Great Tang princess

Chapter 163 Wine

When Li Yuechen was cutting the cuticle, Li Zhi and his wife also came over.All the people around saluted one after another.

Seeing her daughter working alone while others were watching, Wu Zetian raised her eyebrows: "Chen'er, why did you do it yourself?"

"They won't, the boy is teaching them."

Li Zhi frowned upon smelling the unpleasant smell: "Chen'er, are you planning to..."

"Hey, Grandpa is watching, I will be surprised in a while!" Li Yuechen smiled while talking, the knife in his hand was still sharpening.

Accompanied by the unpleasant smell, the thick cuticle under the horse's hoof was basically hollowed out, revealing a relatively sharp triangle.

At this point, Li Yuechen turned his head and said to Siyu Temple Supervisor who was on the sidelines: "Look, it's going to be like this."

Then he beckoned, asking Fulai to bring over the large nail scissors next to him, and cut off the cuticle at the very edge.

At the same time, let the craftsmen take out a horseshoe.

Li Yuechen put down the horse's legs, held the red-hot horseshoe with the tongs, and knocked it on the iron felt beside him for a while.

After looking at it and feeling that it was almost done, he went to pick up the horse's leg, and under the surprised eyes of everyone, he directly stuck the iron block that had not cooled down on the horse's hoof!
"Chichi..."

Accompanied by a thick smoke rising, a burning smell instantly permeated the surrounding air.

As for the horse, it didn't seem to feel anything, it still stood there quietly, letting Li Yuechen play with it.

After a few seconds of pasting, Li Yuechen removed the iron block, raised his hand and fanned it twice in front of his eyes, fanned the smoke away, looked down, and nodded with satisfaction.

At this point, the people around basically knew what she was going to do, and they all fell into thinking.

Why didn't you find it before?
In the past, once the horse's hoof was damaged, a good horse was declared useless.

After seeing what Li Yuechen did, she probably understood that she was planning to put the iron piece under the horse's hoof as a protection, just like a person wears shoes.

Maybe someone really thought about it before, but Li Yuechen was the first one to put it into action.

The same goes for Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, who couldn't help but admire in their hearts.

However, since Li Yuechen had already invented quite a few things, he wasn't too surprised.Just a little curious in my heart, what method does she plan to use to attach this iron block to the horse's hoof?

Li Yuechen was too lazy to explain now, and began to trim the second horseshoe.

This stuff is actually quite time-consuming, but since it was the first time seeing it, everyone was curious, so they just watched from the side without saying a word.

Jian Cheng, the craftsman's supervisor, moved out two Hu beds to invite Li Zhi and his wife to sit down, and then hurriedly sent someone to make tea.

It takes about a quarter of an hour to repair a horseshoe, and half an hour has passed since all four hooves have been repaired.

When the fourth hoof was repaired, the first piece of iron had almost cooled down. After pouring some cold water on it to cool it down completely, Li Yuechen asked Fu Lai to hold the nails for him, and went to the first horse hoof again. before the legs.

In fact, the horseshoe is hung on the horseshoe. When hammering in a nail, let the nail stick out from the outside of the horseshoe.

Then the nails that go through the horse's hoof are bent, so that the horse's shoe is hung on the horse's hoof.

Li Yuechen turned his head and said to Jian Cheng next to him: "Look carefully, this iron nail must be driven at an angle, otherwise if it hits the bone, the horse will be useless!"

As he spoke, he drove the nails in one by one.

A total of six nails are arranged on both sides, and the horse's shoe is firmly fixed on the horse's hoof.

Then the nails that penetrated the surface of the horseshoe were bent, cut with pliers, and finally a clip with a peculiar shape was used to make the horseshoe and the iron palm fit more firmly.

Finally, I rubbed the surface of the horseshoe with a scorpion a few times, and asked the workers next to me to apply a layer of wax or oil to the horseshoe to prevent it from drying out.

It took about another meal, and Li Yuechen finally finished hitting all four horseshoes. Then he got up and breathed a sigh of relief, and raised his hand to wipe the thin layer of sweat on his forehead.

And the horseshoeed horse seemed a little uncomfortable. At this time, it was constantly rubbing its hooves on the floor, and there was an unpleasant scratching sound between the iron palm and the floor tiles.

Li Zhi stood up and walked around the horse: "Let me try!"

As he spoke, he got on his horse and started to run.

The horseshoes and floor tiles were constantly beating, making a sound of "Gada Gada".

The sound of rhythmic iron hoof beating quickly ran around the entire imperial city, and then stopped in front of everyone.

After Li Zhi got off the horse, he took the health ball handed over by Zhang Chengxin, looked down at the iron palm on the horse's hoof, and couldn't help but smile: "Chen'er, if such a tool was researched a few years ago, it would be better for my Tang cavalry." His record is bound to be even worse than it is now."

"Didn't you just think of this, baby?" Li Yuechen said with a smile.

In fact, she also knows that this sentence is just talking. Considering the current iron output of Datang, it is impossible to equip all cavalry with this thing.

To do more is to equip people above the officer level, which is quite realistic.

Li Zhi smiled, turned his head and waved to Zhang Chengxin: "It's called Liu Rengui, Pei Xingjian, Li Jingxuan, and Qibi Heli, they all come and have a look."

"Here!" Zhang Chengxin agreed.

……

Not long after, a group of military generals rushed to the imperial city non-stop after receiving the emperor's notice.

In almost a cup of tea, a large number of generals gathered in the imperial city.

Li Zhi showed off, and introduced the health ball in his hand: "This horseshoe is a new research object of Taiping, how do you feel?"

After bragging about the princess, a group of generals scrambled to get on the horse to try it out. At the same time, they also discussed the benefits of this thing for the cavalry, etc...

Li Zhi didn't mind about it, he just smiled and let them try it out.

Only Li Yuechen looked at his horse helplessly, thinking that it would be hard for you, so let's get tired today.

Liu Rengui watched the other generals gallop around the imperial city on horseback, heard the rhythmic sound of iron hooves hitting the floor tiles, and looked at Li Yuechen next to him with a complicated expression.

My apprentice is really a genius. This little horseshoe seems simple, but no one has ever made it before.

And this apprentice of myself can realize it immediately, he is really extremely intelligent!

Li Yuechen was quite pleased with Master's astonishment and admiration, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly unconsciously, and his waist straightened a lot.

These generals all know how useful this thing is, but they also know that it is impossible to equip all cavalry.

However, Pei Xingjian made a suggestion: "If it is only equipped with elite cavalry, it should be fine."

Qibi Heli nodded in agreement: "This is... If I were to lead, I would definitely be able to kill thousands of enemy heads!"

Li Yuechen next to him shuddered. The military generals of this era are basically murderous. Killing people is like chopping vegetables. It sounds like a panic.

After a group of generals finished their trials, Li Zhi announced that Siyu Temple would cooperate with the Military Weapons Supervisor to make more horseshoes and equip them for the troops.

At the same time, Li Yuechen was asked to serve as a consultant to Siyu Temple, and let them learn how to repair horseshoes and hit horseshoes.

It doesn't matter to Li Yuechen, she planned to do this in the first place, after all, she can't let herself do all the horseshoe changes in the future, can she?
Liu Rengui patted the neck of the horse in front of him, and then said with a smile: "Since Your Highness knows how to ride a horse, you can try to do some horse fighting training over there."

"Oh, then master, the training partner..."

"Your Highness can try this with the elite of the prison guards. They are all retired from the front line and have rich experience in actual combat. They will definitely make your Highness improve quickly!" Liu Rengui directly interrupted Li Yuechen's idea of ​​having himself as a training partner.

After all, he is so old, playing horse training with this apprentice who is born with supernatural power, if he is knocked off the horse, it is a trivial matter to lose face, after all, he can be regarded as the best.

But if he lost his life, the gain would not be worth the loss. As a veteran on the battlefield, it would be fine if he died on the battlefield.

But if he died due to a duel with his apprentice, it would definitely become the laughing stock of the ages.

Liu Rengui would never allow this kind of thing to happen. After doing more, he would go over and see when the apprentice and the prison guard were practicing each other, and give advice.

……

In the afternoon of the next day, Li Yuechen came to the Hall of Yanying with poker to teach his parents and two older brothers to play poker.

"Yuechen, what kind of characters are these?" Li Xian asked while holding the cards in front of him.

"Don't worry about that, as long as you know that these are soldiers, princesses and kings." Li Yuechen explained while picking up another card, "The other one is a gun, the largest, but it can also be used as a number. use."

"What about the two bull heads?" Li Lun asked next to him.

"What bull head? That's the big ghost and the little ghost! It's not used yet..." Li Yuechen waved his hand, not caring too much about his drawing skills, and started teaching them how to play games.

It is still the simplest Zhajinhua. After understanding the rules, the family started playing.

Once playing, the essence of this person is difficult to hide.

In this family, the one who likes to gamble the most is my mother Wu Zetian. After only three or five games, she has already mastered the essence.

"Well, let's get bored for a while, let's try the water." Wu Zetian threw out a few copper coins, and took a sip of tea calmly.

Li Zhi put down the cards in his hand, with a mysterious smile on his face: "Follow!"

Only the two elder brothers are not brave enough, so I won't play this game anymore.

In the end, Li Yuechen played cards with his parents, and his mother won the whole money.

Playing until mid-afternoon, Fulai suddenly came in with a head-sized porcelain bottle on a tray: "Your Highness, someone from Shangshi Bureau has finished the transparent wine. The servant has tried it, and there is no problem."

"Oh? Chen'er made wine?" Li Zhi raised his head with great interest, "Bring it!"

Fulai agreed, and respectfully placed the tray in his hand on the table, while Zhang Chengxin who was beside him hurried to get the cup.

Li Zhi lifted the cork on the bottle mouth, and instantly a strong aroma of wine came out.

"Hmm! It tastes good!" Dad nodded, looking satisfied.

But Li Yuechen was taken aback, the smell was so obvious just after opening the bottle, the wine must be above [-] degrees, right?

Zhang Chengxin brought a transparent glass made in Li Yuechen's workshop and placed it on the table.

Li Zhi poured himself a glass first, but when the transparent wine had just reached the bottom of the glass, Li Yuechen stopped him.

"Grandpa is not feeling well, this wine is strong, don't drink too much!"

"Big energy?" Li Zhi looked up at Fulai, "How big is it?"

Fulai saluted: "Hui Shengren... is very big!"

Hearing such an answer, Li Zhi curled his lips, resisted the urge to throw the health ball in his hand, nodded and said: "Okay, let's try first."

Picking up the glass to look at the completely transparent wine, and sniffing the mouth of the glass, he raised his head and drank it into his mouth.

But even if he was mentally prepared, this mouthful was still not too small.

It was too late for Li Yuechen to stop him, so he took a sip of wine, making Li Zhi's eyes widen instantly.

"Hiss... ah—"

After the entrance, I only felt a fiery fluid rushing down the throat, and then straight to the brain.

After such a sip, Li Zhi, who is not used to high alcohol, instantly had red eyes, and both eyes became watery.

"Good wine! Hahahaha..."

He reacted with a compliment, and then laughed out loud.

"Really?" Wu Zetian was a little puzzled, poured himself a cup, and took a sip.

Although the reaction was not as exaggerated as Li Zhi's, it also grinned for a while.

After taking a deep breath, he couldn't help but nodded his head: "It's indeed a good wine, but it's just a bit stronger."

Seeing this state, the two sons also wanted to take a sip, but the parents didn't stop them, but told them to be strong and be careful.

Both Li Xian and Li Lun tasted it lightly, and then stuck out their tongues as if their throats were on fire.

Then Li Xian turned his head and looked at Li Yuechen: "This wine is made by Yuechen, why don't you drink it?"

"I just wanted to try a transparent wine, but I didn't want to drink it myself." Li Yuechen replied.

In fact, she doesn't like alcohol very much. For athletes, it's better to stay away from things like alcohol and tobacco as much as possible.

However, I was more curious about the taste of the wine I made, so I finally poured a little and licked it with my tongue. The alcohol was indeed a bit high, and in terms of taste, it was indeed not as good as the future liquor.

But that's all she can do. Who knows what other formulas are in those wines?
As for the rest, let the people of this era improve it slowly.

Then I planned to take some with me tomorrow to honor Master.

But Li Zhi picked up the wine bottle and smelled it, but Wu Zetian snatched it over: "Chen'er is right, Your Majesty is not feeling well, so you can't drink too much of this wine."

"I know……"

Li Zhi smiled bitterly: "I just don't know if this wine can be used as a tribute wine? It can also be used as a reward at that time."

"As for the tribute wine, I think it's better to let the people from the Shangshi Bureau study it for a little longer. As for this wine, I can open a wine shop, hehe..." Li Yuechen said with a light smile, "In this way, we can get more wine. It's a good deal."

(End of this chapter)