After receiving the holiday, Luo Tong trained the soldiers wholeheartedly.

Although Yao Chi, Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Chuliang, Li Yesi, and Almaty of the Mo Dao Army are all his henchmen, and nothing unpredictable will happen, but as the leader of the Mo Dao Army, Luo Tong cannot be completely a hands-off shopkeeper. A general who does not have long contact with his soldiers cannot maintain his prestige forever.

Luo Tong will delegate power to his subordinates to exercise their abilities, but he will not hand over everything to his subordinates, so as not to affect his position as a commander-in-chief. Therefore, he must understand the movements of the Mo Dao Army, and he must solve some daily affairs in every detail.

But with the addition of Wang Xuance, Luo Tong has become more relaxed, and his control of the Modao Army has become clearer and clearer. It turned out that Luo Tong's control of the Modao Army was in the military, and Yaochi, Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Chuliang, Li Yesi, and Almaty were all his cronies, and they controlled the soldiers and horses of the Modao Army. But he can only control some trivial matters in government affairs. Because there is a lack of people to manage this aspect of things, all the officials who are used are Zuo Wuwei, and Luo Tong lacks a direct understanding of them, so he is not his confidant. Now it is different, and Wang Xuance's existence makes up for this shortcoming.

At this time, Wang Xuance emphasized literary affairs and ignored military strategy, and after taking over Xiaowei's palm, he relied on his capable ability, seeing more, talking less and doing more, and in a short period of time, he comprehended the literature of the Modao Army thoroughly, so that all the civil officials of the Xiaowei battalion were impressed, and they were all jealous. knows that he is Luo Tong's person, and he doesn't dare to make small moves in literary affairs.

In this way, Luo Tong became idle, and it was enough for the army to arrest Yaochi, Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Chuliang, Li Yesi, and Almaty, and for government affairs to arrest Wang Xuance.

Originally, he felt sorry for his daughter-in-law, so he asked Yaochi to retire and obediently accompany his mother at home, but this girl was dead or alive, Luo Tong had no choice but to strengthen her force, and let her learn the Mowu Heart Sutra together, which is an internal kung fu, Yaochi's master is Zheng Mo's senior sister, and she is also a descendant of the Mo family, Zheng Mo does not object.

On this day, when Luo Tong was sweating and training the army, he saw Wang Xuance running over anxiously, so he handed over the training to Qin Huaiyu and rushed towards Wang Xuance.

Everyone's way of dealing with it is different, even if some people hand over the burden of the world to him, he can handle it with ease, and some people even give him a small thing, he will be in a hurry and have no clue.

Luo Tong is the former, and his strength lies in employing people.

Take the 10,000-strong Modao Army as an example, the military is complicated, and there are countless trivial matters, but Luo Tong did it easily. He doesn't need every soldier, every soldier's management, as long as he catches Yaochi, Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Chuliang, Li Yesi, Almaty, and Wang Xuance.

Wang Xuance has handled government affairs in an orderly manner these days, Luo Tong simply handled all the government affairs of the Modao Army in the name of military records, and never interfered in small matters, Wang Xuance realized Luo Tong's intentions, and never looked for him in general affairs, Luo Tong, and now Wang Xuance has a bitter gourd face, obviously encountering a major event that requires Luo Tong to come forward.

"But what happened?" Luo Tong greeted Wang Xuance and asked.

Wang Xuance said with a bitter face: "My little ancestor, you have practiced riding too well in the past few days, and the hooves of more than 400 war horses have been damaged. As he spoke, he patted the military horse next to him and let it lie quietly on the ground, and then showed Luo Tong the hind hooves of the military horse next to him.

It turned out that because the horse's hooves were in contact with the ground, the layer of living keratin on the outside of the horse's hooves fell off due to the friction of the ground.

Luo Tong was suddenly shocked and shouted: "Horseshoe, horseshoe...... How is there no horseshoe? ”

"What is a horseshoe?" Wang Xuance, who was very confused, had never heard of this name at all.

Luo Tong suddenly realized that the problem was that in the Tang Dynasty, where culture was at its peak, there was no horseshoe.

With his mind racing, Luo Tong's face became serious!

I carefully inspected the military horse and found that in addition to the horseshoe, the military horse did not even have a Takahashi saddle, and the horse pedal was also a unilateral horse pedal!

His riding skills are amazing, and he is the king of horses, and he cooperates tacitly, it doesn't matter to him whether he has a saddle or a horsetail, but if there is no horseshoe, sooner or later he will be scrapped.

Before, when he was training, he had been training battle formations, and when he was crisscrossing the grassland, because the captured horses were too abundant, as long as one was broken, the soldiers picked a good horse for their own transportation, and because of this, he never realized that the war horses of the Tang Dynasty were not yet equipped with horseshoes, high-bridge saddles, and bilateral horseshoe!

In recent days, the Mo Dao Army's Mo Dao Combat Techniques have been proficient, and he has trained the Mo Dao Army's riding skills day and night, which has caused damage to the horses, but because he has Li Shimin's special order, he will receive one from Qin Qiong if it is broken, so he still does not notice this problem. But Wang Xuance, who was in charge of logistics, made a little count and immediately came up with an astonishing number, and reported the situation to Luo Tong in shock, and Luo Tong realized the seriousness of the problem.

"It's dangerous!" Luo Tong secretly pinched a cold sweat and shouted, "Thank you, Xuan Ce!" Your merits are immeasurable, and you ordered my Datang cavalry. ”

Luo Tong was rejoicing, and he was very excited, the army he took over was one in a thousand of the sixteen guards, these people's riding skills, combat power needless to say, but it is precisely because of this that Luo Tong, who has not been in contact with the recruits, ignored the problem of horseshoes, Takahashi saddles, and bilateral horseshoes.

He ran back to the training ground, asked Qin Huaiyu to replace the riding training with battle formation training, and issued a strict order not to train riding skills in the next few days, and then found a blank piece of paper, printed a horseshoe print with ink, and then hurried to the Manna Palace.

He was carrying the high-level token given by Li Shimin, and he could be unimpeded in the palace, and he found Li Shimin in the Ganlu Hall in a moment.

Li Shimin was reviewing the recital on the desk, with a satisfied face and a little tired.

Before Luo Tong stepped forward to say hello, Li Shimin burst into a burst of laughter: "Thanks to the proposal of the virtuous son-in-law, you see that I am almost too busy now." For the title of the best minister, each minister has worked hard to make suggestions for my Datang. In just half a month, I ordered three revisions to the insufficient Tang laws, so that my Tang laws and national policies were more perfect. ”

After the mid-year festival holiday, Li Shimin promulgated the orders for layoffs, anti-corruption, and the best of the year!

The various awards of the year made the eyes of all the civil and military ministers red, from the prime minister to the officials, and their eyes were filled with cold light.

No desire, no desire, that's.

When you enter the court as an official, all you want is to serve the country and make a name for yourself, and you have great power in your hands.

If Li Shimin is named the best minister of the year, the best general of the year, the best counselor of the year, etc., this is undoubtedly an affirmation of their efforts this year, and fame and power will naturally follow.

At present, the civil and military ministers and local officials of the Manchu Dynasty are all energetic and provocative, and everyone praises Li Shimin's wisdom and praises him as the holy lord of the Ming Dynasty.

The officials were energetic, and Li Shimin was also busy day and night.

But although Li Shimin was tired, his smile was unusually full. For him, there is nothing more happy than being able to make Datang rich and strong!

For Luo Tong, who is full of ideas, Li Shimin can't hide his excitement and appreciation.

"Combining work and rest, my father-in-law also hopes to pay more attention to his body. You are the Optimus Jade Pillar of my Tang Dynasty, you can't fall! Luo Tong said jokingly.

Li Shimin laughed and said, "It's okay, I'm young and strong!" After learning your Tai Chi from Chang Le, not only your facial features and intuition are more sensitive, but also your martial arts have grown a lot, hehe, Chang Le said that your Tai Chi source has the effect of changing the human body, and what he said is true! I had a fight with Jingde a few days ago, and I had more than 100 moves than at the beginning! ”

Li Shimin is a charging master, the kind of person who takes the lead and dares to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to charge an army of 100,000, and he is also the top general of the Tang Dynasty in terms of martial arts. After he became the emperor, he did not give up martial arts, and he still practiced diligently every day!

After being proud for a while, Li Shimin said again: "By the way, if you kid doesn't have something, you will never be kind enough to chat with me, come on, I'm busy!" I don't have time to go around the bend with you. ”

Luo Tong smiled wryly and reflected the problem of the horse to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin's face also became serious, he was the best at riding, and he was once a fierce general who charged into battle, so he was no stranger to this matter.

"You are training with all your might, I am too late to be happy, how can I bear to blame you? It's all about how to fix it! Li Shimin is quite sensible and does not add to the crime.

"In response to this matter, the son-in-law has an idea!" Luo Tong handed over the horseshoe print. And said the idea of the horseshoe.

Li Shimin stood up movingly, pulled Luo Tong and rushed to Shaofu.

The Shaofu Supervisor was in charge of all the skills of the hundred crafts, including the art of smelting and forging, and there were the best craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty.

According to the horseshoe prints given by Luo Tong, the craftsman created a horseshoe in a very short time!

Luo Tong asked the palace guard to bring a war horse, and after putting it down, Luo Tong asked the craftsman to nail a horseshoe to the horse's shoe. And explained to Li Shimin: "Horses are like people, if they have a pair of suitable shoes, they will definitely be able to run faster. ”

Shoe horses? This idea is inevitably too whimsical, and he didn't believe it in his heart, but Li Shimin didn't say it, just quietly watched the craftsman's movements.

"When the horse's hooves come into contact with the ground, they will fall off quickly due to the friction of the ground and the corrosion of the water, and it will not be easy to continue the horse's running at that time. The horseshoe is inconspicuous, but it can protect the horse's hooves well, so that the war horse can gallop freely in the sharp rocks, sand, swords, mountains and fires. Luo Tong held a horseshoe and explained to Li Shimin: "The lines and scratches on it can make the horse's hooves grasp the ground more firmly, and since it can come and go freely on smooth ice, it is very beneficial for riding and driving."

It seems that ordinary things actually have such a powerful effect, after listening to Luo Tong's explanation, Li Shimin couldn't help but be a little stunned, the horse's paw of the war horse is more likely to wear out, but after living in the military camp for so many years, he never thought about changing this problem, and Luo Tong had already thought so much when he saw that the horse's hooves were damaged. This guy is really a magical genius.

Since the cuticle of a horse is like a human fingernail, even if the horseshoe is nailed, it will not feel half a minute of pain, so it did not take long for the craftsman to successfully nail all four horseshoes to the horse's shoe.

Li Shimin, who couldn't wait to try the effect of the horseshoe, turned over and got on the back of the war horse and galloped away!