Chapter 502 Horseshoes
Wang Ming is very pragmatic now, but Lin Ze doesn't know that Wang Ming was not such a pragmatic person before. He also had a strong literary atmosphere before.
However, this time, the experience of becoming a refugee gave Wang Ming a thorough understanding of what people's livelihood is. For ordinary people below, what is the most important thing. It can be said that this time, the experience of becoming a refugee directly tempered Wang Ming from head to toe.
Like iron ore, if you want to truly become steel, you have to enter the iron furnace to refine it. Only by entering the iron furnace to refine it, iron ore can you become real steel.
The experience of becoming a refugee made Wang Ming, a literati, completely abandon the exaggeration in his heart. The empty talk of the past has been thrown into Java, becoming a truly pragmatic person and a good official who can truly consider the people.
"Wang Ming, you are very good!" Lin Ze praised directly.
Wang Ming, who was on the other hand, was very excited after hearing this.
Wang Ming felt warm in his heart when he was praised by Lin Ze.
"I thank you for your praise, thank you!"
"Haha, this is what you deserve!" Lin Ze said with a smile, and then asked: "Wang Ming, next I will go to the military camp and see, you and Sanwa are......"
This time, Lin Ze came out to inspect, not only to check the agriculture here, but also to the military camps and some other places.
"Sir, I won't go to the rank of Huye anymore. There are still some fields here that have not been inspected. If the fields here are not inspected, Huye will not be able to sleep at night!" Wang Ming said.
According to these people's actions, they must be following Lin Ze now. After all, Lin Ze is his boss and is often by his side, and he will be promoted faster in the future.
However, after experiencing this refugee career, Wang Ming was really pragmatic. He was not going to do other things before he did his own work well.
"Okay, Wang Ming, good-looking!" Lin Ze's eyes lit up, and he went forward and patted Wang Ming on the shoulder. Such a person is the talent he needs the most!
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Soon, the group divided into two places. Looking at the backs of Wang Ming and Li Sanwa who were gradually moving away, Lin Ze sighed directly in his mouth: "It's really my luck to be able to get Wang Ming!"
Qiu Kai, who was on the other hand, was also full of admiration for Wang Ming after hearing Lin Ze's sigh. He said, "Sir, I am really not as good as Lord Wang in this regard. Lord Wang is not only extremely capable in military affairs, but now it seems that he is also very capable in agricultural affairs. This will be a great help to your future career. Congratulations to you here!"
"Hahaha..." Lin Ze smiled happily.
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When Lin Ze and his friends arrived at the military camp, it was already ten o'clock in the morning. Tieying, Duan Ming and Yu Huai had already received the news and were waiting for Lin Ze's arrival outside the military camp.
"See you sir!" After seeing Lin Ze arrive, Tieying and the other two stepped forward to pay their respects.
"Well, let's go in!" Lin Ze said with a smile, and then entered the military camp.
The military camp was conducting team training, including spear soldiers, shield soldiers, and big sword soldiers. Each five were in a group, and each three groups were a group, catching teams on the school ground, killing sounds shook the sky.
After a series of reforms in Lin Ze's hands, the army here has been fundamentally different from Shazhou, or other armies of Chu, in terms of combat methods and combat effectiveness.
Guns, shields, knives, and archers behind them were in a row, four groups were in a row. After the expansion of the army, most of the original veterans were promoted to platoon leaders, with three platoons, plus an archer platoon in a company with a company commander on it.
"Sir, after this period of training, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers has been greatly improved. Although there are many new recruits in our army now, occupying eight layers of them, after training by your own training method, these new recruits are already very strong, and they are no less than our former veterans. At most, they are a little worse in experience. However, as long as you go to the battlefield once or twice and see blood, you will be a tiger and wolf army." Tieying said proudly with a beard on his face.
Since the start of training these recruits, Tieying has been staying in the recruit camp, so some personal hygiene is sometimes terrible.
"Okay, Tieying, you're lucky!" Lin Ze patted Tieying on the shoulder to show encouragement.
"Tieying, remember that there are still countless elite soldiers on the training ground. Only after being tested on the battlefield can you truly transform. So, Tieying, you have to continue working hard!"
"Yes, sir, Tieying remembers it!" Tieying said with a respectful look on her face.
"Well, this is great!" Lin Ze said with satisfaction, then changed his subject and asked again: "By the way, Tieying, have the horseshoe I told him to be sent here?"
Horseshoe, also known as horseshoe, is an iron hoof-shaped object bound to the hoof by horses, cows and other animals.
The horse's hooves are composed of two layers. One layer that comes into contact with the ground is a hard keratin about 3 cm thick, and the other layer above is a keratin.
When the horse's hooves come into contact with the ground, they will fall off quickly due to friction from the ground and corrosion by accumulated water. The horseshoe is mainly used to delay the wear of the horseshoe.
The use of horseshoes not only protects the horseshoes, but also makes the horseshoes firmer to hold the ground, which is very beneficial for riding and driving.
At this time, Duan Ming, who was on the side, stepped forward and replied: "Master, the horseshoe has been delivered. We are exploring to install horseshoe for the iron hoof horse. Master, the horseshoe you made is really useful!"
When talking about this, Duan Ming's face was full of admiration. He could not have imagined that just a simple horseshoe could play so many roles, which not only enhanced the strength of the cavalry, but also greatly reduced the losses of the iron-hoofed horse. This is really useful for an army!
"Haha, this is nothing." Lin Ze said with a smile.
"Actually, horseshoes are very simple, but everyone hasn't thought so before. After we put on shoes, we can protect our feet from the stones on the ground. If we want the horse's hoof to be protected from the stones on the ground, or the swords and guns on the battlefield, we can't do it as long as we put on a pair of horse shoes!
Shoes made of cloth can prevent feet from being damaged by stones on the ground. Of course, such shoes cannot be blocked from being damaged by iron tools. Then we directly replace the material of the shoes with such iron. In that case, the iron tools will not hurt our feet. Therefore, horseshoes are made of iron." Lin Ze explained why he thought of horseshoes.
To be honest, Lin Ze didn't know that horseshoes had not been invented on the mainland of China. The cavalry here were still bare on the legs of the iron hoofs and horses. Lin Ze really didn't pay attention before, and he didn't realize this problem until after Lin Ze fought with the Blood Clothing Thieves.
The Blood Clothing Thieves were all cavalrymen, and many people directly rode two horses, or even three horses. After destroying the Blood Clothing Thieves, Lin Ze thought he could obtain tens of thousands of war horses. The result was very beyond Lin Ze's expectations. The number of war horses seized did not meet Lin Ze's expectations.
The number of war horses seized was nearly one-third less than Lin Ze's previous estimate.
At that time, a bad feeling arose in Lin Ze's heart, and he thought there was someone doing something wrong here.
So, Lin Ze did not hesitate and directly began to investigate who was so bold that he actually committed corruption under his eyes.
After this investigation, Lin Ze realized that he had misunderstood his subordinates.
The number of war horses captured was actually similar to what Lin Ze thought, but the number of war horses injured here was one-third more than Lin Ze thought.
Lin Ze was very curious about why there were so many war horses on his hands.
Then, when he saw it, he finally figured out why the number of injured war horses was so large.
The reason is very simple. It is that the horse's hooves were injured by swords and guns left everywhere on the battlefield, and they were injured and fell to the ground.
It was not until this time that Lin Ze realized that there were no horseshoes on the war horses on the mainland of China.
After learning about this, Lin Ze felt speechless.
In China, horseshoes only appeared after a long time.
Cavalry appeared very early in China. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, large-scale cavalry appeared, but it was not until the Sui and Tang Dynasties that truly practical horseshoes appeared.
The time between this happened nearly 1,300 and 400 years.
On the Shenzhou Continent, the cavalry appeared even earlier. However, due to the sufficient spiritual energy on the Shenzhou Continent, the soles of the horses here are much stronger than the soles of the flattering horses on the earth.
The flattery on the earth will be injured after a period of time. On the mainland of China, the flattery here is stronger, so as long as it is not on the battlefield, the horseshoe of the iron hoof will generally not be injured or damaged.
The reason why an iron-hoofed horse is called an iron-hoofed horse is because its horse's hoof is as hard as iron, so it is called an iron-hoofed horse.
Such a horse has been using it all the time, and its horse's hooves will not cause much harm. Therefore, people on the mainland of China don't have such thoughts in their minds about the protection of iron-hoofed horses and horses.
Chapter completed!