Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1053 Nick's Arrival

This is a good place for him to show his ambitions.Nick thought to himself that in the entire East Asian region, except for Hokkaido, Jeju Island has the most ideal conditions for raising horses.

The H800 was pulled by the small hairboat safely to the trestle.Because there were veterans on the ship, the navy stationed in Chaotianpu sent a squad to line up on the pier to meet them.Li Haiping is going to sea, so the person who came to meet Nick and his party was the highest-ranking officer here: Xue Ziliang, the captain of the special investigation team.

As the sergeant of the Marine Corps shouted "Guns up!" ", Nick had to make a gesture of standing at attention, and then raised his hand to salute the people who greeted him.

After the music was played, Nick finally relaxed his posture and shook hands with Xue Ziliang.Pu Changfan had already asked the bearer to prepare the sedan chair—according to Chinese standards, it should be called "sliding pole" to serve.

Nick frowned: "I have feet, so I don't need these things."

"It's a bit far from the headquarters, and the ground is bad." Xue Ziliang said.

"It's okay." Nick waved his hand, "It's a matter of having this manpower help me unload all my luggage—tell them to be careful."

"Okay, I'll send it to the headquarters later."

The road is very difficult to walk. Because of the construction, the road previously paved with gravel and yellow sand has been crushed and damaged. It has become a muddy road with bundles of firewood and straw mats scattered randomly on it.

Nick walked in the mud with one deep foot and one shallow foot for 10 minutes before arriving at the headquarters—the posthouse. Both feet, trouser legs and shoes were covered with yellow mud. Fortunately, a fire had already been lit in the headquarters. Well plenty of hot water.Two servant girls adapted from "Feng Gong" rushed up to take off his shoes and wash his feet.Nick was very uncomfortable, and hurriedly said that he would wash it himself.

It was hard to clean up and put on clean clothes and shoes.He was about to tell Lai Baobao to pack up the dirty clothes and shoes first, but he saw that the two maids had already taken them away.

"It's okay, I'll clean it up and dry it for you tomorrow morning and bring it here. They all have the ability to serve people." Xue Ziliang calmly sat on the stool and asked a servant girl to wash her feet and massage her.

"Pooh, I thought you would be more modern..." Nick said.He has been in Australia for a long time, and he is inevitably contaminated with "white left-wing political correctness", so he feels very uncomfortable in Lingao.In particular, he was particularly resistant to the allocation of maids by the Senate.Therefore, he has been reluctant to use the maid subsidy to buy a maid.But asking apprentices to do laundry and do housework is really not decent.In the end, the office came forward and hired a maid for him to take care of his daily life.

"Nick, this is a man's paradise in another time and space." Xue Ziliang closed his eyes slightly, enjoying the massage service, and his thoughts seemed to fly back to the various enjoyments he had in South Korea, the paradise of the US military, when he was in the US Marine Corps. "Now what is this……"

Nick stopped talking, feeling that he was still out of place.Even in the face of a pure "banana".

After the "enjoyment" was over and the luggage was unloaded, Nick personally checked that the seals and packaging were intact, and then he set off with confidence - this time he did not refuse to take the sedan chair again.Xue Ziliang told him that the official road is very difficult, and Feng Zongze is investing in manpower to repair it.Of course, he can also take a boat, but the sea conditions are not good these days, and the things he brought are more important, so he finally decided to go by land.

Just as he was about to set off, Nick suddenly saw a dozen or so cavalrymen wearing hats and helmets and holding sabers in the team, and their luggage was also carried by horses.

"What, do you have a horse?"

"There are indeed horses. This is the post station in Jeju. It is not normal to have a few horses."

"Where are the cavalry?"

"It's a soldier of the Japanese Company of the Security Force. Don't look at it as a big soldier, it is said that in Japan it is still a samurai on horseback..." Xue Ziliang said with a smile.

"Can these soldiers be given to me?"

Xue Ziliang was taken aback, not understanding why this lunatic suddenly became interested in the Japanese devils: "It's okay to lend you a temporary errand, but you have to go through the formalities with Nangong."

Nick and his party soon arrived in Jeju City and were welcomed into the prison camp.As soon as he settled down, he asked someone to find Feng Zongze.

"Commissioner Feng went to Dajing for inspection, and he won't be back until tomorrow." Feng Zongze's secretary said.

"Who else is in Jeju among the elders?"

"Commander Nangong is..."

"Call him at once! Say I'm waiting for him and want to talk to him."

Nick can't wait to start working immediately, as long as he catches one of the local elders—he can always tell him something.

The secretary was speechless - who is this elder?Great style!
Nick belongs to the kind of person who shows up among the veterans. He hardly participates in any group activities and has been "staying" at the Gaoshanling Horse Farm. The working condition of the horses.Therefore, the secretaries of the veterans were very unfamiliar with him. Seeing that he spoke so loudly, Feng Zongze's secretary didn't dare to neglect, and hurried to find Nangong Wudi's female orderly.

Nangong Wudi was inspecting the renovation and disinfection work of the barracks in the city. He heard that a "big head" had arrived and wanted to talk to him. He didn't dare to neglect and returned to the prison camp immediately.

"So it's you..." Nangong Wudi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I thought it was the general staff or someone from the executive committee."

"Whether they come or not doesn't matter to me," Nick said, "I'm here to investigate the situation of the horses, so tell me what you know."

Nangong Wudi was so choked that he couldn't speak. Fortunately, he had seen Nick's behavior many times in the army, and knew that he had always been like this.

"Don't worry, Lao Feng is not here. I'll talk to you when I get back tomorrow. However, we don't know much about the condition of the horses."

"what?!"

Seeing that Nick was about to stand up, Nangong Wudi stopped him:
"Our rule on the island is still very weak, and we have just established basic institutions. No one knows what to say, so where is the time to get a horse?"

Most of the pastures in Jeju Island, whether public or private, are located in the mountainous area of ​​Hallasan Mountain in the center of the island. The Jeju Island Front Committee has discussed that until a stable rule is established and enough leading parties and local security forces are not cultivated, they will not get involved in these ranches for the time being.At present, do the work of collecting data first.Xue Ziliang's special reconnaissance team has carried out several foot reconnaissance activities under the guidance of some local people who are familiar with the terrain of the interior of the island.

"...However, it is not completely without horses." Nangong Wudi said, "We have also taken over several horse farms and stables. There are hundreds of horses."

"Where?" Nick stood up again.

"Don't worry, the horses are here!" Nangong Wudi restrained him, "It's not too much in several places. You won't be able to see it for a while. I'll talk to you about it when Feng Zongze comes back. Please rest well today. "

Nick nodded helplessly: "Okay." Seeing that Nangong Wudi was about to leave, he said again, "The Japanese security forces who escorted me this time have samurai who can ride horses. Can you call them for me?"

Nangong Wudi immediately agreed: "No problem. There are instructions from Lingao. You are here to ask for food and food. We will do our best to cooperate. Everyone is looking forward to turning into a mule."

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome, just give us some cavalry to come out sometime."

There was nothing to say all night, Feng Zongze returned to Jeju the next day, and was caught by Nick who was waiting there as soon as he entered the office.

Feng Zongze had been prepared for a long time - he had already received the notice that Nick was coming.After Secretary Guan brought hot tea, he began to introduce the situation to Nick.

The General Library and the Foreign Intelligence Service have provided general information on the general situation of the horses and racecourses in Jeju Island.

The number of official horses in Jeju Island, according to Li Chao's records, is about [-].This figure should be relatively accurate.Because according to the horse tribute regulations formulated by the Li Dynasty, Jeju Island has to pay horses to the imperial court every year for military use and court service.This is called "Gongma Fengjin".

"Gongma Fengjin" is usually held on June 6 in front of Guande Pavilion in Jeju Prison Camp.The annual tribute horse is 7.In addition, there are 200 tribute horses every three years (Zi, Wu, Mao, and You years), and 700 horses each on Sanming Day (Zheng Dynasty, Winter Solstice, and Birthday). match.In addition, occasional horse selections can also be conducted by traders if necessary.

Calculated in this way, the official horse ranch on Jeju Island has to pay about 450 horses to the Li Dynasty court every year.According to the selection ratio of horses, at least [-] horses must be maintained to guarantee this tribute number.

As for the number of private horses, there is no clear statement in the historical data, but Jin Wanyi donated [-] horses to the court at one time, and at least kept more than [-] horses.

Coupled with sporadic private ranches, the stock of horses in Jeju Island is likely to be around [-].

Nick listened carefully to his introduction, and then said: "I have been to Jeju Island before, and it is famous for its ponies. The information given by the big library also said so. But the horses I saw just now are not so short. "

Jeju Island's characteristic horse breed is a pony that is only 0.8 meters high. Although the horse is small, it has good physical strength.This kind of horse is said to have high bone density and particularly strong endurance, similar to the fruit horses in the Yunnan-Guizhou area of ​​China.It is resistant to rough feeding and service, but the disadvantage is that the load capacity is small and the height is too low.

This so-called "bone density" horse is particularly high, and later a health product "horse bone meal" specially sold to tourists was derived, which is said to be made from the bones of this horse.

After the Mongols invaded Jeju, they took a fancy to the well-developed limbs of these ponies, but because the horses were too small to ride, they sent 150 Mongolian horses to crossbreed with them, forming the later Jeju horses.

"We haven't seen such a pony yet—at least among the hundreds of horses we have seized." Feng Zongze said, "I think the horses here are roughly ordinary Mongolian horses."

(End of this chapter)