Datang: Longevity for Thousands of Years, Exposed by Xiao Sizi

Chapter 133 A horse with shoes on!
There is no other way. After all, the horseshoe is an original part of the horse. They cannot replace or repair it. They can only pray unilaterally that there will be no problems with the horseshoe.

It can be said that horse hooves restricted the expansion and development of the Tang Dynasty, as well as its combat effectiveness.

After all, whether it is dealing with the Turks or resisting foreign enemies, all kinds of highly mobile armies need the support of war horses.

However, the cavalry equipment was heavy and weighed down the horses. Sometimes the horse's hooves would be hit by a stone or injured by something and would break, causing the horses to feel pain and lose their combat effectiveness.

Therefore, there is no other way. In any long-distance battle, the cavalry must prepare three or four times the number of horses as the cavalry. Only by constantly replacing them can the cavalry's combat effectiveness be brought into play.

This is to protect the horse's hooves.

Sometimes a warhorse still has strength, but its hooves have reached their limit.

If there was any way to solve the problem of horse hooves, then each soldier would only need one warhorse.

It can be said that the number of cavalry in the Tang Dynasty could triple or quadruple in an instant.

Such an increase in combat power can be said to be terrifying.

cavalry!

There is no doubt that it is the most powerful military force of this era!
In fact, it is not just the military that cares about horse hooves; the people also attach great importance to it.

When common people wanted to travel far away, or transport some items, they were very careful, for fear of damaging the horse's hooves.

Horseshoes, a difficult problem.

Li Shimin didn't know what was on the horses' hooves.

But, he didn't know why, he suddenly felt a huge expectation rising in his heart.

"Come! Look at its feet!" Changsun Wuji gritted his teeth, rolled up his sleeves and walked directly towards a pony.

Du Ruhui, Cheng Yaojin and Wei Zheng also went up.
They want to control a horse and observe it carefully.

Empress Changsun also walked closer and her eyes fell on the horse's hooves, somewhat puzzled.

Just now she was far away and couldn't see the details clearly. Now even if she didn't pick up the horse's hoof, she could still see it...
The hooves of these horses are all inlaid with this thing.

Changsun Wuji and a few others pulled a pony to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin squatted down and gently released the foal's hooves.

Look down.

beside,

Zhangsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng and others all squatted down and looked over carefully.

I want to see what’s different about the horseshoes in the courtyard next to the Prince Chu’s Palace.

Put something on the horse's hooves.

This idea was something they had never thought of before!

They thought, how can you use horse hooves to hold things when they are so hard?
but!

Little Sizi kept saying that there was something shiny under the horse's hoof.

Moreover, what Xiao Sizi said just now, about putting shoes on the horse, directly shocked them.

Several pairs of eyes fell on the foal's hooves.

Then, in an instant, the breathing of Li Shimin and others suddenly froze.

Immediately, Changsun Wuji and the others exclaimed in surprise.

"Your Majesty, I saw it, I saw it. I saw something shiny!"

“This is… This is…”

"There is really something on this horse's hoof. What is it?"

"I don't know. Hey! Why is it so...hard?"

"Iron! This is iron, it is made of iron!"

Changsun Wuji tapped the iron of the horse with his fingers, feeling the hardness coming from the horse's hoof, and couldn't help but exclaimed.

iron!
This is definitely iron!
No one in the Tang Dynasty could surpass Changsun Wuji in his familiarity with iron.

This is really iron!
Young Master Qin...Young Master Qin actually installed a piece of iron on the horse's hoof!

For a moment, Changsun Wuji's mind went blank.

What the hell!

Does this work too?
Something as hard as a horse hoof, and you added a piece of iron?
This….
Li Shimin also stretched out his hand and felt the hard object on the foal's hoof with his fingers, with a look of confusion on his face.

He really doesn't understand!
He had never heard of it either!
He doesn't understand even more!
What on earth is this thing?
What is the use of it?

The horse's hoof is already hard enough, and with an iron block installed on it, doesn't it...doesn't it hurt?

Can the foal accept it?

If you put a piece of iron on a person's foot, he probably wouldn't even be able to walk.

If you are not dead, you are lucky to have a life.

So he was a little confused.

How can a piece of iron be pressed on a horse's hoof?
Cheng Yaojin widened his eyes.

He also began to understand why His Majesty and the others liked to come to the Prince Chu's Palace.

Can you see such novel things outside?
impossible! Absolutely impossible!
If you tell others that you put an iron block on a horse's hoof, no one will believe it!
How can this be fixed?
But now, it is truly placed on it.

incredible!

Unable to understand!

Unbelievable!
Li Shimin didn't believe it. He thought it was only on the foal, so he ran to the big horse next to him.

These big horses were all in the stable. When Li Shimin approached them, their eyes became fierce, and he was obviously hostile to strangers.

But at this time, Li Shimin was so focused on finding a solution that he didn't notice these things and was still rushing towards the stable.

"hold head high!"

When they got close enough, a white horse rushed out of the stable.

The eyes are fierce!

Rampage!

Directly pointing at Li Shimin!
"Your Majesty, be careful!"

Cheng Yaojin, who was not far behind him, was horrified.

however.

He was too far away, even if he ran at top speed, there was still quite a distance between him and the opponent.

Malaysia is going crazy.

This is something no one could have imagined.

The old man and others were also horrified.

Li Shimin widened his eyes. The horse was running so fast that it almost ran in front of Li Shimin in the blink of an eye.

At the critical moment.

Little Sizi opened his arms and protected Li Shimin.

"Damn it, you bad girl, don't touch my father!"

Little Sizi gritted his teeth.

The big horse saw the tiny little Sizi with angry eyes, and began to slow down its galloping speed. By the time it reached the little Sizi, it had completely stopped.

How is this going!

stunned!

Shock!

Can't believe it!

Everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them.

Why does a nearly crazy horse suddenly become rational?

And the next moment,
Something even more shocking happened.

The big horse's eyes suddenly became gentle, and it lowered its proud head, rubbing its head against the little Sizi's small body.

Little Sizi: ???

Li Shimin: ???

Changsun Wuji and his people: ???
How is this going? !
"Hehe, stop rubbing, you bad boy, it's really itchy!"

The little Sizi was so itchy from being rubbed.

The big horse seemed to be psychic. It actually stopped rubbing the little Sizi and instead began to lick the little Sizi's little cheek with its tongue.

You can see that it likes little Sizi very much.

“This….what on earth is going on?!”

Li Shimin was confused.

"Little Sizi, do you know this big horse?"

Li Shimin could not help asking. Little Sizi was holding the big horse head at this time, smiling sweetly and said: "Father, I don't know it! But it is so well behaved, hehe, Sizi made a wrong judgment just now, this is a good horse."

Hearing this, the big horse couldn't stop shaking its tail, and seemed very happy.

Li Shimin was even more confused now.

Little Sizi didn’t know the big horse, but it stopped because of her. How much must the horse like little Sizi!
"Your Majesty, perhaps I can help you solve this problem."

At this time, the old man came over.

Li Shimin's eyes flickered, and he asked quickly, "Then old sir, please solve my doubts."

The old man laughed, stroked his beard and said, "These horses were all raised by Xiao Qin himself, so they all like Xiao Qin very much."

"I guess... it's because His Highness Xiao Sizi also has the scent of Xiao Qin on him, so that's why the horse behaved like this."

"Or perhaps there is another possibility. When Xiao Qin was feeding these horses, he told me that he was feeding them for His Highness Little Sizi. He wanted His Highness Little Sizi to have the experience of riding horses when he grows up."

"So, Xiao Qin instilled in these horses the idea that they must protect His Highness Xiao Sizi. It seems illusory, but! Are there still many miracles that happened at Wangyun Inn, Your Majesty?"

The words fell.

Li Shimin's mouth twitched. This was another masterpiece of "Qin Wenyuan"!

Prepared for his precious stepsister.

The old man mentioned two possibilities.

One reason is that Xiao Sizi has the scent of "Qin Wenyuan".

The second is "Qin Wenyuan" himself, the horse prepared for Xiao Sizi.

No matter which possibility it is, it means that Xiao Sizi is Qin Wenyuan's most caring sister.

Because when the horse saw it was Li Shimin, it rushed forward, but when it saw Xiao Sizi, it stopped.

This gap...
It’s quite big.

Li Shimin's heart was filled with mixed feelings, and he couldn't tell whether he was helpless or angry.

“Crack…”

At this moment, the door of the stable next to it was also opened.

Another big horse ran out.

Everyone in Malaysia saw this and went crazy.

But at this time, he ran happily to the little Sizi and kept rubbing the little Sizi with his horse's head, making the little Sizi feel itchy and laugh.

See this scene.

Everyone understood that this was not just a low-probability event, but that all the horses had been trained by "Qin Wenyuan" to like little Sizi very much.

"Hehe, Father, they all like Sizi so much!"

Little Sizi was very happy.

Li Shimin rubbed his head in pain and said, "Little Sizi, can you let them lift their horses' feet? Your Majesty wants to see what's underneath."

"Okay, okay! It's no problem!"

Little Sizi agreed happily, and then said in a baby voice: "Good horse, lift your feet."

Although it was human language, the white horse really raised its foot.

Everyone who saw this couldn't help but exclaim, what an incredible spiritual ability!

Li Shimin put away his complicated emotions and went to look at the horse's feet.

The iron block on the horseshoe of this big horse is even bigger.

this…….
Li Shimin didn't know what to say at all.

The old man watched from a distance.

He now knew what this group of people were looking for.

horseshoe!
It must be a horseshoe!

I thought it was some other treasure.

The old man was a little disappointed.

Your Highness has already popularized horseshoes in Wangyun Inn a long time ago, and all of Your Highness's horses are equipped with horseshoes.

He already knew it.

His Highness even performed the installation of horseshoes on the spot.

The old man was used to it, but he didn't expect that these most powerful people in the Tang Dynasty were so ignorant...
It also made me worry for nothing.

This horseshoe is not such a valuable item, so just let it be discovered.

The old man shook his head and sat on the millstone easily.

In front, Changsun Wuji looked at Li Shimin blankly and said, "Your Majesty, what on earth is this?"

"How...how can it be pressed on the horse's hoof? How did you do that?"

Li Shimin turned his head and looked at him.

Damn it, if I knew this, would I still be here studying it with you guys?
Li Shimin swallowed and shook his head.

Everyone felt the hard tentacles of the iron block on their fingertips, and they looked at each other in shock.

Although they were recognized as the most intelligent people in the Tang Dynasty, they had no idea what this thing was.

What is this?
They couldn't understand.

After all, before this, no one had ever thought of the existence of horseshoes.

In fact, even this kind of idea and concept has never appeared before.

Shoeing a horse?
If it weren't for Xiao Sizi's joke today, they would never have thought of this even if they thought about it for eight lifetimes.

Because, in their thinking, putting shoes on a horse is equivalent to a huge absurdity.

I would never have thought of it!

If Xiao Sizi hadn't kept talking, Li Shimin wouldn't have come over to investigate like a lunatic.

But I didn't expect that I would actually see something different.

Several people gathered around the horse's hooves, scratching their heads with painful expressions on their faces.

They really had no way to solve this puzzle, let alone figure out what these iron pieces on the horse's hooves were and what their uses were.

"Sir."

At this moment, suddenly, Li Shimin stood up abruptly and looked at the old man in Wangyun Inn anxiously.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" the old man asked with a smile.

"Do you...do you know what this is?"

There was anticipation in Li Shimin's eyes.

When Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui and others heard this, they all looked at the old man.

I guess this is the only one who knows about this.

If he doesn’t know either, then he can only wait for “Qin Wenyuan” to come back.

However, the old man's extremely frank answer made them slightly stunned.

"Of course I know."

Six words.

Extremely simple, extremely confident, and extremely calm.

But their brains suddenly felt a little lack of oxygen.

Cough cough cough…….
This Nima...
I've been researching this for a long time, but I'm still confused and have no idea. If you already know what this is, why don't you tell me? !

Just watch us guessing and worrying?
Li Shimin did not expect that the old man would say this without hiding anything.

Hula…….
Li Shimin rushed over in a hurry.

He grabbed the old butler's arm.

"What is it?"

"Old man, what on earth is this?"

Li Shimin stared straight into the old butler's eyes.

The old butler smiled and said easily: "Your Majesty, these are the shoes for the warhorse."

Warhorse shoes?
It’s exactly as Xiao Sizi said!
Li Shimin's eyes narrowed.

Blood pressure suddenly shot up.

Is this really putting shoes on a war horse?

damn it!
Just now he really thought that Xiao Sizi was just speaking casually.

but….
Who would have thought that all the horses in Wangyun Inn were really wearing shoes.

(End of this chapter)