At night, Jang Hyun walked alone in the barracks, at this time his mind was as calm as water, the hustle and bustle of the day were all forgotten, and he enjoyed the silence of being alone.

The camp was very quiet, most of the soldiers were exhausted and fell asleep after a day's training, the snow on the roads had been cleared, the hills were piled up in the corners, the bright moonlight shone on the tent, there was not a trace of clouds in the sky, there were no stars, only a round and a half moon hanging in the deep blue sky like the ocean, and the night sky was exceptionally clear and cold.

"What is the general thinking?"

When Zhang Xuan was staring at the guard tower in the distance, there was a hearty laugh behind him, and when Zhang Xuan turned around, he saw Qin Qiong standing behind him.

Zhang Xuan hurriedly smiled and said, "It turned out to be General Qin, is it also General Qin on duty tonight?" ”

Qin Qiong walked up slowly, "I have been on duty for the past three days, and I saw that the general seemed to have something on his mind, so I couldn't help but ask, if there is anything abrupt, please don't blame the general!" ”

"I don't have anything on my mind, it's just"

Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly, "It's just that the New Year is coming, but there is no family reunion, and I feel a little sad in my heart." ”

"I see, doesn't there be a relative in the general's hometown?" Qin Qiong asked sympathetically.

Zhang Xuan shook his head, sighed and said: "My parents died early, and the village in my hometown has long been razed to the ground by bandits. ”

"Come to our house for the New Year!"

Qin Qiong warmly invited Zhang Xuan and said: "We are very lively here during the Chinese New Year, Shixin is going to go on a blind date, and the handsome will also come, everyone is happy and happy when they get together, how about it?" ”

Zhang Xuan just casually found a reason to talk about it, but he didn't expect Qin Qiong to invite him to his house for the New Year, and he was a little moved when he thought about it, "How is this embarrassing?" ”

Qin Qiong patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Speaking of which, I still have to thank you for your help, if you didn't help, where could I be promoted to a general?" You're welcome. We are all looking forward to your arrival. ”

Zhang Xuan's heart was hot, nodded and smiled: "Okay! I'll be sure to come. ”

At this time, a soldier in the distance was shouting Qin Qiong, and Qin Qiong said apologetically: "Something's wrong." I'll have to go over and have a look, and I'll talk to General Zhang next time. ”

"Uncle Bao, please!"

Qin Qiong arched his hand and walked quickly, Zhang Xuan walked around the camp again, and returned to his accommodation, Zhang Xuan and his men were arranged in the corner of the old camp. There are about thirty tents separated by special fences, which are more than enough for more than a hundred people to live, and most of the tents are empty.

By this time his soldiers had fallen asleep, and they were exhausted from all the way, but there were still a few large tents still lit up, which were supposed to be makeshift stables.

Zhang Xuan walked into a large tent with lights on, the light in the big tent was dim, and dozens of war horses were leisurely chewing hay. The sink was also filled with clean water, and several temporarily transferred grooms were sitting in the corner chopping hay, Zhang Xuan nodded secretly, Qin Qiong was very thoughtful, and even the grooms arranged it for themselves.

These war horses are Zhang Xuan's treasures, he has three hundred and fifty war horses, most of which were captured on the battlefield of Goguryeo, he originally felt that more than three hundred war horses were too little, but when he brought these war horses to the Central Plains, he knew how difficult it was to feed more than three hundred war horses.

Each horse needs at least twenty acres of land to grow grass exclusively. If you want the war horse to be stronger, it is best to use concentrate feed, that is, boiled black beans, but it is difficult for people to eat in the Central Plains. Not to mention feeding the war horses black beans, they can only chop the straw for fodder at the moment.

The grassland has abundant alfalfa and endless grasslands, but there is no in the Central Plains, and everything can only be artificially cultivated.

Feeding more than 300 war horses was already the limit for their army, which only had a few thousand men, and more than 20 horsemen were needed. The amount of forage consumed every day was staggering, but fortunately, when they attacked Mengrang, they captured a large amount of straw and forage, which was enough for more than 300 war horses to survive this winter.

When several grooms saw Zhang Xuan coming in, they stood up one after another, and the grooms who knew Zhang Xuan hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "See General Zhang!" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded and smiled: "I haven't rested so late, I've worked hard for everyone." ”

"We don't have much to do during the day, and it's right to work hard at night."

Zhang Xuan looked at the war horse again and asked, "The state of the war horse is okay!" ”

"Back to the general, the state of the war horse is very good, the raising is also very good, the flesh and bone are even, in our words, it is 'fat and bone, thin and visible meat', this is the most ideal state of the war horse, at present, these war horses are still a little short of this ideal state."

Zhang Xuan hurriedly asked, "Then how can we achieve the ideal state?" ”

"This is mainly to make a fuss about feed, generally to match the thickness and fineness, seven points of coarse material, three points of fine material, at present, it is estimated that there is no fine material, so the war horse is slightly lacking in running."

Zhang Xuan nodded, he also realized that when these war horses were first captured, the running ability of the war horses was very strong, but after returning to the Central Plains, the running ability decreased a little, which should be caused by the lack of fine materials, just like people eating, without a little oil and water, the strength will be correspondingly insufficient, and the war horse is actually the same.

But this will not change in a while, and he will have to find a way to open up a piece of land to grow black beans when he returns.

The groom smiled again: "In fact, we have land here, like Jishui, glue large river beaches are open land, water and fertility are enough, the key is that there is no good grass seeds, if all can be planted with good alfalfa, not only can replace the straw, even black beans are saved, you can raise thousands of war horses, cattle can also raise tens of thousands, and the animal power of farming is also solved." ”

Zhang Xuan actually has a feeling of sudden enlightenment, people say that interlacing is like separating mountains, and sure enough, this is the truth, although the grooms have a low status, they are very professional, and they can often come up with the best and most practical solutions.

"It's a good plan, and you'll be rewarded with consistent money."

The grooms were overjoyed and hurriedly saluted, "Thank you, General!" ”

Zhang Xuan returned to his big tent, and he began to think about how to get alfalfa seeds, preferably alfalfa, maybe he could buy the seeds he needed from the ancient department of Baye, and if he could get the seeds this winter, he could sow them in the spring of next year.

There are many rivers in Beihai County and Donglai County, such as Jishui, Jiaoshui, Shishui, Zishui, Baiwolf Water, Juyang Water, etc., there are dozens of rivers, as well as a large area of coastal mudflats, and he can completely make use of the abandoned river beaches and coastal mudflats.

The horseman's casual advice actually made his thinking begin to expand rapidly, raising horses, cattle, and sheep not only to ensure the forage of the war horses, but also to obtain a large amount of animal power, and more importantly, the source of meat for the soldiers.

Not only his army, but also Zhang Xutuo's side he also wants to promote as much as possible, Zhang Xuan paced back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, he was in a mood, he was a little impatient, and tomorrow he had to talk to Zhang Xutuo

The next morning, Zhang Xuan saw Zhang Xutuo again in the barracks' tent.

The pro-soldiers served two cups of tea, Zhang Xutuo waved his hand, let the pro-soldiers retreat, he was silent for a moment and said: "I have carefully considered the plan you said yesterday, in principle, I agree to exchange the money and goods awarded by the imperial court to the soldiers for land, in fact, the problem is not big, each soldier rewards twenty acres of land is only 4,000 hectares of land, just the military land in my hands is enough, but there are still some difficulties in this plan, the soldiers want to get the land of their hometown, and the military land in my hands is mainly concentrated near Licheng County, like Beihai County soldiers, Gaomi County soldiers, What do they do? ”

Zhang Xuan thought for a while and said, "Has Dashuai ever had statistics?" I mean the number of soldiers in each county. ”

Zhang Xutuo nodded, "Of course, there have been statistics, the Flying Eagle Army is mainly composed of soldiers from Qi County and Beihai County, and the number of these two counties accounts for more than eighty percent, and the rest are like Gaomi County, Lu County, Qinghe County, etc., adding up to only two or three thousand people, in fact, I am mainly worried about Beihai County, we have no military field over there." ”

Zhang Xuan understood what Zhang Xutuo meant, Zhang Xutuo hoped that he could solve the problem of land rewards for soldiers from Beihai County, although the land of Beihai County was in the hands of the local government, but Zhang Xuan had his own way, he smiled and said: "Please rest assured, the fertile land of Beihai County, I have as much as I want." ”

Zhang Xutuo was overjoyed, if the source of fertile land in Beihai County could be solved, then this plan could be implemented, although there was a certain risk, but he Zhang Xutuo was also willing to bear it.

At this time, Zhang Xuan struck while the iron was hot, and told Zhang Xutuo about his plan to develop river beaches and beaches for planting pasture, hoping to get Zhang Xutuo's support.

Zhang Xutuo smiled: "This is a good thing, of course I will fully support, we didn't have a war horse before, so I don't care too much about this aspect, if Yuan Ding is willing to lead this matter, I will fully support, as long as Yuan Ding can get grass seeds, I will organize the manpower needed." ”

Yuan Ding is Zhang Xuan's table word, which is rarely used by ordinary people, and Zhang Xutuo directly calls Zhang Xuan's table word, which is also a manifestation of intimacy.

Zhang Xuan said with a smile: "There is no problem with the seeds, I will send two henchmen to the Ancient Department of Baye today to deliver a letter for me, I think they will give me this face, and we can implement the grass planting plan after the beginning of spring." ”

The two discussed some other military affairs, and at this time, Zhang Xuan saw that Zhang Xutuo was very interested, so he asked in a low voice: "Does the marshal know about Bohai?" ”

Zhang Xutuo's face immediately sank, and he said coldly: "Of course I know that they have been infiltrating the Shandong region in the past few years, and many officials and families have been co-opted by him. ”

Zhang Xutuo's brows suddenly furrowed, "Yuan Ding, how did you think of asking me about the Bohai Society?" (To be continued.) )