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"I wish Your Majesty another [-] farm cattle!"

"One hundred thousand cattle?" Qin Shihuang immediately stood up. As the Great Qin Empire, which built its country on the basis of farming and war, as an emperor, he knew very well what it meant to have an extra hundred thousand cattle. He was not an emperor who grew up in the deep palace. I still understand the importance of it, so I immediately became serious, "Where do the [-] cattle come from?"

"Your Majesty, all the cattle that Zhang Hujun looted from the grassland can be used as farm cattle." Gao Yao said.

Qin Shihuang is not a person who has never been out of the palace. How could he not know that the cattle on the grassland cannot be used as farming cattle?But after thinking about it again, these two people did not dare to lie to themselves. After thinking about it, they had to take a look before saying: "Take me to see, how did the cattle on the grassland become farming cattle?"

Gao Yao and Zhang Wu hurried forward to lead the way, Qin Shihuang followed under the protection of the guards, and soon arrived at the place where the cow had already had a nose ring.

Gao Yao first took the cattle to demonstrate on the cultivated land, and Qin Shihuang also tried it quickly. Qin Shihuang could recognize the difference between the cattle on the grassland and the farm cattle, so he asked what was going on, "Zhao Gao, pass it on According to the decree, the slaughter of cattle looted on the grassland is strictly prohibited, and at the same time, Prime Minister Li Si and others have an audience, saying that it is important to announce."

After all, the implementation of these things still needs the officials of Daqin to do it, and it is impossible for him to do it himself.

Zhao Gao hurriedly said, "No!" Then he turned around and went to deliver the decree.After all, there was a shortage of farm cattle in the Great Qin Empire, and beef was hard to come by. Now that so many cattle came from the grasslands, if the decree was delayed for a while, hundreds of cattle might disappear again.At this moment, these cattle have become expensive.

Not long after, Prime Minister Li Si and other ministers came to the place where the cattle were tried out, "Li Si, today, I have a big announcement to announce. Our Great Qin Empire will no longer be short of cattle!"

If there is a lack of cattle, you can go to the grassland to plunder, and then get a nose ring. What the Qin Empire lacks, as long as it is available elsewhere, you can get it back.

After Li Si heard about it, he was shocked. Where did so many cattle come from? It must not be the first emperor... But he didn't dare to say this.

"Zhao Gao, go and show Li Si how this cow plows the land." Qin Shihuang asked Zhao Gao to demonstrate how this cow plows the land.

Li Si and the others immediately shifted their gazes to Gao Yao to see what was going on.

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Zhao Gao directly put the plow on the ox, and then took the rope and started plowing.Li Si and the others watched intently. These were the elites of the Great Qin Empire. Of course they knew what this meant.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!" The crowd, headed by Prime Minister Li Si, bowed their hands and congratulated Qin Shihuang!

Afterwards, a large-scale promotion of the farm cattle with Niu Luozi began. This matter has nothing to do with Zhang Wu and Gao Yao. These matters will be arranged by Prime Minister Li Si and others. After all, Prime Minister Li Si and others are professionals in political affairs. of.

The craftsman workshop was completely busy, and began to forge ox prongs, and made some improvements. The ox prongs were changed into half oval iron rings, and two closed rings were made on the two ends of the truncated iron rings. hook, and then put it on with a piece of wood, which not only saves iron materials, but also is more convenient and simple. We should not underestimate the wisdom of Chinese people.

With the use of ox prongs, the land reclamation speed of the Great Qin Empire has been greatly increased, and many lands that were abandoned due to insufficient manpower have been used again. After that, the grain production has increased a lot.

"Xiao Chuan, I didn't expect Brother Gao Xian to have such abilities." Zhang Wu looked at Yi Xiaochuan and said, "I really didn't expect that a simple cow prong can make a cow so obedient, and you can know it without thinking about it." , how much more land can be reclaimed.”

"Indeed!" Yi Xiaochuan said, and smiled embarrassingly, "Actually, I know this too, but I just haven't remembered it for the time being, and I haven't paid attention to it."

"Xiao Chuan, since you are from the same hometown as Gao Yao, do you have any other ways to improve the strength of our Great Qin Empire?" Zhang Wu looked at him expectantly.

Yi Xiaochuan scratched his head, but did not speak.

Zhang Wu can't wait to throw a shoehorn on Yi Xiaochuan's face. A person who has undergone nine years of compulsory education actually tells me that there is nothing he can do?Is his history all learned in vain?Don’t you remember the four great inventions of papermaking, printing, gunpowder, and the compass?Or is your mind completely occupied by that Princess Yushu?Does love really make people mentally handicapped?Or did he really not want to say it?

Zhang Wu thought for a while, and tried him again to see what was going on in his mind, and whether he had really become mentally handicapped, "Xiao Chuan, do you know? What is the biggest loss I have suffered this time when I went out to chase the Donghu cavalry army?" ?"

"Of course a lot of people died. Is there any other loss?" Yi Xiaochuan looked at Zhang Wu curiously, to see what Zhang Wu could say.

"Of course there are personnel losses, but the biggest loss is the war horses. Many war horses have been running for too long, and their hooves are injured and rotted. You must know how difficult it is to train a war horse." Zhang Zhang Five sighed!

"That's not easy, the horse's hoof is easy to rot, so why don't you put shoes on the horse's hoof?"

"Put shoes on horses?" Zhang Wu looked at Yi Xiaochuan suspiciously, "Are you joking? How can horses wear shoes? This is impossible."

"How is it impossible? Don't all horses wear shoes?"

"Yi Xiaochuan, are you stupid? Did you see that horse wearing shoes?" Zhang Wu asked back.

"No way, brother, the horses are wearing shoes. If you don't believe me, let's go and see."

After looking at the horses, Yi Xiaochuan stopped talking, because there was really nothing on the horse's hooves, only thick cuticles.It has to be said that Yi Xiaochuan was hit by Jiangzhi, and he hasn't discovered these things for so long.

Yi Xiaochuan patted his head and said, "Fifth brother, I forgot about this, you haven't invented the horseshoe yet."

In fact, the large-scale use of horseshoes in ancient China was basically around the Five Dynasties, that is to say, there was no such thing as a large-scale use of horseshoes in the Tang Dynasty.

"Horseshoe, what is a horseshoe?" Zhang Wu directly grasped the point.

"It's the same shape as a horseshoe, and then nailed directly to the horseshoe, that's it."

"Do you know? Can you do it?" Zhang Wu asked eagerly.

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Zhang Wu immediately took Yi Xiaochuan to the craftsman's workshop. After all, only the craftsman's workshop can do blacksmithing, and it's easier to keep secrets here.

"Zhang Hujun, Deputy General Meng." The official of the craftsman's workshop saw Yi Xiaochuan and Zhang Wu coming, and hurried up to greet him, "I don't know what's the matter with the two of you?"

The official of the craftsman's workshop is the same person as when Zhang Wu and Zhao Gao came last time, and it seems that he has been promoted.

"I still have something to ask for your help this time." Zhang Wu said directly to the official, "We still need you to lead us to find an experienced blacksmith. This matter is very important, no less than Niu Luozi."

Zhang Wu knew that the task of producing cow pegs was too heavy, especially in the Qin Dynasty. Craftsmen had their own names on their products. If the quality was not up to standard, it would be a serious crime, so Zhang Wu directly told the official that This time is as big a deal as Niu Luozi.

The official saw it, and quickly led Zhang Wu and Yi Xiaochuan to find a very experienced master craftsman. Yi Xiaochuan explained his purpose.Then the master craftsman hurriedly measured the size of the horseshoe of the horse that Liang Zhang Wuqi had brought, and started to make the horseshoe according to Yi Xiaochuan's request. This is very simple for these master craftsmen, it's nothing Technical content, it is easy to make it.

Then the very hot iron horseshoe was put into the water, and soon the crescent-shaped horseshoe had cooled down.Zhang Wu immediately looked at Yi Xiaochuan with expectant eyes, to see how he nailed iron palms to the horseshoes. Zhang Wu had only read about this thing in books, but Yi Xiaochuan was different. He was influenced by his family. He must know more than Zhang Wu.

Soon, the iron horseshoes were nailed on, and Yi Xiaochuan led the horse back and forth, and the horse did not feel any discomfort. Zhang Wu took over the horse, and then rode it directly, followed Yi Xiaochuan to find a school field and ran for two laps, and there was nothing wrong with it. ill.

Then he rode the horse and ran on the gravel, and came down to look at the horse's hooves, but there was no damage. Then he ran on the sharp stones, but there was still no damage.

"Hahahaha, good, good stuff." Zhang Wu immediately pulled Yi Xiaochuan, "Xiaochuan, hurry up and come with me to meet your majesty, you have to tell your majesty about this."

"Your Majesty, Deputy General Meng Yi found a way to protect the horse's hoof. I just tried it. The horse can gallop over sharp stones, but the horse's hoof is not damaged." Zhang Wu said immediately after seeing Qin Shihuang, He also told how the horseshoe was invented.