Wuzhumuqin horse?

Liu Wei was quick-witted and thought of Li Yuanai's intention in an instant.

"His Royal Highness of Shang planned to use Wuzhumuqin horse to transport food and grass?"

Li Yuanai nodded and said, "Yes, as the climate turns colder, the biggest problem on the way to transport grain is not people, but animals. People can overcome all kinds of difficulties, but animals cannot. The animal power in our Central Plains is not able to withstand the coldness of the Northeast. It is so cold that it is only a map of death. And there are ice and snow, where can we find food for them? Taking it along the way will increase the difficulty of transportation."

"As far as I know, only the Wuzhumuqin horses can withstand the severe cold. The Wuzhumuqin horses are short, not good-looking, strong in body, wide chest and long mane, thick skin and thick hair. They live in the extreme north. The harsh environment there is only more than that in the northeast than in the northeast. The most important thing is that they do not need military horses, and they must be fed with fine grain to have strength. Wild grass, leaves and even thorns, whether green and yellow, can be eaten, and have extremely strong vitality."

Li Yuanai, the famous name of Mongolian horses, was also well-known in later generations.

In history, Mongolian cavalry was able to sweep the world, and the role of Mongolian horses was extremely important.

The arrogant Western knights were frightened by the short Mongolian cavalry.

Where have you seen such a cavalry that is like the wind? Where have you seen a cavalry that is like climbing mountains and wading on the plain?

Liu Wei frowned and said, "As far as I know, the Wuzhumuqin horse is a war horse that is good at raiding, not a pack horse carrying weights. Even if they are hard-working, but are they carrying weights with war horses? Is it really feasible?"

Li Yuanai patiently explained: "If you treat them as donkeys and use them with a pack horse, that's certainly not possible. But I have a way to reduce the burden of horse transportation and make it impossible and feasible."

Liu Wei stopped talking, he knew the person in front of him.

Wonderful thoughts are the best in the world. He may not belong to the literary or martial arts that most people in the world are good at, but the thoughts or things that arise in his mind are all things that benefit the world.

Take the canal, which has been a long-standing problem, who dares to imagine that someone can really manage the thousand-mile canal within two years?

Speaking of simple sluice dams, this thing has not been studied thousands of times, so how can you dare to use it in reality?

But he dares, and it will be successful as soon as he uses it, and it will be effective.

Who is not surprised by the world?

Faced with such a person, Liu Wei couldn't understand what he proposed, so he didn't speak. He doubted it instead seemed stupid.

Li Zhi looked at Li Yuanai with a bright look and asked, "I'm really sure!"

Li Yuanai understood that these were two questions and answered: "I'm sure!"

Li Zhi asked again: "Is one thousand horses enough?"

Li Yuanai paused and said, "This one is about a thousand horses. Of course, the more the better, I'm afraid it's not good."

Li Zhi snorted, "You don't have to worry about this. Xue Yantuo dares not give it to him. If you are the one who dares to deal with him, you are a disobedient old dog. There are many people on the grassland who want to replace Xue Yantuo, and you will be killed sooner or later."

Li Yuanai laughed silently.

Regarding grassland ethnic groups, the Tang Dynasty adopted a different approach than in previous countries.

Grassland is a waste of money for the Chinese people who farm.

Why did Emperor Qin Shihuang not take the grassland for his own use after expelling the Huns, but instead mobilized troops to build the Great Wall?

Why did Emperor Wu of Han make many northern expeditions, occupying land suitable for cultivation without expanding his territory to the grassland?

Not that it cannot, there is no benefit at all.

It is impossible for the Chinese nation to migrate to the grassland to grazle. Even a hero like Qin Shihuang and Emperor Wu of Han could only drive away the Huns and could not occupy them.

The same was true for the Tang Dynasty. After destroying the Turks and capturing Jie Li alive, they also faced this problem.

However, Li Shimin chose a different approach. He supported the weak Xue Yantuo, making Xue Yantuo the king of the north, and using Xue Yantuo to gain benefits.

Xue Yantuo also obediently became a younger brother to the Tang Dynasty, and paid tribute to horses, cattle, sheep, camels, marten fur, etc. every year. The number was so large that it could be thousands or even tens of thousands.

In the early years of Wude, all the cavalry of the Tang army totaled less than 4,000, of which 3,000 were obtained by tribute to the Turks.

Nowadays, 700,000 horses are always prepared. When the army goes to war, infantry can share the horses for transportation.

The Chinese dynasty was so luxurious that only the Tang Dynasty was so luxurious, and Xue Yantuo made an indelible contribution to this.

But a wolf is a wolf, and those raised will eventually bite people.

When Li Shimin first supported Xue Yantuo, he expected it.

Xue Yantuo has been a little disobedient in recent years. If it weren't for the Goguryeo incident, Li Shimin would have been determined to destroy Xue Yantuo first and support a new one and fatten himself.

Li Zhi's attitude was the same as Li Shimin. He was the overlord of the northern region, Xue Yantuo, who was raised by his own dog. If he was obedient, he would make a profit, and if he was not obedient, he would be beaten to death with a blow.

Li Yuanai also took this for granted that there is no perfect policy in this world.

At least for Li Shimin and Li Zhi, the dogs they have are tame.

The one who made his dog bite was Wu Zetian.

After saying goodbye to Li Zhi, Li Yuanai immediately recruited carpenters from the north and asked them to make grain transport equipment based on the sketches they had drawn.

"Is this a wheelbarrow? What kind of wheelbarrow is this?"

The carpenters gathered together and looked at Li Yuanai's drawings, with question marks on their minds.

The wheelbarrow was found in the Western Han Dynasty. It was called a deer cart and a wheelbarrow cart at that time, but it was not very practical.

During the Shu Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang improved the deer cart and invented the wooden ox and flowing horse to make the wheelbarrow practical.

After hundreds of years of evolution, wheelbarrows have become simpler and more practical, and are accepted by the world.

But the wheelbarrow drawn by Li Yuanai is strange.

It has a huge shape, three or four times larger than an average small wheelbarrow. Although there are handles for pushing force behind it, the balance point of the parking stamina of both legs is at the front of the car, and there are reins for animals on the front of the car. The most important thing is that there is a thick stick in the middle of the frame.

All the experienced carpenters can't see it.

Li Yuanai was not surprised that this type of wheelbarrow only appeared in the Song Dynasty, and it was a unique variety in the north.

In "The Heavenly Manners' Boats and Vehicles", Song Yingxing described and described the driving method of wheelbarrows from the north and south: a northern wheelbarrow is pushed by a man, and a donkey is dragged by a donkey in front; a southern wheelbarrow is pushed by a man only by the force of one person.

The foresighted carpenter looked at the thick and long wooden stick and shouted out first: "Is this a sailing car? Although it is different from a sailing car, this wooden stick must be used for sailing."

Li Yuanai clapped his hands to show encouragement.

The ancient Chinese had a deep intelligence like the sea and began to use wind power to drive in the fifth century AD.

To be precise, what Li Yuanai brought out was a wind wheelbarrow. After the wind wheelbarrow was spread to Europe in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, it caused a huge response.
Chapter completed!