"How is it that they can't endure it? This horse was fat and strong, and its fur was bright. It was probably in its prime, which meant that it had been fighting for many years, and its hooves were so worn that it could not even walk properly!”
"If the horses were given shoes from the beginning, they wouldn't have such a situation until they died!”
Ying Pingan snorted and said with a sneer.
In the future, this was the basic common sense of life. Even Little Seventeen knew about it!
However, they couldn't be blamed. Horseshoes didn't officially appear until the Yuan Dynasty more than a thousand years later. In this era, no one dared to even think about it!
"Put shoes on the horse?"
Ying Zheng's eyes lit up.
Even the ministers resting around them were interested and gradually moved closer to them!
This kid was right. If there were shoes for the horse, it would definitely solve the problem of the horse's hooves being worn out too quickly!
"How do I wear these shoes?"
Ying Zheng asked anxiously.
Great Qin had been able to unify the six countries because of these warhorses.
Every year, countless amounts of money were spent on changing warhorses. If there was a way to extend the lifespan of warhorses, Great Qin would be able to save a lot of money!
With extra money, they could buy warhorses and let Great Qin's Cavalrymen trample over the entire world!
"Isn't that simple…?"
Ying Pingan looked at Ying Zheng as if he was looking at a fool." The soles of a horse are like our fingernails, they do not feel pain, and it is precisely because of this that they can run freely. But if a warhorse runs for too long, the soles of its feet will be severely damaged, and that will lead to the situation just now!”"It's very simple to solve this problem. You just need to get the blacksmith to forge a special metal piece and nail it on the horseshoe!”
"A special iron sheet?"
Ying Pingan's words confused everyone.
He seemed to understand something, but at the same time, he seemed to understand nothing!
"Wait…!"
Ying Pingan quickly jumped onto the horse carriage and rummaged through his small backpack.
After a while, the little fellow ran back with a pen in his mouth and a piece of white paper in his hand!
"If you don't understand, you'll understand once I draw it for you!”
Ying Pingan had lived in the countryside for more than ten years, and some of the elders in his family knew how to nail horseshoes, so it was not difficult for him to draw a map.
This thing was just a piece of U-shaped iron. There was no technical content!
His toot little hand held a pencil and quickly outlined the rough shape of the horseshoe.
"Alright, if you nail a small piece of this on the horse's hoof, it will immediately reduce the wear and tear on the horse's hoof!”
"Wonderful! Wonderful!"
"Little Lord, you have a wonderful idea!"
"This is amazing. The problem of the worn horse hooves has been discussed several times in the court, but there has been no result. I didn't expect the Little Lord to solve it so easily!”
"In my opinion, the brush in Little Lord's hand is the best. It can smoothly draw patterns without grinding!”
"Yes, yes! This white silk cloth was not bad either. Not only was it light, but the patterns drawn on it were also very clear!”
……
After the drawing of the horseshoe was completed, all the ministers praised it.
Some were shocked by the horseshoes, while others were attracted by the pencil and paper.
"Little Seventeen, are these the shoes you said you wanted to wear for the horse?”
Ying Zheng looked calm, but his heart was already in turmoil.
He knew the importance of horseshoes better than anyone else!
Even though it was just a small piece of metal, it would definitely be able to help Great Qin take a huge step forward!
Ding! Congratulations to the host for activating the grand ambition of the First Emperor. Rewarding Agility 11
Ding! Congratulations to the host for shocking the officials. Speed 2
Ding! Congratulations to the host for shocking the officials. Strength 2
…F * ck!
However, he had obtained so many attribute points by casually drawing a blueprint!
It seemed that returning to the palace with Ying Zheng was the right choice. The rewards were exploding!
Previously, when he was in Changyou Village, he had drawn some blueprints for farming machinery, but the rewards were very few. How could it be as satisfying as this time?
After the mechanical voice of the system stopped, Ying Pingan grinned contentedly. Only then did he remember to respond to Ying Zheng." Yes, these are the shoes that I said I would put on the horses!”
"Did your master tell you this?”
"No, I can't! This is what I dreamed of!"
Ying Pingan said. "Dream about it?"
Could it be that this kid was a child prodigy? A dream could solve the problem of the hoof's wear and tear?
Furthermore, he had a master who knew about the past two thousand years!
It seemed that the heavens had sent them to help Great Qin!
Stroking his beard, Ying Zheng stared thoughtfully at the blueprint that Ying Pingan had just drawn!
"Little Seventeen, what did you use to draw? It didn't look like silk, but why was it so light?”
Ying Pingan lowered his head and looked at the white paper in his hand. He waved it in front of the crowd and said," This is called white paper. It is very thin and light, easy to carry around, and it is very clear to write on it. It is much more convenient than the bamboo slips nowadays!”
"Not only that, but the cost of making paper is also very low. It only needs some hay, dried branches, and bark!”
"And this is called a pencil. It's the most convenient for drawing patterns. You can draw at any time. If there's a mistake, you can erase it and start over!”
Ying Pingan explained to everyone in a vivid manner!
"What is it? You can redo the words you wrote?"
"You can make paper with just some hay?”
"With such a low cost, won't all the commoners be able to study in the future?”
……
All the ministers were shocked once again.
Almost all the commonly used bamboo slips on the market now were bamboo slips. After cutting down the bamboo, they were polished into smooth strips through various processes, and then strung together to form bamboo slips.
The books that officials and rich families read were written on bamboo slips, and most of the ministers who wrote letters to the emperor also used bamboo slips!
Other than bamboo slips, they would occasionally use silk cloth and silk to write.
Although silk cloth and silk were light and thin, they were expensive to make. They were usually only used in extremely special situations!
However, no matter which one it was, it was not a problem for the commoners because they could not afford it!
Even the most commonly used bamboo slips cost more than a hundred wen. Ordinary people could not afford it at all!
In this era, there was no high-yield food at all, and the farming methods were also very backward. The people had to pay a high tax on the annual grain harvest, and the rest was barely enough for the family to eat and wear. How could they have the spare money to let their children study?
This also resulted in the poor being poor forever. There was no way to change their fate by studying!
As for the rich and powerful officials, their children had been studying since they were young. In the future, when they entered the imperial court, they would have a wife and children! "You mean…you made this paper?”
Ying Zheng's eyes were filled with shock, which he could not hide at all.
"That's right!"
Ying Pingan nodded his head. He didn't find it strange.
"Little Lord can actually use hay to make paper?”
High Official Meng Yi's jaw had already dropped.
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