"Haha, the moment to witness the miracle is coming soon. Please don't blink at me later!"
Zhu Han grabbed the reins from Guan Hai, patted the war horse, and praised with a smile: "Not bad, he is fat and strong!"
"Then I'll wait and see!"
Seeing that Zhu Han was so confident, Zhang Liao suppressed the doubts in his heart and smiled.
"Ma San, how do you usually trim your war horse's hooves?"
Zhu Han took a look at the hoof of the war horse and found that its shape was smooth and it looked like it had been trimmed recently.
"The hooves of a war horse are very hard, so of course you need to use a knife!"
Ma San took out a scimitar from nowhere, shaped like a 'j', with the blade on the inside of the hook, and it looked extremely sharp.
"You need to trim this horse's hooves again!"
Zhu Han ordered.
"Here!"
After Ma San received the order, he had someone carry a 'T'-shaped wooden frame. The war horse's legs were bent just enough to be placed on it, exposing the bottom of the hoof. Moreover, this wooden frame could be telescoped up and down, which was very convenient.
Ma San carefully trimmed the war horse's hooves and did not finish until the young horns were exposed.
"Come on, hit these four horseshoes on the horses' hooves!"
Zhu Han handed the horseshoe in his hand to Ma San and ordered.
"Nailed to the horse's shoe? Doesn't this hurt the horse's hoof?"
Guan Hai was stunned when he heard this and exclaimed.
"Yes, lord, please think twice before you act!"
Zhu Han's move was unheard of and unseen, and Zhang Liao also persuaded him. After all, this was a majestic war horse. If its hoof was injured, it would really be useless and would have to be slaughtered for meat.
"My lord, do you mean to use these horseshoes to replace the soles of the war horse?"
Ma San did not care about Guan Hai. Zhang Liao made such a fuss. When he took the horseshoe and compared it with the horseshoe, he suddenly realized that the horseshoe could protect the entire hoof of the war horse. As for what Guan Hai and the others said would hurt the horseshoe.
, he just smiled and didn't take it seriously, because no one here was more familiar with war horses than him. If the horseshoe hits the horse's shoe, not only will it not hurt the war horse, on the contrary, it will play an indescribable role in protecting the war horse.
Not big.
"Exactly, it seems you understand a little bit, Ma San!"
Zhu Han smiled slightly and asked: "Is this method feasible?"
"Seconds! Seconds! Why didn't I think of that! With this design, the time for the war horse's hoofs to fall off will be greatly delayed. Moreover, the horseshoes are made of iron, allowing the war horse to run more steadily."
Ma San was not as startled as Guan Hai and others. He just hesitated for a moment and then, under the shocked eyes of Zhang Liao, Guan Hai and others, he hit all four horseshoes on the horseshoes.
"Strange, the war horse doesn't scream? Doesn't it hurt?"
Seeing that the finger-thick nail was driven into the hoof, the war horse actually showed no pain or scream, which made Guan Hai stunned. This phenomenon once again refreshed his and Zhang Liao's understanding.
"Haha, of course it won't hurt. It didn't hurt the war horse! How could it hurt?"
After Ma San took the new saddle and put it on the war horse, he circled around the war horse several times, and then he said in surprise: "My lord, what you just said is right. With these two things, I can guarantee that Chief Zhang and the others can do it every day."
Increase the training time for riding combat to three hours!"
"No way, the training time has tripled all of a sudden. Will the war horse be able to withstand such high-intensity training?"
Guan Hai exclaimed: "Ma San, don't say nonsense just to flatter my lord!"
"How could I be talking nonsense? If you weren't afraid that the war horse wouldn't adapt to this new thing, you would be fine even if you practiced for four or five hours a day!"
Ma Sanyi was not happy to hear this, and immediately glared at Guan Hai with a red face, and retorted: "As long as it is about livestock, I, Ma San, will never lie! But how effective this horseshoe is, we have to wait for testing.
We’ll find out later!”
"Yes, practice makes the truth! From today on, I will allocate ten horses to you, and you will be responsible for the testing and innovation of this new saddle and horseshoe. In the future, as long as you come up with better things, I will reward you heavily!"
Zhu Han patted Ma San on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Especially the heavy armored cavalry, you have to study hard and see how to make all our war horses wear heavy armor!"
"I obey my orders!"
Ma San answered excitedly.
"Guan Hai! If you don't believe it, ride it and go for a lap to try it out!"
Seeing that Guan Hai still had a doubtful expression on his face, Zhu Han laughed and cursed.
"OK!"
Guan Hai got on his horse and walked away.
The war horse may be a little uncomfortable with its new equipment. It didn't run very fast at the beginning, and it shook its body from time to time. It may be that the new saddle made it a little uncomfortable, but as the running distance became longer and longer,
, the war horse gradually adapted to the new equipment, and now it was time for it to exert its power. I saw that the war horse performed better than other war horses in both sudden acceleration and emergency stops. Guan Hai was a little uncomfortable at first.
He thought he was satisfied with it, but as time went by, the war horse under his crotch performed better and better, and the gap between him and other ordinary war horses became wider and wider.
At this time, Guan Hai also began to try to use riding combat skills on horseback, such as standing up to throw a spear, shooting arrows, hiding sideways, etc., all in one go, especially when stepping on the stirrups with both feet, it was like stepping on
Being on the ground generally allows him to exert his strength better.
"Ha ha....."
After trying the sweetness, Guan Hai laughed heartily on his horse, like a child who got a new toy, unscrupulously venting his emotions at the moment.
"How's it going? Aren't you awesome?"
After Guan Hai came to Zhu Han after playing around, he smiled and asked Zhang Liao: "Wen Yuan, you should also give it a try!"
"My lord, this is amazing! With such a sharp weapon to help our army, we will be able to create an elite cavalry within a few months!"
Guan Hai got off his horse and said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll give it a try!"
Zhang Liao grabbed the reins from Guan Hai, got on the horse, and then gave it a try.
After all the five commanders under his command had tried it, Zhu Han then ordered: "I will ask the blacksmith to hurry up and make horseshoes and saddles, and your task is to make all the cavalry under your command do it within a month.
Can you do what is forbidden?"
If they are infantry, it is not difficult to follow the orders and prohibitions. They only need to practice for more than ten days. However, the cavalry also needs to control the horses. The difficulty suddenly increases by more than a little bit. But with the addition of horseshoes and new saddles, Zhang Liao
All five people agreed with high morale.
A month and a half has passed since the last great victory over Tanshihuai outside Yanmen Pass. During this period, Zhu Han has been training his soldiers in the military camp every day, while Old Man Li and his group of brewing workers have been training in Gaoliu.
The county has settled down and is preparing to brew the first pot of Zuixian brew.
As Zhu Han's assets continue to transfer, he now owns most of the buildings in Gaoliu County, and Zhu Han bought 10,000 acres of barren land outside the city from Zhao Wen at a very small price.
Most of them were gifts. As long as Zhu Han sent people to plant them and paid taxes, Zhao Wen acquiesced in the ownership of those lands. As batches of grain, batches of timber, and batches of iron ore continued to be transported into Gaoliu
The city and Gaoliu County are gradually recovering their vitality.
With the joining of Zhu Han's forces, Zhao Wen's ambitions have been revived. He is not stupid. After Zhu Han bought 10,000 acres of land from him, he knew that Zhu Han planned to take root in Dai County. Now Zhu Han has someone in his hands.
If he has the land, as long as he is allowed to develop safely for a year or two, then Zhao Wen has the final say in this generation of county. There are very few officials in this era who are dedicated to the people, and most of them are only for their own selfish interests.
, Although Zhao Wen had a platform in the past, he had no resources or helpers, and the precarious living environment meant that he stopped thinking about it.
But now that Zhu Han has defeated Tan Shihuai, Daijun will no longer be harassed by foreign enemies in the past two years, and the thoughts deep in his heart have slowly sprouted.
On this day, Zhu Han was training his soldiers as usual, but his subordinates suddenly came to report that Li Yong was outside the camp asking for an audience.
"Li Yong? Why did he come to me?"
This Li Yong is the person Zhang sent to Gao Liu to manage Zhu Han's assets. He is over forty years old, extremely experienced in dealing with people, and is a master of business. If it were not for the jealousy of the wealthy households in Jizhou, his family assets would be run on.
If his family is in decline, maybe there really is a place for him and Li Yong in Jizhou now. Zhu Han and Li Yong only met a month ago. After the two talked, Zhu Han handed over all his properties in Gaoliu.
He asked Li Yong to take care of him, and he obviously trusted Li Yong's ability. Now that Li Yong is asking for a meeting, it can be seen that he has encountered a difficult matter.
"My subordinate Li Yong has met my lord!"
Not long after, a thin, middle-aged man dressed as a scholar came to Zhu Han.
"Li Yong, what happened in Gaoliucheng?"
Zhu Han asked Li Yong after he motioned for him to sit down.
"My lord, three days ago, Zhao Wen has not agreed to sell us any more land! And since yesterday, he has also issued a new decree!"
Li Yong replied truthfully: "He requires us to pay this year's land tax before December, otherwise he will take back the land he previously sold to us!"
"kindness?"
Zhu Han was stunned when he heard this, and then he laughed dumbly and said: "He dares to kill a donkey before his ass is firmly seated? Who gave him the courage?"
"Dai County has not been plundered by the Xianbei people this year, so it has harvested a lot of food. Now that it is November, the Xianbei people will not go south again!"
Li Yong reminded in a low voice: "And the villain also heard that Zhao Wen once sent a letter to Han Heng, the guard general of Yanmen Pass!"
"Haha, he's just a short-sighted clown! Do you know the content of that letter? When did it happen?"
Zhu Han was not surprised at all that Zhao Wenhui would do this. Who can become the governor of a county without having two skills? In the past, Zhao Wen was forced by the situation and had no choice but to compromise. Now he has a year of breathing space.
Naturally, he wanted to make some moves, but from this point of view, Zhao Wen was also a guy who couldn't stand up to the stage. What really caught Zhu Han's mind was the second half of Li Yong's sentence.
"My subordinates have bribed many people in the Prefect's Mansion to copy the contents of the letter!"
Li Yong quickly took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Zhu Han before replying respectfully.