Wentang

Chapter 418 Ma Zheng
"Why did you enter the palace today?" Li Shimin asked.

"That...cough cough..." Yue Shan coughed dryly, and was suddenly a little embarrassed to speak.

"Why are you old men mother-in-law? Tell me quickly." Li Shimin mocked.

Yue Shan got angry when he said something so aggressive, "Ma, saint, should you pay back the horse you owe me?"

"What do you owe your horse? When did I owe you a horse? Besides, I am a dignified sage of the Tang Dynasty, am I a person who does not pay back what I owe?" Li Shimin also said angrily.

"You just owe me horses. The 28 Arabian horses were snatched by Cheng Zhijie, the Duke of the old country." Yue Shan saw that he wanted to renege on the debt, and became anxious.

Li Shimin's eyes moved, and he remembered that he had this problem when he was still the King of Qin.And just a few days ago, the pastor said that a group of excellent war horses had been bred, and it seemed that the stallions were these Arabian horses.

But... we are the emperor who wants to save face, okay, how can we slap ourselves in the face when we splash water when we speak out.So he pulled his face and said:

"Nonsense, how could I steal your horse if I was rich in the world. You said it was the hand of Su Guogong, then go and call him over to confront him and see if it was my order."

"You..." Yue Shanqi's chest hurts, shameless, shameless.Cheng Yaojin went to the Luzhou area to suppress the Tieshan Liaoren rebellion. He was not in the capital. Where could he find someone to confront him.

Besides, with Cheng Yaojin's thick skin, nine times out of ten he would never admit that this happened.Even if you admit it, you will only blame other people, and you will never forget you.

"Oh!" Li Shimin pretended to be enlightened and said: "Recently, the animal husbandry supervisor has bred a new batch of good horses. Don't you want a few horses? You can tell me if you want them. With the relationship between our monarch and his ministers, how could I refuse? You. Alright, I see, I will let the pastor send you a few horses when I turn back."

"..." Yue Shan rolled his eyes, he was too lazy to talk to him.

"Okay, don't be angry. The country also has difficulties in the country, you have to understand." Li Shimin sighed suddenly: "The Turkic people are powerful, blocking the grassland and our horse trade. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, we have been preparing Suffering from a lack of horses."

"Although the imperial court has established a horse farm in Longyou, it can provide very few war horses every year. Without horses, it is impossible to form cavalry, and without cavalry, it will always be on the defensive when fighting against the Turks."

"Since the defeat of Jieli last year, Jieli's dominance over the grassland has declined, and only some war horses have flowed into the Central Plains, but there is still a long way to go to form a huge cavalry. If this continues, the counterattack against the Turks is nowhere in sight."

What he said just now was more of a joke. Seeing that Li Shimin brought the topic to Ma Zheng, he also stopped joking.

Although he knew that it was only a few years before the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Turks, the lack of horses in the Central Plains Dynasty was a historical problem.

It's okay to say that the Central Plains Dynasty was strong, but if the ruling power was a little weak, and a powerful force appeared in the north, it blocked the horse trade in minutes, so that the Central Plains could not form a large-scale cavalry, especially the Song Dynasty.

So it is very important to solve this problem once and for all.He also began to search in his memory for a mature solution to the shortage of war horses in later generations.

The source of war horses mostly depends on the northern grasslands. Although there are Yunnan horses and Sichuan horses in the south, they are not as good as the northern war horses.

The ancients had already thought about other methods of raising war horses that could be used, and it was difficult to come up with new methods.

But...is there really no way?After all, Yue Shan is a time traveler, and his vision and way of thinking are different from those of the ancients.Problems that were difficult for the ancients to solve may not necessarily be impossible for him.

"Saint, horses don't have to be raised on the grasslands in the north. There are also many good pastures on the sea where horses can be raised." Yue Shan said.

"On the sea?" Li Shimin was taken aback for a moment, but he was a smart person after all, so he immediately reacted and said, "You mean on the island?"

"The wise man is on the island." Yue Shan said.

"But the racecourse needs a large area, as well as pastures and water sources. Are there such islands in the sea?" Li Shimin asked.

"Yes, there are several suitable places in the sea area around my Tang Dynasty. Please ask the saint to take the world map for use." Yue Shan said affirmatively.

"Follow me." Li Shimin replied, and the two went to the study inside together.

There is a huge sand table in the center of the house, on which the topography and landforms of the Tang Dynasty and surrounding countries are made out of clay sculptures, and the confluence roads are marked with different colored pens.

However, for the time being, only a few roads around the capital of this huge sand table have been produced in a relatively comprehensive way. Other places only have rough outlines, which can be seen that they are still under construction.

This sand table was also made according to Yue Shan's proposal. For this reason, the imperial court formed a scouting team of up to a thousand people to specialize in surveying and investigating the topography and landforms of various places.

On the wall facing the door, there is a huge map drawn with colored pens, which is the world's number one made according to Yue Shan's memories.

Yue Shan came to the world map, found the location of Datang, and then found Wandao, saying: "Let's see, this island is called Yizhou. Low valleys, plains, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, and plains suitable for farming and grazing."

"The key is that this island is very close to Datang, the closest distance is less than [-] miles. If a horse farm is set up here, it can provide tens of thousands of war horses for Datang every year."

"Besides, this place is located in the south and is isolated overseas. As long as the court builds a powerful navy, it can keep this place forever. No matter what happens in the north, our Central Plains Dynasty will never worry about war horses."

"Okay, okay." Li Shimin's eyes became brighter the more he listened, and finally he couldn't help clapping his hands and said, "Why didn't I think of this?"

Speaking of this, she blamed again: "Cuilan has such a good prescription, why didn't she say it earlier."

"Hehe...you didn't ask me at that time." Yue Shan said aggrievedly.

There are too many things he has to do, and he has been thoughtful about everything, and he has really neglected the matter of breeding war horses.If Li Shimin hadn't mentioned this incident today, he might never have thought of this incident.

"But it's not too late to know now. If such a large island can be obtained, it will be equivalent to an extra land for nothing. Even if we don't raise horses, we can feed millions of people in the Tang Dynasty. This is an achievement that will last forever." Li Shimin looked at the map and said excitedly.

"Sage Shengming, we can also use Yizhou Island as a springboard to rule the entire Nanyang region. Look here, this island is called the Spice Islands. The spices that we regard as treasures grow like weeds on these islands Everywhere."

"There are many precious trees growing on this island, golden nanmu, huanghuali, etc. are everywhere..."

"There are also these islands, which not only have treasure areas, but also have a very vast area, each of which can support millions of people..."

　Yesterday I went back to the countryside to pay my respects to my ancestors. I drank the fragments and didn’t update them, and I didn’t even ask for leave.Feel sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)