The stable and the garage of the Zhao family's palace were not far away, and when Zhao Wuxian returned here and pushed open the door of the fence, the boys and shepherds who were washing and feeding the horses stopped their work and saluted him.

"The little gentleman is back."

probably also has the effect of storytelling in the past few days, when they saw Zhao Wuxian, they saw stars in their eyes like seeing idols. For more than ten days, Zhao Wuxian has been here, and he has already responded to every call, and he also feels that only by staying here can he be most comfortable and relaxed.

Zhao Wuxian beckoned: "Xi, Xia, come here." ”

Most of the common people and subordinates only have names, no surnames, and according to their occupations, they are called Yuxi and Muxia.

"Little gentleman, what is the matter with the servants?"

Zhao Wuxian's gaze stayed on the two of them for a while, these are the past few days, after he secretly observed, he found two "talents" that could be cultivated.

Yu Xi is the young man who asked Zhao Wuxian curiously before, where is Qi Guo, he is a horse herder, like a thin monkey, smart and flexible. Mu Xia, on the other hand, is a cattle herder, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a loyal face, and so strong that he can knock a calf to the ground.

"I want you to be my second lieutenant and go to Mianshang to participate in the field hunt!"

Yu Xi and Mu Xia glanced at each other, but their eyes were gloomy.

"Little gentleman, don't be kidding, the servants are just lowly subordinates, not samurai, so they can't board the car!"

Zhao Wuxian put his hands on their shoulders and said, "This is not a joke, although I am alone now, he is rich and noble, and he will never forget each other!" A gentleman promises, the horse is difficult to chase! ”

Although he is now just a concubine who has nothing, but in a few years, with the name of the Zhao family, he can at least mix with a Yi doctor, which is equivalent to a knight with a fief in the Western Middle Ages.

He can hunt, drink, feast and sleep in the manor all his life, and occasionally go down to the field in the spring when he ploughs the field, and help the plow in front of the countrymen and savages, and he can be thumbs-up by the three elders in the township and said to be a wise and good lord.

Of course, he also needs to bear certain obligations, provide military gifts to his feudal lord, that is, the head of the Zhao family, and when he is recruited, bring the soldiers of the city for the lord to send.

The Spring and Autumn Period was a class society, and Yu Xi and Mu Xia were the lowest level of the class, serving as slaves and maids for generations, dealing with cattle and horses. If he became Zhao Wuxian's first batch of "deputy second", he would naturally follow him to Fengyi as a retainer, and his status would rise.

Seeing that Zhao Wuxian made a promise, the two knelt on the ground without hesitation, bit their fingers and smeared the blood on the corners of their mouths, swearing to Tai Yishen that they would be loyal to Wuxian. And the other horse boys were on the sidelines, all kinds of jealousy and envy.

Zhao Wuxian quietly waited for the ceremony to end, and then took the "quality" of the bloody handprints that the two of them pressed on the stone tablets, and carefully put them away. Although he was a little uncomfortable, he understood that as a feudal lord, the scholars and doctors all had subordinates who were subordinate to him, and this was the survival rule of the Spring and Autumn Period.

His cheap father Zhao Ying later set a record of one-time loyalty with thousands of scholars, gambling and swearing, which was later called the "Houma League......

After the master-slave relationship was established, Wuxian unceremoniously ordered: "Go and pick up three good horses, and then go and take out the saddle I have made in the past few days, we will not ride, we will ride!" ”

The Spring and Autumn people are far less important to a single horse than a heavy equipment chariot, so they can also call a few horses as a shirtless person. And the officials and shepherds, their status is far inferior to that of the chauffeur king, and they are not even official retainers, so how dare they really care about Zhao Wuxian.

One of the reasons why there is not much emphasis on solo riding is that in the Spring and Autumn Period, there were no saddles, let alone stirrups.

The horses that Zhao Wuxian saw in the stable already had reins and horse chews, but they were only padded with kudzu mattresses, and there were ear-like things hanging down on both sides, although simple, they could allow the rider to avoid wearing out their thighs. This thing is called a sheath, and there is no Mulan poem in later generations: "Buy horses in the east market, and buy saddles in the west market." ”

In the days without saddles, riders had to ride on the back of a bare horse, grasping only the reins or mane, and clamping the horse's belly with their legs so that they would not fall off while the horse was galloping. However, this method is very unreliable, it is easy to get tired after riding a horse for a long time, and it is difficult to use the bow and arrow effectively on the back of a running horse.

After being thrown into the stable, Zhao Wuxian was not idle, he recalled the appearance of the Takahashi saddle he had seen in later generations, and drew a sketch. Then he took local materials, found some cowhide bands, discarded copper and tin, and instructed the "craftsmen" of the stable to make a few simple saddles.

After the saddle was completed, as for the horseshoe, stirrups, and spurs, he did not plan to do it yet......

Because these things have no technical content, they can be imitated as soon as they are seen, and he is a little afraid that the flapping wings of his little butterfly will make the nomads riding horses in the north pick up peaches, and become a big disaster in China in advance, which is called a big death.

And now his power is limited to this small stable, and it is not too late to take charge of the Zhao clan in the future, collect the horses of Jibei Yan and Dai, and then release this big move, and fully implement the cavalry.

Now, it's just for emergencies.

Moreover, considering the snail speed of the spread of science and technology in this era, Zhao Wuxian was a little more relieved. For example, in the Jin and Lu kingdoms, which had a long tradition of farming, ox ploughing and ploughing had already appeared, but the time when they spread to the Chuyue region in the south was actually 300 years later in the Han Dynasty.

You must know that commercial exchanges are not so frequent now, and the Rong Di scattered in the Central Plains is not mainly cavalry, and even the ancient meaning of the word "Rong" is the meaning of infantry soldiers.

After a while, Yu Xi and Mu Xia led three good horses and prepared the "saddle" invented by the new owner to serve outside the pen. The boy and the shepherd in the stable put together a set of clothes without patches. Now it is more difficult for his small forces to be trapped, but Zhao Wuxian can't form a "Knights Called Hanako" to go out and laugh generously.

Seeing Zhao Wuxian come out, the clever Yu Xi hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to tie a short sword around his waist. Mu Xia, who had a simple face, lay on the ground, arched his broad back and said, "Lord, please get on the horse." ”

Zhao Wuxian shook his head slightly, no matter what, he still has a bottom line and discipline, and he can't treat people as animals or benches to step on.

He pulled Mu Xia up, patted him on the thick shoulder and said, "Xia, a dignified seven-foot man, don't always lie on the ground, you are my second, not my cattle and horses, in the future, this kind of thing will be avoided." ”

Mu Xia's expression actually looked very disappointed...... This has been a slave for a long time.

Zhao Wuxian didn't care what Yu Xi and Mu Xia thought, and jumped up on the horse's back.

He was a good rider, and he didn't just learn it in the last ten days. In the sporadic memories of this life, his taciturn and vague Di Ren mother, when Zhao Wuxian was very young, often carried him to the back of the horse and took him to gallop in the stable.

It seems that she was also reprimanded and abused by Mrs. Masamuro for this.

Therefore, Zhao Wuxian can ride a horse at the age of eight, and he can open a short bow on a horse when he is more than ten years old, and in this regard, this body is indeed very talented.

is connected by blood, and he is still very grateful to his biological mother in this life.

I saw that his legs were clamped, and as soon as he shook the reins, the horse trotted forward, and Yu Xi and Mu Xia were not new, they followed the new master closely, and for the first time in their lives, they straightened their waists in front of people, and both of them were a little excited.

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At this time, Ji Huan was weaving silk in the boudoir, the best Luguo mulberry silk bought from Taoyi, the snow-white cashmere collected from the wild, and the sound of the loom was in my ears. She wanted to make a winter coat for her younger brother Wushirt, embroidered with Zhao's favorite Xuanniao totem ornament, so that he could wear the new clothes to participate in the feast on the winter solstice, as well as the subsequent wax sacrifice and big shooting ceremony.

At this moment, her maid hurriedly entered the room with a panicked face, and said this and so in Ji Huan's ear.

"What? You said that he rode a horse without a shirt and went to the field hunting ground with two subordinates? Ji Huan's white teeth bit her ruddy cherry lips, and the soft silk in her hand was also twisted into a ball by her.

"My stupid brother, I'm going to cause a big disaster this time!"