Chapter 502: Horseshoe
Wang Ming is very pragmatic in doing things now, but Lin Ze doesn't know that Wang Ming was not such a pragmatic person before, and he also had a strong literati atmosphere before. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, this time the encounter of becoming a homeless person made Wang Ming thoroughly understand what people's livelihood is, and for the ordinary people below, what is the most important thing.
Just like iron ore, if you want to really become steel, you have to enter the iron-making furnace to refine, and only after the refining of the iron-making furnace, iron ore can become real steel.
The experience of becoming an exile made Wang Ming, a literati, completely abandon the exaggerations in his heart, and the previous empty talk has been thrown into Java, and he has become a truly pragmatic person, a good official who can really consider the people.
"Wang Ming, you are very good!" Lin Ze praised directly.
After Wang Ming on the side heard this, he was very excited in his heart.
Being able to be praised by Lin Ze, Wang Ming felt warm in his heart.
"Thank you for your compliment, thank you!"
"Hehe, this is what you deserve!" Lin Ze said with a smile, and then asked: "Wang Ming, next I and Qiu Kai are going to the barracks to take a look, you and Sanwa are .........." "
Lin Ze came out to inspect this time, not only to check the agriculture here, but also to go to the military camp and some other places to see.
"My lord, I won't go to the lowly job, there are still some fields here that have not been inspected, and if the fields here are not checked, the lowly post will not be able to sleep at night!" Wang Ming said.
According to the practices of these people, they must follow Lin Ze now, after all, Lin Ze is his boss, he is often by his side, and he will be promoted faster in the future.
However, after experiencing this outcast, Wang Ming is really pragmatic in his heart, and he is not ready to do other things before he does his own work.
"Okay, Wang Ming, good job!" Lin Ze's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward directly and patted Wang Ming on the shoulder, such a person is the talent he needs most!
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Soon, the group was divided into two places, looking at the backs of Wang Ming and Li Sanwa, who were gradually moving away, Lin Ze sighed directly: "It's really my luck to be able to get Wang Ming!"
Qiu Kai on the side listened to Lin Ze's sigh, his eyes were also full of admiration for Wang Ming, and he said: "My lord, at this point, I am really not as good as Lord Wang, Lord Wang is not only very strong in military affairs, but now it seems that his ability in agriculture is also very strong, which will be a great help to your great cause in the future, congratulations here!"
"Hehehe........" Lin Ze laughed happily.
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When Lin Ze and the others came to the barracks, it was already ten o'clock in the morning, and Tie Ying, Duan Ming, and Yu Huai had already gotten the news and were waiting for Lin Ze's arrival outside the barracks.
"I've seen my lord!" After seeing Lin Ze coming, Tie Ying and the three of them stepped forward to say goodbye.
"Well, let's go in!" Lin Ze said with a smile, and then entered the barracks.
In the barracks, there is a squad training in which the pikemen, shield soldiers, and broadsword soldiers are in a group of five people, and every three teams are in a group, catching teams and fighting on the school field, and the sound of killing is shocking.
The army in it, in the hands of Lin Ze, after a series of reforms, has been fundamentally different from Shazhou, or the other armies of the Chu State, in terms of fighting methods and combat effectiveness.
Guns, shields, knives, plus the archers behind the troops, four groups for a platoon, after the expansion of the army, most of the original veterans were promoted to platoon commanders, three platoons, plus an archer platoon for a company, with a company commander on it.
"My lord, after this period of training, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers has been greatly improved, although now there are many recruits in our army, occupying eight of them, but, after the training method developed by you personally, the combat effectiveness of these recruits is already very strong, compared with our previous veterans, it is not much better, at most it is a little worse in experience, but as long as you can go to the battlefield once or twice, see blood, it is a tiger and wolf army." Tie Ying said proudly with a full beard on his face.
Since the beginning of training these recruits, Tie Ying has been staying in the recruit camp, so some personal hygiene is sometimes a problem.
"Okay, Tie Ying, you're lucky!" Lin Ze patted Tie Ying on the shoulder as a sign of encouragement.
"Tie Ying, remember, there are still countless elite soldiers on the training ground, and only after the test of the battlefield can they truly transform, so, Tie Ying, you have to continue to work hard!"
"Yes, my lord, Tie Ying remembered!" Tie Ying said respectfully.
"Well, that's good!" Lin Ze said with great satisfaction, and then, after a change of words, he asked again: "By the way, Tie Ying, did you send the horseshoe I explained before?"
A horseshoe, also known as a horseshoe, is an iron hoof-shaped object bound to the hooves of horses, cattle and other livestock.
The horse's hooves are made up of two layers, the one that touches the ground is a layer of hard keratin about 2-3 cm thick, and the upper layer is a living keratin.
The horse's hooves are in contact with the ground, and they will fall off quickly due to the friction of the ground and the corrosion of the water.
The use of horseshoes not only protects the horse's hooves, but also makes the horse's hooves grip the ground more firmly, which is beneficial for both riding and driving.
At this time, Duan Ming on the side stepped forward and replied: "Young Master, the horseshoe has been delivered, we are groping for the horseshoe to install the horseshoe, young master, the horseshoe you made is really useful!"
When he said this, Duan Ming's face was full of admiration, he couldn't imagine that just a simple horseshoe could play so many roles, not only enhancing the strength of the cavalry, but also greatly reducing the loss of the iron hoof, which is really useful for an army!
"Hehe, it's nothing. Lin Ze said with a smile.
"Actually, the horseshoe is very simple, but everyone didn't think of it that way before. After we put on shoes, we can protect our feet from the stones on the ground, and if we want the hooves of the iron hoof horse not to be hurt by the stones on the ground, or the knives and guns on the battlefield, then just put on a pair of shoes that belong to the horse!
Shoes made of cloth can prevent the feet from being injured by stones on the ground, of course, such shoes can't stop being injured by iron, so we directly change the material of the shoes to such iron, in that case, the iron tools can't hurt our feet, so the horseshoe is directly made of iron. Lin Ze explained why he thought of the horseshoe.
Seriously, Lin Ze didn't know that the horseshoe had not been invented on the Shenzhou Continent before, and the cavalry here and the iron-hoofed horses and horses he rode were still bare, and Lin Ze really didn't pay attention to it before, and he didn't find out about this problem until Lin Ze had a big battle with the blood-clothed thief.
The blood-clothed thieves are all cavalry, many people are directly riding two horses, or even three horses, after completely destroying the blood-clothed thieves, Lin Ze thought that he could get tens of thousands of war horses, but the result was very unexpected by Lin Ze, the number of captured war horses did not meet Lin Ze's expectations.
The number of captured war horses was nearly one-third less than Lin Ze's previous estimate.
At that time, a bad feeling rose in Lin Ze's heart, he thought that someone was doing something here.
Therefore, Lin Ze did not hesitate, and directly began to investigate who was so bold as to embezzle under his nose.
After this investigation, Lin Ze realized that he had misunderstood his subordinates.
The number of captured war horses was actually about the same as the number expected in Lin Ze's heart, but the number of injured war horses in this was much more than Lin Ze thought, directly one-third more.
Lin Ze was very curious about why there were so many war horses in his hands.
Then, as soon as he looked at it, he finally figured out why there were so many wounded horses.
The reason is very simple, that is, the hooves of the war horse were injured by the knives and guns left everywhere on the battlefield, and they fell to the ground injured.
It wasn't until this time that Lin Ze knew that there was no horseshoe on the horseshoe of the war horse on the Shenzhou Continent.
Knowing this, Lin Ze was speechless in his heart.
In China, the horseshoe also appeared after a long period of time.
Cavalry appeared in China very early, and during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a large-scale cavalry, but it was not until the Sui and Tang dynasties that truly practical horseshoes appeared.
In between, nearly 13,400 years have passed.
On the Shenzhou Continent, the cavalry appeared earlier, but due to the abundant aura on the Shenzhou Continent, the sturdiness of the horse's feet here is much higher than that of the horse's feet on the earth.
The horse's feet on the earth, after a period of time, the horse's feet will be injured, and on the Shenzhou Continent, because the horses' feet here are stronger, as long as they are not on the battlefield, the horseshoe of the iron-hoofed horse will generally not be injured, or damaged.
The reason why the iron hoof horse is called the iron hoof horse is because its hooves are as hard as iron, so it is called the iron hoof horse.
Even if such a horse is used all the time, its hooves will not hurt much, so for the protection of the hooves of the iron-hoofed horses, the people on the Shenzhou Continent have no such thoughts in their minds.
It's just that once on the battlefield, the hooves of the iron-hoofed horses will still be injured.