It is already the time for spring flowers to bloom. If you are in Kaifeng Prefecture, it is a good day for talented men and beautiful people to go out for a walk. The manors scattered around Kaifeng Prefecture are surrounded by green trees and covered with flowers. From time to time, you can see the wild pavilions and pavilions by the water in the forest, with fine wine and fresh fruits on them. There are romantic talented men and beautiful brothels who gather there to watch the scenery. What a lovely literati, even if they are given to their husbands, they will not be replaced easily.

But at this moment, in Aojiazhuang outside Jiehe City, there was no sense of comfort and wildness. This place was originally a shepherd grassland, but now it was surrounded by wooden fences, and an unknown stream flowed through it. Leaning against the stream, a red house covering an area of ​​about ten acres had been built at some time and was also built with red bricks "invented" by Huang Silang.

The yard has not been completed yet. When Wu Haogu and others arrived, a local foreman from Cangzhou was directing more than a dozen young workers to plaster the wall outside the yard with a good red brick wall, and it had to be disguised as a rammed earth wall. It was a bit speechless.

Seeing Lin Wancheng coming first, the foreman quickly walked up and sang a fat look: "Little Feng Er, I have met Master Lin."

Wu Haogu looked along the sound and saw only a dirty Chinese character. He was not sure how old he was, his beard and hair were messy, and his skin was dark and red. It was obvious that it was sunburned.

Lin Wancheng pointed to the man who claimed to be Feng Er and turned to Wu Haogu, "Dongweng, he was originally a man who fished on the Jiehe River. The fishing village was bought by the Jiehe Chamber of Commerce, so he worked on the construction site and learned to build walls and plaster. Now he is a craftsman."

Feng Er patted his chest when he heard this, "I am Master Huang's apprentice from Kaifeng Mansion, and the brick walls built are so strong."

"Master Huang? But Huang Silang?" Wu Haogu asked curiously.

"How can it be," Lin Wancheng smiled, "Huang Silang is a big man, how could he teach him to build walls? Master Huang was originally a slave who worked for Huang Silang's family, but now he has also gone up and has become a master."

The so-called "slaves" are actually contract slaves. They were a very popular employment model in the Song Dynasty and were not real slaves.

"Do it well, there will be countless such farms in the future." Wu Haogu encouraged Feng Er and said to Oliga, "Madam O, reward him."

"Here."

Oliga threw a string of copper coins, and then rode into the yard with Wu Haogu. This is a four-in and four-out yard. The outermost yard is used to raise horses. A circle of horse houses was built along the wall, and several of them were also kept by several small ponies, which should have been brought by Feng Er and others.

"How many horse houses are there." Gao Qiu turned off the horse's back and counted roughly, "You can raise thirty or forty horses."

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "Knights's farm should have produced horses... A real good horse must be raised like this."

If the Knights Village wants to maintain vitality for a long time, it must be supported by industrial support. The industry that Wu Haogu can think of now is the animal husbandry and the 1,500 acres of grain-producing farm. If the Sanpu rotation is used, it should be able to produce a lot of grain, and at the same time maintain a herd of about twenty horses, and may also raise some cattle and sheep.

Among these outputs, the most profitable one is undoubtedly raising horses. Because of the inefficiency of the horse politics of the Song Dynasty, the blockade of the Liao Kingdom and the Western Xia Dynasty, the price of good horses in the Song Dynasty was very high. A first-class war horse with a shoulder height of four feet seven, 300 s is the national purchase price. If Jiehe Maritime Shipinsi can acquire war horses at this price, it will be a meritorious!

If Wu Haogu can succeed in breeding in Jiehe horse farms and provide horse breeds to the Knights Manor in Beicangzhou, it is possible to produce three or four first-class war horses a year for a 20-horse horse (mainly mares). This is the income of thousands of knives!

If there are 1,000 knight manors, it will not be a problem to provide 3,000 first-class war horses to the court every year. At that time, the unlucky herds prison can also close the door...

Gao Qiu smiled: "Do you know how to raise horses again?"

"Dongweng said it well," Lin Wancheng said, "The old man knows a little about raising horses... If you raise a good horse, you must breed and maintain your seeds. The most taboo is to raise free-range horses. These millions of horses are mixed together, so you can't match them and the horse breeds are no longer discussed."

"But aren't Ma Zheng from the Han and Tang dynasties all hermits?" Gao Qiu asked, "Isn't he well raised?"

"The Han and Tang Dynasties also talked about horse breeds," said Wu Haogu, "In order to seek blood, Emperor Wu of Han fought with the Dayuezhi. The Tang Dynasty introduced a large number of good horses in the Western Regions to improve horse breeds.

In addition, there were not only horse governments in the Han and Tang Dynasties, but also a large number of private farms. It was a cooperation between the herds and the herds in the manors, and they could also obtain good varieties from the Western Regions. Therefore, the herds in the Han and Tang Dynasties could raise a large number of war horses, but they would not be able to reach our dynasty. Good varieties were hard to find, and the horses in the herds in the herds were getting smaller and smaller."

Horses in the herds prison basically do not intervene manually, and adopt the method of grassland shepherding. The horse officials of the Northern Song Dynasty generally believed that the method of raising horses on the grassland was better than that on farming land, and also believed that the breeding of wild horses was better than that of domestic horses.

Therefore, under this method of raising horses that simulate the wild environment as much as possible, the horses raised by the herds of the Song Dynasty were smaller than the next generation, in fact, the smaller horses were more adaptable to the wild environment. The tall war horses ate too much and were too difficult to serve, and it was difficult to survive after being released to the wild.

Gao Qiu was a little confused by Wu Haogu's set of words. Wu Haogu smiled and turned around to talk to Oliga, "Oliga, I told you last time that I wanted to give it to you. How about this place? Are you still satisfied?"

"Is this for slaves? Oh my God, it's so good!" Oliga was stunned for a moment, and an expression of ecstasy appeared on her gorgeous face. Then, regardless of the people around her, she opened her arms and rushed towards Wu Haogu.

This foreign girl is so unrestrained! And she is quite energetic!

Being hugged and kissed by a blond and blue-eyed female knight, Wu Haogu's thoughts also rippled... I think the taste of Rose Cat is good, right?

Why don't you enjoy her tonight...

...

At the same time, Lu Jiawen just came out of Chongzheng Hall, and it was already past noon.

The sky was gloomy and clouds rolled, exuding a depressing atmosphere.

Lu Jiawen stopped outside the corridor where the Hanlin Painting Academy was located and exhaled a breath of turbid air. For some reason, it was obviously the season of spring, but it always made people feel suffocating. When he was an official in Hanoi County, Lu Jiawen always hoped to return to Kaifeng Prefecture, the city of the world's most severing, but when he really returned to Kaifeng Prefecture and became the Minister of Taifu Temple, he met a villain...

So many villains!

It is difficult to raise a villain, and now he has to demolish the villain's house!

Lu Jiawen suddenly felt that he might have to fall into the demolition of Zhoubei Daying.

This house cannot be demolished, and the court has issued a major edict to announce that the imperial guards will be held in October next year. All imperial guards can participate. The wing army and civil warriors can also sign up for it... There is a house to take!

But now, even if it is demolished in Beidaying, can it be built?

"Why are you not very interested?"

Zeng Bu stood beside Lu Jiawen, and when he saw that he was in a low mood, he couldn't help but ask.

Lu Jiawen sighed and smiled bitterly: "Zixuan, aren't you asking knowingly?"

"Why... invite the county?" Zeng Bu frowned, "How about I recommend Cai Yuanchang to be the Minister of Taifu Temple?"

Cai Jing indeed escaped the "catastrophe" of going south to Jiangning Prefecture. Today, Zhao Ji spoke in Chongzheng Palace and wanted to keep Cai Jing in Kaifeng Prefecture. So Han Zhongyan and Zeng Bu were thinking about arranging official positions for Cai Jing. Although Cai Jing was a boss of the new party, this guy has always been capable and has no principles. When Yuanyou was reincarnated, he defected to Sima Guang.

So Han Zhongyan and Zeng Bu both wanted to win over Cai Jing... However, Zeng Bu was not willing to let Cai Jing be the prime minister. Cai Jing was too good at flattering and had a good relationship with Zhao Ji. He was allowed to enter the Political Affairs Hall, but Zeng Bu's second appearance might be knocked off by him.

The "hot" mission of Taifu Temple just gave Cai Jing a headache.

"This is not possible!" Lu Jiawen shook his head firmly. He finally came back, how could he easily hand over the dispatch?

Zeng Bu and Lu Jiawen were talking, but they had already walked to the Political Affairs Hall. There was another major issue in the Political Affairs Hall that was very troublesome to discuss!

Zeng Bu sighed and asked Lu Jia: "Look, if you think about it carefully, you must think of a proper way. But it cannot be delayed for too long. If you can't do anything in summer, just hire a county sooner. Don't be unable to get the house until October next year, as we will have trouble."

"Zixuan, I have a good attitude, don't worry."

"Okay." Zeng Bu nodded, and without saying anything, he quickly walked into the Political Affairs Hall.

At this time, in the Political Affairs Hall, Han Zhongyan, Fan Chunli, Li Qingchen, and Wen Yi (that gloating guy) who had just been worshipped by Shangshu Right Prime Minister were discussing the matter of holding a grand competition in the imperial court (that is, the house of the competition).

However, they were not discussing how to divide the house, but were worried that no one would come to participate and if no one would come to the scene, Lu Jia asked, would be very happy.

"Putting a heavy armor of fifty kilograms, you need to add a long spear, a straight knife, a large shield, 50 crossbow arrows and a crossbow, and three-day military rations... How heavy should this be?"

"One hundred and fifty kilograms...at least one hundred and fifty kilograms! I almost carried someone, I was still a fat man."

"It will take another 100 miles of marching within half a day... It's good to carry so many things and walk. How can you marching within 100 miles?"

"My husband, this is how Wei Wuzhu was selected..."

"I know, Cai Yuanchang must have been confused when he read the "Xunzi Military Conference", but that was the Warring States Period. How could there be such a hero now? If a large number of warriors like Wei Wuzhang could be found in the imperial guards, Yan Yun would have been wiped out long ago and Xixia would have been destroyed long ago."
Chapter completed!