Chapter 247: A Gift from the South (Seeking Support)
Guests from the south?
After seeing the guests, Shi Yiwen was stunned.
He is from the Tang family again.
Although I had only seen Tang Qi at the Tang family, I was deeply impressed by him because the scar on his face, which was like a centipede from his forehead to his cheek.
"The little Tang Qi has met Mr. Shi."
After the ceremony, Tang Qi said again.
"The young man came here this time to give the young master something on the order of my lady."
Giving something?
This Tang Ziqi... didn't know what surprise she was going to give herself. After a moment, when she saw the gift from Tang Ziqi, Shi Yiwen was so shocked that she couldn't even speak.
This is... Looking at the horses in front of him with shoulder height of less than 1.6 meters, Shi Yiwen couldn't believe his eyes. These horses must have come from Europe. Those who are taller than the ones should be riding horses. As for those who are strong, they must have been picking up horses.
"Young Master, you see that these four are "Parabonson horses", these six are "Hungry horses", these five are "Antario Siga horses", and these six are "Hungry horses", and these six are "Hungry horses", and these horses were bought by my lady specially ordered people to come from Western Macau people, and some horses even come from Spanish in Luzon."
Although the name Tang Qi mentioned sounds strange to Shi Yiwen, after a little understanding, he almost figured out that the "Hearing Horse" should be "Alden Horse", and the "Antarusian Horse" is "Andalusian Horse". As for the "Hearing Rapo Horse" is likely to be an Arabian horse. As for the larger "Parabonson Horse" should be a large heavy-pull horse, which is a certain difference from the Arden Horse.
This is really a pillow for people to send them to their feet. I was originally thinking about how to solve the problem of horses. After all, whether it is a public carriage or a wooden rail road, I need a more efficient heavy-pull horse.
"Young Master, this Marco is so tall, really, really a divine horse!"
Opening his eyes wide, Wu Cai murmured. As for Liu Yu, when he looked at the horses in front of him, his legs couldn't help but tremble. The horse was a little too big.
"But, no, our horses and, compared with it, that's a donkey..."
They were excited, and Shi Yiwen was also excited. While excited, he knew that he really owed Tang Ziqi this time.
"Miss Tang, can you bring me a letter?"
"When I go back to my grandson, the lady only told the young man to send the horse over. If the young man has a letter, he could hand it over to the young man to take it to Nanjing."
Tang Qi said respectfully.
No letters... this Tang Ziqi!
He sighed in his heart, Shi Yiwen thought for a moment, and then said.
"In this way, Tang Qi, you live at home first, rest for two days before going back. Your lady will give me this generous gift, and I can't say nothing about it."
What kind of gift should I give?
Shi Yiwen thought to himself that after instructing his servants to take all the horses to the horse shed for good care, he went into the space and walked around the space. Finally, he chose a land-based dressing environment.
"I'll make a frame with mahogany later. Although the size is not as big as the two pieces in the palace, this size is rare in the world!"
Thinking about it so much, Shi Yiwen thought that she often went out, so she took out two portable makeup mirrors.
"This is almost enough to repay this favor."
Of course, entering the space again was not just to give favors with a mirror. In addition to finding several books related to horse raising, such as "Horse Breeding" and "Horse Breeding", he also specially rode an electric bike to the Provincial Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Research Institute to find the equipment needed, and found some of the equipment needed as he wished.
After taking out the equipment, Shi Yiwen was not in a hurry to use it, but called Wu Cai and said to him.
"Maod, I have thought about it. I want to cultivate the reed marsh by the sea into a ranch."
If we were just thinking about reed marsh with tens of millions of acres into fertile fields, then now, the arrival of those dozen horses has given Shi Yiwen a new idea.
“Reclaimed as a ranch?”
Wu Cai looked at Shi Yiwen in confusion and said in surprise.
"right!"
Shi Yiwen nodded.
"It is easier to reclaim pastures than to reclaim fertile fields. Compared with fertile fields, you only need to cut off or incinerate the reeds, and then you can directly plant saline-tolerant grass. In addition, you can also reduce the saline-tolerant crops such as splendens to reduce the saline-tolerant content in the land. In more than ten years, the saline-tolerant content in the land can be reduced. At that time, the pastures can be directly reclaimed into fertile fields by excavating irrigation canals, so that grazing and reclamation canals can be done at the same time."
Facing Wu Cai, Shi Yiwen explained his idea. He had specially checked some information in the Space Library. By planting saline-resistant crops such as splendeneden in saline-alkali land in Xinjiang and other places, the saline-alkali content can be greatly reduced and eventually transformed into fertile fields.
This is obviously the lowest cost and fastest way to take effect.
"Young Master, just because of those dozen horses?"
Wu Cai looked at him in confusion and asked.
"Is it worth it just for those dozen horses?"
Wu Cai's doubts fell in Shi Yiwen's eyes, making him laugh and said.
"Maod, don't underestimate these dozen horses. If used properly, the effects of these horses will definitely be beyond your expectations. I am thinking about using these good horses as stallions to breed new horses. These horses don't seem to be many, but some special methods are needed. It is not impossible for a horse to breed thousands or even tens of thousands of horses a year."
"Thousands and thousands of horses? One?"
With wide eyes, Wu Cai just wanted to say, "If I study less, don't lie to me, this is such an absurd thing in this world."
"How is this possible?"
Shi Yiwen didn't know how to explain Wu Cai's surprise look. After all, knowledge such as manual teaching is too precedent for people of this era.
"Well, this is a special method. How to say, we have few horses, and if we want to raise horses, we have to find a different approach. If we dilute it, a stallion can be matched with thousands or even tens of thousands of mares a year. In this way, our horses can easily breed more than 100,000 horses."
Shi Yiwen did not continue to explain. After all, he just read it from the book. Even the equipment he received from the Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Research Institute was only for cattle... It's almost the same, the equipment is not complicated anyway, so they will study it slowly in the future.
While Shi Yiwen was talking to himself in his heart, he also said to Wu Cai, who was full of surprise.
"The most important thing now is that on the one hand, the reed marshes on the coast must be reclaimed into pastures, and on the other hand, they must buy horses from Zhangjiakou, buy as many mares as possible, and at least tens of thousands of horses. Let's see who can do this."
Wu Cai asked in surprise when the young master said that.
Chapter completed!