No matter how difficult the road ahead is, you have to go hard!

Because Wu Haogu knew what the consequences of his inaction were?

The consequence will be that this glorious civilization will be plunged into darkness and devastation, and for hundreds of years to come, it will lose its ability to evolve itself, and it will fall into regression, isolation, and conservatism.

And to do something, you must first have the power to protect yourself.

The encounter with the Liangshan thief in Daze Township told Wu Haogu that today's Great Song Dynasty is not as calm and serene as Kaifeng Mansion everywhere. If there is no power to protect himself, Wu Haogu, as a rich man, will have to be afraid when he leaves Kaifeng Mansion, what big things will he do?

Moreover, in case the future great cause of saving the country fails, Wu Haogu has to flee before the city of Kaifeng is broken and the north falls. Therefore, he must have a certain amount of force to protect himself and his family and friends.

At the same time, the force he has amassed must not be too large. Although the Great Song Dynasty's military force against the people was not completely blocked, it was still under control. For example, in "Water Margin", it is a dream that any village or city can raise tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

With the official body and wealth that Wu Haogu may have in the future, raising one or two hundred strong men is about the upper limit. If there are more, then there will be a backstage that is as hard as a steel plate in a name that is difficult for others to pick out wrong.

Since the number of thugs who can be raised is limited, it is necessary to take the elite route.

Each one must be one in a hundred, preferably like Lin Chong and Lu Qian. At the same time, they must be more loyal and reliable than the two of them.

As Ma Zhi said, it is best to buy poor children to raise from an early age, and ask the best coaches to train strictly, and the coaches who train them can't all be in a gang, otherwise the dead people raised will not know who they will listen to!

Moreover, it seems necessary to draw on the strengths of others. It is not only the Han warriors, but also the Gulam war slaves in the West, the divination warriors on the grassland, the Jurchen warriors in the forest, and the Tubo warriors in the party. These people have to compete with each other in order to force them to show their real skills.

It would be great if they could sum up their skills and turn them into a standard textbook for training fighters......

"Outside the white staff," Wu Haogu thought clearly about the key before asking Bai Siwen with a smile, "I don't want to buy even the bottom of the war slave." I just want to invite a few coaches, and it's okay to be older, but you still have to work hard. Other than that...... Preferably non-religious. ”

"Not religious?" Of course, Bai Siwen knew what Wu Haogu meant by "teaching". However, he didn't get angry, he didn't jump up and scold Wu Haogu for offending the sacred faith Yunyun, and he didn't want to beat Wu Haogu...... Instead, I thought about it very seriously.

"Except for the martial arts, if you want a female slave, you are not religious." Bai Siwen smiled, "But the Gulam warriors should be religious as usual. Of course, now it is not as rigorous as it was in the early years, and even those who believe in religion are very shallow. ”

In fact, according to Shari'ah, it is not permissible for MSLs to trade MSLs as slaves, so there should be no Ghulam slave warriors - if they are religious, they should not be slaves, and if they are slave fighters, they should not be religious!

However, as the Arab Empire grew and prospered, the Arab knights, who were originally brave and good at war, also began to decay, and could not afford to take on the mission of defending the empire. So from the Abbasid dynasty of the Arab Empire, the caliphs began to keep slave guards to protect themselves, and this is the origin of the Qulam army.

By the 9th century, the Samanid dynasty, founded by the Persian-Tajiks, began to institutionalize, systematize, and improve the slave army, thus creating the Ghulam military system. That is, the feudal lord or merchant paid for the strict military training of the purchased young slaves, and at the same time instilled a certain religious ideology and trained them to become excellent warriors.

In fact, this system can also be regarded as the origin of modern military academies! The essence of this is to train military personnel at the expense of the state and in a systematic and standardized way.

Before the advent of this system, the training and cultivation of military talents was mainly the responsibility of nobles, knights, samurai or clans, and the cost was naturally paid by them.

And the efforts of these great families are rewarded through the monopoly of power and land - in short, no one does the business at a loss!

However, from the Song Dynasty onwards, civil society and civil politics emerged in China. Under the civilian government, the samurai class lost the possibility of monopolizing power and land, and the civilian society made the cost of training military personnel relatively high.

On the one hand, the cost of training is high, and on the other hand, the return is relatively low, which naturally inhibits the enthusiasm of the family to cultivate military talents.

However, since the state cannot afford the cost of training, military talent will naturally be scarce, and the combat effectiveness of the army will not be guaranteed.

In the Song Dynasty, where military talents were already scarce, because of the fear that the army would be the second of Zhao Kuangyin, a military system of multi-headed management and layer-by-layer decentralization was carried out. As a result, most of the army of the Northern Song Dynasty was in a state where there were no talents and no one to be responsible for.

"Okay, just be shallower, find me two." Wu Haogu laughed, he was originally worried that Bai Siwen in front of him would be furious, and then beat himself up...... I don't know if Ma Zhi dares to protect himself? Now it seems to be okay, Bai Siwen is still more reasonable.

Bai Siwen asked again: "Do you want the slave girl?" ”

Older Ghulams are easy to find, and not every Ghulam warrior can climb to a high position in the prime of life.

But these old Ghulams were no longer slaves, and they could win freedom and a little wealth, if not for themselves.

Therefore, Bai Siwen can only "invite" them to China for Wu Haogu, instead of selling them to China. Therefore, this transaction will not make a few profits.

"Slave girl?" Wu Haogu took a breath, "Don't."

But...... Can you get me a couple of big stallions to come to China? As for the price, it's all negotiable. ”

The big stallion is the Arabian stallion, and if the military talent has to find a way to train it, the horse breed will naturally have to be improved.

"Big Eater?" A flash of surprise flashed across Bai Siwen's face.

The big horse eater is a treasure that can open his mouth widely!

"It's not easy, it's not easy!" The joy on Bai Siwen's face flashed, and all that was left was distress. "In addition to the martial arts, you want a Gulam veteran, this is easy to invite...... It's nothing more than taking your time, and you can always get a few.

But the horse ...... Did you know that this horse was seasick? ”

Will the horse get seasick? Wu Haogu turned his head and looked at Ma Zhi, he understood horses.

Ma Zhi nodded and said, "Horses are not only seasick and dizzy, but also unaccustomed to water and soil. Horses that grow in hot and dry places have a hard time feeding them in cold and wet places. ”

"Yes, yes, yes......" Bai Siwen nodded again and again, and said with a sad face, "It's not easy, it's not easy......"

Wu Haogu laughed, "It's not easy, but there is a way, right?" Say, how much deposit do you need? ”

Bai Siwen also laughed, and then stretched out a finger: "One horse and one thousand taels, and another thousand taels when the goods arrive." ”

"Okay!" Wu Haogu nodded, "I didn't bring as much money as I did today, so I will ask someone to deliver it to the store after an appointment." ”

"Wait," Bai Siwen waved his hand, "there is one more condition. ”

"Say it."

Bai Siwen said: "Horses and people can only be sent to Quanzhou...... You have to send someone to Quanzhou to get it. ”

"Only to Quanzhou? Why? ”

Bai Siwen said: "Because the big food horse born in Tianzhu has survived in Quanzhou, it is not guaranteed to be in the north." ”

"Okay!" Wu Haogu asked, "When will I be able to get the horses and people?" ”

Bai Siwen thought for a while, "Two years, at least two years." ”

"Okay," Wu Haogu said, "When the goods arrive, the letter trustee will bring them to the martial arts calligraphy and painting workshop on Panlou Street in Kaifeng Mansion." ”

"Okay, it's a deal!"