Chapter 125: Horse Farm
Being reminded by Liu Feng like this, Bai Feng also came back to his senses, and was no longer worried about the tribe's southward migration, with Liu Feng, the military envoy as a guarantee, he could also put his mind at ease, Feng was in Soma, so he stepped forward and said: "The horses brought from the grassland this time are the iron hoof horses of Baicha, which are also the elite horses that the tribe has exchanged for from the Khitan tribe."
"This kind of horse is bred in the Baichagou of Langyin Mountain, where there is a pasture with a pleasant climate with abundant water and grass. But the Baicha ditch is composed of countless ravines of different depths criss-crossed, the ditch is more than 300 miles long, surrounded by small hills in the ditch, the rocks are all over the place, the rocks are hard, and the road is rugged. Horses here after many years of exercise, good at walking the mountain road, the pace is agile, the hooves are hard, do not need to install hooves to walk the mountain stone road, so there is a "hundred forks of iron horses" said. β
Hearing Bai Feng say this, it also aroused Liu Feng's curiosity, he is a person who loves horses and good horses, and naturally knows the legend of the Baicha Iron Hoof Horse, but the Iron Hoof Horse in later generations is rare, after hearing this, he nodded and said: "It is indeed a good horse!" I don't know if my cousin knows about the Uzhumuqin horse in the grassland? β
Even in the various equestrian competitions in later generations, the Uzhumuqin horse is compared with some of the world's famous horse breeds, the Don Hippopotamus, the Arabian horse, the British thoroughbred, etc., although it is not the most beautiful, nor is it the fastest sprint, but it is definitely the most durable and long sprint.
If you let the Ujumuqin horse race with some famous horses in the world, it is estimated that the leading horse will not be the Uzhumuqin horse at the beginning, but after two or three hours, the leading horse will not be another horse, let alone a long-distance run for a week or two.
Liu Feng didn't know if this kind of horse existed in the world, but it was precisely because of this kind of horse that the Iron Horse Empire was established, this kind of horse had a well-proportioned body, good endurance, strong physique, and strong running ability. In later official tests, the 1000m ride speed was 1:12.18, 5000m 7:04.06, and 10,000m 14:31.6.
What's more, the Uzhumuqin horse is very adaptable, has good fat fetishness, low incidence, and good reproductive performance, which is also the most famous Mongolian war horse.
Feng looked expectant, Bai Feng thought about it for a while, but still shook his head and said: "I have never heard of such a war horse, I don't know what kind of horse it is, so that Ah Di is so bothered?" When I return to the grassland, I will pay attention to the brotherhood. β
Although Bai Feng had to answer, Liu Feng was still a little disappointed, so he had to introduce to Bai Feng: "To put it simply, it is a kind of horse with extremely strong endurance!" β
Next, the two brothers had a discussion on the construction of the racecourse, Liu Feng still did the same as elsewhere, and made guidance on the key points of institutional planning, and Bai Feng filled in the rest by himself.
The three horse farms in Lake City are divided into military horse farms, breeding horse farms, and civilian horse farms. The construction of the horse farm, like a gold-absorbing beast, allowed Liu Feng to invest a lot of gold and silver, but the cultivation of horses is not achieved overnight, which takes a long time to fruition, and then Liu Feng realized why the ancients wanted to set up a horse administration.
"The horse is the foundation of the armor and the great use of the country. Tranquility is in the order of non-respect and inferiority, and if there is change, it is difficult to help the near and far", which shows the importance of Ma Zheng, in modern terms, this is a national strategic development issue.
The breeding and buying of horses is extremely important, if the ratio of population to the number of horses is hungry, reaching one hundred to one, then it is the time of Liu Feng's success, but such a proportion of numbers is not so easy to achieve, horses are still luxury goods for the current villagers, and not everyone can consume them.
The reason why Liu Feng wants to establish a civil horse farm is to raise the horse farm with the people's horse farm, and the horses raised by the people's horse farm are sold to the people, and even to the south, and the profits are then fed back to the horse farm, forming a good economic chain, so that the three horse farms can continue for a long time.
For the arrangement of the horse breeding farm, Liu Feng let Bai Feng have specific requirements for breeding, war horses and horses, etc., and also put forward some constructive suggestions, after all, horse breeding is a complicated science and technology, fortunately, these Rong people are excellent herdsmen, and they have their own unique experience in horse breeding.
After staying in the horse farm in Hucheng for a few days, Liu Feng went north to inspect the three passes, the place of the three passes was his key point, although it was a heavy army to gather, but if the Khitan went south, he did not dare to guarantee that only the 350,000 soldiers under his command could hold the three passes.
Fortunately, the Khitan will not go south in the spring and summer, and it also leaves enough time for Liu Feng to rectify the military and repair the three passes.
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Khitan, Linhuang Mansion.
After Yelu Ruan ascended the throne, the struggle for power among the Khitan nobles did not stop, Shu Luping was unwilling to let Yelu Ruan keep the emperor all the time, and at the same time did not give up the idea of letting his beloved son be the emperor, and wanted to use his remaining influence to instigate a coup d'Γ©tat.
However, the coup d'Γ©tat between Shu Luping and Yelu Lihu was denounced before it could be launched. Yelu Ruan took the first step, captured his grandmother Shu Luping and his uncle Yelu Li Hu at the same time, and forcibly moved to the ancestral land to "settle", that is, they were imprisoned.
But the struggle for the Khitan throne was far from stopping.
Yelu Tiande, the third son of the former emperor Yelu Deguang, coveted the throne and united the two sons of the descendants Xiao Han and Yelu Yin Dishi, Yelu Liuge Yelu Pennu, to wait for the opportunity to murder the new Khitan emperor Yelu Ruan, but was informed by Yelu Wu, who had been vigilant, and hurriedly came to report Yelu Ruan.
However, Yelu Ruan was hostile to Yelu Wu because of the previous incident, but he didn't believe what Yelu Wu said, and the two in the palace couldn't stand each other.
The old minister Yelu Wu said that he was in a hurry, and he said: "Yelu Tiande's ambition is known to everyone, if he continues to indulge in this way, he is afraid that he will be replaced by someone else on the throne!" β
Yelu Ruan was unmoved, and said: "Don't be so flustered, that old woman has also been demoted to Zuzhou, and her life is not long, how can the rest of the people make trouble?" Is it to let the old woman leave in peace? It's not right! β
Speaking of the dissatisfied law house quality at a glance, there was a sense of complaint, when Shu Lu Ping rebelled again, he wanted to kill the killer, but he was stopped by Yelu house quality again.
Yelu in the palace sighed again and again in his heart, Yelu Ruan had no courage and no strategy, and he tried his best to help him, but he was so complained that he didn't believe what he said, such an incompetent person, sitting in Dading, he had to worry about Khitan.
However, he still tried his best to persuade him, bowed down, and said in a deep voice: "In this matter, the lower official uses the head on his neck as a guarantee, if there is any discrepancy, the lower official is willing to bear the responsibility, and His Majesty can invite him to come and question, and this is also for the sake of Your Majesty's safety!" β
Yeluwa, the king of the north courtyard of the palace, also bowed down and said: "What Lord Tiyin (an official of the imperial family's politics and religion) said is extremely true, and let everyone confront the palace, can also make His Majesty loyal or not?" β
Seeing that Yeluwa also said the same, Yelu Ruan had no choice but to nod and say, "Okay!" Let them confront the temple as you have said! β