The first ray of light in the early morning jumped out of the clouds, in front of the main gate of Taiji Palace, the first dawn drum on the tower of Chengtianmen had been beaten, and the drum sound was faintly transmitted, and then I heard the drum towers on the north-south street follow in turn. As the drums spread from the inside out, whether it was the palace, the inner city, or the city in the city, they all opened in turn. At the same time, in the temple in Chang'an City, the morning bell also crashed into it, and the passionate beating drums were intertwined with the deep and distant bells, which instantly woke up the entire Chang'an City and welcomed the rising sun from the eastern sky. Passers-by began to appear on the lonely streets, some walked slowly, some looked hurried, and the number of people gradually increased, and the noise lingered in the sky above Chang'an City. Suddenly, he heard a sound of steel in the distance, and passers-by turned their heads to look, but saw that it was a maroon war horse like fire, sweeping from a distance. The horses' hooves were clanging, as if they were about to crush the bluestone pavement, and they galloped past the crowd of people on the street.

In Chang'an, this situation is not uncommon, so after the horse passes, passers-by continue their own things. Some idle old men will come together to look at the past war horses and guess what will happen in a few words.

It's not one, it's not five, so there is no need to listen to politics and see the dynasty today, and the standing staff officers under the Zhongshu and the door have already started their daily government affairs.

In the harem, a generation of emperors has just woken up from that gentle country at this moment.

"Erlang doesn't have to deal with political affairs today?" As soon as he opened his eyes, he heard a familiar voice, and the palace beauty smiled softly and gently put on her clothes.

"A few major things have been arranged, and other small things are handled by their own subordinates, and it is rare to have nothing to do, Guanyin, I will accompany you for a day today, what if?" Wei An's figure stood up suddenly, and he hugged the palace beauty in such a slightly domineering manner, causing her to exclaim.

Before he could speak, he suddenly heard an urgent report, and then the footsteps outside were in a hurry, and the emperor frowned slightly, and let go of the palace beauty.

"Erlang, political affairs are important, there is an urgent report, and the concubine will dress Erlang." As he spoke, the palace beauty dressed him up, and a moment later, the majestic figure, like a dragon among men, appeared in the temple outside.

Behind the Yellow Gate, there was a sergeant standing in the dust, and when he saw the emperor appear, his armor was full of leaves, and he suddenly fell to his knees, and passed an urgent report in his hand.

Urgent report in the army? Even as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he is also chuckling in his heart at this moment, isn't it those damned Turks who are coming to invade Xinjiang again?

The inner attendant took the urgent report from the hand of the yellow door, turned around and took the emperor, the emperor took it, carefully checked that the fire mark was intact, and then picked up the fire seal, and took out the fold to look at it carefully.

"Chen Qu Tutong: ......" just read the first few words, Qu Tutong? It's not the frontier, it's Luoyang! What's going on in Luoyang again?! Li Shimin was shocked, and hurriedly continued to look down.

"Smack!" With a bang, Li Shimin closed the fold heavily, stood up from the throne suddenly, and the attendant next to him jumped in fright, and saw Li Shimin striding in front of the sergeant in three steps and two steps, and asked in an excited tone: "Where is the war horse?!" ”

"Your Majesty, the war horse is outside the palace gate." The sergeant did not dare to look directly, got down on one knee, bowed his head and replied.

"Wang De, together with this sergeant, bring it quickly!" Li Shimin's voice was a little excited, and he turned around and shouted to the inner servant: "It is also rumored that Wuji and Fang Qing, Du Qing, and Li Jing and Li Tao are here to see!" ”

As soon as he obeyed the order, he hurried out of the palace.

Li Shimin paced back and forth in the palace, but his face was intertwined with uncertainty and joy, looking contradictory.

"Erlang? Why are you so excited? A soft voice came, Li Shimin turned his head to look, and saw Empress Changsun coming from behind, and stepped forward to help him tidy up his collar that was messed up by pacing back and forth in impatience. There were no outsiders here, and it was the eldest grandson queen who came out from behind.

"Guanyin, Jiang Guogong wrote, someone in Luoyang offered the method of horseshoe, nailed the iron palm under the horse's hooves, so that the war horse can avoid the knife soldiers, can avoid damage, Jiang Guogong said in the fold, he ordered the sergeant to throw the knife to the ground, so that the horse nailed to the horse from the top back and forth, and ordered the soldiers to charge back and forth on the rocky beach full of sharp gravel, and the horse's hooves were not worn!" Li Shimin rubbed his hands excitedly and said, handing it to Empress Eldest Sun as he walked. Empress Changsun took the fold and quickly finished reading it, and she was also shocked.

Li Shimin led the army as a young man, and was awarded the title of King of Qin for his military merits, and then he personally led the army to pacify the world, defeated the 36 anti-kings, and wiped out the 72 roads of smoke and dust. Once the horse's hooves are broken on the battlefield, the knight on the horse will die without a place to be buried, and a war horse can still be replenished, but a soldier who has experienced a hundred battles is difficult to have. Every time in a battle formation, the loss of war horses due to the loss of horses' hooves can reach six or seven percent, so no matter how many war horses there are in the imperial court, there are not enough war horses, and the good horses are not in the Central Plains, which makes the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty weaker than the Turks from the war horses. But once it is really as Jiang Guogong said, the horseshoe really has such a miraculous effect, then the problem of the loss of the war horse will no longer be a problem, if every war horse in the Tang Dynasty is nailed to the horse's shoe, that battle down, the war horse can keep more, and it will also make the combat effectiveness of the cavalry rise to a higher level! How is this not exciting?

It didn't take long for the sound of the announcement to be heard outside, Li Shimin strode outside, and saw the sergeant walking over with a batch of jujube red war horses, kneeling down on one knee: "The war horse is here, please review it!" The last general rode all the way from Luoyang City to Chang'an, and on the orders of the general, he specially selected gravel all over the road that was easy to break the horse's hooves. ”

Let's say, as soon as the sergeant turned around and grabbed the horse's leg, Li Shimin looked down, and sure enough, he saw an iron bar staring at the horse's hooves, and then looked at the horse's hooves, and sure enough, there was no wear at all!

"Someone! Swords on the ground! I'm going to try it for myself! Li Shimin shouted.

Suddenly, there were palace guards running to the front, drawing their swords and putting them on the ground according to Li Shimin's order. Li Shimin snatched the reins from the hands of the inner servant, stepped on the stirrup and jumped on the horse's back, the war horse neighed, Li Shimin pulled the reins of the horse, clamped his legs, and rushed to the swords in that place.

But said that the eldest grandson Wuji, as well as Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others were summoned by the emperor, and at this moment they hurriedly came to the palace together, and heard the sound of swords and soldiers from afar, and suddenly his face changed, and he immediately rushed in, but saw that the ground was full of swords, and a jujube red war horse was galloping back and forth. Look at it again, isn't the person who is on the horse the emperor of the dynasty!

Everyone hurriedly went over to pay their respects, and Li Shimin got off the horse, and before he could speak, he laughed loudly. Now everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that something good had happened. So he also showed a happy face, but saw the eldest grandson Wuji bow down and asked, "Why is Your Majesty so happy?" ”

Sure enough, I saw Li Shimin wave his hand at the inner attendant, and asked the inner attendant to present the recital forward, and said: "Everyone, take a look, this is Jiang Guogong's recital from Luoyang City, after reading it, you will know why I am ecstatic!" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji stepped forward to take the fold, looked at it a few times, and then suddenly closed the fold and said excitedly: "This ...... If this thing is available, it will be of great benefit to our soldiers! What a benefit! ”

As soon as he heard that it was of great benefit to the soldiers, Li Jing and Li Tao glanced at each other, the eldest grandson Wuji handed the fold to Li Jing, Li Jing and Li Tao looked at it together, after reading it, both of them were excited, but they heard Li Jing say: "Your Majesty, my Tang Dynasty iron cavalry is brave and good at fighting, but every time there is a war, the war horse is damaged strictly, and it is even worse than the soldiers. The war with the Western Regions is even more so, the desert Gobi gravel and gravel are everywhere, it is very easy to wear out the horse's hooves, if there is this horseshoe, my Tang Iron Horse crosses the desert Gobi, no longer have to worry about the scourge of horsehoe wear, if you want to fight with the Turks, this thing is indispensable! Majesty, who offered this law? Please reward him! ”

"If you have this method, you should indeed be rewarded! Hahahaha, with this horseshoe, the destruction of the Turks is just around the corner! Li Shimin, as the emperor who fought in the battle array, knew very well the important role of this horseshoe for the cavalry, so he was overjoyed in his heart, and turned his head to Fang Xuanling, who had already finished watching the recital, and asked, "How does Fang Qing think I should reward it?" ”

"Your Majesty, this Xia Hong's ascendant...... Why does Weichen feel familiar? Eldest Sun Wuji asked with a look of recollection.

"Hehe, it should be familiar. Didn't the eldest grandson forget the method of making salt? Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "There was a letter from Luanzhou County before, saying that there was a genius under his rule, Xia Hongsheng was a person who was a quiet stone, and offered the method of making salt, and made refined salt from the salt mine. Its recital was drafted by the Luanzhou County Order, and was co-signed by Lord Yan, the author Lang Xu Jingzong, and Luoyang Yin Yan County Cheng Xu Xiaode, so the minister was deeply impressed. In addition, Xu Xiaode also played to the province of the door, offering a set of extremely convenient counting methods, in other words, his son and nephew obtained from his classmates, this classmate, is also this Xia Hongsheng word Jingshi is also. The method of counting is really convenient, and the minister has already handed it over to Hongwenguan to try it first, and I wanted to wait for it to be tried before reporting to His Majesty. ”

"How to make salt?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said: "I remember that when I heard about the method of making salt, I was as happy as I am today, but the matter is very important, I have to deal with it carefully, I am to order the Yumen defenders to test it with their methods, if you can really take salt from the salt mine, then the area around Yumen will become a new salt field in my Datang, and my people and soldiers in Datang will no longer lack salt!" But I never thought that after a short time, this Xia Hongsheng solved an eternal problem for me! Hahahaha...... Such talents should be used by me, come on! ”