Is it expensive to raise a thousand knight families with three or four million titans?

How many big houses are worth three to four million in Kaifeng Prefecture? Just take out one building and you can exchange it for thousands of armored cavalry. This transaction is now available. By the first year of Jingkang, you can't buy it ten times! If you can really buy it, you will be so happy that you will be so happy that you spend ten times.

In history, Xuanhe Northern Expedition spent tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars. If it was used to raise a knight family, there would be almost 20,000 families. Under the extreme mobilization, 30,000 to 40,000 armored cavalry could be drawn... If Song Huizong wanted such troops, wouldn't he hang up the Khitan and Jurchens and abuse them at will?

Of course, it is not enough to raise a knight family just by spending money, it must have land. How come a knight family must have a place to raise horses, right? So it is necessary for a family to give a square kilometer. A knight family is a whole family and a large group of horses!

If the family has two knights, plus four to six knights and minions, a square kilometer of land will have to bear at least eight warriors (main soldiers, minions), four war horses and eight auxiliary horses. That is to say, at least eight people and twelve horses must be taken out. The equipment of these eight warriors and twelve horses must be borne, and the ability to breed, raise small warriors and maintain horse herds will be necessary. It is not said that these "knight families" will be maintained forever, but for decades, the combat effectiveness of three and four generations should still be maintained.

Therefore, the standard for fiefdom of 1,500 acres given by Wu Haogu is very suitable, and it is really hard to afford it if you don’t have enough...

In addition, if the country wants to use mercenary cavalry to replace this kind of feudal cavalry, there is no place to hire it (where to go?), and even spend money will not be saved. Just two main soldiers and six auxiliary soldiers will have hundreds of military pay a year, and at least 2,000 twelve horses will be added. For example, if other equipment is added, such as rifles, vests, riders, bows and arrows, crossbows, etc., without the investment of 3,000 twelve horses, it is impossible to equip two armored cavalry.

Moreover, the technique of horse-riding combat requires long-term training and cannot be mastered quickly. Therefore, once the manor powerhouse (knight, warrior) class is almost impossible for the farming country to raise powerful cavalry.

Not only are there no horses, but there is no one who can hire a battlefield on the horse's back...

Although Ma Zheng can provide a large number of war horses if he is done well, he cannot provide people on the horse's back. Horse riding and infantry are easy to practice, but heavy cavalry and light cavalry are difficult to train. Moreover, without the manor tycoon (knight, warrior) class, where can the country find so many bureaucrats who know how to raise horses? They don't even take animal husbandry in the imperial examination!

Therefore, the corruption of Ma Zheng in the Song Dynasty was inevitable, and there was no strong cavalry. The ultimate reason was that the manor economy gradually disappeared in the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, it just gradually disappeared and it did not exist at all. Otherwise, if you even take out three or four million pieces of money, there would be no place to find someone...

"My husband, although three or four million yuan is not a small amount of money, it is not difficult to take it out now, and the weather is good."

Wu Haogu saw that Han Zhongyan seemed a little reluctant, so he smiled and settled the score with him, "And if the warriors in front of the Qianjia Qi Palace were well maintained, they would save a strong soldier for the country... The court placed the money in the treasury, just to recruit soldiers when they encountered strong enemies in the future.

However, infantry is easy to recruit, but really easy-to-use cavalry needs to be cultivated. Now, you can use three to four million to build a thousand knights' houses. If you are in a hurry in the future, two thousand iron cavalry will be obtained. If you don't raise it now, and the court will take out three to four million in the future, will there be two thousand iron cavalry?"

"Of course it's impossible..."

Han Zhongyan stroked his beard and had already settled the accounts in his heart. Although his father was Han Qi, his family had long been a powerful man in his family. He had special customers to raise horses and sheep for his family.

"Just 1,500 acres of land for one family, 1,000 acres of land will cost 1.5 million acres of land!" Han Zhongyan frowned, "There is money, but so much land is not easy to buy."

"This matter is covered by Xiaguan." Wu Haogu said with his chest, "There are no choices in other places, but in Beicangzhou, which is close to Jiehe Shang City, Xiaguan still has a solution."

1.5 million mu of land is about 1,000 square kilometers. There are more than 2 million square kilometers of land in the Song Dynasty, and 1,000 square kilometers can still be obtained.

In fact, there is no way to do more. Not to mention anything else, the Qunmaster Division has a lot of land. When the Qunmaster Division was at its peak, there were 16 prisoners and more than 200,000 horses, and the average land area of ​​each horse was extremely large, with an average of more than 200 acres. These horses alone cover an area of ​​40 million acres! Twenty thousand knights' houses can be kept...

Although the Maid Department does not have so much land now, there are still millions of acres. If all the distributions are cancelled to the knights, at least 2,000 can be maintained. If the 1,000 Wu Haogu raised in Cangzhou, 3,000 knight families can still be maintained. In an emergency, these knight families can mobilize 5,000-6,000 armored cavalry.

"Oh?" Han Zhongyan asked, "What's the solution?"

"It's actually very simple." Wu Haogu said with a smile, "Let Jiehe Market pay more money and hire all the farmers in Beicangzhou. At that time, the landlords in Beicangzhou cannot rent out the land, so they can only resell them. If we offer a looser price, are we still afraid that we can't buy the land?"

Jiehe Commercial City is a large construction site, while Beicangzhou has always had very few populations. It is too close to Liao. In recent decades, it has been flooding, and it is normal for a small population. Therefore, once the Jiehe Commercial City develops, it will definitely cause customers in Cangzhou area to leave. If the landlords cannot rent out their land, they will naturally have to sell it.

"However, you have to send a good official to Cangzhou as the governor, so that you can cooperate with the subordinates to act so that there will be no storm." Wu Haogu made another request.

"Good official?" Han Zhongyan asked, "Who do you want to go?"

"It turns out that the county magistrate of Yanggu County is good," Wu Haogu said with a smile. "He is a smart official and is now in charge of the election. Why not let him go to Cangzhou."

"Okay!" Han Zhongyan said with a smile, "Dalang, I see that you are also a smart official, so I will just listen to you for a while."

...

When Wu Haogu left Han Mansion, it was already late that night. He didn't bring any "Jiujiu" and "Qianqian" left, only a golden-haired maid Oliga who was yawning.

"Origa," Wu Haogu rode on the horse, looking at the woman walking with him, "Are you tired?"

"Fortunately," Oliga's character was a bit unrestrained, and she didn't have much awareness of being a slave. "I just followed you in and out of the mansions all day long, and didn't have time to practice swordsmanship and pray to the Father."

"Don't follow tomorrow," Wu Haogu said with a smile, "I'll give you a day off."

Tomorrow, Wu Haogu will visit Xiao Baoxian, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom. Oliga, the golden beauty, is so eye-catching. Where does a golden girl riding a horse with a sword not attract attention?

"Really? That's great." Origa laughed, "I can finally sleep in."

"Well," Wu Haogu nodded with a smile, "I also want to have a good sleep, why don't we join us?"

"Together?" Oliga was shocked by Wu Haogu's proposal, "Oh my god, I didn't expect you to be so direct... I think you still treat me as a slave, right?"

"Slave?" Wu Haogu shook his head, "Origa, you are my Paladin... In a few months, I will grant you a Knights Manor and hope to get your loyalty."

"Paladin?" Oliga was stunned by the word Wu Haogu said, "My master, do you know Paladin?"

Paladin is not a car, but a transliteration of Charlemagne's Templar (Paladin). Wu Haogu made original paintings of medieval themes in later generations, so he knew this word.

"Of course I know, the warrior of Charlemagne," said Wu Haogu, "I will grant you the Valyrian sword at that time."

Oliga also said seriously: "At that time, Oliga will be loyal to you and will remain unswerving to death!"

Wu Haogu smiled, "It's not enough to be unswerving until death. Have a few more sons and train them to become Paladin.

There will be a war in the future, which will affect the survival of our civilization. I will need a lot of Paladin!”

Oliga's face turned red again when she heard this, and her heart was beating

...

"Official, why haven't you sleep yet?"

"Madam..."

On this night, Ji Yi, who was sitting in front of the desk, looked at her newlywed wife. She was not very beautiful, but full of talent. She was familiar with ancient and modern classics and sighed softly.

"What's wrong? Are you having a difficult problem?"

"Xiaoyu," Ji Yi nodded, "Someone asked me to report your grandfather's rebellion!"

"Rebellion?" Zhang Xiaoyu laughed when she heard this, "Then has my grandfather rebelled?"

"This..." Ji Yi smiled bitterly, "No, he is a loyal minister, but the general trend of the world has reversed."

Zhang Dun did not rebel, but Empress Dowager Xiang was the one who rebelled! However, such a rebellion was never based on truth, and success was never sanctioned.

"It doesn't matter if the world is in a state of reversal, justice is in the hearts of the people." When Zhang Xiaoyu spoke, she pressed her slender palm on Ji Yi's shoulder.

Ji Yi sighed bitterly: "Is there really justice in the world?"

"How could it not be?" Zhang Xiaoyu smiled, "But justice must be fought for. Officials believe in Mingzun, so they don't even know this, right?"

"Strive for it?" Ji Yi looked up at his wife, "Xiaoyu, tell me, will your grandfather give up justice and fight for it?"

"How could that be?" Zhang Xiaoyu said, "That's my grandfather, who has been the only minister for seven years, is the most powerful minister, and is the assistant to the former emperor to surrender the Western thief!"
Chapter completed!