1, the embankment of a thousand miles, collapsed in the ant nest.
In ancient China, there was a story that there was a village on the bank of the Yellow River. In order to prevent floods, farmers built towering long dams. One day, an old farmer happened to find that the nest suddenly increased a lot. The old farmer thought: Will these ant nests affect the safety of the long embankment? He is going back to the village to report that he met his son on the way. Hearing this, the old farmer's son said disapprovingly, why are you afraid of a few small ants on such a strong long embankment? Then he took the old farmer with him to the fields. It was stormy that night, and the water of the Yellow River soared. The roaring river began to penetrate from the ant nest, then sprayed, and finally washed away the long embankment and flooded large areas of villages and fields along the coast. This is the origin of the idiom "A levee of a thousand miles, which collapses in an ant nest".
2, died in the nail empire
Charles III and the Duke will fight to the death, and this battle will decide who will rule Britain. On the morning of the battle, Charlie sent a groom to prepare his favorite war horse.
"Hurry up and nail it," the groom said to the blacksmith. "The king wants to take the lead on it."
"You have to wait," replied the blacksmith. "I nailed all the horses in Wang Jun the other day, and now I have to find some iron pieces."
I can't wait. The groom shouted impatiently.
The blacksmith buried himself in his work, took four horseshoes from an iron bar, flattened them, shaped them, fixed them on the horseshoes, and then began to nail. After nailing three palms, he found that there were no nails to nail the fourth palm. The blacksmith was going to hammer the last horseshoe, but at the urging of the groom, he had to hang the horseshoe under his hoof.
The two armies met, and King Charles was in the army. He took the lead in directing the soldiers to face the enemy. Far away, he saw his soldiers retreating on the other side of the battlefield. If others saw them like this, they would retreat, so Charlie quickly rushed to the gap and called the soldiers to turn and fight. Before halfway, the hanging horseshoe fell, the horse fell to the ground and Charlie was thrown to the ground. The frightened beast jumped up and ran away before the king grabbed the reins. Charlie looked around, his soldiers turned and retreated, and the duke's army surrounded him.
He waved his sword in the air. "Horse!" He shouted: "A horse, my country was subverted because of this horse."
King Richard II of England and Count Ritchie will fight to the death to decide who will rule England. On the day of the decisive battle, Richard sent the groom to prepare the war horse, and the groom asked the blacksmith to pat the king's war horse. The blacksmith said, "I beat all the horses in the army the other day, and all my claws and nails were used up." I am going to fight again. " The groom said impatiently, "I can't wait." What's the use! " So the blacksmith found four old horseshoes and some nails. But the last horseshoe only hit two nails, and the groom couldn't wait, thinking that two nails should be able to catch the horseshoe, so he took the horse away. As a result, on the battlefield, Richard's horse lost a horseshoe, and the horse slipped and threw Richard to the ground. Richard was captured alive by Count Richie, and his kingdom collapsed. Later, people commented that details determine success or failure, and the empire died of nails.
In ancient Song Dynasty, there was a family who was good at making a medicine. Rubbing this medicine on the skin in winter can prevent chapped skin and frostbite. With this secret recipe, this family has been engaged in the business of bleaching and dyeing cloth for generations, and their life has been very fulfilling and rich.
Later, a cloth merchant learned about it and paid a large sum of money to buy this secret recipe.
At that time, wuyue and China were feuds and had been fighting with each other. The businessman presented the secret recipe to Fu Cha, the king of Wu, and explained its military use.
Fucha was overjoyed with this secret recipe, so she launched a water war in winter. The soldiers of the State of Wu were all painted with powder, and they were born without frostbite, so their fighting capacity was extremely strong. However, the soldiers of the State of Yue rushed to fight, and most of them were frostbitten, so they were miserable and defeated.
The king of Wu rewarded the businessman who provided the secret recipe with a piece of land. From then on, the businessman was extremely rich and no longer needed to do business.