Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 500
The most important point is to set up emergency relief warehouses in various places. Once a disaster occurs, go to the rescue immediately.

A few days later, more than [-] big mules came to Dongping Mansion Luoma Official Market. They were two-year-old and young. They were not very strong, about [-] catties, but they were authentic iron-hoofed mules. , which is very different from the soft-hoofed mule.

Two-year-old mules can work, but they cannot do heavy work. After all, they belong to the growth period, and the price is cheap during this period.

In Liujia Village in the north of Dongping City, Liu Datou is discussing things with his father.

"Father, let's discuss something with you. Both of us are going to buy mules, one for each family."

Dad looked at Liu Datou and said, "My son, are you crazy? That mule is 20 taels of silver a head, although it is two taels cheaper than the market price, but it is only two years old, and it will take two or three years before it can really do a big job. How about it, we two The family buys one, father will pay ten taels of silver, you will pay ten taels of silver, and use it together for farming and work, dad is only one of your sons, and I can’t lose you.”

"Father, you don't understand the current market. The government wants to realize the animal power of agriculture, which means that animals must be used to pull carts on the plowing land. Mules are the best among large animals. Now there are so many corn stalks in the house, it is not bad for a bite." Yes. Two mules can plow the land deeply, and it is no problem to plow ten acres of land a day with a Quyuan plow. One mu is ten Wen, and one day is one hundred Wen." Liu Datou persuaded.

Dad shook his head: "Silly boy, our family only has twenty acres of land, and two mules are really useless."

"Why don't you understand? No matter how popular large animals are, it is impossible for every household to have them. Most households still don't have them. Moreover, mules can not only plow land, but also harvest potatoes, peanuts, sweet potatoes, etc. There are live animals all year round. , we father and son are going to get rich."

Dad is very excited. He has made a small fortune in the past few years. He has made a lot of money by raising silkworms. In addition, last year's more than 2 catties of corn were sold for a lot of money.There is still enough money to buy mules.

The father and son took a closer look, and bought two mules cruelly. They are both male fan mules. Although they are only two years old, they are basically grown in size.Try farming the land, basically there is no problem, they are all able to do it.

It is no problem for a single mule to farm three mu of land a day, but a group of two mules can do eight mu of land.

But someone who sells mules said that mules are still young, so try not to use too much force, and they can only be considered mature when they are four or five years old.

Liu Datou works leisurely every day, two people, two mules.Plowing potatoes for others can easily take five acres of land a day, regardless of food and drink, and you can still get fifty cents a day.This is a lot of money. If it was released before, it would not be able to get [-] Wen in a month.

Almost every day is not idle, harvesting potatoes, harvesting sweet potatoes, plowing land, etc., can do 23 or [-] days of work in a month.

The focus of animal power on Jingdong Road is mules, but the focus is on the donkeys that are scattered and raised by the people.

Breed donkeys and mules in large quantities.In addition, there are yellow cattle, represented by Jeju, Mizhou, and Yizhou. The yellow cattle that are abundant in the mountainous areas here are small, hard, and small in size, slightly larger than a donkey, weighing more than 700 catties.

But this kind of scalper is best at pulling carts on plowing land, walking fast, and there is no problem with sixty or seventy miles a day.

Mules and horses bred by the government are still used by the army.

Just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather is getting colder and the grass is yellow in autumn.

In previous years, this time was the time when the surrounding small countries came to play Grass Valley, but this year is different.

The Xixia Kingdom was beaten and disabled, and Daliao was also severely beaten last year.

The imperial court enlisted three armies to destroy the Liao Kingdom, and the first Western Army, with 5 troops, attacked northward from Taiyuan Mansion.

The 3 troops of Zhending Prefecture on the second route attacked the hinterland of Liao from Zhen to the north.

The 3-strong Daming Army of the third route attacked the eastern part of the Liao Kingdom from Jizhou to the north.

The Third Route Army Ma Qi mobilized, and there were 10 people who mobilized to transport food alone.

On the border of the Great Song Dynasty on the West Road, at the camp of the Western Army, Tong Guan's face was full of displeasure.

This year there have been fierce battles, fighting the Xixia people in the early spring, the Fangla army in the summer, and the Daliao Kingdom in the fall.

Especially when fighting Fang La, Fang La's army was full of fierce generals.The strength of the Western Army was greatly injured, and [-] of the [-] elite actually died in battle. Although the losses were made up by soldiers, the supplementary troops were the imperial troops from the Beijing camp, all of whom were sons of wealthy families. It's no wonder Tong Guan is happy.

The strength of the Western Army was greatly reduced. For this reason, Tong Guan specially brought Yang Zhi and Suo Chao from the Daming Mansion to serve as the vanguard.This is a two-element fierce general, and after a long battle, Tong Guan has a little balance.

In front, Yang Zhi and Suo Chao led 100 light cavalry to sentry more than [-] miles ahead of the Western Army.

The most important thing for the vanguard sentry is to see if there are any ambushes. The light cavalry is more well-shielded on the battlefield and shuttles back and forth.The second is to build roads, build bridges, find water sources, chop firewood, and find suitable camping sites.

Yang Zhi picked up the cowhide water bag and took a sip of water, saying, "Why are my eyelids twitching all the time today? Did something happen?"

Suo Chao scolded: "Bird, the general died before the battle, and the side of the crock well was broken. One day when we are pioneers, we won't be licking blood with knives."

"It's not that I'm afraid of death. There's no one who survives a war. I'm afraid that I'll delay Commander Tong's important event and lead the army into a ditch without a good sentinel." Yang Zhi said.

The army rested for a while, and Yang Zhi ordered: "The army will move forward and move on."

Three thousand light cavalry mounted their horses and continued on their way.

Less than five or six miles ahead, a big mountain appeared in front of me, with steep mountains and strange rocks and mountains.

Take the map and call the guide.

Yang Zhi asked the guide: "What mountain is ahead?"

"Ahead is the Lianglang Mountain. The mountain is steep and the road passes through the canyon."

Yang Zhi's heart skipped a beat. This is the place where his ancestor died. Yang Linggong was trapped by Liao soldiers here, and he had no choice but to hit the stele to death.

With a wave of Yang Zhiling's flag, a team of 50 people went in and bent their bows and set up arrows, shooting arrows towards the steep places on both sides. This is the way to check for ambushes.

The team ran back and forth in the canyon, and came out to report: "There is no ambush, and we can pass safely."

Yang Zhi suddenly remembered that he had met Chai Lin in Daming Mansion a month ago, the two were no strangers to each other, they could be regarded as friends, so they found a tavern for a drink.

Chai Lin took out two sets of soft armor and gave them to Yang Zhi and Suo Chao, one set each.

Finally, he took out another package and said, "Brother Yang Zhi, this is a treasure. But don't open it when you are free. You must open it when you encounter a wolf."

"Why do you have to open it when you meet a wolf?"

"The Daoist Gongsun in our army said that brother Yang is good at all kinds of martial arts, but there is a disaster in his life, because your surname is sheep, and you are easy to miss when you meet a wolf."

Yang Zhi took Chai Lin's treasure and didn't take it seriously, but kept hiding it close to his body.

I didn't expect to be frightened today, two wolves mountain, two wolves catch sheep and still run away?

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