Sun Xiurong and his party returned to Talas without any twists and turns.

In November of the 28th year of Kaiyuan (740), the northern foot of the Snow Mountains officially entered winter.

The snow and the north wind were in control of everything again.

The northern foot of the Snow Mountain is a vast hilly grassland with a gentle terrain. The strong wind from Siberia is raging here without any scruples.

If wind and sand can rage here, it can naturally rage to the river area.

Compared with Middle-earth, both the Mesopotamian Basin and the Seven River Basin are far inferior.

There is no doubt about this, and the land carrying the land is also out of breath due to the sudden increase in Dingkou.

This place is naturally not the end of Sun Xiurong, who has been a human being for three lifetimes, nor is it the "ideal country paradise" he thinks. However, finally there is a large territory far away from the direct jurisdiction of the powerful regime. If you consider it in the training team, you cannot be wasted.

On that day, shortly after returning to Talas, he met Feng Changqing, Li Feishouyu, Hou Qi, Yuanfeng and others in the Governor's Office.

The first one to report was Feng Changqing.

"Governor, according to your booklet, the Ministry of Justice has refined it again. Three thousand sets of cotton armor have been completed. Because of all efforts to make cotton armor, the bow and crossbow have been slowed down. However, you have got 500 powerful crossbows from the Protectorate Mansion, plus the 200 pairs provided by the former Jiedushi and the fifty pairs from Hunu Town, and there are 750 pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of pairs of

"According to the Tang Dynasty, a high-quality Zhechong Mansion is 3,000 soldiers, of which half of the cavalry do not require strong crossbows. The remaining heavy troops, light soldiers and light crossbows are each 500, leaving more than 200 units for spare, and the remaining enough equipment is enough to be equipped for a whole strong crossbow camp."

Sun Xiurong nodded, "Where is the short crossbow used by cavalry?"

"I was about to say this, because the production of strong crossbows has slowed down, all of them have been put into the production of cotton armor, short crossbows and cavalry knives. Now there are barely five hundred pairs of short crossbows and five hundred cavalry knives with arc shapes, which can be equipped with a cavalry battalion."

"The new spearheads used by the cavalry have been cast, and there is no problem with all 1,500 people. I will wait for January next year, because the first part of the cotton armor has been completed, and the second part is unable to be put into the cotton armor production. I can do my best to build short crossbows and knights. All of these people can use new styles of knights, knights and short crossbows."

Sun Xiurong nodded. There is nothing we can do about it. Talas is good, and even if you farm with your heart, you can find it, but there are not many craftsmen.

He wanted to recruit craftsmen to apply on a large scale, but now he implemented a salary regulation in the craftsman camp that was exactly the same as the military camp. It was inappropriate to recruit too many people under the current "first army" strategy, and even silver, money, rice and grain could not keep up, so he could only take his time.

"The Daxi army has no movement at all. It will probably be launched in the first half of the year. At that time, I will have 3,000 people with new equipment and well-trained elites. In addition, the other 3,000 although the equipment is not good, the same well-trained Leaf Army and the Mansion Army will definitely have great potential."

Feng Changqing continued: "Although the end of the year is not yet, other iron tools produced by the Xueshan Metallurgical Site are sold well in the Western Regions. We have increased the price by 30% above the cost and wholesale it to the Hu merchants in the city. In half a year, we made a lot of money, which is more than what the governor expected."

"The minting of silver coins for the thunder and the copper coins were as expected by the governor. Hu Shang always refused everyone. We could earn 20% of the profits of each silver coin and copper coins. Before the end of the year, we had already earned 20,000 guan in advance."

"The fine salt is a little worse, mainly because there are too few people who need this item, but it also meets the governor's estimate. By the end of the year, there should be 5,000 guan."

"According to the Governor's plan, the grain stored in the treasury this fall can meet the needs of the 6,000 standing troops for two years. If the troops are included, it will be exactly one year. The Governor's Office has purchased some. Although the price is extremely favorable, the grain collected is still expected to be 30% less, and only 20,000 stones are collected."

"At present, the Governor's Office needs the government to pay salaries, and there are 100 officials. This is still the case where the streets of the three cities are maintained by the government soldiers or standing troops. There are 1,000 craftsmen and 6,000 craftsmen. According to the Governor's plan, the salaries of officials are slightly higher, and the standing troops are consistent with the craftsmen."

"Therefore, on average, one person takes ten stones per year, and these people need to pay more than 70,000 stones per year. The daily consumption of the regular army is also in the military camp, and the horses are all included. The rough plan is to require 48,000 stones per year. With the materials, this is more than 100,000 stones."

Sun Xiurong was shocked, "How much is the annual tax?"

"Governor, this is related to tax fields. This year there are too many people and few fields, so there is definitely no balance. I can barely survive until the next year's autumn harvest. From next year, there were originally 4,000 farmers in Talas, 200,000 mu of land, and 4,000 new farmers, of which 2,000 migrated from Shiguo, 2,000 migrated from the Southern Bow and Gongyue tribes, so 200,000 new tax fields were added."

"In addition to the 150,000 mu of reclaimed by the young soldiers, this is 550,000 mu."

"Yi Jiancheng has only 300 soldiers, two thousand Sogdian prisoners were added, and 130,000 mu of land was added, of which 100,000 mu of taxed land was added."

"Ashi Bulai City has two thousand soldiers and one thousand Sogdian farmers, and only 50,000 acres of new tax fields."

"The total tax of 550,000 mu of land can be paid 130,000 shi per year. If you buy farmers' surplus grain for 20,000 shi per year, this is 150,000 shi"

"As mentioned earlier, the people who need to pay salaries and provide food need to consume 100,000 stones per year."

"Then there are only 50,000 stones left every year?"

"Governor-in-chief, I just made a rough calculation just now. In addition to grain, there are also air-dried meat and other supplements every day, as well as cattle and sheep paid by the herdsmen, as well as fresh meat. In this way, the consumption of food is calculated at half the time. The Ministry of Justice has carefully calculated that 80,000 stones of food can be accumulated every year!"

Sun Xiurong's eyes finally lit up, "That is, it can meet the needs of 6,000 people and horses for two years?"

"It's not all, the Governor, we still have 150,000 acres of public land reclaimed by young soldiers. If we throw away the land of the incoming officials, the salary, servant money, etc., plus the labor money of the renter, we can pay at least 50,000 stones to the treasury every year, which can meet the needs of the 10,000 army for two years!"

"Well, okay, we have tried our best. For the current number of farmers and herdsmen under the Governor's Office, how many of them are there? Can we check them one by one?"

"The calculation has been completed, of course, the new Gongyue Department is just a rough calculation. The three cities have a total of 15,600 farmers, including 2,300 soldiers in the palace. There are 19,000 herdsmen, of which the Gongyue Department is based on the 10,000 households. The Southern Gong Department and Geshu Department have 3,000 households included in the herdsmen's palace soldiers, and 1,000 households are left, and the remaining 5,000 households are left by the former Tuqi Shi divisions who left nomads near the three cities."

"The total household registration is nearly 40,000, and the Dingkou is nearly 200,000. If you leave Gongyue's department, there are 30,000 households and 150,000 Dingkou."

"Don't say that in the future," Sun Xiurong became serious. "When I was the governor's wedding, Suoge and Sahalian from Gongyue's army gave us a big gift, providing three thousand young people. Such a big gift cannot be fully included in our official jurisdiction? Don't say this in front of outsiders in the future!"

Feng Changqing was so nervous that he quickly said, "What the governor said is that the vocational department remembers it."

Sun Xiurong nodded and thought to himself: "There are quite a lot, nearly 20,000 herders and more than 10,000 farmers. If it is placed in any nomadic tribe, it will be quite amazing. It cannot reach the scale of the Shi Kingdom at present, but it is almost the same as the Shi Kingdom. That is, I don't like to use tribal cavalry. If all mobilize, it is still okay to collect 20,000 troops. In that case, in time, the real strength of the Saiyechuan Governor's Office is almost the same as that of the Khitans at present."

After a while, he asked again: "When will the equipment of the other three thousand young soldiers be fully completed?"

Feng Changqing replied: "regardless of clothes, because cotton armor requires a lot of cotton, it can only be restarted when the cotton is harvested in the next harvest season. In terms of helmets, new weapons and horseshoes specially taken care of by the governor, they can be prepared as early as April next year, and they will definitely be prepared in the first half of next year."

Speaking of this, Feng Changqing also sincerely admired him.

"Dalang couldn't help but farm, and was even very familiar with livestock. He asked the young soldiers and the soldiers of the government to learn to trim the horse's hooves and put them on the wear-resistant hooves. The time and combat power of the war horse were immediately raised one level. With the grains and beans left almost like soldiers, the war horses were fat and strong, no less than the war horses raised by the only pastoral supervisor in Beiting, the entire Lixi."

"According to Dalang's military training method, it is naturally inferior to the most elite power of the Tang Dynasty, but it is better to add up. If all these six thousand young soldiers are trained, it would be great!"

Sun Xiurong ignored these things. He looked at Li Fei Shouyu, "How are the soldiers practicing?"

It turned out that after Sun Xiurong went to Kucha Town, the military training plan naturally fell on Sima, the second-ranked figure of the Governor's Office.

Li Fei Shouyu replied: "The first three thousand young soldiers started to be trained since the beginning of this year and have long been in the army. After getting the new weapons, they will cooperate with new battle formations. The main thing is how to use the short crossbow of the cavalry and the gun. The governor has given a booklet. He is practicing according to the booklet. In the end, how many steps are appropriate to be placed near the enemy cavalry. If it encounters rain and snow, what should be done? They are all exploring..."

Sun Xiurong asked, "What are your initial ideas?"

Li Fei Shouyu replied: "It's okay to use bows and arrows or short crossbows in the Western Regions, but there are always rain and snow weather, and sometimes rain and snow weather is an excellent opportunity to launch a surprise attack. Therefore, it is not appropriate to completely pin your hopes on short crossbows. Based on the governor's thinking, it is definitely not planned to engage in a war of attrition with the enemy."

"So, in the brigade of three thousand people, there were only 1,500 real cavalry. Because the short crossbow was slowly made, it would be okay to equip the 500 cavalry in the camp who had equipped this object with another 500 javelins. Since it took a moment to catch the enemy, the key to victory and defeat was also decided in an instant."

"So, a four-foot-long javelin is enough for each person. In this way, the first 3,000-man brigade will be completely formed in the first half of next year. If so..."

Sun Xiurong stopped him, "The javelin is simple to make. Since this is the case, just 1,500 cavalrymen are equipped with a javelin before the short crossbow is fully equipped."

"Yes. The newly arrived three thousand young soldiers were trained by the vocational department. Since Nangong and Geshu's young soldiers were in front of the examples, it was much easier to train. They were included in the formal training after the general's wedding in August. It is only three months now. As an auxiliary combat power, it should be enough. It is not enough to be the main force. It is not as good as Hou Qi's and Heifu's mansion soldiers."

"Well, winter is long now, so you will devote yourself to the training of these 3,000 people."
Chapter completed!