"Chengdu, immediately go and gather the civil and military soldiers to our state pastoral mansion. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

King Li picked up the coal and threw it on the lobby, went down to wash his hands, and informed the two ladies in the inner courtyard that they had important business today and would come over in the evening.

In order to facilitate the summons, the mansions of Zhang Juzheng, Yang Zaixing and others were arranged around, but it didn't take much time.

Zhang Juzheng, as the head of the scribes, arched his hand at this moment and said: "Lord, Cao Cao returned to Tongguan today as soon as possible, and his ears and eyes did not hear their actions after the year. ”

King Li put his hands behind his back and said in a deep voice: "Cao Mengde is the hero of the world, and his behavior style is not evaluated, but his wisdom and strategy can be called the top, assisted by Xun Yu and Guo Jia, and Pei Xingyan and Dian Wei are charging into battle, and there may be a big war in Yongzhou in the coming year." ”

All the generals said that all this was under the calculations of King Li and Guo Jia, with Tianshui as a support, and Cao Cao wanted to take Chang'an, which was a matter of time.

The reason why he helped Cao Cao was to check and balance the Wancheng court.

The growing Wancheng court has a tendency to become a behemoth, and Yang Biao Wang Yun dominates the emperor, and has seized the opportunity in fame, Cao Cao is adjacent to Wancheng, and it will definitely play a restraining role.

"The battle situation in Yongzhou will trouble my cousin to take care of it, and Zilong can fully support Cao Cao's actions, but beyond Tianshui is the settlement of the Qiang people, and we need to be on guard against the attack of Xiqiang at all times."

"The end will be." When King Li attacked Leping County, the enemy general captured in Yangquan County, it didn't take much effort to recover it, this Gu was a bachelor, and when he heard that he was the first person to fight with King Li, he burst with self-confidence, and when he met people, he said that he had fought with the state pastor for 300 rounds, and King Li listened to him entertain himself, but he did not punish him.

"I will go to Jinyang City with your five thousand war horses to deliver them to General Zhang Yan, so that he can immediately deliver these war horses safely to Zhao Yun, and instruct him to strictly guard the border passes and make his own decisions on affairs."

"No." Su Gu happily accepted the order, this was the first task that King Li personally explained, and he naturally went down to arrange it.

Li Wang watched Su Gu leave, and then his face became solemn.

"The lord is stubborn, but what are the concerns?"

King Li glanced at Jia Xu, and saw that he lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking: "Su Gu used to be the commander of the Black Mountain Army, but after surrendering to me, he had too close contacts with some people in the market, so I have to think about it more, and I want to support him because there is a happy event, and it is also a difficult thing that requires everyone to go all out." ”

King Li's voice became majestic, which had never been done before, and even the majestic state could not make him so excited.

The sound of "trance" sounded, followed by a series of clattering sounds, and the soldier just saw pieces of black stones the size of a palm rolling to the ground.

There was just a piece at Jia Xu's feet, and it was not too dirty, so he picked it up and observed, and said: "There is a stone in the mountain, its name is black, it does not grow grass, it is not a living thing, but it can raise a fire and burn it for three days and three nights without extinguishing it." ”

Jia Xu seemed to be laughing, but King Li saw a trace of coldness, and he didn't know what conspiracy he thought of, and he suddenly shuddered in his heart.

Coughing, King Li continued: "This is a black stone, I named it coal, but this is only a rough stone, and it must be processed and refined before it can be used." ”

Zhang Juzheng didn't know what kind of moth King Li was going to make, it was a burst of potatoes and peppers before, and then he exchanged war horses for grain and grass, and now he got this black stone, which really made him feel a little frightened.

"Lord, the rough stone of this black stone is easy to obtain, and we have produced it in many places in the north, but it is precisely because it is difficult to refine that it has not been popularized, and I don't know what the lord means by this."

Li Wang glanced at it, except for Jia Xu's contemplation and Wanyan Zongwang's indifference, everyone else was confused: "It's the same stone, but this coal has an indispensable connection with iron ore, and the refining of iron ore must use high temperatures, and the temperature of this coal mine can just reach it, as long as we take the lead in refining iron ore for others, we can have a large supply of iron tools, and in this way, our military advantage will be increased to the limit." ”

Li Jing was awakened: "The lord means to equip this iron weapon with the army?" ”

Li Wang shook his head, his purpose was even more distant, related to the refining of a certain type of steel, but at this time, the conditions were not serious, so it was okay not to mention it.

King Li slowly walked back to the table, picked up a brush and wrote and drew on the silk paper, and the soldiers did not know what to do, so they could only wait patiently.

After a while, two black patterns were attached to the silk paper, and Li Wang blew it with his mouth and handed it to Yuwen Chengdu: "Show it to them." ”

The first one to look at was naturally Zhang Juzheng, he couldn't understand the two patterns on the silk paper, but looking at the shape, at least he understood what it was attached to.

King Li leaned on the table, waiting for them to pass it on one by one, and each of them would ponder for a long time after reading it, their faces full of confusion, and time passed slowly.

Finally, the last official also finished reading, the atmosphere was a little depressed, and King Li looked at them with a red face, knowing that they wanted to ask and were afraid of being scolded for being stupid.

Li Wang couldn't help but wave his hand: "After the effect of this coal is extended, it will become an object on silk paper." Saying that, King Li whispered a few words in Yuwen Chengdu's ear, leaving him with a strange look and going to arrange.

"As for what this is, it was already being designed when I took office in Zhending County, and it was for this reason that Zilong was impressed by me and became a brother with me." As he spoke, he turned his eyes to look at Zhang Juzheng: "Uncle, have you forgotten, I once mentioned it to you." ”

Zhang Juzheng's first-class intelligence does not mean that his memory is also excellent, and he has been selectively forgotten after two years.

King Li didn't say anything more, waiting for Yuwen Chengdu to come back and be doing calculations.

After a short time, there was a neighing of horses outside the lobby, and Yuwen Chengdu was taming a wild horse.

"Follow me." King Li led his soldiers out of the hall and said, "The war horses of our Han family are difficult to ride, not because they are wild and untamable, but because of his control. ”

"After years of friction of the horse's hooves, the skin under it has grown calluses, and it has long been smooth, and if you want to charge, you need great control skills, which greatly limits the use of war horses, and the requirements for the terrain are also great, but with my picture, then everything will become a thing of the past."

King Li said clearly, but all the generals still couldn't understand it, could it be that these two black and black pieces could solve the problems of the millennium, only Zhang Juzheng suddenly realized and remembered what King Li once said: "Could it be that this is the horseshoe mentioned by the lord?" ”

Li Wang said happily: "Exactly, as long as the problem of coal is solved, then the popularization of horseshoes will be imperative, and the strength of our army will increase exponentially." ”

Li Jing's heart was itching, it was like there was a secret in front of him, only he didn't know, and the two friends were still dumb in front of him.

"Please make it clear."

"Cousin, let me take my time." Li Wang laughed, and then said: "Most of the current weapons are bronze, with insufficient toughness and excessive brittleness, which also leads to large-scale weapon loss in every battle, but even if the coal is refined, I actually don't plan to popularize iron weapons in the army first, but to equip the war horses first, which is related to the horseshoe I said, which will solve the problem that our Central Plains people's war horses are difficult to ride." ”

This is a problem of time accumulation, the people on horseback in the north are good at riding, because the grassland is vast, they all live on horse herding, and the horse training skills will naturally be stronger than the Central Plains people, at this time King Li actually said that he can solve this problem, including Jia Xu and Wanyan Zongwang can not deal with it indifferently.

"Chengdu, bring this wild horse down to me."

Yuwen Chengdu obeyed the order, and a side attack knocked down the wild horse, and the soldiers were dumbfounded.

"I'm grass, and I'm still making you sass." Li Wang glanced at Yuwen Chengdu helplessly, and then said: "The function of the horseshoe is to protect the wear and tear of the horsehoe horn, and it can run as usual on rainy days and even some rugged mountain roads, which can greatly strengthen the quality of the march and improve the marching time, and can play a miraculous role in some support and charges, and even affect the success or failure of a large-scale battle. ”

King Li's last words were automatically ignored, and the civil and military soldiers gasped.

At the same time as King Li explained, he compared and drew on the horse's hooves, the details have been expressed, they can enter the command of King Li, the natural vision is not bad, and they instantly understand the use of the horseshoe, Wenchen is better, only amazed, and the generals can not be light-hearted, they have fantasized in their hearts about the benefits of the battlefield brought by the popularization of the horseshoe, and suddenly yearned for it.