In addition to the competition of people and technology, war is also a competition of livestock. The Qin army copied the saddle and the stirrup, but not the horseshoe. There are two reasons for not plagiarizing, one is that it is not important, and the horse's hooves can trample on people without nailing the horseshoe, and the other is that the horseshoes are not only necessary to pass the hooves and iron nails (which requires a hundred steels), but also a technical job.

Before nailing the horseshoe, because the horsefoot is not flat and damaged, it must be flattened first. It can't be cut too thin, too thin and the nail will be driven into the flesh; It should not be too thick, too thick and the outer layer has many dead hooves, and the nails are not easy to nail. The length of the iron nail should also be appropriate, which can be nailed firmly, but not so that it will not penetrate the palm meat, and the proportion must be just right. This is the same as the sister-in-law Liang's nail art who loved beauty in later generations, the nail technician not only has to embroider and smear on the nails, but also cannot hurt the fine flesh under the nails, which is completely technical work.

According to unreliable 'rumors', in ancient times, I never learned to nail horseshoes, and it was in modern times that I really learned it. Although the horseshoe appeared before (mostly ethnic minorities), it disappeared again because of the war; Then it reappeared, and then it disappeared again.

Of course, many people will say that because it is not needed, there is none. In fact, chain mail also has such a statement, because it is not needed, so there is no, and then after the Ming Dynasty solved the technology of wire drawing, the chain mail of the Ming army was a water; Heavy artillery also said that because it was not needed, so there was no, and then after learning to cast Hongyi cannons, from the end of the Ming Dynasty to the early stage of the Opium War, there were few fortresses on the mainland, and there were many 5,000 catties and tens of thousands of catties of heavy artillery.

Qin Jun learned the saddle and stirrups, but he didn't know how to nail the horseshoe. The consequence of the absence of horseshoes is that the loss of horses has increased dramatically, after the start of the campaign to destroy Zhao, the loss of more than 200,000 military horses, the national governor's office plans to replenish at least 100,000 military horses this year and next year, and at the same time to replenish 150,000 cattle for transportation - more than 20 years later, in the early Han Dynasty, the Son of Heaven could not have his junxi, and he would take the phase or take the ox cart, a big reason for this.

Such a huge number of cattle and horses can not be replenished by Qin itself, cattle and horses need a cycle of fertility, previously relied on the purchase of Wu Shi Lu than the feudal monarch, and now people don't want silk, they can only buy with gold and silver. The Hu people in the north had been trading with Zhao and Chu before, and the price of horses was not easy to fool, and now each horse had risen to a minimum of one gold; The Rong people in the West have been buying and selling with the Qin State, and the price can be kept down.

Zhang Cang's task is to raise 100,000 gold by next autumn to buy 70,000 military horses and 100,000 cattle, otherwise he will be dismissed from the government and never hired. 100,000 gold is an extremely staggering number, and the gold accumulated by Ouchi Shaonai for decades is only 200,000 gold.

Zhang Cang's heart is not very sure, whether he can continue to sell corn and cloth in exchange for gold and silver does not depend on the Qin State, but on the Chu State, once the Chu State discerns the situation and cuts off this trade, this road will be broken. What can really be expected is the country, the Qin army has attacked the six countries for decades, and will lead the soldiers to plunder a lot; Officials gave and accepted bribes, and it was impossible to use a dustpan to pack Qin and half taels, and to use gold and pearl jade. As long as they want to, it is easy to raise 100,000 gold. But do they want to?

The secret room where the right coupons were stored in the Zhisu Inner Officials' Mansion slowly lit a candle, and Zhang Cang fell into deep thought. At the same time, in the mansion of Li Si, the captain of Dongcheng, his son Li You was crying to him.

"The child originally thought, I thought that the Luoyang Order would be a sweet position, who wanted Luoyang to be close to the big river, the Qianshou in the city were greedy for the benefits of private salt and iron, and more of them traded with Jingren Zhouji, and even more Qianshou died in Chu Wei, and Ding Shao of Fu was also killed. This repeated prohibition continues, and the next month is about to be counted, if it is a palace, if it is a palace, if it is a palace......"

Li Si entered Qin (247 BC) in the year of Qin Zhuang Xiang Wang Xue and joined Lü Buwei. The son was born in Shangcai, he was already ten years old when he entered Qin, and he relied on Lu Buwei's relationship to enter the school, and at the age of sixteen, he was admitted to Shizi, and he started slowly from a small official, and finally became the county order.

Luoyang is Luoyang, the seat of Sanchuan County. This is a place where it is easy to make achievements, and you can be promoted to the county commander in three years, and the county can be appointed as the county keeper after a few years of training. Unexpectedly, smuggling was rampant at the beginning of his tenure, and last year the state of Chu counterattacked Jiuying, and the territory once became the logistics base of Li Xin's army. When the two factors are added together, the evaluation results are not good-looking.

Five years ago, four years ago, Li You was the 'most' twice, and the year before last, he thought he could be the 'most' again, but because of the rampant smuggling of salt and iron, he fell outside the top 100; last year it was even worse, the whole country was already ranked behind twenty or fifty, and although the county was not a temple, it was not far from the temple.

August was the last month, and Li You arrived in Xianyang early on the pretext of visiting his family. He couldn't think of a way to do the assessment for a long time, so he could only cry to Li Si. He cried and complained, Li Si was fine, closed his eyes and recuperated, but Li Si's wife was full of sorrow and worry, and before her son could finish speaking, she said: "How should this be?" If You'er is in the palace this time, you will be the captain of the court......"

If Tingwei's son is assessed at the bottom of the palace, it is really not good to spread it. His wife spoke, and Li Si opened his eyes and sighed, "What can I do?" Zicang wants to enter the eyes of the king with gold, and success or failure is here. ”

"Zicang wants to buy gold, so can he give him gold?" Women don't know about state affairs, and they don't know what the meaning of money is. Li Si wanted to explain, but he didn't have the patience. At this time, the housekeeper came in and said, "Your lord, Zhang Cang resigned on official business and did not want to go to the banquet." ”

"Don't want to go to the feast? He ......" Li Si smiled faintly, he guessed that Zhang Cang would not accept his bribe at this sensitive moment, but he didn't expect that he wouldn't even go to his own family banquet.

"The villain heard the words of the official, and he has stayed in the coupon room of the Zhisu Inner Official's Mansion." The housekeeper said again.

"He's, he's staying in the coupon room?!" Li Si jumped up from the mat. "And he was not afraid, and he was not afraid of ......"

The first month of August every year is the day when the government officials make a fortune. Not only did the county orders and county guards with grades close to those of the palace go to the mansion with money from the hundreds of gold, but the county magistrates and county guards with high grades also sent money to the mansion in a big way. Zhang Cang's stay in the coupon room is equivalent to blocking the way for officials of all sizes to make a fortune, and it also breaks the 'rules' of the government officials for a hundred years.

Many of the officials and engineers are from the Mo family, and Zhang Cang's sudden assumption of the position of Taicang Lingcheng has made them unhappy, and now they are stuck in everyone's way to make a fortune, and they have formed a grudge. Zhang Cang's death is Zhang Cang's own business, but his son is his own, thinking of this, Li Si stretched out his hand and said, "Prepare the carriage and horses quickly." ”

"Where's my father?" Li You wiped a handful of tears, "That cangshen closed and refused, but he scolded him when he said it." ”

The son said a lot of reasons, Li Si knew that the main reason for the evaluation of the queen was not smuggling and war, if so, why didn't more than a dozen counties along the river go to the palace? He pointed to his son's head and said, "What can I do!" Your father and I can only ask Mr. Yu, I hope that Zicang will listen to Mr. and help you once! ”