After recruiting enough manpower, Zhang Hao set up a piece of land with a radius of 50 miles on a barren plain thirty miles south of the city, and began to build a pasture.

The enclosed land is mainly used for growing alfalfa grass and building green storage cellars, as well as for livestock sheds.

The construction was in full swing on the construction site, and Zhang Hao took Zhang Da, Zheng Meng and a few guards to the mutual market on the border with 300 gold.

The mutual market was established for the purpose of communicating between Han and Hu. There are merchants from all over the territory and Wuhuan people from the border counties, mainly livestock, furs, grain and bronze ware.

In fact, there are also iron tools sold in the mutual market, but only a few, and they are traded under the control of the government. The real danger is that the iron tools that are smuggled for export are melted down and made into weapons to threaten their own people, which can be regarded as a capital enemy.

"This son, I know at a glance that you are here to buy cattle, you come to take a look, the cattle raised by our tribe are well-known here, especially strong, both male and female."

"Childe, come and take a look at me, my lambs here are about to give birth, you buy them back, one becomes two, three or even four, you will definitely make money."

"Do you want to buy a horse, I have a good war horse, if the price is right, it is not negotiable that a horse that has not been castrated."

Zhang Hao was a little moved when he heard this, but Zhang Da on the side said to him: "Master, don't believe his words, there is a kind of horse on the grassland that looks extremely handsome, but this horse is very delicate, not as easy to feed as other horses, if you use it to fight the horse, you can't run ten miles, this horse will be tired to death." ”

In this regard, Zhang Hao humbly obeyed Zhang Dajian. Discuss. Although he was still a slave before, this herding ability is indeed not covered.

The captured horses were fat, strong, and healthy. So this time he came out, and Zhang Hao brought this expert with him.

Along the way, people kept selling their livestock to Zhang Hao.

There were also slave sellers in the market, male slaves for one cow, female slaves for three sheep, and children for one sheep

Zhang Hao bought five male slaves, five female slaves and ten children, also five men and five girls. I plan to let them follow Zhang Da and take care of the livestock in the ranch after they go back.

"After I return to Han with me, I can work hard, and when the time comes, I can consider making you a member of my Han people, and no longer be slaves." Zhang Hao promised them.

With Zhang Da by his side, he quickly picked it up

This time I bought five bulls, forty cows, three rams, twenty ewes, and twenty slaves.

Zhang Hao spent almost all the 300 gold he brought out from this trip, and only less than 10 gold remained.

Just as he was about to return to Fang County, a riot suddenly broke out in the mutual market. It turned out to be a thin white horse acting as a display, and he bit off the rope himself, rushed out, and galloped through the crowd.

People scattered and fled, and for a while, Zhang Hao was squeezed by the crowd to the middle of the road, and when he saw the white horse, it was less than thirty steps away from him.

Zhang Hao thought to himself: No, I'm going to have a car accident again?

Just when Zhang Hao closed his eyes and waited to be hit, the pain of the collision did not come from his body for a long time. But my face was licked by something, and it was sticky.

Zhang Hao opened his eyes and saw that the white horse stopped in front of his eyes at the moment, licked himself again with his tongue, and looked at himself with a pair of eyes, very spiritual.

Zheng Meng just squeezed out of the crowd and shouted, "The animal dares to hurt my cousin." "He drew his sword and wanted to slaughter the white horse.

"I'm fine, you put the knife away."

Zhang Hao stopped Zheng Meng, he felt that this white horse was human, and his attitude towards himself was different from that of others, and it seemed to like him very much.

At this time, the owner of the horse chased after him, came to Zhang Hao and said, "This crazy horse is mine, thank you Gongzi for stopping it for me." As he spoke, he tried to lead the horse away.

Zhang Hao stopped him and said, "How much is this horse, I bought it." ”

"This horse is worth 100,000 yuan." The owner of the horse rolled his eyes and spoke. Obviously, he had just seen that the horse's spirituality, especially its attitude towards Zhang Hao, and Zhang Hao's love for the horse, the horse owner felt that he could make a lot of money.

You must know that he had to work hard to catch this horse. As a result, Hakuba has been sullen and does not eat anything, and sees more and more sales.

I brought it to the market today with the intention of selling it before it died, but who knows that no one will look at it.

Originally, he already felt that he must be going to lose, but he didn't want to turn around, this is going to be lucky.

"Phew, you profiteer, I have seen it a long time ago, no one bought your horse for 10,000 yuan before, but now you want to sell it for 100,000 yuan." The passers-by next to him couldn't look at you and said you.

"That's it, the big guys saw it when they passed by." Others testified.

"," scolded the owner of the horse, "this horse was mine, and it was worth only ten thousand dollars, but now I think it's worth a hundred thousand." I like to sell as much as I want, what's your business. ”

Zhang Hao was not too lazy to talk nonsense with him, and said: "I paid 50,000 yuan, and I took this horse away." Then he motioned to his subordinates to give him hardware, and left without looking back.

"Hey, how can you only give hardware, I'll sell it for ten gold." The owner of the horse is unrelenting and wants to entangle.

As a result, Zheng Meng stopped him and glared at him. "Huh? The money has been given to you, what do you want to do? ”

In front of the tall Zheng Meng, the owner of the horse was like a little chicken, and he suddenly didn't dare to step forward.

"Okay, just sell it at a loss and say goodbye." After he finished speaking, he took five golden cakes and ran away without a trace.

"Hmph, the villain who has to inch in."

This kind of novelty never happened, and it quickly spread in the mutual market.

And Zhang Hao didn't care about other people's discussions, and led the white horse on the way back to Fang County.

Touching the white horse's somewhat messy fur, Zhang Hao said: "No matter what the reason, since you recognized me at a glance in the crowd, then follow me and mix well, I promise to raise you to be stronger than now." ”

Hakuba shook his ears and snorted, as if he was very happy.

"You are indeed very spiritual, and this world is really full of wonders. I should give you a name, just call Xiaobai. ”

Well, it's very much in line with its white horse characteristics. It's just a pity that such a good horse with human nature has such an ordinary name.

Of course, Xiaobai didn't feel anything about himself, it just felt that the person in front of him who made it feel that there was no malice was very happy at the moment, so it also called a few happily.

"Oh? It seems that you agreed, hahaha, a good little white, worthy of a good horse. ”

……

After returning to Fang County, Zhang Hao's life became regular. Every day, in addition to official business, it is to inspect the progress of the ranch.

One day, Zhang Hao returned home and saw his wife Fang Wan and his sister Xiaoqing eating. When he walked in, he found that it was a pastry that he had never seen before.

"What are you eating?" Zhang Hao asked.

"It was sent to us by Zhang Da to taste, and it is said to be a kind of food often eaten by low-level herdsmen on the grassland, and it is very delicious." Xiaoqing, a snack pick, spoke first.

Fang Wan scooped a spoonful with a spoon, handed it to Zhang Hao's mouth, and said, "Husband, come and taste it too." ”

"Hmph, it's really shameful that the eldest brother is such a big person, and he still needs to be fed by others."

Ignore Xiaoqing, what do children know. Zhang Hao took a bite into his mouth and hummed pretendingly, happiness is such a simple thing.

Sure enough, the sweet and sour are delicious, and the mouth is fresh and slowly melts, and this smooth feeling is very comfortable.

"Isn't this just cheese?"

"What kind of cheese, listen to Zhang Da, this thing is called dried milk in them."

"Didn't a few of the cattle and sheep that my husband bought back before give birth after they came back, Zhang Da said that they were made with the milk of cows and sheep." Fang Wan explained.

That's cheese, Zhang Hao thought.

As Zhang Hao, who grew up eating rice, he really didn't expect cheese to eat for a while.

However, this is good news for Zhang Hao, who now wants to develop animal husbandry. This cheese is equivalent to turning grass into food, and although the shelf life is still an issue, it has also opened up a new food source. This means a lot to the foodie nation.

Zhang Hao quickly found Zhang Da and asked, "I also tasted the dried milk you sent to the housewife before, and it tastes good." Is there anything you can do to make those cows and ewes keep producing milk? ”

Zhang Da replied: "Yes, the cow starts to produce milk after giving birth, usually two to three months. And the ewes are seven to nine months. On the grasslands, cattle and sheep are conceived in batches, so that the herders can eat dried milk all year round. ”

"Oh, and how much milk can you make other than the one used to feed the cubs?"

"If half of the milk produced by a cow is used to make dried milk, it can make up to five stone of dried milk, which of course people on the grassland do not do. Make so much dried milk that it has spoiled and is inedible before it is eaten. ”

Hmph, it's so much that you can't eat it and waste it, that's for the Hu people, and for me Han people, the more the merrier. There are still so many people in the world who can't even eat, and they are even more hungry during the famine in disaster years, so they are afraid that they will not be able to digest this bit of cheese.

Zhang Hao imagined such a picture in his mind, where there was a famine in the world, and then the army drove a herd of cattle and sheep to the local area, producing cheese every day for disaster relief. When time is urgent, you can also kill a few cattle and sheep for emergency, so that the victims who can't eat meat all year round can eat a piece of beef and mutton after the disaster.

Hiss~ The picture is so beautiful, Zhang Hao doesn't dare to think about it. Of course, it's just thinking about it now, and it's really difficult to operate. But there is no doubt that one way will be followed by a second better.

The most important thing at the moment is to realize the process of grass equals milk and milk equals food.

Zhang Hao said solemnly to Zhang Da: "You can operate this matter, as long as you can ensure that there is milk output all year round, I will not reward you." ”

"No, the villain must live up to the expectations of his master."