Chapter 31 Wei Shengxue: New Merit Obtained√
The bare hooves were bare, but Wei Shengxue simply assumed the owner was too protective of the horse to even offer a single restraint. After all, the horse wasn't even bridled, looking like a wild horse that had just been harnessed.
The bloody marks left by the horse's kicks clearly indicated that it had sustained a hoof injury. The pain must have been the cause of the horse's uncontrolled rampage through the downtown area.
The vendors and pedestrians around them were tumbling and scrambling to avoid being trampled by the horses. Anyone who could afford such a large horse at that time was clearly a noble, and not one that common people like them could afford to offend. They might not only get bruised but also beaten and frighten the horses.
Seeing that the horse was about to hit a roadside stall again, Wei Shengxue cast a spell to stop the horse, and then used spiritual power to calm it, making it come over obediently.
The fiery red horse lowered its head meekly in front of her, with a humming sound coming from its throat and nose, as if it was acting coquettishly and complaining.
"Chi Yan! My dear horse, are you hurt anywhere?" The old general with white hair and beard hurried over and stroked it with heartache.
"General Meng," Princess Yangzi called out, introducing him to the immortal. "This is my father's trusted and beloved general, and the father of General Meng and Lord Meng."
Wei Shengxue looked up and could vaguely make out the similarities between the two brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi on their faces, half of which was covered by the white beard.
Meng Wu looked around at Chi Yan and found no other wounds. When he heard this, he turned around and saw a woman who looked familiar. Next to her was a young lady with a very beautiful appearance.
Princess Yangzi, the eldest daughter of the First Emperor, had been out and about frequently since her marriage. Meng Wu recognized her with a single thought. He immediately bowed and said, "This old minister greets Her Highness."
"No need to be polite, old general."
Then he introduced him, "This is the immortal that Your Majesty met when he was offering sacrifices to the heavens."
Meng Wu suddenly realized.
He had long heard of the name of this immortal who had brought countless surprises to Daqin before even entering Xianyang. Not long ago, he had wanted to go and greet His Majesty and meet the legendary immortal by the way.
It's a pity that his health is not good. The illnesses he had left over from fighting in his youth broke out. He has been lying in bed for more than a month and only got up today. He even missed His Majesty's return to the city.
"Princess, Master, please forgive me. Chi Yan is injured, and I need to take him to get medicine first. Please allow me to go first."
Meng Wu was concerned about his beloved horse's hooves, so he said a few polite words and wanted to leave, but he didn't expect that his beloved horse was unwilling to leave.
Seeing that his master was about to take him away, Chi Yan quickly opened his mouth and grabbed a piece of the green sleeve, whining and staying where he was.
It doesn't want to leave! It's so comfortable here, even the pain in its hooves has eased. It doesn't want to leave, it wants to stay by her side.
Meng Wu: ...
That's strange.
His big baby would get angry if his son even touched him, but there is still someone who is willing to get close to him.
But this is too...
His eyes fell on the cuff that the horse was biting. The dark patterns on it were floating and shining, and the exquisite workmanship could be seen at a glance. But now it was covered with wet marks and a few pieces of horse grass.
Horse, horse, you are causing me trouble.
Meng Wu never thought that at his old age, he would still have to apologize for his own child.
"No need. The horse is intelligent and knows it's comfortable here, so it doesn't want to leave."
Wei Shengxue reached out and touched the horse's head, and Chi Yan shook his head to show off his soft and beautiful mane.
Meng Wu also saw that it deliberately turned half of its body to reveal its strong and beautiful muscles. If you didn't know, you would think it was courting.
Meng Wu: It’s really disgusting.
Wei Shengxue gently opened the horse's mouth and cast two cleaning spells. Green light gathered in the palm of his hand and slowly wrapped around the cracked and bleeding horse hoof, using spiritual power to repair its wound.
"If you truly cherish it, you shouldn't have left horseshoes on it. That won't help reduce the burden on it, but will increase the risk of injury."
Meng Wu was originally amazed by this magical scene, but now he was completely attracted by the implied meaning in her words.
As a military commander who has been fighting all his life, he has always been more sensitive than ordinary people to military items.
horseshoe?
It sounds like something to protect the horse's hooves from injury.
But wouldn’t it be uncomfortable to install iron lumps on the horse’s feet?
He thought so and asked so.
Unexpectedly, the other party was even more surprised than he was: "Don't you have horseshoes here? Do you have reins? Where are the saddles and stirrups?"
This horse is so bald, maybe it's because there is nothing on it.
That’s not right. Ying Zheng’s convoy looks quite neat.
Small items like stirrups and horseshoes would be overlooked, but she wouldn't have been watching for months and not know whether the rider had reins and a saddle.
Just as she was brainstorming, Meng Wu excitedly took a few steps closer and stretched out his hand to shake it, but was stopped by Princess Yangzi who was standing beside him.
"General Meng, please do not offend the immortal."
Meng Wu quickly retracted his hand as if it had been burned, and became extremely polite. "Yes, yes, no offense, no offense."
When will the immortal tell me about the horseshoe and the saddle?
"There are no stirrups or saddles here." Wei Shengxue's heart was filled with excitement.
Oh my god, there is such a good thing?!
Just go out for a walk and shining merits will come to you!
"General, do you have a pen and paper at home? I can't explain it in a few words. I can draw a blueprint for you."
Saddles and horseshoes are the most powerful weapons for cavalry.
After the promotion,
Hehe, the merits will keep coming~
Meng Wu didn't expect such a good thing to happen.
I thought I would be very lucky to get a word or two of advice.
It seems that Meng Yi sent back a message that the immortal Your Majesty met was truly kind and simple!
Of course he agreed to this request which was obviously beneficial to him!
The fiery red horse, whose wounds had been repaired, followed the green-clothed fairy closely, and rubbed her with its head from time to time. Its coquettish appearance made Meng Wu, who was leading the way, very envious.
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To reach the Meng Mansion, one had to cross the entire bustling commercial street. They were riding tall horses and dressed in gorgeous clothes, and looked very wealthy. All the pedestrians kept their distance on purpose, and even those who approached would deliberately go around them.
So when someone shouted and walked directly between the three of them, he immediately attracted their attention and the attention of the people around them.
"Hurry up and get it! Everyone, hurry up!"
Along with this shout, another series of people followed him and ran away.
Princess Yangzi stumbled a step to steady herself, her brow furrowed slightly. "Running and making a commotion is forbidden in the Xianyang City Market. These people simply disregard Qin's laws! This is truly excessive!"
A nearby vendor picked up a fallen sign and explained, "These people are wealthy, so they're not afraid of a small fine. But if you're late, you'll regret it for ten days."
"You know?"
The vendor said, "It's a paper shop run by a craftsman. I heard they're selling a treasure brought down from heaven by immortals. It's so precious, only a little bit is put on the shelves every ten days. They're just rushing to buy that treasure."
"It's paper," Meng Wu added, "The craftsman's workshop releases a batch of paper every ten days, allowing anyone with sufficient wealth and status to purchase it."
The real purpose is to seduce people from all walks of life.
No one can ignore the tremendous changes brought about by this paper. Whoever obtains paper from the First Emperor can spread the ideas and thoughts of their own school more conveniently and widely.
The benefits are so great, are you really not coming?
Baijia: Crazy and exciting.
Wei Shengxue didn't realize this. In the environment where she grew up, paper was just the most common daily necessity. It was common to write a few pages in a book and throw it away. Even the cover not being good-looking could be a reason for throwing it away.
She is a person who possesses rare treasures but is unaware of it. The amount of new things she throws out depends entirely on what kind of things she encounters that can earn her merit.
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She now had only one thought: the paper was already being promoted, so where was her merit?!
'system? '
[It has been collected and stored in the Merit Pool. To prevent the host from being disturbed by too many messages, the system will only remind you of the merit of an item once and will not remind you again.]
A translucent panel unfolded before his eyes. The merit that once could only fill up the energy bar slightly now showed a golden progress bar.
[The merits used by the host to heal his wounds over the past two months were basically brought by paper and salt.]
"Is the saltworks also successful?"
The salt farm has created several miles of salt ponds, and since last month, they have been selling their new snowflake salt to surrounding areas.
It was very expensive, but it was especially popular among the nobility. Nowadays, noble officials in Qi would be ridiculed if they did not have snowflake salt to serve guests.
Uni Exclusive
The system told Wei Shengxue the follow-up, and she was so happy that even her steps became lighter.
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The structure of horseshoes and stirrups is very simple, especially stirrups. Horseshoes have to be made by blacksmiths. The simplest and crudest stirrups are made by hanging two hemp ropes directly on the saddle, tying the two ends tightly, and supporting the body by stepping on the horse.
The Meng Mansion occupied a large area, and there was a horse racing track right in the mansion. Meng Wu asked someone to bump into it and tried the function of the stirrup himself.
You know what, this thing is small, but it has a big effect.
It is said that one can jump onto a horse in a leap. When there were no stirrups, one had to rely on the strength of his hands and feet to jump on the horse. If he was not fast enough and had less strength, he could not even get on the horse's back.
With stirrups, getting on a horse is much easier. You can use your feet to push on the horse's back, which makes it more stable and easier to control the horse and maintain balance on it.
Meng Wu drew his bow and shot a few arrows, and even the difficulty of hitting the target decreased.
“Okay, okay, okay!”
"God bless our Great Qin! Hahaha!"
Nothing to do with romance
Meng Wu dismounted, walked up to Wei Shengxue, and bowed deeply to the ground. "On behalf of the Qin army, I thank the immortal for his gift!"
Wei Sheng waved his snow-white robe lightly, lifted the person up with his spiritual power, and shook his head: "No need to thank me, if you can promote it, I will also have a share of the merit."
"Let's wait until the old general has his men forge horseshoes and iron stirrups before trying them. They're much better than these hemp ropes."
Upon hearing this, the smile on Meng Wu's face froze.
“Does it have to be made of iron?”
The Qin Dynasty’s iron-making technology was really not bad, but the output was also really low.
Why is it that iron tools are so sharp, but bronze tools are still widely used in the military? Isn't it because the production volume is too low, and even mass production is impossible?
To refine bronze ware, one can directly melt it and pour it with molten copper, so a lot of it can be produced at one time.
But for ironware, no matter how hard you try, you can only heat the iron ore red. To shape it, the blacksmith has to hammer it out one by one, and fold and forge it countless times to get a sharp and tough iron sword.
It would be great if there was a way to melt the iron so it could be directly cast into shape like bronze.
Unfortunately, melting the iron was too difficult, and even throwing chickens, sheep, etc. into the forge for blood sacrifice was impossible.
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