Although agricultural income cannot sustain 500 elite cavalry, agricultural output is essential for elite cavalry!
Whether it's supplying the knights or feeding the warhorses, a large amount of grain consumption is required.
It can be said that the grain consumed by warhorses is more than that of a regular or even a middle-class farmer's family. Hence, many slaves from castles and ranches sneak into the stables at night to steal grain for the warhorses.
According to the officials responsible for horse breeding, nomadism cannot produce truly top-tier warhorses.
The continuous expansion of griffin scale in Hesse Territory is partly due to the feeding of massive amounts of grain, ensuring that even in winter, the territory's warhorses remain well-fed and strong. Then, robust and skillful knights ride these strong warhorses to tame the starving half griffins in the wild, dramatically increasing the success rate.
