"The corn seeds brought by your Majesty were only in April and May last year, but the yield was nearly twice the wheat yield of the same acres in the North. I believe that corn seeds can be introduced step by step in the North.

"When he said this, Zhao Anling's tone became a little excited.

No matter what era we were in feudal society, the food problem was a huge problem.

Before the Great Cang was in chaos, according to statistics, there were hundreds of millions of people in the Great Cang, and the imperial army, border troops, and the various government troops totaled about 4 million soldiers and horses.

Twenty to thirty common people support one soldier, which does not sound like a large ratio.

However, just because they are raising soldiers, it does not mean that the cost of raising a soldier is exactly the same.

The Champion Battalion, the Black Cavalry, and the Flame Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are the three most famous cavalry in the world. The cost required to raise ordinary soldiers and horses is almost three to four hundred thousand.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Although the cost of soldiers and horses such as the Panshi Heavy Infantry and the Divine Gong Battalion is not comparable to these three cavalry, it is still several times the cost of ordinary soldiers and horses.

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Coupled with the large-scale ordinary cavalry in Zhendong, Zhenbei, and the Forbidden Army, the cost of one cavalry is equivalent to several ordinary infantry under normal circumstances. And those heavy cavalry can even be compared to several ordinary infantry.

Ordinary cavalry.

Compared with the number of Da Cang's people, the number of his soldiers and horses sounds large, but in fact it does not reach a limit, but in fact, it is because Da Cang pursues quality rather than quantity.

It was only in recent years, during the years of civil strife, that the old soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the quality was reduced. Since the various forces could not guarantee the quality, they began to consider the quantity again.

Therefore, with the emergence of corn, especially after Zhao Anling personally ordered people to find several fields in Yanbei, Yannan, and Hebei for experiments, he checked its yield. When he just received the data, he continued to test it for several months.

Didn't even fall asleep.

Wheat is a cold-resistant plant that is suitable for growing in colder climate conditions, so it is the main product of the North. However, its growth cycle is long and it usually takes 8-9 months to mature.

But this corn has a growth cycle of only 4-5 months, and its adaptability is especially better than wheat.

Although it will not completely replace wheat, if it is widely promoted in the north, it will definitely greatly enhance their soft power.

"In that case, we will start to promote it to Yanbei, Yannan, Hebei and other Taoists."

Corn can not only be eaten by humans and used as one of the military rations in the future, but it can also be used as one of the feeds for war horses. Moreover, not only corn, but corn leaves can also be used to feed war horses.
Chapter completed!