After Qin Shihuang Lived for A Long Time, All Human Beings Were Looking for Me Madly

Chapter 014 With this thing, don't fight the Huns?

"Please immortal master to teach me..." Qin Shihuang asked with great joy on his face.

Even Wang Ben sat up and pricked up his ears to listen to what Su Tian said.

"Let me ask you first, what is the most expensive thing to fight with the Huns?" Su Tian asked enlighteningly.

Qin Shi Huang was the one who calculated the ledger, and since Shi Huang's identity was here, he naturally wouldn't speak first.

"Naturally, it's food? The army spent more than a million stone in food." Wang Li quickly replied.

"No! Even if there is no war for food, I have a million troops in Daqin, and I still need to eat food!"

Wang Ben was the first to deny his son's speech.

Then Qin Shihuang said, "It's the horses. Apart from the expenses of the army and the people's corvée, the horses cost the most, and it's the most pity."

Whether it was a war horse for the war with the Xiongnu or a pack horse for transporting grain, it was a very big expense.

Before the Hetao land was taken down, it can be said that there were basically no large horse farms in the Central Plains.

The horse farms mentioned here are different from ordinary people raising horses.

If you just keep horses, better families can keep one or two.

However, military horses in large-scale battles need large pastures for special stocking.

The horses raised in Daqin are different. The growth rate of the keratin in their hooves often cannot keep up with the wear rate.

Because the purpose of our horses is very clear - transportation, labor, etc., these heavy physical labor will accelerate the wear and tear of keratin.

At the point where the hoof cracks, the horse becomes inflamed and unable to walk.

According to the pre-Qin conditions, the horse could only be killed and eaten.

There are few horses in the Central Plains, and the price of horses is also very high.

Therefore, the distance from the battle with the Xiongnu and the value of the lost horses were many times greater than the sum of other battle losses.

Just like what Wang Ben said, even if the soldiers are not fighting, they still need to eat food in other places.

Therefore, the food was only partially lost in the process of transportation. For the troops, it was just a change of place to eat.

On the other hand, the Xiongnu side is different. The grassland is very large, and the horses can be self-sufficient.

Because they grow and wear out at roughly the same rate, their hooves can maintain a benign, healthy state and shape for a long time.

Hearing Qin Shihuang talking about horses, Su Tian had already thought that it was caused by the cracking of the horse's hooves.

"Since the horses are expensive, then I will solve this problem for you first."

He thought for a moment, turned around and went to the tool room not far away.

"Can this really be solved?" Qin Shi Huang was a little confused, he thought that Su Tian was just asking.

Unexpectedly, there is actually a way to solve the problem of horse wear and tear.

Even if it can only reduce the loss by 10%, it is at least half a year's income for Da Qin.

"Quick, help me up!"

Wang Ben looked at Qin Shihuang who went to the tool room with Su Tian, and eagerly urged his son.

As a general of the Qin Dynasty, he naturally wanted to know what kind of fairy method this Immortal Master Su planned to use.

The three followed Su Tian into the tool room, and were immediately stunned by the dazzling array of tools.

Most of the things hanging on the wall and on the work table they couldn't name.

There were only a few swords and axes that shone with cold light, letting them know that they were all extraordinary.

Su Tian took a piece of pig iron, processed it with a machine, and quickly made 4 U-shaped horseshoes.

The three Qin Shihuang who watched were all stunned. Is this the method of the immortals?

In Daqin, with this level of processing, few skilled craftsmen spend a day and cannot make such a thing at all.

"Okay." Su Tian handed the 4 horseshoes to Qin Shihuang.

"Immortal Master, what is this?" Ying Zheng handed two to the Wang family.

He lifted up the rest to check and asked curiously.

"It's a horseshoe, just like a man. It's like putting shoes on the horse so it doesn't wear out."

Su Tian explained with a smile.

"Shoes? Made of iron?" Wang Li looked at his father in confusion, only to find that his father was just as dumb.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a precedent for putting shoes on horses.

But that would be mostly sackcloth or leather, then tied with string.

It works, but not much...

As for the horseshoe given by Su Tian, Qin Shi Huang really wasn't sure if it would be of any use.

He glanced at Wang Ben hesitantly, and decided to ask directly.

"Excuse me, Immortal Master, with this... after this horseshoe, how much will the horse wear and tear?"

Hearing him ask this, Su Tian smiled lightly, organized the language and said:

"Well, if it is used properly, there will be basically no horseshoe cracking."

"If you have to talk about loss, the loss of the horseshoe cracking is estimated to drop to one or two hundred for the same distance you used before."

This is not an exaggeration by Su Tian. There was no hardened road in the pre-Qin period, and the grass on the dirt road would basically not wear horses with horseshoes.

"What!? Only one hundred and two?"

The three of them were shocked when they heard this data.

What concept?

My Daqin will no longer worry about horses costing money!

It means that you don't need to consider the loss of horses.

This means...

The Qin Dynasty's existing strength could completely defeat the Huns!

In their opinion, Su Tian is an immortal and will not lie to them at all.

Qin Shihuang instantly made up his mind:

all!

Give him every horse!

However, Su Tian understood the expression on Ying Zheng's face.