Chapter Twenty-Nine: Redeeming War Horses
In this era, the Central Plains was still very poor, and many poor people even had a problem with eating, and they had no money to ask for a wife. There were not only many poor people in the Central Plains, but also a very large number of bachelors, and if they were recruited to work on their own territory, and each of them was given a wife for free, they would certainly be willing to stay on their own territory. So, women are also a resource, and they are quite an important resource.
A country cannot lack women, women are an important weight to make the country strong, without them, there will be no new force, there is no sustainable development of the population. Sun Hao knew this very well in his heart.
When Wang Bo heard Sun Hao say this, his heart was a little better, but he still had 1.3 million women in his hands, and these women had to consume countless grains a day, which was a big burden. As for the remaining 100,000 prisoners of war, it is very easy to manage, and the men of the Wuji Continent are very valuable.
"Your Excellency Sun Hao, I still have 1.3 million women, and this day's consumption is a big burden for me, can you support me with another batch of food?"
After Sun Hao heard this, he agreed without hesitation, he was not short of food, and an antique in the city could be exchanged for a lot of food. It's just that he doesn't have so much experience to do implantation procedures now, otherwise Sun Hao would have exchanged all the 1.3 million women.
Then, Sun Hao handed over the weapons such as the big knife to Wang Bo, and then came to the square to release the man who had exchanged 200,000 yuan.
When 200,000 men appeared in the square, the square was literally crowded.
These men were also naked, and Wang Bo did not give them a fig leaf to cover their bodies.
Sun Hao immediately asked people to arrange these men from the Wuji Continent, and distributed clothes to them and arranged accommodation.
Originally, Fuming City could only accommodate about 300,000 to 400,000 people, but now it has an additional population of 400,000 at once, which seems to be a little crowded.
With men in the prime of life, it means better soldiers. Although the physical strength of the girls in the Wuji Continent is not worse than that of the men on the earth, and even surpasses them, Sun Hao feels that fighting a war should be a man's business, and this dangerous work should be handed over to a man to do.
It's not that Sun Hao discriminates against women, it's just that Sun Hao has also been baptized by thousands of years of civilization in China, and he still hopes to trade more men to form troops.
Sun Hao planned to select 200,000 people from these men to form a unit, and the specific training would be arranged by those instructors.
After Wang Bo got the sharp broadsword, he was very happy, although he was brushed by Sun Hao, but Sun Hao's words made Wang Bo's anger disappear without a trace.
After a while, Wang Bo contacted Sun Hao again and said to Sun Hao: "Your Excellency Sun Hao, do you need a war horse here for us?" ”
Steed? After Sun Hao heard it, his eyes immediately lit up, horses are what he wants most, if he wants to conquer Australia on the side, in this era of inconvenient transportation, forming a cavalry is undoubtedly the best choice.
There are hundreds of indigenous tribes in Australia, with a population of nearly 700,000, and there are no cavalry, so can they be conquered by walking on two feet? In this era of inconvenient communication, cavalry is undoubtedly better than backward tanks, not only is it very mobile, but its combat effectiveness far exceeds that of ordinary infantry.
Sun Hao originally wanted to buy war horses from Li Gang, but the war horses in the modern horse farms of the earth in later generations are basically racing horses, and they can run races, and the rest are waste, and they are too delicate. In addition, horses are not bought and used, and they cannot be used without training.
Although Sun Hao was very happy in his heart, his face did not change at all, and he definitely couldn't let Wang Bo see that he needed a war horse very much.
"Your Excellency Wang Bo, we have a lot of war horses here, I'm not interested."
"Nope! No! Your Excellency Sun Hao, our war horses here are very docile, and they can be ridden to the battlefield without training. Not only can you pull a cart, but you can also plow the land, you can be a war horse in wartime, and you can pull a cart to plow the land during a truce, which is definitely your good helper. Wang Bo tried his best to sell.
"Oh, pull a horse of yours and show me, and I'll buy some if I'm satisfied."
After a while, Wang Bo put the "war horse" in the trader.
When Sun Hao saw the war horse that Wang Bo said in his mouth, his heart was completely blinded, where is this war horse? It doesn't look like a horse on Earth at all, and it looks a bit like a rhinoceros, but it's not as fat, and it has a horn that resembles a rhinoceros on its head. Its body is tubular with a narrow chest and a long back, a slightly narrow but strong posterior area, and a slightly longer and muscular hip.
It has a head like a rhinoceros, a body like a horse, and four legs like a horse. Is this the war horse of the Wuji Continent? is similar to the unicorn in mythology, Sun Hao feels that Wang Bo is completely deceiving himself.
"Your Excellency Wang Bo, this is the war horse in your mouth? Can this thing be used as a war horse? Can you run? Sun Hao said angrily.
"Your Excellency Sun Hao, don't be angry, this is our war horse here, first of all, it has a lot of strength, it can hold up more than a thousand catties of items, and its speed is very fast, it is not difficult to travel thousands of miles a day, it has good endurance, it is not picky eater, and it is very easy to raise."
After Sun Hao heard it, he carefully looked at this animal called horned ox, the average height is about 2 meters, the tail is about 3.5 meters long, the weight is about 1600 to 1900 catties, and there are more than 2500 catties, but the number is very small, and the average life span is about 30 to 35 years.
The horned ox has great strength, good endurance, and a docile personality, and runs at an average speed of about 38 to 40 kilometers per hour. When the outbreak can run to about 800 meters per minute, it can erupt for about 20 minutes, it is not advisable to run too long, and it is easy to eat ordinary forage, which is extremely easy to raise.
After reading the information of this horned bull, Sun Hao was overjoyed, although this horned cow does not look handsome as a war horse, but its foot strength is much better than that of ordinary war horses on the earth, but it is a little worse than those sweaty BMWs, and it is also a good choice for him to trade this horned cow to make war horses.
Another advantage is that the strength is very large, the flat place can pull the car, can pull up about 1,200 catties, this horned ox can be said to be a multi-functional war horse!
The sweat and blood BMW on the earth is actually a name, and it is not suitable for the battlefield at all, first of all, it is small and not good at carrying weights, so the sweat and blood BMW is not as practical as the Mongolian horse.
Many famous generals in history rode not sweaty BMWs at all, and those in the romance were all deceptives, which Sun Hao also understood.
This horned bull can be said to be much better than the sweat BMW, the speed is not bad, and it can carry weight, and I need this kind of "war horse" now.
Whether it is the South China Sea or East Asia, the transportation conditions in this era are extremely poor, with these horned oxen, you can consign all kinds of materials to climb mountains and wade through rivers, and you can also disassemble artillery and consign it for transportation. These horned oxen are much more powerful than donkeys and horses on earth, and they have really picked up treasures.
Fighting a war in a terrain with inconvenient transportation is extremely important. What is the fight of the war is undoubtedly logistics.
Didn't their soldiers in World War II rely on a steady stream of logistics? One plane was broken, and the logistics unit immediately brought in two. One bullet is fired, and a cartload of bullets will be delivered by the logistics troops. It can be said that it is not that the soldiers of the United States fought badly, but that the logistics of the United States were very good back then.
Part of the reason for the defeat of Germany and the Kou country was the logistics of the United States. If China had powerful weapons back then, such abundant materials and logistics, and abundant soldiers with a population of hundreds of millions, there would be no problem in directly crushing the Rakshasa country, not to mention the Kou country.
But history is history, and it is difficult for future generations to change it. However, Sun Hao felt that since he had come to this world, he would definitely change the fate of tens of thousands of Chinese people.
As long as you give yourself some time, the British Empire, which dominates the world, Germany, which has the world's largest army, what steam steamrollers on land, and what Kou country with the spirit of bushido, will beat them down and make them tremble at their feet.
Sun Hao thought in his heart that if a large number of horned cattle were traded, then there would be a good means of transportation during the war in the future. This horned ox may become an important strategic material on the earth in the future, and it can be sold at a high price when the time comes.
Horned oxen can not only be used as a tool for plowing land and transportation, but also can be killed for meat. No matter how bad the beef is, it tastes much better than those who eat tree bark and gnaw on Guanyin soil. Sun Hao hadn't eaten the meat of the horned cow, but he was just planning how to make good use of the horned cow he traded.
Especially the poor road transportation conditions of the Qing Dynasty, there are not even a few areas of the railway, and he has the sharp weapon of the horned ox, which has greatly helped him improve the transportation conditions, and the siege of the city will be much more profitable in the future, the more Sun Hao thinks about it, the happier he is.
Sun Hao was very happy to think that he could trade a large number of horned cattle, but Sun Hao pretended not to be interested on the surface. So he looked at Wang Bo and said: "Your Excellency Wang Bo, your war horse is much worse than our war horse here, and it looks very ugly, I don't like this thing very much." ”
After Wang Bo heard Sun Hao's words, he did not look unhappy at all, nor was he discouraged. Wang Bo also knew in his heart that what he wanted to sell to Sun Hao was not a war horse at all, but a horned ox that was very common in the Wuji Continent to pull a cart, and compared with the war horse in the Wuji Continent, the speed of the horned ox was much worse.
However, there are too many horned cattle in the Wuji Continent, and they can't be killed, and the meat of the horned cattle is not delicious, so the farmers use it to pull carts and plow the land, which is useless at all, so they have to find a way to trade with Sun Hao for weapons.
"Your Excellency Sun Hao, this horned ox is the best war horse we have here, and the price is cheap, if Your Excellency Sun Hao buys a batch, I can give 20 superb beauties to Your Excellency."
"Oh," after Sun Hao heard it, he immediately pretended to be radiant, his eyes were shining, like a perverted ghost, revealing a look of extreme yearning for beautiful women.
"I know that Your Excellency Wang Bo is not easy, I don't know how to calculate the price of this horned ox?"
Wang Bo saw Sun Hao like that, it is estimated that this guy is a pervert, originally he was not interested in the horned cow of the Wuji Continent, and when he heard that he gave 20 beauties, he began to ask the price of the horned cow, it seems that he will trade with him in the future, and if he wants to get a greater harvest, he will have to prepare some best beauties.
Thinking of this, after Wang Bo turned around, hahaha! I couldn't help laughing proudly, thinking that I had found Sun Hao's weakness.