Taiping Inn

People are more conscious. Li Xuan knows that he is not good at fighting and killing the world, but how to occupy the world is completely incompetent. So he never thought of becoming an emperor himself, and his idea was to find the right person to govern the world.

This candidate is not about a certain person, but a group of people.

In the end, he chose Liaodong.

It seems that Liaodong did not disappoint him now.

Then he will not disappoint Liaodong next.

However, Li Xuan was not in a hurry to see Chaoyang Mansion. Next, he went to the camp of the Liaodong border army. However, because Qin Xiang was away, Li Xuan did not enter the camp, but just watched the army from afar and then watched the army from a distance. , and left quietly. Go south from Liaozhou and come to Fengzhou.

Fengzhou is located between Youzhou and Liaozhou, and it is neither up nor down. There are also large areas of military farmland here, but not military farms, but civil farms. In these chaotic times, food is almost equal to silver, and sometimes it is even more reliable than silver. Therefore, Liaodong has achieved an almost pathological pursuit of farming and has been engaged in farming in the three states.

The so-called military farming means reclaiming wasteland. According to the identity of the people who have cultivated the cultivation, they are divided into military camps, civil camps and commercial camps. Among the three prefectures of Liaodong, Youzhou has the largest population and the least wasteland. Most of the land that can grow grain has long been reclaimed, and most of the military farms are commercial villages. Liaozhou has the smallest population and the most wastelands. Because it is close to the border, it mainly focuses on military garrisons. Fengzhou is in the middle of the three prefectures, both in population and wasteland area, mainly in civilian towns.

Of course, not all crops are planted in military farms, but also crops such as soybeans, and even some medicinal materials, but the area is small.

In addition to farming, there is Ma Zheng.

Looking at the whole world, there are five major horse-producing areas.

The first is the northwest horse-producing area, including some Western Regions, as well as Qinzhou, Liangzhou and other places.

The second is the horse-producing area in the northern part of the Selangor, which is the vast grassland ruled by the Jinguan Royal Court, where all dynasties established the horse-stories. Before the fall of the northwest, the Wei court did not short of horses, and often closed the markets to suppress the price of horses in the golden tent.

The third is the southwest horse-producing area, mainly Shuzhou and Yunzhou.

The fourth is the horse-generated area of ​​Central China. Since ancient times, cyclists and horse-raising have been quite popular. Raising horses has become a trend, and it has declined for a while later. Yanmen Pass in Jinzhou is the entrance to the northern horse breeding area, and the imperial court set up a pastoral supervisor in Hedong Prefecture, Jinzhou.

The fifth is the horse-producing area in Liaodong, which is mainly concentrated in Fengzhou and Liaozhou, with Fengzhou as the main one. Emperor Taizong once set up Liaodong Yuanma Temple to preside over the raising of horses. Now it has returned to Liaodong. Qin Qing and Zhao Zheng have established a total of seven. In a large ranch, there are as many as 500,000 motors. If there are many sporadic small ranchs, it can reach as many as 700,000. In addition to war horses, inferior horses can also replace plowing cattle and become the livestock for cultivation. Nowadays, the three prefectures of Liaodong have become the place with the largest number of horses besides the golden tent.

Li Xuan did not go to the famous seven ranches with Qin Su, but went to an inconspicuous small ranches. This is also what Li Xuandu likes to do the most, seeing the big ones from the small.

With Li Xuandu's realm cultivation, no one in the ranch could find his trace. He first fell into the office of the ranch supervisor here and found the list. According to the list, the pasture covers an area of ​​400 miles, and has shepherded 80 groups of mules and horses, about 13,000, and twelve groups of jungle horses, more than 2,000.

A small ranch is of such a scale, and Li Xuan can already imagine how magnificent the seven ranchs are.

Qin Su knew a lot about the ranch. While walking with Li Xuan in the ranch, he said, "What you fear most is horse plague. If so many horses gather together, if you can't stop them, you will die in a thousand. Not to mention the losses, the horse meat that died of illness cannot be eaten, and it will take manpower to bury it. If it is better in summer, the land in Liaodong in winter is harder than the iron. Ordinary people can't bury a horse after digging for a long time, so they may not ask for a clan. Disciples or military masters took action, but this is also a hard job for those with cultivation. I remember that when I was a child, there was a horse plague, and even Uncle Jing went there in person, and he was half tired. .”

Li Xuandu asked, "Even if there is no horse plague, there will be normal casualties. What is some right and some wrong? Is there any constitution in it?"

Qin Su thought for a while and replied, "All ranches are under the command of the Liaodong Yuanma Temple. The school is taken every three years. There are fixed quotas for the number of breeding and death counts. The number of breeding exceeds the quota, and there are rewards. The number of death count exceeds the quota. , it is a punishment. If the number of deaths of less than eight per hundred horses is considered to be excellent, and everyone will receive rewards as usual from top to bottom. If the number of deaths of more than thirteen, then everyone will be punished. Eight per horses It is considered good and has no merits or faults. If a horse plague occurs and the response is not effective, even the third-rank Yuanmasiqing and the fourth-rank Yuanmasi Shaoqing will not be exempted from liability."

The office of Yuanma Temple is the same as that of Taipu Temple, and is a third-rank yamen. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, Siyuan Ma Temple was established in the north Zhili, Liaodong, northwest and southwest. Each temple has one minister and one Shaoqing. The temple chief has no fixed member. Each of them has six supervisors and twenty-four gardens. The gardens are divided into three levels. The upper gardens have tens of horses, seven thousand horses in the middle garden, and four thousand in the lower garden. Yuanma Temple supervises the raising of horses in each garden and obeys the Ministry of War.

Later, the Yuanma Temple in Zhili, Bei was incorporated into Taipu Temple. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, it was discussed that the Liaodong Yuanma Temple was renamed, but the old system was not renamed. Gebeiyuanma Temple. During the reign of Emperor Shizong, the Minister of the Ma Temple in Liaodong Yuan and the governor of some military and civilians in the garrison were ordered to lead the troops to prepare for the affairs.

Today, the Liaodong Horse Temple has in fact become a subordinate of Liaodong Governor Zhao Zheng, and no longer obeys the Ministry of War and Imperial Household Department of the court. Moreover, the Liaodong Horse Temple has been expanded by more than double. According to the old system, a Horse Temple has 24 gardens. Even if all of them are upper gardens with more than 10,000 horses, there are only 240,000 horses. Moreover, it is impossible for all Horse Temples to be upper gardens. Now the Liaodong Horse Temple has 500,000 horses, which is equivalent to the original two Horse Temples, so Zhao Zheng has added a Shaoqing.

Qin Su paused for a moment and continued, "In short, human nature is greedy. Such a large horse farm cannot be turned into a clean government office. The government offices in various prefectures and cities have fire consumption silver, and the horse farm also has a casualty quota of about 10%. If you give 100% of the fodder money, you only need to complete 90% of the horse-raising task. If you complete it well, the extra 10% is a reward. If you only know how to eat empty salaries, and take the money for 100 horses to raise 90 horses, it's fine if nothing goes wrong. Once something goes wrong, the vacant quota plus the casualties exceed 10%, and you will be severely punished. At the least, the family will be confiscated, and at the worst, the life will be in danger. "

Li Xuandu nodded and said, "Rewards and punishments are clear."

Li Xuandu said again, "I didn't expect you to know so much about the horse farm."

Qin Su said, "I was still young at that time, and I was with my father most of the time. It happened that my father was busy with the horse farm, so I remember it very clearly."

Just then, a herder came back from releasing the horses, and countless horses' hooves trampled on the ground, like thunder. Even though they were still far away, Li Xuandu and Qin Su could clearly feel the vibration coming from their feet. This was just a group of horses, not the armored cavalry. I really don't know what a terrifying scene it would be when thousands of cavalry charged. Ordinary people in the rivers and lakes who were not in the upper three realms would be crushed into meat paste at a glance.

Li Xuandu and Qin Su avoided the group of horses and admired the scene of these horses running from the side. Li Xuandu didn't know much about horses, but seeing that these horses had bright fur colors, they should all be good horses.

After seeing this small ranch, Li Xuandu didn't want to go to the seven ranches again. A small ranch covers an area of ​​more than 400 miles, and the seven ranches are probably thousands of miles. The horses are crowded like the tide, and he can't tell whether they are good or bad. At the same time, he admired Qin Qing and Zhao Zheng more and more for accumulating such a large foundation in Liaodong.

After leaving this ranch, Li Xuandu went to see several settlements and even chatted with several people for a while, feeling a lot. Liaodong is certainly not the ideal world of Datong in Confucianism. There is no such thing as locking doors at night and picking up lost items on the road. There are also evil officials and cruel officials, and there are also poor people, but most people can still live and work in peace and not be displaced. For ordinary people, it is enough.

Datong world is not built in a day. If even the most basic food, clothing, housing and transportation cannot be guaranteed, then the rest is just castles in the air.

If the current situation of the three states in Liaodong can be expanded to the two capitals and nineteen states, then Li Xuandu can be at ease and drunk in the world.

In addition, there are a large number of craftsman workshops in Fengzhou, and they are not small in scale, with hundreds of people at most, and some large workshops even have thousands of people. In addition to metallurgy and iron smelting, casting swords, guns, armor and other military equipment, there is also a gunpowder department responsible for casting firearms. In addition to the common tiger squat cannon, three-eyed gun, and bird gun, there are also various fire mines, but they are not as good as the level of Taipingzong.

Today, the Liaodong army is still dominated by cavalry, but it is also equipped with a large number of firearms. Well-made firearms can be comparable to bows and arrows in power, and there is no requirement for arm strength. It takes three years to train a horse archer, and ordinary people can master firearms in a few months. This is the biggest advantage of firearms.

Although Qin Qing was a warrior, he did not despise firearms. For this reason, although he did not directly abolish the artisans, he no longer regarded them as inferiors, greatly improving the treatment of the artisans, and there were various reward and punishment measures, which made the artisans in the major workshops very hard-working. Even many artisans in the interior of the country heard about it. Some people took advantage of the lax control of the court and came to Liaodong with their families.

The court also had firearms, but because the artisans were poorly treated, the eunuchs were greedy, and the government was corrupt, the quality of the firearms was extremely poor, and they often exploded, hurting themselves before hurting others. Ordinary officers and soldiers were very afraid of firearms, kept away from them, and their level of using firearms was far inferior to that of Liaodong.

At this time, Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh. The last time he came to Liaodong, he only saw the tip of the iceberg. He only knew that Liaodong made the court afraid, but he didn't know how and why it was afraid.

Now, he finally saw the true face of Liaodong. It was like a ferocious tiger, crouching outside the Great Wall and looking down on the world.