High-end cavalry like Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, and Yuchi Laomo are rare, and steel chariots cost so much.

Anyway, Li Er doesn’t really like to talk about this matter if he has nothing to do.

So overall calculation, in fact, the gap in combat power between the previous cavalry and the current steel chariot in the battle formation is very obvious, but for the overall strategic plan, the change is not that big.

The biggest part is mainly the increase in the terrifying power of the steel chariot in the land battle, and the impact formation. Nothing can replace this, and accordingly it will cost a lot of money.

In other words, when facing a military force that is similar to the Army of the Tang Dynasty, or at least at the same level, the Army of the Tang Dynasty can rely on steel chariots to fight heavy armored cavalry composed of flesh and blood. Before the war begins, the Army of the Tang Dynasty has the unique ability

A big advantage. But it only goes so far. After all, the war cannot be won by the elite.

After these top-level military forces, any country also needs a large number of other military forces, that is, more cost-effective and more scalable military forces to complete the entire war - yes.

Shopping malls are like battlefields, and battlefields are also like shopping malls. A war is like a product. Every link from research and development to after-sales must be done. If you don’t do business, you can’t do it. And most military tasks are not actually done through

Completed by those top-notch forces.

At this time, one can imagine how beneficial it would be to have mastered the main horse farms in America!

Of course, North America is now a fertile land. In addition to growing food, it can also be used to raise war horses. Then again, horses can be raised directly from food. It is a pure stereotype that horses only eat grass.

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However, in order for an army to move and exist, it cannot just have war horses. Whether it is the Chinese imperial army or the Roman legions, they are all human beings and not gods. In addition to raising war horses, the soldiers themselves also have to eat.

The best plains in North America obviously still have to be used to grow food, and of course the precious food must be used first for human consumption.

At this time.

Those grasslands in South America with higher altitudes that are actually not suitable for growing food, but are very suitable for raising horses, are very precious. In other words, in the final analysis, no matter who occupies the top plains in North America, they can only use it.

To grow food - this did not change even after North America became the number one developed country in later generations.

Looking at it this way, the ranches in South America have become similar to the Hexi Corridor area in China.

It may not be very capable of producing grain, but it is absolutely excellent as a pasture, and it is so large.

Anyone with eyes will be shocked just by looking at the map.

It’s much bigger than the Hexi Corridor!

And then again, the plain grasslands of South America are not suitable for growing food. They are just the best arable land compared to North America.

But if it were shown to the people in most parts of China, it would be absolutely fine and fertile land, and they would not be picky at all.

The world economic facts of later generations have fully proved this point. Although North America's dominance in the agricultural field has hardly changed, South America is also very famous for its grain exports.

Therefore, there is no doubt that South America is actually a battleground. During the war stage, it is a top-notch horse farm. After the war stage is over, it is also a "sub-flagship" large area of ​​arable land, which is a good place.

But in the end there is one decisive factor.

Although South America is obviously also a strategic location, and the most important thing is that the current hot spot of competition is in North America. If Datang or Rome - or any other players occupy South America, then the next thing to do is

It will become many, many more.

This time, cooperation was launched. Going north from South America, whether it was cooperating with the Tang Dynasty to attack Rome or cooperating with Rome to attack the Tang Dynasty, the effect was self-evident.

But precisely because of this possibility, it also means that I really want to go to South America.

It is obviously more cost-effective to occupy America first, and then use your best army to explore the south. To be precise, it is much higher.

From this point of view, South America does not seem to be particularly in need. To be more precise, it is not particularly worthy of all parties' efforts to invest money and people in it now.

However, this is a "normal" situation after all.

In war, there is nothing normal.

Again, as long as you can cheat, you must cheat; as long as you can make a fortune, you must make a fortune.

You can be the sixth child, never the fifth or ninth child. This is the decision that is responsible for the empire and the fathers behind you.

And since it is more cost-effective to advance to South America from land, then of course we have to go by land. The problem is,

Are there any other ways, other possibilities?

After Li Xiaogong relayed Li Sheng's "industry-university-research" policy, Li Er naturally thought of the matter in South America. If something could be written about this matter, then no matter how high the expenditure on industry-university-research affairs was,

It's not like it can't be done.

But how to do it? You have to think about it carefully. In fact, it is not complicated, because for Li Er, he only needs to deal with the "nominal" issue. As long as he has a nominal foundation, he can do it no matter what.

I can still use the treasury freely, without having to worry about what those Confucian scholars force me to do.

After all, I know the long-term effects in my heart. The national policy Li Sheng mentioned is another long-term national policy no matter how you look at it.

But there is no need to explain to Confucian scholars, which does not mean that you do not need to consider the feelings of your own people. You don’t need to care about the opinions of Confucian scholars, but your subordinates also need to be confident. But thinking about it this way,

Li Er couldn't help but feel that the idea of ​​​​this matter is already there. Just get some benefits from South America. The only problem is that the resources in South America are strategic resources. This is the biggest benefit. Maybe it will happen at this moment.

become the biggest problem.

The problem is that the land in South America is used as cultivated land or pasture - in short, it is the value of being a farm. This value can be said to be the most fundamental value, because only the land used as a farm can be converted into the army.

However, this kind of land value with high long-term value retention rate often does not produce any economic hot spots that can bear fruit in the short term, so it is not as eye-catching as some strategic locations - military strategic locations themselves often have no special value.

, but because of its special terrain, there are often economic hotspots nearby.
Chapter completed!