The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 64 Long Live My Emperor, God Bless Tang Dynasty

"Child slave...what did you say?" Li Shimin stood up from his seat in shock, because Li Zhi's words just now were too shocking. Li Zhi actually said that he would give him a hundred thousand war horses. Suddenly, Li Shimin He was a little dazed, so he looked at Li Zhi again and asked.

But Li Zhi was neither humble nor overbearing, and bowed to Li Shimin again: "My son said that he would give my father [-] war horses."

"Hiss!" Hearing Li Zhi's words again, all the civil and military officials in the court took a breath of cold air. Li Zhi really took such a big breath. One hundred thousand war horses, what kind of concept is that? It can be enough. A number that would raise the Tang Dynasty's cavalry to a higher level.

After two generations of emperors and decades of hard work, the Li Tang royal family has only just acquired one hundred thousand horses. The last abrupt battle also lost a lot. Can one hundred thousand war horses not frighten people?
"Tch!" With a sneer, Li Min turned around and looked at Li Zhi and said contemptuously: "Zhinu, this is the Tai Chi Palace, not the Queen's Zheng Palace. Some words are not nonsense. You must know how to deceive the emperor. The crime is very serious, don’t tell lies just to highlight yourself.”

Faced with Li Min's contempt, Li Zhi chose to ignore it. Instead, he looked at Li Shimin and bowed: "Father, you know best the conduct of my son. I never lie, let alone here." Taiji Palace lied. Erchen said that he would give his father one hundred thousand war horses, so it was one hundred thousand. Erchen knew that his father had always been troubled by horse politics, so Erchen was always anxious.

The day before yesterday, I finally let Erchen think of a way to get one hundred thousand war horses for his father. Unlike some people's so-called hybrid method, I don't know how long it will take before it will be effective.

The things offered by the sons and ministers can immediately alleviate the crisis of the Tang Dynasty. "

"Oh." Li Shimin smiled and nodded: "Slave slave, I know your character very well. You are a good boy, and you never lie. Then quickly bring out your [-] war horses and show them to me. If you are Really, I will reward you well."

"Thank you, Father." Li Zhi was very happy, then took out the horseshoe from his arms, and then said loudly: "This is the one hundred thousand war horses presented by this king."

The civil and military officials in the court were all looking forward to it, but when they saw the horseshoe in Li Zhi's hand, they were all embarrassed, because what the hell is this? These crescent-shaped iron blocks are one hundred thousand war horses?Everyone showed a slightly incomprehensible expression.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

At this time, Li Min even laughed loudly: "Zhinu, have you lost your mind and gone crazy? The four pieces of iron in your hand are the [-] war horses of the Tang Dynasty?
snort.! "

After Li Min finished laughing, he suddenly snorted: "Zhinu, you are deceiving me!"

"Child slave...?" Li Shimin also looked at Li Zhi suspiciously, while Li Zhi showed a calm smile and calmly looked at the looks of everyone around him, many of which were similar to what he had just seen. These horseshoes are the same. They all think it's stupid. This thing can also be a hundred thousand war horses?
But when his eldest brother introduced the function of horseshoes to him in detail, Li Zhi had to admit that he was still too young. At this time, many civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty also had his own look in his eyes.

Therefore, Li Zhi did not panic at all. Instead, he bowed to Li Shimin and said, "Father, can you let me have a few words with Zhang Siqing?"

"Yes!" Li Shimin agreed without hesitation. This was Li Shimin's preference for his legitimate sons. If concubines like Li You and Li Min had taken out four pieces of iron, they would have been slapped with a big stick, and they would not be as cheerful as they are now.

Li Zhi walked towards Zhang Wansui, looked at Zhang Wansui and smiled and said: "Zhang Siqing, you are an expert in raising horses. I would like to ask you, how much is the loss of our Tang Dynasty's war horses in a year?"

Zhang Wansui didn't know why Li Zhi asked himself this, but he answered honestly: "The loss is about [-] to [-] horses."

"Five thousand to ten thousand, that's a lot. Then I ask again, why is the wear and tear of the war horses so high?" Li Zhi looked at Zhang Wansui and continued to ask.

Zhang Wansui nodded: "The wear and tear of our war horses in the Tang Dynasty is very high. The reason is the horseshoes. To use an analogy, the horseshoes are similar to our fingernails. When the nails grow, they need to be cut. When the horseshoes grow, they also need to be trimmed.

For example, our nails are easy to split when they hit something hard. If we use our nails all the time, they will be blunted. If we don't protect them at this time, we will hurt the flesh, which will be very painful.

The same goes for animals. Since war horses and domestic livestock need to run long distances or work with heavy loads, when their hoofs hit or step on stones or other things, the cuticles on the horses' hoofs can easily crack and dry out. It is easy to wear and tear after living or walking for a long time. If the cuticle is damaged, the meat inside will be injured, and the animal will be in pain.It is a pity that such war horses cannot be used, but there is no way, because war horses have to be trained every day, so their hoofs are more likely to crack, which also leads to the high loss of war horses every year. "

"Oh." Li An nodded and smiled: "Zhang Siqing, what if we could put a pair of iron shoes on our war horse?"

"Put iron shoes on the war horse?" Zhang Wansui was stunned.

Li Zhi smiled and looked at Li Shimin: "Father, the horse's hooves are always in contact with the ground, subject to the friction of the ground, the corrosion of stagnant water, etc., which will wear the horse's hooves.

After wear and tear, the horse's hoof will fall off quickly. Once the horse's hoof falls off, the horse cannot be used, but if we put a pair of iron shoes on the horse's hoof. "

Li Zhi took out his horseshoes and said with a smile: "In this way, the horseshoes will not have to directly contact the ground, water, and stones on the road. In this way, the horseshoes can be protected, and we can put on a pair of shoes on our legs. The principle is the same.

And with horseshoes, the horseshoes can also grip the ground more firmly, which is beneficial to riding and driving.

If the horseshoes are not injured, then the loss of war horses this year can be ignored, and it is not just war horses that can be shoed. All horses and even mules in the Tang Dynasty can be shoed, so that one year How much loss can be left, Father Emperor, this is the one hundred thousand war horses presented by the son-in-law to Father Emperor. "

With that said, Li Zhi bowed forward and handed the horseshoe to Li Shimin. Huang Bao immediately took the horseshoe into his hand, and then quickly sent it to Li Shimin's hand on the dragon throne.

Li Shimin picked up the horseshoe and asked excitedly: "Zhang Aiqing, can this horseshoe work?"

After Li Shimin asked, Zhang Wansui knelt down and cheered loudly: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, God bless the Tang Dynasty, the horseshoes donated by His Royal Highness King Jin can be worth [-] war horses, this is an artifact of the Tang Dynasty, long live my emperor!"

Zhang Wansui shouted this, and all the civil and military officials in the court knelt down and stood up and shouted: "Long live my emperor, God bless the Tang Dynasty."

　Thank you for the recommendation, thank you for the message, the book still has many loopholes, thank you all for your tolerance, thank you very much!

　　Two places were modified. The first place is that there should be no horse bandits around Chang'an, so I changed the distance of Qingniu Mountain from twenty miles to eighty miles. An ancient person basically only lived a hundred miles in his lifetime. The scope is not small, and the horse bandits are also needed in the story. Thank you for your tolerance.

　　The second point is the problem of modern rice paper, so I specially added a paragraph in Chapter 27: Here I want to explain why rice paper is needed, because rice paper can be passed down for more than a thousand years, and other ordinary papers cannot, Li An When passing through the cave, I discovered that the things I brought back from the Tang Dynasty would become quaint, as if they had experienced thousands of years. This was the case with Jin Kaiyuan last time.

　　So Li An knew that the cave would probably have traces of thousands of years after bringing things out from the Tang Dynasty, because this is a law of time. If ordinary paper is brought in, it will not be able to experience a thousand years of time when it comes out. Will shatter.

　　Only this rice paper can last for thousands of years.

　　This will make Li Zhi's writing impeccable. Thank you all for your messages and your tolerance!

　　


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