Chapter 48 Your Majesty, have you heard of putting shoes on horses?
The general came to the main hall and saluted.
"Activate Your Majesty, in accordance with His Majesty's decree, 10,000 war horses have been initially trained.
It's just that during the training process, some horses, legs and hooves were damaged.
The general is arranging manpower to arrange the damaged war horses. In up to a month, 5,000 cavalry can be built."
Since the last time the Tang Dynasty signed a city-wide covenant with the Turks, Li Er began to train his troops on a hard-earned basis.
He never thought about conquering the Turks and avenging his previous humiliation.
In addition to training ordinary infantry, the Turks are vast grasslands, so cavalry is particularly important.
Going all the way north, running thousands of miles, one horse alone is simply not enough.
If conditions permit, Li Er thinks of one cavalryman and three horses. In this way, the Turkic child will have no way to escape.
But in the end, reality defeated him. Now there are only one man and two cavalry, and the 5,000 cavalry trained are not enough.
Thinking about this makes me a little irritated!
"Alright, I'll leave the war horse matter to you. If you need anything, just send someone to me.
What is the condition of the damaged war horses this time?"
"Your Majesty, a total of more than 1,500 horses were damaged this time.
More than 300 horses had leg injuries, which were relatively minor and only required a period of training. After the injury was healed, they could continue training.
The remaining 1,200 or so horses all have hoof injuries, and some of them have minor injuries and need to rest for a while before they can continue training.
The hoofs of the other war horses were severely damaged.
Even if you take good care of it, I'm afraid similar situations will occur during training."
After hearing this, Li Er frowned.
"Why is the damaged war horse so serious this time?"
"Your Majesty, because the training intensity of our soldiers has increased, basically all of them will train on horseback, so."
Li Er thought for a moment after listening.
"Okay, I understand. Those horses that can be raised well can just continue to be trained. If they can't be raised well, they will be killed on the spot and let the soldiers eat their meat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
If they don't have any use value, keeping them is a waste of food and grass. It's just a pity that there are hundreds of war horses.
Datang has two major horse-producing areas, so there is really no shortage of horses.
However, although there are horses, it does not mean that all horses can become war horses and fight on the battlefield.
You also need to select among the horses, and then undergo some training before you can become a qualified war horse.
The horse's hoof is seriously damaged, the horse's hoof is seriously damaged, horseshoe, put shoes on the horse?
Du Ruhui, who was about to get up and leave, saw the general coming in. He also stood aside and heard what the general said to His Majesty, and murmured a few words in a low voice.
The general saluted and was about to turn around and leave!
"General Li, wait a minute!"
"Um?
Mr. Du? I wonder what Mr. Du wants me to do?"
Just now, I was only focused on meeting His Majesty and reporting the situation to His Majesty, and I didn't even have time to look at the minister standing aside.
Looking at it today, isn't this Lord Du Ruhuidu?
It was not rumored in the court before that Mr. Du was seriously ill and unable to recover. Today, when he saw it again, his face was shiny and his body looked better than his own.
I don’t know who started the rumor, it’s really hateful.
"What's wrong? Keming?"
"Your Majesty, actually I have an important matter to report to Your Majesty.
I just heard His Majesty talking to General Li about the serious damage to the hoofs of the war horses.
Wei Chen thought, if we walk barefoot on the road and encounter stones, our feet will be injured.
So we put on our shoes, so why not the horse?
If we also put shoes on horses, wouldn’t it mean that no matter what kind of road those war horses walk on, no matter how complicated it is, the horses’ hooves will not be damaged?”
Phew.
The general on the side couldn't help laughing when he heard what Du Ruhui said.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Our soldiers have received professional training and must not laugh no matter what happens.
The main reason is that the joke Mr. Du told was so funny that I couldn’t hold it back, hahaha.”
Not to mention the general below, even Li Er sitting above couldn't help laughing.
"Okay Keming, you have just recovered from your serious illness, so don't worry about the court affairs for now.
Listen to my orders and go home and cultivate yourself well.
Remember what I told you, you must take good care of your body, this is the task I have given you."
Du Ruhui's old face turned red instantly. Sure enough, what their servant said was a bit unreliable.
There is no way to put shoes on horses. This is simply nonsense.
But things have happened and I have already said what I said, so I might as well just say it.
Du Ruhui coughed lightly and said in a low voice.
"Your Majesty, actually the matter of putting shoes on horses was not Wei Chen's idea.
It was Wei Chen who learned about it from Mr. Zhao."
Immediately afterwards, he told what happened outside the blacksmith shop yesterday.
Hahaha.
After hearing this, the fat general laughed again, this time until tears came out of his eyes.
"I said Mr. Du, are you just here to make fun of us?
Horseshoeing, putting shoes on horses, is what a servant said.
Can a servant's nonsense be taken seriously?"
But when Du Ruhui finished speaking all the words, Li Er's painting style changed.
He was still laughing before, but suddenly he became very serious.
"Keming, are you telling the truth?
"Your Majesty, it is absolutely true."
"Horseshoes, putting shoes on horses, wonderful, wonderful.
I really didn't expect that my good brother would have such fantastic ideas.
You said there are so many ministers in my court, why doesn’t anyone think of such a method?"
what's going on?
The general standing aside was no longer laughing, but looked at His Majesty and Du Ruhui with a blank look on his face.
I guess, no, your majesty was really persuaded by Du Ruhui in just a few words?
I said let’s stop making trouble, okay?
The so-called putting shoes on horses is simply nonsense. If I go, will your Majesty really believe it?
"Originally, I thought about waiting for a while before going to my wise brother's place, but now it seems I have to go again."
"Your Majesty, I think we are not in a hurry at this moment.
After morning service tomorrow, it’s not too late to go there in the afternoon.”
"Keming, you are really my lucky star. You have just recovered from a serious illness and you have brought such good news to others.
General Li, please go down first and continue training, and don’t kill those war horses with serious hoof injuries, I’ll keep them for great use.”
"Yes, Your Majesty."
As night fell, Chang'an City began to impose a curfew again. All city gates were closed and no one was allowed to enter or exit.
At this time, outside Chang'an City, several carriages were rushing towards Chang'an City.
The person sitting in the front car was Changsun Wuji, who was going to Zhaojiazhuang to send money and pick up things.
He opened the curtain and glanced to the left and right, and cursed the housekeeper of Zhaojiazhuang in his heart.
After counting the money in Chang'an City, he took a group of them to Zhaojiazhuang.
Originally, I brought a lot of things, so the speed was very slow.
When they arrived, the sun was already going down. They paid with one hand and delivered the goods with the other. They took all the things and left in a hurry, so that they could reach Chang'an City before the city gate was closed.
But his housekeeper asked someone to go through the inventory again, not to mention any contracts, treaties, signatures and pledges, which delayed him for a long time. Isn't the most basic trust between this person gone?
"Hurry up, Your Majesty is still waiting for me!"
"It's my lord."
Drive, drive, drive.
The group of people arrived outside Chang'an City and were stopped by the guards of Chang'an City.
Every time he went to Zhaojiazhuang, for the sake of convenience, he did not carry the token with him, so Changsun Wuji was blocked outside Chang'an City.
"Master Changsun, please wait a moment. Tell me, you don't even get a token when you go out. This makes it very difficult for us.
We have already gone to the palace to report to His Majesty, and as long as His Majesty says to let you go, we will naturally let you go!"
After a moment, the news came, the city gate opened, Changsun Wuji and his party entered Chang'an City and hurried to the palace.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the old minister is back."
"Have you brought anything back?"
"Your Majesty, I have brought everything back. Please check it out."
When those 500 knives and 100 pairs of soft armor were placed in front of Li Er.
"Auxiliary machine, isn't there 100 weapons? Why are there so many?"
"Your Majesty, the main reason is that we took too much money this time, and they still have a lot of inventory, so we took it all."
Li Er.......
After looking at the weapons and soft armor for a moment, he slapped his forehead hard.
"Auxiliary machine, tell me why I was confused and bought so many?
Why don't we just buy 10 weapons and 5 pairs of soft armor, take them directly to Chang'an City, and arrange for manpower to imitate them?
After going through so much trouble and spending so much money, just thinking about it makes me feel so heartbroken!"
Thinking of how empty his little treasury was now, Li Er really didn't know what to say.
"Your Majesty, this is the end of the matter, unless we return the remaining soft armor."
"How can I go back on my word?"
"Um, Your Majesty, let's just think of it as spending money to build a good relationship with Mr. Zhao."
"Oh, forget it, just calling me brother and brother, there is no interest relationship at all. I guess this relationship will not last long. Please tell me about it to the Ministry of Industry."
When the minister of the Ministry of Industry came overnight and came to the Tai Chi Hall, he saw His Majesty and the weapons in front of him, and Ruan Jia was very confused.
"Everyone, I have to give you an important task. As long as you can do it, I will reward you heavily!"
"It's Your Majesty. I'm sure this humble minister will be embarrassed by Your Majesty."
"I want you to take some of this weapon and soft armor in front of you and bring it to the Ministry of Industry. At any cost, you must successfully build this weapon and soft armor."
"It's your Majesty. It's just your Majesty. I have something unclear. Is there something strange about this weapon and soft armor?"