Liu Tan stared at Ma with a bitter and resentful expression on his face, which made Li Buyan want to sigh.

"Forget it. I don't think you like horses that much. Why don't you just give up learning?"

It would be even better if you could give me this horse, Li Buyan said.

Of course, he was just thinking about it. Even if Liu Tan didn't learn, he couldn't give him the horse. After all, it was a gift from His Majesty.

Thinking of this, Li Buyan felt even sadder.

Is there anything sadder than having your beloved beauty not belong to you?

Yes, to Li Buyan, BMW is more important than beauty.

He could give up a beautiful woman, but he couldn't move when he saw a good horse.

Liu Tan shook his head and said, "I don't hate horses, I just think... riding a horse like this isn't safe enough."

Li Buyan was stunned: "Wha...what?"

He has never heard of any safety factor.

Liu Tan said, "I mean, it's so unsafe. What if you fall off the horse?"

Li Buyan: ...

He looked at the white horse standing there very docilely, then looked at Liu Tan and said in disbelief, "It's so obedient, and you still doubt it will throw you off?"

"What's so strange about that? We're always prepared for the worst."

The more Liu Tan thought about it, the more insecure he felt.

Although this horse is not tall enough, it would be very dangerous if you fall from it. If you are hit by an inch of force, wouldn't you be in trouble?

Li Buyan swallowed the words he wanted to say to mock Liu Tan for being cowardly. The current Liu Tan was no longer someone he could joke with as easily as before.

Even if Liu Tan himself didn't mind, if someone heard it and reported it, he would still be punished, and his father might even be implicated.

His father had barely escaped from the jaws of death and was now living out his retirement with the Minister of Agriculture. It was obvious that he had no ambition to move up the ladder anymore. Now the whole family was counting on him, and he couldn't act recklessly anymore.

Li Buyan thought for a moment and said, "Then... send two more people to protect His Highness?"

Liu Tan said, "How can we keep up?"

Li Buyan helplessly spread his hands: "Then what do you want to do?"

Liu Tan said, "Well, there's no rush anyway. Just wait a few days and I'll make something. We can learn from it after it's done."

Li Buyan wanted to sigh after hearing this. In his opinion, Liu Tan was just making excuses for not learning horse riding.

Of course, whether Liu Tan wants to learn or not is his business. Even if he can't ride a horse, it actually has no impact on Liu Tan.

However, Li Buyan was depressed because he couldn't even touch the horse.

Now he suddenly understood that it was not the beauty that he could not get that made him sad, but the beauty that was right in front of him but belonged to someone else and he would never be able to get her in his lifetime that made him sadder.

Liu Tan was not aware of Li Buyan’s sadness at all. His brain was working at high speed. What were the horse harnesses?

In his previous life, he didn't know much about horse gear. The only exposure he had was when traveling, taking photos, and trying new things. Now when he thinks back, he can only think of saddles, stirrups, and... oh, and bridles.

But these three should be enough.

After Liu Tan finished speaking, he gave Li Buyan a holiday, and then told Miao Rui to find someone to take good care of the white horse.

Li Buyan's heart was broken when he saw the man leading the white horse away.

Liu Tan didn't pay attention to him. Now Liu Tan's mind was full of thoughts on how to get the three-piece set of horse harness.

In fact, the bridle is not difficult to make. It has three parts in total: the muzzle, the bit and the reins. The reins are of course made of the best leather. As for the muzzle and the bit, bronze seems a bit soft. Iron is okay, as iron is available these days, but I am worried that it will not look good enough.

However, appearance is secondary. The most important thing is the saddle. As far as Liu Tan knows, saddles in later generations should be made of high-strength composite materials. It is not easy to find light and strong materials these days. After much thought, it seems that only wood can do it.

The only thing you need to worry about is whether the wood will be too heavy.

Liu Tan thought about it for a long time and decided that this kind of thing should be done by professionals. But now the problem came... where could he find professionals? He didn't even know whether to ask a carpenter or a blacksmith!

In the end, he simply chose the previous plan - find them all!

Anyway, he has a lot of people under him and he has money now, so he can afford the experiment.

If this thing is made, it will be much more effective than novel dishes!

The most important thing is that Liu Che should be more interested in this kind of thing than cement. Even if cement is produced, it does not mean an improvement in Liu Che's quality of life.

At that time, there were no steel bars, so houses built with cement might not be stronger than wooden ones. This was good news for ordinary people, but had no effect on Liu Che, so it was normal for him not to be interested.

But it is different with horse harness. Having horse harness will not only improve the rider a little bit, but the cavalry's combat capability should be able to be taken to a higher level.

However, such an advantage may not last long, because this thing is too easy to imitate. If there are casualties during the battle, the enemy may be able to pick it up and imitate it.

The only thing that can restrict them is to strictly prohibit the flow of iron into the grassland. Saddles may be made of wood, but if stirrups are made of wood, the consumption will be too great. The most important thing is that there is not so much wood on the grassland, so the supply of wood must also be strictly restricted.

However, Liu Tan felt that Liu Che or the ministers in the court would definitely be able to think about such matters longer-term than he did, so he would just leave it to them to worry about when the time came.

Liu Tan happily asked Miao Rui to find more people, and they were the same acquaintances from before. Acquaintances are good, as they are already familiar with each other, so Liu Tan can just give them the drawings directly.

These people have already gotten used to Liu Tan's drawings which are so simple that they only have one graphic.

However, this time Liu Tan's painting was particularly abstract, especially the saddle. After all, he had never learned to paint and did not know what perspective was. When the painting came out crooked and he felt it looked very similar, in fact, in the eyes of craftsmen, the question was: What the hell is this?

Unfortunately, Liu Tan is Party A, and a Party A with a very noble status, while Party B, as his slave, can only try to understand his meaning with tears in his eyes.

Liu Tan talked and gestured for a long time, and finally led the horses to explain, so that these people could understand what the Gaoqiao saddle was like.

After listening to it with some confusion, the few people gathered together to discuss and finally decided unanimously: the main body of the bridle should be made of bronze, the main body of the saddle should be made of light wood, and as for the stirrup... bronze is a bit soft, so it must be made of iron, and these all need to be tailored according to the size of the horse, so they also need to measure the size of the horse.

After Liu Tan gave the order, he turned around and had the recipe sent to the palace, one copy for Bu Fan and one copy for the Grand Chamberlain. As for how to arrange it, it was up to them. Anyway, these two people probably wouldn't dare to leak the recipe casually.

A few days later, the first things to come out were the bridle and stirrups. As for the saddle... to be honest, it's harder to make wood into that shape than metal.

Metal can always be melted, as long as the corresponding mold is made. As for wood, you first need to choose the right wood and then shape it into the corresponding shape bit by bit. However, trees will definitely not grow according to the shape of a saddle, so various parts need to be made and glued together bit by bit.

In the end, the carpenter chose birch for easier gluing.

Birch is not a particularly good wood. It absorbs water easily and is prone to rot in humid areas. However, birch also has many advantages. The first is its good elasticity. Secondly, the wood is delicate and soft, making it very easy to shape. The most important point is that birch has excellent adhesion and is wear-resistant.

Considering that the territory of the Han Dynasty is still mostly in the north and the south is basically dominated by various tribes, this choice of materials is the best the carpenter can think of.

Liu Tan didn't quite understand this, but even if he did, there wouldn't be any better solution.

The productivity is here and the range of material selection is small, so what else can we do?

Whether it was the blacksmith or the carpenter, they would report the progress to him while they were working. Liu Tan felt that the progress was gratifying every time he listened, and in fact, the final product was indeed very good.

What’s even better is that these people even carved patterns and painted them with gold paint to make them look more exquisite.

Not to mention that it looks pretty good this way, Liu Tan asked someone to put the horse harness on the white horse.

I don’t know if it was because it was not used to this kind of horse harness, but the white horse took a few steps uneasily. However, this white horse had a very good temper. In the end, it only made this movement and did not do anything else. It just stood there honestly.

So even though this horse did not meet Liu Tan's imagination of a tall and handsome horse, Liu Tan began to like it very much.

Although they have been made, the saddle is still just a frame, and the bridle doesn't even have reins.

The rest of the things are easy to do, and it only takes a day or two.

When Li Buyan saw the white horse again, he found that there were many more things on the white horse.

He stared at the golden-clad white horse in amazement and said, "What...what is this?"

At first, Li Buyan thought it was a decoration that Liu Tan came up with on a whim, but when he saw the stirrup, he had a clue.

Nowadays, people basically use stepping chairs and stepping stones to get on the horse, but some people also use ropes around their feet to help them get on.

The shape of the stirrup is so obvious that you can tell at a glance that it is for placing the feet, and the saddle looks much more stable than the previous seat that was tied to the horse's body.

As for the horse bridle, he was not that surprised. This had existed for a long time, but it was not as complicated as Liu Tan's. After all, there was no way to control the horse without reins.

Liu Tan asked with a smile, "How is it? Do you see the trick?"

Li Buyan touched the stirrup and said, "This... is used to help you get on the horse?"

Liu Tan nodded. "Yes, I call this a stirrup, and this is a saddle. These two things can fix the human body on the horse very well, reducing the danger. You also know that I can't ride a horse."

As Liu Tan spoke, he touched the white horse and gave it a candy.

This was something he had discovered by accident before. This horse actually loves to eat candy!

The white horse, having eaten the candy, rubbed its head against Liu Tan. Li Buyan watched the interaction between Liu Tan and the white horse, and the envy in his eyes was almost tangible.

Liu Tan turned around and smiled at him, then put his left foot on the stirrup, held the saddle with both hands and exerted a little force, then easily turned over and rode on the horse's back.

Well, of course, this was the result of his training several times. At the beginning, he didn't know how to exert strength, so even with the help of these things, he had a hard time getting on the horse.

Later I found a way to exert force, which made it so smooth.

But that was all. He didn't dare let the horse run. Even the slightest movement of the white horse standing still would frighten him.

Li Buyan's eyes widened. He really wanted to talk to Liu Tan and let him try, but he didn't dare to do so when he thought that this horse was a gift from His Majesty. So he walked around the horse twice and decided to find a professional to take a look, who should be able to see more of the tricks.

So he decided to go find his dad!

Li Buyan looked up at Liu Tan and said, "Your Highness, can I ask my father to come and see?"

Liu Tan was worried about how to let others know. Should he invite Liu Che again? Goodbye? He didn't want to use himself to taste the food anytime soon.

Now that Li Buyan said this, Liu Tan thought about it and it was okay. Although Li Xi has become a sinecure now, his circle is full of military generals, so it would be very easy for him to spread the news.

So he agreed. Almost as soon as he nodded, Li Buyan turned around and ran away, leaving Liu Tan sitting stiffly on the white horse looking at his back. After a while, he cursed in his heart: Can't you help me down first before leaving?

The author has something to say: Liu only knows how to get on the horse but not how to get off. Talk: To be honest, I am very panicked now.