Ouyang Bian looked at Lin Xi with sympathy. Sansi's embarrassment was so true that people would cry when they saw it, so Lin Xi took it down.

Lin Xi sighed: "This feeling of poverty makes people sweat and dare not sleep at night."

Ouyang Bian comforted: "It will be fine soon. Once the market is opened, the cattle, sheep and horses will be sold to the Song Dynasty, as well as the salt from the salt pond, and then a large number of enterprises will come to invest, and there will be no shortage of money to spend.

However, the agriculture and animal husbandry in Hengshan area must be restored as soon as possible. The horses in Hetao will be selected and sent to the army as soon as possible, including food and army. These two are the top priorities."

Lin Xi looked sad: "There are still too few people who can use it. It's not that the officials here cannot use it, but they act roughly and some are even ignorant. Can you believe it?"

Ouyang Bian smiled bitterly. It was true that there were Han officials and vassal officials in Xixia, but Han officials were okay, but vassal officials were hard to describe. No wonder Zhang Yuan and others were not a student at the time, but they were able to become the decision-making center when they came to Xixia. This is very telling.

After all, there are really not many countries with cultural gatherings like the Song Dynasty in this era.

The Xixia place cannot be said to be uncivilized, but it is generally rough and barbaric.

Ouyang Bian said: "We must introduce talents as soon as possible. Strong military power alone cannot last. Only by combining civil and military affairs, culture, military, economy, etc. can we truly create a powerful and civilized country!"

Lin Xi nodded: "That's right, but I have an idea. On the one hand, we need to introduce it from the Song Dynasty.

On the other hand, we need to select locally, and there are hundreds of thousands of local Han people, and we can also select a lot of talents.

Before, it was because the Dangxiang people suppressed the Han people and had no serious channels, so it was difficult for the Han people to make a comeback.

If the imperial examination system can be held, at least a short time, a group of pretty good officials can be selected."

This suggestion was very constructive, and Ouyang Bian nodded repeatedly when he heard it.

This matter is of great significance. First, it is a very realistic problem. It can be improved by selecting knowledgeable people from the Han people to participate in governing the country.

The second is to increase the proportion of Han people in the political system and make Han people the main ethnic group of the Western Xia, so that the Han people's rule will become more and more reliable.

The third is to carry out great national integration. If Dangxiang people want to enter the political system, they must read Confucian books and learn Chinese characters. In this way, they will be integrated into the Han culture.

"Okay, then let's do it. This matter will be rewarded in the present and future. When it merges with the Song Dynasty in the future, the Han people here will not be competitive. If they are not good, they will be divided into the north and south list."

Ouyang Bian said.

Lin Xi laughed: "That relationship is good."

Ouyang Bian nodded and thought for a while, "Zihou and his team are now in charge of the army. When they are integrated, they will need a lot of material support at that time. You have to prepare for this point.

Lu Zhongfu will come to help you with all the equipment in the army, including swords, guns, swords, halberds, horse harnesses, military vehicles, etc. It is best to copy the Qingzhou Industrial Park to avoid special circumstances being controlled by others."

Lin Xi said angrily: "There is a Qingzhou Industrial Park, and I feel that there are basically everything. If it weren't for the Song army's people being too corrupt, why would that be?

The cotton coats, quilts and steel quality in the Qingzhou Industrial Park are the best choices, and the vehicles developed by the four-way train station are all powerful tools for transportation.

But those in the army just kept them out for their trivial interests, which made people angry.”

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "Okay, okay, we came out just to defeat those talents, and we don't have to be angry about them, just knock them down."

Lin Xi sighed, still a little angry: "That's true, it's really angering. If it weren't for really not seeing hope, who would have been willing to leave his home and come here to save the country in a curve.

By the way, Ji Mo, I have to prepare for how many horses I need after the army is reorganized.”

Ouyang Bian calculated: "There must be at least 300,000 war horses, plus the transport of horses, it is estimated that there are about 500,000 or 600,000 horses."

Lin Xi couldn't help but gasp: "I want so much?"

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "According to the specifications of one man and three horses, one hundred thousand cavalry will get 300,000 horses."

But in fact, it doesn’t need that much, because the imperial court now controls about 300,000 horses, but most of them are scattered in the hands of military officials everywhere.

What I am talking about is that the Central Army must maintain 300,000 troops and horses, and now the Central Army has about 100,000, so you will be fine if you find another 200,000 horses.

As for transporting horses, it is not necessary to use Northwest horses. Other slow horses can also be used. This should not be difficult, right?"

Lin Xi smiled bitterly and said, "This is not much, it's almost scary."

Ouyang Bian laughed: "Do you think this is the Song Dynasty, this is the northwest, and there are good horses on the Hetao side, and Hetao alone can satisfy most of the people.

People in Xixia are good at raising horses. Xixia is located in the northwest and the weather is severely cold, which is very suitable for horse breeding. As long as there are water plants, they can raise horses.

Most of the horses in our banking supervision guards gathered together from the northwest bit by bit, didn’t they also gathered nearly 100,000 horses?

Now that we occupy Xixia, it would be a joke if we still cannot raise a powerful cavalry."

Lin Xi shook his head and sighed: "Ji Mo, you are afraid you don't know how much it costs to raise so many horses."

Ouyang Bian waved his hand and smiled, "As long as it is a problem that money can solve, it is not a big problem."

Lin Xi smiled bitterly and said, "I forgot that you are a great tycoon who is angry and resentful."

Ouyang Bian smiled and then whispered: "Zizhong, there is another thing. You have to prepare for it. When the whole army is over, I will open the sea outlet, so this is a big battle."

Lin Xi's face was shocked, and then he quickly spread the map and stroked his fingers on the map. He was completely in a state of discomfort.

This is more than a big battle.

Xixia itself is inland. If you want to open the sea estuary, the nearest one is the Bohai Bay. If you fight from Xixia, you will either fight against the Liao Kingdom or the Song Dynasty.

After the Liao Dynasty's sea route and the Song Dynasty's sea route, it was the place where heavy troops were hoarded on the Liao and Song border. In other words, it was the hardest place in the two countries except the capital. No matter who they hit, they had to face such a thick layer of armor!

Ouyang Bian explained: "Western Xia can use the Silk Road, but the Silk Road is quite blocked and is still in the four counties in the Hexi Corridor. However, it is definitely not enough to rely on such a passage to support hundreds of thousands of troops. Therefore, if we want to grow, we must open up the sea outlet!"
Chapter completed!