At noon, when the sun was raging, there were not many people in the racecourse, and most of them lazily hid under some improvised huts, drinking tea and chatting and sleeping.

The summer is hot but there is a mountain breeze, but it is quite cool.

The smell of the horse farm was very strong, and before the smell was close, I felt that it was so moist and uncomfortable.

The horse farm is too big, with a radius of dozens of miles and nearly a hundred miles, and there is no end in sight.

Xiao Tingsheng was just looking at the flowers, and after a general glance on the horse, he sweated profusely.

In the military horse farm, rows and rows of stables are built, neatly aligned, and you can't see the end when you look out.

"This is our military horse?"

Xiao Tingsheng pointed to a few horsemen in the distance and rushed over, a large group of thin horses, and asked Zhao Hui with a stammering mouth.

"Yes, most of the war horses of the Youzhou Army are here."

Being questioned by Xiao Tingsheng, Zhao Hui was a little embarrassed, and he nodded with a very unnatural smile:

"This... Lord Xiao, our Youzhou military budget is scarce, every large-scale field exercise, especially the spring and autumn exercises, the cost of reloading is very huge, and the loss has to be solved by yourself. ”

Xiao Tingsheng also laughed when he heard this.

I thought to myself:

In the current market, the cost of a war horse is equivalent to the sum of all the expenses of six or seven soldiers.

And that's not even counting heavy equipment.

The total number of Youzhou troops is no less than 20,000 military horses.

The monthly cost of raising horses alone also needs to be tattooed 100,000 taels of silver, I don't know where this Zhao Shijun's military expenses come from.

The size of his army far exceeded the target set by the Ministry of War, and his military expenditure exceeded the budget several times.

I don't know where Zhao Shijun's huge military spending came from?

This is probably a mystery.

Smuggling outside the customs is ironclad.

In addition to salt, grain, etc., it is not known that there are ordnance and actual war materials, such as pig iron.

And the cavalry, especially the heavy cavalry, is the biggest reliance of the Youzhou army.

But it's just burning money.

"This Lord Xiao, although our war horses are a little worse, but the soldiers of the Youzhou Army are still very elite."

Zhao Hui had no choice but to bite the bullet and explain to Xiao Tingsheng.

As if to verify Zhao Hui's words, several low-ranking officers dressed in cavalry lieutenant uniforms walked past them, seemingly preparing to go back to the barracks.

However, what surprised Xiao Tingsheng was that these lieutenants were each holding a dusty woman with flowers and branches around her.

Looking at the way they walked, I was afraid that they had drunk a lot.

The content of their braggadocio made Zhao Hui even more embarrassed.

"Ouch little girl, what did you say? Would you like to see our warhorses? No problem... It's no problem, but you can only touch it and take a look, but you can't drive it out for training, the equipment is expensive, and a year's salary is not enough to compensate. A lieutenant said.

"Ouch, I said Master Jun, why are we going to ride a war horse, and you're not crazy..."

"That's it, you're going to serve my uncle and me well tonight, and see how we ride your mare, how about it... Ahh ”

“……”

It's a bunch of foul language, and it's unbearable.

Xiao Tingsheng had no power to care, and suddenly felt that Zhao Hui didn't belong here, and he couldn't control them, so he had to hold back a laugh and pin his head to the side.

Zhao Hui was so angry that his face turned purple, his green tendons burst out, and his fists were clenched tightly, which was inconvenient.

Ahem... Zhao Hui coughed awkwardly for a while, waiting for those guys to walk by, and finally relieved this while.

"Lord Xiao, there are tens of thousands of heavy cavalry soldiers here, and they are also good and bad, there are always some scum, and at the end of the year, I will definitely tell Lord Shi to assassinate them, and they will be punished heavily."

"But Wang Xingming is the commander of Wang Da, but it's different, he is the elite of our entire Youzhou army!"

Zhao Hui replied.

Nonsense, these lieutenants are not among the hoplites?

Xiao Tingsheng pretended not to know and asked:

"General Zhao, I heard that this commander of the heavy cavalry has always been strict in governing the army and leading the troops well, but he doesn't care about this nonsense?"

"Looking at it like this, I'm afraid that he has a vain name, and it's not much better, right?!"

Zhao Hui was embarrassed again.

You can't tell Xiao Tingsheng that there are many factions in the Youzhou army.

In order to control this heavy cavalry, Lord Assassin Shi has put the disobedient Wang Xingming in the air, and the rights in his hands have been almost deprived.

At present, the only thing that Commander Wang can command is a battalion under his direct jurisdiction, with more than 3,000 horsemen.

The point is, this military horse farm is not under his control.

In order to save the face that was about to be lost, Zhao Hui rode the horse to speed up the pace.

He knows Wang Xingming very well, and only when he gets there, maybe he can change this Xiao master's bad opinion a little.

After riding a horse and running for a stick of incense, the horse team came to a military camp, where there were many barracks, and there were many people and horses coming in and out.

Zhao Hui pointed to the barracks and said to Xiao Tingsheng:

"Lord Xiao, this is the first battalion of the heavy cavalry under the command of Wang Da."

Looking at this barracks carefully, it is the same as most of the ones seen before, this should be the largest and most complete military camp among the heavy cavalry at present.

The barracks and stables are also some years old, but they are still very well maintained.

Most of the soldiers led their horses to the nearby ditches and washed their horses every day.

The stables are also clean and dry, much stronger than those on the horse farm.

The soldiers usually led their horses out for a run, fed grass and water, etc.

Each horse was tended by the soldiers.

In the barracks stables, many soldiers are also busy.

Compared to the empty barracks, the scenery here is unique and lively.

A tall soldier in his mid-thirties, holding his stable, shouted at the cleaning soldiers, as if he suspected them of not cleaning them.

"That is Wang Xingming, the commander of the heavy cavalry!"

Zhao Hui pointed to the military man and said to Xiao Tingsheng.

Obviously, Wang Xingming also saw a group of people who were gradually approaching them.

He was stunned for a moment.

Looking at this posture, it looks like someone from the court has come down.

He stroked the beard of his chin with his hand, and suddenly waved his hand and shouted:

"General Zhao, you're here, isn't the military expense I applied for from Lord Assassin Shi a few days ago, and now you have it?"

"Or is Lord Thorn Shi not very relieved, thinking that I am cheating, and specially sent someone to inspect and inspect?"

Wang Xingming's loud shouting had a purpose.

He heard yesterday that the military department seemed to have sent someone to Youzhou, and Lord Assassin Shi personally went to the Eight Faces Building to receive him.

When people come from the military department, they usually bring some greeting gifts, at least to appease.

The soldiers guarding the frontier, the people in the court are also clear, the appeasement is improper, the border is unstable, and the future is endless.

There is a way that he doesn't have rice in his hand, and he can't even coax the chicken.

He looked at Xiao Tingsheng is face, and it was estimated that he was a senior official who came down to inspect the military department, and he deliberately regarded him as a person from the Assassin's Mansion and shouted loudly.