Yang Hao locked his eyebrows and pondered for a moment, then waved his hand and said: "Otherwise, you are counting that we will not fight this year, or only fight a small war, have you thought about it, if we start a war with the Sky Wolf Army, will the horse be enough?" ”

At this point, everyone was a little alarmed, and Zhuang Yunqing said: "Yes, perhaps it was the Uighurs who put pressure on Quzebu that caused them to change their minds halfway. Thinking of this, he asked Huang Yiliang, who had just arrived, "What is the relationship between Quzebu and the Uighurs?" ”

Huang Yiliang bowed down and replied: "Qu Zebu is a branch of Shatuo, very good at raising horses, the horses they raise are called oolong horses, this kind of horse is not picky eaters, eats less, resists wind and snow, is resistant to hunger and thirst, has excellent endurance, strength and speed are also good, it is really a rare good horse in the world." ”

"But this horse is a gelding that can't give birth, Captain Huang, you're out of the question." Zhuang Yunqing knocked on the table with his knuckles, rudely interrupting Huang Yiliang's words, and his feelings were complicated for the rising stars of the intelligence room, Zhuang Yunqing, who regarded himself as the veteran of the Xining Army, on the one hand, he couldn't tolerate the intelligence room reaching out everywhere unscrupulously, especially reaching out to the Xining Army, reaching out to his one-third of an acre, but on the other hand, he felt helpless, the backer behind the intelligence room was Yang Hao, the unshakable ruler of Fengzhou,

Yang Hao needs the intelligence room to help him guard the power in his hands, as long as the intelligence room is still useful, he will not let go, he can only be helpless against it, but it is still okay to find fault and get angry, especially on such a public and formal occasion, it is not a pleasure for old friends in the third or fifth army to beat these "little soldiers who don't know the height of the sky".

"Captain Huang, we all know what you said, and what we want to know is what the relationship between Quzebu and the Uighurs is." Li Tong also joined the ranks of the beaters, Ling Tong had a sneer on his face, staring at Huang Yiliang's face silently, this is an invisible pressure, Yu Zhong still has a generous and persuasive smile, if it is just a veteran beating the junior, he will never interfere, but if the beating becomes a real fight, he will stand up as a mediator,

Huang Yiliang's face flushed, but quickly returned to normal: "Qu Zebu is sandwiched between the Tang Dynasty, the Uighurs, and the Tibetans, and they are close to the trade routes leading to the Western Regions, and they make huge profits every year by raising oolong horses, and they use their money to make friends with the nobles of the Uighurs and Tibetans and some officials of our Tang Dynasty, so they have been able to stand among the top three for more than a hundred years." ”

Huang Yiliang not only answered Zhuang Yunqing and Li Tong's questions positively, but also skillfully defended himself in front of Yang Hao, and it was an oolong horse, Yang Hao suddenly became interested in this kind of horse,

"Why can't the oolong foal be infertile, if not, how can its population extend, is there such a strange and strange thing in the world?"

Huang Yiliang suddenly came to his senses, he bowed down and replied: "Lord Hui, General Zhuang said that the oolong foal can not give birth, referring to those oolong foals sold to other places, these horses because they ate a kind of herb that can be sterilized when they were young, so they lost their reproductive ability, like geldings, Qu Ze people have been tricking the mystery that the oolong foal is the offspring born after the mating of the heavenly horse and the mortal horse, so it is precious, this lie has been passed down for hundreds of years, and the world believes it to be true. ”

Speaking of this, Huang Yiliang paused for a moment, glanced at Zhuang Yunqing with slanted eyes, and a contemptuous sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "After many investigations, the subordinates have sufficient evidence in their hands to prove that they are playing tricks, in order to monopolize business and raise the price of horses. ”

Zhuang Yunqing and Li Tong were blue-skinned, and they didn't have anything to say,

Ling Tong sneered and said: "With such a good horse in hand, that is the capital to dominate the world, why is the Quze tribe still a small tribe with a population of less than 10,000 people, hmph, it can be seen that the rumors may not be true, the Quze people deliberately exaggerate the benefits of the oolong horse, it is nothing more than to sell it at a good price outside." ”

Li Tong immediately echoed: "Yes, as you say, the Tubo, Uighur, and my Tang Dynasty should all attack the ministry and let them raise oolong foals for themselves, why is it that after more than a hundred years, the Quze department is still there." ”

Huang Yiliang was silent, but there was a contempt for the lack of vertical and scheming in his eyes.

Yang Hao looked silent in his eyes, and said to Huang Yiliang: "You have worked hard. Huang Yiliang bowed and exited the conference room, and just walked to the west corner door, Mu Lanqing trotted over and grabbed him: "If you come back in an hour, the general will see you alone." Huang Yiliang was overjoyed, and his steps were much brisker when he walked again.

"Since Qu Zebu refuses to sell it, then I can only buy it from Xia Sui." Speaking of this, Yang Hao sighed heavily and complained: "Xia Sui's horses are poorly raised, and they are expensive, I really don't want to buy them." The four of them laughed heartily when they heard this,

Xia Sui is the main production area of Hexi horses, but more than a family breeding, the yield is very low, Meng Bochang began to build a horse farm after taking office, he sent people to lobby Yang Hao to become a shareholder, Yang Hao wants to run a horse farm can not only make money, but also solve the needs of military horses, why not, so he gladly joined the shares, who knew that the horse farm just half a year collapsed, 30,000 taels of silver all lost, if it is a natural disaster, it is just that, the problem is all **,

First of all, Meng Bochang couldn't help lobbying from all sides, and appointed Hu Lianda, the nephew of Zhang Qingliang, as the horse breeder, Hu Lianda is a typical gentleman, seemingly shrewd, but in fact stupid, he himself does not know how to run a business, so under the help of a group of idlers, he invited a bankrupt Arab businessman as an assistant, and saw that the Arabs were obedient and hardworking, so he pushed all the big and small affairs to him to take care of, and he took a group of idlers to live happily.

Half a year later, the Arab businessman absconded with the money, and the horse farm suddenly fell into a desperate situation, Hu Lianda saw that the situation was not good, and he came to a thirty-six plan to go up, without saying goodbye, and went back to Chang'an, leaving a mess for Meng Bochang to clean up, Meng Bochang is a person who refuses to admit defeat, he personally served as a horse breeder, and used his means to raise horses, and the horses raised were black and thin, and he could not breathe after running a few miles, and he could not do war horses and could only pull carts, transport grain, and carry heavy loads in the rear, and then he would be sent to the farm to be a cattle envoy,

The four of them all knew the ins and outs of this place, so Ling Tong proposed: "If you don't get in touch with the Hedong side, the Hedong horse is also easy to use, and now that Li Zaiyi is in power, we can also talk." ”

Yang Hao nodded in agreement, and asked Yu Zhong again: "If there is a war, the army will be expanded to at least 14,000, and 5,000 sets of armor and ordnance will be needed, can the Ordnance Department prepare it?" ”

Yu Zhong replied: "Now there are 1,500 sets of new armor and 2,300 sets of old armor in the warehouse, and if the five factories are fully in charge, the rest can be made up in a month, but the price of iron has skyrocketed recently, and the supply is in short supply. ”

The coal, iron, and carbon used in the arsenal have always been procured by the Military and Political Department, and Li Tong couldn't sit still when he heard this: "There is a new salt and iron envoy, and the new official has taken office with three fires, and the iron factories in all parts of Guanzhong are now being purged, which makes people panic, and the output cannot come up, and those underground black iron factories do not dare to start work, and it has only become this situation, I think that in another month, everything will be back to normal, and it will be a big deal to prepare more iron at that time." ”

Yang Hao asked Yu how much silver taels it would cost to rebuild an iron factory.

Yu Zhong replied: "A small iron kiln can be won by a hundred thousand taels, and a medium iron factory costs four or five hundred thousand taels, but the iron produced by these iron factories is not of high quality, and the iron used for forging weapons must be produced by large factories, and it takes at least one million taels of silver to build such an iron factory, and the project is huge, and it cannot be put into production in three or five years." ”

Li Channel: "Salt and iron is the source of taxes for the imperial court, and the construction of this kind of large iron factory needs to be previewed, and there are countless joints in the middle. ”

Zhuang Yunqing said with a smile: "Salt and iron are the root of the world's taxes, and now they are in the hands of the eunuchs, how can Qiu Shiliang let us build an iron factory, unless he dies tomorrow." And they all shook their heads and sighed,

"Let's talk about this later." Yang Hao also sighed helplessly, building an iron plant was his dream for a long time, but it was too difficult to do it.

"Order all battalions along the border to closely monitor the movements of the Heavenly Wolf Army, and all battalions in the interior should step up preparations for war, and in addition, tell Cheng Keling and Yu Yanlu not to come back for the time being." Speaking of this, Yang Hao suddenly asked: "After the Xi people were defeated by Dong Bacheng in Shuozhou, did one of them flee into Daqingshan." ”

Ling Tong said: "It's the reckless bones, the number is only a few hundred, when they fled from Dong Bacheng's encirclement in a hurry, they got into the ambush set up by Liu Wei, four or five thousand people fought only these hundreds of people, and they were about to be wiped out, but for some reason they escaped from the ascension to heaven, if it was said that Liu Wei wanted to raise the enemy and self-respect, so many people had nothing to raise." ”

Yang Hao sneered: "This is where Liu Dashuai is scheming, you think about it, Xi people have suffered such a big loss, and they don't hate him Liu Wei to death, if he raises tens of thousands of people in the mountains, can he Liu Dashuai still be able to sleep, these hundreds of people look inconspicuous, but his role is no different from thousands of people, tens of thousands of people,

Let's make a fuss about it, let Cheng Ke lead them to slowly help Liu Dashuai clear the remnants of the bandits, and say to the outside world that the Xi people are good at fighting in the mountains, and it is best to lose a few more battles, causing us to fall into the illusion that we can't get out of Daqingshan, and if we inevitably start a war with Xiao Qijin in the future, they can go straight back to the hinterland of the Falcon and detour back behind Xiao Qijin. ”

Let Cheng Keling stay in Daqingshan, wait for the war together, and order him to send troops from Daqingshan to attack and harass the hinterland of the Hugurs, this strategy Ling Tong and the others also thought of it, but no one of them thought of making a fuss about the hundreds of remnants of the enemy in Daqingshan, this is not only to find a reasonable excuse to stay in Daqingshan, but also to confuse the Uighurs and release smoke.

When the enemy is unknown, the Uighurs can only be taken by surprise if they ignore or ignore the presence of this strange army.

Mu Lanqing walked lightly behind Yang Hao and said softly: "Wu Chenglong of Haotian Trading Company asks to see him." Yang Hao was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Please have tea in the main hall, and I will arrive later." ”

Seeing this, the four of Ling Tong all stood up, and Yang Hao finally said: "Transfer Wu Chizan and Yu Chongchong back, I want to reuse them." ”

After sending the four people away, Yang Hao changed into civilian clothes and prepared to go to the signing room to see Wu Chenglong, Wu Chenglong was invited to discuss with Yang Hao on behalf of Meng Yao about matters related to the shareholding of Yongchang Company.

As soon as Yang Hao came out of the inner study, he saw three people coming in from the west corner gate, Wu Chenglong, Meng Yao and Chong Yangji, Wu Chenglong was the leader, and Meng Yao and Chong Yang followed behind him and pretended to be attendants.

This is the second time Yang Hao has seen Meng Yao, different from the previous time in men's clothing, this time Meng Yao is wearing a set of lapels and waist-wrapping Hu clothes, boots and short skirts, very spirited, black tights lining her fair skin like mutton fat and jade, warm and shiny, and the original petite body looks slender and convex, Meng Yao was originally three years older than Yang Hao, but at this time it looks like little Yang Hao is three years old,

Meng Yao walked in front of Yang Hao, who was a little dazed, with clear eyes, a straight and small nose, beautiful lines like apricot-like lips, and an intoxicating taste everywhere.

"Why, I'm not welcome here." Meng Yao stared at Yang Hao's face and asked with a smile,