Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1054 Receiving Horses
The so-called "bone density" is particularly high, and the Japanese dissected the "ama" and found that they are not afraid of the cold, can dive for a long time and eat "pony bone meal" for a long time, etc. Feng Zongze thinks that they are just fooling tourists to buy health care products. It's just the "story" of the product.

Feng Zongze has opened a small pharmacy himself and has a pharmacist's license. He knows that from the perspective of calcium supplementation alone, the calcium supplementation effect of bone powder is not much different, whether it is horse bone, pig bone, or beef bone. The so-called Jeju pony bone The statement that the density is particularly high and the effect of calcium supplementation is particularly good is nothing more than self-promotion.

Although the pony has its advantages and is more convenient for use in mountainous areas, it is too short and has limited carrying capacity, making it not a useful horse for use and riding.
The Mongols introduced their own horse breeds to improve the island's horse breeds and make them suitable for riding.It is not necessary and impossible for them to deliberately keep ponies that are of little use.

The imperial court of the Li Dynasty asked Jeju Island to donate horses every year. It was nothing more than the use of the army, post stations, and ceremonial guards. Pony horses were useless in this regard.Therefore, although the Jeju pony may be preserved, it will not be the mainstream horse breed in the island ranch.

"Your analysis makes sense. I also think that the horses I saw are typical Mongolian horses." Nick said, "I want to set up a team immediately and start a screening of existing horses."

"No problem," Feng Zongze, who is also a horse lover, agreed immediately, "You can choose the place—but make sure it's safe. Horses and people are also up to you."

"I need a translator..."

"I have a suitable person here." Feng Zongze said and asked someone to call Pu Demeng.

Unlike his elder brother, Pu Demeng didn't have many "foreign affairs". He mainly stayed in the military control committee to help with documents and acted as an interpreter by the way—of course, the kind of "written talk" interpreter.However, it is easy for young people to learn languages, and he knows Chinese characters, so he will be able to communicate with them in simple Mandarin soon.

"I know you rarely go out in Lingao, and Gaoshanling is a green zone, so it's fine for you to go out with a few apprentices without weapons or guards, but this is the purple zone, I have to guarantee your safety."

The city wall is the blue zone, and the county jail is the green zone.Basically, as long as the elders leave the range of the Jeju City Wall, it is tantamount to entering a dangerous zone where they must carry weapons.Feng Zongze knew that Nick had always disliked ostentation, and he hated armed guards even more, so he specially warned him.

"It's enough to have those few Japanese soldiers protecting me."

Then Feng Zongze, under the leadership of Pu Demeng, surveyed several locations inside and outside Jeju City.There is a large-scale horse pen in Jeju City-the horses selected after the "tribute horses are entered" every year will be driven here to wait for crossing the sea.

Because 700 horses were paid as tribute in the most years, a horse stable that could accommodate thousands of horses was built outside the city.But Nick was rather disappointed after checking it on the spot. The stable was very simple—too simple to be considered a "building".It's just an open fence.The dirt ground trampled by the horses was bare and looked very bleak.There are facilities such as drinking troughs and cisterns.Now, because it is the beginning of the year, there is still more than half a year before the day when the tribute horses will be confiscated, so there is not a single horse here, and even the fence is not complete. Many places are completely vacant, and other places are also incomplete.The only covered building is the residence of the stable's caretaker.

The shepherd who was in charge of managing the stables told Nick that this was only a temporary stable, and the horses that passed the inspection would only be housed temporarily for a few days and would leave for Chaotianpu when the weather and sea conditions were right, where they would board a ship and transport them to the mainland.

As for the stables with roofs, they are only found in post stations, prison camps and barracks.

Nick listened carefully to the priest's introduction through an interpreter, and asked a few questions from time to time.He is particularly concerned about the winter feed reserves.

Jeju does reserve a small amount of hay and other fodder, mainly for the official horses of the Jeju prison camp, local garrisons and post stations.

Nick checked the feed storage and was disappointed to find that not only was there limited hay stock, but there was almost no concentrate.No wonder the horses he saw along the way were in poor condition and lost weight seriously.

Then, he surveyed the various official horses that had been seized.Most of these official horses are horses of the Jeju garrison.

"How many horses are there now?" Nick looked at the listless horses in the stables and the messy ground full of horse manure, and the bedding that hadn't been replaced for many days.asked frowning.

A cadre of the naturalized people who was responsible for receiving the horses and taking care of the horses hurriedly reported: "Report to the chief: a total of 195 horses. Divided into four circles. There are 40 more horses on the Chaotianpu side."

"How many horses have died in Jeju City since the capture of this place?"

Seeing Nick's unkind expression, the other party was frightened and stammered, "Report...report...report, 25 horses died..."

"Why are so many dead?"

"Report...to the chief: The shepherds in North Korea say that many horses die every winter..."

"Bastard!" Nick couldn't help cursing anymore, "Because many horses die every year, they can continue to die as usual? What do you guys do?!"

Guihuamin cadres shrank their necks in fright.I dare not say a word.If he hadn't received enough education, he might have knelt down and shouted something like "Damn the villain, please forgive me".

Nick saw him pale and trembling, and his heart softened again.

"Forget it, you're not a professional either. It was a mistake to send you to manage the stables!" He waved his hand, "Which department are you in?"

"Small...no, I am the Special Search Team of the Planning Institute..."

It turned out to be from the Planning Institute.No wonder, Nick thought, he was guarding the horses—horses are trophies too.But these people are very good at ransacking homes and making statistics, so it is difficult to ask them to take care of living things.

Thinking of this, his expression softened slightly, and he asked, "Who are the people who raise horses?"

"Report to the chief: the horses are raised by former local grooms, official slaves of the prison camp. After we count and accept the horses, they will continue to raise and take care of them."

"Where are people?" Nick felt a little surprised.Now that full-time grooms have been retained, although these people are very unprofessional and have many bad habits, cleaning the stables, changing the bedding, and brushing the horses are the usual work of the grooms, no matter which country they are in.

Judging by the appearance here, the bedding has not been changed for at least ten days.The horses had not been brushed in days, too.

"It was requisitioned two weeks ago to repair the house." The cadre of the Planning Institute whispered, "Go during the day, and come back at night to feed the horses, drink water and so on..."

"It's unreasonable!" Nick got angry again.Calling horses all day long is not enough, but if you really have a horse, it is such a careless and careless attitude!

He looked at the condition of the horses again, and most of them lost a lot of fat—obviously, they were not fed enough, and some horses showed signs of being overworked.Without further ado, the North Korean grooms must be brought back immediately, and then cooperate with the people I brought, and give the horses a breathing time to recover and gain weight, so as to ensure that the horses can survive the winter safely.

Nick went to find Feng Zongze, Feng Zongze had an excellent attitude and agreed to all his requests.Immediately gave him all the grooms, and said that he had ordered all horse-related facilities and supplies to be handed over to him.Said and handed him a book.

As for the stables, although the stables outside the city were useless, Nick thought it would be better to set them up there—although Feng Zongze believed that there was enough wasteland in the city, and it was protected by a city wall, so it was easy to shut down.

"No, animals like horses can't be raised in densely populated areas." Nick shook his head. "Besides, after refugees arrive in large numbers, refugee camps will be set up in the city. The higher the density, the more likely people and horses will get sick."

Although the outside of the city is not conducive to customs defense, it has a vast area. In spring, it is convenient to gather weeds nearby, and there are rivers, so it is convenient for horses to drink water-horses are big water consumers.The horse stables are located in the city, and water supply will become a big problem in the future.

"Okay. I'll send you a team of guards to help guard." Feng Zongze said, "I'll arrange the construction right away—you have to provide the design drawings."

"That's no problem, I'll draw it myself."

After the horsemen who were conscripted to build roads and build houses returned, Nick appointed his apprentice Noble as the head of the horse stables, fully responsible for the work of the Jeju horse stables.The breeder who brought him was appointed as the team leader.

"You know what to do. Instill in their heads what I taught you." Nick ordered, "First thing! Tell these grooms to take a good bath and cleanse them all! Horses like to be clean animal!"

Noble immediately set to work.Directed the grooms to go out of the stables to change the bedding and brush the horses.The horses in the stables were divided into circles one by one.Divide the seriously fattened, injured, and old horses into pens one by one, and carry out targeted feeding and conditioning.

Nick personally asked the groom and conducted a study on the death of horses over the years.Because all the horses raised here are official horses, each horse has a corresponding "horse stall", and the service status, feed quota, illness status and death status are all recorded.

In general, the death rate of horses here in winter is the highest-it is directly related to overwork, insufficient fat in autumn, and lack of feed in winter.

Nick found that the prison camp and the barracks had very limited stocks of winter hay for horses, and rarely stocked concentrated feed.The horses are often driven into the wild and allowed to eat the withered grass in the wild—the winter in Jeju Island is relatively not very cold, although the snow is not thick.There are a lot of hay in the wild.This feeding method is low in cost, but it is too extensive. If the horses gain insufficient fat in autumn and are overworked in winter, they will easily lose fat and cause collapse.

This approach is actually very similar to the herding horses of the nomadic peoples-the problem is that the horses of the nomadic peoples are generally not used in winter, and they can generally survive the winter with a little less feed.But for the official horses and military horses that are often used in service, it seems that they are not nutritious enough.

(End of this chapter)