Chapter 31: The Horseshoe

It is said that most of Xu Qing's soldiers were killed and wounded, and there was no grain and grass to be transported, so Li You and Xu Qing took the grain and grass to the Anyang camp together, but the grain truck went slowly, and it would take a while to cross the Yellow River. And since the commander of the rear is here, the leader of the natural grain team will be Li Yuanji, but Xu Qing is idle.

In fact, this leisure is to be discounted, because Li Yuanji has to ride a horse with Xu Qing every day and chat with Xu Qing, Xu Qing can only flatter, occasionally throwing out a phenomenon found in his early years of wandering, such as who fell to the ground first of the two stones, Li Yuanji is also very interested in exploring the experiment.

Later, Li Yuanji saw that Xu Qing's horse was old and wanted to change it for Xu Qing, but Xu Qing was unwilling. Why don't you want to, the latest wear-resistant tires are on the old horseshoe...... But Li Yuanji didn't think so, he thought that Xu Qing was biased towards Li Shimin, and he was a little apprehensive. However, when Xu Qing came to accompany him this time, he discovered the mystery.

"Da Da Da Da..." Xu Qing rode over on an old horse. King Qi..."

"Huh?" Li Yuanji didn't look at Xu Qing, looked at Xu Qing's horse. Xu Qing was so happy in his heart that he was finally going to find out? Hehe, another hundred acres, no, two hundred, or no, three hundred acres of fertile land, ten concubines will tell you the secret.

"King Qi?"

"Xu Qing, your horse is a little strange......" Qi Wang said.

"What? It's not strange, it's just that I'm getting older......" Xu Qing pretended to be stupid.

"What's on your horse's hooves?" Li Yuanji finally found the crux of the problem.

"Oh, aren't those shoes for horses, don't you know?" Xu Qing continued to pretend to be stupid.

"Shoes, how to wear them, why do horses wear shoes?"

"Walking barefoot wears out the skin of a man's foot, and so does a horse, so I made it an iron hoof so that it could walk more."

"Hey, yes, do you know what that means?" Li Yuanji jumped down from his horse, grabbed Xu Qing's horse and said, "You come down, let me see this horse's hooves." Then he dragged Xu Qing off the horse, regardless of Xu Qing's resentment, he picked up a horse's foot and looked at it carefully for a long time, his eyes opened wider and wider, and there was more and more brilliance inside, just like a hungry wolf seeing a beautiful girl who had washed white.

The old horse was finally impatient, staring at other people's shoes to see what he was doing, he hated it, and he put the horse's hooves down in a daze, otherwise Li You saw it. Li You stood up, grabbed Xu Qing's shoulder with excitement, looked at Xu Qing and said, "Why, why, why do you know this?" ”

"King Qi, it hurts......" Li Yuanji is a tiger general, and he has a lot of strength, so excited to grab, Xu Qing couldn't help but feel a huge pain in his shoulders.

"Okay, okay, I'm excited, how did you tell me that you came up with this?" Li Yuanji put down his hand and said.

"Didn't I say it, it's like a person wearing shoes......" Xu said as he rubbed his shoulders.

"Yes, yes, it's like people wearing shoes, but why is it that only you think of nailing an iron palm to a horse for thousands of years?" Li Yuanji became excited as he spoke, turned around, and laughed at the mountains, as if he had forgotten the identity of the prince: "Hahahahahaha...... My big * team no longer has to worry about the lack of war horses, and my Datang no longer has to make peace with the Turks! ”

Xu Qingxin said, although this Li Yuanji stood in the wrong position when he was fighting for the throne, there was no lack of patriotism.

In the account of Li Shimin in Anyang Daying:

"King Qin, according to the spies. Before the reinforcements of the King of Qi arrived, the grain team itself defeated the thieves......"

"Oh? This is beyond my expectations...... Li Shimin never expected that a sixteen-year-old boy could lead troops to defeat the team of grain robbery: "You said that the person who led the troops was just a middle-aged man?" Yes, yes, but I have some skills......"

"Report! His Royal Highness the King of Qin, the King of Qi is here......"

"Where? He's coming to invite merit......" King Qin said with a frown.

"To... Arrived in the barracks...... After the king of Qi arrived, he went directly to the blacksmith and brought a young general. It turned out that after Li You wanted to understand the function of the horseshoe, he immediately handed over the grain team to his subordinates, and rushed to Anyang with Xu Qing in tow.

"Blacksmith? Teenager? King Qin thought about it: "Auxiliary, come with me to greet the third brother, and that young general Xu Qing, right?" ”

Anyang Daying blacksmith there:

Xu Qing was coerced, and after taking time to stop vomiting, Li Yuanji, who was forced to wait, pushed to tell the blacksmith to make a horseshoe. Xu Qing drew a simple picture, and the blacksmith was also a smart man, and when he saw it, he organized people to beat it with their hands.

"Third brother, third brother, is the grain and grass okay?" Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji walked to the blacksmith camp and asked, but they pretended not to know anything.

"The last general will participate in His Royal Highness King Qin!" Xu Qing saluted.

"Second brother? Hehe, don't talk about the grain and grass in advance, I'll show you something first. Li Yuanji said with a smile.

"Oh? What is more important than the matter of grain and grass......" Li Shimin wondered, and turned to look at Xu Qing again: "This is the little general Xu Qing, right?" You're a great way to make saltpeter ice. ”

"The last general will not dare to ......"

"Second brother, how can the saltpeter ice making method also be more fun, this Xu Qing has created another thing, this is a good thing that has made a thousand years of merit, and it has greatly improved the combat power of my Datang troops."

"Well......" Li Shimin began to look forward to improving the combat effectiveness of the army, which is what all those who command the army want to see the most: "Then I have to take a good look." "After all, between the two brothers, and in the army, there is no need to be called lonely, even Xu Qing has also suffered face, and the two princes are commensurate with you and me, and go straight.

The blacksmith was quick and had a good comprehension, and in a short time the first horseshoe was made. Cooling down a little, he held it in front of Xu Qing with an excited face, obviously he also knew the role of this thing. Xu Qing nodded and said yes, and the blacksmith gave the horseshoe to Li Shimin again.

Li Shimin looked at it with a puzzled face, but the eldest grandson Wuji was surprised: "This... It's... Call... The cavalry of the Tang Dynasty is about to rise! The eldest grandson Wuji did not find a suitable adjective, and replaced the exclamation with a prophecy.

Li Shimin took a step slowly, and also understood the importance of the thing in his hand, and asked excitedly:

"Xu Qing, what a wise general!"

"The last general doesn't dare, it's also because of his early experience, he didn't have shoes to wear when he was wandering, so he felt ......" Xu Qing lied, originally wanted to say something about the old Taoist, the old monk taught, but when I thought about it, I still don't want to be so unhappy in front of these spirits, according to Xu Chuliu's shadow lying, besides him, who else can see through it?

"That's the so-called great ingenuity, that's it......" Eldest Sun Wuji sighed.

Everyone nodded, and the last four horseshoes were laid, and a warm horse was pulled and nailed. The horse nailed its palms for the first time, and "clicked" with broken steps, as if curious about the "shoes" on its feet, and ran a few steps happily. Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief, and the last of their worries disappeared, and the nails did no harm to the horse. Datang's war horses can finally greatly reduce losses!

"Xu Qing listens to the order! You offer a horseshoe, for the army, I should take credit to my father, now you are the tooth keeper, the secret method of this thing can no longer be passed on to others, strictly keep secrets, there must be no mistakes! ”