For the idea of building a heavy cavalry and a Romanesque legion, Ma Chao felt that it was imperative.

First of all, the increase in the number of his subordinate troops made it impossible for Ma Chao to expand his troops endlessly. We must build a high-quality elite army, otherwise it will be the same as before, although the combat effectiveness is indeed very strong, but most of those big soldiers have no military discipline, whether it is attacking or retreating, it is a posture of stumbling to the end.

Secondly, Ma Chao's military reform also meets the requirements of these regularized operations, among which the strict military regulations and reward and punishment system, as well as the queue drills required by Ma Chao, faintly coincide with the column combat tactics of the Roman legions.

In the end, it is the core reason: the elite soldier policy saves money!

On the premise of ensuring the combat effectiveness of the armed forces and improving their combat effectiveness, the best choice for emergencies is to streamline the strategy of the army. Although it seems that it is more expensive to feed a heavy cavalry, or a medium infantryman, or not to feed a few light cavalry or a few infantry. But in fact, a heavy cavalry can easily kill dozens of light cavalry in a normal battle; The same goes for hoplites. Moreover, those who did not have to join the army could go back to farming, which led to the prosperity of the entire county.

Further, building elite soldiers and strong generals will also drive corresponding economic growth points. This is really an imminent event for Ma Chao, who is currently so poor that he wants to cry.

"Young master, the lord used to govern the army with benevolence and bravery, and he also pursued the rule of virtue in the army, and his generals were all brothers, but the result was more defeats and fewer victories. And since the young lord took over this army, the army has been ruled by law. It is even in line with the book of war: 'A soldier with a system, an incompetent general, cannot be defeated; Uncontrolled soldiers, capable generals, cannot be victorious. We have grasped the key to improving the combat effectiveness of the army. What a genius in governing the army! Yang Fu said while reviewing the army with Ma Chao. And the military generals behind Yang Fu also nodded in agreement.

"However, what Yishan said is reasonable, and there is a cloud in the book of war: if the rewards and punishments are not clear, the laws and regulations are not believed, the gold is not stopped, and the drums are not advanced, although there are millions of teachers, it is useless." Although Zhang is a civilian official, he is also involved in the art of war, and he said: "If an army does not rule the army by law, even if it is led by a good general, it will be powerless and cannot defeat the enemy. In the reform of the young master's military affairs, the laws and regulations are clear, the rewards and punishments are lettered, and the soldiers use their lives, and they go to danger without regarding, so they can fight. And the battle of Tan Binh County is proof of this. ”

Ma Chao listened to his subordinates approving his views one by one, and said in his heart that it was false, but he didn't expect that he could use the 21st century's military training method to make these strategists connect with the military book.

"Ladies and gentlemen, on this basis, I want to build another heavy cavalry and hoplite. The method of killing the enemy in the queue of foot soldiers, I also want to work around. I wonder if you think so? At this time, Ma Chao saw that the soldiers under his command were really different from before, and faintly had the prototype of the army of later generations, and he couldn't help but say what he thought in his heart.

"Young master, don't!" Before anyone else could answer, Meng Da was the first to jump out and object: "Young master, you had to build a javelin and a giant oar a few days ago, and you spent a lot of money. Now you still want to build heavy cavalry and infantry, and this kind of consumption is not something that Fufeng County can afford at the moment! ”

"Northland's financial statements haven't been delivered yet?" Ma Chao was surprised, this Meng Da was a ruthless character in history who could fight well, knew the art of war, was resourceful, wise and brave, how did he become a housekeeper who could only cry poor under his own hands?

"The finances of Beidi County are quite rich, and Lord You Chu is also willing to transfer some of his assets to Fufeng, but what the young master has done this time, a certain routine evaluation, may not be a small project. The property of Beidi County may not be enough for the young master......" Meng Da said with some embarrassment, he knew how much he could spend money as a young master.

"How much property does Northland have? Where did it come from? Ma Chao was a little suspicious, that Beidi County was just a county in Liangzhou, and there was a lot of dry land, and there was no economic support. Can you listen to Meng Da's meaning, You Chu still has a lot of money under him?

"Lord You sent a report, the above is detailed, but when it is completely converted, there is about 50,000 surplus gold......" Meng Da really didn't want to say this number, because it would stimulate Ma Chao's desire to spend money even more!

"Fifty thousand gold?" Ma Chao was really dumbfounded: This You Chu robbed the bank, oh, he robbed the Chang'an treasury?

The numismatic system of the Han Dynasty, the currency is divided into two grades, gold is the upper currency, and the unit is the overflow (twenty taels is the overflow); With copper coins as the lower currency, five baht coins, as heavy as the text, that is, the weight of this copper plate is five baht, and twenty-four baht is equal to one tael of the old system; In the Han Dynasty, one tael was 15.6g. Han one tael is 24 baht, therefore, one baht is 0.65 grams. As for the exchange of gold coins for five baht coins, it is about 1 tael of gold worth 100 five baht coins.

There are 50,000 overflow gold in the entire Beidi County of You Chu, that is, 10,000 catties of gold, which is converted into 10 million copper coins. And the average annual supply of a soldier is only about 8,000 yuan, that is to say, You Chu's money can completely feed the annual consumption of 1,250 soldiers that Ma Chao is now compiling!

When did Northland become so rich? Even if it is Fufeng County, which is rich and prosperous, the balance at the beginning was only 20 million yuan, can this You Chu turn stones into gold?

"The young master doesn't know that less than 10,000 of the 50,000 overflows of gold are the balance of the Northland County. The other more than 40,000 surplus gold is the income of the Hanqiang Exchange for two months. Meng Da saw that Ma Chao's eyes were about to turn golden, and quickly explained.

"Iniquity!" Ma Chao slapped his thigh suddenly at this time, regretting: "I just knew that there would be oil and water in the Hanqiang trade, but I didn't expect that this oil and water would be so rich!" ”

In an instant, under the huge temptation of money, Ma Chao immediately ordered: "No one is allowed to touch this money!" Zidu, you immediately take this money and go to Beidi County to rebuild the Hanqiang Trading Station. Also, be sure to leave the biggest and best stall as the address of the Mars shop! ”

"No!" Meng Da's previous mind was on the Hanqiang Exchange, and it was Ma Chao who pulled him back halfway, and being able to go back at this time was exactly what he wanted.

"Wait......" After thinking about it, Ma Chao continued to say to Han Feng: "During this period, you put down all the affairs in your hands, go all out to collect and sell materials from various states and counties, and let Zidu give you a list of best-selling items. Also, although there is a lot of stock in that batch of distilled spirits, it is estimated that it will not be enough. You urge those craftsmen to hurry up and brew more batches, and tell them that as long as the quality is qualified, how much can be brewed! If you are willing to endure hardships and work hard, you can let them out of slavery at your discretion! ”

"No!" Han Feng has also had a headache about money recently, and when he saw that Ma Chao had started to make money like crazy, his heart was also happy.

Hey, my heavy cavalry and Romanesque legions, you still have to wait for me, a hard-working entrepreneurial youth, to counterattack and become rich and handsome, right? This money is a bastard, but without money, it really can't do anything! ——After realizing the importance of money for the first time, Jin Ma Chao said to Cangtian.