Chapter 1496: In Charge of the Cavalry Company

Establishing breeding farms in large numbers in every town can also resolve the current meat shortage in Huaxia at an early date. The breeding farms are, naturally, state-run, managed by Huaxia and overseen by the Pastoral Department under the Ministry of Agriculture. Of course, Huaxia also encourages individuals to raise livestock. Residents living in the city, due to living conditions, cannot raise large livestock and can only keep a few chickens, eat some eggs, and kill a chicken to satisfy their cravings after a long time.

For those living in rural areas, the Heaven and Earth are vast and there is much to be done. By building a small pigpen next to their homestead, they can raise pigs, which are livestock with plenty of meat. Raising sheep is also possible. Almost every family raises cattle, and the number is more than one, but they cannot be killed for food because they are all labor power; people are reluctant to kill them.

Only when they are old and can no longer work do people think about killing them for food, but most families are reluctant and trade them to the Pastoral Department instead, where the Pastoral Department handles the slaughter. These families that trade away their cattle can also exchange them for a relatively large amount of meat tickets. If they are reluctant to eat their own cattle, they eat someone else's.

Once the output of livestock is sufficient, Huaxia will be able to abolish the ticket system at an earlier and faster time to promote commercial construction. Baifeng feels that when development reaches a certain level, the emergence of certain things is beyond his control; it is a natural change, and he only needs to guide it.

Plus, having history as his greatest cheat, he can clearly judge which changes are good and which are bad. The good ones, he guides and promotes; the bad ones, he nips in the bud as early as possible and then reforms.

As for the current Huaxia, most of the factors that led to the fall of dynasties have been controlled. Land annexation, high taxes, and channels for social mobility—the few most serious factors that most easily affect national stability—have already been controlled through the form of institutions.

At the very least, events like the uprisings of Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, and Huang Chao can be avoided because the examination and promotion system is basically perfect and fair, limiting the degree to which noble families can control power.

The prospects for commercial development are healthy, and the prospects for agricultural development are also healthy. Regarding issues like land annexation and merchants interfering in politics, Baifeng has already "predicted" them in the precious book left for his descendants and provided governance advice, telling them what they should do. As long as his successor is not a fool and the situation of powerful ministers and young rulers does not arise, then the rule of Huaxia will be stable.

The most troublesome one, the problem of corruption, is indeed difficult to eradicate and cannot be eradicated; it can only be strictly monitored and severely dealt with. Huaxia now punishes any sign of it without leniency, so it has not yet caused a relatively serious image. It is also because Baifeng's methods are strict that this trend has been suppressed. Hopefully, this situation can continue for a few more years, but as long as they are human, they will definitely be tempted, and it cannot be cut off.

The disposal of the Wulenge Tribe has come to an end, but Zhang and Hun have jointly submitted a research report on cavalry tactics. After reading it, Baifeng was still very shocked and also very satisfied with their understanding and progress in exploration.

When asked who deserved the main credit, it was Hun who stood up. Zhang also clearly stated that he only played a bit of a cooperative and auxiliary role during the second verification and had a little help with the subsequent improvements, but it was not the main credit.

Zhang did not snatch the credit, and Hun did not hand over the main credit just to please his superior, because he understood who the greatest leader in Huaxia was and who was the person who decided everything. If he could perfect this combat method and apply it to the extreme, his achievements would definitely be much higher than Zhang's.

In view of Hun's understanding and successful application of cavalry tactics, Baifeng gave Hun a special commendation and gave him a more important task.

"Hun, our Huaxia's cavalry will naturally use horses in the future. Cattle will be replaced by horses later and can only be used for transporting supplies. Since you are currently the person who understands cavalry tactics best in Huaxia, I have decided to let you be responsible for the subsequent cavalry training and cavalry command."

Hun looked up abruptly and then gave a military salute. His hands were trembling because he understood what this meant. Huaxia's Army is managed by Xiong, and the Navy is managed by Zisheng. Although Zisheng's position is not as high as Xiong's and the number of Soldiers he commands is smaller, he is, after all, in charge of a military branch, so his voice is very high, even higher than Zhang's.

Now, the most important future military branch to be developed is to be handed over to him to be responsible for. If he can complete the task well, he will definitely be able to become a soldier who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Xiong. How could this not make him excited?

Zhang was very envious. His subsequent task is to annihilate the Wulenge Tribe. As long as the task is completed, let alone a general, even a Marshal can be fully obtained. But compared to Hun, Hun's opportunities and future achievements are clearly much higher.

"Currently, the number of usable warhorses in our Huaxia is not large. I can allocate seventy-four warhorses that can be used at present, as well as a number of Soldiers who can ride horses, for you to train and use.

At the same time, you also need to master skills such as horsemanship and mounted archery. I need you to start training this year and then deduce some usable tactics so that by next year, its due tactical value can be reflected.

Next year, I want to see the cavalry in actual combat. Can you do it?"

Hun gave a heavier military salute: "Understood! King, I will certainly not let down your expectations!"

"In view of your merits and the current task, I am promoting you to Vice Brigade Commander, with actual jurisdiction over the only Cavalry Company that is not at full strength.

After you go back, hand over your position and work as soon as possible, and then take over your Cavalry Company. The treatment of the Cavalry Company is the best among all military branches in Huaxia at present. Even for a single horse, its diet and living standards are higher than those of an Infantry Company Commander. I hope you can bring out the combat power they should have and perform meritorious service for Huaxia, so it will not be in vain that I have cultivated them for so long."

"Understood, King!"

Baifeng is actually reluctant to let the warhorses engage in high-intensity and high-risk combat so quickly. After all, Huaxia has so few horses, and they breed slowly. Losing even one is a huge loss, and Baifeng would be heartbroken.