"Old man, I have something to say." Gu Bei hurriedly shouted loudly.

"Speak."

"Since there is a polo match in three days, then I will be responsible for the layout of the hitting court, can I?"

Guo Gao didn't have any opinion on this, Gu Bei thought about it for a while and nodded in agreement. The matter is settled, and everything will be clarified in three days.

When the old man was about to return home, Gu Bei hurriedly trotted after him, and Bai Batian turned his head in confusion: "Gu boy, do you have anything else?" ”

Gu Bei rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Grandpa, this batting man ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Bai Batian rejected him: "Gu boy, hitting the ball in three days is a matter between you and Guo Gao, and it is inconvenient for the old man to lend you the batsman in the general." ”

As soon as Gu Bei grinded a little, he understood what the old man meant, as the supreme commander of the Five Military Mansions, he naturally had to be impartial. Although Gu Bei is now his grandson-in-law, he can't be partial.

If a batsman is lent, it shows his bias and is likely to cause dissatisfaction among his generals.

After sending off his husband, Gu Bei began to think about where he was going to find the batsman. Those guards in Luobeigang have been training for so long that they can be useful, but where will they play polo?

The Fuzhong family is skilled in all bows and horses, but they have never been seen to hit the polo, and the hitting is not as good as fighting.

When he was distressed, Chang Xiaolai gathered around, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother Gu, are you worrying about the batsman!" Do you want my brother to solve the manpower for you? ”

Chang Xiaolai's words made Gu Bei suddenly feel a little sour on the tip of his nose, and then he wondered, where did Chang Xiaolai find the manpower?

"Brother Gu, don't worry, the batsman you are looking for is a good player, plus so-and-so, I guarantee that Brother Gu will win this game." As if seeing his doubts, Chang Xiaolai assured with confidence.

Listening to his words, it seemed that he was going to play in person, how could he be moved by Gu Bei, and he couldn't avoid it, he actually wanted to go down in person, and set up a manpower for him, this love must be recorded.

Gu Bei nodded gratefully at Chang Xiaolai: "Brother Chang, thank you!" ”

Xiao Ran interjected on the side: "Uncle, if you want to hit polo, count it as a certain one." ”

Gu Beida smiled and patted his sturdy shoulder, and said, "Naturally, without Lao Xiao, how can it be done." ”

Chang Xiaolai smiled: "Brother Gu still can't hit the ball, right?" Let's go, my brother will take you to practice. ”

As he spoke, he was about to instruct the unobtrusive entourage behind him to call the batsman over, but Gu Bei hurriedly stopped them: "Brother Chang, slow down, don't be in a hurry about hitting the ball, the top priority now is to get the horseshoe." ”

"Huh? What is a horseshoe? ”

Gu Bei also just remembered that the horses of the Xia Dynasty did not have horseshoes, but fortunately, when the carriage and horse store was established, it had already been built.

Hearing this, he explained: "The horseshoe is a tool to reduce the loss of horses' hooves, which is equivalent to putting shoes on horses. ”

"If there really is such a thing. Horse shoes, which will not wear out the hooves, would be great. Chang Xiaolai said happily, "It's just how to make these horse shoes?" ”

Gu Bei smiled mysteriously: "Hehe, keep it secret for the time being, you come with me." ”

Gu Bei took Chang Xiaolai and ran outside the barracks, and after a while, he came to Luobei Carriage and Horse Shop.

Entering the carriage and horse shop, Gu Cheng learned that his cousin was coming, and hurriedly greeted him.

"Brother Bei, but you brought a friend to rent a four-wheeled carriage?"

When Gu Cheng saw a son following his cousin, he thought he had come to rent a carriage.

Gu Bei shook his head and walked straight towards the backyard of the courtyard, holding a few steaming horseshoes in his hands.

Chang Xiaolai snatched the horseshoe and looked up and down for a long time, but he didn't figure out what this thing was for.

"Brother Gu, this is the horse shoes you are talking about? But it's not like that! ”

Gu Bei didn't answer, and led people straight out of the door.

Cheng Wudi's mansion was not far from Qinhuai Street, and after getting into the carriage, he ran towards Cheng's mansion.

"Boy, when you came to Cheng Mansion, you didn't want to ask for silver! You dare to ask for money, and you don't go out to inquire. As soon as he entered Cheng's mansion, Cheng Wushu wore sunglasses and shook a folding fan and walked over.

Faced with this old goods, Gu Bei was very helpless: "Uncle Cheng, the little nephew has something to do when he comes to your house, please call the groom from your house." ”

Cheng Wudi heard that something was wrong with him, so he took them to the stable first.

When he arrived at the stable, Gu Bei asked the groom to prepare the wooden frame used to sharpen the horse's hooves on weekdays, and took out a horse from the stable and tied it to the horse frame, so as not to hurt the horse's hooves when nailing the horse's shoes for a while.

Ask the groom to clean the horse's hooves and use a knife to cut off the unevenness on the horse's hooves.

When the preparations were complete, he took out the horseshoe he had taken from the carriage and horse dealership, and asked the groom to nail the horseshoe to the horse's hooves.

Nail this patch to the horse's hooves with an iron nail? Regarding Gu Bei's instructions, the groom was stunned for a while, not knowing whether he should follow it.

On the contrary, Cheng Wudi's eyes lit up suddenly, and he had already grinded out the flavor of it.

"Straight lady thief, what are you doing in a daze? Why don't you hurry up and do what Gu Xiannan said? Seeing that the groom was stunned and didn't move, Cheng Wushu couldn't help but scold.

The groom woke up like a dream, quickly picked up the wooden hammer and nails, and nailed the horse's shoes according to Gu Bei's instructions.

Horseshoe is a cuticle that resembles a human fingernail and is painless.

Under the gaze of everyone, the horse's four hooves were nailed to the horse's paws, and Gu Bei asked the groom to loosen the bound horses, ready to try the effect of the horseshoes nailed.

Gu Bei was about to pull away Chang Xiaolai, who was about to turn over and get on the horse, and jumped directly on the horse.

Cheng's mansion occupies a considerable area, and there is even a horse racing and martial arts training ground in the mansion. As soon as Cheng Wushu pulled the reins, he drove the horse with the horse's shoe nailed to the martial arts field.

Gu Bei and Chang Xiaolai smiled bitterly, and they could only trot away and chase after the horse's buttocks.

The horseshoe nailed with metal horseshoe made an unprecedented crisp percussion sound on the bluestone slabs in the house, and the tapping and tapping were very good.

Cheng Wushu listened to this voice in his ears, and became more and more excited, and when he arrived at the martial arts training ground, he began to control the horses and ran happily.

The old thing ran happily, dragged the spear on the weapon rack next to the martial arts field, and began to practice.

Gu Bei and the others shrank in a corner of the martial arts field in fear, watching the old goods go wild, but they were helpless.

Even several times, this old man deliberately rode his horse and soaked in front of them, and the bright blade slashed in front of the two of them like this, so frightened that Gu Bei quickly shrank his body behind Chang Xiaolai.

"Brother Chang, I will wronged you first." Gu Bei patted Chang Xiaolai on the shoulder and said sympathetically.

Chang Xiaolai also wanted to dodge, but there was nowhere to hide, and his body trembled for a while.

Finally, when Cheng Lao was satisfied, he rode his horse to the two of them and turned over and dismounted, and personally checked the horse's hooves before he raised his head and laughed.

"Gu boy, there is such a good thing, why didn't you take it out earlier? Did you know that you almost made a mistake? If I had already had this horseshoe in my Great Xia army, how many more horses would I have every year? ”

Definitely, I took out the horseshoe myself, but I was beaten down by this old guy.

Gu Bei didn't bother to argue, and bowed his head very obediently...... didn't look at his face, which made Cheng Wushu let him go.

"This horseshoe is really useful, why didn't the old man think that nailing a piece of iron to the horse's hooves can prevent the horse's hooves from wearing? Even if the horseshoe is worn, just replace it with a new one, well, really good! No, the old man is going to take it to the old man now, and dedicate it to His Majesty as soon as possible, this matter cannot be delayed!"

Gu Bei hurriedly grabbed Cheng Wuving: "Uncle Cheng, slow down, you go to the old man now, the old man called the soldiers and said, isn't that everyone knows?" Hehe, the little nephew will wait for three days to play with the new countryman. ”

Cheng Wudi glared at him, and just wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he laughed again: "Wow, you kid is right, then I'll talk about it in three days." But your horseshoe also needs to be kept secret, don't let others know the key, where is your horseshoe made? ”

"My family ......" Gu Bei nodded again and again, thinking that he would keep it secret! The horses of the chariots and horses have long been nailed to their iron hooves.

Cheng Wushu nodded: "Come on, send someone to take care of ...... What where? Your family, why didn't the stinky boy say it earlier. ”

Gu Bei couldn't help but sweat from the waterfall, and said in his heart Didn't you say it just now, who is to blame behind your own ears.

Cheng Wudi turned his head and arranged: "Gu boy, Chang, Chang boy, you have moved to the barracks in the past few days, as for the blacksmith who makes the horseshoe at home, the old man will report it to the old man to know." You've been practicing in the barracks for the past few days. ”

Nani? What the hell is this old guy going to do? Even they have to live in the barracks? Gu Bei was confused

opened his mouth and wanted to object, but Cheng Wushu didn't give him a chance to speak at all, and waved his hand to send them to the barracks.

In this regard, Gu Bei wanted to cry without tears, what kind of sin did he create?

Chang Xiaolai was also confused by Cheng Wu's arrangement, so he could only ask his entourage to call the batsman, and by the way, he was left behind by General Cheng......

Gu Bei and Chang Xiaolai, together with the generals of the Bai Mansion, were stuffed into the barracks of the Chinese army by Cheng Wuving.

Then Cheng Wudi sent someone to Baifu again and told the old man.

Chang Xiaolai admired Gu Bei to the extreme because of the horseshoe.

After a short time, after the batsman who came to Chang Xiaolai arrived, he was ready to go to the polo field of the Chinese military camp to practice.

Gu Bei doesn't know polo now, and he will play in three days, so Chang Xiaolai is ready to practice him.

If you don't really learn to play polo, you must at least learn to protect yourself so that you don't fall off the horse.

Gu Bei suddenly remembered the matter of arranging the venue, which was the key to showing the effect of the horseshoe, and whether he could win the ball game with Guo Gao also depended on this layout.

He hurriedly grabbed Cheng Wushu and revealed his thoughts and thoughts.

After hearing this, Cheng Wudi, the old thing, couldn't help but slap Gu Bei on the shoulder, which shocked Gu Bei's body numb.