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Li Chen wondered if he wanted to hold another competition similar to a cross-country rally. For several days and nights, the horses could only eat grass and were not allowed to eat some concentrates. In the end, it's not just about speed, it's about weight.

Measure the horse's weight before the race and after the race. In fact, although horses run faster than people, and the distance traveled in a day can be farther than people, but the problem is that in fact, when it comes to the distance traveled, there is still a gap between them and people, and horses are not as good as people.

Because a man can travel long distances for several days in a row, although he cannot go as fast as a horse, he cannot go as far as a horse. However, one can continue to trek at high intensity for many days. Of course, this requires a supply of nutrients, training on a regular basis, and adequate nutrition. But if the horse does that, you will exhaust it to death. If you don't die of exhaustion, you have to lose fat, and you have to recuperate for a long time.

Therefore, Li Chen hopes to carry out such a test, hoping to cultivate a tolerance to rough feeding, grass is everywhere, and it is more troublesome to bring concentrate. It is resistant to long distances, and if you toss for a few days, it will be hung up for you to see, and this horse is also difficult to use.

However, no such test was held. First, the competition of several days and nights is too long. Who's going to see Ah? Moreover, he already has a good choice of this kind of horse, which is the Mongolian horse. The Mongols rode on Mongolian horses and roamed most of the civilized world.

The Mongolian horse is simply the best light cavalry horse. It is resistant to rough feeding, and grass is good. Mare's milk can be used as food for the cavalry, and the horses only need to eat grass, and even logistics can be saved. Moreover, Mongolian horses have long strength and can run long distances, giving full play to the power of light cavalry.

Europeans, or the whole world, have suffered a lot. European knights, if you really want to fight head-on, one knight can pick two Mongol cavalry, and ten can pick thirty. One hundred, you can fight five hundred.

But the problem is, the Mongols don't play with you head-on. Flexibly divided, surrounded, shot from a distance and cut at close range, cut off its grain route, lured and mobilized. The pit will only rigidly finish the formation of the Europeans. Some people scolded that the Southern Song Dynasty even made gold, which was very brainless and failed, and did not learn a lesson.

Actually, the Southern Song Dynasty was not so stupid. At the beginning, Lian Jin destroyed Liao, and suffered so heavy losses and losses, how could he not remember. However, the Mongols relied on their mobility to forcibly bypass the difficult pass and attack the Jin people from the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty. In addition to pinching his nose and admitting it, saying that even Meng destroyed Jin, what else could he do? Fight with the Mongols?

Therefore, Li Chen listed this project as an alternative consideration, and he really couldn't pick one that was better than the Mongolian horse, and it would be good to use the Mongolian horse in the future.

After the break, the next race is the reloaded horse race, this is the last one, this is the end of this race, today's horse race is over. The game started, and this time it went well. A small group of three people won the top three with great difficulty. Some people praise it and say it's smart. Some people scolded and said that this was cheating.

After watching the game, Li Chen said goodbye to Li Duowen. During this period, the two talked a lot, Li Duowen was talking, listening to him, he liked the Royal Research Institute in and out of his words, saying that they had just been established, and they had come up with a lot of amazing results.

He praised cement and four-wheeled vehicles, which would change the way Datang was built. Horse-drawn carriages would also dramatically change the mode of transportation. He himself was a man of miscellaneous studies, and he wished to be able to enter the Royal Academy and work with them.

Bidding farewell to Li Duowen, Li Chen returned to Chang'an. Along the way, he's still thinking about horse racing. It's not the horse racing system, but the worry, is such a horse race useful?

The purpose of horse racing is to breed horses, and to motivate the enthusiasm of horse breeding through prize money and honors. In this way, we can raise better horses. Many horses in later generations are the result of crossbreeding, retaining the excellent characteristics of their parents and mothers, and discarding their weaknesses.

Some people complained that the Chinese were accustomed to inciting horses, which led to the decline of Chinese horse breeds. I can't raise a tall horse. The most representative is the Mongolian horse. He was short, like a donkey.

However, Li Chen believes that it is not because of the incitement of horses in China that the gradual degradation of horse breeding. Westerners also ride horses, and they don't fancy that horses are too bad. Also, Li Chen can give an example, Li Chen doubts that this legend is true or false.

It was back then that Li Shimin and Wang Shichong fought for Luoyang. In order to show that he was sufficient, Wang Shichong deliberately drove the horse out to graze.

Ten thousand horses, what an amazing scene, but Li Shimin snatched the horse. How to rob? Is Wang Shichong a fool? Not even sending troops to protect it.

Of course not, the method is that Li Shimin sent a lot of horses, and as a result, he seduced those stallions to go towards the horses, and Wang Shichong couldn't stop the soldiers, and they didn't dare to stop them, and they had to protect these horses and kill them without showing their hands.

Many people haven't reacted yet, it's better to kill than to be caught, and before they can react, the horses are gone. Don't incite horses?

Beware that when the estrus period comes, people will use a few horses casually and take away your war horse. Or they were so provoked that they went berserk, and as a result, instead of being killed by the enemy, a bunch of horsemen were trampled to death by their own horses, which is ironic.

Li Chen feels that the reason for the decline of the horse breed is, on the one hand, as mentioned earlier, that the tactics have to be changed. Secondly, it is not carefully cultivated like Westerners. Li Chen just wanted to reverse the disadvantage in this regard, so he held the horse race.

There's nowhere to come again. Most of the horse-producing areas in China are places of high strife and war. Jibei and Ganliang Hetao are all bitter places for China.

Seriously, in fact, there is another place in China that is suitable for raising horses, and the Northeast is more suitable, and don't forget, it is a large plain, and the climate is cold, which is very suitable for raising horses. Unfortunately, the Chinese never really mastered it.

During the Han and Tang dynasties, it was nominally mastered, but in fact not many people lived there, and the Tang Dynasty was a capital protectorate. Song Dynasty, no, I didn't even touch the edge.

Ming dynasty? It is mastered, but unfortunately, it has never really been faced. It is obviously a fertile soil, and the Ming Dynasty also has the ability and opportunity to develop and master him, but unfortunately, even by the end of the Ming Dynasty, no one knows what kind of place it is. I have to say that this is a huge pity.

Therefore, he is now worried and determined to try to restore these places, otherwise, there will be no use in any horse race. Without a place to breed, horse racing will only become a wrestling occasion for people with intentions, and will not serve the purpose of breeding horses.

Before going back, he went to the bank and walked around. Datang Royal Bank was officially established. Chang'an and Yangzi, as well as cities along the Grand Canal, have traces of him. At present, the most important task is to promote the use of new currency.

At the moment, it seems to be fine, but it is close to closing, and there are still many people in and out of the bank to exchange money. Some people don't change much, as if they just come to see.

What's so nice about a bank? It's just an ordinary three-story building. But it's rare. The exterior is a very ordinary building, but the inside, palatial and atmospheric. Very bright, with a special design, the interior is filled with light from the outside. When the weather is bad, you can also use hidden oil lamps to illuminate.

On the floor is a kind of thing that has never been seen before, called floor tiles, piece by piece, it looks like pottery shards, flat but beautiful. There is also a rare thing in Datang, which is called tap water. These designs have made the bank, which was originally a very rigorous building, very fashionable.

It attracted a lot of people to visit, and the fashionable design did not damage his authority, but only made people feel awe and praise. How many people wish they could have running water in their homes?

Of course, Li Chen also wanted to, but it was basically difficult. Improving Chang'an's water supply system is a big project. The tap water system has to be buried and pressurized, which is really a bit troublesome. He can only do it on a pilot basis at the moment. It's not a hurry, anyway, even New York, more than 200 years after the founding of the city, did not have a water supply system. There is no hurry.

You say the Romans had a running water system very early? Please, did you know that that might have been one of the reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire?

Li Chen took a look at it, the bank had to be set up very much in line with his requirements, seeing the entry and exit, even if it was the people who came to visit, they would change some new money, Li Chen was so satisfied that he went back. It's just that he suddenly missed a little, and he didn't know what happened to those children.

'Tea and silk are available, and salt is also available, but how about I buy it with this?' Li Chen is worried about one of the winners, Li Chengyu, who is trading with people.

He picked up a belt to get money, and shook it with a clattering sound, "This is new money, the new money sold by Datang is more convenient to use than before, if you want to buy something, use this to do business with other Tang people, everyone will be very welcome." ’

As he spoke, he also took out the money and showed it to the people in front of him carefully, "Look, this money is so beautiful, so fine." ’

'Not copper coins?' "It's five coins, better than copper coins, you see, you don't even know what kind of metal it is." No one can imitate it. An old man, taking a sip of wine, said, "No, we don't take money from you Tang people, my grandfather was cheated very badly by you Tang people's money." ’

'Yes, you don't charge Tang money, you can't use it here. Several people, apparently his sons and nephews, echoed in unison. 'You Tang people, only the tea is good, the others, the cloth is very poor, and the money is even worse. If you want to change horses, bring either tea or cloth. We don't recognize anything else. ’

Wine can also be obtained, and this kind of strong wine is required. A man reminded the old man who had just spoken, "Yes, wine is fine, if you want this kind of wine, what is drunk... Anyway, I want this kind of liquor. ’

'Okay, okay, no problem, I want wine, cloth, and tea. It's just that I don't agree with your statement that the Tang people are bad. Li Chengyu asked people to hold a piece of cloth, "Look, is this cloth bad?" It's so dense and thick, what's wrong with this cloth. ’

A few people were amazed, and the deal was set. (To be continued.) )