Chapter 185: Cultivating a good horse

Tian Chou took the letter and the order, but did not leave immediately. He smiled and said, "General, don't be so anxious. How to expand the cavalry and overwhelm the barbarians, it is not just about spending a lot of money to buy war horses from the prairie."

"Zi Tai, please speak, I'm willing to listen carefully." Lu Bu felt energetic when he heard Tian Chou say this.

"In addition to buying horses, there is another way, naturally, to capture the enemy's cavalry and seize the enemy's horses. The general only valued the horses of aliens on the grassland, but forgot that our enemy also had many horses." At this point, Tian Chou paused for a moment.

"Uh, keep talking." Lu Bu looked up at Tian Chou in surprise.

"General, I would like to ask you, since you have agreed to cooperate with the Julu Tian family, what do you think of our Tian family in Peking and Tian family in Yuyang?" Before Tian Chou threw out his plan, he wanted to know what Lu Bu thought of their family. If Lu Bu had a positive view, Tian Chou would throw out the plan. If it was a negative view, Tian Chou would deal with it blindly and tell it out.

"In a word, I love the house and the Wu. I admire you and Tian Yu very much, so I have no malice to your family, only good feelings. But you probably know my origin. I have always hoped that aristocratic family like you who have been deeply favored by the emperor can make more contributions to the Han Dynasty, and not like many aristocratic families, they can benefit the world but are reluctant to let go." Lu Bu's words were very sincere, because he knew that lying and pretending to behave in front of a wise man like Tian Chou is useless, and he will be seen through at a glance.

"General, I feel relieved after hearing what you said.

You probably don’t know much about our Yuyang Tian family and the Beiping Tian family. Our ancestors moved from Julutian family to Youzhou, and they were disagreeing with those family members in the Julutian family who were determined to seek personal gain and ignored the safety of other people. They were squeezed away by those people. Our ancestors went to Youzhou to recruit refugees, settle border areas, and educate border residents.

Speaking of being deeply favored by the emperor, I think that a family like the Yuan family in Runan is deeply favored by the Yuan family, but our Tian family is definitely above the Yuan family in his contribution to the people of the Han Dynasty. The Yellow Turbans in Runan are the most rampant now. Why is it that the Yuan family is too overcharging and levying too much? With the assistance of our Tian family, Liu Taiwei recruited as many as one million refugees from the Qingzhou area of ​​Jizhou." Tian Chou said proudly.

"If all the aristocratic families in the world are like your Tian family, the world will be peaceful and so many people will not starve to death." Lu Bu nodded heavily and then asked, "Zi Tai, you and I have expressed their own attitudes. Can you tell me the big ideas in your heart?"

"Although the general tried his best to hide your dislike for those aristocratic families, I can see from your past words and deeds that you hate those aristocratic families who are unkind. It is just that the general is worried that they will unite and want to slowly plan, and I agree with this. It is just that we should deal with those families first. I want to give the general some tips, which is not actually a decent plan.

Among those aristocratic families, especially those near the border and in the counties and counties near Taihang, there are many aristocratic families who colluded with foreign tribes and Taihang bandits. Their families have raised hundreds or even thousands of cavalry. These families have been exposed because of their inappropriate mentality. They have a bad reputation in the local area. If the general frees up his hands, he can clean up these families first. After cleaning up more than a dozen such families, he can gather tens of thousands of war horses." Tian Chou hated those families who colluded with foreign tribes, but his Beiping Tian family was just a middle-class family and had no choice but to do anything to those families. Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, was a kind gentleman and had never liked to use martial arts. Tian Chou could only hope for Lu Bu.

"I said that those alien races plundered Youzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou and other provinces come and go freely. It turns out that there are internal supporters among those aristocratic families. I will definitely eliminate these bastard families, but I cannot be too hasty, so I have to slowly take it." Since Lu Bu eliminated the five families including Li Cheng, he found that those aristocratic families were like pieces of fat hanging in front of him. If these families were killed, Lu Bu would not have to worry about money for 10 or 20 years.

"The other is Dong Zhuo's Xiliang cavalry. The places where Dong Zhuo originally controlled were natural pastures and produced good horses, so his 100,000 Xiliang cavalry actually brought 200,000 war horses. One knight had two war horses to transfer. If the general really raised troops to attack Dong, don't forget to capture their war horses." The deeper Tian Chou knew about Lu Bu, the greater his confidence in Lu Bu.

Tian Chou suddenly remembered something again and hurriedly said, "Peking prefect Gongsun Zan is the general's senior brother. The general can also buy some good horses from Gongsun Zan first, but it is limited to the past few years. The situation will gradually change in the future. To be honest, although Gongsun Zan is the general's senior brother, he is always interested in killing, cruel and unkind, and the general is generous and kind. You two will definitely be incompatible in the future. There will definitely be a battle. Although Gongsun Zan's white horse is arrogant, it is easy to break and will be defeated sooner or later. In my opinion, the 30,000 war horses under his command are waiting for the general to get them."

When Lu Bu heard Tian Chou talk about Gongsun Zan, he admired Tian Chou's foresight, but with his identity, he could not express any opinions, just smiled and said nothing.

Tian Chou saw Lu Bu smiling but didn't say anything, and he already knew that Lu Bu had agreed to these reminders he gave.

"General, in addition to buying horses and capturing horses from enemies, the general can actually obtain more and better horses by raising horses in detail." Tian Chou also said: "General can match good horses like Red Rabbit Horse with other good horses to make them a better next generation."

"Zi Tai, thanks to your reminder, otherwise I would have forgotten this." Lu Bu vaguely remembered that later military horse farms adopted the method of eugenics and excellent breeding. After more than 20 years of use, they eliminated the donkey-like ponies from the Qing Dynasty, and the rest were tall horses.

Lu Bu smiled and said, "Zi Tai, I have lived in border areas like you for a long time and have known the habits of those foreign tribes. I discovered that horse raising methods like Xianbei, Wuhuan, Xiongnu, Qianghu are actually extensively raised, but in fact they are not allowed to cultivate good war horses at all."

"General, you are right. Actually, no matter what kind of livestock, it is good and good. Generally, it can be matched with better ones, and at least it can be maintained at the original level. If the good and bad ones are matched together, it will gradually become mediocre." Tian Chou widened his eyes: "Cultivation? This word is very fresh. I wonder what this means?"

"Cultivation, as the name suggests, is to cultivate it well and let it develop well. What I mentioned is the breeding method of eugenics and excellent parenting."

"Eugenics and good parenting? Selection and breeding?" Tian Chou did not expect that Lu Bu also had a study on this: "Please tell me the general."

"Haha, it means strictly controlling the breeding of horses. Select the best batch from so many horses to match each other, and use the next generation of stallions they have born to breed other mares. In addition to the particularly excellent stallions, all the stallions born will be castrated. Select good horses from the mares to continue to be kept for breeding. In this way, the core horse herd will be established. In the future, all war horses will be matched from the core horse herd. In this way, after three or four generations, the best horses can be matched. Of course, the particularly excellent good horses must also be supplemented with the core group and strengthen the advantages of the core group. Once the most perfect breed is cultivated, they will no longer cross. They must start to maintain the pure and good bloodline of the core horse herd. The newly cultivated core horses are newly organized and will not pollute the original excellent bloodline of the core group."

Speaking of this, Lu Bu emphasized: "It is impossible for people to cultivate livestock without hard work. As long as they try hard to breed, they will be rewarded for you." Take the famous Mongolian horse for example, compared with the Don Hippo that was later cultivated in Russia, it is far inferior. Its endurance, size, and weight are not as good as those of them.

"I didn't expect that you have experience in cultivating good horses, General. I just had a vague feeling. I didn't expect that the general had a clear plan." Tian Chou smiled and said, "Then, according to the general's words, the method of selecting eugenics and excellent breeding."

There is a good mixed-blood war horse in Lu Bu's mind, which is the Don hippo riding by later Russian Cossack cavalry. It is based on the mixed bloodlines of Mongolian horses, Arabian horses, etc. The Don hippo cultivated in this way is hard-working, easy to raise, and can live in the frozen arid grasslands of the Don River. It has a good temper, strong adaptability, strong body, tall, has a strong endurance and strong adaptability, is quick to react, and is loyal to its owner. It combines the advantages of Mongolian horses and Arabian horses and is the most practical cavalry horse.

After the ocean fleet is built in the future, Lu Bu will send people to the Persian Gulf to buy Arab horses, and then send a fleet to the shore from Kuye Island, bypass the Xianbei people, go deep into the far north of the Xianbei grassland, and buy Mongolian horses from the local Dingling people.

Of course, the conditions now do not allow it, so we can only cultivate each other with ordinary Hequ horses and ordinary Mongolian horses.

From this year on, under the instructions of Lu Bu, Tian Choo began to cultivate the best among the best. The final horses obtained have most of the advantages of Hequ horses and Mongolian horses. They are rough and strong in physique, have a high physique, and are about five feet tall on average. They are cold-resistant, have strong endurance and adaptability, and can last for a long time and work hard, and have strong pulling strength. Because they were cultivated in the Taihang Mountains, they are called Taihang horses. The biggest defect of this horse is that the impact speed is slow, and they have to wait for the arrival of the Arabian horse to improve this defect.

Lu Bu also fulfilled his promise to his old friend Red Rabbit Horse, and found several white horses with strong and beautiful appearance for it to enjoy. Of course, those white horses are considered good horses from a thousand miles away. After the good genes of the Red Rabbit Horse, the foals born were not as majestic as their old son Red Rabbit Horse, and they were also thousands of miles away horses. Lu Bu gave the children of Red Rabbit Horse to Lu Lingqi and his subsequent adopted sons as mounts.

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