There are also historical reasons why Europeans chose horse farming. In addition to the fact that they do not know how to use the nose ring to make the cattle obedient, the efficiency of horse farming is also one of the important reasons why Europeans choose horse farming.

In fact, the most popular era of horse farming in Europe was in the 18th century. In the 16th century, horse farming and ox farming coexisted in Europe. Why? This has to talk about the issue of agricultural output. At the beginning of the 16th century, agricultural production was low and grain was expensive. Raising a horse is expensive to feed. Because, the grain consumed by a horse in a year is worth the cost of a family of five to eat for a year. Although the cattle have a large appetite, they eat grass most of the time, and only eat during the working period. The cost of its feeding is also the level of food consumption of a strong man in a year. Therefore, in current Europe, only aristocratic estates use horse farming. Some poor peasants and small landowners still use oxen for farming.

It's just that cattle ploughing is too difficult. Because there is no cow nose ring control technology, most cattle are not suitable for farming, and only a small number of good-tempered cattle are suitable for farming. As a result, cattle farming is also difficult to spread. Therefore, there is a situation where horse ploughing and ox ploughing coexist.

In the 18th century, because the Dutch occupied the islands of Taiwan and Java in the 17th century, and dealt with the Han people, who had the highest agricultural skills, they learned fertilization techniques, which led to the so-called agricultural revolution. As a result, the food production of Europeans went up, and the cost of raising horses also went down. Then, horse farming became popular.

Of course, horse farming also has limitations. That is, horse farming is mainly aimed at the cultivation of crops such as wheat. In the face of rice fields, it is not possible. Because, when plowing paddy fields, the hooves are to be soaked in water. The cow is okay to say, the horse ploughs the paddy field, and it is very unsuitable. Moreover, when the horseshoe is soaked in water, it is easy to rust and fall off, which causes a big problem.

In later generations, Marin did not fail to see horses ploughing in the south. For example, in the Jinyijiang River in Hujian Province, there is a southern horse called the Jinyijiang horse, which is adapted to the hot and humid climate and can plow the fields. However, horses that plough the land generally do not nail horseshoes. Otherwise, it is easy to loosen and fall off when you soak in the paddy field. Even if it is nailed to the horseshoe, it will be unloaded before plowing the paddy field. This is still adapted to the southern climate, while the European horse is generally not adapted to the subtropical hot and humid climate of paddy fields. Even if you get used to it, it's useless. Because, the paddy field land is soft and silted, and it is difficult for the horse's hooves to focus. In paddy fields, pulling a horse may not be much faster than an ox. Jinyi Jiangma can only cultivate 4 acres of paddy fields every day, which is about the same as cattle. But cultivated dry land, up to 6 acres per day. Of course, the Jinyi Jiang horse is smaller, and if it is replaced by a European heavy horse, it must be more than 8 acres of dry land per day.

Therefore, horse farming is relatively suitable for dry land, while cattle farming is suitable for paddy fields.

But even if Marin knew that horse farming was suitable for Europe, he didn't have much of a problem. As he told Mikel - he lacked horses......

He could spend money to buy the equivalent of cattle from the Crimeans but not to pull horses. The Eastern European Mongolian horses in the Crimea are small in size and not necessarily much stronger than cattle. The reason why horse farming was not developed in ancient China was because of the lack of heavy horses in the East. With the 1.3-meter-tall man, the ability to plough the land may not be as good as that of a mule. As for the Guanzhong horses of later generations, they only appeared after the introduction of Western heavy horse crossbreeding. Among them, there is an important lineage, which is the French Berschelon horse, also called Pershma. Strong, strong, fast, long-lasting, resistant to cold and heat, eating little and laboring, Bershuren was the finest and most outstanding arable horse in the 19th century. In the 19th century, the world introduced the Belthuren horse and the local horse to crossbreed and breed their own excellent horse breeds......

"Yes, Bellsholunma, how did I forget this!" Marin patted his head and said in annoyance.

Of course, the real Belthuren horse has not yet appeared. Today, Marin can find the ancestral breed of the Bershoren horse in the Persch region at most.

However, even these ancestral breeds must have had some of the advantages of the later Belthulun horse (Pershma). As long as they are cultivated and targeted for their merits (horses with less obvious advantages are eliminated during breeding), breeds like the Belthulun horses will naturally appear in the future.

"Hehe, why is it a French breed?" Marin was directly amused. I feel that during this time, Marin always waved his hoe at France and dug into the corners. Moreover, it can be purchased with low-cost nickel white copper fake silver coins, which is not too cost-effective.

It can only be said that the technology of animal husbandry in France in later generations was too powerful. Charolais, Limousin and Belthulun horses are excellent breeds of livestock.

But now, it is clear that the French do not have the awareness and action to breed good breeds of livestock. So, let's let yourself be cultivated......

So, Marin found Kohler and ordered him to send spies from the North Sea Chamber of Commerce to carry a large number of fake French silver coins made of nickel and white copper to the Perche region of France to buy the original breed of Belthuren horses. Marin asked them to pay attention to the merit of "eating less and working more" when choosing a horse. This is very important for pulling horses. It would be nice to eat less of the food that the horse eats. And if you eat less, if you work less, it will not be cost-effective. Therefore, the Bell Shulun horse, which has both these characteristics, will become a world famous horse in later generations.

Marin thought of the tall and strong Shire Horse, which was indeed tall and powerful. But it is meowy, and with it, its food is also very large. All in all, it's not a good deal at all. If it weren't for the fact that Sharma had the potential to drag heavy artillery, Marin would not want to continue to raise this kind of "big stomach......

Speaking of which, the requirement of "eating less and working more" is really a bit embarrassing, oh no, it's embarrassing. But this is a man-dominated world, not an empire of cattle and horses. Therefore, the horse can only be selected according to this criterion of embarrassment.

Fortunately, there is a breed of Belthuren horse to look for, otherwise, Marin will also be blind.

In order to obtain and cultivate a better breed of horses, Marin ordered to recruit masters of horse breeding and soma with high salaries, and went to the Perche region of France to find horses that met the requirements.

Then, Marin will open up a breeding area for Belthuren horses in the horse breeding farm north of Aurich, and concentrate a group of horse breeders and horse masters to carry out fixed-point breeding, so as to obtain excellent horses similar to the later generations of Belthuren horses.

Marin does not seek to breed excellent horses with similar characteristics as the later generations of Belthuren horses, even if it only has some of the advantages of Belthuren horses, Marlin will not lose money.

In addition, Eastern European Mongolian horses will also be used as one of the samples of crossbreeding. Why? Because Mongolian horses are resistant to rough feeding! If you don't usually work, Mongolian horses can get by grazing. Not as delicate as European horses and often eat grain. If the advantages of Mongolian horses can be retained, even if they are not strong enough, Marin can accept them. After all, does grain cost money, grass costs money? Therefore, it is also an important research direction to take the Mongolian horse from Eastern Europe as the female parent, introduce the genes of other excellent horses, and breed horses that are resistant to rough feeding......