Chapter 213 The stirrup appears and the shocked old man.
Kaonu City.
In the study room, after Bai Yan took care of things in Gaonu City, he went to the wooden table by the window and watched as the table was filled with food and wine.
Bai Yan didn't take it seriously. He took the bowl and chopsticks and started eating the remaining food.
"I told you, kid, can't you order someone to make another one?"
The old man across the wooden table looked at Bai Yan's appearance, said angrily, and then burped.
The old man's face was slightly red due to drinking.
"I don't have much money, so I can afford that kind of expense!"
Bai Yan ate the leftovers and said to the old man.
"A meal of wine and meat can make a Zuo Shu Zhang speak out and waste his money?"
When the old man heard Bai Yan's words, he couldn't help but laugh.
Although the old man also knew that the boy in front of him distributed most of the rewarded gold and salary to the fallen soldiers and ordered them to be taken back to the families of those soldiers.
Moreover, despite his making things difficult, this boy still managed to arrange this meal of food and wine for him even though he had no money. This was enough to show that this boy really cared about him and valued him very much.
But the old man still wanted to take the opportunity to ridicule the boy.
"If you, my boy, are wise, if you place a general and nobility in Qi State, you will have countless delicacies from mountains and seas."
The old man tilted his head and looked at Bai Yan with disdain: "Qi State inherited the tradition of the Zhou royal family and believed in the rituals of husbands and started all kinds of food. The most famous Zhou Bazhen in the world is the best in Qi State. Qi State holds banquets and has hundreds of famous dishes.
Enjoy.”
"As long as you return to the Qi Kingdom, you will have status, wealth, beauties, good wine, and all the delicacies in the world."
The old man tempted again.
However, no matter what the old man said, Bai Yan just kept eating by himself.
"Boy! Look at the state of Qin, which only knows farming and fighting. Look at the people of Qin. There are people in Qi who are living a good life."
The old man burped and said bewilderedly.
Bai Yan took a big gulp of the meat-vegetarian food and wine before stopping.
"Old sir, Bai Yan won't go to Qi! Old sir, don't fool me either!"
After he recovered, Bai Yan spoke.
Then under the old man's gaze, Bai Yan told the old man that this meal of wine and meat was served to ordinary people in Qi State, but not many people could afford it. When he was in Qi State, he and his parents spent most of their time just eating.
Can eat vegetarian soup and rotten vegetables.
Although a large part of it is due to the grandfather's family, this is indeed the normal state of the people.
On the surface, the state of Qi seems to have been without war all year round, and is praised by the world as: the country is prosperous and the people are prosperous.
That's because Qi State is different from all the vassal states in the world. Qi State has gone through two reforms.
The first time was Guan Zhong five hundred years ago. Guan Zhong tried his best to privatize the people's fields. The land tax was determined according to the quality and quality of the fertile land. Guan Zhong also encouraged Qi people to engage in business.
The second reform was the famous prime minister Zou Ji. Unfortunately, Zou Ji's reputation was completely ruined because of Tian Ji's incident.
But no matter how effective these two reforms were for Qi, they did not change a thing in the end.
That is the gentry and the powerful.
After Zou Ji killed Tian Ji, Zou Ji was also executed. As soon as Zou Ji died, the nobles, nobles and royal family members of Qi State began to firmly control a large part of Qi State's land, and some people even extended their hands to the common people.
Therefore, as long as there is no rare Mingjun, the country of Qi will be rich, and the rich will be the nobles, and the people will be prosperous, and the powerful will be prosperous!
Under calm conditions, it is not as good as it sounds.
The land was controlled by the nobles and nobles, and the people still had no way to rise. Instead, they were still being exploited for various reasons. In the end, their family wealth, along with their people, were handed over to the nobles.
"You know so much, why don't you go back to Qi?"
The old man became interested after hearing what Bai Yan said.
Obviously this boy knows the shortcomings of Qi State. It stands to reason that if someone else is famous now, he will definitely be eager to return to his mother country and show off his skills. Then, like Guan Zhong, he will be famous throughout the ages.
"If you marry Tian Ding's daughter, you don't have to worry about it since Tian Ding is here."
The old man whispered.
Bai Yan heard the old man's words and looked at the old man angrily.
"Old sir, I don't believe that the old gentleman doesn't know the consequences!"
Bai Yan watched as the old man kept fooling him.
Bai Yan didn't believe that this old man didn't understand that once Shang Yang appeared in Qi, not to mention Tian Ding, Tian Ding's former tribes and even all relationships would break with Tian Ding.
Unlike Qin, Qi is more like Chu in that not all rights are in the hands of the king.
What he said, Jin Gong was aware of these disadvantages at the beginning, but even Jin Gong, who was devoted to unity, did not object to these, because all the vassal states in the world except Qin were the same.
No one is a sage, Jin Gong also considered his clan members during his lifetime. In Jin Gong's eyes, the family's inheritance is also extremely important.
"Consequences, you kid are just afraid of death! Fortunately, you are still a Qi Ren. You know that the people are suffering, but you have the ability to do nothing, and you are greedy for life~"
When the old man heard Bai Yan's words, he pretended to be contemptuous.
"Old sir, there is no need to provoke the young man. One day, the young man will lead the cavalry back to Qi."
Bai Yan replied.
After getting along for a while, Bai Yan returned to treating the old man as he did in Qi State. Although he was still polite in calling him, he had given up and asked the old man to help him.
"You dare to think that if the cavalry enters Qi, Zhao and Chu will sit idly by and watch?"
The old man was angry at Bai Yan's words and said with a smile.
At this moment, Ye hurriedly ran in from outside the study room.
"General, the stirrups have arrived at the camp!"
Ye bowed his hands and said.
Hearing this, Bai Yan stood up quickly, not caring about eating.
"I'm going too!"
When the old man saw this scene, he slowly stood up.
As for the old man, Bai Yan doesn't mind him knowing anyway, so he might as well go and see what the 'stirrup' is.
"Hey, are these stirrups? Let me get on the horse and ride!"
In the cavalry camp, the old man who had been drinking saw countless war horses at a glance, all with iron plates on their hooves and a pair of small objects fastened to their backs.
The old man, who has been traveling around the world since he was young and studying ancient military books, can see the effect of these at a glance.
So I couldn't hold it back any longer, so I hurriedly wanted to give it a try.
"Old sir, you have been drinking, please slow down."
Fortunately, Bai Yan was not worried about the old man leaving. After helping the old man mount his horse, he asked Ye, Huai and others to mount the war horse.
Then looking at Ye, Huai and the others followed the old man and ran towards the outside of the camp.
Bai Yan ignored it and turned to look at Chai.
"How many horses are mounted in total? Is it enough for 4,500?"
Bai Yan asked.
Because the bamboo slips that came with the stirrups recorded the quantity this time, Bai Yan wanted to confirm that the quantity was correct and report it when the time came.
"Exactly 4,500 horses!"
Chai nodded, there was no error in the quantity.
“So comfortable!”
"With this thing, I will definitely be able to kill many enemies next time!"
"It's great. This thing can definitely exert force. Although it's not as good as the flat ground, it's a world of difference compared to before."
In the camp, all the famous cavalry soldiers were talking excitedly. After the war horses put on the horseshoe nails and stirrups, all the soldiers became excited.
Most of the remaining soldiers who had not put on their stirrups were curiously looking at this thing they had never seen before.
Although simple and small.
But the soldiers could all see that this thing was very useful, and it seemed to come from blacksmiths somewhere in Wancheng.
"Tell the soldiers to guard against the news and not spread it out!"
Bai Yan looked at the soldiers, then turned to Chai and the other cavalry generals and said.
Although in the remaining time, even if Zhao Guo knew it, there would be no time to prepare, Bai Yan still had to block the news and prepare to catch Li Mu off guard.
After a while.
Bai Yan heard the sound of horse hooves and saw that the old man had returned on horseback.
The war horse stopped, the old man stepped on the stirrups, turned over and dismounted, and then handed the war horse to the soldiers.
Looking at it, he saw that countless war horses were all mounted with stirrups, and the old man looked shocked.
Having experienced the role of stirrups, the old man clearly knew how helpful stirrups could be to the performance of cavalry.
"Boy, do you study under the Mo family?"
The old man came to Bai Yan and asked curiously.
When we were riding horses just now, the old man had already learned from his profession that the stirrups and horseshoe nails were all made by this boy, as were all the details of the drawings.
"Old sir, Bai Yan has never seen the Mo family! These two things are just based on his feelings."
Bai Yan explained with a smile.
When the old man heard Bai Yan's explanation, he was obviously a little confused. He looked at Bai Yan seriously, as if he wanted to know if Bai Yan was lying.
Finally, the old man felt that Bai Yan was not lying, and sighed helplessly.
If the old man had felt before that this kid had no chance of winning when he met Li Mu.
So now, seeing so many war horses in the cavalry camp, all mounted with stirrups, the old man felt that if Li Mu didn't know the news, he would probably suffer a big loss.
And if the guess is correct, Bai Yan met Ying Zheng when he went to Xianyang. With Ying Zheng’s temperament and Qin’s national strength, the entire cavalry might be equipped with stirrups and horseshoe nails before the battle.
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"Li Mu may really be in danger!"
The old man looked at the group of cavalry in the camp, full of wonder, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
On the battlefield, a single move can affect the whole body. If Li Mu is opened to a fatal gap by Bai Yan, the generals of the Qin State will never let go of the opportunity.