TCM - The strength of the herd

The strength of the herd
'Need to find out how many horses the Empire commands. Presumably preparing in case of attack from nephew and/or Cathay? Will try sweet-talking the Princess...'

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'And we have divided our herds, of course, according to the division of lands...'
'"Each lord commands a hundred thousand men, and each of his generals commands ten thousand, and has ten subordinates, and so on, and accordingly the chain of command is highly organised..."'

The Princess did not need much persuasion to talk of horses. I learned that the Empire's reserves were vaster than they seemed; each of the old Khan's sons had taken equal shares of his herd, and yet each of them still commanded larger armies than any European king could imagine.

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