Liu Yuxi stared at the paper that Wei Renshi placed on the table, looked at it, and asked, "What is this?"

"This is something that can be used as a big deal whether it is used in the folk or in the ranks of the ranks." Wei Renshi said: "I came to ask Mr. Zhang for help today. I planned to take out this thing as a bargaining chip if he didn't agree. It happened that you came to Luoyang, so I don't have to hide this thing anymore."

When Liu Yuxi heard this, he immediately picked up the pieces of paper and looked carefully, but still couldn't understand.

"What is this?" Liu Yuxi asked.

"The places where the Uighurs live, some aquatic plants are fresh and tender, and they can grazle cattle and raise horses, but in other places, the desert Gobi. The Gobi is covered with sharp gravel, and horses pass through it, and their hooves wear out quickly." Wei Renshi said to Liu Yuxi: "So when the Uighurs pass by the Gobi, they will put a piece of wood on the horse's hoof, which is like wearing shoes for a horse. Then they wrap the horse's hoofs with yak skin. In this way, passing through the Gobi gravel, the wear of the horse's hoof will be much less. This thing is called wood astringent."

"Is this Mushu?" Liu Yuxi had never been to the border area, so he had never heard of Mushu.

Wei Renshi shook his head and said, "This is a horseshoe I made based on the principle of Mushu."

"Horsehoe?!" Liu Yuxi was stunned. From the usage of wood squamous that Wei Renshi had just said, and from this name, he seemed to have learned something. Then his eyes suddenly became brighter and he quickly asked, "Horsehoe is..."

Horseshoe, as the name suggests, is an iron hoof-shaped object nailed under the horse's hoof to protect the horse's hoof.

Because the horse's hooves are composed of two layers, one layer that comes into contact with the ground is a layer of hard keratin that is several centimeters thick, and the other layer above is a living keratin.

When the horse's hooves come into contact with the ground, they are damaged by friction from the ground and corroded by accumulated water, they will wear out quickly. In addition, if they need to be trapped or pulled a cart, they will be more likely to break and fall off.

Nailing horseshoes is to delay the wear of horseshoes, and nail the iron sheet into the shape of a horseshoe to the horseshoe.

The use of horseshoes not only protects the horseshoes, but also makes barbs, making the horseshoes firmer to hold the ground firmly, which is very beneficial for riding and driving.

In later generations, when I watched ancient costume TV series and movies, the horses in them were nailed with horseshoes, so I used to think that in ancient China, I knew how to nail horseshoes a long time ago to protect horseshoes.

But I never thought that China, which was the world's leading iron smelting technology in ancient times, did not think of a way to put iron shoes on horse hooves.

Isn't there a story in later generations: one missing an iron nail, one horse's hoof, one horse's hoof, one war horse, one king, one king, one king, one battle, one battle, one dynasty. Although this story expresses the principle that a thousand-mile dike was destroyed by an ant hole, it can be seen that people at that time already knew the importance of nailing horse's hoof to war.

Especially for ancient wars where cavalry was the main equipment and main combat power of the army and war horses were the main strategic equipment.

Horseshoe also plays an important role not only in war, but also in daily life use.

After nailing the horseshoe, the wear and tear of the horseshoe can be greatly reduced. Whether it is pulling a cart or riding a rack, the horses can be more utilizing, and it can also save money from a large number of horses recuperating.

"The so-called horseshoe is an iron utensil, which can be made from a blacksmith. A circular iron piece made from reference to the shape of a horseshoe. If the iron piece is nailed to the horseshoe, it is called a horseshoe. It can be used to protect the horseshoe from wear and damage from hard objects. After nailing the horseshoe, even if you ride a horse on a rocky beach, or walk forward with a sword, gun, sword and halberd, you will not hurt the horseshoe at all. If the iron piece below is damaged, just remove one of the heavy nails and jump around again. The unloaded horseshoe can be rebuilt and reused, and the benefits will be greatly improved." Wei Renshi explained to Liu Yuxi.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a sudden sound from the bed behind him: "What?!"

As soon as the two turned around, they saw that Mr. Zhang, who was still lying on the bed, suddenly jumped up from the bed, and arrived at the table in two steps, and pinched the paper on the table.

"This thing..." Xue Shi Zhang was not drunk at this moment. His eyes were burning, staring at the paper in his hand eagerly, and asked, "I just heard the word "horse-shoe" and then had an enlightenment in my heart. I heard what you said again... Well, can this thing have a real thing?"

"Not yet." Wei Renshi shook his head and said, "It's actually very easy to do, and any blacksmith can beat it."

"Since ancient times, no matter what dynasty or era, the biggest loss of troops to foreign troops, especially those Hu people was not people, but war horses." Zhang Xueshi shook his hand holding the paper a little, and said: "Every time, people suffered casualties, while the losses of war horses were as high as 30%, sometimes as much as 60%. A considerable part of the reason is that the horse's hooves are too easy to suffer great wear and tear during charges, causing many additional casualties."

Zhang stared at the piece of paper in his hand and said, "Our army is mainly cavalry, and the most important thing for cavalry is war horses. If a war horse is a problem, it will be fatal to a cavalry. Cavalry without war horses will be greatly reduced. Every time a war is fought, countless war horses will be lost, and then re-trained, and then sent to the battlefield to lose... This thing must be physical!"

"That's easy to say." Wei Renshi said: "Find a horse, find another blacksmith. Just hit the horse's hooves according to the horse's hooves and nail them."

"Let's go! Go now!" Liu Yuxi grabbed Wei Renshi excitedly.

Mr. Zhang also immediately said: "Wait until I change my clothes and go with me."

The most important combat power of the imperial court is cavalry. The most important thing about cavalry is war horses.

The biggest problem with a war horse is that the horse's hooves are broken.

Once the horse's hooves are broken on the battlefield, most of the knights riding horses will die without a place to die. Although a war horse is difficult to cultivate, it can be supplemented in the end, but a soldier who has experienced many battles is difficult to have. Every battle formation, the loss of war horses can reach 60 to 70% due to the horse's hooves is broken. Therefore, no matter how many war horses the court has, it is not enough, and the good horses are not in the Central Plains.
Chapter completed!