When Liu Bei said that, Liu Tao was a little unhappy. This guy used the excuse of "taking care of his family" to not join the army. In fact, he was reminding him: "Does there be no family members in your family who need care? Are you willing to leave them to join the army?!"

Maybe he didn't have this intention, but Liu Tao always used malicious intentions to guess Liu Bei's intentions.

"In this case, Deran is not easy to force it." Liu Tao bowed to him, then turned around and left.

Liu Bei originally thought he would persuade him further, but he didn't expect that he would give up so quickly. Deep down, he felt a little melancholy. Reason told him that it might be more difficult to miss this opportunity and become more developed in the future.

After saying goodbye to Liu Bei, Liu Tao quickly returned to Zhuangzi. There was another thing that I forgot to tell Lu Yan that the iron must be left to create horseshoes. If conditions permit, stirrups and saddles must be made.

Just say that he was riding this horse, the saddle was a piece of leather with ropes tied to the horse's back, with knots hanging on both sides as stirrups. Of course, he could get on the horse without this. His body's muscle memory was already very familiar with riding, and at the same time, a layer of calluses were also ground on the inner side of his thighs.

The speechless thing was that his legs were a little ‘O’. Fortunately, he couldn’t tell when wearing a robe. For this reason, Liu Tao complained more than once: No wonder the gentry of this era liked to wear robes...

"Hey? Build new utensils? No problem, but Deran wants to build it, which involves cobblers and carpenters. It is estimated that they will not be able to complete it in five days... and that's right..." Lu Yan took the drawing handed over by Liu Tao and frowned.

He pointed to the drawing of the horseshoe and continued, "The shape is easy to say, but you said you should use a nail to nail it to the horseshoe. Is it okay? Will the horse not be injured because of this, but it will be difficult to move?"

"This is no problem. The part of the horse's hooves is actually similar to our nails, and there is no flesh and blood. Besides, metal is more wear-resistant than pure horse's hooves!" Liu Tao replied.

"This is..." Lu Yan was not aware of the military affairs. Lu Zhi also mentioned that in the past, the troops were sent to attack the Huns, and 100,000 war horses were fought. A war abolished 50,000, and most of them were worn out.

The injured war horses have no way to continue to act as war horses, and can only be sent back to act as plowing horses or sluggish horses. If they are really useless, they can only kill and eat meat, and leather is also used to sew leather armor.

As for their militia, they do not consider the hundreds of war horses they paid, and it is said that if more than 70 war horses are used with all their strength, they will probably only be one or two years before they retire. Considering the loss of the war, the time will be shorter.

"I can only let the blacksmith try it first. It's best to test it with one or two horses, and then popularize it. This thing is easy to build. Even if a helper can build seven or eight horses in a day, it can be completed in about two or three days. If you are willing to add more money, it should be completed within two days." Lu Yan said while thinking.

"In other words, we have to stay in Zhuo County for about five days, right?" Liu Tao asked.

"No, in March, we probably can't go south..." Lu Yan shook his head. After all, there are too many things to build, and there is not a month... No, it is probably a bit difficult for a month.

"Then, why don't we change our thinking!" Liu Tao thought for a while, "Leave a certain amount of iron, communicate directly with the county magistrate, and exchange it with the stock of weapons and armor..."

"Although it can improve efficiency, I don't recommend it." Zhang Fei walked over.

"I'm back? What do you say about the county magistrate?" Liu Tao asked curiously.

"The county magistrate is very happy and expressed his optimism about our militia... Haha, there is no actual expression." Zhang Fei was a little disdainful, "What I don't deny is that through this matter, the Zhang family did have his relationship. In the future, when we leave, he can take care of the Zhang family, but it is estimated that it will take a little blood."

"The winery divided 20% of the shares, and it was for the prefect and the county magistrate... By the way, what did you mean just now?" Liu Tao suggested a little and then asked.

"I have also thought about my brother's idea, so when I came back, I walked over... Uh, I spent some money and went in and took a look... and found that the inventory of the military equipment was almost useless." Zhang Fei shook his head, "It was obviously replaced once two years ago, but the inventory inside seemed to have been kept for more than six years."

"It's outrageous! As an official of the court, he actually..." When Lu Yan heard this, he immediately understood the key point, and a sense of justice exploded. However, he was about to turn around, but he was pulled down by Liu Tao.

"Canshan Mountain, the clear water will be without fish." Liu Tao held him down and said slowly. In the 200th year of the Han Dynasty, from Emperor Guangwu to Emperor Huan, and even to Emperor Ling, no one has been in power for more than 21 years, and basically died at a young age.

The new emperor often succeeded to the throne at a very young age. When he grew up, he did not learn the responsibilities of the emperor and learned the enjoyment of the emperor first. The local government gradually did not take the imperial court seriously. It was said that the governor who originally served as the supervisor of local officials, in the past forty or fifty years, his power has skyrocketed and he has become a state governor without military power.

Not to mention that in 188 AD, Liu Yan also submitted a report that Liu Hong restored the state patriarchy system, and then Liu Yan went to Yizhou to become the state patriarchy.

"Yes, now that the trouble is getting started, our military dispatch documents will probably not be able to get out." Zhang Fei also came forward to persuade him.

"The key is that we are now arguing with them. At most, they are humble in their teachings, and then they do not change their teachings. If you want to truly rectify them, you are nothing more than collecting good evidence and then giving it to your father or even the governor. They will punish the prefect and the county magistrate. This is what smart people should do." Liu Tao further persuaded.

He was humble and never changed his teachings... After hearing Liu Tao's words, Zhang Fei and Lu Yan almost couldn't hold back their laughter. There is little entertainment these days, so it's not a big deal that people laugh at me. The key is that it is impossible to deny that although Liu Tao's words are inappropriate, they are quite fallacious.

"Well, I'll take advantage of the few days to find evidence!" Lu Yan nodded, obviously being convinced.

"Don't collect it openly, and don't delay the serious business!" Liu Tao reminded.

"Don't worry, Deran, I will arrange for people to make those things now..." Lu Yan nodded and immediately went to arrange them.

"Yi De." Liu Tao then looked at Zhang Fei, "Tonight, we will hold a banquet to entertain Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, especially the blushing Guan Yu. This person is very skilled and calm in the face of the battle. He is a talent. Whether he can subdue it depends on tonight!"

"Well, is Guan Yu the blushing man the brother has been looking for?" Zhang Fei immediately realized this when he heard this.

"It's him. This person has a lot to do with you and me. No matter what, he must be brought into the group!" Liu Tao nodded.

"Since brother said that, I will definitely help you with all my strength!" After Zhang Fei said that, he immediately went to arrange the banquet tonight, and he must have been as rich as possible.

After dealing with these, Liu Tao realized that he had nothing to do at this stage. He could only raise his troops south around three months later. Calculate the time, it was the time when the peach blossoms were in full bloom.

"Maybe there is a Taoyuan Three Fencing... No, why not bring Lu Yan in and have a Taoyuan Four Fencing..." Liu Tao thought about it. After all, now everyone has this relationship, so it would be not good to exclude Lu Yan.

I remembered it immediately and kept saying that I had found a few talents in the clan and recruited at least twenty personal soldiers. I forgot about this.

"By the way, let's have a showdown with Liu Yuan..." Liu Tao was thinking about it. He wanted to send troops, so he couldn't stop talking. He hadn't been back for several days. He probably thought he was out to play again, right?

"Slow down, I still have some skills but haven't added them!" Liu Tao suddenly patted his forehead. This is the top priority, right?!
Chapter completed!