Li Zhi was inexplicably excited after hearing this. In time, this son will become the pillar of the country. It turns out that he has a tiger father and no dog son.
However, Cheng Yaojin secretly made up his mind to intensify his efforts to punish his useless grandson Cheng Ruoshui after returning home.
The Crown Princess gritted her teeth secretly, she couldn't keep this son.
The most innocent Cheng Ruobing was even more disgusted with Li Beidou. In her opinion, this bastard was simply inhuman.
Although Li Zhong was the most annoyed, he was the prince's prince, so he naturally understood what Li Beidou meant. Very frightened. Not only did he fail to complete what his mother asked him to do, but he actually showed his face.
Everyone had their own thoughts for a while, causing the hall to suddenly fall into silence.
Li Beidou suddenly felt embarrassed, stood up and bowed deeply, "You're being reckless."
Only then did Li Zhi come back to his senses. He stood up and walked to Li Beidou, took his little hand and said, "My nephew is a great talent. What I said suddenly made me realize. I wonder if my nephew can give in and help me teach my loyal son?" "
Li Beidou and Li Zhong's expressions changed at the same time.
Li Zhi was kind-hearted by nature and had a love for talents. Seeing Li Beidou's sudden change in expression, he knew that he had no intention of doing this and couldn't bear to embarrass him. Before Li Beidou could think of a way to refuse, he said in advance: "I I’m impatient, you and Zhong’er are similar in age, it’s really inappropriate.”
Cheng Yaojin didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and said: "This boy Beidou is really good. He can not only make powerful weapons for the country, but also do various tricks. He can also come up with such insights on the barbarians. If he is proficient in bow and horse, wouldn't it be? All-rounder."
Li Beidou couldn't understand what Old Cheng meant, so he could only deal with it carefully.
Another round of official clichés made Li Zhi even more happy and added another general knowledge to Li Beidou!
Seeing his father's praise so much, Li Zhong became jealous and conveyed the message to Cheng Ruobing with his little eyes blinking.
Cheng Ruobing didn't like Li Beidou at first, but when she saw Li Zhong's eyes, she immediately understood what he meant, so she proposed to go outside to test the shooting on horseback.
Cheng Yaojin was a maniac about doting on his grandchildren, and his granddaughter's requests were never unacceptable. In addition, in his opinion, fame should be gained on horseback, and he wanted to see if Li Beidou could make a difference on horseback, so he praised him.
Although Li Zhi was not the emperor immediately, following a father like Li Shimin, he naturally had a lot of military atmosphere, so he readily agreed.
Li Beidou came to the outside of the palace with everyone in a daze.
The horses that the emperor's nobles rode were all good horses, and batches of pure white horses were brought in by the eunuchs.
Li Zhong and Xue Ruobing rode one by one, got on their horses, hit their horses and whipped their whips, which was very majestic.
Li Beidou was in trouble. In his previous life, horses were much more expensive than cars. Let alone riding a horse, he rarely even rode in a four-wheeled car.
Seeing that Li Beidou was not good at riding, Li Zhong ran a few laps and returned to Li Beidou.
Sitting on the horse, he said condescendingly: "As a man of the Tang Dynasty, my fame is all achieved on horses. Isn't Brother Beidou not good at riding?"
Li Beidou could only hehe. Suddenly he saw that there were no horseshoes on the horses' hooves, so he asked Cheng Yaojin: "Grandpa Cheng, why don't our horses in the Tang Dynasty wear horseshoes?"
Li Beidou said this unintentionally, just to change the subject of Li Zhong. As soon as he said this, Cheng Yaojin was stunned. He looked at Li Zhi and asked, "What is a horseshoe?"
"This... is a semicircular iron piece nailed to the horse's hoof to prevent the horse's hoof from wearing out."
Li Zhi quickly looked at Cheng Yaojin, trotted to Li Beidou's side, and asked with some excitement: "My dear nephew, do you have any countermeasures for horse hoof wear?"
It's not surprising that Li Zhi lost his temper. A war horse can live for twenty years, but the war horse can only be used for three or four years at most before it has to be withdrawn from the battlefield. The only reason is that the horse's hoofs are worn and injured and cannot be used again.
If the wear and tear of horses' hoofs were solved, it would be equivalent to an increase of five or six times in the number of war horses in the Tang Dynasty. How could Li Zhi not lose his temper?
Li Beidou scratched his head, "Isn't this very simple?" Then he squatted down and drew the general shape of a horseshoe on the ground, pointed and said: "Use iron to make an iron piece like this, and then nail it to the horseshoe. .”
Cheng Yaojin said with a trembling tone: "... Nail an iron piece on the horse's hoof?"
Seeing the reaction of the two people, Li Beidou said cautiously: "Yes, iron pieces are not difficult to make. A blacksmith with a little bit of skill can make them..."
Li Zhi shouted loudly, "Come here, the blacksmith from the Ordnance Supervisor is here to see you."
Not long after, two blacksmiths from the weapons supervisor came panting with a group of disciples.
The next thing was very simple. Li Beidou explained it in detail to the two blacksmiths, and the blacksmiths followed the order and left.
Soon four rough versions of horseshoes were delivered to the prince.
Li Beidou then ordered Kong Hewei to put the horses down and let the blacksmith shoe the horses' hooves.
After everything was done, Li Zhi and Cheng Yaojin took a few steps forward excitedly and nervously, and then took a few steps forward again.
I saw the war horse snoring in dissatisfaction, then walking in place for a few steps, shaking its head. Its limbs were very uncoordinated, as if it was not used to the new shoes.
However, after a while, the war horse adapted, and its trot was no different from normal.
Seeing that the two people's eyes were shining, they seemed nervous, but also seemed like they couldn't believe it, but Li Beidou was much more confident.
He ordered the crane guard to ride the shoed horse for a few laps on the gravel road to see the results.
Li Zhi and Cheng Yaojin seemed to be possessed by a demon. When they saw Kong Hewei riding away, they grabbed the horse of the person next to them without saying a word, got on their horses, and chased after them.
Li Beidou squatted on the ground in boredom, drawing circles, peeking out of the corner of his eye at Li Zhong and Cheng Ruobing chatting on the horse not far away, the sadness in his heart was indescribable.
I don't know how long it took, but three fast horses came back. Li Zhi and Cheng Yaojin dismounted one after another. Without thinking too much, they immediately ordered people to check the horses' hooves.
I saw the two of them sucking in a breath of air, with expressions of ecstasy on their faces.
Seeing this, Li Zhong immediately turned over and dismounted, trotting two steps to check.
Cheng Yaojin suddenly shouted loudly, looking up to the sky and roaring, "From now on, our cavalry of the Tang Dynasty will be invincible in the world, and wherever the horses' hooves tread is Tang soil!"
Li Zhi couldn't help but laugh wildly, "Everywhere the horse's hooves tread is Tang soil..."
All the control crane guards actually shouted, "The Great Tang will be victorious, the Great Tang will be victorious..."
Only Li Beidou has been paying attention to Cheng Ruobing's expression, thinking, now he knows how powerful I am?
As the old saying goes, good fortune and misfortune depend on each other. Li Beidou just wanted to say one thing, the ancients would never deceive me.
Just as everyone was cheering, whether because of fright or something else, the good horse Cheng Ruobing was riding suddenly jumped into the air and ran forward with a neighing sound.
Although Cheng Ruobing was good at riding, due to the sudden incident and all his attention was focused on the horseshoe, Cheng Ruobing flew into the air with one of his front hoofs, throwing Cheng Ruobing off the horse.
Unfortunately, Cheng Ruobing's right leg hung on the saddle, which was extremely dangerous for an instant.
Li Zhong, who was closest to Cheng Ruobing, seemed to be frightened and stood motionless.
Li Beidou, who was slightly closer, immediately ran over and hugged Cheng Ruobing to prevent his body from touching the ground.
He was dragged backwards, leaving a dazzling red line of blood on the ground in an instant...
