"Your Majesty, I think we should increase the publicity of horse farming and make officials in Shandong and Hebei vigorously promote horse farming technology. The Hetao area in northern Guanzhong Road of our Tang Dynasty, Shandong and Hebei are mostly dry land. Shandong and Hebei are sparsely populated and people's livelihood is zero. If we can vigorously promote this farming technology, it is a good idea for Shandong and Hebei." An old man also stood up from the table and spoke respectfully towards Uncle Li.

Uncle Li nodded: "Real report, I didn't expect that the horse farm that already existed in the Han Dynasty was abandoned for hundreds of years. But I think that whether it was the former Han Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty, or the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were shortages of horses, even the previous dynasty. Only the Tang Dynasty did not lack horses. Haha, this year, the number of horses obtained by the Tang Dynasty and the nomadic people in the north was as high as 50,000, of which 15,000 were good horses, which were used as military use. The war horses of our Tang Dynasty had far exceeded my expectations."

"I heard from Your Majesty that now our Tang Dynasty has a total of 1.37 million horses. From last year to this year, it has been sent to Liaodong 100,000. The local army in Liaodong has sent 50,000 horses to the people, totaling 150,000 horses, and about 50,000 horses from Longyou are distributed, and the number sent to the river is 70,000. There are 35 military horses left, and there are more than 400,000 horses." The head of the Dapu Temple stood up and reported a series of heart-wrenching numbers, which made the court officials in the court look gloomy. This is also considered to be the collective contribution of everyone.

The Dapu Temple, the Jia Department, the Shangcheng Bureau and the stable command four departments to manage horse affairs, and the herdsmen were established in various parts of the country...>. Different, they were named according to the place. According to the number of horses shepherded in the herds, the number of horses shepherds in the herds was divided into three levels, with 5,000 horses being the upper jail. More than 3,000 horses being the middle jail, and less than 3,000 horses being the lower jail. The land in Longyou was the important place for the Tang Dynasty to raise horses. However, at present, some horses have begun to divert to the Hetao area.

Looking at the history of animal husbandry in China for thousands of years, the Tang Dynasty is the most prosperous, and the number of livestock is unprecedented. At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, border troops had already carried out large-scale military farming activities in the north and western borders and established pastures, establishing military towns as the main trunk. Military farms and pastures were assisted, and horse trading with surrounding nomadic peoples was used as a supplement.

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More than 100,000 heads and countless sheep, almost causing Xue Yantuo to lose one-third of his population and horses. We went north to Dingxiang to fight against the Le Tie Army and captured 150,000 war horses. Nearly 300,000 were won in these two battles. Later, we successively extorted diplomats through our diplomatic extortion and added tens of thousands of good horses to the Tang Dynasty. In the past two years, the Tang Dynasty became rich, and when it came to the transaction, we bought a large number of horses, which made the number of horses in the Tang Dynasty reach an astonishing millions.

The Tang Dynasty's current standing army is about 400,000. There are more than 200,000 troops in Chang'an area, and the rest are spread across the country. At present, Liaodong and Longyou are the most important, with a large army of 100,000. There are also more than 80,000 servants such as Hu surrendering. The total number of cavalry and combat troops in the Tang Dynasty has increased to nearly 50%. Our Tang Dynasty Military Academy is even more favored by Uncle Li. All the students, each with one horse, can even ride horses. Moreover, the logistics transportation of the Tang Dynasty has completely abandoned manpower and ox cart transportation. The reform of horse-drawn transportation has also greatly enhanced the power.

Uncle Li was like a nouveau riche. He almost couldn't close his mouth. After a long time, he was proud and proud and finally became reserved: "The development of the land in Liaodong needs to be stepped up. In two years, more than 8 million acres of land were obtained. OK, five years later, my Tang Dynasty had another granary. At that time... Well, let me pass on my will and distribute 150,000 horses to Liaodong. Next year, there will definitely be more people going to Liaodong than this year. Tell Cen Wenben and Zhang Jian that no matter what, the people who come to Liaodong must have a place to live, farm tools, seeds, and cotton coats to keep warm. In short, don't let me hear the people's complaints. Fang Aiqing, drafting an order, first informs all prefectures and counties. Only after April next year can the people be moved to Liaodong, so as not to Zhang Jian and Cen Wenben and others are too busy, hahaha..."

"Other point, I have remembered it for me. Next year, we have a lot of things to do. Before March, my navy will be ready for me." Uncle Li swept his eyes and fell on Zhang Liang. The general in charge of the Tang Dynasty's navy quickly stood up: "Your Majesty, don't worry, my Tang Dynasty's navy is constantly practicing day and night, and the food and grass are heavy, and now the only thing is firearms..." Zhang Liang's eyes turned and swept to me who was squatting behind him. His greedy eyes were lit.

Uncle Li also turned his eyes to me: "Where is the son-in-law?"

"I am here." I had no choice but to stand up: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that the general, by the end of this year, the minister will definitely deliver all the military equipment on schedule."

"Well, that's good. Since there is nothing wrong, let's leave the court. Old Li and his family members, Zhang Aiqing, Xiaofang Aiqing, come with me..." Uncle Li saw that there was nothing wrong, patted his butt and announced the leave, and then dragged us all into the staff.

As soon as I arrived at the Staff Academy, I had no time to take a breath, Uncle Li came to me first. "Son-in-law, can the military production of the Wuhan Institute be increased?"

I explained with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, you really make me embarrassed. Now, the output of the Wuhan Institute of Technology is now at its limit. First of all, the raw materials cannot keep up. Last time I reported to you that you promised to increase the raw material supply of 80,000 kilograms of subway ore and 30,000 kilograms of copper to our Wuhan Institute of Technology every month. But now, the total number of iron ore we receive is only 100,000 kilograms of iron ore per month. The Ministry of Industry has only increased 25,000 kilograms of copper to us and 10,000 kilograms of copper. In order to ensure the production of steel crossbows, artillery and mortars, the Wuhan Institute of Technology has even stopped the production capacity of horizontal knife land."

Uncle Li frowned: "What's going on? Could it be that the Ministry of Works was interfering with it? Why don't you report it directly?!"

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

Zhang Liang, who was squatting beside him, suddenly became anxious: "I said to Lord Li, don't forget the important matter just for them. At the beginning of next year, our Tang Dynasty naval army will have to go to the Japanese territory. If all these weapons are given to them, then you can't let our Tang Dynasty naval army go barefoot to fight the city with bare shirt, right?"

"I'm so anxious. I didn't compete with you. If you have the ability, you can compete with Zhang Jian, Xue Wanche and Li Jing!" Uncle Li Jing threw a hygienic eye to Zhang Liang, leaving the old hooligan speechless, so he had to turn his gaze for help to Uncle Li. "Your Majesty, you must not send out all the things for our Tang Dynasty navy."

"Okay, OK, Aiqing Zhang, don't worry, think about it carefully, Old Aiqing Li, what do they want, so that I and Zhuqing can make a decision together."

Uncle Li Jing nodded slightly: "Your Majesty, although there is no major war in Liaodong at present, there are still some people who are disobeying the rule of our Tang Dynasty and harassing the people who moved to Liaodong. Fortunately, the people all gathered in the city blocks and lived in the city blocks, and there were not many casualties. However, the defensive weapons are relatively scarce, especially in winter, the rate of bows and crossbows is very high, and there were too few ground fire weapons left in Liaodong. Therefore, the Liaozhou Governor Zhang Jian and the Liaodong Road marching chief general asked His Majesty to give him 30,000 steel crossbows, 100 mortars, 100 artillery, and several grenades."

"Okay, these two guys are so obsessed with me. They suddenly broke all Lao Zhang's things." Uncle Cheng squatted behind and smiled with a gloating smile. The old soldier sitting next to him looked helpless, and there was no way. This old guy was a disaster that never kept his eloquence.

Uncle Li Jing almost laughed out loud, but he decided to ignore Uncle Cheng, an old hooligan who was crazy, cleared his throat and continued: "Mr. Li Ji also handed over the military newspaper. The climate in the south is hot and humid, and the breakage rate of bows and crossbows is extremely high. In addition, the number of mortars is too small, so he can't actually perform his fists. Therefore, please ask Your Majesty to transfer at least 10,000 steel crossbows and 300 mortars for emergency response."
Chapter completed!