"In the far west, there was once such a story."

In the main hall of Zhuangzi, Chen Zhi's friend named Lu Ming, Li Yuanjia smiled and told a group of people a story: "A nail is missing, a horseshoe is missing. A horseshoe is missing, a war horse is lost. A horse is lost.

A war horse, a king is lost. A king is lost, a battle is lost. A battle is lost, a dynasty is destroyed... The horseshoe in the story is the thing you just saw."

"..."

After listening to Li Yuanjia's story, a group of people suddenly had different expressions.

There was Chen Zhi, who was thoughtful, and Lu Ming, who found the story extremely surprising. Of course, there were also others who looked disapproving and seemed to have a hint of disdain.

Of course, Li Yuanjia will never be angry about this.

Because even he didn't really believe this seemingly joke-like story. But one thing he was sure of was that horseshoes were indeed not a rare thing in Europe. The Romans had designed "horse sandals" long ago.

It is already very common in ruins from the first century BC.

However, in the far east, the large-scale application of horseshoes had to wait until the Yuan Dynasty!

As someone who has looked up information out of curiosity, Li Yuanjia is deeply puzzled by this, because he really feels that this thing is not complicated, and it does not seem to be that difficult to think of. Why do the Chinese always use it? Could it be that

Is it really like what is said on the Internet, because Europe has mostly stone roads, while ancient China has always had dirt roads, so this kind of equipment to protect horseshoes is not urgently needed? Or is it because steel production is too low and copper is too precious?

Don't want to waste time on horseshoes?

But no matter what the reason was, Li Yuanjia didn't care, he just did it himself.

Except for his beloved horse Huoyun, the war horses of the guards in Prince Xu's Mansion...actually all the horses were shoed by the blacksmiths. Then time will tell those who have doubts that this horse has been shoed.

What a difference shoes will make later!

As for what to say now, Li Yuanjia is not in a hurry.

He found that since he came to this world and was trapped in Chang'an City, or to be more precise, after being trapped in the Imperial City for three years, not only has his patience become extremely good, but his mentality has also become extremely Buddhist.

It's gratifying, and it's also gratifying to lose.

Anyway, these things have been held in the stomach for three years before being taken out, so what does it matter if others don't take them seriously now?

So after just telling these people that he read the production method from a book, Li Yuanjia smiled and waved his hands: "Okay, where is the cockfight you prepared? Let's start!"

"Yeah, let's start!"

"Quickly, let them bring out my red general!"

"The Red General is just a defeated general under Whirlwind. You should watch my bell!"

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As soon as cockfighting was mentioned, a few people who didn't seem to care much about horseshoes immediately became excited, and for a moment they seemed to have forgotten that a prince was present today, and the atmosphere quickly became lively.

However, everyone else wanted to start the cockfight quickly, but Chen Zhi was still thinking about the horseshoes he saw just now, and asked beside Li Yuanjia: "Your Majesty, I wonder if I can let my subordinates go take a look at those horseshoes again?"

"Hmm? Chen Shenjun is interested in that thing?"

"...Yes, Your Majesty, I think if this thing can protect horses' hoofs for a long time, it will definitely be of great use! Our Chen family has a lot of horses, and every year some good horses are scrapped because their hoofs crack or fall off..."

"Haha, that's it."

Hearing what Chen Zhi said, Li Yuanjia immediately waved his hands and said grandly: "In that case, I will ask the blacksmith to go to your house later and tell you the method of making horseshoes. You can just make them yourself!"

"Ah? This... Thank you so much, Your Majesty!"

When Chen Zhi heard this, he was immediately overjoyed and bowed deeply, while a flash of excitement flashed in his eyes.

If he just learned how to make a horseshoe, Chen Zhi certainly wouldn't be so excited, but through this incident, he realized the kindness expressed by Li Yuanjia, and the kind of kindness that Chen Zhi regarded as a friend... maybe the word friend

You think too highly of yourself, but at least you are relatively close, right?

This is quite important to Chen Zhi!

But what he didn't expect was that as the only person in the room today who was so interested in horseshoes instead of immediately turning his attention to cockfighting, it was almost natural for Chen Zhi to win Li Yuanjia's favor.

It's just a horseshoe manufacturing technology, so why would Li Yuanjia care?

There are no patent fees these days. Unless you can really hide your technology, anyone can imitate it at will. Moreover, horseshoes have almost no technical content. A blacksmith with a little skill can understand it at a glance.

That's not the case, not to mention that what Li Yuanjia wants is to let more horses wear shoes, so he won't hide it from others...

Thanks to the efforts of the servants, today's cockfighting game started soon.

A group of people gathered around the cockfighting ring, all focusing on the first pair of "contestants" who were about to appear. They just glanced at the red headscarves on the heads of the two chickens, and then saw their owners starting to paint on the wings of the chickens.

After spilling things, Li Yuanjia completely lost interest.

However, he did not walk away, but started chatting with Chen Zhi.

Chen Canjun certainly wanted this, and he didn't know if it was a psychological effect. Anyway, in the following period, Chen Zhi felt that Wang had become much more approachable.

However, he could also feel that Li Yuanjia didn't seem too interested in the cockfighting in the field.

Although it seemed that he had been watching the battle carefully, Chen Zhi, who was next to Li Yuanjia, could see it very clearly. Except for an occasional glance, the increasingly fierce battle on the field could not even make him raise his eyebrows.

A sharp contrast formed between several friends who gradually became excited about the competition...

"It seems that we can no longer invite the king to play cockfights in the future."

After thinking about this, Chen Zhi also had a headache. Luzhou is not Chang'an City, and there are few interesting things. Not to mention that the king is still a nobleman from Tianhuang. What new things have he not seen?

Just when Chen Zhi was thinking about how to continue to get close to this king in the future, Li Yuanjia suddenly asked: "By the way, Chen Canjun, who is the friend you are talking about?"

"Ah? Oh, it's him!"

After coming back to his senses, Chen Zhi quickly bowed and pointed to the owner of this village today: "It's Lu Ming. His family has lived in Luzhou for generations. He has a wide network. He can help you find thousands of kilograms of iron materials a year."
Chapter completed!