Zhao Lin had to go through all the places one by one and inspect them all to make sure no one could cause trouble.
Zhao Lin suddenly stopped and said to Gao Junliang seriously, "I heard that Qingzhou horses are very famous?"
Gao Junliang said proudly: "Qingzhou horses and Qingzhou soldiers have been famous since ancient times."
The Qingzhou horse was one of the most famous horse breeds at that time. It was large in size, fast in speed, and especially had great endurance, making it very suitable as a war horse.
Qingzhou Horse Farm was also one of the four major horse farms of the Qi Dynasty, providing thousands of war horses to the court every year.
If a major war breaks out, we can drain the pond and fish out nearly 10,000 horses at a time.
Qingzhou soldiers, like Qingzhou horses, are hardworking and are the best source of soldiers.
When Taizu, the founder of our dynasty, started his army, he had a vanguard composed entirely of Qingzhou soldiers under his command. They were invincible and made great military achievements for the founding of the Qi Dynasty.
However, this was both the cause of success and failure. After the Qi Dynasty stabilized, the senior officials in the court deliberately suppressed Qingzhou, causing it to struggle on the poverty line.
Coupled with last year's flood, Qingzhou suffered even more.
This also indirectly reflects that Gao Junliang does not have a strong backing, otherwise he would not be drinking flood water here.
Zhao Lin handed the ten thousand taels of silver he had just taken from Feng Siyuan to Gao Junliang and said, "Return five thousand taels to Feng Siyuan, and use the remaining five thousand taels to prepare twenty good horses for me as a backup."
The market price of a qualified warhorse is between 70 and 80 taels of silver, and 5,000 taels can buy at least 50 horses.
But this is not important. What is important is that war horses are military supplies, which are strictly controlled and cannot be bought and sold at will. Once discovered, the person will be detained at the very least and exiled at the worst.
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