Li Chiqi and Hong Huangnan looked at each other and didn't dare to speak anymore. Nick's crazy energy, both of them have been taught. When his strength had passed, he led them to the ranch's office.

Most of the hillside pastures have undergone water and soil conservation projects, and along the mountain, you can see a series of stone-built drainage ditches coming down from the mountain and draining into the artificial river below the mountain. Ensure that the soil on the surface of the mountain is not eroded by flowing water, and can retain water and materials. The water drained from the mountain is stored in a reservoir under the hillside, and the water is in high demand for a horse to drink.

The soil in the pasture has been improved, and the green grass seems to be natural, but in fact it is mostly artificially planted high-quality grass. Reservoirs and artificial rivers have been built at the foot of the mountain to store rainwater and adjust the ecology. The Mopanling Ranch Project has invested a lot: it is the third largest agricultural basic project of the Committee of Agriculture after the transformation of the United States and Taiwan and the transformation of the study field. There has been controversy in the Executive Committee about investing so much in raising horses, and in the long run, Lingao is not a suitable place for large-scale horse breeding.

But the urgent need for horses in the army and agriculture finally led to the approval of the Mopanling Ranch project, after all, it is difficult to expand the horse population without a large enough pasture: the original pastures along the Wenlan River were limited and there was little potential for expansion in the plains, where agriculture was growing rapidly. In contrast, the climate in the mountains is relatively cool, and the land and hydrological conditions are also suitable for the development of animal husbandry.

The ranch office is located in a timber-framed house not far from the stables, with the windows open, and the smell of grass and horse manure permeates the house. If you sniff carefully, you can still smell the smell of disinfectant water. The décor of the office is very rough, with wooden walls, stone floors, an old style of white stubble desk, and many filing cabinets. On the cabinet is written: stallion score sheet, pedigree, birth records......

For modern horse breeding, the breeding and maintenance of horse breeds is the focus of horse breeding, especially when the quality of horse breeds is too poor and needs to be improved urgently. Nick doesn't know much about these things: he knows a lot about horse pedigree, and he can be called the head of the way, but it's just a sitting and talking in a riding club, and it has little to do with the actual cào. Now the main work in this area is Yang Guigui's work, and Nick is studying hard.

"Sit." Nick took off his overalls and threw them in the laundry basket on the side. Ask them to sit down, Yang is familiar with the road, and as soon as he enters the mén, he sits down. Nick poured two large cups of cold boiled water from the carafe for them. Li Chiqi thought that the simplicity of this hospitality was one of the best among all the departments of the Senate. If you pick the part of the mén, you have to make a cup of tea. Offices and workshops like industrial and commercial outlets are always stocked with various beverages and are open to supply.

"What's the matter today, transfer the horses?" Nick opens mén to see the mountains.

"yes, Xun Suji you know, right? Food Factory's","!

Nick nodded repeatedly, "Oh, I know." I took scraps from food factories to make feed. ”

"He's getting married." Li Qianqi said, "My wife is an indigenous. This was the first time that a patriarch had married an native.

The executive committee meant to make it more solemn, so it approved him to greet his relatives in a red flag carriage. The carriage convoy is now under my control, and I have to transfer two horses to pull the wedding carriage tomorrow. ”

This kind of thing is not likely to be rejected by ordinary people, but Li Chiqi knows that Nick may not be.

"What does Xun So-je's marriage have to do with me." Nick really didn't care and said, "Let the bride sit in a huā sedan chair, don't all sit in a huā sedan chair this time and space." ”

"They are all veterans, you have to sell face with a carriage for marriage."

"If it's military, agricultural, or foreign affairs, of course it's okay to use horses, it's the overall situation. What is a big deal about getting married? If you don't get married without a carriage? ”

"This" Li Chiqi said, this also makes sense. But the matter of the wedding car is a matter that has already been decided, and he can't change it if he doesn't agree.

"You can rest assured, just two horses pull the cart and run around, and it's not a heavy load." Li Chiqi said a lot, and added a lot of guarantees to get the horses he needed.

Hong Huangnan secretly said that Comrade Nick was doing this, and his car seller had to choose another source of horses. This matter has to be discussed with Guo Yi, Skade and others.

Yang Guigui was not surprised, and said with a smile: "When the horses of this batch of officers and soldiers arrive, they will not be so nervous about using horses." ”

"The native servants make the horses come all the time, and it is useless for the new horses to come without raising them for three or four months." Nick said, "How many horses can come this time?" ”

"Shuyu has already reported it." Mr. Hong said he could memorize the numbers: "107 horses, 71 mules, and 51 donkeys. ”

"That's it?" Nick was disappointed, "There are more than 100 horses sent after the Chengmai War!" Now they have their nest or more than a hundred horses? ”

Hong Huangnan said: "I heard that the officers and soldiers have eaten a lot, but in fact, they have not yet reached the point of killing horses to satisfy their hunger. ”

Nick was heartbroken, and after a while, he said, "Do you want me to send a few herdsmen here to help drive the horses?" Is the supply of aquatic plants on the road guaranteed? ”

"I asked the artillery team to help drive the horses. They've all been trained with you, so you can rest assured, right? Hong Huangnan said with a smile, "Don't worry about aquatic fodder, I'm a logistics staff officer, can I do this minimum work?" ”

Yang Guigui asked: "Are there many injuries?" ”

"Not much, the wounded and sick have already been fed by the officers and soldiers." Hong Huangnan didn't say that some of it was sent to the Ròu factory. He asked, "How many horses do we have now?" ”

"There are 1 horses in total, including the new foals." "Donkeys have concave heads, and mules have 10 heads. The mules were seized and newly produced, and when they were well raised, they were given to the farm to raise their own servants. ”

Throughout the Mill Ridge, all the horses, donkeys and mules under the control of the Crossing Group are now raised. According to the relevant regulations approved by the People's Committee of Agriculture for the drafting of the Senate, horses, donkeys and mules obtained through various channels were not allowed to be retained by any ministry or individual, and all were transferred to the Mopanling Ranch first. It can only be classified after treatment, restoration of breeding and evaluation of breeding value.

Nick heard that Hong Huangnan and others were going to Guangzhou to promote horse-drawn carriages, so he talked about the supply of horses. He was curious about how to supply horses for carriages in Guangzhou, a place where horses were not available, so Hong Huangnan talked about Skede's idea: to buy Guangxi and Yunnan horses locally.

"These two kinds of horses should be from the southwest of Yunnan, as small as a donkey, and the carrying capacity is not as good as a good donkey." Nick disagreed, "I really don't see any value in the mountain troops, other than that they might be useful." ”

Hong Huangnan hugged his business plan to sell carriages, and had already thought of the corresponding reason: "Isn't it easy to get the ancient horse?" Besides, you don't want to sell the méng thousand horses that you have worked so hard to get to the rich man to pull the cart. ”

"That's right." Nick nodded, "When you buy a Dian horse in Guangzhou, I'll send you a professional horse breeder." ”

"Thank you so much, but you better send someone to give us the horses first, otherwise Xun Suji, the groom, will be in a hurry." Hong Huangnan said. Husband's family hahadaxiao.

Many years later, when "new marriage" has become the most common form of wedding among the common people, those old people who have witnessed the "Australian wedding" for the first time in Lingao will still relish the impatient Zinv recalled the various events of the day, for such a poor and remote place, the new wedding form opened their eyes.

In the afternoon of the same day, Mo Xiao'an wore a U.S. Navy all-white summer military uniform borrowed from Le Lin, and took off the collar huā rank above, and the reason why he borrowed the United States is because the U.S. military is the most gorgeous, with glittering gold decorations, lest some natives think that this is a murderous costume. In the past, there had been a similar misunderstanding when the patriarchs wore white sweatshirts and white shirts in the summer. Now the naturalized people and some of the aborigines who have frequent contact with the patriarchs already know that Australians are not taboo in white.

xun su ji xiōng pei xian huā. Holding a bouquet of fresh huā. Accompanied by Mo Xiao'an, he took the red flag carriage to Liu's house to welcome his relatives. The spectators along the road were jammed, whether they were indigenous or naturalized, they all wanted to see the appearance of this "newly married". Pulled by two horses, the red flag carriage draped in red and colored swaggered across the highway, and the wedding carriage was lined up by the soldiers of the garrison battalion to open the way, all wearing new uniforms, which looked both mighty and jīng.

The dragon and lion dance team of the Appreciation Department was personally led by Ji Denggao to make a big splash in Liu's Song. In the noisy day of gongs and drums, it was Zhang Yu's stumbling live broadcast:

"The convoy has entered the square in front of Liu's house...... "The commander got out of the car with a smile on his face and waved to his relatives and friends who had come to attend the wedding and to the crowd in the square......

The bride does not have a traditional phoenix crown and a xiaxia veil, but wears a "Hanfu" designed by Huaxia Society, and it is a red satin Hanfu wedding dress that Lao Zheng Shangjie personally did. The phoenix crown of the "Hanfu" that leads the century is worn. Looks different. The scholars of the Liu family and the guests had a lot of discussions, could it be that the Great Song Dynasty was like this?

Suspicion is suspicion, and no one dares to question the patriarch in Lingao. Seeing the carriage coming to greet the relatives, the style is extraordinary, and everyone envies it. But all the big landlords who have adult NV children in their families are all thinking about it.

In the midst of the joyous crowd, the first batch of trade and intelligence officers who went to the mainland had quietly arrived at the Foreign Intelligence Bureau to receive the mission orders for their respective regions, and according to Ji Ge, they would go to multiple locations on the mainland to officially launch the mainland strategy operation. (To be continued.)