Farmer of Shu Han

In the northern region where agricultural activities are the mainstay, why is winter called cat winter?

Because there is no work in the field, it is too cold to do anything, so I can only squat at home and try to keep warm.

After several consecutive heavy snowfalls, all human outdoor activities in Guanzhong were almost completely blocked.

Especially like Feng Junhou, the house is big, there is a kang, and there are new people in the room.

If it weren't for the need to maintain his physical condition, and the supervision of Tiger Girl, he would even think about not even getting up early to exercise.

Of course, there are almost no human outdoor activities in Guanzhong, which means it is still there.

Ordinary people are unable to go out in such cold weather.

But at the end of the day there are people who can afford to stay warm outdoors.

For example, Zhu Ju, the son-in-law of Emperor Sun.

Along with them are Zhao Guang and Yang Wanwan—now beside Feng Junhou, one of them is a general of the Iron Armored Cavalry Army, and the other is a general of Light Armored Cavalry.

"General Yang, in such a cold day, the cavalry of the big man can still charge. It is indeed much stronger than the cavalry of the state of Wei."

Standing on the commander's platform of the school field, Zhu Ju couldn't help being amazed as he watched the cavalry below constantly change their ranks, gathering and dispersing.

Over the years, Dawu mostly went north in winter and spring.

One of the reasons is that in these two seasons, Wei's cavalry could not exert its maximum power.

In winter, riding a horse and galloping, just the cold wind blowing on the face can make people feel like a knife cut.

Not to mention riding and galloping with weapons.

As long as the cold is severe, the hands will lose feeling, and it is impossible to hold the weapon tightly, let alone swing the weapon on the horse.

As for the spring day, it is naturally because there is a lot of spring rain in Huainan, and the ground is so muddy throughout the spring day.

Although it is troublesome for Wu's infantry, the increase in river water in spring is beneficial to Wu's sailors.

However, the cavalry of Wei State could not run on the muddy road at all, let alone cross the water network whose water level had been restored.

"Now I finally understand why the traitor Wei's elite cavalry has been repeatedly defeated by Feng Junhou."

Zhu Ju looked greedily at the cavalry array that was still following the constant changes below, and couldn't help but marvel.

To be honest, if someone hadn't personally explained it, even if he entered the cavalry battalion of the Han army, he would not be able to fully understand how much effort it takes to raise a cavalry.

Especially elite cavalry like Yang Feng Junhou.

The forage and concentrate for horses, the grease on the faces of the cavalry, and the gloves in the hands, range from as small as a horseshoe to as large as the armored weapons of the cavalry.

According to the generals of the Han Dynasty, they are all particular.

There are some things that only Xinghan can provide to the military on a large scale.

Among these things, a small change may change the entire situation of the battle.

Very strict, very detailed, completely different from pawns.

Now, Han Guo showed all the details of the cavalry in front of him, without a trace of reservation, open and frank.

Knowing these things, even if Da Wu could not form a large-scale cavalry like Han did.

But at least when facing Wei Guo again, he will know what to do.

In the cold weather, Zhu Ju felt hot in his heart.

After returning to his own residence, regardless of his fatigue, he immediately picked up a pen and paper and wrote down his experience today.

After the heavy snowfall in Guanzhong, it means that it has entered the deep winter.

The days passed day by day, and on the last winter day of the fifteenth year of Jianxing, Emperor A Dou issued an edict ordering the ministers to draw up a new year name.

Then at the Great Court Meeting on New Year's Day, the reign name "Yanxi" was finally selected.

Things have come to this point, but everyone who is qualified to go to court knows one thing in their hearts:

If the emperor changes his year name at this time, it means that next year, in all likelihood, the capital will be moved to Chang'an.

It can also be seen from this that although the prime minister has passed away, there is Feng Junhou in Guanzhong, and everything is going smoothly.

Unlike his brother-in-law who was worried about the new year's name and change, Feng Junhou was very happy to spend a new year with his wife, concubine and children on New Year's Day.

Make up for the regrets of the past few years for the children.

In the past few years, Feng Junhou has been running around, fighting in the south and in the north. In the childhood of Shuangshuang and Ah Chong, the company of adults and mother is a very precious memory.

It is really as General Guan said:

If you enjoy the treatment of the Duke's family that others can't enjoy, you should have the responsibility of the Duke's family.

Just entered the first year of Yanxi, when the snow in Guanzhong began to melt, Zhu Ju couldn't wait to send troops to send a letter to Jianye urgently.

He wanted to tell Emperor Wu everything he had seen and gained in Han.

This was originally the good intention of your majesty.

Unexpectedly, the letter was almost torn to pieces as soon as it was delivered to Emperor Wu.

"How much? How much money does an armored cavalry need? How is it possible? Could it be that he wants me to disarm all the soldiers of the Great Wu and return them to the fields, and only raise this armored cavalry?"

Emperor Wu looked at the amount of money and food mentioned in the letter, and almost suffered from high blood pressure on the spot.

Regarding the fact that the cavalry army wasted too much money and food, Sun Quan was actually prepared in his heart.

But no matter how much money was spent, it couldn't stop him from wanting to form a cavalry army.

Otherwise, it would not have been trying to make friends with Liaodong for decades.

In addition to wanting to unite Liaodong, attack Wei from the north and the south, and obtain horses from Liaodong, this is also an important reason.

Wei Guo Jingqi has always been a sharp sword pressing on Wu Guo's head.

It was extremely sharp, but it made Sun Quan helpless.

The appearance of the Iron Armored Cavalry Army of the Han Dynasty finally gave Sun Quan a glimmer of hope.

Three thousand can break through one hundred thousand troops.

Only three thousand!

With Liangzhou and Longyou in the Han Kingdom, Sun Quan thought, even if he had to buy all the horses from the Han Kingdom, he would be able to gather three thousand armored horsemen even if he gritted his teeth.

That's why he was willing to open Wu's important national weapon to Han.

To be honest, if Han Guo can help Wu build an armored cavalry army, Emperor Sun Dadi is even willing to exchange Wu Guo's shipbuilding technology.

It was with this in mind that Emperor Sun chose and chose a son-in-law who was comparable to Lu Meng in his eyes, well-equipped in both civil and military affairs, and at the same time he could trust his son-in-law to go to Han.

Unexpectedly, this son-in-law has been in Han for so long, and the information he sent back actually cost money.

And it costs a lot of money.

What kind of Dafa?

Only half of Wu's taxes can support this armored cavalry army of 3,000 horses.

Is this crazy?

Da Wu has three states!

And what about the Han Kingdom before the First World War in Xiaoguan?

It's just one state plus Longyou.

And at that time Longyou had only been taken down for a few years?

Although thinking about it carefully, Shudi seems to have been very rich in the past ten years.

But no matter how rich it is, it is impossible for it to be so rich that it can spend so much money and food to build such an armored cavalry army... right?

With Zhuge Kongming's frugal appearance during his lifetime, he was willing to spend so much money?

Sun Dadi tightly squeezed the letter paper in his hand, his face was extremely ugly, and he subconsciously refused to believe the number mentioned in Zhu Shixin's letter.

After the Three Kingdoms came to power, except for the rich family property left by Cao Cao in Wei State.

Whether it is Wu State or Shu State, the old generation of generals who dominated the battlefield have gradually disappeared.

In particular, the state of Wu did not produce war horses.

Not to mention that over the years, after the old generation north of the river disappeared, it was the first time for many new generation generals to see a large-scale cavalry army in Wei State.

They even had to learn from scratch how to resist the cavalry, let alone lead the cavalry to fight.

Emperor Wu was silent for a long time, and without knowing what was on his mind, he handed one of the papers to Lu Yi, and asked:

"Lu Qing, your school office has a lot of dealings with the Han state. Is there any exaggeration in what General Zhu said in his letter about the needs of the armored cavalry?"

If it is only about the cost of ordinary cavalry, Emperor Wu can naturally guess one or two.

After all, I have never eaten pork, and I have seen pigs run.

However, this armored cavalry army appeared for the first time in this world.

Moreover, it is a military secret of the Han Dynasty. How can outsiders know the secrets in it?

Thinking of this, Sun Quan couldn't help being suspicious:

"Then Zhu Zifan, he was deceived, right?"

The so-called clever words make Feng Langjun attractive.

Over the years, even Wei Guo has spread rumors that this person is known as "Xiao Wenhe", who is indeed extremely sinister and cunning, and is a person who causes headaches in the northern Central Plains.

With Zhu Zifan's temperament of generously sacrificing money, could it be that the other party saw that he had always underestimated money, so he exaggerated the cost of the armored cavalry?

The school office led by Lu Yi is a mad dog raised by Emperor Wu. He is extremely loyal, and he can bite whoever Emperor Wu asks to bite.

However, even a dog has judgment.

Over the past few years, the School Affairs Office has maintained a good relationship with the Xinghan Association.

In addition, when the school government encountered a crisis, it was Xinghan who would step in to help, so it survived safely.

Ever since Qin Bo came back from his first mission to the Han Kingdom, the school office has received many benefits from the Xinghan Association.

And Feng Junhou is the leader of Xinghanhui.

In the absence of conclusive evidence, Lv Yi rarely said a fair word:

"As His Majesty said, General Zhu is a man with both civil and military skills. When it comes to leading the army in battle, it is really reassuring."

"But raising an army is not the same thing as leading an army. General Zhu has a disposition to care about money and has no restraint in spending money, so he may not know what the amount of money and food means."

"That's why I had to send someone back to His Majesty without carefully considering what was said in the letter."

The School Affairs Office has been continuously accumulating money over the years, which relieved Emperor Wu a lot of urgent needs.

As he got to know the treasury of the Great Wu Mansion, Lu Yi also realized more and more that the great Wu Kingdom was actually in such a predicament.

In order to support the court officials and the army, in addition to the taxes paid by the major families in Wu to the court every year.

His Majesty has to find another way to raise some money and food from the big families every year.

More or less, there is no quota, it all depends on the mood of the major families.

After thinking about it carefully, it turned out that a considerable part of the money and food in the treasury was actually controlled by the family of Wudi.

It was only at this time that Lu Yi fully understood why His Majesty was so afraid of the aristocratic families in Wu.

Originally, when King Huan entered Jiangdong, His Majesty's family had a blood feud with Jiangdong's aristocratic family.

In addition, the wealthy families of Wudi originally had their own soldiers, and most of their children held important positions in the imperial army, and controlled a considerable part of the treasury's money and food sources.

Anyone who changes will be afraid.

This also explains why the school office can turn the crisis into safety as long as it can find financial resources for His Majesty.

Whether or not Feng Junhou deceived Zhu Ju on purpose is not important to Lu Yi, since the school administration cannot get involved in military matters anyway.

But Xinghanhui's path must not be broken—at least for now, it can't be broken.

Otherwise, the school office, which is of no use to His Majesty, will soon be torn to pieces by the court officials who have long held grudges.

Sun Quan naturally didn't know what was going on in Lv Yi's mind, but he did think that Lv Yi's words were reasonable.

Immediately nodded, asked:

"Then, in your opinion, what should we do?"

An imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of Lu Yi's mouth:

"Your Majesty, it is actually not difficult to confirm the money and food consumed by the armored cavalry. I have come up with a way."

"Oh? Tell me quickly!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Quan quickly said:

"In this world, only the Han Dynasty has armored cavalry. If they insist on this price, we may not have any good solution. I am worrying, I didn't expect you to have a solution?"

Lv Yi made a promise, and then suggested:

"Why don't your majesty send someone who is good at arithmetic to go to Han in the name of contacting General Zhu?"

"For the outside world, it can be said that more people are sent to assist General Zhu, but in fact, secretly, they can dismantle the things needed by the armored cavalry one by one, and then calculate the money and food needed by each department."

"For example, the geometry of the horses, the geometry of the armor, whether the weapons are special, and so on."

"As long as it can be built by my Great Wu, it can be calculated at the price of Great Wu."

"As for the parts that only Han can provide, you can ask if you can teach Da Wu? Or see if it can be cheaper..."

"Based on this calculation, even if the money and food consumed by an armored cavalry army cannot be greatly reduced, it must be less than that provided by a whole iron cavalry army provided by Han."

Sun Quan was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Good!"

Zhu Zifan only said in the letter that the Han country needed money and food to support three thousand armored cavalry, but he did not expect that it was all said by the Han people.

If the iron armor and the like were all built by Da Wu himself, it would definitely be much cheaper.

Over there in Wuchang, there is a big iron mine!

When the capital was not moved a few years ago, I still forged tens of thousands of swords there.

But Sun Quan thought of another question:

"I'm afraid that Han is only willing to sell iron armor, and is unwilling to teach us how to make it."

Lu Yi smiled slightly:

"Your Majesty, I remember that the Han Dynasty sent people to learn how to handle ships for nearly two years, but Your Majesty has not taught them how to build warships?"

Sun Quan suddenly came to his senses:

"Wonderful! The method of building iron armor is replaced by the method of building warships. It's wonderful!"

With that said, he said with some complacency:

"If the Han Dynasty must sell us the iron armor, we can also sell them the warship!"

He took two steps back and forth, looked at Lu Yi again, and said approvingly:

"How did you come up with this method? It's really good."

Lu Yi said modestly:

"The School Office has been dealing with the Han Kingdom for a long time, and the Xinghan Society used arithmetic to calculate the price of goods. Although I am dull, I know a thing or two about its methods."

"Okay, okay!" Sun Quan laughed, "How about going to Han to calculate the money and food consumed by the armored cavalry, and leave it to your school affairs office?"

Lu Yi was overjoyed, and hurriedly prostrated himself: "Your Majesty, I will definitely live up to your Majesty's expectations!"