Listening to the lofty ideals depicted by Zhao Xiaoxi, Zhao Xu, as the honor of a country, naturally hoped that in the future, he could really lead an invincible iron cavalry to completely suppress the nomads who often harassed the Great Song Dynasty. Not only to protect the people of Li from bullying, but also to open up the land for the Great Song Dynasty, isn't this what every Emperor Yanjing expects?

Maybe he really trusts Zhao Xiaoxi, or maybe what Zhao Xiaoxi said is true, and the military power in his hands as the emperor is really not much. Even the commander of the Imperial City Forbidden Army's Soldiers and Horses Division was the henchman of the imperial grandmother. He wanted to mobilize every soldier in the capital, and he really couldn't do it without the nod of that grandmother.

This is also the main reason why the ambitious Zhao Xu has always complained about that grandmother. After all, being a puppet emperor, how can an ambitious emperor be willing?

It is precisely because of these two points that Zhao Xiaoxi is not afraid that what he said just now is a bit rebellious, so that as long as Zhao Xu is ambitious, he may trust more than he doubts. Smoothly allowed him to achieve the goal set when he returned to the imperial city. Away from this oppressive imperial city, go outside to show his ambitions and ambitions.

Zhao Xu, who quickly dispelled a lot of suspicions, said with a smile: "Did your cousin think about going there to train an invincible cavalry?" You must know that it costs a lot of money to train an invincible cavalry that you said back then! Although I am the emperor, it is not very likely that I will transfer a large amount of money to the treasurer. ”

Oh, yes! As the respect of a country, Zhao Xu did not know. In these years of fighting against foreign tribes, the Song Dynasty suffered the most from the cavalry. Every time it fought against those foreigners who were almost entirely cavalry, the Song Dynasty lost more than they won. Every time even if it is victorious, it is won by the flesh and blood of countless soldiers.

If it is said that the military expenditure required to form a cavalry of 10,000 people is enough to form an infantry of 100,000 people. Then many officials will think that it is more cost-effective to form an infantry force of 100,000 people.

After all, who doesn't know such a simple truth as the number of people? But I didn't expect to fight with cavalry in some specific environments, especially in the plains. 10,000 cavalry against 100,000 infantry, and the losing side was often outnumbered infantry.

Although they suffered a lot of losses in this kind of matter, if they wanted to be the emperor and those ministers and spend a lot of money to form a huge cavalry force, they would consider it again, and finally delay this plan indefinitely. The next time I encountered a defeat, I sighed at the suffering of those cavalry, but I continued to make mistakes again and again.

Faced with Zhao Xu's lack of money to continue the temptation, Zhao Xiaoxi looked out the window, and suddenly carefully leaned his head and said, "Xiaoliu, when my grandmother came over just now, she asked me to bring you a message. The meaning is almost that she is running out of time, and you are still the one who is the master of the house in the end.

Anyway, I didn't think that this cavalry would be built in a year or two, and I still planned to ask for a fief from you. After going to the fiefdom to take up my post, I will go to the rivers and lakes to see if the kung fu I have learned in the Shaolin Temple in the past few years can be called a master. In addition, select some elite soldiers and strive to make our invincible cavalry soldiers. You can not only get on the horse and charge into battle, but also dismount to kill the enemy.

The truth that soldiers are more expensive than expensive seems to have been told to me by you. So, you give me a fief with more oil and water, and I will invest all that money in buying horses and breeding horses. When you have the power and have horses, and then form cavalry, isn't it a matter of course?

Isn't my plan very thorough, now you know how good I am? You all say I don't have a brain, but now you know that I am also a brave and resourceful general, right? This is the most perfect plan that took me five years when I was at Shaolin Temple. What do you think? That's a good idea, isn't it? Qualified to be your generalissimo, right? ”

It took five years to come up with such a plan that others could come up with in a day at most, and I was embarrassed to say it to show off, what is it that I don't have no brains?

But it was Zhao Xiaoxi's deliberately clumsy display that made Zhao Xu mistakenly think that Zhao Xiaoxi still remembered his promise back then. That is to fight tiger brothers and go into battle as father and son soldiers. One of them will be the emperor of the Great Song Kingdom, the other will learn strong martial arts in Shaolin, and the generalissimo of the Great Song Kingdom will be in the future. And in order to fulfill his promise, Zhao Xu thought that Zhao Xiaoxi really thought about these things.

A little moved: "Brother Yun, thank you for remembering the promise of the year!" ”

Zhao Xiaoxi was a little embarrassed by Zhao Xu's tone, and smirked: "Hehe, at that time, I, Zhao Yun, was a person who said the same. The sage said that it is called a promise of a thousand gold, since I said that I want to be the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses, you must be the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses. When the time comes, our two brothers will fight together in Shayan, you will be responsible for commanding the battle, and I will be responsible for going into battle to kill the enemy.

As in the Imperial City, we killed those foreigners together without leaving a single piece of armor. If you can become a generation of saints, then how can I also become a generation of famous generals, right? Isn't that glorious? I want to let the old master of the private school know that Zhao Yun, who does not like to learn literature and loves martial arts, will also become a promising descendant of the royal family of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Looking at this cousin who was brave and famous, he was also naughty and mischievous when he studied in the royal private school, and he was the least liked by the old master. still remembers the old master back then, reprimanded him for not having the prestige of the royal descendants, he didn't like the text but preferred the surname of the martial artist, and it would be difficult to become a big thing in the future, Zhao Xu also sighed that this guy really held a grudge.

However, if Zhao Xiaoxi didn't have this kind of grudge surname, as long as the two of them suffered back then. Will you definitely try your best to make the other party jump and stop?

Even Zhao Xu now remembers that Zhao Xiaoxi, who was scolded by the old master, did not go to school the next day. On the third day, they found an opportunity to take him to beat the old master's precious grandson, who was as big as them, in a remote alley with his face covered?

In short, Zhao Xu can now imagine that this demon king of the mixed world is returning this time. He, the emperor who is a cousin, inevitably has to wipe a lot of butts for him. If you really put him in the imperial city, maybe there will be some earth-shattering disaster! Wouldn't it be more in his interest to let him go out and harm others, and spend this energy on military training?

Zhao Xu, who understood this, quickly took out a map of the Great Song Kingdom and said with a smile: "Since you have all thought of a plan, then tell me that you want to go there to train for me?" ”

In the face of Zhao Xu's temptation again, Zhao Xiaoxi felt that this cousin was really cautious, and pretended to be confused and surprised: "What? Do you let me choose? According to the ancestral system, didn't I go there if you gave me that fief?

I don't know if there's more oil and water in that fiefdom and less oil and water in that fiefdom. If you tell me what you think is the right place for me, I'll listen to it before I choose. No problem, right? ”

Seeing that Zhao Xiaoxi didn't want to come prepared, Zhao Xu was a little ashamed of the repeated temptations of this cousin who knew everything about him, and quickly laughed and scolded: "There is only you in this Great Song Kingdom, dare me to be a staff officer for you." Okay, then listen, I'll tell you all about these places! ”

When Zhao Xu seemed very familiar with the map, the situation of the various prefectures under the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty seemed to be like a few treasures. When Zhao Xiaoxi sighed that this cousin really had the potential of Mingjun, he was very surprised and said: "Little Liu, you are so troubled!" You remember so many places so clearly. If it were me, it would be a little too big just to hear it.

You let me think about it first, it's easy for people to find trouble if it's too close, and it's inconvenient for me to find you if I'm far away. As for the Jiangnan and Liangzhejiang roads, although there is a lot of oil and water, our cavalry will have to fight in the north in the future, and if we stay there for a long time, the trained cavalry will also be uncomfortable.

This Chengdu Mansion and Tongzhou Mansion are located in a good location, and they are also close to Tubo and Dali. In the future, it will be suitable to smuggle some horses, but what about the oil and water in these two places? Do I know that the Liao people who killed a thousand knives sold to the Huijuan for thirty taels of silver. After being led by the horse sellers, we will be asked for thirty gold when the Great Song Dynasty comes.

It's multiplied tenfold, and the stallions bought by the big ones are all geldings, and they can't be used for **. If it's a good stallion that hasn't been gelding, it costs fifty gold. I came down from the Shaolin Temple and bought one from a caravan and was so angry that I almost cut the guy down. Therefore, if you want to form cavalry, you must solve the problem of war horses. Xiaoliu, why don't you tell me again, there is a little more oil and water in these two pieces of land? ”

This is not a lie, in order to prevent the Song Dynasty, which was rich and strong, from having the resources to form a strong cavalry. These nomads all tried their best to control the delivery of horses to the territory of the Song Dynasty. Ordinary horse dealers want to make money by selling horses, and the hardships and dangers are self-evident, but as long as the rewards obtained by selling horses successfully, they also feel that no matter how much luck and hardship they get, it is not in vain.

Hearing that Zhao Xiaoxi took a fancy to these two southwestern state capitals, Zhao Xu also felt that Zhao Xiaoxi's consideration was not unreasonable. Compared with the smuggling of horses in the interior, the smuggling of horses in the transit areas of the Song Dynasty was more serious. If Zhao Xiaoxi put the place where the cavalry was formed in the southwestern capital of Tubo and Dali, it would not be a good place.

When Zhao Xu didn't realize it at all, all of this was the place that Zhao Xiaoxi had chosen a long time ago, but after the pretense of re-election, the old land of Bashu was determined. In the end, Zhao Xiaoxi heard Zhao Xu tell him that the tax revenue between the two places was slightly better in Chengdu Fu Road, and Tongzhou Fu Road was not bad. It's just that it is located in the southwest, and it borders two small countries, and the folk customs have been relatively fierce since ancient times.

Zhao Xiaoxi did not think about this at all, and chose Chengdu Mansion, which has a relatively high tax income, as his fiefdom for the government. As for the fierce folk customs, in Zhao Xiaoxi's opinion, it just let him go there, so he didn't have to worry about having no fight. For another reason for choosing Chengdu Mansion, Zhao Xu could only smile bitterly!

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