"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that we should increase the intensity of horse farming propaganda, so that the officials of Shandong and Hebei vigorously promote horse farming technology, and the land of Hetao in the north of the Tang Guanzhong Road, Shandong and Hebei are mostly dry land, and the land of Shandong and Hebei is sparsely populated, and the people's livelihood is zero, if this farming technology can also be vigorously promoted, it is a good policy for the land of Shandong and Hebei." An old man also stood up from his desk and said respectfully to Uncle Li.

Uncle Li nodded: "Zhun Song, I didn't expect that the horse farming that existed in the Han Dynasty was abandoned for hundreds of years, but come to think of it, whether it was the former Han Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty, or the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a shortage of horses, even the previous dynasty was also lacking, only I Datang did not lack horses, hehe, this year, I Datang and the nomadic people in the north have traded horses, as many as 50,000 horses, including 15,000 good horses, to be used for military purposes, my Datang's war horses have far exceeded my expectations." ”

"Your Majesty, now I have a total of 1.37 million military horses and horses in the Tang Dynasty, from last year to this year, 100,000 horses were sent to Liaodong, and 50,000 horses were delegated to the people by the local army in Liaodong, a total of 150,000 horses, and about 50,000 horses were distributed to Longyou, and 70,000 horses were sent to the land of the river, and there were still 35 military horses and more than 400,000 horses." The chief official of the Great Servant Temple stood up and reported a series of heart-warming figures, which made all the courtiers in the court look pale, which can be regarded as everyone's collective credit.

The four departments of the Great Servant Temple, the Driving Department, the AMTD Bureau and the Stable make manage the Ma Zheng, and there are pastoral supervisors throughout the country. The official horse farm in the Tang Dynasty was called the pastoral supervisor, who was in charge of the breeding examination of the herd, and the pastoral supervisor was different from the left and right, named according to the place, and was divided into three classes according to the number of horses in the pastoral office, 5,000 horses were the upper supervisors, more than 3,000 horses were the middle supervisors, and 3,000 horses were the lower supervisors. The land of Longyou is an important place for the Tang Dynasty to raise horses, but at present, some horses have begun to be diverted to the Hetao area.

Throughout the history of animal husbandry in China for thousands of years, the Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous, and the number of livestock heads in the perfect organization of animal husbandry was unprecedented. At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the border army had already been ordered to carry out large-scale tuntian activities and set up pastures on the northern and western borders, and established a livestock husbandry mechanism with military towns as the backbone, tuntian and pastures as auxiliaries, and horse trading with the surrounding nomads as the missing points.

In the early years of Zhenguan ----------------------------------------------------, there were only more than 300,000 horses in Datang, and before the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, the total number of horses in Datang also did not exceed 500,000, but in just three years, the number of horses in Datang more than doubled. Almost let Xue Yantuo lose one-third of the population and horses, and we went north to Dingxiang to meet the Letie army in a battle, captured 150,000 horses, these two battles won nearly 300,000 horses, later, successively through me in diplomacy blackmail, and added tens of thousands of good horses to Datang, in addition, in the past two years, Datang has become rich, and the waist has been straightened to make transactions, and a large number of horses have been purchased, so that the number of horses in Datang has reached an astonishing million or more.

The standing army of the Tang Dynasty is now about 400,000, and there are more than 200,000 troops in Chang'an, and the rest are scattered throughout the country. The total number of cavalry warfare troops in the Tang Dynasty is about thirty percent, but now, this number has risen to nearly fifty percent, and my Datang Military Academy is even more favored by Uncle Li, all the students, each with a horse, even the artillery can ride a horse, and the logistics transportation of the Tang Dynasty has completely abandoned manpower and ox cart transportation, and the reform uses horse transportation, and the mobility has also been greatly enhanced.

Uncle Li was like a nouveau riche, his mouth almost couldn't close, and after a long time, his proud face finally became reserved: "The development of Liaodong still needs to be stepped up, in two years, more than 8 million acres of land, okay, five years later, I Datang, there is another granary, and at that time...... Well, let's do it, spread my will, and then go to Liaodong, distribute 150,000 horses, next year, there will definitely be more people to Liaodong than this year, tell Cen Wenwen and Zhang Jian, no matter what, we must let the people in Liaodong have a place to live, farm tools to cultivate, seeds, cotton clothes to protect from the cold, in short, don't let me hear the people's grievances. Fang Aiqing, the proposed intention is to inform all prefectures and counties first, and after April next year, the people can be allowed to move to the land of Liaodong, so as not to keep Zhang Jian and Cen Wenwen busy, hehehe......"

"Another point, all of you have remembered for me, next year, we have a lot of things, before March, my navy will be ready for me." Uncle Li swept his gaze and fell on Zhang Liang's body, the general in charge of the Tang Dynasty Navy hurriedly stood up: "Your Majesty, don't worry, my Tang Navy has been practicing all night and night, and the grain, grass, and weight have long been ready, and now, the difference is the firearms ......" Zhang Liang's eyes turned and swept to me who was squatting behind. A pair of greedy eyes lit up.

Uncle Li also set his eyes on me: "Where is the virtuous son-in-law?" ”

"Wechen is here." I had no choice but to stand up: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the general, by the end of this year, the lower officials will be able to deliver all the weapons on schedule." ”

"Well, that's fine, since it's okay, let's disperse, Li Lao Aiqing and other officials of the General Staff, Zhang Aiqing, Xiaofang Aiqing, come with me......" Uncle Li saw that there was nothing to do below, patted his ass and announced the dispersal of the court, and then dragged us all into the General Staff.

As soon as I arrived at the staff hospital and sat down, before I could catch my breath, Uncle Li found me first. "Virtuous son-in-law, can the arsenal production of the Martial Arts Research Institute be increased further?"

I explained with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, you are really embarrassing Weichen, now, the output of the Martial Arts Research Institute has been regarded as the limit, one, the raw materials can't keep up, last time I reported to you, you promised to increase the raw material supply of 80,000 catties of iron ore and 30,000 catties of copper to our Martial Arts Research Institute every month." But now, the total amount of iron ore we receive every month is only 100,000 catties, and the Ministry of Industry has only added 25,000 catties and 10,000 catties of copper to us. ”

Uncle Li's brows furrowed: "What's the matter?" Could it be that the Ministry of Industry is obstructing it? Why don't you just report it to me?! ”

---------------------------------------------------- "Your Majesty, it's not that the Ministry of Industry is difficult to deal with me, the most important thing is that the Ministry of Industry's own iron material is also insufficient, the output of iron and copper in my Datang is too low, and the son-in-law is currently fighting with the craftsmen of the Martial Arts Research Institute day and night, just to strive to reduce the copper use rate of artillery as soon as possible, the current mortar can already be made of all-steel, but the artillery is probably still not good, The damage rate of the all-steel design is too high, and casualties occur from time to time, so now only iron embryo copper tire guns can be used. "I continued to complain to Uncle Lee.

"That's ......" Uncle Li narrowed his eyes, and at this time Uncle Li Jing stood up: "Nephew Fang Xian, now that Lingnan has submitted a military report, mortars, steel crossbows and artillery are urgently needed, and Liaodong also reached out to His Majesty to ask for these things......"

Zhang Liang, who was squatting on the side and didn't speak, suddenly became anxious: "I said Lord Li, don't forget the business just for them, at the beginning of next year, my Datang Navy will have to go on an expedition to the Japanese land, if all these weapons are given to them, then you can't let our Datang Navy go bare-chested to play with the city, right?" ”

"I'm in a hurry, the old man didn't rob you, you have the ability, you can compete with Zhang Jian, Xue Wanche and Li Jing by yourself!" Uncle Li Jing threw Zhang Liang a hygienic eye, leaving the old rascal speechless, so he had to turn his gaze to Uncle Li for help. "Your Majesty, you must not give away everything that is given to our Tang Army."

"Okay, okay, Zhang Aiqing, don't worry, wait for me to think about it, Li Lao Aiqing, what do they want, let me and Zhuqing sum up."

Uncle Li Jing bowed slightly: "Your Majesty, in the land of Liaodong, although there is no major war at present, there are still some people who do not submit to the rule of my Tang Dynasty, and disturb the people of my Tang Dynasty who moved to Liaodong, fortunately, the people are all gathered in the city fortress to live, and there are not many casualties, however, defensive weapons are relatively scarce, especially in winter, the loss rate of bows and crossbows is very large, and the firearms that were originally left in Liaodong are too few, so Zhang Jian, the governor of Liaozhou, and the general manager of the march of Liaodong Road asked His Majesty for 30,000 steel crossbows, 100 mortars, and 100 artillery, A number of grenades. ”

"Okay, these two guys are really dark enough to remember that they have all the things in Lao Zhang at once." Uncle Cheng squatted behind with a smile on his face, and the old ruffians who were originally sitting next to him all looked very helpless, no way, this old man is a scourge who never keeps his mouth shut.

Uncle Li Jing almost laughed out loud, but he still decided to ignore Uncle Cheng, an old rascal who came to go crazy, cleared his throat and continued: "Lord Li Ji also handed over the military report, the climate in the south is hot and humid, and the loss rate of bows and crossbows is extremely large, in addition, the number of mortars is too small, so he can't show his strengths, so please also ask Your Majesty to deploy at least 10,000 steel crossbows and 300 mortars for emergency." ”

Now, not to mention Zhang Liang rolling his eyes, almost all the people present rolled their eyes, look, there are not any kind people on both sides, they are all big-mouthed and boundless types, Zhang Liang sighed vigorously: "Mother, who are they?" Everyone wants to take a bite and get a ticket......"

(To be continued)