What kind of bad intentions can the little prince have?

After meeting the officials in Ningzhou, Li Yue looked normal, but she was a little bit worried.

Ningzhou is considered a relatively remote place, but after listening to the surnames of these chief officials, you can almost guess where they came from, surnamed Cui, surnamed Li, surnamed Pei, um, there is also a surnamed Cheng , is Lu Guogong's nephew.Li Yue can now understand why Wu Zetian would kill so much later, hey, the decent official positions below have been taken up by people from those aristocratic families, and those of ordinary background can only serve as auxiliary officials for these people, even miscellaneous officials.In order to stabilize her status, Wu Zetian didn't kill these talents.

These people treated Li Yue with superficial respect. If Li Yue was a little older, maybe it would be fine, but at Li Yue's age, it is inevitable to despise him.Li Yue didn't expect that he would have the aura of domineering, so that people would bow down and bow down when they saw it. He only needed these people not to restrain him. In addition, even if these people had a good surname, They are just the offshoots of those families, so they are naturally not worthy of sharing benefits with Li Yue.Even, Li Yue had better not get involved with those aristocratic families, even if she couldn't draw a clear line blatantly, she'd better stay away from them.

However, even if it is King Ning, if he wants to do something in Ningzhou, the government cannot get around it. After all, Ningzhou is said to be his fiefdom, but it is not his fiefdom, he can decide The space is very limited, so many things require the cooperation of the government.

Li Yue wants to smelt iron for the sake of cheating Sun Wuji, but iron smelting can't just be done. After all, Ningzhou is not too far away from Turks and Tuyuhun. If the smelted steel falls into their hands, Wouldn't it be bad.When the time comes, Changsun Wuji will criticize Li Yue for colluding with foreign tribes in an attempt to bring chaos to the Central Plains.Therefore, Li Yue had to find an excuse.

Li Yue thought of the reason on the way, and that was the horseshoe.Takahashi saddles and bilateral stirrups already existed at this time, but the Central Plains did not have horseshoes for the time being. On the one hand, there were problems with smelting technology and production, and on the other hand, no one had thought of this yet.

The significance of horseshoes is actually very important. There are not many places in the Central Plains that are suitable for raising horses. They are mainly concentrated in the Hetao area. There are also large grasslands here. Cannot be used as a war horse.Datang has always maintained a considerable number of cavalry, and every time the cavalry goes out to battle, the wear and tear of the horses is a big problem. That kind of relatively flat place is fine, but in places like the Gobi, it is easy to hurt the horseshoe. The damage is serious, and it is not easy to restore it. Under normal circumstances, a horse with a damaged hoof cannot go to the battlefield again. This is irresponsible for the cavalry's life.Even if you don't encounter that kind of extremely rough ground, running for many years will damage the horse's hoof.Therefore, war horses generally do not serve for a long time. After the horseshoes are worn to a certain extent, they can only be withdrawn from the combat sequence and used as draft horses.

Central Plains is not like a grassland, it has a large area of ​​grassland, in order to maintain an advantage over the surrounding countries, it has to maintain a considerable number of cavalry establishments, in addition to raising horses at home, it also has to purchase war horses from the grassland, for this reason every year Spend a lot of money.

And if there are horseshoes, among other things, at least the loss of war horses will be much less, and the service time of experienced war horses will also be longer, which is also a good thing for cavalry. It also takes time for the war horses to reach a certain tacit understanding.

With this in mind, Li Yue, who had just settled down in the official residence, ordered someone to find a blacksmith to shoe the horses in the palace.

In the beginning, everyone saw it as a joke, shoeing the horse so that it would not be kicked away by a hoof.The blacksmiths who were in charge of this work were also trembling at first, but after seeing the appearance of the horseshoe clearly, they knew it in their hearts.There is a thick cuticle on the horseshoe, which is actually the same as a nail. As long as it is not trimmed randomly, it is actually painless, and the nails on the horseshoe only need to be driven into the cuticle.

After trying it with a few ordinary draft horses, the next thing became very simple.After getting used to the extra iron plates on the horseshoes, the horses quickly started to move freely. Li Yue also specially asked the guards to choose a rough and rugged ground to try to run a few laps. Everything was normal.

Then, the blacksmiths in Ningzhou became more and more popular, but what is the use of blacksmiths? You have to have enough iron materials. Cui Huan, the governor of Ningzhou, has already seen the business opportunity. I also sent a letter to the Cui family, saying that the price of iron materials is going to increase, and it can be done.

Don't think that the ancients didn't understand economics at all, or else buy low and sell high, where did the hoarding come from.The Cui family said that they pass on Confucian classics to their families, but if they don’t have money, can they study the Confucian classics on an empty stomach?Therefore, it is a fortune to seize the opportunity to make a fortune.What's more, this time is not an ordinary windfall. All the war horses in Datang must be shoed, which is not a small deal.What's more, it's not just about iron materials, there are other things too.If the Cui family has the upper hand, they can at least earn one hundred thousand guan!

Fang Yize wrote a booklet and sent it to Chang'an before, now seeing Cui Huan actually wanting to share the credit, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, but he had nothing to do with the Cui family, so he had to write another letter to Fang Yiai, Let them go back and sue Cui Huan properly.

In any case, once the horseshoe incident happened, the price of iron materials naturally increased. The Changsun family and other private iron smelting workshops immediately found an excuse to hold up their inventory and not sell it.Those who can smelt iron among the people naturally have backgrounds, not to mention that the law does not blame the public, and the Taiwei takes the lead in waiting to earn money from the court. If they don't follow up, they will be fools.As a result, the popularity of horseshoes was naturally affected. The iron materials used in the official camp were not enough for other purposes, so how much could be squeezed out to make horseshoes. Immediately, the military inevitably complained.

Li Zhi is also annoyed, you are my uncle, and now the power is in the hands of the public, how could you be so small?Actually took the lead in hoarding iron materials, which made it so embarrassing.

Not long after that, he received a letter from Li Yue. He discovered iron ore in Ningzhou and asked if he could get a share of the iron smelting business.

If you can give it to your uncle, why can't you give it to your son!With a swipe of his pen, Li Zhi said that since Ningzhou was Li Yue's fiefdom, he could mine iron ore and smelt refined iron by himself.

With Li Zhi's permission, Li Yue, who had already made relevant preparations, immediately rolled up her sleeves and prepared to fight hard.