At the same time, the Duke of Wei Mansion Horse Farm.

Fang Jizhong accompanied the old emperor to stand in front of the stable, looking at the shiny horses, and keep nodding.

Although he didn't understand, he knew when he saw the horse's figure and fur color that these horses were very well fed, and seemed to be taller than the horses of the imperial guards. Lu Shangshu, who was galloping around the horse farm in the distance, had returned to the old emperor at this time.

He turned over and dismounted, threw the reins to the servant, and bowed directly to the old emperor.

"Your Majesty, this horse is really well fed, and it is very fast and durable. If the horses supplied by the Ministry of War are like this, I have nothing to choose. I look at this horse, so I will be very good. Do you want to try it if you are gentle?"

The old emperor gave him a blank look and waved his hand.

"I won't try it anymore. I saw that the horses are the same. They are not the strong horses unique to Tatars. They just feed them well. Let's go and see what these horses eat?"

Shangshu Lu said yes, and quickly followed the old emperor into the stable. There was no special smell here, it was very bright and tidy, and there was no weed pile on the ground. There were some granular things in the manger, and the old emperor immediately became interested.

"What is this food? It doesn't seem to be ordinary forage. It seems that the Duke of Wei feeds these horses alone. No wonder the horses are so strong!"

At this moment, when a sound came from behind, Duke Wei quickly followed a few people in.

"The old minister has seen Your Majesty, and I don't know what wind has blown Your Majesty over?"

Seeing Duke Wei's face full of suspicion, the old emperor smiled and said:

"Even if I go out for a walk, I feel a little bored. This morning, I heard from Mr. Lu that I came to your horse farm for a walk last time. The horses looked stronger than other people. I also wanted to come here in person and then come here.

By the way, my dear, I have eaten something precious for the horses. Why is it so strong? Is that boy Yunmo used all the money that he respects you here?"

Duke Wei was embarrassed and quickly bowed and said:

"I have no money. Your Majesty knows that he has raised some beasts before because of his preferences, so he has exhausted his family's wealth. If His Majesty had not given rewards for a long time, he would really be unable to get rid of the blame."

The old emperor glanced at him, and all the kung fu who was crying was good at it, so he waved his hand at him quickly.

"I cried poor when I saw me, right? Tell me what the horse has fed, is it expensive?"

Duke Wei quickly smiled and said, "In fact, in order to save money, I found a special person to tinker with the feed of the horse. Isn't this poor? The best food is so good that the horse may not be very strong.

The old minister asked Zhou Heng for a prescription and let the feeder mix it into the prepared feed. Not to mention more than a month, these horses ate less, but instead became stronger and their fur was shiny and greasy, which looked gratifying.”

As he said that, Duke Wei waved his hand, an honest boy quickly knelt down and greeted him, still trembling all over.

"This is Zhao Si, the boy who is responsible for raising horses. These feeds are all made by their brothers. Come over and greet the emperor quickly."

Zhao Si trembled and quickly crawled on the ground, kowtowing to the old emperor, with a bang bang sound, and when he heard this kid was a little stupid.

"I've seen the emperor, and the emperor is in peace!"

The old emperor tried his best to keep a kind smile, raised his hand and said:

"Get up quickly, tell me what's inside your feed?"

Zhao Si quickly got up, walked to the side of the manger, opened a huge jar, scooped it out with a gourd, poured it into the manger, and just like this, the horses in the stable were as if they had received some orders, and quickly got to the side of the manger.

Zhao Si picked up the things inside and said:

"There are many things here, including newly grown corn stalks in Tongzhou and straw stalks. Anyway, they are all useless waste materials, not high-quality forages. Several herbs are added to them, fried black beans, leftover bean cakes from oil pressing, etc.

We press these things into such pellets with special machines. After horses eat such feed, they are 60% less than before, but they are more nutritious and less likely to get sick."

After saying this, it was not just the old emperor, but Lu Shangshu had already widened his eyes and hurriedly approached and said in surprise:

"Save 60%? How much is the value of your feed and forage? Is it suitable for preservation?"

Faced with Lu Shangshu's questioning, the old emperor wanted to cover his face. This guy was possessed. If he could save money and get good supplies for horses, he was like this. The old emperor was no longer surprised, but he also wanted to know.

Zhao Si looked confused and seemed a little panicked, but when he saw Duke Wei nodding at him, he quickly said:

"In fact, the cost is not high. If we make it ourselves, the price is more than twice the price of forage. As for transportation and storage, because there were a lot of production before, it was rainy these days. I was afraid that the horse would get sick if it became moldy. Duke Wei asked Mr. Zhou and made a special bag to store. It doesn't matter if it rained, it can be stored for two or three years."

This time, if I didn't have to be surprised by Shangshu, the old emperor was stunned.

Shangshu Lu quickly bowed and looked at the old emperor with anxiety.

"Your Majesty, you know that our Ministry of War has always said that before the troops move, food and grass will go first, but the food and grass are also extremely depleted, and sometimes it can become the key to the outcome of the war.

The food is not bad. Whenever this forage is rainy, it is indeed easy to become moldy. If it is not discovered in time, sometimes half of the loss is common.

Therefore, every time the food and grass are allocated, the cost of the loss must be calculated. It is easy to say that the north is transported to the south or western Sichuan region. The loss can reach 50% or 60%. If such feed and bags can be used in the Ministry of War, it can save a lot of money every year."

The old emperor nodded. He knew that the Secretary of Lu had not said this, so he quickly calculated it in his heart, but when he thought that it was made by Beishan, a trace of doubt floated in his heart.

"Have you been in Beishan?"

Zhao Si quickly knelt down again, "If you go back to the emperor, you have a cousin in Beishan, so you can ask him to help get the bag."

The old emperor nodded. He could just say that it was related, but he eliminated his doubts. This was also considered going through the back door. Seeing Duke Wei seemingly unaware of it, he believed it even more.

"Oh, look for your cousin? Wouldn't it be easier to ask Duke Wei to find him?"

Zhao Si looked embarrassed and looked up at the old emperor. The old emperor stared at him even more scrutinizedly. He grunted for a long time before continuing:

"It's not that I want to make some without spending money. This bag is not easy to break. We can make dozens of them for a long time."

After saying that, Zhao Si reached out and touched the jar, and flipped it directly into a bag. The surface looked like an ordinary sack, but it was a little more refined, and there was no difference.

Before the old emperor could speak, Lu Shangshu came over first and urged:

"Isn't this just an ordinary sack, it's just finer, so it can protect against rain?"
Chapter completed!