I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

"Boss, I'll just wait for you. If you don't come here, the food will be cold!"

The people in the box originally sent Xingben to the door to watch. Hearing this sentence, they immediately knew that they could not call each other Du Xiang and Princess as before. Du, Qingmei, it seems that they were not the same as those who called Her Royal Highness and Du Xiang sternly before!

This made Xingben, who was standing guard at the door, pouted secretly, these few people can really pretend!

But he couldn't say it out loud, not to mention offending people for nothing, but also ruining His Majesty's plan for the white dragon fish suit. It is estimated that his head will not be enough for His Majesty to chop off by then.

Zhang Nuo didn't care about Xingben's slightly contrived expression, but thought that the old boy was flattering him in front of him, but it didn't matter, he could understand, who wouldn't want to show off in front of his boss.

No, it's not just Xingben, seeing Zhang Nuo going upstairs, the little er next to him immediately ran downstairs.

Just as Zhang Nuo sat down at the main seat, all kinds of dishes that had been kept warm in the kitchen were brought up like flowing water.

Zhang Nuo looked at all this with a smile, but just nodded, and then told everyone to eat with peace of mind.

Du Ruhui didn't eat a few bites at his table before, but now that the dishes are served on this table, he naturally has to satisfy his tongue first, anyway, there is nothing to be particular about in front of this little shopkeeper, it's better to let go of his arms and eat seriously .

There are actually some dishes in this restaurant that ordinary people really can't eat, mainly because they need to use some ingredients and materials specially prepared by Zhang Nuo, so Zhang Nuo said a long time ago that only big customers can enjoy them.

Du Ruhui can barely be counted as a friend, but such dishes are generally more expensive, so he can't bear it!

You know, he followed Majesty to eat the same food at Shopkeeper Xiao Zhang's house for free, so why waste the money, no, I ate it today.

Chicken, duck and fish were served on a large table, and everyone ate heartily. Even Zhang Nuo, who had the strictest taste requirements, ate a few more chopsticks unconsciously in this atmosphere!

Li Qingmei ate the happiest, although there was no shortage of food and drink in the palace, but after eating two special meals of Zhang Nuo's special food, she suddenly felt that the so-called exquisite food in the palace was actually similar to pig food.

Everyone was full of wine and food and planned to leave, but Zhang Nuo looked at Old Du and asked leisurely,

"Old Du, I remember that you have something to do with the Ministry of War. Can you buy some war horses from them?"

Du Ruhui almost spit out the tea he just drank, is this damn speaking human language?

What does it mean to buy some war horses?It is said that it is a war horse, so can that thing fall into ordinary people's homes?

Those generals who have led the army for many years just took their favorite horses home to raise them. The horses in the army are specially cared for, and they dare not let ordinary people take them home.

But at this time, Du Ruhui couldn't say it directly as Minister of the Ministry of War, so he could only say it tactfully,

"Shopkeeper Zhang, this matter is likely to fail. After all, war horses are different from ordinary livestock. The imperial court itself lacks war horses, so the management is very strict. If you get one or two, Lao Du can help you think about it." Think of a way, but looking at you like this, I'm afraid it's not one or two horses!"

Zhang Nuo smiled and nodded,

"Indeed, I thought about it. If my Zhuangzi wants to go to Korea to do things in the future, he still needs to use cavalry, so that he can come and go like the wind. If he fights in a positional manner, I will give it all to me. Headache, after all I only have 1 people!"

Du Ruhui knew Zhang Nuo's difficulties. For the surprise soldiers who went deep into the enemy's rear, there was no unit more convenient than the cavalry. They invaded like fire and came and went like wind.

In recent years, the Turks have been harassing around the border of the Tang Dynasty with their huge cavalry. If there are more cavalry in the Tang Dynasty, Du Ruhui really wants to pull out an army of cavalry to directly kill the Turkic hinterland.

Therefore, this war horse is not only wanted by Zhang Nuo, but also wanted by him as Minister of the Ministry of War. Unfortunately, war horses are not ordinary livestock. Neither bloodline nor training can be sloppy. It cannot be increased rapidly in a short period of time.

Du Ruhui was about to refuse directly, but he found that the princess Jinyang was frowning at him, and her pair of red phoenix eyes, which were exactly like His Majesty's, were slowly narrowing.

Du Ruhui immediately felt that the hairs on his neck stood up a little. This aunt probably didn't know the importance of war horses, and this was embarrassing him, Old Du.

But he didn't dare to refute Princess Jinyang's face directly, not to say that he couldn't afford to offend, Du Ruhui, as the current Prime Minister and Secretary of the Ministry of War, naturally wouldn't care if he was just a princess, but shopkeeper Xiao Zhang, he was different.

Chapter 188 Retired War Horse

If someone else asked Du Ruhui for a war horse, even if it was a relative of the emperor, Du Ruhui would dare to push him back on the spot, and even slap his face with a shoehorn, asking if he planned to rebel, otherwise why would he want a war horse.

But shopkeeper Xiao Zhang is different, he knows His Majesty's arrangement, the [-] sergeants thrown to shopkeeper Xiao Zhang are for him to raise and practice, even if His Majesty is ready, even if the [-] sergeants are sacrificed This is the idea that the shopkeeper gave out.

As the old saying goes, those who do not plan for the overall situation are not enough to plan for a region. Shopkeeper Xiao Zhang's magical methods, which His Majesty valued, thought that even if Shopkeeper Zhang sacrificed [-] soldiers, he would be able to train an elite army and at the same time forge a A workshop area that is enough to become a country comes out.

It was with this reason that Du Ruhui, Minister of the Ministry of War, was persuaded.

However, as Minister of the Ministry of War, how could he not feel sorry for the [-] soldiers, they are all veterans of hundreds of battles, as long as they train well, they will be able to take the lead in the national war, kill the enemy and serve the country in the future!

Therefore, he hopes that as many as possible of these 1 people can come back from Korea!

From this point of view, it seems that it is okay to give Zhang Nuo a batch of war horses, not to mention that the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang will definitely use the money to buy them, and the Ministry of War is not at a loss.

However, war horses, like armor, belonged to strategic materials. Not only his military department and the emperor were staring at him, but even the chief officers of each army and the generals were all staring at him.

Even Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong, and Qin Qiong can only allocate limited horses to the scouts and small units in the army. If they sell a batch of already stretched horses to Zhang Nuo at this time, I'm afraid it will be him. All the government offices of the Ministry of War had to be overthrown by these generals.

After much deliberation, Du Ruhui couldn't come up with any good idea. Looking at Princess Jinyang's eyebrows that were almost squeezed into a Sichuan character, she was almost sweating.

Suddenly, he suddenly thought of an idea that was not an idea,

"Shopkeeper Xiao Zhang, you don't have to think about the war horses in service, let alone a merchant like XX, even the Ministry of War itself no one dares to sell them to you directly!

In-service war horses and high-quality horse breeds are strictly guarded by the Ministry of War, and it is difficult for anyone to speak, let alone such a small relationship! "

"However, someone thought of a way to let you have your own cavalry!"

Zhang Nuo's eyes lit up, he could do anything, it was nothing more than spending some money, as long as he could form a cavalry team.

It's not that he has no alternatives. If he's just on his way, it's not impossible to exchange some twenty-eight bars.

But when it comes to fighting on the battlefield, is it possible to let the sergeants under him ride bicycles to charge the army formation?So I'm afraid he didn't take the initiative to die!

Moreover, in his opinion, only a cavalry team with banners and banners and strong soldiers and horses is what the Tang Empire should look like in this era. He even thought about the scene of a man and a horse in full armor, holding a horse or a spear and charging collectively. , Zhang Nuo felt his blood boil.

That is what he imagined the Great Tang Empire should look like. As the most dazzling pearl of this era, it should be like this to be worthy of the big Tang character on the banner.

He also thought about exchanging for some firearms before, but the price of one was skyrocketing, and the other was because the system suggested to him that even if he took out the firearms, the effect might not be very good.

For the warfare of this era, there is no elite army that does not wear armor, and ordinary guns are actually not as effective as he imagined against the thick iron armor and the leather armor inside.

Of course, the lethality is definitely much better than bows and arrows, but the army created in this way is still Datang's army?

All the equipment can only be exchanged by him, and the logistics can only be replenished by his exchange. So this kind of army is still the Great Tang army that is invincible all around?

Zhang Nuo shook his head subconsciously when the system asked this question. It is true. If it is really done like that, he can indeed exchange for automatic rifles, bullets, and even cannons.

But in fact, after the battle, the troops will be useless, because they have to adapt to the cold weapon fighting without hot weapons. After all, Zhang Nuo can't supply them in unlimited quantities all the time.

Therefore, under the suggestion of the system, Zhang Nuo finally understood the path he was going to take, slowly provided knowledge, improved the technical level of the entire Datang, and used his Heifengzhai as a model army to gradually make the military of the Tang Dynasty more powerful. Level up to a new level.

The black gunpowder he made before to explode mines is actually like this. As long as Datang can prepare gunpowder on a large scale, then he can make soil grenades. This thing is definitely a weapon on the battlefield, which can be used by both offensive and defensive sides.

But Zhang Nuo still hopes to be the cavalry as the main body of the battle. After all, the infantry is really at a disadvantage in mobile warfare!

No matter how good a soldier's physical fitness is, his body will not be able to bear the sudden assault that ranges from hundreds to thousands of kilometers.

Therefore, whether he can get the war horse has become the most important point in Zhang Nuo's current plan. After all, this thing is basically in the hands of the court.

Du Ruhui didn't care about what Zhang Nuo was thinking about, he smiled and let it go before he said seriously,

"It's true that I can't get you horses that are in service, but I know that there are many horse farms in the military, and they are full of horses that can't fight. I can guarantee that as long as you are willing to spend some money, you can get a batch of them yourself. Breeding war horses!"

Zhang Nuo frowned, what is a war horse that cannot fight?Is it the kind that is too old to go to war?

Even if he got this kind of war horse, he couldn't use it right away. Could it be that he really kept it and bred it slowly as Lao Du said?Then you have to toss for several years?

Du Ruhui could naturally guess what Zhang Nuo was thinking, so he didn't need Zhang Nuo to ask, he took the initiative to say,

"Only a small part of this batch of war horses are old and frail. Naturally, we can't give them to you, but most of the war horses are actually retired due to severe wear and tear on their hooves. Most of these war horses are in the prime of life, only five or six years old. Naturally, it was put on this horse farm for breeding!"

Speaking of this, Du Ruhui deliberately made a joke,

"Of course, if shopkeeper Xiao Zhang can repair the hooves of these war horses with magical means, they will definitely be the best war horses. After all, a war horse can serve for at most ten years, and they still have several years left!"

He was just joking, but Zhang Nuo's eyes suddenly lit up!

The damn thing is that it doesn't take much effort to find nowhere to find it!He also cultivated a fart horse breed, these ready-made war horses are what he needs!

Chapter 189 Zhang Nuo Blackmails People

Zhang Nuo really didn't expect that he would still have to rely on the horseshoe, a must-have magic weapon for ancient time travelers, to get benefits.

The main reason is that he really didn't expect the problem of horseshoe wear to be so serious in the army!

For the original 30-year lifespan of war horses, since war horses basically start training and serving from the age of two, a lot of running has seriously accelerated the wear and tear of hoof armor.

For war horses without horseshoes, as long as the hoofs are worn to a certain extent, the horse is basically useless and can only be used for breeding.

But for Zhang Nuo, this is not at all. As long as the hoof armor of this so-called waste horse is not so worn that the horseshoe can't be nailed on, then with brand new horseshoes, it can completely gallop on the battlefield again.

He originally thought about getting a horseshoe when he got the cavalry in the future, but he didn't expect such a good opportunity before he made a move, how could Zhang Nuo let go.

Looking at Lao Du in front of him, Zhang Nuo said with a smile,

"Old Du, it was you who said it yourself just now. You have to be responsible for matching me up. I want this batch of horses that can only be bred. I want as many as I want, and I can talk about the price!"

Du Ruhui almost got his breath stuck in his throat and couldn't catch his breath. After coughing for a long time, he looked at Zhang Nuo and asked cautiously,

"Shopkeeper Zhang, do you really have a way to make the horse's hooves grow back?"

Zhang Nuo smiled and nodded,

"If you agree to find a way to get me a batch of such war horses, I will tell you!"

Du Ruhui became anxious immediately, stood up abruptly, scratched his head and began to walk around in the box.

This problem is too big, it can even be said to be so serious that His Majesty must be alarmed!

If it's just one or two retired war horses, then it doesn't matter. As Minister of the Ministry of War, he, Du Ruhui, can solve it with a few words of explanation.

But now the shopkeeper Xiaozhang said that he could make the horseshoes grow back, and he could tell himself how to do it, so it wasn't just one or two horses involved!

Others don't know, but as the head of the Ministry of War, he knows it best. It's not just a horse farm. Datang currently has several horse farms that breed retired war horses, among which more than [-] retired war horses are raised.

If there is really a way to solve this problem, it means that the empire has at least [-] more horses invisibly. What kind of concept is this?

At present, there is no army in the empire that can have [-] cavalry!

This is why Du Ruhui is currently scratching his head. Since Shopkeeper Xiao Zhang is sure that these horses will return to the battlefield, the horses in his hands cannot be easily sold.

But if you don't sell a large number of war horses to the shopkeeper Zhang, how can you get the way to get the war horses back into service?

Zhang Nuo didn't care that Lao Du was in a hurry, instead he said leisurely,

"Old Du, you can discuss it with your old buddies and old relationships. I guarantee that my method is useful and easy to use. It can not only save the retired war horses, but also solve the wear and tear of the hoof armor of the war horses in service. The problem!"

"This is a great contribution to the Ministry of War! So, go and discuss with the Ministry of War, whether you want to sell me a batch of war horses, I will still pay for the horses, and the Ministry of War can still get a great credit, only if we have a good relationship There is such a good thing!"

Du Ruhui couldn't laugh or cry when he heard Zhang Nuo say that. Of course he knew that this was a great contribution to the Ministry of War. He himself is the Minister of the Ministry of War. Who else knows better than him?

But this is no longer something that he, a minister of the Ministry of War, can call the shots. Even if he is a minister, it is useless to shoot. It involves tens of thousands of horses in the entire army. It is not so simple that he can agree casually.

However, it is impossible for Du Ruhui to let go of such a good opportunity that can obviously enhance Datang's military strength and combat power. Going around here, it's better to discuss it directly with His Majesty.

Thinking of this, Du Ruhui stared directly at Zhang Nuo and said seriously,

"Shopkeeper Zhang, what you said is too important. It's not up to such a small person to decide. I have to go back and find someone to discuss. I guess I will come to you when the time comes. I will sit down later. How about we talk about it in detail?"

Zhang Nuo nodded noncommittally, and then dropped some bait,

"Yes, you can discuss with the Ministry of War, the price is easy to negotiate. Moreover, I can also give you a way to let you buy a large number of horses for nothing!"

When Du Ruhui spoke just now, he was stroking the strand of beard on his chin. When Zhang Nuo said that he could not only solve the problem of the existing war horses, but also get another batch of war horses, he suddenly got excited and pulled off a few beards. Grinning his teeth in pain, he couldn't care less, and hurriedly asked,

"Shopkeeper Zhang, are you serious?"

Zhang Nuo still smiled and nodded, but refused to say anything more!

Just kidding, the craftsmanship of horseshoes is actually unimaginably difficult. Even an apprentice blacksmith can do it as long as he has a little craftsmanship.

Seeing that Zhang Nuo was tight-lipped, Du Ruhui also knew that he might not be able to get any other useful information today, so after making an appointment with Zhang Nuo in the village outside the city, he left without hesitation.

Seeing Lao Du leave, Zhang Nuo smiled like a fox who stole a chicken!

Li Qingmei watched from the side, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and quietly asked Hongyu,

"This won't offend anyone, will it?"

Hongyu shook her head with a smile, and said seriously,

"If you can't be offended, one is willing to hit and the other is willing to suffer, so how can you offend?"

Zhang Nuo also heard Hongyu's answer, and said with a smile,

"Okay, let's go out for a walk after eating! The matter of war horses is not what you should think about now, you might as well think more about where to go for a stroll!"

Hearing this, Li Qingmei immediately became excited, and it was pitiful to say that, as the most distinguished eldest princess of the Tang Empire, she really hadn't spent much time in Chang'an City.

Even the noble girls from high-ranking families can go out for a stroll in the market from time to time, but she can only stay in the deep palace compound and look at the unchanging scenery and feel sad.

Now that I have a chance, I have to take a good look around, not to mention anything else, just the lively scene in the West Market that I saw when I came here today is enough for her to be excited, not to mention that she plans to go to the East Market to have a look, listen It is said that there are more good things there and they are mainly sold to nobles, so it should be good.

Seeing that the two were in high spirits, Zhang Nuo smiled and explained to Brother Da Zhuang, then turned around and took the two daughters out to start shopping.