Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 633 - 5: Can War Horses Be Trained Like This? Shocking the Noble Guests (12,000)_5

Chapter 633: Chapter 5: Can War Horses Be Trained Like This? Shocking the Noble Guests (12,000)_5

"Training this way saved time for riders and warhorses to get used to each other."

"Once released, the obedience and coordination of the warhorses would be very high."

"Of course, if it’s a Fire Fierce Horse King with high intelligence, it’s a different story," Zhao Xing pondered.

The Fire Fierce Horse King had too much intelligence; if it encountered danger, it might betray its master on the battlefield and flee on its own.

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Since the end of December, the resources Princess You Ruo had gifted arrived one after another at the Land Island Dragon Horse Guard through cargo ships.

Not only did she send young beasts, but Princess You Ruo also sent a group of people to help Zhao Xing expand Tuquan Palace.

Ten thousand young beasts, mainly horses, encompassed four primary types: Dragon Whisker Horses, Heavenly Horses, Purple Lightnings, and Fire Fierce Horses.

Zhao Xing divided Land Island into several zones, establishing multiple planting areas to grow plants suitable for these four types of fine horses.

Simultaneously, the transformation of Land Island was put on the agenda.

But due to the approaching year-end festival, everything had to wait until after the new year.

As time passed, it quickly turned into the early February of the 21st year of Jingxin.

Zhao Xing gave the people at the Dragon Horse Guard a vacation, leaving only one-third of the personnel on duty.

Because the Big Annual Festival fell on Spring Festival, it was the most significant holiday of the year.

Reunion, eating festive meals, drinking festive wine, wearing festive clothes, worshipping the Earth God, matchmaking... the celebrations lasted for half a month.

This was the longest holiday in the officials’ welfare.

Zhao Xing left a clone in Twin County and returned to Chongming Prefecture to celebrate with his family.

Chen Shijie and Gui Niang were also invited by Zhao Xing to join him.

Since Old Chen and Gui Niang were just two people, they were too lonely, so they came along to join the lively celebration.

As for Long Xiao, he was out of luck.

His superior left him in Red Stone County, citing his solitary status.

He wrote a letter in a pitiful tone.

On February 10, Zhao Xing planned to visit Princess You Ruo.

But Princess You Ruo had already returned to the capital to reunite with Emperor Jing, making it uncertain when she would return. Ji Zixuan had also returned to her own family’s Prince Mansion, so Zhao Xing had to give up.

On February 21, Zhao Xing returned to the Twin Islands Dragon Horse Guard to resume daily training.

This time, Zhao Xing included the young beasts in the training!

Originally, Dong Yuanqiu, Tao Anchun, and others opposed it, but seeing Zhao Xing only trained them on simple actions such as sitting, standing, lying down, and walking, they let him be.

The more than five hundred adult Heavenly Horses and Fire Fierce Horses began their combat skill training.

Training was a must; due to their excellent diet, these horses were so energetic that not training them would cause problems.

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At the beginning of March, Zhao Xing began expanding the scope of the Ksitigarbha Returning Origin Array.

Because the young beasts’ feed soon became insufficient!

Even though Princess You Ruo was not in Bixian County, her orders were well executed.

By early March, the number of young beasts had grown to fifty thousand.

With the original feed planting area of the Twin Islands Dragon Horse Guard, they couldn’t supply enough feed for fifty thousand young beasts crying for food.

The Literary Minister of Agriculture was not the Military Minister of Agriculture Officer. Excluding Zhao Xing, the planting capacity of the more than seven hundred Literary Ministers of Agriculture could only supply feed for about fifteen thousand young beasts.

Tao Anchun of the Divine Feeding Department was so anxious he wailed. He found Zhao Xing to report the situation, looking as if he wanted to cut his own flesh to feed the young beasts.

Mr. Zhao said not to panic. "Let me use the Ultimate Magic—’Master You Ruo.’

The next day, Chongming Prefecture issued a mobilization order.

It requisitioned enough feed from nearby islands—Donghuo Island, Zhoushan Island, Weng Island, Yongnan Island, Longbi East Island, Longbi South Island, Longbi West Island—to supply fifty thousand young beasts for three months!

This operation further refreshed the understanding of Zhao Xing’s background by Dong Yuanqiu, Tao Anchun, Cao Jiang, and Bao Shiqiu.

They no longer resisted the reconstruction of the Divine Chosen Department and the training of war beasts as planned by Zhao Xing.

Sun Shizhao of Bay Island was also greatly astonished.

Because the material dispatch order came from Chongming Prefecture officially, not privately from Princess You Ruo.

Official dispatch orders from Chongming Prefecture requisitioned supplies from seven islands efficiently for Zhao Xing? What a powerful backer!

Sun Shizhao immediately initiated administrative dispatch, sending people from the Bay Island Minister of Agriculture Supervision and the Heavenly Workshop to help Zhao Xing’s Dragon Horse Guard.

Sun Shizhao was smart. He knew Zhao Xing was a big backer and would eventually be promoted, thus not conflicting with his interests. So his dispatch even included people from the military department!

According to Sun Shizhao: "Our military department people can’t change the heavenly time or adjust earth advantage, and we can’t raise horses, but we can always do some heavy and dirty work!"

This time, Zhao Xing did not refuse, as he indeed needed the manpower.

Whether adjusting the earth veins on Land Island or building arrays and palaces, many people were needed.

The wages for these people didn’t even have to come from his Dragon Horse Guard, which was truly considerate!

Free labor, why not take it?

In terms of fiscal expenditure, Sun Shizhao even gambled his future.

According to the Great Zhou code, county-level government (or county-level county government) had to remit seventy percent of their annual tax revenue, leaving thirty percent in the local government treasury for welfare projects.

The retention amount in some revenue aspects could even exceed thirty percent. For example, the commercial tax and fishing tax in Twin County could retain up to fifty percent because the Market Shipping Department needed reserve funds to prevent financial crises.

Sun Shizhao allocated all of Twin County’s twenty years of fiscal savings to the Dragon Horse Guard!

This man was betting his career. If the Dragon Horse Guard went bankrupt or if someone caused a financial run in Twin County, his career would end.