The first release of this book is 17k! Hua Xi played a song called: Poor poor me, give me a little love! Brothers, the flowers are not enough! When everyone is happy, you should also take care of my feelings! Woo...
==========After the meeting, Hua Xi stopped Hua An and asked, "Come on, come with me to the foundry workshop."
"I'm not the patriarch, I still have something to report." Hua An turned to Hua Xi and said to Hua Xi as he walked.
"Oh? What's the matter? Let's talk while walking."
Hua An quickly said yes, and followed Hua Xi in the direction of the workshop. The four main avenues, east, west, north and south, were all paved with concrete such as gravel and lime, so it was very smooth to walk on.
"The first thing is that in the past few days, the number of pedestrians on the route between Iron Wall, Sunset Fort and China City has gradually increased. Most of them are tribes from the south. They asked us to be on these routes.
The White Wolf tribe and several other large tribes hope that we can provide them with some tame horses and mules to transport goods."
Hua Xi said happily: "This is good for promoting trade, so it doesn't hurt if you build some simple stations on the route between the three cities as soon as possible. In addition, you can also sell some horses and mules to them appropriately."
"Yes! But if the clan leader sells the tamed horses, I'm worried that they will train the cavalry, so..." Hua An frowned.
"Haha, don't worry about this. It may be easy to raise one horse, but the fodder and personnel required to raise hundreds or thousands of horses are beyond what tribes like them can afford. You don't have to worry about this. But selling
No problem!" Hua Xi smiled.
"Yes! There is another thing on the north side of the city. Recently, many foreigners with their families have arrived. They seem to be fleeing. However, I dare not let them enter the city. I just ordered the soldiers at the north gate to let them go.
These people are temporarily living in a small hill outside the farmland of the North Gate. In order to protect the farmland from being trampled and destroyed by these people, I have dispatched ten cavalry to patrol and monitor outside the North Gate."
"Oh? Is there such a thing? Come back from the workshop later, you take me to have a look!" Hua Xi said in surprise about the situation in the north. Judging from the handwritten notes brought back by the tribesmen who were searching for ore, the north is close to
There are dozens of tribes in China City, large and small, and they are densely distributed on the land covered by forests and mountains. They are rich in mineral resources. It was only because of the barrier of barren mountains and rivers that Hua Xi put down the development strategy of going north. Now there are actually people coming from the north, and they have to...
Say it's a good thing
Along the way, the two chatted about trivial things, and the workshop soon arrived
When the clan leader came in person, the clan members who were working in the workshop stopped what they were doing and bowed their heads to pay tribute to Hua Xi. Hua Xi nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "I came here today because there is something I want you to build!"
Is there something new to do? When people hear this, the first reaction is to have this idea.
"Have you seen those horseshoes?" Hua Xi said with a smile.
"See it!"
"Okay, you can use bronze to make shoes for those horses."
"shoe?"
"Yes, to be precise, it is a slightly thicker piece of bronze, and then nailed into the horse's hoof with copper nails."
"Ah, can the horse still walk like this?" Everyone asked suspiciously.
"Haha, yes! You can make one and try it, then you'll know, right?"
A few hours later, a mule used for transportation in the workshop was selected as the test target. With the cooperation of five or six strong men, the mule lay unconvinced on the ground. Hua Xi took it from Qingshui County and cleaned the mule's paws.
Afterwards, he ordered people to use a hammer to hammer copper nails into the soles of the mule's feet. Mules, these equids, have thick cuticles on their soles, so they won't feel any pain if foreign objects are forcibly driven in.
Soon, after the iron shoes were set, the strong men who were holding down the mule released their hands, and the mule jumped up and started trotting without any hindrance or obstruction.
"Haha, from now on, all mules and horses will have to be nailed with this thing, you know?" Hua Xi said with a smile.
"Yes!" Everyone responded, but they didn't see the use of nailing this thing.
"I think you must be asking what is the use of nailing this thing?" Hua Xi looked at the group of tribesmen around him with puzzled looks and smiled.
After hearing this, everyone nodded, waiting for their clan leader to reveal the secret.
"Because the horse's hoof is composed of two layers. The layer in contact with the ground is a layer of hard cutin about one finger thick, and the upper layer is living cutin. The horse's hoof is in contact with the ground, and is subject to friction from the ground and corrosion from accumulated water.
It falls off quickly. The purpose of nailing horseshoes is mainly to delay the wear and tear of horseshoes. In special cases, horseshoes can also serve as weapons. When nailing horseshoes, it is mainly to remove a thin layer of aging cutin, just like cutting nails.
, so it won’t hurt." Hua Xi explained with gestures with his hands, but the people around him probably didn’t know what Hua Xi was talking about.
Seeing their confused expressions, Hua Xi didn't say much. Anyway, they just did as they were told. After instructing the craftsmen to add copper hooves to the mules and horses, Hua An took Hua Xi outside the north city gate and rode over there.
The people Hua An mentioned built a large number of huts on the hills about 2 miles away from the north gate to protect them from the wind and rain. It took only a few minutes for the horses to run over quickly, but it took just a few minutes.
Minutes later, the jolting of the horse made Hua Xi's hand holding the reins twitch with pain. Hua Xi suddenly thought why not make a carriage that could seat people? With a transport vehicle, it shouldn't be difficult to add a cover and a seat to the basics.
Not only that, you can also create chariots that charge into battle, imitating the Shang and Zhou dynasties and ancient Rome.
"Haha, haha..." Thinking of this, Hua Xi couldn't help laughing wildly.
"Clan leader, why are you laughing?" Hua An asked in confusion while holding the reins firmly.
"Haha, it's nothing. I just thought of some happy things. Where are they? Why didn't I see them?" At this time, Hua Xi and Hua An had already rode their horses to the hill, but they didn't find any people. Questions
road
"Haha, they are behind the hill. Because this side faces the sun and the other side is cooler, their huts are built on the side facing away from the sun." Hua An quickly explained
"oh!"
Several cavalrymen patrolling nearby discovered the clan leader and the great elder, and they were riding towards the camp of the unknown barbarians. They hurried over to protect the two of them, and called one of them to go back to the city immediately to call for safety.
Soon, under the jogging of the horse, walking on the gravel and lush grass, the blurred outlines of the layers of huts appeared in Hua Xi's field of vision.
Hey, Hua Xi was shocked by the sudden sight before him. On the sunny side of the hill, the entire land was densely packed with huts built next to each other. Groups of them were built on the grass. In addition to their bodies, they were wrapped in a piece of animal skin.
In addition to covering their shame, almost all of them, men, women, old and young, were naked. If it weren't for Shenglongtan next to the hill and Bailongjiang far away, they would probably be covered in black and dirty.
Hua Xi, Hua An and the three cavalrymen who opened the way in front, a total of 5 people, 5 horses and 5 horses, were running together. The noise was not small, and it immediately alarmed the barbarians in the camp. The barbarians were in a panic.
After a while, dozens of male barbarians who looked slightly stronger than others stood in front of their compatriots with spears in their hands, trembling as they watched the five men and five horses rushing towards the corner of the hill.
It can be seen from their eyes that they are all very fearful and frightened, and the hands holding the spears are shaking constantly because of nervousness and fear. Everyone's face is as fleshless as a loaf of bread, with deep hollows and a sluggish face.
, but more people have no color on their faces and are almost pale. It is estimated that they will be murdered by hunger in a short time. However, what is unquestionable is their determination to protect the safety of their tribe.
Suddenly, they discovered that these foreign barbarians were actually moving their spears in front of their clan leader. The three cavalrymen who were clearing the way were furious. The first cavalryman shouted loudly: "How dare you, the leader of our Chinese tribe, come here in person...
"
The cavalryman said nothing, because Hua Xi had already galloped forward half of his body and raised his hand to signal him to be silent.
Hua Xi saw from the eyes of the group of people in front of him that they were not hostile to him, but an instinctive reaction to protect themselves.
During this gap, after hearing the cavalry saying that the chief of the Chinese tribe had arrived in person, the crowd was noisy and commotion for a moment. Two men who were so weak that they had to be supported by their tribesmen to walk slowly walked out of the crowd. Finally, the two
The man broke free from the arms of the tribesman, rushed a few steps towards Hua Xi on the horse, knelt down on the grass with a snap and burst into tears.
When Hua Xi saw this battle, he secretly exclaimed: Damn it, it’s a big show! Why is it like the refugees in the TV series kneeling to a certain leader?
Sure enough, things turned out exactly as Hua Xi thought.
The two of them seemed to hear what Hua Xi was thinking. As soon as Hua Xi thought about it, the two people on the other side began to cry: "Chief Hua, please show mercy and save us sinners who have been abandoned by the gods.
!Woo…”
At this juncture, Hua Xi naturally knew how to do the scene on Scholar TV. He hurriedly got off his horse, took a few steps forward, helped the two of them up and said softly: "Please get up quickly, please get up quickly.
What happened that made you..."
"Alas! We are..." The two cried and told about the misfortune of their tribe.