Chen Xu asked to take a horse that was often taken to the blacksmith shop. As the squad said, the horse was not seriously injured when walking, and it hit the ground and made a tapping sound several times thicker and clearer than usual. However, when several helpers lifted the horse's legs, Chen Xu looked carefully and found that after the nail was nailed in, a piece of the tail appeared. The sand and soil were soft and mud were fine. If you often ran in hard mountain roads or sand and gravel, the horseshoe might be loose. In addition, the nails were too long and exposed but could not be cut. Therefore, the six iron nails poked out like six thorns from the edge of the horseshoe, which looked creepy.

This kind of thing is very simple to deal with in later generations, and steel files and steel pliers are solved. However, in this era, it is extremely difficult to make a furnace of high-strength steel, let alone make sharp and suitable tools.

But no matter what, now we can make steel, horseshoes and sharp steel swords, and tools can definitely be made, it just takes time, but what people in this era lack the most is not time.

So Chen Xu asked the gang to find paper and pen, then took the tongs for iron thrust, and then compared it to draw a pair of long-handled cutters used to cut iron nails.

The structure of the cutters is very simple. The two handles are about two feet long. The cutters do not need to be very sharp. The steel only needs to be harder than iron. The lever principle can be used to cut the nails.

In addition, several files and claw hammers were designed.

Although the file is small, it is difficult to make. Not only does the steel have high hardness, but it also needs to create dense fine lines crisscrossing on it, so that it can achieve a polishing effect. Chen Xu naturally could only express his ideas and let Ma Gan, Gong Shusheng and others study it carefully. The easiest way is to first create a hard steel knife, burn the file and turn it softened, and then use the steel knife to hammer it crisscross it with the steel knife.

It was said that horseshoe was invented by the Romans and then passed to China in the Han Dynasty. The premise of the invention of horseshoe was the emergence of high-quality iron, because bronze is a casting process, forging is just a simple auxiliary, bronze cannot be bent, folded and forged, and bronze is not tough, easy to break, it is not practical when thick, and it is not strong, so bronze cannot be used to make horseshoes.

Therefore, the emergence of horseshoe is an epoch-making innovation.

In addition to horseshoe, saddles and stirrups, known as the three major artifacts, are actually more important, and their principles are even simpler than horseshoe.

Simple stirrups are now available, but they are very simple. They are a rope that is a ring hanging above the front leg of the horse. The function is to assist in trampling when riding the horse. They can only use force slightly, and they also need someone to help the saddle. After riding the horse, they are basically useless. Therefore, they are an unnecessary spare accessory. Most horses are not equipped or are too lazy to equip them. Generally, only women or children can use them, so they are not common.

This was something that made Chen Xu very curious at first.

Since pedal ropes can be used to get on and off the horse, why can't they be used after riding?

But after he rode his horse, he realized that the problem was in the saddle.

Because saddles are not the common fixed high-bridge saddles in later generations, they are just soft pads or animal skins. The fixing effect is very poor. Once you get on the horse, just want to step on the rope and use force to leverage your thighs and butts, the saddles under the butt will move, and then they will sway both sides like a balance beam stepped on by a bear. Especially when the horse is running at high speed, people cannot leave the horse's back at all. They can only tighten their legs and hold the horse's hair tightly. It is best for the whole person to lie on the horse's back, otherwise they will be pushed down by accident. Even a well-trained pawn cannot lever on the rope to leverage your traction to leverage your traction to leverage your traction to leverage your traction to leverage your traction to leverage your traction to leverage your traction to leverage your traction to leverage your traction to leverage your traction to leverage your traction to leverage your traction to leverage your traction to leverage your traction to leverage your traction to leverage your traction to rush, which is even more impossible for ordinary people to be able to crumble the egg.

Therefore, in this era, horse riding is not only a technical job, but also a strong job.

It is precisely because of this reason that the cavalry was only an auxiliary army during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, mainly used as whistle probes, raids and side responses. The main force of the battle was infantry, and the main function of horses in the battle was to speed up the army's progress, transporting weapons, food and traction chariots.

The role of chariots in this era is still very obvious, especially when charging into battle in plains, it is running smoothly and has mobility and high speed. The chariots can be ridden by archers and halberd lancers. It is very powerful to attack the infantry phalanx in battle. Therefore, it is the name of a country that depends on the number of chariots. This is how the name of a country of thousands of chariots and a country of ten thousand chariots comes from. The more chariots, the stronger the country's strength is.

In other words, to fully utilize the power and advantages of the pawn, a fixed saddle and stirrup must be designed so that the power of the war horse can be fully utilized and several times the combat power can be released at the same time.

The structure of the Takahashi saddle is simple, just a sunken seat made of wood and leather, just put it on the horse's back, and use belts on both sides to fasten the belly and neck of the horse. However, it is more simple than doing. Chen Xu handed the task to carpenter Liu Erwa. After designing and making it for a month, he made a rough thing for a Gaohashi saddle. This saddle is very rough, but it is rough and ugly, and it is still very good to use. Therefore, Chen Xu has already used it when he went out this time.

The stirrups are simpler. They directly weave two rings with bamboo strips and tied them to both sides of the saddle with hemp rope. It is very comfortable to step on. As for Yu Wuya, Yingbu Wang San and others, they have long been used to the feeling of breaking eggs. Under the bumps, the chrysanthemums have probably also had an indescribable sense of comfort.

Qinghe Town is too small, and Chen Xu cannot ask too much for the craftsman's level. Liu Erwa's carpenter level is not worthy, and there is no qualified cobbler in the whole town, so this saddle can only be settled, and Chen Xu is now used to it.

After staying in the blacksmith shop for half an hour and designing a few tools, Chen Xu was about to return to Xiaohe Village. He hadn't been home for two months and was very worried about his family.

Just as he returned to Qinghe Town, on the Wuguanchi Road leading from Xianyang to Nanyang, a long cavalry team stretched for nearly two miles and meandered in the narrow mountain valley. In addition to the more than ten luxury carriages guarding the center, Qingyishui's tall horses and warrior armor on the horse's back were all majestic. The soldiers held dense long halberds and flags waving in the wind. As they marched silently, the valleys within a few miles seemed to be trembling. The mountains where tigers were roaring and apes were crying, they instantly quieted down, and they could only hear the dense sound of kicks.

"Brother~"

When Chen Xu returned to Xiaohe Village, Xing'er, who was waiting at the entrance of the village, was happily shouting to greet him, followed by Yu Ji and two puppies.

After not seeing each other for two months, the two little girls seemed to have grown a little taller, especially the two puppies, which had grown to two feet long, jumping around the horses in joy.

Chen Xu also jumped off the horse excitedly and picked Xing'er up to ask about the situation at home.

"Mom and Sister Shui are both very good. We look forward to our brother going home every day. Chicken, duckling and gossip have grown up, piglets have grown up, and we have also gone up the mountain to pick up a lot of hazelnuts and chestnuts..." Xing'er chattered excitedly, "Brother, last month, a white-bearded grandfather came to her home. She can tell stories and tell fortunes, but it's so fun!"

"Old Grandpa Whitebeard? What does it look like?" Chen Xu asked in surprise.

"Sister Shui knows him, and she even kowtowed to him and called him Master. By the way, she is riding a little black donkey!"

Chen Xu immediately realized that it should be the master of Yu Wuya and Shui Qingrou, the old man named Chi Songzi.

According to the situation I saw in Xia Pi, this Chi Songzi was almost a semi-immortal. At least the famous Huangshi Gong in history should know about Chi Songzi, otherwise he would not have been so surprised and respectful on the bridge.

Thinking of Chi Songzi, Chen Xu naturally remembered the monkey Wukong who was broken by Huang Shigong. He must have died at that time, but for some reason he was taken away by the old man again.

Could it be that the old man is really a god, and he has never had the technique of returning the sun?

Thinking of this, Chen Xu felt more expectation and awe.

It is not only awe of Akamatsuko, but also awe of ancient Chinese civilization.

When he went out this time, he not only saw the poverty of the Qin Dynasty, but also the real existence of ancient martial arts masters such as Huangshi Gong and Yi Shengjia.

At that time, facing the palm of Huang Shigong captured, Chen Xu felt that his soul was sinking and frozen at that time. It was not an illusion, but a real reaction. It was a completely unknown special force that could not be explained by scientific knowledge from later generations.

When Chi Songzi appeared, Chen Xu had an illusion, as if the old man had come out of thin air, but it was so natural. The little black donkey, the sound of rain, seemed to have existed for thousands of years. He actually felt an extremely familiar aura in his mind, and that aura was purely a feeling of soul.

He had asked Yu Wuya and Shui Qingrou about their master before, but neither of them wanted to reveal it. However, after meeting this time, Chen Xu finally realized why they were unwilling to say it, whether it was a legend or a random guess. After Chi Songzi left, Chen Xu finally began to believe that perhaps the gods did exist in ancient China, many myths and stories may not be groundless, and many legends about the gods may not be fabricated and fabricated.

Chi Songzi should be a kind of person who has transcended the category of ordinary people and has reached another level. Whether a god or not is not important. What is important is the simplest aura of great way in his body. From appearance to departure, he only said five sentences in total, but he did not have any thoughts of disrespect or resistance. Even Huang Shigong, who was widely circulated as a god and immortal figure in later generations, could only respect him, which shows his transcendent status among the hermits of the Qin Dynasty.

On the way back, Chen Xu also guessed that according to Chi Songzi, the real name should be Huang Tingjing. The biggest possibility is that the contemporary Mo family is the leader of the Mo family. He tried every means to find Zhang Liang. He was originally planning to teach Taigong's military strategy to Zhang Liang. According to the history of later generations, the purpose was also very clear. He used Zhang Liang, a man who hated Qin very much, to subvert the dominance of the Qin Dynasty. In addition, the last time that Xu Fu mentioned Huang Tianqiong, a disciple of the Mo family, wrote a letter to instigate Qin Shihuang to go overseas to find the sacred mountain. It can almost be guessed that Huang Tianqiong and Huang Tingjing were in the same group and were not in good faith.

Moreover, it can be roughly heard from A Songzi's words that A Songzi knew the purpose of Huangshigong. It was just that Chen Xu's appearance caused the secret of heaven to be confused. Therefore, he simply took away his eldest disciple Yi Shengjia and prevented him from getting involved in this chaos that he could not see clearly.

It can be seen from this that Akamatsuko is able to predict some things that will happen in the future.

And this kind of legend is not uncommon in ancient history.

According to Yu Wuya, this so-called ability to deduce Tianji is an effect that can only be achieved by mastering the principles of Yi. In other words, the inheritance of civilizations such as the Book of Changes, Tai Chi, Yin and Yang, Bagua, and Five Elements in China is not feudal dregs, but has a mysterious inheritance and has extremely mysterious and special effects. Science cannot explain it does not mean that it has no reason. For example, looking at Feng Shui, practicing internal breath or practicing qigong in later generations, those who understand will naturally understand it. Those who do not understand can only attack the weak, saying that qigong is not scientific, traditional Chinese medicine is unscientific, and everything inherited by Chinese civilization is garbage, and only science is the truth.

But these people forgot that science is a very short-term theory and application of natural philosophy originating from Western materialism. It is completely different philosophical systems from Eastern civilization, and has no mutual intersection, let alone explanation. Forced explanation is to deliberately find fault.

Unfortunately, with the continuous development of civilization, people like Chi Songzi and Huangshi Gong disappeared, and many ancient civilizations and theories disappeared quickly. Later generations became increasingly unfamiliar with the things passed down by their ancestors, and finally the inheritance was cut off so much that they did not believe it.

Chen Xu was very sorry, very regretful, and this time his experience also shook his excitement and excitement in trying to use technology to promote the Qin Dynasty. He began to reflect on his own practices, hoping to find a mysterious veil that can not only help the Qin Dynasty develop rapidly, but also explore and untie the mysterious veil of these ancient inheritances in China.

Are there any gods in this world? Where do these methods of cultivating internal breath come from? Where do these powerful martial arts originate? Are the legends of gods true or false?

But I can only understand these things slowly. After all, Daqin is still too unfamiliar to him. The more I know, the more unfamiliar he seems to be. It is different from the history he knows, and Chen Xu is also more interested.

After all, you can travel through time, so what is impossible in this world?

Perhaps everything in front of you is illusory.

Maybe everything in front of you is a game.

Perhaps everything in front of me is a little joke made by the gods and myself.

Chen Xu shook his head, threw all the strange thoughts that suddenly rose in his heart, hugged Xing'er to pay tribute to Chen Jiang, went to see her chick, duckling and piglet, and then looked at Shui Gently and looked at her eyes, expressing her lovesickness and concerns with her eyes.

Everyone in front of him is real, and family affection and mutual affection make him feel unparalleled peace and tranquility.
Chapter completed!