Thinking about these things in his mind, Zhang Yue could only sigh deeply, looking at Liu Jin and not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Liu Jin's personality is generous and benevolent, and after getting along for so many days, Zhang Yue is already convinced that the eldest grandson of the empire is really generous.

In Xinfeng for so many days, Zhang Yue has never seen him get angry with his subordinates and lose his temper.

It is indeed his luck to have such a leader.

Only, it can also be unfortunate.

Just like now, Zhang Yue must find a way to wipe his ass and get this matter done.

Moreover, it has to be done beautifully.

Shaking his head in his heart, Zhang Yue sighed with emotion: "This can be regarded as a gain and a loss......

With such a benevolent master, while enjoying the protection and trust of the other party, he naturally has to bear his occasional petty temperament and literary temper.

Besides, Lu Bode's matter, in fact, Zhang Yue himself wanted to interfere.

"How do I fix this?" Zhang Yue pondered in his heart.

Naturally, this matter is extremely tricky.

Because, even if it's just the Longyou Li family, it's extremely difficult!

The influence and power of this family is unimaginable.

In particular, Li Yu's sister is still the favorite concubine of the prince!

And Li Yu's brother and sister and Huo Qubing have a grudge against their father - their father Li Kang died under Huo Quai's arrow!

This reason alone was enough for the Li brothers and sisters to be hostile to Lu Bode, who was Huo Qu's old department.

What's more, Lu Bode has a direct relationship with Li Ling's defeat.

The Li family is afraid that they can't wait to eat their flesh and sleep on their skin!

And the Longyou Li family has never been a magnanimous family.

It can even be said that Longyou Li has always been narrow-minded and flawed, and is famous all over the world.

Back then, when Li Guang was still alive, it was like this!

Li Dang has completely inherited the character of his father, and even the general Wei Qing dares to fight!

Now, they are in charge, holding on to righteousness, and want them to stop? How can it be!

At the beginning, Li Guang was able to click all the prisoners who had already been tied up and surrendered on their knees, and cut off their heads as military merits.

And to solve this matter, you have to go to the Li family to face it, and even have to fight with the old nobles led by the Li family!

"It seems that when I return to Chang'an in a few days, I will have to fight with Li Yu and others......" Zhang Yue thought in his heart.

This month's Ji Chou (thirteen) is Huo Guangxu's banquet.

Zhang Yue has been invited to the banquet at that time, maybe he can meet that Li Yu at the banquet.

"Maybe before that, I can go to Zhang Anshi to inquire about the situation......" Zhang Yue thought in his heart.

Zhang Anshi must know and come into contact with more things than him, many things that are not recorded in the history books at all, this Shangshuling is like a mirror.

The only question is – whether he is willing to say it or not!

However, if it is Li Yu's matter, Zhang Anshi may be very happy.

Because, Zhang Yue heard that Li Yu and Zhang Anshi had a conflict.

Zhang Yue doesn't know exactly what the conflict is, but one thing is certain, this Shang Shuling despises Li Yu's personality.

………………………………………………

Until Li Guangli and the others left, Zhang Yue's mind was still in contemplation, and he just sent Li Guangli and the others out of Xinfeng City according to instinct and inertia.

"Squire!" Li Guangli rode on a horse, and suddenly invited Zhang Yue with a smile: "At the end of this month, there will be a banquet in the Qili Humble House in Chang'an, I don't know if the lieutenant will be able to come at that time?" ”

When Zhang Yue heard this, he came back to his senses and hurriedly bowed: "The gentleman is loved, how dare the lower officials disobey?" ”

"Good!" As soon as Li Guangli pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and prepared to leave.

"Wait!" Zhang Yue's eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of Li Guangli's horse, his eyelids jumped, and he suddenly caught up and stopped the other party.

Li Guangli was a little stunned, but still asked, "Is there anything wrong with the servant?" ”

Zhang Yue stepped forward and stared at his war horse, as if he had seen a peerless beauty.

Li Guangli laughed proudly when he saw this.

He was a horse lover.

Even in his heart, a good horse has raced countless peerless beauties.

Because, on the battlefield, a good horse can make you one step ahead of others, and even let you survive.

Beauty can't.

And the horse he was riding now was the one he liked and was most proud of his many mounts.

It even has a name, called 'Treading the Wind'.

It is a hybrid of the Dawan horse and the Wusun horse in the Tianma Garden, with high speed and endurance, and the key is that it is very human.

Since getting this horse, Li Guangli has loved it very much and regarded him as a family member.

He smiled slightly: "If the waiter has taken a fancy to this 'stepping wind' of Ben Hou, but please forgive Ben Hou for not being able to cut his love!" ”

If this mid-court officer only takes a fancy to his concubines and treasures, he will give them to the other party unceremoniously.

A woman and a dead thing can be exchanged for the kindness of an upstart, this is a good deal!

But not horses!

The horse is the body of a warrior and the basis of a general.

Not to mention, this horse is still his family!

When Zhang Yue heard this, he smiled and said: "Jun Hou has misunderstood, how dare the lower officials covet Jun Hou's beloved horse......

He crouched down, his eyes fixed on the four hooves of the warhorse.

Li Guangli is a flurry, what is so beautiful about this horse's hooves.

Zhang Yue bowed slightly to Li Guangli, pointed to the horse's hooves and asked, "Can you let the lower officials touch it?" ”

Li Guangli still didn't know why, he didn't know what medicine was sold in Zhang Yue's gourd, but he still nodded and said, "Please ...... in the waiter."

The horse's hooves are not the sensitive part of their own women, this Zhang Shizhong can touch it if he wants, and he will not lose a piece of meat!

Zhang Yue was impatient and excited, reached out and touched the horse's hoof, the touch was cold, there is no doubt that this is the most primitive horseshoes!

Although the style is rough, the parts of the nail palms are also very unscientific.

However, the technology of using iron to protect the fragile hooves of war horses has appeared!

"What is this?" Zhang Yue asked Li Guangli.

"This is the ...... of the palm of the hoof," Li Guangli did not care, and replied: "It is the improvement of the Juyan horse craftsman from the leather ......."

"Leather?" Zhang Yue pondered slightly, and knew what it was.

This is an ancient leather product, which was very common during the Warring States period, and the standard equipment of the Qin officers of the Warring States period was a pair of leather hats.

This kind of leather is actually a kind of leather boot.

By the end of the Qin Dynasty, leather products even began to be used with the four hooves of livestock.

However, because leather products really can't withstand the trampling of horses' hooves or cow's hooves, ordinary people can't afford it at all, so they have not been promoted.

Unexpectedly, this inspired the craftsmen, and at this time, the first horseshoes of human beings began to appear.

Zhang Yue closed his eyes slightly, searched in his mind, and found that there were indeed relevant records in the information he had traced.

For example, in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, there is a record of annoying tails and palms.

Interestingly, horseshoes in the West were originally developed from leather riding boots.

Looking at the strange but novel so-called palm hoof in front of him, Zhang Yue's eyes burned.

Since some people have begun to equip horseshoes (although they seem to be the most rudimentary horseshoes, horseshoes with immature design and nail palm technology) to war horses, in other words, it is now possible to produce decent and good quality iron tools.

The horseshoe seems to be just a tiny thing, but with a small peek at the big picture, you can get a glimpse of the extent of iron-smelting technology in the world.

"Gentleman, how much does it cost to palm the hooves?" To be on the safe side, Zhang Yue still asked.

Li Guangli smiled when he heard this: "Why should the lieutenant ask this kind of question? ”

He raised his horsewhip and said, "The lieutenant should go and ask the young minister!" ”

"Ben will only be in charge of the war, and everything else will be in charge of his own responsibility......"

He didn't dare and couldn't care about anything other than the military.

Zhang Yue listened and bowed: "Thank you for your advice!" ”

Horseshoe!

He can completely take out the mature horseshoe scheme of later generations and improve it on the basis of the current Han family's palm hoof.

Then, the Han family will be able to strengthen the wings of the tiger, and the Han cavalry will get a great bonus!

What's more, this thing will also greatly reduce the burden on the people!

In fact, now that the Han army is out of the fortress, in addition to grain and grass supplies and military expenditures, the largest expenditure comes from war horses.

Every time you go out of the fortress, you will lose a lot of war horses!

And the current servant Gongsun Jingsheng is useless except for making money.

The Han family has long been in chaos.

If a large number of horseshoes can be equipped, the loss of horses will be greatly reduced.

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As soon as Li Guangli left, the next day, the Shaofu Examination Office sent an official to Xinfeng to discuss with Zhang Yue about opening a new workshop in Xinfeng - now, the whole Guanzhong already knows that Zhang Yue mortgaged Xinfeng Gongtian to the big businessman Jia Yuan Guangguo and got a huge sum of 30 million yuan, and sold a bunch of bonds to Yuan Guangguo and other big guys, raising 80 million!

Now, how can Shaofu still sit still?

Immediately, like a goshawk that smelled blood, it flew over.

The huge investment of 120 million is enough to open a large workshop of 1,000 people in Xinfeng!

There is simply no bureaucracy in this world that thinks that it has too many affairs, too many officials, and too many staff.

For bureaucrats, the more things they have, the more authority they have, and the more they have, the more benefits they have.

As a result, the rank of the official sent to Xinfeng to contact is also very high.

It is one of the six members of the examination order, and the examination worker Cheng Chengyuan, who is responsible for managing the affairs of the workshop.

For the arrival of Chengyuan, Zhang Yue was naturally very happy.

At that moment, he took Chengyuan around Xinfeng City and set the address of the new workshop.

For Zhang Yue's eager hope, Cheng Yuan was very happy.

At the moment, he patted his chest and promised that the deployment and formalities of the craftsmen would be completed as soon as possible, and he promised that the best craftsmen in the laboratory would be sent to support the 'eldest grandson to build Xinfeng'.

After these things were done, Zhang Yue invited Chengyuan to the Xinfeng official office and set up a banquet to entertain the other party.

As a former civil servant, Zhang Yue naturally mastered the culture of the wine table and the politics of the wine table for a long time.

After a few glasses of wine, he had nothing to say to Chengyuan, and he almost cut off the head of the chicken to worship his brothers.

"Brother Cheng......" Zhang Yue lightly filled it with a bottle, and then said with a smile: "Yesterday, Haixi waited for me to come to Xinfeng, and when the younger brother said goodbye, I saw Haixi Hou's mount, nailed with the so-called 'palm hoof'......"

"Hmm!" Cheng Yuan, who was already half-drunk, loosened his shirt and said with a smile: "What does Zhang Shizhong want to ask?" ”

"Dare to ask my brother, how much does the palm of the Shaofu cost?" Zhang Yue smiled and asked, "What is the importance of the iron used in the palm of the hoof?" ”

"The waiter is asking the right person!" Cheng Yuan blushed, took a bite of beef, and said with a smile: "Xia Guan happened to be in charge of supervising the affairs of the hoof......

"This palm hoof is Juyan veterinarian Zhang Wannian and others, when they were treating sick horses, they came up with an idea on a whim, and later discussed with Juyan's iron official, and began to trial produce a few sets, which were used on war horses, and it really worked wonders!"

"Later, the matter was reported to Ting Weiqing, and Ting Weiqing ordered the officials and the master of the East Garden to order Guo Ke to supervise the matter......"

"It took three years to finally produce a palm hoof that can be used for a long time by a war horse......"

"It's just that the price is a little expensive......"

"Because the iron used in this hoof must be fine! Ordinary rough iron and evil iron are not used at all! ”

"Therefore, the palm hooves used by a horse cost more than 1,000 ......"

"Shaofu doesn't have so much money, let alone so much fine iron...... Therefore, this palm hoof can only be equipped with ...... for the captains and above the generals or pioneer officers."

"Just like Mackay......"

Zhang Yue listened, his eyes burned, and he also had an idea in his heart.

Quietly filled a cup for Cheng Yuan, Zhang Yue raised his glass and said: "The little brother and the elder brother hit it off at first sight, respect the elder brother!" ”

Cheng Yuan was flattered, and hurriedly raised his glass and got up: "How dare you, how dare you ......"

It's beautiful and comfortable.

After all, this brother is the only lieutenant of the Han Dynasty, and he is the legendary 'Zhang Chiyou'.

The big man destined for the future!

Being able to climb such a big shot, Cheng Yuan feels that he is really lucky!

Stimulated by alcohol, Cheng Yuan immediately patted his chest and let out a bold statement: "The servant calls the subordinate official a brother, and the subordinate official has nothing to repay, if the servant has a place to get the subordinate in the future, just give the order!" ”

Zhang Yue is waiting for this sentence!

As a former civil servant, Zhang Yue is well aware that in fact, the ability of middle and high-level officials like Cheng Yuan, who are directly in charge of an important resource department, is even greater than their superiors!

Hades is good, but the little ghost is difficult, and that's what he said!

At that moment, Zhang Yue took Cheng Yuan's hand and said with a smile: "Brother, the younger brother has something to do now, I hope my brother can help......

"Serve the commands!" Cheng Yuan, who was almost drunk, shook his head and said.

"Brother, can you try to transfer those craftsmen who have made palm hooves when dispatching craftsmen this time......," Zhang Yue said with a smile: "In addition, I hope that my brother will send a few more carpenters to Xinfeng ......"

When Cheng Yuan heard this, this matter was simple, and immediately agreed: "This matter is not difficult, after the official returns, he will select the best craftsmen in each workshop and send Xinfeng!" ”

"In addition......" He quietly lowered his voice and said to Zhang Yue: "There is a batch of 'scrapped' iron in the examination room, the quantity is not much, only tens of thousands of catties, and when I turn around, I will let someone send Xinfeng ......."

Zhang Yue listened quietly and poured another glass of wine for him.

That's the power of petty officials!

What the people above dare to do, they can do, and what the people above dare not do, they dare to do.