Things were a bit beyond Wu Haogu’s expectations!

Gao Qiu, who was supposed to be in charge of Zhao Ji, has now become a pimp in front of the imperial court. The matter of leading troops to war is about to be handed over to the big banker Pan Xiao'an... I don't know if Pan Xiao'an will turn the imperial guards into a yamen for usury?

Moreover, Pan Xiao'an is not in Kaifeng Prefecture now! He is in Yan'an (Yanzhou), and I don't know when he will be able to return. When he comes back, the Military and Education Department should almost disband.

The 500 students from the Military Academy were selected by Zhang Dun, Lu Huiqing and others strictly. Especially the 350 young martial officials selected from the Western Army were all real-life, had their own skills, had gone to the battlefield, killed Western thieves, and were young. That is, Zhang Dun, Zeng Bu, Zhang Dun, and Lu Huiqing, who knew how to use military troops, could force the Western Army generals to take out these "treasures".

If Pan Xiao'an goes, no one will be able to go birds! What kind of soldiers are you a banker? Do you understand? Have you ever seen murder?

So once these 500 people disperse, there is no possibility of gathering again. At least Wu Haogu and Pan Xiao'an have no choice.

Although Old Man Murong and Brother Zhao Zhong were still there, they could still train Wu Haogu to train some young generals who command infantry. The kind of officers who command spearmen, archers, swords, shields and crossbows are not difficult to train. As long as the Six Arts Academy can be run, they can use the students who graduated from the academy for two or three years. But the cavalry and the others have no choice.

Wu Haogu has practiced equestrian a lot these days, but he still can't master the technique of riding on the back of a running horse to shoot archery.

The four "Bobu-bang slaves" of Wu Haogu can stand on the back of a running horse and shoot arrows! They can really play juggling... Even Lin Chong and Ximen Qing can't do such skills!

According to Murong Wangyou and Zhao Zhongge, truly excellent cavalry still depends on cultivation. Because cavalry is not only about horse riding and marching and fighting, but also about raising horses, horse racing, horse training and other problems. A master like Wu Haogu who is not very familiar with horses, practices until he marches and charges, and he can only barely do it by riding and shooting. It is almost impossible to be proficient in horse racing, raising horses, and horse training.

The armored cavalry among the cavalry, that is, the heavy cavalry in armor, are actually a team of not one soldier and one cavalry, but a regular soldier with a auxiliary soldier, and one or two war horses, which are ridden and a pack horse. Just like the European knights, a knight needs to be accompanied by a large number of followers to fight.

Such a team is best from a family, such as father, son, brother, master and servant, so that they can trust each other and have enough tacit understanding.

In addition, this family cavalry team is also conducive to the supplementary war horses and knights. The riding horses and pack horses are best owned by themselves, and they are raised and bred by themselves. The armor and weapons of the people are also maintained and purchased by themselves. The knights themselves are inherited by father and son brothers. The old ones die in battle, and the younger ones can be replaced, thereby ensuring the combat effectiveness of the troops.

In other words, the heavy cavalry that is really useful now should be based on "home" rather than on individuals. The heavy cavalry of Europeans who did not have any armor or only breastplate were actually the product of the Firearm Age, and the war horses at that time were different from the Middle Ages. They were "monsters" that were constantly improved and cultivated for hundreds of years. The charge was extremely fast and would not give the opponent too many opportunities to fire (archery).

However, in the Song Dynasty today, Wu Haogu could not have built the kind of cannons that were only equipped in the 18th century and 19th world (even if they could make cannons, they were incomparable to things hundreds of years later), and could not raise a purebred horse that could speed up.

Moreover, no one, including Wu Haogu, knows how modern cavalry was trained? The scientific training method was summarized by Europeans based on the use of feudal cavalry from generation to generation.

So after thinking about it for a long time, Wu Haogu felt that the future cavalry route could only follow the feudal path honestly.

After getting the horse breeds ready, the Qingtang Wart Armor was forged, and then two or three thousand cavalry homes were built, the elite heavy cavalry would naturally be available.

Now the horse breed has a little bit of a problem, and it is not difficult for Qingtang Jiangzijia to handle Wu Haogu knows that the problem lies in ore and coal iron smelting. With the direction, the rest is nothing more than spending money.

But those two or three thousand cavalry houses are not very easy to work with. The Wu family in Haizhou, the Ximen family in Yanggu, the Murong family who moved south, and the powerful and corrupt officials of the Liao Kingdom who went to Jiehe Shangshi. These are the sources of the cavalry houses. The little slaves of the Shubu who "buyed" by Wu Haogu can also follow the "Mamuluk" route. But Wu Haogu is not sure how much he can get, and he cannot rely too much on the Khitans and Shubu people... Otherwise, it would be bad to create a Song Dynasty version of the Anshi Rebellion.

So Wu Haogu had long noticed the hundreds of people in the Military Academy...that are hundreds of families! These people all have clan children, and they can raise their children themselves. If they could have a manor in Cangzhou, they would not be enough. At least thousands of acres will become hundreds of knight families or warrior families in the future. At least in the next few decades (feudalism, it will inevitably decay over time), they can provide heavy cavalry for the Song Dynasty with quality and quantity.

"Brother Gao," Wu Haogu knew that to take down the "samurai" in the Military Academy, he had to bring Gao Qiu, the "Imperial Pimp" together, so he thought about the words and said with a smile, "You and I are both confidants of the official family, so naturally we should consider the future cause of the official family."

When he was speaking, Chunlan had already ordered Yunwu Xiang tea and poured a cup for Gao Qiu and Wu Haogu. After taking the tea cup, Wu Haogu took a sip and then said: "We are not fighting for the hundreds of students from the Military and Education Department for our own families, but those students for the officials!"

"Fight for the government?"

Gao Qiu shook his head in his heart after hearing this. It was so important to his family? He is not a hero who sang a name outside Donghua Gate, but he is just lucky to be close to the villain... The villain must keep his duties as a villain!

"The Military and Education Department cannot be kept," Gao Qiu shook his head and said, "Although Zeng Bu and An Tao want to use the Military and Education Department to train young generals to rectify the Hebei imperial guards... but this matter is against the taboo of the priest in charge of the soldiers. The official family is not so easy to be deceived by the late emperor. Those two have not seen this clearly yet, and I can't see that they are free for too long. Dalang, you have to prepare real estate for them in Haizhou."

Gao Qiu and Zhao Ji were together for too long as Wu Hao Gu and Zhao Ji were together for too long, so naturally they knew how "saintly" Zhao Ji was. The previous official Zhao Xu was willing to delegate power to ministers, but now this official is not like this. He is not as generous as Zhao Xu...

Gao Qiu also said: "There are no generals in Kaifeng Prefecture who dare to take over the military and academic department. You also understand the family rules of our dynasty."

"Does the official family want to regain Yan Yun?" Wu Haogu asked.

Gao Qiu took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "I don't think about this to that official? What's the point?"

It’s useless for others to think about it, but it’s useful for Zhao Ji to think about it... Because Daliao himself is going to kneel down! And even if Zhao Ji doesn’t want Yan Yun, the Jurchens still want Kaifeng Prefecture by then!

"Yan Yun was thinking, but the soldiers couldn't be trained, so what was the plan for the official family?"

Gao Qiu smiled: "Isn't it the idea to attack the Western Army? Two hundred thousand Western Army...haha!"

What does "hehe" mean? If the new army is no longer practicing, the Western army will still struggle to fall apart?

While Wu Haogu was savoring it carefully, the voice of the Gao family's female envoy sounded outside the door: "Master, the wine and food are ready, can it be served?"

Gao Qiu glanced at Wu Haogu and laughed: "Dalang, I have prepared authentic Kaifeng dishes for you. Let's talk while eating... I agreed to only talk about important things!"

"What a serious matter?"

"One is Qionglin Palace and the other is Miss Liu."

"Miss Liu?" Wu Haogu was stunned, "Whose family belongs?"

Gao Qiu said: "It is the daughter of a wine shop called Liujia, next to the northern wazi of the state. She is 28 years old and has a bright appearance... She saw Yang Daguan when he left the palace to do business."

"Sixteen?" Wu Haogu was stunned, "Now the official family likes younger people?"

Chunlan, who was standing beside her, interrupted, "Yes! Why would the slave be sent out of the palace?"

Gao Qiu smiled and said, "Dalang, how about going to sketch with me tomorrow morning, and then going to the palace to present it to the official family in the afternoon?"

"It's really a serious matter!" Wu Haogu nodded, "Okay, I'll go early tomorrow morning."

"That's right!" Gao Qiu thought for a while and said, "And Qionglin Palace... Last time you said you wanted to demolish Duting Post and sell land to make money. How can you handle this? I have no choice!"

"I have a way, and this matter is easy to deal with." Wu Haogu responded repeatedly, "Isn't it enough to let the Liao envoy complain that Dutingyi is dilapidated and haunted?"

"Let Liao envoy..." Gao Qiu rolled his eyelids, "Can they listen to you?"

"No," Wu Haogu said seriously, "but I have money."

"Yes, yes, it's easy to do things with money."

"There is also the Li Jie who is the chief supervisor who wants to let him take his love out and become an official, otherwise who will build the Qionglin Palace?"

"This... is not easy to deal with. His younger brother also wants to take the love, but he criticized the censor severely."

"It's not easy to deal with, but it's necessary to deal with it! His brother's official position can be his chief, but who can do his general? And his father, Li Nanshan, the Minister of Rites, is 81 years old and will die in two years. Don't he have to be mourned for another three years?"

"That's right, we will talk about this with the official tomorrow."

Wu Haogu nodded, "But you have to help me with the affairs of the Military Academy. Even if you can't keep the Military Academy, those students will have to be kept by the officials."

"Those students?" Gao Qiu frowned. Isn't it enough to send those students back to Shaanxi... Wu Haogu is too troublesome! Can't he be a lucky villain?
Chapter completed!