"Husband, I heard that the Zhen family is rich in beautiful women, oh-" Zhang Yanmei stared at Yan Zhanshu tightly, seductively. (Book = - house * 0 small -} say -+ net)

"Ahem, Yan'er, I didn't plan to go just now, so you don't have to worry!" Yan Zhanshu said with a smile: "What we have to do now is to make a sharp weapon, which is related to whether we can maintain fast mobility for a long time!" ”

"Husband, are you going to build a horseshoe in Yecheng?" Zhang Yan immediately remembered what Yan Zhanshu had said before, and said with some concern: "Built here, will it be leaked?" ”

"After the construction, just take it with your family, anyway, we don't have enough people to repair the ordnance! Besides, it is not only the horseshoe that needs to be built, but also the throwing gun and saber need to be remade, and the wooden shield also needs to be remade. Yan Zhanshu had already thought about it.

Well, the husband also needs to choose a long weapon that fits his hands, Zhang Yan immediately thought that Yan Zhanshu still hasn't had a hand-closed weapon, and she couldn't help but pay attention to it secretly.

A group of people with 500 guards towards the famous Zheng family blacksmith shop in Yecheng, along the way, Zhang Yan introduced: "This Zheng family blacksmith shop, secretly has a lot of dealings with my Zhang family, when my father was short of blades, he bought a large number of swords from him at a low price. ”

"In this way, they must be taken away, otherwise, if they are left, they will be arrested by the government sooner or later." Yan Zhanshu said with a smile.

"Right here!" Zhang Yan pointed to an alleyway. This alley is not wide, and there is only room for four people to enter and exit side by side, Yan Zhanshu frowned: "Guo Damu, you take fifty people to go in first and find the master who strikes iron." ”

"No!" Guo Damu is now the leader of Yan Zhanshu's pro-soldiers, there is no way, only he is the first old man to follow Yan Zhanshu, compared to others, Yan Zhanshu still trusts Guo Damu a little, not to mention, Guo Damu has good eyes and a careful heart, and he is indeed a good hand at being a personal guard.

Soon the blacksmith shop was cleared, and nearly ten blacksmiths, young and old, were arrested, standing on the edge of the iron felt, Yan Zhanshu looked over one by one, and asked coldly: "You are all blacksmiths of the Zheng family?" Are there any other surnames? I'm only looking for trouble with the surname Zheng! ”

"My surname is Zheng, I'm just an apprentice!" The two young men hurriedly confessed: "They are all surnamed Zheng, the oldest is Zheng Hun, the middle-aged two are his sons, and the younger ones are his three grandsons." ”

"Good! You two can go. Yan Zhanshu waved his hand, and the guards immediately let go and let the two out. The two young apprentices watched the bright sword leave their necks, and they couldn't help but feel that it was really the rest of their lives, and hurriedly arched their hands and scurried away.

"Master Zheng, you don't have to worry about safety." Zhang Yan walked out from behind Yan Zhanshu: "My handsome family came this time to repair swords and create some fine things, and I don't want to be known, so I cleaned up the venue." ”

"Is that you?" Zheng Hun had seen Zhang Yan in his early years, and after thinking about it carefully, he immediately recognized it, and he was relieved, "I scared the old man just now, I knew it was you, so I didn't have to worry so much." ”

Half an hour later, the light snow fluttered in Yecheng, the cold wind was cold, but the shop was a heat wave, the furnace was burning, the six blacksmiths were bare-chested, sweating profusely, there were bellows, some forging, and some added fire, one by one was busy and not happy, and the sound of clanging resounded in the sky.

Yan Zhanshu's expression was frosty, and he stood coldly in front of the blacksmith shop.

"W-"

A blacksmith dipped a U-shaped piece of iron into the water with tongs, and only to hear a rattle that caused a hot steam to rise in the water, and then blisters on the calm water.

Behind Yan Zhanshu, Guo Damu scratched his head with a puzzled face, and asked, "Dashuai, you mobilized the people to this blacksmith shop just to drum up this iron lump?" This thing can't be used as a secret weapon, and it can't be used as a weapon, so what's the use of it? ”

Yan Zhanshu frowned, and said coldly: "You know a fart!" ”

It's no wonder that Guo Damu doesn't understand, even if the most learned and knowledgeable people of this era come, I'm afraid they don't understand the wonderful use of this iron pimple, which seems to be inconspicuous, but it can greatly improve the durability and load-bearing capacity of the war horse, because it is the horseshoe! Like Yan Zhanshu, it is also a weapon that transcends time and space.

It is precisely because of the appearance of horseshoes and horseshoes that ordinary war horses can bear weight without cracking the hooves and losing the ability to fight continuously. Since then, the combat effectiveness of cavalry has made a qualitative leap, and it has gradually evolved from an auxiliary branch on the battlefield to a main branch. The appearance of horseshoes and horseshoes not only contributed to the emergence of heavy cavalry, but also made it possible for cavalry to run continuously over long distances.

Although the Western Liang cavalry during the Three Kingdoms period was powerful, it could only exert its power on local battlefields, and it lacked the ability to continuously stab, which was far from being comparable to the Mongolian iron cavalry that dominated the world in later generations!

Zheng Hun presented the cooled four U-shaped iron bumps to Yan Zhanshu, and said respectfully: "Dashuai, the horseshoe you want is ready." ”

Yan Zhanshu waved his hand and said coldly: "Okay, nail the horseshoe!" ”

Four pillars have already been erected outside the blacksmith shop, a guard brought a war horse, four guards have already stepped forward to tie the limbs of the war horse firmly to the pillar, a strong man under Yu Digen rushed forward, spit into his hand, bent one of the forepaws of the war horse, and the sharp dagger in his hand was used like flying, and the skin of the sole of the horse's feet was cut flat and smooth in an instant.

The blacksmith handed over the horseshoe and the made nails, and the strong man put the horseshoe under the horse's hooves and drove the nails one by one. Then let go of the limbs of the war horse, a personal guard turned over on the horse, galloped back and forth a few times, the farrier made a sonorous sound when it touched the bluestone ground, but there was no discomfort, "Dashuai, no problem!" The guard who jumped off the horse replied.

"Okay, go all out to build this farrier and nails, my guards cooperate with your bellows and add fire, and you blacksmiths are only responsible for forging, how long will it take to make the horseshoe of three thousand war horses?" Yan Zhanshu asked Zheng Hun.

"It also takes two days to rotate day and night." Zheng Hun replied.

"Okay, I'll give you two days, you get this matter done, and we'll give you five hundred gold." Yan Zhanshu smiled gently.

"Okay!" When Zheng Hun heard this, his old face suddenly bloomed red, he felt full of energy, and turned around and shouted: "Continue to work!" ”

Behind him, Guo Damu said: "By the way, Dashuai, the old man we caught when we entered the city was heard to be the emperor's uncle, named Liu Yu, who has not yet taken office as the pastor of Youzhou, what should we do with it?" ”

"Liu Yu? Look closely, it's a great bait! Yan Zhanshu smiled evilly: "I still count on using him to come in handy!" ”

Late at night, in the Yecheng Mansion, Yu Yigen secretly carried a sack and tiptoed to knock on the door of Yan Zhan's bedroom.

"Who?" The oil lamp was lit, and Yan Zhanshu asked.

"It's me, old Yu. Dashuai, I've got something good for you! Yu Yigen replied softly.

"What's good?" An oil lamp was also lit in a room on the side, and Zhang Yan's voice sounded.

Yu Yigen's two eyeballs suddenly protruded, "What?" Zhang Shuai is also here, how come I don't know?! He said: "I think Da Shuai is injured, and today when Zhen Jiale was happy, I grabbed a maid to take care of Da Shuai's daily life!" "The more Yu Yigen said it, the more he felt that he was right, he originally thought so, and there was absolutely no other idea!

"Squeak", the door opened, Yan Zhanshu looked at the hemp bag carried by Yu Yigen, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "Put it down, look at your sweaty appearance, how heavy should this maid be?!" ”

"Dashuai, I'll leave it to you!" Yu Yigen was relieved, sent the sack forward, turned around and left.

"What's up here? He's going to deliver it in the middle of the night! Zhang Yan's vigilance was still very high, and she immediately put on her clothes and armor and went out, and when she saw Yan Zhanshu preparing to untie the sack rope, she asked.

"A maid," Yan Zhanshu was also amused, "It's like a thief." ”

"Maid? I'll take a look!" Zhang Yan's drowsiness suddenly disappeared, snatched the sack, tore off the rope in three or two strokes, and lifted it up - under the light of the oil lamp, a beauty that was more fragrant than jade and more beautiful than flowers appeared in front of the two.

"So young, only six or seven years old, right? Is this here to take care of me, or is it for me to take care of her?! Yan Zhanshu was speechless, what kind of eyes are these! Am I the type of person who likes little children?