Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 79 Shenwu Camp

Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew were in a daze, when Taichang suddenly said kindly: "Wen Zhao, do you know how the situation in Liaodong is now?"

The title of the emperor has been changed, and it seems that this marriage is firmly established.

However, the question asked by the emperor is really hard to say!
Cao Wenzhao thought for a while, and then said with shame: "Your Majesty, the last general is incompetent, and he didn't even see a Jiannu, so he followed Mr. Jiang, the general who aided Liao, and was defeated all the way to Ningyuan. At this moment, Liaoyang I really don't know what the situation is on the line from Jinzhou to Jinzhou, but I only know that Liaoyang has fallen, and Mr. Sun, the Grand Supervisor, has sent heavy troops to guard the line from Guangning to Jinzhou."

Hearing this, Taichang quickly comforted him: "I can't blame you for this. You are a commander in chief now. How could you disobey the orders of the commander in chief? I just want to ask you about the specific situation on the front lines of Ningyuan, Guangning and Jinzhou outside the pass. How's it going."

Cao Wenzhao recalled it carefully, and then he couldn't help sighing: "Guangning and Jinzhou are both fine, Mr. Sun has already recruited nearly [-] routs, and has finished reorganizing most of the routs, and they are stationed in Guangning. Ning and Jinzhou. The vicinity of Ningyuan is a bit chaotic. There are ordinary people and defeated soldiers who fled from Shenyang, Liaoyang, Haizhou, and even Gaizhou, Fuzhou, Jinzhou and other places. The number is too dense to count. It is said that most of the people in Liaodong have fled to the vicinity of Ningyuan."

How many?

This Sun Chengzong was also mentioned in the memorial, but what Sun Chengzong said was that the number of people was being counted, and no specific number was given.

However, judging from Cao Wenzhao's tone, this number is estimated to scare a person to death.

You know, there were more than 200 million civilians in Liaodong, and most of them, wouldn't that be more than [-] million!

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help being surprised: "What do you mean, there are more than 200 million ordinary people who have fled to Ningyuan?"

Cao Wenzhao nodded solemnly and said: "Looking at the dense crowd that can't be seen at a glance, there must be 200 million."

My goodness!

More than 200 million civilians who have left their homes, how can they support them?
Alas, let's see what Sun Chengzong said about this matter.

Taichang sighed slightly, and then asked again: "Wen Zhao, I heard that you have read books?"

He is actually blind, he heard shit.

However, Cao Wenzhao has indeed read books, especially the classics on the art of war. He has learned a lot. If it weren't for the serious internal fighting in the Chongzhen Dynasty, he would not have climbed to the position of chief military officer.

Question, why did the emperor suddenly ask this again?

Cao Wenzhao glanced at his nephew, and then suddenly said: "The last general has indeed read military books for several years, and Bianjiao is also studying military books with the young general at the moment."

He thought the emperor was afraid that the son-in-law he had chosen would be an illiterate reckless man.

Of course Taichang didn't mean that, he was taking an exam for Cao Wenzhao.

He thought for a while, and then asked, "Wen Zhao, how much money do you think it will cost to form [-] Jingqi?"

what?
Your Majesty jumps up to this question really fast!
But, fortunately, this Cao Wenzhao really knew about it, because the main horse ranches in Ming Dynasty were in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and he was also a horse-breeding guard, so he was not familiar with cavalry.

He just thought about it for a while, and then asked: "Your Majesty, is the price of this horse worth it?"

Since you asked, there must be a reason.

Taichang nodded without hesitation: "Forget it."

Cao Wenzhao thought about it carefully, and then said solemnly: "At the moment, horses are not cheap. A war horse costs at least a hundred taels of silver, and cavalry equipment is also very expensive. What are saddles, stirrups, and reins? . .”

Ah!
Even though Taichang was a bit rich and powerful at the moment, he was taken aback by the fee.

1000 taels!
Just kidding?
He said with a little embarrassment: "Why do you want to calculate the price of the horse? After all, there are many horse farms in Daming."

Cao Wenzhao sighed helplessly: "Your Majesty, you should know that in the battle of Sarhu, our Daming cavalry was killed and injured, and all the horses were snatched by Jiannu. Generally, horse farms don't raise too many horses. , because the rations needed by an adult horse can be calculated as the rations of four or five frontier troops, so our horse ranch will raise more than [-] adult horses at most for backup, and a large number of horses will be bred and raised to be able to It will take at least five or six years to participate in the war, so if the emperor wants to form [-] cavalry now, he will need to buy about [-] horses."

Fuck, it’s no wonder that in history, Sun Chengzong started to form the Guanning Iron Cavalry after he established the Guanning Jin Line of Defense. Isn’t that exactly five or six years after the Battle of Saarhu!

After a long time, the current Daming has neither cavalry nor many war horses!

Can I wait five or six years?
Of course can't wait!
Taichang thought for a while, then asked again: "Where did you buy the war horse?"

Cao Wenzhao said with a distressed face: "Well, in fact, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy so many horses, because most of our war horses in Ming Dynasty are from the Mongolian and Yuan tribes, countries in the Western Regions, Wusi Zangdusi and Duogandusi. The herdsmen in those places like tea and grain. If they really buy it with money, they may not necessarily sell it. Moreover, we can’t go deep into these places to buy it, because no matter whether we bring money or tea and rations in, it’s very difficult. Nine times they won’t be able to come back. We can only set up a tea-horse market at the border and let them exchange horses for things.”

Well, here comes the tea horse market again.

Taichang could only ask without shame: "Then if all the tea-horse exchanges are opened, how many war horses can be exchanged in a year?"

Cao Wenzhao made some calculations, and then estimated: "If all the tea-horse exchanges were opened, it would not be a problem to exchange more than [-] war horses a year, but we probably don't have so many tea bricks and grain to exchange."

What is going on here?
Taichang simply asked: "Why don't we have so many tea bricks and grains, can't we just buy them?"

Cao Wenzhao shook his head and sighed, "It is possible to buy grain, but it is not worth it, because now those herdsmen have learned how to trade grain. If they exchange grain, they will pay hundreds of stones for a horse, and more than 150 war horses will be worth it." More than 500 million shi of grain has to be transported to the border! In terms of tea, it used to be that one or two hundred catties of tea bricks could be exchanged for a war horse. I heard that the tea farmers in Sichuan, Shanxi, and Fujian are afraid to pick tea because the money they make from selling tea is not enough to pay taxes, so the tea bricks at the border are also Very tight, not much at all."

Fuck, 150 million shi of grain, how much is that?

That's at least hundreds of millions of catties!

Fifteen million catties of tea bricks saved nearly 500% of the shipping cost. Where can I find so many tea bricks?
These damned mine inspector tax envoys!
Alas, no way.

No matter how difficult it is, I still have it. I can't wait five or six years.

Taichang gritted his teeth secretly, and then said decisively: "Wen Zhao, you will be the commander-in-chief of the Shenwu Battalion, responsible for forming and training [-] elite cavalry. I will give you three years, do you have confidence?"

The Shenwu Battalion is also the cavalry battalion in the pro-army. He felt that the Sanqian Battalion and the Shenshu Battalion were not very pleasant, so he chose another name for himself.

He has already passed the school examination, this Cao Wenzhao is indeed a rare general, especially the common sense of cavalry, this Cao Wenzhao is simply familiar.

Therefore, he handed over this important task to Cao Wenzhao without hesitation.

When Cao Wenzhao heard the words, his jaw almost dropped to the ground in shock.

He is still only a general now, which is equivalent to a hundred households in the guard. In terms of rank, he can barely be considered a regular sixth-rank general, but the chief soldier is a regular second-rank general.

In other words, he has been promoted to eight levels in a row!
Is there such a rise?

That's all, it's nothing.

Taichang then said to Cao Bianjiao: "Bianjiao, you can force yourself to be the deputy commander-in-chief, learn from your uncle, I am optimistic about you."

This!
When Cao Bianjiao heard the words, he almost fainted happily.

He is a low-rank soldier, if counting from the ninth rank, he has been promoted to sixteen ranks in a row!

There is nothing better than cronyism.

The emperor's actions are simply, simply ecstatic!

(End of this chapter)