Liu Mu was happy that he felt that he was too much to be used, and now the seven military horse farms in the entire Jinan County, except for the Chitu Horse Military Horse Farm, the other six military horse farms are under his management.

Among them, four military horse farms are already full, thousands of northern steppe horses, these small in stature, their unsightly horses are rare in Lu Bu, after several tests, the steppe horses are very suitable as light cavalry to ride, and the combat ability is very strong.

The military horse farm integrates training and grazing, and trains the raw horses that are trafficked into military horses. At the same time, it shoulders the important task of breeding grassland horses, and cannot put the source of horses in the grassland, and the horse production land in the planning of Lubu in Qingzhou.

The other two horses are more interesting, one is the fine Xiliang big stallion and the tall Jizhou black donkey, which is used to produce donkeys and mules.

The donkey eats well, lives well, and works properly.

Another horse farm is the opposite, with excellent black male donkeys, paired with sturdy prairie horses, which are used to produce horse mules.

It happened to be late spring and early summer, and more than 100 horses were already pregnant.

On this day, Lu Bu came to check, Dian Wei was stunned, and asked like a curious baby: "Lord, I feel that you are doing this too much." If you want the people to have horses, then let the people raise horses. ”

One sentence amused Lu Bu: "It costs almost nothing for horses to breed on the grassland, eat wild grass and drink river water every day." But it's different in our farming area, the horses doing farm work need to be the best material, a horse needs a few catties of concentrate a day, and it also needs salt, which ordinary farmers can't afford at all. In addition, horses have a violent temperament, and horses cannot be used at all if there is no strong labor in the family, so only people with good family conditions will raise horses. ”

"The lord let them raise donkeys, and the donkeys eat less, and it is not so difficult to call."

"Donkeys are good, but they don't have much strength. Wouldn't it be nice to combine the strength of a horse with the amount of food a donkey? This is the mule to be bred, although it is not as good as a horse, but it is more powerful than a horse, has a good temper, is not so difficult to use, and has less food. ”

Dian Wei was speechless in surprise, this lord is too powerful, what kind of brain can come up with such a way.

"Liu Mu, what's the situation now, why are there only these few black male donkeys, where have all the good donkeys gone?"

Liu Mu shook his head: "Lord, it's hard to find." Most of the local donkeys are skinny, and if the mules are bred and small, it will be difficult to manage. The prince of the black donkey is a ruthless character, his shoulder height can catch up with ordinary people, his strength is infinite, and he ploughs the land and pulls carts, and most of the more than 100 horses are his credit. ”

"Well, the livestock market goes around a lot. In addition, arrange for the firm to go to Xuzhou and Jizhou to look for good donkeys, don't delay, in three years, we will realize the animal power of Tuntian. ”

"It should be fine, but if it doesn't work, let's breed more donkeys and mules. When the people see the advantages of the mules we have cultivated, they will soon become popular. ”

"Yes, I'm here today to tell you something new. The Mijia caravan and the Wuhuan people reached an agreement that they could transport 2,000 steppe horses every month, of which the main ones were small-year-old mares. ”

2,000 horses a month, 20,000 horses a year, 60,000 horses in three years, that's a lot of horses.

Liu Mu shook his head again and again: "Lord, the horse farm can't hold these horses." ”

"These horses are registered in the horse farm, after the training is mature, and then sent to Tuntian, Jinan County Mintun also has more than one million acres of land, the existing cattle, donkeys are very few, urgently need tens of thousands of horses to supplement, ploughland, pull carts, as long as the use of the right does not delay the production of horses."

Liu Mu nodded: "Yes, horses need a lot of exercise, and if the amount of exercise is insufficient, it will be difficult to give birth." It's just that there are not enough veterinarians and hoof repairers, and there are not enough horse trainers. ”

"Tunding is not just farming, you can arrange people to learn, after all, not everyone can drive carriages and use horses. This is the scope of your work, and what you are going to do is the result. ”

"Understood, I'll do it well."

It is impossible to let Lu Bu be a veterinarian and train horses, after all, specialized people have to do special things.

Dian Wei saw a strong steppe horse very fond, short in stature, but strong in body.

I had to go over and try it, Liu Mu looked helpless: "That's a mare, General Dian is too heavy." ”

"What's the matter, I'm just trying to test the weight capacity of this horse."

Originally, this horse saw someone coming to ride, and jumped with it.

Dian Wei turned over on his horse, and even the jumping horse was not too stable to walk.

This horse is about 700 catties, Dian Wei weighs 300 catties, plus a pair of iron halberds, this horse can walk is already very load-bearing, after all, it is just an ordinary grassland horse.

"Ling Ming, come down, that horse was crushed by you."

In the blink of an eye, it is wheat harvest season, and the weather is getting hot.

Lu Bu passed down a big order, and all counties in Qingzhou stepped up patrols to ensure the wheat harvest.

The troops of each county launched a summer offensive to devastate the remnants of the bandits in the mountains and forests.

In the camp of the Qingzhou Army headquarters, General Lu Buju beat the drums, and the generals were notified in advance, and they came quite together.

Lu Bu, Chen Gong, Li Su, Zhang Liao, Xu Rong, Hua Xiong, Gao Shun, Hao Meng, Yu Ban, Guan Hai, Zhang Ying, etc. are all here.

Lu Bu's face sank like water: "There are two important things to tell you today, first, Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Fan Chou led 60,000 Xiliang soldiers from Chang'an, and it is estimated that they should go to Luoyang now." ”

The generals sighed one after another, this court should be in chaos again.

Hua Xiong bowed his hand: "Lord, you are Dong Zhuoyi's son, and now you should inherit the Xiliang Army." Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Fan Chou must obey the lord. ”

Chen Gong said with a smile: "General Hua's idea is good, but these three generals are all tigers and wolves, how can they easily obey the lord." What's more, our Qingzhou has just developed, and the summer grain has just begun to be harvested, and if there is a big war, it will definitely cost the people and money. ”

Lu Bu looked at the generals: "What do you think, speak freely, it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong." ”

Xu Rong came out: "I think we should sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight." Wang Yun is not a good type, when they fight first, we will decide whether to send troops. ”

Li Su couldn't sit still: "Lord, this time the troops are certain, it's a matter of timing." If you want to send troops, you must have a stable rear, and Zang Ba has more than 100,000 troops in the south, so he has to defend against it. I am willing to send an envoy to Taishan County and say that Zang Ba will vote with a three-inch tongue. ”

Lu Bu pondered for a moment: "Taishan County is the southern gate of Qingzhou, and it will be excellent if it is taken." It's just that the military division was weak in the past, so it is better for me to lead thousands of cavalry, and let's go over together to persuade Zang Ba. ”

Zhang Liao asked, "What's the second thing?" ”