At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

A large number of horses are needed in business, and horses are also used in some agricultural areas. The government transmits news, and the five-hundred-mile express and the six-hundred-mile express use horses as consumables. After running down in one trip, people are half dead from exhaustion. , the horse can't get up...

It is easy to reduce the output by slapping your head now, but it will be really difficult to increase the number of war horses in the future if there is a problem.

Guo Peng thought for a moment, then spoke slowly.

"As far as I know, apart from the best horses raised in the military stud farms, some of them can be supplied to the civilian population, so that they can be used in commerce, right?"

"There is indeed such a thing, but it is not directly responsible for this."

Xian Yufu replied: "The minister is only responsible for handing over the best horses to the army for selection, and the army takes away the best ones they need, and it's hard to say about the remaining second-class ones, they are all handed over to the Ministry of War The chariot department went to arrange it.

They are responsible for disposing of these remaining horses, or handing them over to merchants, government officials, and post stations. What the minister can know, the minister is only responsible for raising horses. "

Guo Peng nodded.

This is also the rule he temporarily set in the early years of Yande.

Back then, too, there were some unmanageable armies picking out the remaining horses.

After Guo Peng received the report, he decided to release all the horses left over from the army every year, except for the excellent stallions and ponies, and hand them over to other places that needed horses, and they could get some money back. It can also be regarded as an income that can be used further.

With the further development of the Wei Empire, especially the further development of the commodity economy, the demand for such transportation capacity of horses will inevitably increase.

In the foreseeable future, Guo Peng can imagine that the continuous caravans use horses as their transport capacity, and the continuous carriages walk on the commercial roads.

From Jiangnan to Jiangbei, from Henan to Hebei, from Guanzhong to the Western Regions, from Shuzhong to Nanzhong, horses are everywhere.

The galloping horses and the wide road will eventually link the Wei Empire closely together.

Right now, the folks can only use the army to use the remaining horses as transportation capacity, and the number is limited. I heard that some caravans even use donkeys, mules, and oxen to pull carts and travel everywhere.

Guo Peng thought for a moment.

"Xian Yuqing, do you think there is a great demand for horses among the people?"

Guo Peng's question made Xian Yuyin feel a little strange.

"Your Majesty, the people's demand for horses... is naturally huge, right? Don't you think so?"

"Well, I think, otherwise, it is better to officially allow the people to order horses from the imperial court. You should follow the original model, let the army choose the best part, and sell the rest to the people who travel north and south. Merchants who need a lot of horses."

Guo Peng opened his mind: "We can't digest it ourselves, so we have to use other methods to consume it. Good war horses definitely need more quantity to ensure that the best part is given to the army, and the rest will be sold." Lose.

And it doesn't have to be all sold within the country of Wei, but they can also be sold outside. Our horses are improved with Dawan horses. They are tall, with strong limbs, fast running speed, first-class burst and durability.

Such high-quality goods, such high-quality horses, why worry that there is no place to sell them?It is easy to reduce production, but once there is a problem and needs to increase production, it will not be a matter of one or two years. I will help you with this matter. "

Guo Peng patted his chest and decided to find more outlets for Wei Empire's high-quality horses besides the army.

He decided to find some long-term partners and use the power of the people to keep the scale of horse breeding.

The Wei Empire has a great demand for horses. Without excellent horses, the Wei Empire will lose effective control over border areas such as Mozhou and Pingzhou.

Once this type of frontier area is out of control, the strategic security of the northern part of the Wei Empire will be greatly threatened. This is a situation that Guo Peng does not want to see, so the number of horses must not be small, and the Wei Empire still needs to raise a large number of horses.

During the discussion, half an hour passed.

At the last moment, a few minutes before the official in charge of timing called out the time, Guo Chengzhi put down the pen in his hand, breathed a sigh of relief, and began to check.

But Jiang Wei did not.

Jiang Wei didn't wake up like a dream until the timing official called out the time, and was forced to put down his pen.

Then he turned his head to look at Guo Chengzhi, seeing Guo Chengzhi's confident expression, Jiang Wei gritted his teeth, full of unwillingness and regret.

Although there are not many questions, the amount of calculation is huge. Both he and Guo Chengzhi used a lot of paper for calculations - if paper is not a rare thing, the subject of mathematics will never develop.

Mathematical calculus is really too waste paper.

Jiang Wei thought so.

Chapter 1524 One thousand four hundred and sixty four

The officials sent the two test papers to Guo Peng. Guo Peng looked at the two test papers and then looked up at the two people standing in front of him.

Guo Chengzhi with a confident face, and Jiang Wei who is a little bit unwilling.

"Okay, let me see who is better among you. When I judge the test paper, I don't just look at the final answer, I also look at your steps in answering the questions. If you make mistakes in the steps, you will also have to deduct points."

Guo Peng picked up the brush and tapped a little of the vermilion ink in the inkstone.

After a while, Guo Peng announced the results.

He handed over the two test papers to Guo Chengzhi and Jiang Wei respectively.

The two split equally.

Guo Chengzhi made a calculation error in the last small part of one of the major questions, so that he lost half of the marks for that question.

Jiang Wei didn't make a mistake in his calculations, but he didn't finish the last part of the last big question, and directly lost half of his marks.

Jiang Wei looked at Guo Chengzhi's test paper, and Guo Chengzhi also looked at Jiang Wei's test paper, and their faces changed.

"These five questions are not very difficult, but the calculations are very cumbersome and the amount is heavy. It will test your patience, carefulness, and your determination."

Guo Peng looked at the two of them: "Chengzhi, sometimes the more you want to win, the harder it is to win. It's like this in exams, in governing a country, in marching and fighting. Concentration is very important. Jiang Wei, there are many traces of alterations in your test paper." , Is it that difficult to calm down and complete a calculation? You are too anxious."

Both of them looked ugly.

"Father, Cheng Zhi knows his mistake."

"The emperor, the students know their mistakes."

Guo Peng nodded slowly.

"In my 20 years of marching and fighting, I have faced countless enemies, fought countless battles, and faced danger to my life several times. From this, I realized a truth that the battle on the battlefield is not determined by one battle.

A big victory is often the accumulation of many small victories. This requires the commander to have enough concentration, enough patience, and enough forbearance. Only in this way can he wait until the opponent shows his flaws. Only in this way can he have a one-hit kill Chance. "

Guo Peng's eyes were very sharp.

Guo Chengzhi immediately nodded to show that he understood.

Jiang Wei nodded and felt a little bit of doubt and unreality—is the Supreme Emperor teaching him?

But this is not important, the literary fight is over, and the next is the martial arts.

There are many excellent war horses here, and there are enough protective gears. One should be fully equipped, and the field is wide enough for the two of them to fight on the horse.

After the three artifacts of the cavalry were installed in the Wei army, the combat equipment of the Wei army cavalry also changed a lot.

From simple spears and ring-head knives to various horse combat weapons, such as the ultimate weapon, the mace, which can only be used by armored heavy cavalry of the Wei army, and the hand-to-hand spear, which is shorter than the spear but easy to wield, And the lengthened and heavier ring head knife and so on.

With the focus, the cavalry can use more combat weapons, perform many tactical actions on the horse, and chase the enemy for a long time to kill like the infantry.

Instead of the original turn-based combat mode in which the cavalry of the two armies hedged once and again, seized the gap between the hedges to assassinate, and missed a hit and turned around again.

It was because the Xianbei people were not familiar with the suddenly innovative cavalry tactics of the Wei army that they were hit by the iron cavalry of the Wei army. They were destroyed by the iron armored cavalry of the Wei army.

Now, the cavalry of the Wei army can basically sit on the horse and wield long and short weapons to fight against the opponent, and the ability to fight on horseback is also included in the standard of the Wei army's technical and tactical assessment.

A person who is not good at horse fighting cannot exist as an excellent cavalry.

Guo Chengzhi began to practice leg strength, horseback riding and horse martial arts at a very young age. Whether he can use it or not, he always has to learn it.

Jiang Wei was born in a big family, and later the family collapsed but his father was still an official. Obviously, there would be no shortage of resources to teach him this ability.

The two wore protective gear, held wooden long sticks, and were equipped with wooden knives, planning to have a protracted battle to determine the outcome.

Wen Dou didn't enjoy himself enough, and it was a tie. Both Guo Chengzhi and Jiang Wei were very dissatisfied.

After getting on the horse, facing each other two by two, the two began to talk harshly.

"Jiang Wei, your math is not bad, but it doesn't look as good as what you said. Now I just don't know if your martial arts skills are as good as your words."

"If you want to know Wei Ma's martial arts skills, you just have to give it a try. Wei will never let you down!"

"it is good!"

Guo Chengzhi grinned, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and rushed away first.

Not to be outdone, Jiang Wei clamped his legs between the horse's belly and ran away against Guo Chengzhi.

The two shouted their familiar slogans, and soon they fought together, and the wooden sticks struck each other, making a heavy impact sound.

Obviously, neither of them held back.

To be honest, Guo Chengzhi is very happy.

His horse martial arts skills were learned from the officers of the Imperial Army in the palace.

All of these officers are good fighters on horseback, even the soldiers. Guo Chengzhi has practiced hard for many years and has made rapid progress.

The only thing that made him dissatisfied was that the officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army were intimidated by his status as the eldest grandson of the emperor, so they did not dare to really hit him hard.

They always point to the end and keep their hands everywhere, for fear that he will hurt somewhere, which makes Guo Chengzhi feel that he can't be a real master of martial arts on horseback.

He really likes to learn the combat skills of martial arts immediately.

Because of studying all kinds of cultural knowledge for a long time and the high requirements of the Guowei royal family for the royal children, he was exhausted physically and mentally. He was exhausted from doing questions, endorsing books, and learning new knowledge.

Only in martial arts courses such as martial arts on horseback, he can release himself to his heart's content, relieve pressure, roar loudly, and vent all the pressure through roaring and galloping.

So he likes martial arts right away very much.

As a result, this group of sparring partners made it difficult for him to enjoy himself.

Now that he met a Lengtouqing who dared to fight with him with real skills, he was very happy, and he cheered up and used all his skills to fight fiercely with Lengtouqing.

Seeing the two of them making all kinds of difficult tactical moves on horseback, as well as the dangerous moments of fighting, Xian Yuyin was a little terrified.

"Too high, this is too dangerous, let them stop!"

"Don't worry, this is just the beginning, if you continue, it will be even more exciting."

"Young emperor, young people are prone to impulsiveness, and they don't know how to act. If this is a real fire, if it hurts somewhere, then..."

"Aren't you wearing protective gear?"

"The protective gear is not perfect. If you get injured or fall off the horse, you will still be injured even if you wear the protective gear."

"It's just an injury, it's better than death. When I led troops to fight, which time didn't I go back with my head? Why, they are more expensive and can't be injured?"

Guo Peng squinted at Xian Yuyin with dissatisfaction.

"This... the Supreme Emperor, this..."

Xian Yuyin lost his temper because of Guo Peng.

Guo Peng waved his hand.

"Let them fight as much as they want, and the outcome will be determined. Both of them have to beat each other, so that they can know that there are people who are beyond others. , Only when you are beaten with a stick do you know what it means to be humble!"

Guo Peng set the tone, no matter what, let them fight.

So a large group of people surrounded their fierce slag field, watching this slightly immature but equally intense horse fighting from a close distance.

The two refused to give in to each other, and tried their best for each other. When the sticks collided, the voice was full of strength, and the voice was roaring, as if the opposite was killing his father and enemy, and there was a kind of irreconcilable momentum.

In the middle of the fight, the wooden sticks of the two were actually broken due to excessive force. The two were stunned for a moment, then quickly pulled out the wooden knife with a tacit understanding, and began to fight passionately again.

"Hahahaha! Well played! Well played! Harder! Harder!"

Guo Peng not only didn't think it was dangerous, but cheered loudly, and kept fanning the flames to fuel the flames, causing the two men to fight on horseback.

The two were young and full of firepower, and they fought each other with red eyes when they were fighting, and all their moves were slashed at the vital places, so that Xian Yuyin didn't dare to look directly, for fear of seeing some terrible scene.

So is the Supreme Emperor, why is he so bold?

What if I get hurt somewhere?

The horses were neighing, people were roaring, and the two young boys contributed a very exciting personal duel. The people watching around were nervous and thought it was very exciting.

At the end of the fight, the strength of the two of them could not hold up, and even the horses showed signs of being unable to hold up.

Seeing Jiang Wei gasping for breath, Guo Chengzhi plucked up his courage, swung the wooden knife and slashed at Jiang Wei several times in a row, and then used all his strength to throw the wooden knife away in Jiang Wei's hand. Jiang Wei finally I can't hold it anymore.

But probably the last move used up all of Guo Chengzhi's strength, and he didn't hold the knife in his hand, so the knife came out of his hand, so the two of them flew out together.

The difference was that Jiang Wei was made to fall backward by this move, lost his balance, fell off the horse and fell to the ground, while Guo Chengzhi held the horse's neck with both hands, and managed to stabilize his body without falling.

"Rescue."