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Chapter 264 Visiting the Confused People

After talking about the business, Lin Yifan wholeheartedly invited Ye Hongyu to come to the house for a talk.Ye Hongyu didn't dare to get too close to him, he just paid a symbolic visit to his house, and then immediately returned to the post house.

Although he didn't dare to have close contact with the officials of Hengshan, Ye Hongyu was very curious about the situation under Hengshan's rule.For several days in a row, he lingered in Xiayang City, visiting people's feelings everywhere.

After these few days of observation, Ye Hongyu became more and more interested in Hengshan.From his point of view, Hengshan is full of unique scenes everywhere, and all kinds of new things that have never been heard before emerge one after another, which amazes him greatly.Just like the common people, everyone can read and write.I often see a group of ordinary people sitting on chairs by the side of the road, holding a piece of residence newspaper and watching it with relish.I couldn't help being curious and asked, only then did I learn that Hengshan had been doing all it could to carry out literacy classes from the very beginning, forcing the common people to read and write.Up to now, more than half of the people in Hengshan can read Chinese characters.This made Ye Hongyu terrified. This is the virtue of enlightenment. Once the common people are literate and understand the truth, wouldn't the great harmony of the world not be far away?How did Master Lin do it?A series of questions arose in his mind, and he wished he could go to Lin Yifan to clarify.

However, what surprised him even more was that the mansion newspaper held by these common people actually published various administrative plans formulated by Hengshan's high-level officials, telling the common people the gains and losses of administration in easy-to-understand words.Neo-Confucianism advocates that 'the people can make it, but not make it known'.However, Hengshan did the opposite, telling the people all important military and political events, this, how could this work, isn't he afraid of turmoil among the people and the collapse of order?Ye Hongyu's heart was full of turmoil. What exactly does Master Lin want to do?
With countless doubts in his heart, Ye Hongyu held his temper and chatted with those people, and learned a lot about Hengshan from them.It turned out that since Hengshan occupied this vast grassland, he has vigorously cultivated government-run farms, built workshops, and presided over various construction projects.However, Hengshan did not enlist the common people to serve for free, but adopted the method of recruitment, giving money and food to every common people who were willing to work.However, relying on the golden werewolf materials seized, it is impossible for Hengshan to survive until now.So they flourished in commerce and opened up a gold trade route to Shazhou, which made commodities and money flow into Hengshan continuously.And relying on the trading of commodities in Hengshan, the wages paid to the people will be recovered.Only by repeating this cycle can the stability of Hengshan be supported.However, in this way, Hengshan relies heavily on commerce. If one day, Hengshan is blocked, wouldn't it collapse soon?
Ye Hongyu was faintly worried, but at the same time was a little moved, wondering if he should tell the lord about Hengshan's weakness.

However, some of Hengshan's policies, in Ye Hongyu's view, are indeed acts of good governance for the people.So he recorded them one by one, hoping that when he returned, he could persuade the lord to learn from Hengshan's pioneering work and integrate the forces of the Li family.

After traveling for several days, Ye Hongyu felt the difference in Hengshan. This is a force full of vigor, slowly rising like the morning sun, and it is unstoppable.This filled Ye Hongyu with anxiety and curiosity, and he couldn't help asking himself, could the Li family really stop Hengshan's rise?
As the autumn harvest days approached, the whole Hengshan began to get busy.Not only are there hundreds of thousands of acres of wheat to be harvested, but the day when the troops are dispatched is also approaching.Many workshops have already begun to work overtime to produce armaments, and the Hengshan Army is gathering more and more frequently. Teams from all over the country slowly gather in the Xiayang City barracks to accept the pre-war selection.This time going south, they are facing a powerful imperial army, with the name of righteousness, which is enough to shake the army's morale.Therefore, in this selection, a group of soldiers with high loyalty to Hengshan will be selected, so that when facing the imperial army, the morale of the army will not be shaken and low.

On this day, the autumn was crisp and clear, and the selection of [-] cavalry had been declared complete.Lin Yifan specially invited Ye Hongyu and his party to the military camp to observe the ceremony. He was going to inspect the [-] soldiers before going out.

When Ye Hongyu and others came to the barracks, they were immediately overwhelmed by the black tide-like cavalry formation.In their eyes, most of the [-] cavalry were dressed in black leather armor, except for a one-foot-square iron plate inlaid on the chest; It is strange; these cavalrymen not only wear a black saber, but also carry a strong bow behind them, and there is also a long spear lying vertically on the horse's back, and two pots of arrows are placed on the left and right sides of the horse.However, the most attractive thing is the thousands of armored cavalry in front of the cavalry. They wear a piece of heavy armor, which seals the whole person tightly in the iron bumps. A piece of chain armor, these cavalrymen only have two weapons on their bodies, a long spear and a saber, but the power they bring to people is extremely powerful.

Everyone couldn't help but make up a picture in their minds. In front of a heavily arrayed army formation, thousands of cavalry in iron armor charged. The heavy horseshoes sounded like thunder, with countless smoke and dust, like hell Like a demon rushing out of the ground, he slammed into the army formation. Under the impact of the heavy armored horses, countless spears snapped off, and countless figures flew out, blood splattering everywhere.

"This, are these the most powerful armored cavalry in the Hengshan Army?" Li Duan looked at the three thousand heavy cavalry bewilderedly, his eyes filled with envy, wishing that he could lead this unparalleled iron cavalry across the world.

Lin Yifan was standing beside them. Hearing this, he couldn't help but turned around with a smile and said, "Yes, these are the armored cavalry that Hengshan has painstakingly assembled. Although there are only three thousand of them. But I believe that even tens of thousands of infantry , can also smash them in one fell swoop. Mr. Li Duan, do I still have [-] cavalry in your eyes?"

Hearing this, Li Duan couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said: "Master Lin is joking, such a strong army is rare in the world, how dare I underestimate it."

"My lord Lin, to form so many cavalry, even the imperial court has more than enough energy, how did you do it?" Ye Hongyu looked at these cavalry, feeling deeply moved, full of doubts in his heart, and immediately took the opportunity to ask.

Lin Yifan glanced at him slightly, and said with a smile: "There is no one else, Hufu riding and shooting, and learning from foreigners."

"Hu Fu's riding and shooting, learning from the barbarians?" Ye Hongyu was slightly startled, and the doubts in his eyes became even more serious, "Please answer the questions, my lord."

"Sir, you often walk around the city these days. You should have seen a polo match, right?" Lin Yifan asked with a slight smile.

"Yes, there are not only polo games in the city, but also Cuju games, equestrian games, etc. I don't know why your lord is asking this question?"

Lin Yifan raised his eyes to look at the cavalry forming the formation, with a proud expression on his face, he continued to ask: "Sir, do you know why the extremely barren and poor Golden Werewolf can command hundreds of thousands of cavalry? And our Central Plains Dynasty wants to form a cavalry , but it will cost a lot of money and food, and it will not be possible to form an army in three to five years?"

"This?" Ye Hongyu frowned slightly, and after thinking carefully for a moment, he said, "The reason why the Golden Werewolves can easily gather hundreds of thousands of cavalry is because the people have been with horses since they were young, and they have been hunting and shepherding cavalry all year round. He has the ability to ride and shoot. He is greedy by nature and lives by plundering, so he does not need logistics and supplies. This is why he can travel lightly and provide food to the enemy. The people of the Central Plains Dynasty lived by farming, and the Central Plains did not The source of horses is extremely expensive, and there are only a few people who can ride horses. If you want to train cavalry, from purchasing horses to training them into an army, you need to spend a lot of money and food to maintain them. In addition, you rely heavily on logistics supplies when you go out. The consumption of cavalry is equivalent to three infantry, so it is very difficult for the Central Plains Dynasty to form a cavalry."

(End of this chapter)