"Hey, it's Captain Li."
Lao Fang knew that the female head catcher in the yamen had an unusual status, and Li Yi also specially told him not to provoke her here. Lao Fang stopped what he was doing, turned around, and explained with a smile on his face. : "Uncle said, if you shoe the horse, you don't have to worry about the horse's hoof being worn out."
Li Mingzhu watched the servants hold down the horse, and the man who had been following Li Yi put strangely shaped iron plates on the horse's hoof one by one, fixed them with iron nails, stood in place, and fell into deep thought middle.
The maintenance and replacement of horses in the army cost a lot of money every year, and the reason why more than 90% of the horses are scrapped is because the horseshoes are too worn out. Without the horseshoes, naturally they can no longer charge into battle.
And just relying on a few small pieces of iron can solve the problems that have plagued generations of monarchs and courtiers. For so many years, no one has ever thought of it...
After the iron plate was nailed to the horse's hoof, the yamen servants rushed away, and the horse immediately stood up, led by the old Fang, and kept spinning in place. The horse's hoof stepped on the bluestone slab, making a crisp sound.
A discerning person can see the effect of the iron plate at a glance.
After nailing the iron plate on the horse's hoof, the horse's hoof does not touch the ground, so it can avoid wear and tear. It only needs to be replaced after a period of time. From then on, the imperial court will no longer have a headache for huge horse fees every year. The service life of a war horse has been greatly extended. How much money will be saved in the long run
Li Mingzhu is different from Li Yi and Lao Fang. She is a princess of a country. When thinking about problems, she often stands at the level of the country. In just a moment, she thought of these things.
It can be said that the merits of this small piece of iron have surpassed the sum of all his previous achievements, including writing the "Disciple Rules", teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or that novel interrogation method. , not as good as the direct benefits created by this piece of iron.
"Where is Li Yi?" She stepped forward to look at Lao Fang, her eyes moving slightly.
"At..., at the county government office."
Lao Fang was guilty of looking at her like this, pointed to the inside of the county government office and said.
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Li Yi is in the county office, and all the work is assigned. He has been sitting in the duty room for a long time, and he is a little bored, so he plans to go out for a walk.
The county lieutenant is also one of the few leaders in Anxi County, how can he always sit in the yamen, the higher the official position, the more he has to mingle with the people, so he is going to go shopping in the street to experience the hardships of the people's livelihood, of course , by the way, you can also relax.
Before he could walk out of the gate of the county government, he was blocked by Li Mingzhu.
"Is something wrong?"
Li Yi looked at her and said in his heart that it was bad luck, he should have gone out early, generally speaking, as long as he ran into her in the Yamen, nothing good would happen.
"How did you come up with the idea of nailing iron plates under the horse's hooves?" Li Mingzhu looked at him and asked.
She was very curious, why did he think of a problem that people hadn't thought of for thousands of years
"Because the horseshoe will not wear out if it is nailed with iron pieces." Li Yi took it for granted.
Li Mingzhu's expression was slightly stunned. His answer seemed to be just nonsense, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to be exactly the same.
The difference is that he is the only one who has thought of this truth for so many years.
Looking at the expression on Li Mingzhu's face, Li Yi knew that he might not be able to go to the street to experience the suffering of people's livelihood today.
Sure enough, after a while, he returned to the guard room again, and wrote down in detail the method of making the horseshoe, how to nail the horseshoe, and how to replace the shoe.
This world does not yet have the concept of patents. It seems that this time, the invention of the horseshoe is handed over to the country.
This habit of Li Mingzhu is very bad, and it makes Li Yi feel like being squeezed out of his surplus value. What he receives is the meager salary of the county captain. The values that come out are seriously inconsistent.
The evil feudal society is more serious than the exploitation of capitalist society...
After Li Yi finished writing, Li Mingzhu put the few pieces of paper into an envelope, without even saying thank you, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Li Yi shook his head and sighed, while lamenting that meeting someone...meeting a princess is not good.
"Eight hundred miles to hurry up, send this letter to the capital, and hand it over to the emperor himself." Not long after, in an exquisite courtyard in Qing'an Mansion, Li Mingzhu handed the envelope to a man in armor. man.
"Princess, don't worry, I will definitely deliver this letter to Your Majesty as soon as possible." The guard of the Princess Mansion solemnly responded, got on his horse, and quickly disappeared from sight.
"In the end... how much ability does he have?"
Li Mingzhu looked ahead, her eyes slightly lost, and she muttered to herself.
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"Master Qin, why don't I give you 10,000 taels, and you can solve the problem of this year's horse replacement?" In the capital, the imperial palace, in the imperial study room, a man with a square face and a calm expression waved his sleeves and glared at him. Said another person on the opposite side.
The person on the opposite side gave a wry smile, and said, "Lord Yan, ten thousand taels is already quite a lot. Last year, the disaster was severe, and a lot of money was spent on disaster relief and peace. A few days ago, one hundred thousand taels of silver was allocated to your Ministry of War, and Lord Yan is now opening his mouth for another fifty thousand taels, how can I give you so much money?"
The man frowned and said: "The one hundred thousand taels is the army's rations, don't confuse it with this matter."
"Master Yan, don't embarrass our household department any more. Ten thousand taels is the upper limit we can give." Shangshu Hubu looked at the man opposite, without any intention of letting go.
The man snorted coldly and said: "Now that the border is in emergency several times, sooner or later we will meet Qi State in battle. At this juncture, our Jing State does not even have usable war horses. Master Qin will not be ignorant of this matter." important?"
Hubu Shangshu heard the words and stopped talking. He couldn't bear the consequences, and looked at Emperor Jing for help.
In the imperial study room, Emperor Jing looked at the two ministers of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Finance confronting each other, refusing to let the other, and rubbed the center of his brows, feeling a little headache.
Horse fees have always been an important expense. If it was in previous years, maybe it could be postponed for a while. However, the border is tight at this time, but there is no delay at all. After deliberating in his mind, he decided to postpone other expenses. The money to be allocated to the Ministry of War cannot be saved.
Just as he was about to speak, Chang De, the chief interior officer, opened the door and came in, walked up to him and whispered a few words.
"A letter from Pearl?"
A hint of doubt appeared on his face, and he said, "Let him in!"
"Xuan!" Chang De said loudly to the outside of the hall.
The guard of the Princess Mansion walked in from the door, knelt down and saluted, and then presented the letter in his hand.
During this day, he traveled day and night, changed several horses in the post station, without any delay, and finally arrived in the capital just now.
Emperor Jing opened the envelope, and first took out a letter written by Princess Yongle. After reading it, a trace of astonishment appeared on his face, and then hurriedly opened a few pieces of paper in the envelope to look at it, and the smile on his face gradually spread.
"This Li Yi is indeed my lucky star!"
Emperor Jing slapped the few pieces of paper on the desk and said with a big laugh.
In the hall, the two ministers looked at each other with doubts on their faces.