blenderwars Chapter 128 Horseshoes
Chapter 128 Horseshoes
Chapter 128 Horseshoes
"Tell me about how to implement it." Li Shimin struggled a bit, not knowing whether to accept Lin Xuan's suggestion.
Lin Xuan said coldly: "Your Majesty, nomads live in no fixed place, so it's hard to find, but there is also a disadvantage, that is, they live scattered. All you need is an elite soldier, go deep into the grassland, and kill men when they meet; women and children They will be slaves. If they meet livestock, they will take away those that can be taken away. If they can’t, they will kill them all. If they encounter abundant grassland, they will set fire to all of them except those that can occupy the land of my Tang Dynasty. Of course, if they meet Those who are willing to surrender can be given land and let them enjoy the treatment of the people of the Tang Dynasty."
Anyway, with the aggressive and ruthless personality of the foreign race, there must not be many people who would surrender if they didn't fight. When the time comes, they will live in separate lands, and they won't be afraid of causing any trouble.After a few generations, who would still want to go to the grasslands to eat and sleep in the open?
"The method you said is very good, but it is very unrealistic. First: the alien races live scattered, but the grassland is so big, how to find them? Second: You said that you should always have elite soldiers, but what you need to go deep into the grasslands is cavalry, Datang The cavalry is still a little worse than that of other races." Li Shimin said.
It is not that the Tang Dynasty did not have elite cavalry, and the prestigious Xuanjia Army was cavalry.
But the Xuanjia Army is heavy cavalry, and light cavalry is needed to go deep into the grassland.
Lin Xuan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the first problem is easy to solve. You can form a caravan and go to the grassland to check the gathering points of various tribes."
Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Those alien races are not stupid. Datang also trades with the grassland, but they all go to their designated places. It is impossible to go deep into the grassland."
"Your Majesty, those tribes also have selfish intentions. If there is a caravan that can get a large amount of salt, I believe that I will definitely become the guest of honor of each tribe." Lin Xuan laughed.
Nomads are ruled by tribes, and the Khan only commands the tribes, but the tribes do not belong to each other.
The grassland is very short of salt, and if merchants can get salt, they will definitely be willing to trade in private, and no one will think of sharing it with other tribes.
Li Shimin frowned and said, "No, you can't sell salt to them."
Salt and iron have always been a key blockade of the imperial court, how can they take the initiative to sell it to foreigners.
Lin Xuan asked back: "Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty has been blocking the flow of salt into the grassland. May I ask your Majesty, have you blocked it?"
The salt of the nomadic people mainly relies on trade, exchange or plunder.
How much salt can you grab by just grabbing?
Most of their salt still depends on exchange and trade.
Although they will also trade some salt with other countries, most of the salt flowed into the past from Datang.
Marx said: "Once there is an appropriate profit, capital will be bold; if there is a 20.00% profit, it is guaranteed to be used everywhere; if there is a 50.00% profit, it will be active; Just take risks; for [-]% profit, it dares to trample on the laws of the world; if it has [-]% profit, it dares to commit any crime, even risking hanging its head.”
And transporting salt to the grasslands, the profit is more than [-]%.
Li Shimin blocked it, but he couldn't stop the corruption of interests on people.
And the biggest salt seller is Shijia.
Not only salt, but also iron. In the grassland, salt and iron can be used as currency.
Li Shimin is silent, he also knows these things that the family has done, which is why he has been suppressing the family.
Lin Xuan continued: "Now that there is a new method of making salt, Datang has no shortage of salt at all. Isn't it a good deal to transport cheap salt to the grasslands and exchange them for their war horses?"
"How to solve the matter of elite soldiers?" Li Shimin asked.
Although he didn't say it explicitly, he had agreed.
Lin Xuan said with a smile, "Didn't your majesty ask me to go to the barracks to train soldiers? I'm sure you can train an elite army for your majesty."
Li Shimin's eyes flashed brightly, and he asked, "Are you so confident? I have seen your method of training soldiers, but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with cavalry, right?"
"I have a treasure about cavalry, so I have this confidence." Lin Xuan said confidently.
Li Shimin frowned and asked, "What treasure? It gave you such confidence?"
"It's hard to explain this thing just by talking about it. Your Majesty asked the minister's personal soldiers to lead the minister's horse to the palace. Your Majesty will know it at a glance." Lin Xuan said.
What Lin Xuan was talking about was the horseshoe.
The Tang Dynasty already had horse stirrups. With the horse stirrups, the difference in riding skills between Tang Jun and foreign races was not that great.
For long-distance raids, the most worrying thing is that the wear of the horseshoes will cause the loss of horses.
Although the army can snatch horses from other races, there is nothing they can do if they are encircled and suppressed by other races.
The horseshoe can solve this problem very well.
Although Li Shimin didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Lin Xuan's gourd, he ordered someone to bring Liu Da into the palace.
Because of the horses, of course they couldn't be brought to the main hall, so Li Shimin took Lin Xuan and the others to the square outside the main hall.
Not long after, Liu Da led the horse and came over under the leadership of the eunuch.
Li Shimin likes horses very much. From the sound of horses walking, he noticed the abnormality, and kept his eyes on the horseshoes.
Liu Da led his horse and walked up to him, and hurriedly saluted: "I see Your Majesty!"
Although he is Lin Xuan's personal soldier, he still holds a position in the army.
Although he was only a captain before, he was still a ninth-rank official, and he was still qualified to be a minister in front of Li Shimin.
"Excuse me!" Li Shimin kept his eyes on the horse's hoof and never moved away.
Lin Xuan smiled: "Your Majesty, you can try the horse. It's better to let someone throw some stones on the ground, so that the effect can be better tested."
"Come here, throw some gravel on the ground!" Li Shimin ordered.
After the eunuch finished throwing the stones, Li Shimin took the horse from Liu Da and turned on his back.
"Drive!" Li Shimin shook the reins of the horse, and rode the horse towards the direction where the stones were scattered.
When the horse's hoof stepped on the stone, Li Shimin also felt it on the horse's back.
If there were no horseshoeed horses, in this case it should have been slowed down by the injured hooves.
But the horse didn't slow down, and quickly ran over the place full of stones.
After riding through the stone area, Li Shimin turned his horse's head, walked through the stone area again, and then rode his horse to get off in front of Lin Xuan and others.
"Lin Xuan, lift up the horse's hoof and let me have a look." Li Shimin ordered.
"Yes!"
Lin Xuan stepped forward and picked up one of the horse's front legs and lifted it up.
Although his horse is not a good horse, it has a more docile personality.
Lin Xuan lifted its horse's leg. Although it was not used to it, it didn't kick him.
"Is this iron?" Li Shimin looked at the horseshoe in surprise.
Seeing that Li Shimin had finished reading, Lin Xuan put down the horseshoe and said proudly, "I call this a horseshoe! What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Li Shimin couldn't understand Lin Xuan's complacent look, and said flatly: "Well, the horseshoe is good, but the horse is too bad."
Lin Xuan was speechless. Isn't it hard to find good horses? Datang has many good horses, but they are not willing to sell them.
As a result, he couldn't buy a good horse even if he had money.
Seeing Lin Xuan deflated, Li Shimin felt very happy, and said with a smile, "Is this horseshoe complicated?"
"It's not complicated at all, anyone who can blacksmith can make it." Lin Xuan said.
Li Shimin was overjoyed: "Okay, you have made a great contribution this time, and I will definitely reward you."
"It's just a horseshoe, I dare not take credit for it." Lin Xuan said modestly.
Although Mogami said this, he shouted in his heart: Reward me quickly, it is best to promote me to the rank.
Lin Xuan was already fantasizing about what kind of Duke he should be called.
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(End of this chapter)