The time entered the nineteenth year of King Qingji of Wu, that is, in 495 BC, the twelfth lunar month.

With Qingji's order, tens of thousands of Wu soldiers withdrew from the territory of the six Jin princes and embarked on the pace of returning to Wu.

The war in the Central Plains, which lasted for half a year, finally came to an end.

And the results were unexpectedly fruitful.

Qingji not only dismembered the old overlord Jin Guo as he wished, and became "Uncle Fang", the overlord of the world, but also got many actual benefits.

According to the prior agreement, Korea, Wei and Zhiguo each donated 20,000 Li Shu to Wu to repay Qingji for making them princes.

Zhao Guo offered 10,000 households and 2,000 good horses.

Zhong Xingguo and Fan Guo paid tribute to Wu State together for 3,000 good horses, as well as 20,000 households of Li Shu!

After calculating this before and after, the population of good horses that Wu Guo can get is:

5,000 good horses.

It has a population of 90,000 households.

Qingji estimated it himself, about more than 500,000 Li Shu!

As we all know, population is the foundation of a country's survival.

This time, there are so many fewer people and so many fine war horses, how can the princes of the Six Jin Dynasty not be greatly weakened by Qingji?

In addition, after the Battle of Jiangcheng, the Wu army also emptied the treasury of the capital of the Jin Kingdom, and obtained countless rare treasures.

Taolinsai and Yindi, two places suitable for grazing, also became the territory of Wu State, and the bridgehead for attacking the Central Plains in the future......

Therefore, this time the celebration is to make a lot of money!

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The capital of Wu State, Jinling.

At the beginning of spring in the following year, Qingji returned to Jinling City and, as customary, held a large court meeting.

In the court, all ministers with an official rank of more than 600 stones, if they have nothing important, must rush to the Fengtian Temple to participate.

"Ten thousand years, ten thousand years, ten thousand years!"

At this moment, Qing Ji was wearing a crown dress with dark red stripes, wearing a flat heavenly crown, holding the Longyuan Sword in one hand, with a solemn and solemn look, sitting on his own throne.

Under His Majesty's stage, more than 200 ministers paid homage to the celebration and shouted "ten thousand years" in unison.

"No courtesy, flat!"

"King Xie!"

Qing Ji helped him for a while, and the ministers, who were still kneeling and bowing, immediately stood up, then patted the corners of their skirts, and sat down.

After Qingji looked around for a week, he set his eyes on Shi Zengdian, and said slowly: "Zeng Dian, in the past six months, how many good horses have my Wu Kingdom purchased from Zhongshan Country and Yan Kingdom?" ”

Hearing this, Zeng Dian hurriedly got up and said to Qingji: "Back to the king, so far, my Wu Kingdom has purchased 1,200 good horses from Zhongshan Country and 850 good horses from Yan Kingdom!" ”

"Moreover, it is two-thirds of the purchase below the market price!"

"Good."

Qingji nodded with satisfaction.

Seriously, the ministers and doctors of Wu State don't quite understand, what do Qingji want so many good horses to do?

There are two types of horses: good horses and horses, and horses are generally used to pull carts or ordinary scholars.

Those who can be called good horses can generally be used as war horses.

This time, Qingji not only purchased more than 2,000 good horses from Zhongshan and Yan.

In the Six Jin Dynasty princes, Qingji also looted five thousand good horses!

With so many good horses, is it possible to build an army of chariots?

The ministers didn't quite agree in their hearts.

Because the number of chariots in Wu at this time is already the best in the world, there is no need to add more chariots.

In addition, it is not enough to have a large number of chariots, and a certain number of auxiliaries are needed to assist the chariots in fighting......

Could it be that Qingji is planning to further expand the army and horses?

It is worth mentioning that the reason why Zhongshan and Yan allowed Wu to buy their own good horses with two-thirds of the money below the market price was because the two countries had a request from Wu.

As a well-deserved hegemonic power today, Wu is also the number one "weapon dealer", which can sell a large number of obsolete weapons and armor to Zhongshan and Yan, and send some soldiers to their territory to assist them in training their troops......

This is of great benefit to Wu Guo.

After all, the real secret weapon of the State of Wu is impossible to sell.

And with the emergence of the Wu Iron Cavalry Regiment, the advantages of the northern countries in galloping chariots on the plains in the past will also be gone!

"Continue to purchase. Buy as many good horses as there are nations! ”

"No!"

Zeng Dian, immediately received the order.

Qingji set his eyes on the body of the great Sima Wu Zixu again, and said, "Wu Yuan." ”

"The minister is here!"

"These more than 7,000 good horses, as well as the good horses that will be in place in the future, will be handed over to you. Within half a year, the widow expects to see a formed cavalry, and within a year, this cavalry will form a certain combat effectiveness, which can be worthy of a battle! ”

"Minister, take the order!"

Wu Zixu agreed with a wry smile.

Before, Qingji had discussed with Wu Zixu, Sun Wu and others about the formation of the Iron Cavalry Regiment.

But, throughout the ages, where have there been real cavalry units?

Cavalry in general is used as scouts.

Because of the battle on the battlefield, the cavalry cannot release their hands on horseback, and even if it is too bumpy, the cavalry may be thrown off the horse......

At this time, Wu Zixu and others needed to rack their brains to train the cavalry.

Fortunately, Qingji was not in a hurry to use cavalry to fight.

Because Qingji knows that he can't eat hot tofu in a hurry!

It is not so easy to form a cavalry unit from scratch.

At this time, Fan Li, the imperial historian, stood up and asked: "Great King, the 90,000 households of Li Shu and more than 500,000 people who have paid tribute to me by the princes of the Six Jin Dynasty have arrived at the first line of Taolinsai and Yindi, entered the territory of my Wu Kingdom, and have been temporarily settled. ”

"It's just, I don't know how the king plans to properly settle them?"

Hearing this, Qingji thought for a moment and said, "Fan Li, what do you think?" ”

Since Fan Li took the initiative to bring up this matter, he must have his own opinion.

Just as Qingji expected, Fan Li immediately said: "The king, the minister thinks that the six counties of Lingnan and the three counties in the southwest are vast and sparsely populated, and they still need to be developed and reclaimed. ”

"The king may be able to place the more than 500,000 new Wu people in the south of our Wu country and give them convenience."

"In addition to the distribution of farm tools, houses, and land by the government, and the rental of cattle and their daily necessities, the king should also reward each family with a reward of 10,000 yuan, exempt them from forced labor and taxes for three to five years, so that these Xinwu people can get used to the unfamiliar environment in the south."

“……”

Qingji immediately fell into deep thought.

"No!"

At this moment, the right prime minister, Kong Qiu, stood up and retorted: "Imperial Doctor, if you forcibly relocate these Li Shu from the land of the Six Jin Dynasty like this, I am afraid that it will cause them to flee in large numbers!" ”