It’s not that Li Yunlan was surprised. You should know that the strongest combat power of the country during this period was cavalry, which were positioned as equivalent to later generations of fighter jets, aircraft carriers, etc.... As for nuclear bombs, it is probably the hot weapons in Xi Yunfei’s hands.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were only two places in the country suitable for raising horses, one in the Dingxiang area in the northeast and the other in the Liangzhou area in the northwest. Although other places can also be kept, the horses raised can only carry goods and not fight.

Some people have conducted research on this point and concluded that war horses must be in a high and cold place to raise good horses.

Moreover, horses cannot be raised one by one. They must be raised in groups in places with fresh grass, clean streams and empty grasslands. Only in this way can the horses raised be used for cavalry to pursue long distances when going out of the frontier.

According to rough estimates, if the land needed to raise a horse in ancient times could feed about twenty-five people, this may be a bit exaggerated in later generations, but considering the dependence on farming and the cost of raising horses at that time, it was actually quite good. War horses were not just about graze, and the more precious the horses were, the better they could eat.

Therefore, if the Central Plains region, which focuses on farming, would want to raise horses, they would have to seize food from people to feed them. The cost was too high. Until the early Ming Dynasty, the Central Plains dynasty basically kept buying horses to supplement their combat power, buying from enemy countries and from the Silk Road.

Li Yunlan said that it was not an exaggeration to say that the eldest brother had spent 100,000 to 200,000 stagnant of copper coins to form 5,000 cavalry. After all, in addition to buying horses, they also had to raise them, and the equipment of the cavalry was different from other types of troops...

"Thirty thousand good horses, 12 thousand Dayuan horses, and thirty-six horses," said the horse farm with thirty-six horses...”

The girls present were all ladies from aristocratic families in various places, and naturally had some understanding of the horses of the Tang Dynasty. Not to mention the garrisons in various places, even the aristocratic families also had horse farms specially used to raise horses.

The largest horse farm they have seen is estimated to be the size of hundreds of horses, and they are all ordinary good horses, and there are even many old horses and sick horses. This move is tens of thousands of horses, which is really unbelievable.

Especially for more than 10,000 Dayuan horses, you should know that a high-quality Dayuan horse in Chang'an costs thousands of stakes. If you can own five or six Dayuan horses in the ordinary aristocratic houses, it would be enough to boast. As for the so-called high-quality Tianma, Xiang Yu's black horse, Lu Bu's red rabbit, and Qin Qiong's yellow horse, it is a peerless horse that is hard to come by.

Not to mention whether there are any aristocratic families, even Li Shimin only has one or two horses in his stable, so there can be no more.

But Li Yunshang had thirty-six horses at once.

In Xi Yunfei's words, it is equivalent to giving away his sister-in-law a General Motors company. There are horses of all kinds of grades, and they have never been castrated. Young horses are constantly born every year. It is roughly estimated that it is a supercar club with an annual output value of more than 200,000 yuan.

Such a horse farm is basically synonymous with pricelessness, which means gathering all the horses of the Tang Dynasty. I am afraid that this is the number, but the number of top-notch horses is definitely not so many.

"Rich woman!" I don't know who spoke first, but everyone looked at Li Yunshang with different eyes.

If I just saw that luxurious dress, I was just amazed, but now I have risen to a height of admiration because of the existence of the horse farm. If I can establish a good relationship, I might be able to plan some benefits for the family in the future. After all, everyone wants a good horse breed.

While most of the people present were saying some unnutritious good things, a few special people focused on another bride price.

"The annual output is close to the power of a country, how is this possible?" Li Yunlan approached Li Xiangning and asked in a low voice.

Li Xiang frowned slightly. She knew that Li Yunlan was talking about the smelting workshop. At first she didn't believe it, but after asking Li Yunshang and Li Jing indirectly, she got an amazing fact... Perhaps, it was even better.

"If you don't tell the truth or false, it's a problem to mine the iron ore, right?" After all, Li Yunlan has a general's brother who has some basic understanding of copper and iron for making weapons. In her opinion, the so-called output is simply a fantasy.

Li Xiangning shook her head and said softly: "You may not know. It is said that if the Xi family's smelting workshop is fully powered, it can produce 300,000 kilograms of pig iron a day, which is enough to meet the annual output of all smelting workshops in Weinan in just one month... Don't believe it, this is my father's statement in person, and he should not deceive me."

"Hiss~"

Li Yunlan took a deep breath. If a set of armor requires twenty kilograms of pig iron, then 300,000 kilograms of pig iron can create 15,000 sets of armor... twelve months a year, that is 180,000 sets?

"Haha, my elder brother is complacent about forming five thousand cavalrymen..."

Li Yunlan smiled bitterly as if she was ridiculed and turned to look at Li Yunshang surrounded by her, feeling mixed emotions.

Li Xiangning, who had been reading a book, looked up at her, then turned her head to look at Li Yunshang, her red lips slightly opened, and she murmured with a sound that she could only hear, "It was originally all my..."

"What did you say?" Li Yunlan turned her head.

Li Xiangningqiang smiled and withdrew his gaze: "No, nothing."

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At this time, Xi Junmai had already set out from the inner city and came to Li's mansion.

From Xijiazhuang to Li Mansion, you need to pass through the undeveloped Inner City East Road. However, in order to let more people see the eighteen rich golden carriages, Ma Zhou specially asked the convoy to leave the city from Zhongshan North Road, and spent a circle of the inner city and drove to Li Mansion in the east of the city.

On the way, we welcomed the onlookers from all over the city. Xi Jun, who was riding lightning and dressed in a close-fitting red robe, kept sprinkling candy, and it was better to have fun alone. There was no habit of giving candy in ancient times, so Xi Yunfei had to let his elder brother take charge of this link.

After hundreds of kilograms of white rabbits were sprinkled, the convoy happened to arrive at Li's mansion.

When Li Jing's family and guests from various aristocratic families were greeted at the door, they instinctively had to touch if the body of the car was made of pure gold.

Fortunately, when Li Jing saw the horse that was also covered with gilded paint, he immediately realized that the body of the car should have been coated with gold powder, so he did not make a shameful move.

But there are no chemical pigments in this era. No matter who it is, everyone agrees that the gold powder is ground by pure gold. It is estimated that the eighteen carriages will add up to at least 100 kilograms of gold. This is the calculation result given by Cui Xian and Pei Qing.

More than 100 kilograms of gold? Someone on the roadside was ready to rush up and scrape a few kilograms of gold powder... However, considering the preciousness of life, it still suppressed the greed in my heart.

Xi Junmai jumped off the horse, first saluted Li Jing and his wife respectfully, and then agreed to the guests, then waved his hand and called the convoy forward, and he was about to start singing the ceremony.

This link is indispensable. Many places in later generations still retain the custom of singing ceremony, which is considered to be the earliest bad habit of comparing.

However, when the first carriage was pushed up, everyone except for Li Jing and his wife who were informed were stunned.

There is no way not to be surprised!?

Because the carriage was not a good gift for Chengshan, but an ordinary nanmu bookshelves.

That's right, there is a bookshelves filled with 'books'.
Chapter completed!