Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

As an internal history, Yu Xin is in charge of the country's finances.

So Yu Xin began to explain.

This heavy armored cavalry is good, but it has many shortcomings. One of the biggest shortcomings for Yu Xin, the Minister of Finance, is that it is expensive!

Very expensive!

Very expensive!

How expensive is it?

As we all know, the soldiers of the regular army of Zhao State, that is, the Central Army, are paid very high.

Just to maintain the [-] central troops of Zhao State each year, it accounts for more than half of Zhao State's treasury expenditure.

In terms of money and resource consumption, one heavy armored cavalry alone costs the equivalent of forty soldiers of the Central Army. This is because the country of Zhao is rich in war horses, so it saves a lot of money on war horses. .

But even with this ratio, the money and materials Zhao Guo needed to support the [-] Central Army cavalry under Li Mu's command was equivalent to the money and materials needed to support [-] Central Army soldiers!

If you want to raise 20 heavy cavalry, it is equivalent to raising an extra [-] Zhao Guo Central Army!

Lian Po's mouth was wide open after hearing Yu Xin's calculation of the account, and he said after a long time, "This heavy armored cavalry cost so much money?"

Zhao Dan and Yu Xin nodded at the same time and said, "Exactly!"

Lian Po sighed, looking depressed.

Zhao Dan looked at the appearance of the old general, thought for a while, and comforted him: "Actually, don't worry, old general, as long as the output of high-quality steel comes up in the future, the cost of maintenance will actually drop. It is estimated that it should not be a problem to raise two or three thousand heavy cavalry in the next few years."

Lian Po immediately jumped up when he heard this, and said with a smile: "That's very good, the king is the king of a country, and what you say can't be easily changed. The quota for the [-] heavy cavalry, the old minister will write it down. !"

Zhao Dan looked at Lian Po whose old face was all smiles, and was speechless for a while.

This old guy was afraid that the widow would not continue to invest in heavy cavalry, so he deliberately pretended to be here waiting for the widow.

Who the hell said Lian Po has an upright temper?

The widow should have seen something from the so-called "pleading guilty" story long ago!

Chapter 372 The Mission from Handan (Part [-])

Two days later in the morning, at the gate of the palace city of Handan, a convoy was ready to go.

Empress Yan held Young Master Ke in her arms, and saluted Zhao Dan Yingying: "Brother, I'm going now."

Zhao Dan looked at the eldest sister in front of him who was very similar to his mother, Queen Zhao Wei, feeling somewhat complicated. He lowered his head to look at the son Ke who was in the arms of Queen Yan, and found that the child was curiously looking at him with big black eyes. Stare at yourself.

Zhao Dan showed a smile, reached out and touched Young Master Ke's little head, and said to Queen Yan: "Big sister, if you have something to do, remember to write a letter and come to Handan. There are widows here, so it won't hurt your mother and son." .”

Although it is said that the Tian family has no family ties, Zhao Dan's words actually carry a lot of sincerity in it.

After all, in Zhao Dan's strategic arrangement, if there are no major surprises, then Yan should be the last few or even the last countries to be conquered.

Therefore, in the foreseeable long period of time, Zhao State will not take the initiative to attack Yan State, and Zhao State does not want any war with Yan State to break out during this period of time.

From this point of view, at least at this moment, Zhao Dan's inner kindness towards Queen Yan's mother and son is very real.

After listening to Zhao Dan's words, Queen Yan responded softly, with no expression on her pretty face, and after bidding farewell to Zhao Dan again, she took Young Master Ke into the carriage.

Zhao Dan turned his gaze to Le Jian, and the expression on his face became serious: "Mr. Chang, are you really ready?"

Yesterday morning, Zhao Dan personally informed Queen Yan and Le Jian of the news about Yan's victory.

After hearing the news of victory, Lejian discussed with Queen Yan, and then personally met with Zhao Dan and asked to leave today.

If it wasn't for the need for such a farewell ceremony, Le Jian would have probably set off early yesterday afternoon.

Le Jian's face was radiant at the moment, his whole person looked radiant, his eyes were full of enthusiasm, obviously he couldn't wait to return to Yan Kingdom.

Zhao Dan quite understands Le Jian's mentality. After all, when Le Jian escaped from Yan State in a hurry, he was like a bereaved dog, but now he is able to come back as a victor. Naturally, the thrill of a successful anti-kill is not too much. Said, cool on the sky.

So of course, Lejian can't wait to return to Yan Kingdom to get everything done, so as not to have long nights and dreams.

After hearing Zhao Dan's question, Le Jian smiled, and said confidently to Zhao Dan: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, as long as Le Jian arrives in the territory of Yan Kingdom, within seven days at most, Your Majesty will have one hundred thousand Yan troops to assist in the battle! "

Obviously, Lejian is extremely confident in controlling the [-] captives of the Yan army.

This kind of self-confidence is not only Le Jian's self-confidence in his own ability, but also includes Le Jian's confidence in the influence of the Le family in the country of Yan for so many years.

Zhao Dan smiled, and said to Le Jian: "This is the best, I will wait for the good news from Lord Chang in Handan."

After a pause, Zhao Dan said to Le Jian meaningfully: "The Empress Yan and son Ke are my relatives, I hope Lord Chang can take good care of their mother and son."

Maybe Le Jian understood, or maybe he didn't understand, anyway, a strange look flashed across the face of the young Lord Chang, and then he bowed to Zhao Dan and said, "Wei."

The next thing Zhao Dan wants to see is Zhao Sheng, Prime Minister of the State of Zhao, who is in charge of accompanying Queen Yan and Young Master Ke back to the country to succeed him this time, and by the way, as an envoy of the State of Zhao, to observe the succession hall of Young Master Ke.

Zhao Sheng came to Zhao Dan beamingly: "See you, my lord!"

Of course, Zhao Sheng had a reason to be happy. Because Zhao Guo did not send an envoy to attend the enthronement ceremony of Prince An, the upcoming ceremony of Prince Ke's enthronement was the result of Zhao Guo surpassing Qin State in the Battle of Hedong County and becoming the most powerful country in the Warring States Period. Participated in the first diplomatic event.

Zhao Sheng did not forget how a few years ago when King Jian of Qi was enthroned at the enthronement ceremony, the Qin Prime Minister Bang Fan Sui, who was the envoy at that time, acted arrogantly and treated the envoys of other countries as nothing.

As the saying goes, 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, now it's his turn for Zhao Sheng to go to Wuyang and Jidu to play with the envoys from other countries!

The only thing that makes Zhao Sheng feel a little regretful is that this time, not to mention whether the Qin National Assembly will send people to attend the enthronement ceremony, even if they send people to attend, the very annoying Fan Sui must not be able to go because he has resigned and returned to the fiefdom .

So at this moment, Zhao Sheng's mood is filled with joy and regret, and the regret is full of pleasure that he can't wait to start pretending.

Of course, even if Zhao Sheng was given some courage, he would not dare to pretend in front of Zhao Dan. This can be seen from the fact that Zhao Sheng's head and waist were bent almost as high as his buttocks.

Zhao Dan didn't have so many thoughts, but Zhao Sheng said a few words of encouragement, and told Zhao Sheng not to forget to let Queen Yan and Lejian fulfill their promise, and then watched the convoy go away.

After the convoy disappeared from his sight, a stone in Zhao Dan's heart finally fell to the ground.

Once the affairs of Yan State are over, then when Zhao State uses troops against Qin State, such a huge hidden danger in the rear will completely disappear.

Without the restraint of the Yan State, the frontier soldiers of the five northern counties that had been pinned down by the Yan State, that is, the world-famous Zhao State Frontier Cavalry Corps, were completely liberated.

It is a bit aggrieved to say that before Zhao Dan founded the Central Army, the border cavalry regiments in the five northern counties were the most powerful troops in Zhao State, but in the Battle of Changping, due to terrain factors, in the Battle of Hedong And because they had just fought a battle with the Huns and were preparing to attack Yan, the performance of Zhao's border cavalry troops in these two battles was lackluster.

Now that the Xiongnu were driven far away from Mobei by the First World War, and Yan State will soon become an ally of Zhao State, the Border Cavalry Legion has ushered in an excellent opportunity to show itself.

More importantly, Zhao Dan felt that the talented commander he had prepared for this side cavalry regiment seemed to have been well trained.

"Li Mu"

Zhao Dan murmured the name silently in his heart, and a smile appeared on his face.