Nanking.

Jeju Island paid tribute to three horses, which can be regarded as a demonstration of the achievements of horse breeding in recent years.

"Stand up and speak," Zhao Han said to the two officials, "what's your name?" ”

An official stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, the minister's name is Wang Zhen, he is from Luzhou, and his ancestors have been raising horses for generations. By the Wanli period, there were no horses to raise in Luzhou. Thanks to His Majesty's kindness, the minister was able to go to Jeju County to resume his ancestral business, and now he is the deputy supervisor of Jeju Horse Herder. ”

Another official said: "Your Majesty, the courtier's name is Liang Gui, and his ancestors are Mongols, who moved to Jeju Island in the early Ming Dynasty. Now the minister is Han and has learned Chinese. The minister had a son, Liang Zhen, who served as a soldier under General Zhang. Chasing and killing the Manchu puppet king Duoduo, it was the dog who took the cavalry into the mountain and luckily obtained the body of the puppet king Duoduo. ”

Zhao Han nodded approvingly: "You are loyal to your duties and have raised the war horse well." This time I went back, and they were all promoted. ”

The Datong Army has already gained a firm foothold on the Liaodong Peninsula. There is a sparsely populated area where there is more than enough land, so no one wants to cultivate the mountain meadows that are not conducive to irrigation. After all, Jeju Island is too small to find a new horse farm, and the Liaodong Peninsula is just right.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were many horse farms in Liaodong, and they were swallowed up by Jiangmen during the Hongzhi period.

Only the horse farms on the Liaodong Peninsula, especially the ones in Gaizhou and Fuzhou, were maintained until the Wanli period. Even the "Horse City" was specially raised and became the horse trading center of the entire Liaodong, and even the Jurchens sent war horses for sale.

The supervisor of the Jeju Horse Herding Supervisor is about to be transferred to Liaodong to open up a new horse breeding base. The vacated position happened to be promoted by the two people in front of him.

Wang Zhen pointed to a thoroughbred horse, the Wari horse, and said, "Your Majesty, this is a tenndolph horse bred on Jeju Island. The horse is two years old, tall and mighty, and can be battled. There are 847 Cheonzhu horses over the age of two in Jeju Island, of which 102 stallions have been castrated as war horses. ”

Horses can go to war at the age of two, which is probably a teenager, and only at the age of three can they be considered a real adult.

The 102 stallions that were castrated should all be around three years old. If the quality is not enough to leave the breeding, and the quality reaches the level of war horses, then all of them will be castrated and sent to serve in the army.

Zhao Han walked around to the side of the war horse, stroked the horse's mane and said, "It is indeed powerful." ”

Specially selected to dedicate to the emperor, can it not be mighty?

The horse is only two years old and has reached a height of 1.58 meters at the shoulder. The fur was black and shiny, like pitch-black satin, and only a diamond-shaped white spot on the forehead.

It's a pity that the two ears are too cute, and they are erected high and face the middle, and the majestic image is destroyed in an instant.

Wang Zhen pointed to another relatively short horse and said, "Your Majesty, this horse is also two years old. His father is a Hallama, and his mother is a Tianzhu horse, and he is also a good horse that can go to war. ”

The Hanama, a hybrid descendant of the Jeju horse and the Mongolian horse, is now the mainstream war horse of the dragoons.

The Indian Mawari horse has the bloodline of Indian native horses, Arabian horses, and Turkmen horses.

In other words, the pedigree of the re-crossed horse in front of him is simply unbounded. With a height of about 1.36 meters at the shoulder, it looks more like a Mongolian horse, but with a few characteristics of a Mawari horse.

Wang Zheng pointed to the last horse and said, "This is the descendant of Jeju earth horses and Cheonzhu horses, but ...... It can be ridden by the prince. ”

The real Jeju earth horse is only about 1 meter tall at the shoulder, and the particularly majestic ones can reach more than 1.15 meters.

Zhao Han can imagine the mating picture, the Mawari horse, which is often more than 1.5 meters tall at the shoulder, riding on the Jeju earth horse with a shoulder height of only 1 meter...... It's simply ravaged.

"This thing is only for children to ride and play?" Zhao Han asked.

Wang Zhen was a little embarrassed: "On a whim, I want to know what the mixed-race offspring of these two horses with huge differences in size are like." One is equipped with more than ten horses, and this one in front of me is the best-looking. Although he is still very short, his limbs are not as stubby as those of Jeju Toma. The other one, nearly four feet tall at the shoulders, was taller than the dragoons' horses, but its stubby limbs could only be used to haul goods. And the minister tried it, and the horse-drawn goods were very useful, with great strength and stamina. ”

Is this a genetic mutation?

The same descendants of Jeju horses and Mawari horses, one is only three feet tall and the other is four feet tall, a difference of 30 centimeters.

In this regard, Zhao Han also had to encourage: "It's good to try more." The four-foot-tall colt, since it was easy to pull goods, let it continue to breed with the Tianzhu horse. Let's see what future generations can become, and maybe they can make a good horse for towing artillery. ”

"The minister must go all out!" Wang Zhen was praised by the emperor, and her heart immediately burst into joy.

It just doesn't sound right, why are you doing it with all your might? It's not for you to breed.

After another reprimand and encouragement, the two horse breeders thanked him and left.

Zhao Han asked someone to order a set of riding equipment, and called his eldest son every few days: "Gong'er, this horse is yours, start learning riding and archery skills from today." ”

Zhao Kuanghuan was already seven years old, and it was suitable for riding a pony, so he was happy to see it: "Father, hasn't it grown up yet?" Why are you so short? ”

"Horse breed dwarfs can only grow so tall." Zhao Han explained.

A guard who knows how to ride began to make a cameo appearance as Zhao Kuanghuan's teacher. First teach how to get on and off the horse, and then pull the prince to walk slowly, although the shoulder height is only 1.1 meter, but it is still a bit dangerous for a seven-year-old child.

Fortunately, this horse is very docile, or lazy, and stops in a daze while riding.

This horse did not inherit his father's height, but inherited his father's cute ears, which were also raised high and inward. Moreover, the body is well-proportioned, unlike ordinary ponies, and the four legs are often thick and short. Although this thing is short, at first glance it looks a little vigorous, like a miniature version of a divine horse.

After a few more days, Zhao Kuanghuan was already able to trot on horseback, acting as the teacher's guard and following the whole process, for fear that the prince would fall and fall somewhere.

Zhao Han also found time to practice riding and rode several laps with his son every day. Fighting on horseback was certainly not enough, but it was okay to run away on horseback, and he had never ridden a horse in his two lives combined.

Time flies, and it's summer harvest time.

There are not many wheat growers around Nanjing, and rapeseed is mainly harvested for summer grain, which is harvested earlier than wheat. The rapeseed is harvested, and the oil is quickly squeezed after drying, and the vacated land is irrigated to plant late rice, and the residue left over from the oil extraction can just be used to fertilize the field.

If early rice is planted, soybean meal is used to fertilize the field, which belongs to the ancient "chemical fertilizer".

During the oil extraction season, the city is full of fragrance, and Zhao Han can smell it.

Zhao Han, who has practiced a little riding skills, is not satisfied with riding a horse at home, and wants to take his family out hunting.

He called the concubines and said happily: "The oil is fragrant, and the wheat is about to be harvested." In such a festive season, let's go out for a stroll and go hunting on the side of the Purple Mountain. ”

Fei Rulan said: "But we don't know how to ride horses, it's better for my husband to hunt, and my sisters and I just go on a wild trip." ”

"Okay, okay," Fei Rumei was quite excited, "I haven't been to the wild for a long time, and there are guards who usually follow me when I walk around the city." ”

Pan Qimei is also very positive: "When will you go out?" I prepared what I ate in advance, and recently I learned another pastry. ”

Liu Ru said with a smile: "It's better to call Mrs. Tian too, she can ride and shoot and hunt." ”

Zhao Han finally remembered that there were still Chongzhen's concubines and children here, so he said, "Call those children too." ”

Zhu Cihong is 14 years old and is now in middle school, and he was able to score in the top 20 in the school in the final exam. He studied in a good school, with a large number of top students, and it can only be said that the genes of the old Zhu family are good, because Zhu Yujiao's grades in the girls' school are also very good.

"Meet Your Majesty!" Zhu Cihong led his younger brothers and sisters to visit.

They used to be called Uncle Zhao Han, but after they became sensible, they changed their words to call Your Majesty, and it is also possible that Tian Guifei taught them in private.

Zhao Han nodded approvingly: "I haven't seen you for more than half a year, you have all grown a lot taller, and I heard that your academic performance is good." Study hard, and you can be an official in the future. Your father, since you have been entrusted with each other for thousands of miles, I will not treat you badly. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The princes and daughters of the previous dynasty hurriedly thanked them.

Zhu Cihong is really sensible, last year, a scholar quietly contacted, and without waiting for the other party to explain his intentions, he shouted back on the spot.

The prince of the previous dynasty, to have the freedom he has now, is already considered Zhao Han to be very generous.

Everyone went out of the city in a carriage, but Zhao Kuanghuan had to ride a horse. The seven-year-old child, riding a pony through the streets, trembled with excitement, and made the guards nervous.

Going out from the southeast of the inner city of Nanjing, the car drove straight to Xiaolingwei.

It was originally a place where Zhu Yuanzhang raised horses for hunting, and it was also used as Zhu Yuanzhang's military training school, and the last family was buried in that area.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Queen Ma, and Zhu Biao, the three of them are a family, and the rest of the concubines, princes and princesses are much more emotionally distant. When Queen Ma died, Zhu Yuanzhang cried loudly, and Zhu Biao was also very sad when he died.

It was not until Zhao Han occupied Nanjing, Xiaolingwei, Xuanwu Lake and other areas that the ban was lifted from the people.

Today, a large number of houses and shops have been built around Xuanwu Lake, and Xuanwu Lake is also full of painting boats and fishing boats. As for Xiaolingwei, there has always been an area, which belongs to the school field of the Datong Army, and after the regular division left Nanjing, the emperor's personal guards would take turns to practice in the school field, and also used it as a horse breeding farm.

Xiaolingwei's horse farm is mainly the collected southern war horses, which are fed and trained before being sent to serve in the army.

"Knock on Your Majesty!"

Several eunuchs came to bow down, and they used to guard the tomb here. After Zhao Han ascended the throne, he expelled most of them, but there were still a few eunuchs who swept the tombs of Zhu Yuanzhang, Queen Ma, and Zhu Biao.

Zhao Han said: "Since you are here, let's go and worship." ”

After another walk, I finally came to Xiaoling.

Zhao Han took his wife and children to offer incense to Zhu Yuanzhang, and said in recitation: "Ming Taizu has a spirit in the sky, and the younger generation Zhao Han came to worship." The will of the king is inherited by his descendants, and he can also smile at the nine springs! ”

After offering incense, Zhao Han turned to Zhu Cihong, Zhu Yujiao and others and said, "This is your ancestor, come and put on a stick of incense." ”

Several old eunuchs, looking at the orphans of the previous dynasty, worshipping Zhu Yuanzhang there, all shrank in the corner and quietly wiped their tears.

I don't know if they are crying Daming, or crying Chongzhen, or crying themselves.

(There are two errors in the previous chapter, one is the wrong count of silver, and the other is the age of Louis XIV.) All have been corrected, and if you find that the numbers are wrong in the future, you won't laugh at them anymore, and the physical education teacher is very sad. ）

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