The best way, of course, is to drag it backwards, through the whole winter, and by the time it is spring, not only will it be easier to find all kinds of food, but also give the Northern Song Dynasty enough time to mobilize all the materials, which can ensure the successful survival of 15 million livestock.

To meet the needs of 15 million head of livestock, especially a large number of horses, the materials needed are huge, just like in wartime, the daily dry food required by a person may be several times different from the daily food and grass required by a horse.

On the grassland, there is grain and grass everywhere, and you don't even need to look for it, just go to the place and let the horses go down to eat, no special preparation is required, but in the Northern Song Dynasty, the farming civilization, if there is a large-scale cavalry, you must prepare in advance.

Horses are delicate things, if you want to ensure that horses do not lose fat, simple grass is still not enough, and you also need some crops such as soybeans, which can ensure the protein intake of horses.

Time is the most lacking thing, if it weren't for the urgency of time, the Privy Council would not have quickly mobilized 10,000 cavalry to transport these silk satins, if it weren't for the urgency of time, Renzong would not have searched the entire palace and mobilized all the silk that could be mobilized, even the harem concubines, their share of silk did not let go.

It can be said unceremoniously that in the entire fifth year of the Qingli calendar, or even the sixth year, in the entire palace, there will not be a new palace costume based on silk and satin.

This is not an exaggeration, but a fact, otherwise, how could it be possible to mobilize so much silk and send it to the northwest in such a short time?

Even Renzong is fighting so hard, let alone Han Qi, he knows this very well, in the process of trading, as much as possible, the fundamental reason for agreeing to Liao Xingzong's conditions, on the Western Xia side, it is impossible to have more materials, and it is inevitable to go from Hebei, even Liao Xingzong agrees so, why should they buy this time for them?

Even if it is death, there is no way, even if it is because of starvation and the premise that it must be killed and eaten meat, it is much stronger than when the Liao State tears up the agreement and does not fulfill it.

Han Qi and the senior officials of the Northern Song Dynasty knew very well that the opportunity could not be lost, and it would not come again, such a cheap price was not so easy to occupy, from 10 million to 35 million, this increase made them all feel terrible, especially in the riverside, 15 million livestock, a considerable part of which are cattle and horses.

The whole transaction, 35 million head of livestock, the impact of the Northern Song Dynasty, even if it kills and eats meat, it is also a very profitable business, don't think that the desire for meat is less, the Northern Song Dynasty likes to eat meat very much, but meat is not easy to buy, when the large-scale breeding industry does not appear, it is generally the New Year pig among the farmers, supporting the meat market of the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

Miaojiazhuang, because of the emergence of Zhao Xin, has begun to make preparations for large-scale breeding, to Dingjun, other projects occupy more energy, for the time being, there is no time to take care of it, but in Baozhou and Damingfu, is slowly fermenting.

In the future, this aquaculture industry will start extensively, in the case of sufficient food, the pursuit of more diversification, more ways of non-staple food, is bound to experience, but even in the future, when the aquaculture industry becomes the focus, it is impossible to shake the value of these high-end meat.

The 15 million head of livestock from Hebei, among them, there are almost 3.5 million large livestock, even if these are killed and eaten, they can also greatly promote the Northern Song Dynasty, not to mention, Hebei will give priority to ensuring the survival of large livestock, and this part of the livestock will play a greater role in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Although it is said that where is not the grassland, it is somewhat difficult to find forage, but it is not so difficult to rely on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, it is really urgent, and you can also use food to save the emergency, although it is said that the grain of the Northern Song Dynasty has always been a little tight, but after the appearance of the Dinghai Navy, the food problem has been alleviated to a certain extent, through the huge capacity, the grain from the south is transported to the north to avoid waste, and at the same time, it has also begun to move further south.

Although it may not be prepared to buy all kinds of grain in large quantities in the early stage of the establishment of a large ocean-going fleet, it must be an inevitable choice in the future.

These things on the overall situation are naturally coordinated by Zhao Xin, and at critical moments, they will show strength, but now, it is the best era for the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

The genius pen of the Western Xia, a whim of Zhao Xin, finally caused the result of the destruction of the Western Xia, and the situation in the northwest of the entire Northern Song Dynasty was exhausted.

The expansion of the Lingzhou Peace Conference represents more livestock, especially large livestock such as cattle and horses, which can also be seen that after the Liao State swallowed the Western Xia, there was really no shortage of cattle and horses.

This is the biggest good thing, a transaction was completed, 3 million head of livestock, into the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty, this time, increased to more than 10 million, these cattle into Lingzhou, immediately made Lingzhou from a vast and sparsely populated, become a little prosperous, full of vitality.

These can only be regarded as the wealth on the books, and the wealth on the books can only really play a role when they really enter the Northern Song Dynasty, especially into the hands of many farmers, and in Lingzhou, it is only the role of the livestock itself.

It seems that in this transaction, a huge amount of income has been obtained, and the income from the entire Western Xia alone is more than 25 million head of livestock, including almost 13 million head of large livestock.

Even said that the follow-up 5,000 brocades did not pay Han Qi a lot of funds, these were all mobilized in Bianliang and Sijing, because the huge package agreement of Lingzhou Peace Negotiation brought all the livestock, and they preferred to get compensation from the livestock, rather than money, a hundredfold difference, but not ordinarily big.

But Han Qi's pressure is still very great. Even sending 10,000 forbidden troops was a little difficult, and after handing over the brocade, Han Qi let them rest for a while, and then let them leave the northwest.

Of course, when they came, there were more than 10,000 horses, and when they went back, they became more than 30,000 horses, and these cavalrymen with considerable experience, they rode maybe not well-trained war horses, but they came from the good horses used in Western Xia, which still made them like it even more.

This is to go back, not to fight, of course they readily agreed, these more than 20,000 good horses, also selected from these transactions of the best, can be regarded as the first batch of war dividends for Bianliang.

The Central Forbidden Army, so to speak, is the foundation and symbol of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty has always strengthened the Central Forbidden Army, from the early days of the Northern Song Dynasty, about four or five hundred thousand, all the way to the growth of about 800,000.

This is a regular army that does not lower the standard, from among the soldiers at all levels, carefully selected, although because of the huge investment, this has become the largest point of financial expenditure in the Northern Song Dynasty, but it is undeniable that they are the Great Wall of Steel.

At any time, in a battle with the participation of the Central Forbidden Army, the Northern Song Dynasty did not show too many disadvantages, and under the premise of the same number, this is also the fundamental reason for being able to make up 10,000 cavalry in a short period of time.

In Han Qi's opinion, the cavalry's war horses are still a little worse, these can no longer be called horses, and it is better to use donkeys to represent them.

If it is replaced, replaced with a high-headed horse in Western Xia, and after a period of training, wearing heavy armor, the Northern Song Dynasty may not be able to have a powerful heavy cavalry.

Of course, the construction of heavy cavalry is a long-term process, and horse breeds are only one aspect, a foundation, but any batch of horses, put on armor, will become a part of the heavy cavalry, but heavy cavalry needs quality, very much, this is not something that can be done in a short time.

Han Qi adjusted as much as he could, this was already the limit of what he could do at present, if these cavalrymen worked hard, a few more trips, it may not be possible to get tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of good horses, back. But this is too inefficient.

Even according to the current efficiency, a trip is about eight or nine days, and a round trip is almost ten days, but these can not be repeated, because the consumption of 10,000 cavalry is huge, and it is impossible for no one to carry enough dry food, and such a long journey is an impossible task for the Northern Song Dynasty cavalry who have no similar experience.

In the past, the Northern Song Dynasty was short of horses, and it was often hard work, and what could be obtained was only hundreds or thousands of horses, but this time it was different, close to 5 million horses, even if millions of horses were removed, the remaining good horses and horses exceeded 2 million.

The horses of Western Xia, because there are a large number of grasslands at high latitudes, their horse breeds are very good, and at the same time, this is a net, unless it is a real military horse, the others, whether good or bad, are concentrated here, among these horses, there is even a group of the top horses, which is very surprising for the Northern Song Dynasty.

The 20,000 that were shipped away was only a very small fraction of the 2 million. You must know that if it weren't for the Liao State to conquer Western Xia, there would be at least more than 100,000 of them, which could be selected as a substitute horse for the Iron Harrier, even if it was just a semi-finished product, they themselves would be enough to have enough value.

The influx of a large number of livestock, before and after, is almost 20 million, even in the middle, without Han Qi paying money, simply giving them enough horse farms and letting them live, it will require a huge amount of money.

Not to mention before, the rewards for meritorious soldiers and some necessary rewards, without money, it is absolutely impossible.

These are a huge pressure for Han Qi, not to mention, Han Qi has more ambitious ideas in his heart, not only to completely defend Lingzhou, but also to make Lingzhou a model, a base rooted in the Western Regions, to provide huge support for the Northern Song Dynasty's Western Regions policy, so that the funds that need to be invested will be massive.