Ten people pulled the ice cart forward on the ice. There were sacks on top of the ice cart, and there was soil in the sacks.
People stood on both sides of the river. The Winged Knights lent their binoculars to the Tubo tribe.
"This is the binoculars. It can really see very far. You can see the faces of the people on the other side clearly."
"We used to fight with people with binoculars and suffered a lot."
"Two crystal pieces, one on each side of the tube."
"Transparent glass looks good, but I don't know if it can be imitated."
"Don't think about it. I heard that Princess Jincheng has it. They are Tubo's praises, how can they not think about it?"
The people of the tribe looked at the binoculars and discussed. They changed the way they called them Tubo.
The ten people continued to move forward. It was actually very easy to wear nailed shoes and pull the ice cart, provided that the ice surface was relatively flat.
Li Yi was in the eighties, and people in the northeast liked snow on the ground.
They pulled an ice cart to sell things at home or drag things back from the market.
If it was winter hunting, they would need an ice cart and a big horse-drawn climbing plow.
A good climbing plow was like a small house, and two horses or elk were needed to pull it.
The people on the ice walked, and after a quarter of an hour, they reached the middle of the river. The people on the shore became nervous.
Under normal circumstances, the shore was the least likely to freeze. There was soil, and the temperature would be transferred. The main worry was that there would be a hole in the middle of the river.
After another quarter of an hour, the people and the ice cart successfully reached the other side of the river. The people on the other side cheered, and then the people on the other side also shouted.
"We can walk now. In winter, the goods on both sides of the river will be transported directly on the ice."
"When there is another heavy snow, the goods from other places will also choose to walk on the ice."
"Winter is better, and there will be no starvation."
The tribes were more looking forward to the smooth transportation of Baggage than the Tang Army. They were waiting to get enough food through exchange and work this winter.
"Quick, tell the good news to other places. Downstream, find a place with turbulent water flow to observe the ice layer." Guo Zhiyun ordered.
In the past, even in the Hexi Jiedushi, it would snow in winter. When it snowed, it would be difficult to walk.
Now that there was a new means of transportation, it was better to snow.
"I reckon that all the places where it snows will make sleighs for transportation. Winter might create a good opportunity for war."
Zhang Xiaosong expressed his own opinion. West of Hexi knew how to use snow sleds, Tujue, and commando cavalry, let alone Tubo.
"The horses won't be able to bear it unless they have enough refined materials." Zhang Zhongliang rejected the idea of supplies.
In the heavy snowy days of winter, it was already good enough that the livestock could reduce their exercise.
If they were counting on the horses to carry a large amount of fodder on the snowy ground for a long distance, the fodder needed to have grains. Just feeding hay was not enough.
Those with better conditions would also be fed fried beans or bean cakes, wheat bran, and salt.
If the horses ran outside and didn't eat well, how could they fight?
"Our horses eat a lot of food every day. Since there is no war at the front, should we transfer some of the horses back and rear them?"
Wang Junkui was afraid that the rear would not be able to hold on. One military horse, including the grains and fodder, could eat fifteen to sixteen catties of food a day.
The grass was easy to deal with. Previously, they had cut it and tied it into bundles, piling it up like a mountain.
Grains were food. What was fed to the horses could also be fed to the people.
The horses that did not run out to carry out missions were fed five to six catties of grains a day. The horses that participated in patrolling and hunting were fed seven to eight catties of grains a day.
If they did not feed them, they would definitely lose weight. Even if the horses did not go out, they still had to run around the stables. They had to exercise.
Qin Li listened to their conversation and interrupted: "Let the horses pull the carriages for transportation. Arrange it. I will write a letter back to ask if there is any supply over there. "
… …
On the ship, Li Yi and the others had finished eating. The three women were sent back with a set of clothes. "What did you find out?"
"They don't know anything. They only said that someone shouted that there was a leak in the cabin. Everyone ran up and was then pushed down."
The Winged Knights, who was in charge of saving people and asking about the situation, replied.
"Send someone to keep an eye on them. First of all, they know that I am good at swimming. This has been a few years. Now, I don't even swim in the river outside."
Li Yi hated riddles the most. He wanted to judge. The story of him saving the ducks and catching the black fish was rumored to be miraculous.
For a long time, no one mentioned it. The other party would first judge that he might go down personally to save people.
The people on the ship did not panic, indicating that they knew the leak was not serious.
They had to keep an eye on them and see who they would contact later.
There were many guesses, but it seemed that all of them were true.
The more likely situation was that all the guesses were false. In theory, in such a situation, the entire ship should be arrested and tortured.
However, on such a festive occasion, it was enough to send someone to keep an eye on them.
At this time, the ship stopped and could not continue forward. The front was divided into many thin streams, and the source of the Ba River could not go up.
The steam engine ship began to reverse, rudder, forward, and rudder, and dawdled in that area.
The observer there shouted, "left rudder two, right rudder three," and so on.
"Li Yi, this old man asks you, how many horses are there in front?" Yao Chong came over with an enamel teacup.
"Is this enamel big cup good?" Li Yi did not answer the number of horses in front. Everyone knew the number.
Their own horses and the horses they caught added up to more than 150,000, more than people.
Zhang Xiaosong had 10,000 elite cavalry, four for each person.
"It's good. The soldiers can't each have an enamel military water bottle. Do you know how much grass the horses eat in a day? "
"On average, ten catties. Including the food people eat, it consumes 2.2 million catties a day.
In terms of money, plus the transportation, it's about seven million catties, 7,000 catties.
7,000 catties a day, 70,000 catties ten days, 700,000 catties a hundred days, and it takes 150 days to see green, 1,050,000 catties. "
Li Yi directly told the cost, not counting the canned food, arrows, cement, and medicinal herbs.
If not fighting, why would he count the arrows? Previously, Shu had sent a lot of arrows.
Including the cement and coal, 2.3 million catties was enough.
However, the cement was mined. The cement factory could make a profit in the future. The coal mine also made money.
"So little?" Yao Chong thought it was too little.
"There are many dead people. The dead are compensated, and there are rewards for meritorious service. But the horses and other livestock are ours, especially the place."
Li Yi spread his hands. How much more do you want?
"Everything in five months adds up to 2.3 million catties. How is it little?" Bi Goo also brought over an enamel jar.
He felt that Yao Chong was too arrogant. If there were no good weapons, generals, and soldiers in this war, they could spend 4 million catties now.
The imperial court's revenue a few years ago was more than 8 million catties. Half of the revenue to fight a war? The Tang dynasty would have been destroyed.
No, it was impossible to fight at all. There was no money.
The revenue was not a surplus. How could there be money to support the crazy attack?
This was including the cost of cement and coal from now until the arrival of spring. What about before?
"Isn't the revenue this year 30 million catties?" Yao Chong wanted to calculate according to this.
"Ten million catties are gone. They said it was to repair the railroad tracks. Ten million catties are reserved. Then there's the fleet and the war. It's all gone."
Bi Goo spread his hands like Li Yi.
"Are you bluffing?" Yao Chong stared.
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