It was not long before Qin Yang and Zhao Yun came out of the horse market. On a hot day, people were eating and cooling off, and there were even fewer pedestrians on the road. Qin Yang felt hungry, and was worried that Qing Yao had been waiting at home for a long time.
, without thinking about the person who was following him, he just wanted to ride home. He estimated that it would only take a stick of incense to cover more than ten miles.
Just when he wanted to invite Zhao Yun to get on the horse, he was stunned. Because he saw no saddle or stirrups on the horse, Qin Yang couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly, thinking: "It seems that he will have to stay in this city for a long time."
It took a while to get the saddle and stirrups ready before we could go."
Qin Yang asked Zhao Yun if there was a saddlery shop in the city. After all, Zhao Yun was a "know-it-all". He told Qin Yang that there was one at the west gate. The two of them rushed to the saddlery shop with empty stomachs and asked.
There are ready-made ones, so you can choose them at will. But when Qin Yang asked about stirrups, the clerk in the saddle shop stared in surprise with his big eyes, and asked in confusion: "What? What? What stirrups do you mean? That's
What kind of thing is that?" Zhao Yun next to him also looked puzzled and asked: "Yang, what is that stirrup and what is its use?".
Qin Yang was also stunned, "No stirrups? Don't you know what a stirrup is?" He tried hard to search for historical information about stirrups in his memory. After thinking for a while, he finally remembered that this stirrup was made in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
It would not appear until the early years of the Three Kingdoms, that is, around 0 AD, and now it is still 210 BC, so stirrups are definitely gone.
In fact, this stirrup is very simple. It is a flat-bottomed ring, fixed with a belt, and hung on both sides of the saddle of the riding animal (mainly horses, but also including mules and other equine animals) for the rider to place his feet. It can also
Assist the rider to get up and down. With stirrups, it is easier for the rider to sit firmly on the saddle and control the horse, so that he can free his hands and make various movements on the horse. This makes riding animals useful in transportation, communications and military
began to play a more important role.
Without stirrups, riding a horse was a chore for ancient people, because when the horse galloped or jumped, the rider sat on the saddle with his feet dangling in the air, and had to clamp the horse's body with his legs and hold the horse's mane tightly with his hands.
In order to prevent falling off the horse. With the stirrups firmly connected to the saddle, the knight on the horse can sit more firmly. Not only can he raise his sword and slash downward, he can also resist the thrusting spear.
By moving and dodging in the saddle, you can also use the momentum generated by the horse's high-speed advancement (the impact force can be doubled due to the weight of the horse and the rider) to increase the lethality. Therefore, in the Middle Ages, the main arms evolved from infantry to cavalry.
In the process, the stirrup undoubtedly played an important role. Qin Yang advanced the invention of the stirrup by a full four hundred years. Later, the stirrup played an important role in Qin Yang's mission, which will not be mentioned later.
Qin Yang was stunned for a moment, and kept complaining in his heart that he had neglected such a big thing. If he had known that he would bring one pair from the original time and space, it would have been much easier. Now he has no choice but to order two pairs. In the original time and space,
Although Qin Yang of Time and Space could ride a horse, his riding skills were not superb. He had never thought about riding without stirrups.
Fortunately, the guy was very smart. Although he didn't know what a stirrup was, with Qin Yang's instructions, it only took him less than half an hour to figure out the purpose of the stirrup, and he didn't know where to find one.
He drew a stirrup pattern on the cloth with charcoal and marked the dimensions of each direction. When Qin Yang saw that it still looked like that, he gave up. He casually rewarded the boy with ten and a half taels of money, and the boy told him
He called another clerk in the shop, took the things and happily went to find the blacksmith elsewhere.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to wait for the stirrups, Qin Yang and Zhao Yun found a restaurant near the saddle shop, ordered a few dishes, and asked a waiter from the restaurant to feed the horses, and then they started to have a drink. During the dinner, Qin
Yang found a few suspicious people wandering around outside the wine shop. Qin Yang knew that these people were still trying to get his three kilograms of gold, but he was just concerned about the inconvenience of doing so due to the large number of people in the city. Qin Yang was extremely annoyed and thought in his mind.
How to teach them a lesson?
Qin Yang thought for a while, then asked Zhao Yun: "Father, is there a path home from the city?".
"Yes, there is, and it's much closer. But I haven't walked it for a long time. The road is rugged and difficult to walk. I wonder why my grandson asked me why?" Zhao Yun replied.
"Can you pass the horse?" Qin Yang asked again.
"It passed."
"That's good. Dad, don't make any noise, just quietly look at the people outside." Qin Yang motioned to Zhao Yun to look outside the wine shop.
"Oh, you mean there's something wrong with those people and they're targeting us?" Zhao Yun woke up from a dream.
"Yes, there was one at first, and now there are several more."
"That's a bit troublesome. They have a large number of people. Why don't we report to the official?" Zhao Yun felt deeply that he was single and weak.
"Report to the official? Don't you know that Qin Fa's rule is to control people in the future, and the innocent and guilty will be ignored. Now that we don't have their evidence of guilt, how can we report to the official?" Qin Yang said unhurriedly.
"Then what should we do, Yang, tell me." Seeing Qin Yang's confident look, Zhao Yun calmed down.
"Uncle, all we need is this..." Qin Yang whispered in Zhao Yun's ear.
"Okay, okay. That's right. Can you handle it alone?" Zhao Yun beamed and was worried about Qin Yang at the same time.
"Don't worry, Dad, Yang will find his own way to escape." Qin Yang comforted him.
After a while, the two of them were full of wine and food, but they didn't go out. They just took a nap at the table, waiting for the man who was making stirrups to return to the shop. The people outside the wine shop couldn't help but become irritated after waiting for a long time to see Qin and Yang go out.
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Qin and Yang waited until the first moment of the hour before they saw the waiter return to the shop. Then they walked out of the wine shop and walked towards the harness shop.
After the waiter helped Qin Yang and Zhao Yun get the saddles and stirrups ready, Qin Yang paid the bill and helped Zhao Yun onto the yellow horse, asking Zhao Yun to step on the stirrups. He smiled and said, "Big
"Father, please try this thing and see if it works? You can stand up."
Zhao Yun stood on the stirrup as instructed and rode the horse for a few more steps. He felt it was extremely stable and exclaimed: "Yang, where did you learn such ingenious things? If my father had such things when he was riding on horseback,
Maybe my eldest father's hand will not be lost." After saying that, Zhao Yun sighed again.
At this time, Qin Yang could no longer care about comforting Zhao Yun, and said softly: "Father, act according to the plan, let's go."
When Zhao Yun heard Qin Yang's words, he immediately reacted and smiled apologetically. He picked up the horse's reins with his right hand and rode off alone.
The few people who were following Zhao Yun in the distance saw that Zhao Yun suddenly went alone. They didn't know what to do for a while, and they all looked at Qin Yang. Seeing that Qin Yang was still packing his money bag unhurriedly, they
He ignored Zhao Yun and sent one person back to the trading company to report the news.
Qin Yang still packed his money bag slowly and slowly got on the skinny black horse. Then he patted the black horse's neck and said: "Let's go slowly." Strange to say, according to the white-haired old man who sold the horse,
It is said that this black horse has never been allowed to be approached, let alone ridden, but when it came to Qin Yang, the black horse seemed to be very docile and allowed Qin Yang to ride. Although the black horse did not want to walk slowly, the new owner had orders, so it was very easy.
Unhappily, he walked out of the city with broken steps.
Lin Ye, who had received the news at this time, was furious and cursed Qin Yang: "What kind of tricks is this kid playing? He has been tossing around in this city for three hours. Now he inexplicably asked old Zhao Yun to leave first, and he is still tossing slowly.
,Doesn’t he have any other tricks up his sleeve?”
"Don't be anxious, boss. The old guy ran away as soon as he could, as long as the thing is still on this kid. We had a dozen people ambushed in that mountain col. They have been waiting long enough, but this kid just has it.
You can't escape even with three heads and six arms. Don't worry!" Shopkeeper Lin Chen had a thief look on his face.
"Okay, you go make arrangements right away to make sure everything is perfect." Lin Ye seemed to see the bright yellow gold smiling at him.