Seeing that Thirteen Lang was wearing iron armor and galloping back and forth not far away with fifty horses, Su Shunyuan said: "Wearing iron armor and horses and equipment, it seems that this strong soldier, if there are thousands of horses, it will be invincible in the north." ”

Du Zhongxiao said with a smile: "Sentence, there are tens of thousands of battalions from Jingxi Road. I have carefully selected less than 1,000 people who can wear iron armor, which can be described as one in a thousand. Of these people, only half of them were able to put on iron armor and wield swords and spears on horses. It's hard to choose people, and it's even harder to choose horses. Yingtianwu can be regarded as a big yamen, I spared no expense, and even gave them the horses I rode, but only more than 50 horses. If you want to have thousands of horses, unless you are selected from the forbidden army, all the good horses in the world can be gathered. ”

Su Shunyuan said: "The Xiang army was originally selected by the forbidden army, and if it is selected from the forbidden army, it will be different. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "When these people are skilled and the iron armor is flexible and easy to use, I will dedicate it to the imperial court at the end of the year and make it according to the law." If someone can be selected from the forbidden army, it would be good for the imperial court to have an ironclad army. I just don't know if there are so many horses. ”

Su Shunyuan shook his head: "Such a good horse, I'm afraid there are not many in the forbidden army." ”

The ironclad cavalry looks imposing, but the cost is too high. The high cost is nothing, Da Song can afford to spend money, but there are too few people and horses who can meet the requirements. It's good to say that the elite of the forbidden army are all carefully selected and tall. Moreover, since the founding of the country, the imperial court has intended to let the elite soldiers in the forbidden army marry women who have grown up, and most of their descendants have joined the army. The upper four armies and all the classes are tall and big, and there are not a few people who can wear iron armor. But Ma Shi couldn't help it. The Song Dynasty had few horses, even fewer excellent horse breeds, and lacked the conditions for importing good breeds from the Western Regions, so there were not many horses that could afford this kind of iron armor. All the good horses in the world are put together, and it is difficult to say whether there can be thousands of horses.

The excellent soldiers of this era are different from later generations. Later generations placed more emphasis on agility, not only in terms of height, but also in terms of flexibility. Muscular, strong waist, and no fat in the abdomen. This era is different, what is required is wide shoulders and thick back, strength must be large, flexibility requirements are different, many fierce generals actually have stomachs, the so-called general belly is also.

Thirteen Lang is gifted, one or two heads taller than ordinary people, with a strong body and infinite strength. really talks about flexibility, in fact, he is not as good as Tao Seventeen, he relies on his height and hand length, and he does not let people get close when fighting.

This is the best soldier, standing on the battlefield, like a wall. Put on the iron armor and stand there without moving, ordinary people with weapons can't help him. There are really so many thousands, all wearing iron armor, and they can be pressed over like a mountain on the battlefield.

Of course, fighting is not a beast fight, and with such ironclad cavalry, it is not necessarily a sure victory, and victory or defeat is related to many factors. Simply comparing soldiers with weapons can determine the victory or defeat, and the party has long been bulldozed, and the sixteen states of Youyun have long been recovered.

After the demonstration, Shisanlang dismounted and brought his soldiers over to salute.

Du Zhongxiao said: "You county go to the side to rest, let the horse eat grass for a while, and drink some water." I spoke to Suti. ”

Thirteen Lang sang a promise with his hands crossed, and led his men to unsaddle their horses and lead them to the grass next to them.

Su Shunyuan said: "Yun Ju now spends most of his time training troops, and if he wants to come to the camp to do everything, he doesn't have to worry too much." It's just that according to the will of the imperial court, a few officials still have to be added. The younger brother went to the camp to do business, I don't know if it has been settled? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's already decided." It's just that the sentence is in Jingxi, and because of avoiding suspicion, he has not taken office. ”

Su Shunyuan sighed: "Since the case of the Concert Academy, my younger brother has suffered countless hardships. It's hard to get back up this time, so don't delay. In a few days, I will go to Hedong Road to raise the sentence, and the sentence will be urged again. My brother has gone to the capital to stay in the capital, as long as I leave, I will be unhindered. ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded in agreement. When he was not in the Jinshi, Du Zhongxiao received the favor of Su Shunqin, and he later fell into trouble, and it was his due duty to help him. The camp is now huge, and of course it is not possible to have only Du Zhongxiao and a Cui director. The imperial court has appointed a person in charge of official affairs to replace Su Song, but there has been no suitable candidate, and it is empty. A new low-level official was set up, and Du Zhongxiao recommended Su Shunqin. It had already been decided, but it was only because his brother Su Shunyuan was appointed to Jingxi Road to be imprisoned, and he had been dragging it there because of avoiding suspicion.

In order not to delay his younger brother's future, Su Shunyuan took the initiative to ask for transfer, and a few days ago, there was a decree to be transferred to Hedong Road, and Zhang Shi'an took over the sentence in Jingxi. It's just that Zhang Shi'an is procrastinating, and he hasn't taken office yet, Su Shunyuan can't leave, and he is very anxious.

Du Zhongxiao was the judge of the economic strategy of crossing Hedong Road, and Su Shunyuan came this time, first, to ask about the situation on Hedong Road, and secondly, to ask Du Zhongxiao to take care of Su Shunqin. A few years ago, the Jinjuyuan case hit Su Shunqin very hard, and in the past few years, he has indulged in landscapes on the surface, but he has not been able to let go in his heart, and his body is not as good as before. When a man is just over forty, he is full of gray hair. Under Du Zhongxiao's hands, he will be in a cheerful mood, and his body will slowly get better.

The candidate to succeed Su Song has not been decided, and it is related to the current expansion of the camp and field affairs, what kind of seniority is this supervisor. When Su Song held this position, it was equivalent to a general sentence, but now it will definitely not work. Du Zhongxiao, the transfer judge, is equivalent to raising the sentence all the way if the seniority is high, and it is equivalent to Zhizhou if it is low. The official affairs of his subordinates are, according to convention, the highest is a general judgment, usually the magistrate of the county. The camp manages more than 100,000 households, and it is impossible to let someone who knows the county order to manage specific affairs. The matter has been tangled.

There was an opinion in the imperial court that Du Zhongxiao should be changed from a transfer judge to a prison sentence, and at the same time he was also in charge of the camp. In this way, the seniority of the person in charge of official affairs can be raised. However, Yingtian has always been in charge of the Transshipment Division, which is inconsistent with common practice and was ultimately vetoed.

Du Zhongxiao knows this well and wants to solve it. He is less than 30 years old, and he is less than ten years old, and the most important thing is that he has no qualifications to serve in the court, and his promotion has met the ceiling. The affairs of the camp and field affairs cannot be let go, and the current atmosphere is to do a good job for a long time, and it is not possible to change people frequently and delay things. The judge's promotion to transfer made the seniority insufficient, and the difference was too far. If you are sentenced to punishment, you can't manage the camp and field affairs. After thinking about it, I remembered an official position in my memory, and promoted Chang Ping. This should be an official position set up later, and it is likely to be at the time of Wang Anshi's change in history, and Du Zhongxiao can't remember it clearly. As the name suggests, this official position is closely related to the economy, which is in line with the identity of the current Du Zhongxiao.

A few days ago, Du Zhongxiao officially played and asked to set up a Changping Division to be in charge of economic affairs along the way. The imperial court has not yet responded.

Officials at the level of the Song Dynasty Road, whether they were transferred envoys or sentenced to prison, what their duties were, they all carried the authority of supervising hundreds of officials, and they were all called supervisors. This supervisory power is the key to the management of local state and county officials by road-level officials. Without the power of supervision, local officials simply ignore you.

The reason why it is necessary to rely on the power of supervision is that road-level officials have no direct relationship with state and county officials, and only have the power to do things, but not the vital personnel power. The decision on whether state and county officials are good or bad, whether they are competent or not, and whether they are promoted or demoted, is decided by the central court. The road is different from the province of later generations, and the province is the superior of the state and county, and can give orders directly to it. Lu is not a superior, but only a affairs yamen, and cannot directly give orders to the state and county.

To promote Changping and be in charge of economic affairs, he also has to rely on the power of supervision. Although Du Zhongxiao is not interested in the power of supervising hundreds of officials, without this power, he can't manage the state and county, as for other affairs, how to divide it from the transfer envoy department, it depends on the meaning of the imperial court. Du Zhongxiao did not want to divide the power of the Transshipment Division, especially the local money and grain taxes, and Chang Ping Division did not interfere. Even forbidden goods do not want to manage. It focuses on field work, and general industry and commerce in various places. It is still centered on the iron superintendent to establish a commercial network that covers the whole road.