Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 433 Nanyang Bull

Zhang Jun stared at Shu Jiming without speaking.Shu Jiming did not show weakness, and also stared at Zhang Jun.

The moon streaked across the sky, casting mottled shadows in the bamboo forest.When the breeze blows, the bamboo leaves rustle.The fighting stopped, and a few unknown insects suddenly screamed and squeaked.

After a long time, Zhang Jun suddenly laughed and said: "Zhi Niang, I'm in a bad mood today, and I'm angry with you guys! Forget it, forget it, we've had fights, we've let our anger out, so let's be like this today! If there is something I'm sorry for, please bear with me!"

After finishing speaking, he bowed his hands to the five of Shu Jiming.

For a while, Shu Jiming and the other five couldn't react.A fight broke out suddenly, and Zhang Jun suddenly changed his face again, and they all froze there.

Wang Zhongfu stepped forward and said: "It was a trivial matter, but we got into a fight, but our emotions are too high. You don't care about it, how can we care about it? Today is a fate, how about a glass of wine?"

Zhang Jundao: "Looking at you, you are all students from the nearby military academy. How much money do you have on you when you go to school? I treat you, and I will have a drink with you today! Make sure you don't get drunk!"

After finishing speaking, he smiled and took Lu Cheng and the others back first.Wang Zhongfu motioned for the rest of them to follow closely behind Zhang Jun and the others.

After the fight just now, Zhang Jun's anger disappeared.Suddenly, I realized that for my own future, it is best to study in a military academy for two years.What are you afraid of being ridiculed by others?Zhang Jun has always been unexpected in his actions.Today I happened to meet a few students from the military academy, so I asked them how life in the military academy was like.When I am free from official business, I will enter the military academy and come out to be a military commander.

Rangdong Town is located between Rang County and Nanyang County. The land is flat and fertile, so-called fertile land.The breeding ground for cattle and sheep breeds established by Wang Xiaolie is here, and the results have been remarkable in the past two years.On April [-]th, Wang Xiaolie and Chen Qiudao arrived at the breeding ground accompanied by Dengzhou Zhizhou Gaoying.With the situation calmed down, Wang Xiaolie intends to patrol the states under his rule with Chen Qiudao.

Yang Shou, who promoted the breeding farm, waited on the road with officials early to welcome Wang Xiaolie and his party.

Not far from the entrance, a separate yard was built, which is where the breeding farm works.The yard is not big, but it is extremely tidy.Many flowers and trees were planted around, a pool was built in the east, and a gazebo was built beside the pool.

After entering the courtyard, Yang Shou said: "It's hot in the world, Zhenfu should take a rest in the pavilion first."

After sitting in the pavilion, Wang Xiaolie said, "In the past two years, many things like asking you to build a breeding farm were unfamiliar to Mr. Chen. Now that you've come here today, tell me why you built this breeding farm. What an effect."

Yang Shou clapped his hands and said yes.Said: "The cattle in Xiangyang and Dengzhou used to be sold from Jinghu North Road. After Jingkang, there were as many bandits on Jinghu and Jinghu Roads, and there were many fewer cattle dealers. In order to prevent the lack of cattle in the local area, Zhenfu occupied Xiangyang Soon, this breeding farm was specially set up. It specializes in raising calves and selling them to farmers. Over the past two years, the farm has grown from dozens of cows at the beginning to nearly a thousand now, and has also set up in the surrounding five states The cattle farm has achieved a lot. In addition, following the order of the town governor, we select high-quality breeding cattle and cows, and optimize the breed of cattle. Since last year, we have selected high-quality farming cattle, and we are planning to expand this year and next year. population."

Chen Qiudao said: "The turmoil in Jinghu really made Jingxi Road short of cattle. Foresighted by Zhenfu, a cattle farm was built here a long time ago."

Wang Xiao said: "Not only cattle farms, but also horse donkey and mule farms in Fangcheng County, and sheep farms in Lushan County. Up to now, there are good breeds, and they need to be promoted to other counties and counties. There are several places. To build these breeding farms, one is to cut off the source of cattle prevention, and the other is to optimize the breed. With good breeds, it will benefit the common people a lot.”

Chen Qiudao said: "What Zhen Fu said is true."

People in the Song Dynasty certainly knew that cattle, donkeys, horses and mules, even chickens and sheep, had good breeds and origins, and some were bad.But people in this era have no clear concept of breeding, let alone scientific methods.

Wang Xiaolie said to Yang Shou: "Is the cattle you bred better than before?"

Yang Shoudao: "Back to Zhenfu, we carefully compared and compared the previous cattle. The most important thing is that the characteristics of the calves born by these cattle are basically stable. It is no longer like the past. Raising a cow does not know how the calves will be. .The former one was born well, but the latter one doesn’t know what to do.”

Wang Xiaolie nodded.To Chen Qiudao: "This is one of the purposes for me to set up a breeding farm. If there are good varieties, they must be preserved and can be continued. If you do it consciously, the varieties can be gradually improved and become better and better."

Chen Qiudao nodded and said nothing.He always felt that he could not understand the high-quality provenance breeding knowledge that Wang Xiaolie told himself earlier.But it doesn't make sense, and the breeding farm does have achievements, so we can only accept it.

After asking about the situation of the breeding farm, Wang Xiao said: "What are the benefits of the breed of cattle you have chosen? There is nothing to do today, everyone listen."

Yang Shoudao: "According to Zhenfu, the breed selected now is a large-scale cattle that can also be used for meat service. The height of the bull is about four feet three inches, and the height of the cow is about three feet and eight inches. The adult bull weighs a thousand catties, and the adult female It weighs about [-] catties. It can be used when it is about two years old, but it can’t do heavy work. When it grows up at five years old, it can be used for ten years.”

Wang Xiao said: "Most of the cows are like this. But judging from their height and weight, they are indeed rare big cows. How is the work?"

Yang Shou said: "If it is an adult ox, it can plow three acres a day. If it is a big steer, it can plow as much as five acres a day. It can pull a thousand catties of goods and travel sixty miles a day without being tired. This kind of cattle, the former Cows are far inferior."

Wang Xiaolie thought for a while and said, "Plowing three mu of land a day is still a bit slow. It takes ten days for a family of thirty mu of land."

Yang Shoudao: "It's fast enough. We checked the nearby farmers, and each household uses one cow, which is enough to plow the field. And you can also use it to deliver the harvested grain to your home. I don't know how much more convenient it is."

Wang Xiaolie said: "Our requirement is that each household has a cow, and it is better to have a donkey or a mule to be able to cultivate all the land. I don't see many rice farmers around here, and each household needs more than [-] mu of land. There is a lot to do."

Yang Shoudao: "Most of the farmers in the vicinity plant wheat for one season, and beans for another season. Sometimes they are soybeans, sometimes they are peas or black beans. In the past two years, they have been using soybeans to extract oil, and they can also make tofu. Most of them grow soybeans." .Compared with other crops, soybean stalks are good feed. When used to feed cattle, you can feed a lot less concentrate. The cattle here are raised well, which has something to do with it.”

Legumes have nitrogen-fixing rhizobia, which can increase soil fertility and are good seasonal crops.Dengzhou is relatively warm, and the wheat takes a long time to grow after harvesting, and the soybean yield is not bad.Further north, the yield of soybeans is poor.

In fact, it is impossible for a household to plant [-] mu of land with wheat or rice.Whether for the purpose of crop rotation or otherwise, other crops will always be planted, staggering the harvesting season.It should be enough for one household to raise one cow.

In this era, there are fewer people and more land, and resources are not very scarce.Wang Xiaolie's ideal well-off family is a family of [-] to [-] mu of land, five people, one cow and one donkey.Farm work is not very stressful, and I can do other things to make money and subsidize my family.

(End of this chapter)