there are not many military horses, and I have to think of the Turks to buy them every year, but I don't have to buy them when this war starts, what should I do when I don't have enough? ”
When Cheng Huailiang heard this, he hurriedly asked, "What is this horseshoe?" Brother Wang said quickly, if it is really so good, then the need for yes in the future will be much smaller, and the preparation time before the war will be shortened a lot, which is a great thing at first sight. ”
Li Ke also said beside him: "Brother Wang, this is an important matter, we will do it immediately, if it is really done, I will immediately enter the palace to meet my father, and let the horses of the whole Tang Dynasty do this, then the court will be able to save a lot of money on buying horses and killing Ang." ”
Wang Ke saw that the two of them attached great importance to this matter, and only then did he know how meaningful his casual words were. Hurriedly said: "Then let's go find an iron shop now, and let them give us horseshoe." It's not complicated, it won't take much time. ”
Just do it, and each of the three of them pulled up a horse and left.
Wang Ke looked at the horse and cried and laughed, the last time he went out with Li Ke, Wang Ke knew that there was no stirrup for riding a horse at this time, and it was very inconvenient to get on and off the horse. Last time, it was Li Ke who pushed himself up. I'm used to driving when I go out, so I don't care about it, and now it seems that I have to make stirrups together.
The three of them soon came to a blacksmith shop, and Wang Ke drew the appearance of the horseshoe and stirrup to the blacksmith, because it was not complicated, and soon the blacksmith understood and began to work.
Since Wang Ke was at home just now, he only talked about the horseshoe, and did not say anything about the stirrups, so Li Ke asked.
Wang Ke himself didn't know what to say, and when he saw that he was idle, he was idle, and there was nothing to do, so he flickered: "Your Highness, you also know that I can't ride a horse, every time I get on the horse, you push me up, and when I get off the horse, I slide down, and I can't run fast when I ride." I think that when the cavalry is fighting, they must not always pay attention to the horse's belly, so that they may fall down and die, right? "That's it, in fact, many cavalrymen are not fighting four, but fall from their horses and fall to their deaths."
After all, Cheng Huailiang is from a military family, and he is also a military general, and he knows much more about this kind of thing than Li Ke, so he interjected and confirmed it when he heard Wang Ke say this.
Wang Ke saw that his inference was correct, so he continued: "After having the stirrup, not only is it much easier to get on and off the horse, but also when the horse is running, because the feet are set in the stirrup, it can exert strength, and with a place to focus, the balance of the body will also increase, and the possibility of falling down will be much smaller. Because there are stirrups under your feet, you will have the feeling of standing on the ground and being down-to-earth when you are fighting, and you will be more courageous, and you will let go of your hands and feet to fight when you fight, and you will not be distracted to worry about whether you will fall off the horse, so that your combat effectiveness will be improved a lot. Isn't that a good thing to kill two birds with one stone? ”
Li Ke patted Wang Ke on the shoulder and said, "I didn't expect such a small thing to have such a big effect, but it is still thanks to Brother Wang who knows a lot, and Datang is lucky." ”
Wang Ke hurriedly said modestly: "It's nothing remarkable, it's just a small skill of carving insects." ”
Speaking kung fu, a set of four horseshoe, twenty horse nails, two stirrups are ready, Wang Ke picked it up and looked at it, and after confirming that it met his own idea, he commanded the blacksmith to help nail the horse's shoe, and found a rope, tied the stirrups to the saddle, and motioned Cheng Huailiang to ride it on.
Cheng Huailiang stepped on the stirrup and got on the horse, went out for a run and came back, and said with praise: "Good! I deliberately ran back and forth on the rocky beach, and nothing happened. Stepping on the stirrup is indeed as Brother Wang said, it is much more convenient than before,"
When Li Ke saw Cheng Huailiang say this, he also got on the horse and tried it, and made sure that as the two shrunk and said, he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he came back.
After the three horses were installed, he didn't delay, pulled up the two horses and went straight to the palace, Cheng Huailiang was also anxious to go back to install the horses, Wang Ke let him ride away the horse left by Li Ke, and slowly walked home with his hands behind his back.
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