Although those five thousand warhorses were not what Liu Xuan wanted the most, he was already satisfied.
He didn't expect to be able to trade warhorses with the Xianbei people.
In Liu Xuan's plan, this kind of transaction would continue for five years, ten years, fifteen years, twenty years, or even longer.
As for the horse trade, it would take at least two years before it would be carried out.
When the tribes on the grassland were completely used to trading with Liu Xuan, when they were completely tied up by Liu Xuan with food, when they used up all the furs that they had accumulated over the past decades, then…
Even if Liu Xuan didn't bring up the matter of exchanging food for horses, he believed that those large tribes would bring it up themselves.
However…
Liu Xuan had never expected this.
Jian Yong's silver tongue was unexpectedly so powerful. He actually brought back five thousand excellent warhorses for him in the first transaction.
No, no, no!
Not just five thousand warhorses.
The three tribes each gave Liu Xuan a fine horse.
According to the Xianbei tribe, these three horses were the kings of the herd.
The Horse King was the Horse King after all. These three horses were truly extraordinary when compared to the other five thousand fine horses.
Whether it was its size, strength, or spirit, it was far from what ordinary horses could compare to.
When they saw the three fine horses, Guan Yu and Zhang Ren's eyes turned red.
Liu Xuan also did them a favor and gave them each a horse.
The two of them heard this!
Big fish.
To the generals of this era, a BMW was as attractive to them as a sports car was to men in the future.
After the two of them chose the BMW, they tamed it on the spot.
Soon, the two of them successfully tamed the BMW.
Then, something awkward happened.
Seeing Guan Yu and Zhang Ren galloping on their horses, Liu Xuan's eyes turned red.
Just as he was about to tame his horse, he suddenly remembered something.
F * ck!
I don't know how to ride a horse!
It took Liu Xuan seven to eight days to master horsemanship and tame the horse.
In the next few days, Liu Xuan began to tinker with new things.
This time, the new toy he fiddled with was called horseshoes!
Horseshoes, also known as horseshoes, were iron hoof-shaped objects that horses, mules, and other animals nailed to their hooves.
A horse's hoof was made up of two layers. The layer that was in contact with the ground was a layer of hard cutin about 2-3 cm thick, and the upper layer was a living cutin.
When the horse's hooves came into contact with the ground, they would fall off quickly due to the friction of the ground and the corrosion of the accumulated water. The main purpose of nailing horseshoes was to delay the wear and tear of the horse's hooves.
The use of horseshoes not only protected the hooves, but also made the hooves firmly grip the ground, which was very beneficial for riding and driving.
Indeed.
Once the Prairies people in the north learned about the horseshoes, their strength would definitely soar. After all, almost all of them were cavalry.
However, Liu Xuan did not panic at all.
Because…
Making horseshoes required steel.
The grassland tribes of this era could not produce steel at all!
Therefore, even if they knew the importance of horseshoes, it was useless. They could only watch from the side.
In order to produce 5,000 sets of horseshoes as soon as possible, Liu Xuan had no choice but to stop forging weapons.
Very quickly.
The first batch of horseshoes was successfully produced, a total of 500.
When Guan Yu, Zhang Ren and the others heard that Liu Xuan was going to nail the iron to the horseshoes, they panicked.
He hurriedly tried to dissuade Liu Xuan.
Liu Xuan spent a lot of effort to convince them, even using his own mount as a demonstration.
After that.
When the horseshoes were nailed, and the two of them confirmed that the horseshoes of the horses would not be injured, the two of them immediately became excited.
The two of them were people who understood horses. Now that things had come to this, how could they not see the importance and strategic significance of installing horseshoes?
That's why.
Guan Yu and Zhang Ren had become firm fans of horseshoes. They came to Liu Xuan almost every day to ask if the new horseshoes had been forged.
The two of them could not wait to install horseshoes on all the horses as soon as possible.
In this way.
This was to ensure that when they trained the cavalry, there would not be any incidents where the horses accidentally stepped on sharp points and caused their hooves to be injured.
Actually, there were a total of three types of divine artifacts on the horses.
Other than the horseshoes that Liu Xuan had already fiddled with, there were two other things, namely the saddle and stirrups.
However, Liu Xuan did not need to invent these two things.
This was because there were already saddles and stirrups in the Western Han Dynasty.
It was the end of November.
The weather had gradually turned cold.
Winter was coming.
This winter, the people of Dai County were destined to have a good life.
During this period of time, garment factories appeared all over Daijun.
These garment factories produced fur coats.
The raw materials used for these fur coats were fur exchanged from the Xianbei people.
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