Chapter 446 Horse Loss

The "bed disease" of this other world is the "XING disease" of the earth.

When he first arrived at Avalon Fortress and inspected the sundries warehouse, Su Cheng had a bad premonition when he learned from Raymond that soldiers in the army rarely used contraceptive bags.

The reason why Su Cheng thinks the contraceptive bag is a great invention is because the contraceptive bag has made outstanding contributions to the medical field. It has greatly reduced the infection and spread of bed diseases.

After learning that the generals rarely used contraceptive bags, Su Cheng had a bad feeling in his heart and felt that this matter was not trivial.

Afterwards, he immediately entrusted Gary, the commander of the 3rd Army who was best at civilian work, to go to the military medical office to help him sort out a disease record and treatment record of the army generals in the past six months.

After reading the illness records compiled by Gary, Su Cheng knew that his bad premonition had come true.

The generals of the Knights of Michael suffered from "bed sickness" very much.

According to records from the Military Medical Department, hundreds of soldiers have suffered from "bed sickness" in the past six months.

In this other world where medical technology is not very developed, if you suffer from "bed sickness", the chance of being successfully cured is extremely low.

In other words, these hundreds of generals are equivalent to being useless.

This is only the record of the past six months. At the same time, there must be many idiots who hide their illnesses and avoid medical treatment. They dare not go to the military doctor's office when they are sick, so there must be many hidden patients that have not been recorded.

After reading the illness record, Su Cheng's face darkened.

If this kind of thing is not dealt with ruthlessly, the consequences will be very serious.

Su Cheng didn't want the subordinates he had trained so painstakingly to be defeated by this avoidable disease.

"Is it bed sickness..." Yaerlin sighed after reading the illness report in his hand, "In just half a year, hundreds of soldiers have lost their combat effectiveness because of it... This problem is indeed very serious..."

It takes a lot of time and money to train a qualified warrior.

No one can bear the heavy non-combat attrition of soldiers who spend a lot of money due to disease before they even start fighting.

"But... I'm afraid this kind of thing will be difficult to deal with." Yaerlin sighed softly again, "In fact, there have been several knights who discovered the problem of bed sickness, and they also tried to deal with it, but only It’s a pity that none of them achieved much results.”

"I already have a clear governance plan, but my governance plan needs the support of the Northern Territory Administration."

"Oh? Your Excellency, Captain, please tell me your management plan. Let me listen to your plan, Your Excellency, Captain."

"This thing is the key to managing this crisis."

After saying that, Su Cheng took out a small cloth bag in his pocket, then untied the small cloth bag, took out a small sleeve from the small cloth bag, and then threw the small sleeve to Yaerlin.

"This is……"

Yaerlin took the condom and looked at the thing in his hand with confusion.

"Your Excellency, Captain, is it possible to handle this crisis with the use of contraceptive bags?"

"That's right." Su Cheng said as he put the small cloth bag with 4 contraceptive bags left back into his pocket, "When enjoying the pleasure of men and women, wearing a contraceptive bag can prevent the spread of bed bugs. "

"Can contraceptive bags prevent the spread of bed bugs?" Yaerlin looked at Su Cheng in disbelief.

The technological level and medical level of this other world are not yet developed. Although they already know that bed sickness is contracted and spread while enjoying the pleasure of men and women, they do not know that it is spread through body fluids.

They don't even know that using contraceptive bags can prevent the infection and spread of bed bugs. They only know that contraceptive bags can be used to prevent pregnancy.

Su Cheng didn't have the extra words or energy to slowly explain to Yaerin how bed bugs are contracted, and why contraceptive bags can prevent the infection and spread of bed bugs.

"I heard this from a doctor a long time ago,

That doctor has done research on bed bugs, and he discovered that using contraceptive bags can be very effective in preventing the infection and spread of bed bugs. "Su Cheng panicked casually.

"I plan to purchase a large number of contraceptive bags for the generals to use, so I need the help of the Northern Territory General Administration to purchase a large number of contraceptive bags. Now the Michael Knights plus the 10,000 recruits recruited from the first phase of the draft, There are a total of 80,000 soldiers, and many new soldiers will be added later, so let’s buy 100,000 boxes of contraceptive bags first.”

"100,000 boxes?!"

"Contraceptive bags are not that expensive. I believe this quantity is more than enough for the Northern Territory Administration. Compared with the loss of a large number of generals, such a small loss of money is not worth mentioning."

"Of course, in addition to purchasing a large number of contraceptive bags, I also want to increase the teaching of this knowledge in the cultural classes of the generals every night, so that the generals know the horror of bed sickness and the importance of contraceptive bags. and how to use the contraceptive bag.”

"A two-pronged approach, starting with contraceptive bags and education, I believe it won't take too long for the Knights' bed sickness situation to improve a lot."

"..."

Arlin thought again for a while, and finally nodded heavily.

"I understand. When I return to Baidi City, I will inform Mr. Humphrey about this matter. As long as Mr. Humphrey nods, we will contact the major business groups in the north as soon as possible to purchase A large number of contraceptive bags will be prepared as soon as possible."

"Thank you very much. Then I have finished all the important things that need to be said."

Now that the matter is over, this two-person meeting should be disbanded - Su Cheng's words contained this implication.

"Your Excellency, Captain, please wait a moment."

However, Yaerlin didn't seem to want the meeting between the two to end just like that.

"Is there a problem?"

"The Northern Territory General Administration actually has something important to inform you, the head of the regiment. This official is here to hold talks with the head of the regiment. It is also one of the tasks of the official to inform the chief of the regiment of this important matter."

"Excuse me, what is it?"

"The wear and tear of the Michael Knights' horses is too great, and it consumes too much money. The Michael Knights, which currently has only 80,000 people, can use up dozens or more of them every month. Hundreds of war horses. When the cavalry of the Michael Knights increases in size, the cost of war horses will probably reach an astronomical figure. Therefore, the Northern Territory General Administration hopes that you, the commander, can pay some attention to the training of the cavalry and try your best. To reduce the loss of war horses."

After listening to Yaerlin's words, Su Cheng frowned slightly.

"According to your words, your Majesty, do you want me to reduce the training of the cavalry? Sorry, this is impossible. I have to reduce the training of the cavalry because I am afraid of the loss of the horses. Don't you think this is ridiculous? ?”

Su Cheng's tone was very strong and he was not going to give in.

Having said this, Su Cheng paused and then continued:

"Before the Northern Defense Operation in 288, when the Knights of Michael still numbered 200,000, the governor of the North could support the cavalry of the Knights of Michael, which had an army of 200,000 at that time. How did it end up now? With only 80,000 people left, we can no longer hold on?"

After listening to Su Cheng's somewhat sarcastic words, Yaerlin sighed, and then said with a wry smile:

"This has something to do with our two horse farms in the north."

"The horse farm? What happened to the horse farm?"

Unlike the Frankish Empire and the Holy Hiran Empire, which are close to the prairie where there are as many war horses as wheat in the fields, and can purchase and rob a large number of high-quality war horses from the prairie, the Britannia Empire can only rely on the few domestic ones. There are not many horse-producing areas to supply war horses.

There are a total of 6 horse farms in the Britannia Empire dedicated to raising war horses, and the Northern Territory has exclusive use of 2 of them. At the same time, the quality of the war horses produced by these two horse farms in the North is also very high. All very excellent.

Most of the war horses produced by these two horse farms in the north are supplied to the Michael Knights.

Therefore, because of this unique advantage, the cavalry unit of the Michael Knights has always been the strongest and most powerful among the three major knights.

There are now only 80,000 Knights of Michael left, and there are still nearly 10,000 cavalry.

"The climate in recent years has not been very good, and it has been getting colder year by year." Yaerlin said, "Horses are very delicate creatures. The two horse farms in the north have lost their jobs due to climate change. And production has dropped significantly."

Hearing this, Su Cheng's expression became ugly.

"We also understand the difficulties faced by your Excellency, the regiment commander, and we also know that the cavalry is a very expensive unit. However, we also ask your Excellency, the regiment commander, to understand the difficulties of our Northern Territory General Administration."

"...I understand. I will discuss this matter with my subordinates later."

"Grateful."

…

That night, Avalon Fortress, Su Cheng's home, Su Cheng's room.

"Ah...I'm so tired..."

Su Cheng, who rarely had time to go home and sleep tonight, threw himself on his bed imagelessly after returning to his room.

"The leader of a knighthood is really not a profession that anyone can do...especially the leader of a knighthood that is in urgent need of reconstruction..."

Su Cheng originally thought that if he continued to work seriously and deal with military affairs every day, one day he would be able to handle all the important things and one day he would feel relaxed.

However, reality told Su Cheng ruthlessly: You are thinking too much.

These annoying things are solved one after another, and one problem after another is solved.

After finally temporarily solving the problem of the army's new training method, the problem of food and bed sickness arose again.

After the problems of food and bed sickness came to an end for the time being, the problem of war horses arose again.

"Is the loss of war horses excessive and the production of war horses reduced... How do you want me to solve this kind of thing... Do you want me to disband the cavalry, turn all the cavalry into infantry, and never ride horses again..." Su Cheng Some people complained in a low voice.

——Forget it, I don’t want to think about it anymore. Let’s wait until tomorrow to think about such nonsense. Go to bed now. I’m so tired...

Su Cheng, who decided to postpone the matter of the war horse until later, began to take off the coats and cotton-padded clothes he was wearing.

However, just as Su Cheng took off his clothes and prepared to sleep, he felt something from his pocket.

——This is...oh, I almost forgot about this thing.

Su Cheng played with the small cloth bag in his hand because he threw one to Yaerlin during the day, so now there are only 4 small cloth bags left including contraceptive bags.

Su Cheng temporarily asked someone to buy this for him today, in order to better explain the bed illness to Yaerlin.

——So...how to deal with this thing...I don't have anyone with whom I can use this thing...

——Sigh... Forget it, ignore it, throw it aside casually, and give it to someone at some time later.

Su Cheng, who didn't want to waste any more brain cells on this, casually threw the small cloth bag with only four contraceptive bags left on the bedside.