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"The construction of this racecourse is good, it seems that Shan An has spent a lot of effort." There is an open space in the eye, and there are a lot of wooden fences set up in between, and there are six sand and mud tracks of about ten meters in total, and the runway is a large semi-arc, with a length of about three hundred meters, which seems to be specially used for taming riding.

"Lord Wang, these sections of the runway have been set up for three months, and all the rubble has been cleared during this time. The soil here is also relatively soft, and it will not cause much damage if a rider falls down. Guo Zili pointed to the riders who were still in contact with riding on three of the runways and said: "Now on the track are the soldiers of the military horse farm defense battalion, because riding training is not an overnight thing, even if they have been learning riding for a while, but there is still a big gap with those instructors, so the soldiers will come to practice every day." ”

"Oh, this defense camp was set up by you, Brother Li?" Geng Jingzhong listened to Guo Zili's words and did not speak, but asked Li Guangdi with a sideways face.

Li Guangdi seemed to know that Geng Jingzhong wanted to ask this, so he replied with a smile: "Guo Fangwei is right, the four battalions that came with the navy are now staying in Luzon. Only the Guards Battalion, which had been lurking in Haijia Manor, returned after completing their mission, and the four new battalions were the 6th, 9th, 11th, and 19th Battalions of the Marine Corps. The 9th and 11th Battalions were stationed in Manila, the 6th Battalion had been split and assigned to the town police stations for temporary garrison, and finally the 19th Battalion was sent to guard the military horse farm. ”

"Oh, that's right. The Sixth Battalion is temporarily stationed at the town police stations, and I know that. I've seen it in Manila. At first, I wondered where there was another battalion. I thought about asking, but I was busy and forgot. I didn't expect to be sent here. No, I should have thought that I was sent here. Geng Jingzhong also smiled and said. Other places are important, and this military horse farm is just as important, and it is not guarded by the army, but it is too unsafe. More than 30,000 horses, but a great fortune, I can't guarantee that those natives will come and rob them! You must know that the indigenous people of Luzon still have some tribes that do not submit to the Spanish colonial rule. Hiding in the mountains, I am afraid that I don't necessarily know that the Spaniards are finished now!

"Where did the instructors here come from to teach the warriors to train riding? I don't think I remember ever sending someone here. Geng Jingzhong looked at the soldiers who were training in the distance, and asked later. At a distance of about 300 meters, the horses can see a silhouette clearly, and what the human face looks like is really very blurry and can't be distinguished.

When Li Guangdi heard this question, he said with a slight pride: "Guess the prince, where do these instructors come from?" ”

Geng Jingzhong looked at Li Guangdi and then at the soldiers training in the distance, thinking in his head that he had never sent a warrior who was proficient in riding skills to this side. Then these instructors must be people from Luzon's side, nothing more than three parties. New immigrants, local Chinese, and Spanish captives, as for those natives, can be excluded directly. "Was it recruited by later immigrants, or was it originally a local Chinese? There won't be any Spanish captives, right!? ”

"The prince's eyes shine thousands of miles, and every sentence hits. There were 212 of these instructors, of whom 120 were recruited from the new immigrants, and most of the local Chinese were the original escorts of several families, and there were also 30 people, and the rest were Spanish prisoners. Originally, there were 5,000 Spanish horses, 60 or 70 horsemen, and 300 Spanish cavalry. However, the cavalry was captured by us, and these captives also willingly came to the horse farm as instructors. To be honest, these Spanish instructors do have two brushes, and they are better at teaching than other instructors, and the results are fast! Li Guangdi pointed to the figure in the distance and said, for these Spanish instructors, he has personally contacted, and on the whole, the professor is still very serious, and that's it, Li Guangdi and others look down on these Spaniards.

Geng Jingzhong nodded knowingly, Europe has been in war for many years, surrender is not a shameful thing, if you want to die, you will not surrender, so many years of war, there is no one in Europe for a long time! "This is understandable, after all, people are professionals! Besides, being an instructor in this racecourse is better than being pulled into coolies! Geng Jingzhong smiled and said. In later generations, in the two world wars, when the European armies surrendered, they were all tens of thousands of collective surrenders, and it was not surprising that Geng Jingzhong was loyal to this thing in front of him. "Let's go to the stables!"

Although not far away was the barracks of the horse farm staff and the soldiers of the defense battalion, Geng Jingzhong did not go in that direction, but turned around slightly and walked in the direction of the stable about 300 meters to the left of the left front runway. When he entered the racecourse just now, Guo Zili pointed in this direction and said that Shan An was treating the sick horse inside!

The stables in front of me, often referred to as stables, look a little shabby. Almost all of them are wooden structures, each shed is quite large, all are about 40 meters long and about 10 meters wide, the two adjacent stables are three meters apart, and there are 20 horses living in each stable, which is also what Guo Zili introduced just now, according to what he said, it is not appropriate to put too many horses in the stable, not only because it is not easy to manage, but also because the horses are easy to get sick if they are too crowded.

There was only a row of thirty stables in front of it, and there were more than twenty rows in the back, and nearly 15,000 war horses were bred in this place alone. According to Guo Zili, there is another place about five kilometers away from the racecourse, where tens of thousands of horses are also raised. These horses were purchased from the Dutch, and the more than 5,000 horses contributed by the Spaniards were originally located by a small lake in the northeast corner of Manila, and most of them had been moved to this side not long ago, but some of the more than 1,000 horses were still left for the two battalions in the city to ride.

As soon as I got close to the stable, there was still some distance to smell a foul smell, although it was not too strong, but the smell was really not very good. Most of the horses were let out to graze, and those that remained in the stables at the moment were either driven back early or sick, and Geng Jingzhong saw less than a thousand horses, and they also hit the stables scattered in the middle and rear. After all, there are a small number of sick people, and most of them have round stomachs. Eaten. At this time, the sun will go down for a while. It is estimated that there will be another hour at most. The other horses were driven back one after another!

There are some horses drinking in the manger, and some horses are using their tails to chase away the flies around them. Geng Jingzhong noticed that some of the horses had their eyelids tightly closed, and they seemed to be asleep! You must know that horses sleep standing up, and this horse sleeps standing up to inherit the living habits of wild horses. Wild horses originally lived in the endless desert steppe area, and in ancient times they were not only hunting objects for humans, but also a delicious household food for jackals, wolves and other carnivores. Unlike cattle and sheep, which can fight against enemies with their horns for a long time, the only way is to run to escape from enemies. Carnivores such as jackals and wolves are nocturnal, and they live in hidden bushes and grasses or earth and rock burrows during the day, and come out to hunt at night. In order to escape from predators quickly and in time, wild horses do not dare to sleep on the ground at night. Even during the day, it has to stand and nap, keeping a high level of vigilance in case something happens. Although domestic horses do not encounter natural predators and man-made injuries like wild horses, they are domesticated from wild horses, so the habit of wild horses to sleep standing is still preserved today.

When horses usually stand and rest, they tend to take turns resting one hind foot, resting slightly bent and gently resting on the ground, carrying less weight, and two front feet and the other hind foot carrying most of the weight. Much like the three or seven steps of a person. Only when it is very safe and comfortable will the horse lie down to sleep. You may spend only a few hours in a day lying down and sleeping, most of the time standing up. Sometimes during the day, when standing next to the horse stake, he will also doze off, just look at the halter on his head and the lower and lower the halter, and the eyelids are getting heavier and heavier, so he knows that he is about to fall asleep. Horses lie down and roll when they are happy outdoors, which is a bit like a human stretch. Usually he chooses a place to kneel down on his front feet, then lie down with his whole body and roll on all fours to the sky. When you stand up, you stand on your front feet first. Stand on your back feet again. When you stand up, shake your whole body and shake off the sand. This is created by the living environment. Many herbivores sleep standing up, with ears erect so that they can spot predators and run away.

Many of the horses Geng Jingzhong sees now sleep like this. If you want a dead person to sleep standing up, you must not be able to maintain your balance, and those who can fall asleep standing can be called gods, belonging to the level of great gods. Originally, people are so tall, they need to maintain the balance of their center of gravity when they stand on two feet, and after falling asleep, their brains are completely rested, and there is no command system, so they don't fall to the ground with a bang?

Previously, it was Geng Jingzhong who stopped Guo Zili from sending people to inform Shan An, the head of the racecourse, and now everyone has also come to the stable. More than 1,000 horses are only distributed in the middle and rear here, and the sick horses that Shan An is treating are all concentrated in a dozen stables in the far north. These stables are specially used to house sick horses, and there is a high earthen wall in the middle of the other stables, probably to prevent some horses from spreading infectious diseases to other good horses, but if it is an infectious disease, what is the use of just this wall? However, the stables here seem to be more "luxurious", it looks like there is more space, and it is also cleaner.

Shan An was still engrossed in checking the sick horse's condition at the moment, and did not notice the arrival of Geng Jingzhong and the others. He was originally the head of the Geng family army in charge of raising horses, but the number of horses in the Geng family army was too small, and it was only 3,000 at the most, and it did not exceed 1,000 after moving to Fujian. Last time, Geng Jingzhong decided to build a horse farm on Luzon Island, so he sent him over. As a veteran of horse breeding for more than 30 years, he can be said to know all kinds of horse temperament well. Although this Dutch horse is different from the Chinese horse breed, it does not take much effort to breed it, and the temperament of the Dutch horse is found out in a very short time.

The horse he was looking at belonged to the equine tetanus category, which was caused by a wound cut by a sharp stone outside. There is more than one horse infected with tetanus at the same time, and there are more than 20 horses in the same stable, but the condition is different.

"You also remember for me, this horse runs outside every day, and it is more likely to be injured than people, and ordinary minor injuries don't matter, but like these horses, it is a bit severe to be infected with tetanus. The ten horses here with mild conditions used 16 coins each for vitex, Aracea, and parsnip, 12 coins each for safflower, zombie silkworm, and whole scorpion, 2 coins for licorice, 10 coins each for mint and Qianghuo, plus 6 coins each for cinnamon branches and ephedra, and fried twice separately for the horses. These are the heavier ones, every ten horses with parsnip, Qianghuo each 16 yuan, gastrodia, Aracea, cicada molt each 10 yuan, Angelica angelica, safflower, Banxia each 10 yuan, the whole scorpion 8 yuan, angelica 6 yuan, fine pungent four money, fry with water to remove the slag, and then add honey 40 yuan mix well and feed the horses in equal parts. Take it once a day in the morning and evening, and it is estimated that you will be fine in three days! Every time Shan An checked the condition of a horse, he turned around and asked his assistant to write down the situation, which was divided into two categories. It wasn't until all the tetanus horses were seen that he said loudly to a few veterinarians on the side. These veterinarians were only recruited from among the new immigrants, and they were much worse than him, an old horse officer.

"Bang Bang!" Geng Jingzhong took the lead in giving Shan An appreciative applause, and the others behind him also patted. Shan An heard the applause before turning his head to look outside the stable. "Subordinate Shan An, see the prince!" Shan An saw that it was Geng Jingzhong and immediately bent down to salute, he had seen Geng Jingzhong many times, every time Geng Jingzhong went to practice equestrianism before, he received him, it can be said that he is still Geng Jingzhong's half equestrian coach!

When the others heard this, they were shocked, it was actually the prince who arrived, and immediately knelt down and saluted. "The grass people see the prince!" Most of them are new immigrants, and they have the impression that they have to kneel down and kowtow when they see the official master, let alone the prince.

"Get up! I just saw that you are so serious and responsible in treating horses, and I can't help it. As long as you can conscientiously raise good horses for this king, this king will be rewarded. The single manager really has a set of treatment for horses, and it is easy to prescribe the right medicine! With you in charge, this Luzon military horse farm can be described as worry-free! Geng Jingzhong praised with a smile on his face.

"The prince has won the award, and his subordinates dare not take it. My subordinates are just doing their duty, and there are many people who are better than me. Shan An also modestly replied, arrogance is a taboo for people.

Geng Jingzhong said undeniably: "Okay, you don't have to be modest, you have been raising horses for my Geng family for decades, and I know your ability." There are tens of thousands of horses in this horse farm, and less than 100 of them are sick, which is already very rare! It's not all your work, but it's more than half of it. Pass my order, all the personnel in the horse farm will double their monthly income this month, and these veterinarians will add another ten taels to show encouragement! ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Everyone in the racecourse present thanked them in unison, and the happiest person was Shan An himself, Geng Jingzhong's words recognized his merits. Also, he has served the Geng family for so many years, and there is hard work without credit, not to mention that he does take good care of this horse farm. The position of the head of this military horse farm can be said to be stable, even if someone is greedy, it can't shake him lightly.

Geng Jingzhong didn't want to stay in this stable for a long time, the smell was really a little bad, even if it was cleaned very clean, but there was still a peculiar smell, and many stables were superimposed, which made people feel it! "How's the treatment of the sick horse here?" After Geng Jingzhong finished rewarding, he fanned his nose with his hand and said.

"Oh, back to the prince, I've already finished reading it, as long as the people below take the medicine for the horses. I also invited the prince to do it in the office room, and allowed his subordinates to introduce the details of the military horse farm to the prince! "Shan An is also an old man, how could he not see Geng Jingzhong's small movements, knowing that Geng Jingzhong is not used to the smell of this place, so why don't you hurry up and invite the prince to a clean place with fresh air?

"Well, I'm just going to know more about the horse farm." (To be continued......)

PS: I forgot to say Happy New Year's Day to my brothers yesterday, it's really a mistake of my little brother, sorry, sorry. I wish you all a prosperous New Year!