The owner of the Pegasus Ranch is a big man, so it was the supervisor who often worked here who came out to receive them.

It was not the first time that most of the students had come here, and Ma Guanqing continued to introduce Wang Lanling to this place when he led the horse into the ranch with the rest of the people.

"Pegasus Ranch covers an area of 650,000 acres, which is mainly used to raise horses and livestock, and there are less than 10,000 acres of farming.

There is another place like Pegasus Ranch in Tongzhou, and there are three larger ranches in Longzhou than Pegasus Ranch, which are dedicated to providing horses for the military.

This kind of strong logistical and support capability is definitely not something that some thieves can contend with.

War horses have a very important military use, and in large-scale wars, they are a must.

Tongzhou has a large territory and has enough arable land to squander.

The territory of Longzhou is also very large, and it also advocates self-sufficiency, and only a small number will let the surrounding states provide it, which is more like training the obedience of the surrounding states.

"In our Heishui County, if there is a place where we can farm, we must occupy it, unless it is in the city."

Wang Lanling talked about his family's affairs in Heishui County, he actually didn't know much about Heishui County, like farming, he had never gone to the countryside, let alone touched a hoe.

Ma Guanqing said with a smile: "Many people on our side are unwilling to farm, so they should really change." ”

Wang Lanling asked curiously: "Why don't you want to farm?" ”

Ma Guanqing explained: "Fifty-five years ago, when the first emperor got our Tongzhou, he gave us 15 acres of land per family in Tongzhou, and the rest was either attributed to the merit or given to some meritorious heroes, but then the grain could not be harvested, so the land was integrated, and now every family goes out to work in exchange for rations. ”

Wang Lanling thought about it and felt that the information was a bit big.

First of all, whether it was the feudal era or the industrial age, the peasants refused to pay grain.

In the feudal era, grain was requisitioned by means of coercion and coercion, and the peasants paid grain and taxes as a necessary thing to do, and even if they starved to death, they had to pay the grain that should be paid, which was a national plan.

The industrial age would also collect grain from the peasants, and industry without grain support would not last long.

Because of hunger and the price of food, most people are reluctant to sell food, so it is necessary to exercise forceful means in such matters.

In addition, there must be some big landlords fighting back, otherwise it would not have reached the point where they could not harvest grain.

Judging from what happened to the big landlords in Heishui County over the years, these big landlords in Tongzhou must have done something unhappy a few decades ago.

Many of the problems are complicated, not only because of the landlords and the old forces.

If the land cannot be used casually, but can only be used to grow crops prescribed by the government, then the people of Tongzhou, who want to come to the wealthy, are also reluctant to farm.

There must be someone planting this kind of thing, the cultivation efficiency here is very high, and the grain yield is also very strong, but the grain is not valuable.

Tian Yuguan walked over and said, "Let's take a rest today and meet again at noon tomorrow." ”

At this time, everyone had arrived in front of the ranch's reception house, which was a six-story restaurant with many lanterns hanging on it, and many staff members were standing in front of the door.

There are two flower beds and a fountain pool in front of the restaurant, and a little farther away is the willow pond, and there is a pond pavilion covering an area of more than ten acres, which should be planted with aquatic crops such as lotus.

Although it is a pasture, the soil quality is not only grass, it is much better than the land in Heishui County, and the water diversion irrigation system is also very convenient.

Wang Lanling said: "It's still early, I want to look around, where is the grass that Mr. said on the road?" ”

Tian Yuguan didn't want to mess around with this person, but after thinking about it carefully, with this person here, they couldn't let go.

So he said: "I asked the people here to accompany you to have a look, they are all old people here, and they know all practical things." ”

Tian Yuguan is an old man here, and he is very familiar with this place, and the male staff of this era are basically the kind that have worked all their lives.

"Ma Xun, you take him to see the ranch here, and find him something to eat on the way." Tian Yuguan didn't want to accompany Wang Lanling to eat a working meal, and he was afraid that this kid with a reputation for honesty would talk about him in a fake way, so he didn't let Wang Lanling stay for dinner.

Everyone's ideas are very simple, Wang Lanling speaks for the people in their county, it must be a Qing official.

In fact, it's basically the case, even Jiang Zhenhai only sent women, not money.

Everyone in the school knows that Wang Lanling is rich and not short of money, but they weirdly think that Wang Lanling is a Qing official.

Wang Lanling didn't want to accompany others to dinner, so after hearing it, he said, "Okay, then I'll stay here casually when I come back at night?" ”

Tian Yuguan thought for a while and said directly: "Let's talk about it after you come back." ”

"Okay."

These people ate and rested, and Wang Lanling didn't bother them, what didn't he know?

Ma Xun went to lead a horse, a black and white variegated horse, as ugly as a cow.

At this time, the rest of the people went into the luxurious guest house to rest, and Wang Lanling saw it and said, "Is your horse a good horse?" ”

Ma Xun said with a smile: "Of course not, just watch it look ugly when it was a child, and I was reluctant to change it after two years. ”

Wang Lanling nodded, "Then let's go and see the pasture grass in the pasture first, I'm not familiar with this place, you can introduce me here." ”

"Good!" Ma Xun rode forward, and after Wang Lanling rode a horse to follow, he said: "Go to the horse farm first, there are breeding horses, like my horse is a pure black horse and white horse mixed blood, running as fast as parents, height and appearance are not good, it is a breeding failure." ”

Soon the two of them came to the pasture, and looked down from the mountain bag, below which was the verdant river like the ocean.

These are grasses that grow on the ground, and the height is about half a meter, and when the wind blows, the visual experience is so smooth that it is as if you can row on it.

These are the kings of forage that have been successfully screened out after decades of cultivation.

Ma Xun stood beside Wang Lanling, looked at the endless pasture in front of him and said: "It's not time yet, when the summer comes, these pastures will be higher, and the cattle and sheep can eat the freshest pasture grass by lowering their heads slightly." ”

The two continued to walk forward, Wang Lanling's forest horse would often bow his head to eat grass and refuse to move, while Ma Xun's inferior horse walked in a regular manner, like a servant who had long been accustomed to this kind of thing, and the forest horse was a soil bun that had never seen the world.

After walking for a few minutes, I soon saw some men grazing and horses grazing with their heads bowed.

Soon a rider ran over and said to Wang Lanling and Ma Xun, "Who are you?" ”

Ma Xun said quickly: "Yan Shan, this is an official student from the official academy, who came to us for research. ”

When Yan Shan heard this, he said, "Then you can look at it casually, what are your orders?" ”

Wang Lanling looked at the horses in front of him and said, "These are all the horses in the ranch?" ”

Yan Shan said solemnly: "No, we are the sixth team, and there are a total of 12,000 horses here in the pasture, divided into twenty teams to manage. ”

Wang Lanling thought for a moment and said, "Is the forage enough to eat?" ”

Yan Shan: "Enough to eat is enough to eat, but the rule is that you can't use one kind of forage, and you will also bring in forage from other places to feed some horses, and usually collect and store some forage regularly, and the excess forage is used to feed pigs and geese." ”

Wang Lanling nodded, this is the essence of the empire.

"I'll take a look, I'm a little hungry now, do you have anything to eat here? Divide me some. ”

Wang Lanling looked at his watch, it was almost twelve o'clock.

Yan Shan looked at Wang Lanling's watch, revealing a look of envy.

"Yes! I'll go to the kitchen and get you some! Ma Xun said, and prepared to go back to the guest house to get food.

Wang Lanling shook his head, "No, what do you workers usually eat?" Just get me a copy, I want to see the standard of living here, the food in the guest house looks boring. ”

In terms of food, Wang Lanling didn't think that the luxurious meal in the guest house was meaningful, he wanted to know more about the ordinary level and roughly understand a basic.

Ma Xun said helplessly: "Childe, you are joking, we eat rough things, you should eat deer tongue and abalone and other high-quality dishes." ”

Wang Lanling looked at Yan Shan and said lightly: "You go and prepare an ordinary food for me, what you usually eat, prepare one for me, I think I still have the right to eat whatever I want." ”

Official!

Yan Shan had seen a lot of officials, and at this time, he suddenly felt a familiar temperament in this person.

"Yes!" Yan Shan quickly agreed, and soon ran to a nearby stone and fetched a package.

"If you don't dislike it, please eat this, this is my lunch at noon, I'll go and order something with others."

Wang Lanling got off his horse and sat on the ground.

Yan Shan quickly comprehended, opened the baggage, and showed the food inside.

A bowl of steamed vegetables mixed with flour, pressed on a plate.

A bag of water, I don't know if it's wine or what.

A piece of duck leg wrapped in leaves with an unknown name.

A flat, dried sheet that looks like a nori leaf is a bit like an infusion.

"What is this?" Wang Lanling felt that this standard of living had crushed 99.99 percent of the people in Heishui County.

Yan Shan said: "This is steamed vegetables, this is a water bag, this is a rabbit leg, this is a pickle slice, and the water in the shelf is soft, and you can drink soup." ”

Wang Lanling touched the water bladder, it was cold water.

I grabbed a piece of steamed vegetables from the bowl directly with my hand and tasted it in my mouth, the feeling of batter was not unpleasant, but it was not delicious either, slightly better than steamed rice.

"It's okay, you two go to the kitchen and order something to eat for yourself, and come back after eating."

Wang Lanling didn't mean to make Yan Shan hungry.

"Thank you, big official!"

Yan Shan felt that Wang Lanling was definitely not an ordinary official, and he called him a big official, but he didn't mean to be happy at all, as if it was a matter of course.

Before leaving, Yan Shan asked the rest of the people to take a good look at Wang Lanling and not to be kicked by the horse.

After all, this kind of thing is not once or twice, and there are always people who think that these horses are very docile.

This is too much to worry about, Lord Xiao Wang has always been respectful of all kinds of things that do death.

The afternoon was spent on the pasture to observe the pasture and nearby animals, and also saw rabbits and some birds, as well as dogs and snakes.

The dog is a Tongzhou dog, a kind of medium-sized dog that is good at running, with smooth and bright fur and a body size of sixty or seventy centimeters.

These dogs help the wrangler manage the horses, chase back horses that have run away, and have a penchant for making noise, finding rabbits and rats in the vicinity.

Wang Lanling has his own aura, wearing the uniforms of officials and students in the Tongzhou Official Academy, those dogs think that they often see these people in and out of the hotel, so they didn't come to trouble Wang Lanling at first.

After Wang Lan had eaten and drunk enough, a dog wagged his tail and squatted a few meters away from Lord Wang with his mouth open hahaha.

Wang Lanling threw the uneaten rabbit leg forward, and the dog ran out with a puff, and then did not continue to come to find Lord Wang.

Yan Shan and Ma Xun came back, Wang Lanling contacted the riding technique a little, and then went to ask some things about rodent prevention, insect prevention, epidemic prevention, etc.

When I went back after dark, as expected, those people were watching the singing and dancing with a drunken face, hugging some peasant women who didn't know where they came from, full of ugliness.

These people are in the realm of agricultural officials, and one by one they can easily beat Wang Lanling.

The next few days were pretty much the same, with a view of the empire's profoundness during the day and its holes and corruption at night.