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    "This is a very good thing. Now the company is seriously short of mules and horses. It is only when traveling long distances to pull heavy loads that it is willing to use two horses. If this happens, I will apply to raise horsesCome on, today  You drive away! By the way, why doesn't this child know how to call someone, it's rude!"

    But no matter how calm and calm Mrs. Xiushan was, Hong Tao was already vigilant.  Naturally, he spoke impeccably, and took advantage of the situation to put on a posture of not being too concerned, and carried Ma Yu into the car with the whip.

    "Grandma Xiushan is good Drive! Drive!" As the saying goes, a dragon begets a dragon and a phoenix, and the son of a mouse can make holes.  Ma Yu lives with a group of coachmen, and it is impossible to learn how to drive a cart.

    This is not what Hong Tao requested. The pony basically takes the child with him when he runs short distances. After a few months of practice, he is still weak and unable to dance the whip, and his every move is no different from that of an adult coachman.  up.

    However, this child's character is relatively withdrawn, he seldom talks, and he is especially wary of strangers, even a little too much.  No way, her previous memory was basically all black, lacking sunlight, and it would take a long, long time to change this cognition.

    The pastoral area in the north of the city that Mrs. Xiushan is going to is not under the jurisdiction of the North of the City Safety Zone in terms of administrative division, but directly under the Ministry of Agriculture.  Its approximate location is near the Ming Tombs Reservoir, including the surrounding hillsides and a small part of Changping City.

    If you want to ask why you choose this place as a pastoral area, there is no other intention, just because there are mountains, water, and convenient transportation.  It has been 11 years since the end of the world. Although the global climate has not changed much all at once, as long as God sneezes, there will be tornadoes on the earth for half a year.

    Compared with the old world, the Ming Tombs Reservoir is probably more than ten times larger.  It has been spreading westward along the Dongsha River, almost turning the north of Changping City into Zeguo, and there are dry reeds that cannot be seen as far as the eye can see.

    Mrs. Xiushan said that in less than half a month, as long as the temperature rises slightly by five or six degrees for two or three days, the reeds will germinate, embellishing the shore, swamps, and wetlands in tender green.  Another half month will be the world of wild flowers, all kinds of colors and shapes, competing for splendor.

    However, it is also very dangerous when the rainy season comes. Even if the dam discharges floods 24 hours a day, the rainwater from the nearby mountainous areas will more than double the size of the reservoir.  Once there is too much rain, Changping City in the south will become a country of floods.

    But the more unfriendly the natural conditions are to humans, the more animals like them.  After six or seven years of construction, this area has become the largest horse farm and animal husbandry base in the East Asian Union.

    Compared with the hr area with steeper mountains and denser forests, the mountains here are gentler and less forested, which is conducive to the growth of pastures.  You don't need to go outside the Great Wall to read the poems about seeing cattle and sheep when the wind blows the grass, you can find them in any pasture in late summer and early autumn.

    Of course, Hong Tao couldn't see it. Now the mountains and plains are all yellow, and there are not many cattle and sheep, but there are quite a few horses surrounded by wooden fences on a certain hillside.  Seeing a carriage approaching, several horses ran along with it.

    "It's a good pasture over there. As long as you cut down the trees, build a few small wooden houses, and surround a few miles of fences, you can raise at least a hundred horses!"  Familiar, I can't control my mouth immediately.

    70% of his knowledge about grazing comes from listening to what Kerim said, and 30% comes from practice.

    But this does not prevent you from fooling an old lady from Japan. As long as she is not from Hokkaido, have you ever seen a grassland?  Do you know what a group of horses is?  Listen to me honestly!

    "I heard that the alliance specially brought back a lot of horses from Xinjiang Province, and is also encouraging refugees who can graze to contract mountain land. There is a pasture reserved for the future. Your vision is quite accurate."

    Along the way, Mrs. Xiushan had a lot of chats, from company business to the status quo of the safe zone, to alliance policies and recent major events.  The coverage is wide and the levels are deep. For example, she also knows the alliance's plans for future agriculture and animal husbandry.

    "I've heard of Yili horses, but I don't know how they compare to the Mongolian horses here. In fact, the company doesn't need too many good horses. It would be best if we could crossbreed more horses and mules." Hong Tao didn't say anything deliberately, but few  To be honest, try to be as superficial as possible even if you don't make it up deliberately, just discuss the facts, and resolutely don't use your imagination.

    "But after becoming a herdsman, you can no longer join the company. This is also the means used by the alliance to ensure the supply of basic living materials. If everyone goes to the company to earn money, who will be willing to herd and grow food."

    Mrs. Xiushan was not in a hurry, and continued to chat with each other, and would give Hong Tao a make-up lesson from time to time, and acted as a teacher on the details of the alliance regulations.

    "This regulation makes sense, there is nothing missingThere is no shortage of food and drink.  In fact, raising so many horses is a bit wasteful, it is better to raise more cattle and sheep.  "

    On these issues, Hong Tao really could only be educated. Before he left the Renaissance Alliance, he basically didn't worry about food and drink, and the labor force was not rich enough to develop animal husbandry, let alone formulate rules that were conducive to the development of agriculture and animal husbandry.  These must be the credit of the successors, and it is indeed necessary to boast.

    "Not only for eating meat and pulling carts, all the horses here have to be selected by the army, and the rest are allowed to be used by the civilians. At present, the alliance is in short supply of war horses. It won't be long before our army may be heading south.  "

    Seeing that Hong Tao was not fooled again, Mrs. Xiushan raised a more tempting topic again, then slightly raised her eyelids and stared at the man's face carefully from the side.

    "It's going to war again! It's broken, it's broken, so the company's fleet will be requisitioned!" Shua Hong Tao simply turned his head to face him, except for his eyes covered by sunglasses.  Every cell outside was filled with deep anxiety and fear.

    "Hehehe, it's still early, maybeTurn left ahead and follow the path, it's almost here, let me come down and take a walk, my waist is almost broken!"

    Seeing this face that could really scare children in the middle of the night, Mrs. Xiushan didn't intend to try any more.  After sitting in a carriage for a whole day, even if it was covered with cushions and could be used to lie on, it was not very comfortable.

    Even at a walking speed, the last hill was turned over before dark, and a small group of houses suddenly appeared on the opposite hillside, which looked like a bunch of mushrooms growing on the grassland from a distance.

    There is what Mrs. Xiushan said about the Japanese fellow ranch, which is run by two couples.  Two of the husbands came from the rural areas of Hokkaido. When they were young, they used to herd cattle. After escaping to the East Asian Union, they had no other skills, so they simply continued to contract pastures.

    Later, he married a wife from Russia and South Korea respectively, and transitioned from raising sheep and cattle to more profitable horse raising.  Over the past few years, more than 70 Mongolian horses have been bred in the ranch, and the scale is neither large nor small.

    For the arrival of Mrs. Xiushan, the two Japanese old men were very happy, and they could not wait to bow a few hundred meters away.  Immediately after entering the house, they took out all the delicious food at home to entertain, and Hong Tao, the driver, also followed suit, and had a good meal.

    During the meeting, everyone communicated in Chinese. The topics included not only the current living conditions, but also the sufferings of the past and the memory of family members in the old world.  I laughed when I was happy, and wept when I was sad. I sang and danced when I drank beautifully, and fell asleep when I drank too much.

    Hong Tao's drinking capacity is very average, but he will not let a few old men and old ladies who are about the same age as Mrs. Xiushan drink down, and he has always remained sober.  After everyone fell asleep, they rode horses and held lanterns to look around the area to see if the fence was closed properly to prevent wolves or other animals from sneaking in at night.

    Will there be wolves in Changping District?  The answer is yes, not only there, but also quite a lot.  As long as it is dark, there will be long howls from the mountains. People who are not used to it will have trouble sleeping all night, always feeling that there is movement outside.

    But it doesn't matter too much. In addition to having long guns, the herdsmen here also raise more ferocious dogs, helping herd during the day and serving as sentries at night.  As long as there is not a large group, generally speaking, wolves are unwilling to face the shepherd dogs. The cost is too high. Once bitten, it is equivalent to death.
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