In June, summer flowers are gorgeous.

Wu Haogu once again left Kaifeng Prefecture, the world's most prosperous city, and walked on the official road by the Wuzhang River, feeling the prosperity and joy of the harvest.

In the fields by the roadside, wheat grows quite vigorously, with green patches covering the earth.

The river breeze blowing from the Wuzhang River slightly dispelled the heat that covered the earth. Although it was not cool or pleasant, it still made Wu Haogu's journey eastward more comfortable.

He left Kaifeng Prefecture three days ago after drinking the wedding of Duan Zhao Ji, and was about to go east along the Wuzhang River. He arrived at Liangshanpo and then headed north to Yanggu County where Ximen Qing was located.

Because he was passing by the legendary water of Liangshan, Wu Haogu brought a lot of good men this time! Those who accompanied him were Lin Chong and Zhao Zhong, who had just been taught from the Nine-rank Right Ban Dianzhi but had not been sent yet. There were also several Pan family generals and guests borrowed from Pan Xiao'an. There were also the slut leader Liu Ergou on Panlou Street who found more than ten big and thick idle men for Wu Haogu. I don't know if he could fight? But he could also serve as a storefront. Finally, Mr. Chai, Grandma Ximen and the ten Chai family brought by them, and the strong men from the Ximen family also came with him.

It should be mentioned that Wu Haogu, Lin Chong and Zhao Zhongge all brought armor.

Wu Haogu brought a pair of black lacquer, a leather armor, which was made of thick cowhide through multiple processes such as "floating", "boiling", "cutting", "drying", "sticking", "sticking", "sticking", and "sticking". The surface is very hard, painted with a black background, and hand-painted pattern on it. This set of leather armor was customized by Wu Haogu left Kaifeng Prefecture and went to Liaoqian.

Although the Song Dynasty prohibited the private hiding of armor by the people, Wu Haogu was a military officer who defended the feudal dictatorship of the Song Dynasty and could have several armors. After all, armor must be of size, and wearing the most suitable armor must be customized. It is too shabby to be a military officer, even a suitable armor without even a suitable armor.

Lin Chong brought a full of Fiery Armor, which was the equipment he had when he was a coach in the Imperial Guard, and it should be public property. Now he is a "military election official" and is not the coach. He doesn't know what procedures he has taken the beloved armor home.

Brother Zhao Zhong's A is the most awesome, and he is the Qingtang Crab! It is the inheritance left to him by his father who has worked in the Liao Dynasty's guards and traitors army for the rest of his life. It is said to be a treasure in the army. I don't know what way did Brother Zhao Zhong's Lao get it? This Crab Crab was originally stored on Murong Wangyou's side, and did not go south with Brother Zhao Zhong. It was Murong Wangyou who brought it to Song Realm and handed it over to Brother Zhao Zhong.

The armor of this type of wart armor uses cold forging technology. The armor is soft and thin and tough. Because it is only more than one-third of the thickness of the hot forged armor, it can obtain the best protection ability with a relatively light weight. It should be the best cavalry armor in the world at present!

In addition to taking the war armor, Zhao Zhongge also brought a horse spear and a pair of leather vests. The Western Region mare Chi Yunzhi, which Wu Haogu had just obtained from Duan King Zhao Ji, also lent to Zhao Zhongge...not to let him ride on the road, but to let a groom lead him as a war horse.

This mare, which is said to belong to the "Xiji Tianma" (i.e., Yili horse), has a shoulder height of four feet and seven (nearly 1.5 meters). It is about four inches taller than the Hebei mare given to Ximen Qing by Wu Haogu, and is definitely considered the queen of the horse.

Moreover, this horse is not only tall, but also very strong. Even if he is as strong as Brother Zhao Zhong, he can gallop on his back with a pair of vests.

"Dalang, as long as someone put on the armor and rode on the Chiyun Mail, even if the Liangshan bandits are all here, they can still be dismissed, so don't worry!"

Brother Zhao Zhong, who was wearing a red military officer uniform and riding on a horse, saw Wu Haogu frowned slightly, and thought he was afraid of the heroes of Liangshan, so he patted his chest and said loudly.

Not to mention the lieutenant, Liang Shan is the leader of thirty-six people (and Zhao Tieniu is now too). Now! Can Brother Zhao Zhong beat thirty-six?

Lin Chong saw Wu Haogu with a suspicion and smiled: "Master, do you believe that Liangshan gangsters will die if they meet Brother Yuan Yi. Armored, big horses and long spears... Tang Taizong's Xuanjia cavalry is not as good as! But Xiaguan's opinion, those Liangshan gangsters will not come to find bad luck. As long as they see us from a distance, they will dodge themselves."

Wu Haogu nodded, then paused and said, "Isn't Brother Zhong'er's equipment the Xixia Iron Harrier's item? It's just that the horse is better, why is it invincible?"

"There are also the martial arts of cavalry and the horse lance." Zhao Zhongge smiled, "and this iron kite depends on the age... The iron kite is a soldier of the world, the ability and military weapon passed down from father to son. I remember when Yuan Hao was alive, even the Iron kite was defeated by Liao Xingzong! But to this day, it is not as good as that of the past."

Wu Haogu Yixiao: "The same is true for the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom? Soldiers and generals are always worse than each other." He paused, "I wonder if the Military Science Department of the Privy Council can take a new path to foster and train soldiers?"

"If it can be done well, it will be possible to train strong generals and elite soldiers." Zhao Zhongge thought, "But the military science department trains young generals, and then the young general recruits and trains themselves. It should be feasible to use them to train heavy armored infantry and archers, but they cannot train good cavalry."

Wu Haogu turned his head to look at Lin Chong again, as if he wanted to hear his opinions.

Lin Chong smiled bitterly and said, "It is indeed difficult to train cavalry. Before I met Brother Yuanyi, I thought I was the best cavalry general in the world, but compared with Brother Yuanyi, I was still much worse."

Brother Zhao Zhong said: "In fact, it's not that Brother Lin is not capable, but that Brother Lin's family has no farm servants and no place to raise horses and horses... It's not possible to raise cavalry in the Han area without a farm with hundreds or thousands of acres."

Cavalry is a noble army for farming nations, among which armored cavalry (heavy cavalry) is a noble army for any nation. The reason why it is called a noble army is not just a costly problem, but a military landlord class must exist to provide a stable and continuous source of cavalry.

If there is no such class and only selecting cavalry from farmers and even citizens who have no financial resources to raise horses, the horsemanship of these cavalry will be a problem.

Lin Chong shook his head, "If there were hundreds or thousands of acres of farms, why not study and advance? How could he be a cavalry?"

Brother Zhao Zhong also shook his head and then pointed out: "If the cavalry and cavalry generals don't have hundreds or thousands of acres of farms at home, where will the cavalry's good horses go?"

"Can't good horses really come from horses?" Wu Haogu asked, "Can the horses of the Liao Kingdom be like our dynasty, and cannot raise good horses?"

The horse politics of the Song Dynasty was basically a black hole for money. The cost of raising horses was extremely high. It also occupied a large area of ​​land and could not raise many useful war horses. So it was abolished when Wang Anshi was in the new policy and replaced it with the "Horse Protection Law". However, in the early days of the Zhezong Dynasty, it was discovered that the "Horse Protection Law" was not good, so the "Horse Protection Law" was abolished and the herds prison was reestablished. However, the scale of the reconstructed herds prison was greatly reduced. At the beginning, only 13,000 horses were raised, and more than half of them were unbearable.

Brother Zhao Zhong took over the question and explained: "The horse politics in the Liao Kingdom emphasizes the number of horses, and there are always hundreds of thousands of horses available at any time, but it is slightly inferior to those used for war horses.

The tents of the tribes of the Liao Kingdom have horse farms, which are specially designed to raise good horses and chariots for their respective knights. Moreover, the herds in the Liao Kingdom often call stallions to the tribes of the aristocratic families... The herds are responsible for the quantity, while the tents of the tribes of the aristocratic families are guaranteed for quality. Only in this way can there be enough good horses available.

But that is all in the past. Now the Khitan tribes are becoming increasingly weak, the palace tents are too extravagant and decadent, and they are not interested in military affairs, so they have long been unable to raise a very good horse."

Wu Haogu listened to the discussions between Zhao Zhongge and Lin Chong, but he had a plan in his mind. He knew that in the Middle Ages, in addition to military landlords and noble cavalry, there was also a kind of slave cavalry (Mamruk and Guram) who were also quite elite!

If things go well, your family will soon have a small territory.

At that time, you can set up a horse farm for herds on the edge of the river, get some Arab horses and Western Regions as stallions, and get more big mares, and breed them by backcrossing and inbreding. You can always raise hundreds or thousands of good horses. As for ordinary horses, you can always get some money.

Another thing is Warm A. "Mengxi Bitan" talks about this issue. The Song Dynasty could not create Warm A. Even if the craftsmen from Qingtang were invited, they could not produce the cold forging armor needed for Warm A. Wu Haogu estimated that the problem should be in the "coal iron smelting" of Li Guojian. Many historical enthusiasts have studied this issue in later generations, so Wu Haogu also knew something. It should be that the sulfur and phosphorus in coal combined with iron and water during the smelting process, which made the iron in the Song Dynasty relatively brittle and could not produce cold forging armor.

To solve this problem, either use charcoal to make iron or try to make coke... In short, this problem must be solved! Perhaps we can rely on the power of "university" to carry out technical research.

The future Lighthouse City cannot be just business without education. The "Lighthouse University Hall" should be launched after the Lighthouse Market is first established.

And his own "Mamruk" can also be trained in Lighthouse City. With three or five hundred people, he will be a useful heavy cavalry unit in the future...

Thinking of this, Wu Haogu said to Brother Zhao Zhong and Lin Chong: "Brother Zhong, Brother Lin, wait until my Jiehe Commercial Market is established. If you don't have a better place to go, why don't you come and help me."

"I can't ask for it," Lin Chong said with a smile, "The officials have not been sent yet."

Brother Zhao Zhong smiled and said, "When my teacher doesn't care about the Military and Education Department, I will go to Jiehe City to find you. Don't not take it in at that time."
Chapter completed!