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horseshoe

Li Pojun was about to turn around to look at the soldiers on the school field, when he heard Zhai Changsun's question, none of them almost fell down, and then he had to say embarrassedly: "This, Gongda, you also know, after years of war, now my Datang horses are not abundant, so now it will not be able to make up for a while, but don't worry, it won't be long before you clean up the Turks, horses, how many you want, and they are all good horses."

Saying that, Li Pojun was arrogant, waving his "big" hand and writing empty checks unscrupulously.

Everyone was a little embarrassed when they heard this, and Zhai Changsun had to say: "General, this, don't mention it in the future, but now, without horses, how can I train cavalry?"

Li Pojun was also distressed when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and said: "You first train your basic skills, take military discipline seriously, and within five days, I will find you a hundred horses to come over, and I will exchange them for practice first, and I will find a way in the future."

Hearing Li Pojun say this, Zhai Changsun thought about it and responded, he is an expert in cavalry, he knows that horses are rare, I haven't seen officials in Chang'an City who are less than three grades or above, and none of them can stand to ride in a carriage, it is the rarity of horses, so it is the ox cart and donkey cart that are full of streets.

Li Pojun also has a headache about cavalry, cavalry is a thing that people love and hurt, what they love is that the cavalry is strong in combat power and strong in mobility, and the pain is that this thing costs too much money, it's like a money-burning machine, it won't take long for a horse to retire because of damage to the horse's hooves, a cavalry is strong, but even if it doesn't fall off the horse, it will be scrapped but it will be scrapped if it becomes a foot army, and the training for a long time is in vain, so Li Pojun is also a headache.

Well? Damaged horseshoe? Fall off the horse to scrap? Li Pojun seemed to have caught something, and then he was overjoyed, Li Pojun said excitedly: "I have to leave in advance." Determine the prescription, the training of the infantry army must not be relaxed, the training intensity must be maintained, and the canteen can be instructed for nutritional problems. The issue of military discipline should be strictly implemented in accordance with the 54 cuts I have formulated, and there should be no perversion of the law. And Zhu Cheng, Yiyingwen has worked hard for you in advance, hold on, and wait until you are on the right track."

After that, he instructed Zhai Changsun Haosheng to study with Su Liang and a few people, and understand the Shence Army, but he left in a hurry, leaving only a few people who were slightly stunned, and then several people also went to work with a wry smile.

And the anxious Li Pojun came to the middle hall, Chen Kang and Li Ran were curious, His Royal Highness was stunned again? Li Pojun sat down and said, "Ah Ran, where is the blacksmith in Zhuangzhong?"

Li Ran was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "All the craftsmen in the village are building barracks in the back mountain, and the blacksmith is also there."

"Go, call the most skilled blacksmith here."

Li Ran was about to turn around, but Li Pojun got up again and said, "No, I'll go."

Saying that, he hurriedly walked through the school field and went to the back mountain, and when he came to the back mountain, he saw that the barracks were in full swing on the mountainside behind the east barracks.

Li Ran took Li Pojun to a low shack, which was filled with ping-pong iron and doing some engineering things.

After knowing that Li Pojun was coming, four blacksmiths hurriedly greeted him, a bald and beardless old man, a middle-aged man with a short beard, and two young boys.

Li Pojun said bluntly: "Okay, you sit down, I'll ask you to build something, which of you has the best technology?"

As soon as these words came out, the four people looked at the bald and beardless old man, at this time, the head of the back mountain came to see him, and when he heard Li Pojun's question, he also said directly: "Your Highness, these four people are the three generations of grandchildren, the family blacksmith, and among the four grandchildren, it should be Cheng Lao Bald's best craftsmanship."

At this time, the bald old man surnamed Cheng also arched his sturdy arms, and said straightly: "Your Highness, their craftsmanship was taught by the old man, and the old man knows that the craftsmanship is no less than mine, I don't know what His Highness wants to create?" My grandfather and grandson built it together, maybe it's even better."

When Li Pojun heard this, he didn't think that this was the four ancestors and grandchildren of the family, and when he heard the old man's words, he also nodded, and the three stinkers were Zhuge Liang, not to mention that the technical difficulty of that thing was not high.

Just as he was about to give an order, suddenly, Li Pojun was stunned, and he didn't avoid it, and asked Li Ran, who was in charge, "Are they reliable?"

The old man smiled helplessly and didn't say anything, and the two young men lowered their heads.

The main thing is the clearest, and he said directly: "Your Highness, rest assured, the four of his ancestors and grandchildren have entered the slave registration of my Dragon Guardian Villa, and the deeds are all in the custody of Mr. Li, and they will be His Highness's slaves for the rest of their lives, so they must be reliable."

Li Pojun raised his eyebrows when he heard this, but he didn't think that these four blacksmiths were slaves, and he didn't know how Li was exploited.

Immediately said: "Work hard, if I am satisfied, let one of the four of you get out of the country"

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The four ancestors and grandchildren raised their heads when they heard this, their eyes were full of surprise, and they thanked them again.

Li Pojun brought a piece of coarse paper and drew it on it, and in Li Pojun's frowning and sad face, everyone waited silently.

After a long time, Cheng Laohan excitedly took the coarse paper, only to see that there was only a circle drawn on it, and there were several small holes on the circle.

So, he looked at Li Pojun with a confused face, Li Pojun also patted his head, and said directly: "This is a semi-circular piece of iron, well, that is, in the shape of a horse's hoof, it doesn't need to be thick, just have a finger thick, leave a few small holes on it, and you can nail the ......."

Li Pojun's painting talent is a mess, in the end the text is pale, Li Pojun compared the shape of a horseshoe with one hand, and Cheng Laohan understood.

Li Pojun's heart moved again, and he said straightly: "Go and lead my horse." A personal guard ran to Qianzhuang, and after a few minutes, in Li Pojun's stupid gaze, he saw that the personal guard was running with the reins of the jade-topped horse, and he was almost not dragged to the ground by the horse.

Li Pojun took the reins and looked directly at the very familiar guard, "You are stupid, you can't ride over?" ”

The guards were busy kneeling on one knee, "Your Highness's mount, the villain doesn't dare."

"Pedantic". Li Pojun dropped a sentence to lead the horse to the shack, and the hot stove made the jade top horse a little restless, and rubbed it on Li Pojun's body.

Li Pojun squatted down and pointed to the hooves of the jade-topped horse and said: "Just hit according to the size of this hoof, but hit a few small nails, and when the time comes, nail this horseshoe to the horse's shoe."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, "What? Lang Jun, are you going to nail the horseshoe? ”

"Your Highness, this ......".

"Then why do you wear shoes? It's not that I'm afraid of panicking on the soles of my feet, how much the horse's hooves should hurt if I don't wear shoes, and most of the horses in the army are scrapped because of the horse's hooves." Li Pojun said with a straight glance in his eyes.