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Ask for pk, ask for a stamped ticket) "So many horses and cattle on the grassland are not well utilized and are wasted in vain. Our agricultural areas are short of cattle and horses. We should open up a good trade route," Liu Tianling explain.

"In my opinion, Mongolian cattle are still very strong. It should be very suitable for training calves to plow the land," Ye Feng said.

Liu Tianling nodded: "We are not experts in this area. You call the Agriculture Department and ask them to go to the headquarters. I'll be back in a while."

"OK,"

When Liu Tianling drove back to the headquarters in the city, several executives from the Agriculture Department were already waiting. Everyone was no stranger to Liu Tianling, and they were all old friends.

"I called you here today to talk about a question, do you think it's feasible," Liu Tianling said.

"Commander-in-Chief, please say,"

"In the northern Mongolian grassland, the annual output of Mongolian horses and Mongolian cattle is very large. They usually graze there. Once it snows in winter due to insufficient forage, a large number of livestock will die. A piece of land under our jurisdiction on the grassland can provide [-] head Cows and [-] horses, one solves the problem of selling herdsmen on the grassland, and the other solves the problem of insufficient large livestock for the people in our rural areas. Mongolian horses can be used to pull carts, but Mongolian cattle are used to cultivate land. Let’s see how this problem can be solved.”

The person in charge of the Agricultural Department said: "Mongolian horses are small in size, strong in disease resistance, and resistant to roughage. It is not a problem to pull carts and ride on cultivated land in agricultural areas. Some have been promoted in the past two years, but the number is not large. Mongolian cattle are excellent cattle. , very strong, able to adapt to a variety of harsh conditions, the corn stalks produced in agricultural areas are all good feed, and the cultivated land is also very good, but you need to start training when you are one or two years old. If you are too old, it will definitely not work. In addition, it is best to breed bulls alone, and use steers and cows for farming. Since cattle in agricultural areas cannot be killed casually, there is very little beef. You can bring Mongolian cattle over and kill some of them for meat. Part of it is used for breeding, and calves can be gradually trained to become good cattle for farming.” Another executive said: “Shandong is a large agricultural province, and the plains are flat, so it is actually more suitable for horse farming. The efficiency of horse farming is not lower than that of cattle. , if there are more than 23 horses in Shandong, there will be at least [-] more laborers.”

Liu Tianling asked: "Then why are cattle farming more popular, while horse farming is less?"

"Hehe, the commander-in-chief is right. Although horse farming has always existed, it has not been popularized in the past dynasties. There are many reasons. I will say the most important ones. First, most horses are abundant in grasslands. In the absence of railways, The horse trade is slowly transferred to the inland through the market. A horse worth ten yuan on the grassland has been sold several times in the inland, and the price has risen to 30 or 50 yuan. Such an outrageous price for ordinary people They will not buy arable land, and those who buy it are limited to some wealthy people. Second, because horses are most needed in wars, cavalry in wars of all ages will be used as elite soldiers. Horses raised in agricultural areas are easily requisitioned. Cattle are much safer, and thirdly, this is the problem of publicity. Many people don’t know the advantages of horse farming. Similarly, if we want to develop horse farming, we must solve these three problems.”

Liu Tianling nodded: "The analysis is correct. The circulation problem cannot be solved in a short time, but the price will not increase during transportation. Our goal is to sell without losing money. We will not use cattle and horse trading as a way to make money. The purpose is to improve agricultural production. Production efficiency, liberating more labor force, the second problem is no need to worry now, we already have the source of horses, besides, the world of mechanized arms will become the world in the future, and cavalry will become an ordinary arm. The third problem is the propaganda of horse farming It’s up to you, now, taking advantage of the wheat fields after the autumn harvest, we can promote horse plowing.”

The people in charge of the agricultural department expressed their opinions one after another: "There is no problem in promoting horse farming. We will soon formulate an effective method."

"Well, I have recently arranged for people to start transporting cattle and horses southward. Veterinarians must be fully prepared to check cattle with infectious diseases at any time. In addition, we will open a few more cattle trading markets. The trading rules must be strictly enforced. Absolutely Stolen cattle cannot be traded in the market, and once found, they should be reported to the Public Security Bureau,” Liu Tianling said.

The people in the Agriculture Department also started to act immediately, organizing hundreds of horses to promote horse farming.

Outside the city of Zhangqiu County, in the south of the city is a harvested peanut field, about [-] mu. The owner of the field, Matou Garlic, will plant wheat in a few days. He is worried that no one will plow the land. Plowing the fields without charging a penny made the old horse very happy.

At around nine o'clock in the morning, a lot of people came from the neighborhood, because the people in the agricultural department said that horses are used to plow the land today. It is rare for everyone to see that one plowshare and two horses are controlled by an experienced plowman. Yang, the horses quickly started plowing the land, the plowshares turned the land up, and the air was filled with the fragrance of the soil.

The old horse head said: "This is rare, the horse plows the land faster than the cow."

"That's not true. These two horses can plow ten acres of land in one morning. It would take more than half a month to dig the land manually. Just look at it."

The people were also chattering non-stop. Some people who have seen horse plowing said that there is no problem with horse plowing, but those who have never used horse plowing said that the horse has no stamina. But as time went by, after two hours, the two horses After plowing a full three acres of land, the horses were a little tired. They ate food and rested for a while, and then continued to plow two acres of land. This morning, they plowed five acres of land. No one was gossiping. After all, the strength of a horse is much greater than that of a donkey, so it is very cost-effective to use it to plow the land.

"Do you think this Ma Geng is very good?" the publicity person asked.

"Very good, almost as good as a cow, even faster than a cow," everyone said one after another.

"Not only that, your family has a cow, and if you want to pull the cart for food fifty miles away, it may take you a whole morning, but if you have a horse, you can get there in more than an hour if you harness the cart and drive there. It’s as fast as a car, you say how good it is, besides, if one goes directly to ride a horse, the speed will be faster,”

"Yes, that's right, don't talk about horses, even donkeys and mules are very fast, and cows are plowing land, and they move slowly," everyone said one after another.

Some people also said: "We understand what you said, but a horse is too expensive, not to mention that there are so few horses, how can it be the turn of ordinary people like us to buy them?"

"Don't worry about this. In order to improve the speed of everyone's plowing, we have mobilized a large number of high-quality horses from the Mongolian grasslands. You can buy them in a few days."