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But there are still many problems in the northwest and northern Luzon that require him to come to the scene to make decisions, and he can't let the fast horse report to Yanjing in a hurry for everything. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Ling Tian was a little anxious, from the letter from the adult, he had already smelled the strong smell of fire in the middle, and the previous envoy from Kaman also made him feel the subtle changes in the situation, although he couldn't fully see through it for a while, there must be too many conspiracies in the middle.

"Brother Ling, I heard that the snow pigeon's training has made great progress?" Xiao Tang whispered in Ling Tianfang's ear. This training and breeding of xenomorph snow pigeons produced above the snow line of the Great Hengduan Mountains has been listed as the top secret of the military and politics in the northwest, specifically by Ling Tianfang, mainly considering that the traditional communication method of using fast horses is not only slower, less efficient, but also easy to be intercepted, especially in the military, once intercepted by the other party, it will cause unimaginable consequences, so as early as more than a year ago, Ling Tianfang, on behalf of the military, proposed a plan to cultivate high-standard xenomorph snow pigeons, which was used for military express information transmission, and was approved by Wu Feng, so it was codenamedThe program for "Arrow" was officially launched more than a year ago.

Ling Tianfang has always listed this plan as a top secret, and only Xiao Tang knows the progress of the political axe, and even Su Qin has only heard of it, and the specific situation is not clear.

The coniferous forests above the snow line in the middle of the Great Hengduan Mountains produce a very survivable bird, which is not only fast in flight, but also has excellent endurance, and most notably because it has an extraordinary memory, can accurately return to its nest from hundreds of miles away, and rarely gets lost. If these birds can be domesticated, supplemented by the necessary training, the speed and efficiency of information transmission can be greatly improved. However, the domestication of this bird is extremely difficult, and so far, a pair of surviving snow pigeons have not been successfully trained, but considerable progress has been made, and it is estimated that after a period of time, there will be a real mature messenger snow pigeon for military use.

Ling Tian glanced at Xiao Tang vigilantly, could it be that this guy is playing some kind of ghost again? Not to mention that he has not yet been trained and matured, even after the training is mature, there are only a few of the first batch, and even the most important aspects of the military are far from being satisfied, and it is impossible to consider getting the political axe.

Shaking his head, Ling Tian replied with a straight face, "It's still very early, and it can't be applied to actual work at all. ”

"No, I heard that a lot of progress has been made, and it is said that it is entering the final stage of testing. Xiao Tang knew that Ling Tian had let go of the ghost eyes, and he blinked his eyes with a smirk.

"Who said that?!" Ling Tianfang was furious, he didn't expect that the secret he wanted to keep was actually learned by the other party, of course he was furious, but as soon as the words came out, he immediately regretted it, isn't this kind of asking is equivalent to directly telling the other party that there is indeed something? He immediately changed his words again: "Pure nonsense, it is true that there is some progress, but if you want to fully apply it in actual combat, it may really take some time." The tone also pretended to be sincere.

"Brother Ling, you are not the kind of person who is good at lying, it may be okay for you to try to deceive outsiders like this, how can you deceive us old friends? Brother Su, do you say?" Xiao Tang showed a look on his face that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

Su Qin also laughed, he liked the atmosphere of making some good-natured jokes for the sake of work among colleagues, which made people feel a little relaxed in the tense work, "Well, Brother Ling should discuss it with Brother Xiao if you have something, don't hide it, his nose is very pointed, you can't hide it from him." ”

"Hmph, it must be Lu Man's guy, last time he was pestered to take a look, I didn't consider that he was still the director of the War Reads Administration, and I wouldn't have agreed to him at all, it seems that it was really a mistake. Ling Tianfang gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Xiao, I won't hide it from you, this training has made great progress, but it may take a while to be fully put into use, first, the number of successes in this first batch is too small, I am afraid that even the most urgent needs in the military side cannot be satisfied, second, because it is still necessary to establish some supporting facilities in various places, I am afraid it will take time." ”

"Well, Brother Ling, that's right, we are all serving Lord Li, and we must always share weal and woe together, right? Xiao Tang looked righteous and awe-inspiring.

"Enough, enough, don't act in front of me, I don't know what your idea is? Let me tell you, the first batch will definitely not have your share, our army is still far behind, and the second batch will depend on the situation. Ling Tianfang shook his hand again and again, not giving Xiao Tang too much chance to speak at all.

"Yo, the first batch doesn't have our share, and even the second batch depends on the situation, Brother Ling, you can't help but defend your army too much, but at that time, I said in front of Lord Li, the military and the government will share, and the army will be given proper priority. Is this appropriate priority a few words so many privileges, I won't talk about the first batch, and even the second batch depends on the situation? Brother Ling, I'm afraid this is a little unreasonable. Xiao Tang said with a smile, hearing that it had been basically successful, of course he was in a good mood.

"Hmph, the affairs of the army are much more urgent than the affairs of your place, of course, you must ensure it first. Ling Tian didn't give an inch.

"That's right, but the second batch must always take some out to consider the needs of the political axe, and the political axe is also in desperate need of this thing in many ways. Xiao Tang had a solemn expression.

Ling Tian saw that he couldn't get rid of Xiao Tang's entanglement, his eyes rolled, and he changed the topic and said, "I'll talk about this when the time comes." By the way, let's study the problem mentioned in Master Li's letter, this lord mentioned in the letter that the empire may have major changes within this year, and it is very likely that there will be a war against him, and he will not be able to come back for a while, so we should actively prepare, especially the military preparations and the reserve of strategic materials, and be ready to deal with the unexpected anytime and anywhere. I think we might have to study this issue and come up with a practical solution. ”

Xiao Tang secretly scolded the old slippery head in his heart, but he was not in a hurry, anyway, it was all for one goal, even some arguments were normal.

"As early as the year before last, Master Li and I discussed the issue of the reserve of strategic materials, and we have already made some preparations, such as food, fodder, clothing, weapons, vehicles, A considerable amount of medicinal materials have been stockpiled in advance, but some of them were consumed when they sent troops to North Luzon, but because the war in North Luzon was not long, the impact was not great, and the lord also said in the letter that there would be eight million imperial gold coins to support the economic construction of North Luzon. We can beat this time difference and have this money at our disposal for a while. When it comes to government affairs, Xiao Tang is methodical and talking.

"Other materials can be quickly prepared, such as grain and forage, the northwest region has had a bumper harvest in agriculture for several consecutive years, and the people have a large amount of surplus grain in their homes, especially those grain merchants have hoarded a large amount of grain and forage, and it is not a problem to replenish it at all, and there is no big problem with other materials such as clothing, weapons, vehicles, and medicinal materials, except for horses, and the original reserve of more than 10,000 war horses has been requisitioned by the newly formed cavalry division, and a considerable amount has been purchased to meet the demand. ”

"Now there are only a few stallions left in the military horse farm, and there is no surplus horse supply in the short term, and even the two garrison divisions in Northern Luzon cannot meet the requirements of the two garrison divisions to buy horses. If it is as the Lord said in the letter, it must be purchased from the Luope and Mote people and even the Qiuer and Tubu people immediately, and it must be as soon as possible, otherwise once the war in the Central Plains starts, it is difficult to say what these guys on the Tengger Grassland will think, especially since the Lord has been staying in Yanjing and cannot return to the northwest, maybe they will have many other ideas. Xiao Tang was a little worried when he said this.

"The problem of horses, in fact, has been exposed when the adults asked for the formation of the first reading light cavalry division in the northwest, in general, our northwest including North Luzon's horses, especially the war horses for cavalry, have a considerable gap, even if the livestock used for transportation also exists a considerable gap, the establishment of the Qingyang military horse farm can only solve a very small part, the main problem is still to rely on the purchase from the nomads on the Tengger grassland. Su Qin thought for a moment and began to express his opinion.

"The main problem in the middle is that we have a vast area in the northwest and now in North Luzon, but the only area suitable for grazing good horses is the northwest of Qingyang Province, once a major war breaks out, it is difficult to recruit enough horses in a short period of time, which I am afraid we will have to pay great attention to in our future work. When I went to the Western Regions some time ago, I estimated this, and I had already talked to Watt about this matter, and said that I might buy a certain number of war horses from the Luope people in the near future, and he also agreed to this deal in principle, saying that he would go back and report to his uncle, and it is estimated that there will be no major problems. "Su Qin's thinking is also quite agile and far-reaching, as early as Yunxiu Villa on the outskirts of Bega City, he discussed with Watt about the purchase of military horses while discussing with Watt to destroy the alliance of the Western Regions, and reached a preliminary agreement.

"And those little nomads living in the northwest of Qingyang, I think we should also vigorously support their production, especially support them to vigorously develop animal husbandry, after all, we Tang people are not good at animal husbandry, even if we want to learn, it will take a long time. Therefore, at present, the only way to reduce the dependence on these nomads on the Tengger steppe is to vigorously support them. Su Qin finally put forward his own idea.

"Well, Brother Su's opinion is thought-provoking, it will be wrong to come to work when you are in urgent need, and it is not in our interests to be controlled by others for a long time. Of course, these measures can only be taken for now, but if there is an opportunity, it is better to think carefully about how to change this unfavorable situation. Our Lord Li's ambitions are lofty, if there is no strong military strength as a backing, it will never work, and military strength is empty talk if it is separated from the important factor of war horses. Ling Tian put his mind to understand that his ambition was even greater, and he had already set his goal further.

"Okay, let's go home and talk about the specific problem, otherwise let's whisper here and put the business aside, Cui Wenxiu and they will have opinions, this is our first pure cavalry division in the northwest." Xiao Tang interrupted the conversation between the two and smiled.

"Brother Xiao, I still have some ideas, of course I won't talk about them now, after we go back, the three of us will plan well, maybe you won't agree, but I want to say my thoughts, it's quite important. In addition, in the letter, the Lord also touched on the question of the westernmost neighbor of Northern Luzon---- the Punjabs of the Indean Kingdom, and we may have to discuss it to see what should be done more appropriately. Ling Tianfang put away his smile and said with a serious face.