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Chapter 3 Golden cauliflower and dismounting

With 2,500 war horses and more than 200 horses riding by Jiazi Camp itself, the amount of food and grass consumed in one day is amazing. As long as the war horses are stored in Yun Zheng for one day, they will have to pay more food and grass for one day. There is no problem in a short time, and problems will arise after a long time.

Yun Zheng suddenly found that he could not find a suitable horse herd in Jingzhao Prefecture. The dragon-shou land, which was lush in the water and grass, had turned into a wasteland. The most terrible thing was that there was no grass growing on this wasteland, and there were flocks of sheep everywhere. They gnawed the tender grass that had just grown, stood on the high dragon-shou land and looked around. The mountains and rivers around Jingzhao Prefecture were basically almost turned into Niushan.

The place where horses are raised is naturally better than that of the North, but Longyou and Qingtang have long since not belonged to the Song Dynasty, and the Hetao Plain with abundant water and plants was also held tightly in the arms of the Dangxiang people.

There are hilly areas in the south, but are you looking for the war horses raised in the south to fight in the cold north? Yun Zheng searched through the map and found sadly that the huge Jingzhao Mansion could not find the most suitable place for grazing.

There was a horse herder's prison in the Song Dynasty, but now people are very smart to put war horses at the homes of the people and call this policy horse politics! The war horses raised by farmers who farmed are only suitable for pulling carts!

After carefully studying Ma Zheng of the Song Dynasty, Yun Zheng roared loudly in the simple military camp.

Cavalry has always been a specialty of the north. Now there is no so-called north in the Song Dynasty. Where can I find cavalry? Not all people riding horses are called cavalry. This requires being influenced by the eyes and growing up with war horses. They integrate and cooperate with each other, and finally form a rolling cavalry iron stream.

His brain was running rapidly, trying to recall the terrain of Guanzhong in later generations, and wanted to find a place where war horses could be placed. I originally wanted to ask the people in the Horse Herder's Supervisory Bureau of Jingzhao Prefecture. In the past, people said that raising horses was very simple, just scattered into farmers, and farmers also like to raise horses. This way, there is no need to pay taxes. The most important thing is that there is a large animal at home.

In desperation, Yun Zheng finally picked Taipingyu, Huxian County. This place is more suitable for war horses to survive. At least there is a vast land and sparsely populated areas and lush water and plants. He sent the war horses to farmers' homes to keep them. Yun Zheng felt that it would be better to pull them out and kill them and eat meat.

Yun Zheng stood at the mountain pass of Taipingyu, his face was extremely gloomy. When he arrived here, he heard hunters say that there were groups of drought lees here. The most important thing was that there was also a thing called nettle in the grass here. No matter when people and animals touched it, their skin would ulcerate... These things should not be included in the horse farm...

The pastures in Qingtang are covered with grass, without dry lees, and the pastures in Hetao are covered with grass, without nettles, raising war horses is actually a very delicate task. They have long been tamed, without the powerful survival ability of wild horses, and have been domesticated for many years. They are born to need the care of herders...

Yun Zheng rode around Jingzhao Mansion for ten days. When Fu Bi saw Yun Zheng, he was shocked. The handsome young man with a beautiful and handsome man disappeared half a month ago, and he became exhausted and covered in dust.

"Ming Gong, I was wrong. I shouldn't have brought the war horses back from Xixia. When I got here, I realized that the Song Dynasty had no suitable place for them to cyclize, and the ranch could not cross the Yellow River. But look, how many places can I grazed tens of war horses north of the Yellow River?" Yun Zheng hugged Fu Bi weakly and continued to think hard.

Seeing that Yun Zheng was very depressed, Fu Bi asked the monkey what was going on. When the monkey told Fu Bi about the cause and effect of the matter, Fu Bi also sat there without saying a word.

He thought that only by raising war horses, he could find a place with grass. How could he know that there were so many things to pay attention to, vast, flat, sunshine, leeing, and far away from the crowd. Aren’t the war horses of the Song Dynasty all kept at farmers’ homes?

Yun Zheng moved his mouth with difficulty and said, "Jiazi Camp has been riding on horseback for almost a year, but in Xixia, he fought with the Xixia cavalry. A cavalry could easily deal with the four of us and knocked off all four of us. He seemed to be able to ride a horse easily. He seemed to have to train from a young age, rather than wait until he became an adult before training.

If you look closely, you will find that the Xixia people and Qingtang people have all their legs, which is the physical deformity caused by riding on horseback for many years. The same is true for the Khitan people. However, the new Khitan people seem to have fewer and fewer legs, and they are more like our Song people.

I thought I had brought the best things to the Song Dynasty. Now it seems that it was just a batch of disposable riding tools. When I was in Huanzhou, I told Zhong Shuai confidently that in five years, we will be able to form a cavalry team of ten thousand people. It turns out that all this is my wishful dream."

Fu Bi stood up and walked a few steps: "The Song people are not good at raising horses. We all think so, but we think we are smarter than the Khitans, Xixia people, and Qingtang people. We always think that what they can do is better than them. We are too arrogant. Just one way to raise horses, we are far inferior to the barbarians in the north.

For some reason, the climate on the grassland has become colder and their living conditions have become increasingly difficult. This is why they always have to move closer to the south."

The large-scale migration of Cileye people to the south is an ironic fact. This wandering nation has a sense of danger that ordinary people do not have. In the second year of Qingli, when Fu Bi was the magistrate of Quanzhou, he found that a large number of Cileye merchants flocked to the south. At that time, in order to prevent them, Fu Bi personally investigated the reasons for their migration south. Finally, he learned from the elders of Cileye people that winter is getting harder and harder in the distant north. Not only them, but the barbarians on the grassland were also moving south. They were just the farthest migrants. In order to help Yun Zheng, Fu Bi told Yun Zheng some of his experiences.

"Is there a lot of people who can give you a job?" Yun Zheng seemed to think of something and asked quickly.

"They are all wandering businessmen, with a large number of people, at least there are many in Jingzhao Prefecture. Two months ago, the elders of the people from the Leye met me, hoping to allow them to buy property on the territory of the Song Dynasty, and also asked to settle down in Liquan, which is the location of Qianling Mausoleum of the former Tang Dynasty.

What a joke. In the second year of Jingyou, His Majesty issued an order that foreigners were not allowed to buy property in the Song Dynasty, so they could only rent it. How could I agree? Now they think that they would not be able to give in. They said that they would offer seeds of golden cauliflower. golden cauliflower is just a vegetable. Do they think that the Song Dynasty was in the pre-Tang Dynasty, and that a pineapple dish could benefit the whole clan.”

After listening to Fu Bi's words, Yun Zheng finally knew why he was interested in Jews, that is, the people who gave him Leye. He had told his students about the origin of Longdong alfalfa. He also extended the story to the Jews and was besieged by a group of girls. He believed that it was nonsense. Liang Weiwei even quoted classics to refute Yun Zheng, saying that alfalfa entered China as early as the Han Dynasty, and what did it have to do with the Jews? The allusion of golden cauliflower is alfalfa, which was also known by Yun Zheng from that quarrel.

The reason why history has no record is probably because it was a scam. The people of Cileye who had just fled from the Uighurs to Longdong were treated well by the local people. They gave the large amount of alfalfa seeds they brought to the local people and told them that they were treasures. As a result, after planting, the local people found that they were useless except for feeding pigs. They cursed Cileyeye as a liar, and Cileyeye were also very angry. These people actually used alfalfa to feed the dirtiest animals in the world. They originally planned to buy their alfalfa and sold them to the army as forage for the army, but they parted in a bad mood.

Alfalfa has grown in the field for thirty years. It is simply a dream to dig the roots. The roots of that thing can penetrate thirty meters below, which is unique. So these alfalfas have successfully occupied the people's fields. No matter whether they are burned or flooded, they cannot be eliminated. Therefore, many places in Longdong are full of this thing.

According to the Liquan local chronicles, this thing invaded Guanzhong all the way, almost covering Qianling Mausoleum.

Yun Zheng asked Fu Bi with a careful look: "Mingfu, do you know that the golden cauliflower covers Qianling Mausoleum?"

Fu Bi pondered for a moment, shook his head playfully and said, "This is absolutely true!"

Yun Zheng refused to give up and bowed, "I suddenly remembered that there was a place that was neglected. I was anxious. Please allow me to go to Liquan and his party here."

As soon as Fu Bi nodded and agreed, he saw Yun Zheng jumping out of the military tent and flying on his horse. Before he could even greet his personal guards, he rushed eastward.

Fu Bi shook his head and said to himself, "A arrogant boy, I really think you know everything. There are less than 300,000 acres of grassland in Liquan, Qianxian County, and you can't finish eating thousands of war horses. But if you want to graz in that grassland, you will first solve the troublesome gravekeepers, otherwise you won't think of peace. Huang Chao and Zhu Wen have not succeeded, it depends on your methods.

Golden cauliflower! My breakfast is fresh golden cauliflower! As long as the Guanzhong people think of golden cauliflower, they will think of Liquan. Smart boys are also confused. If it weren’t for your wholeheartedness to serve the country, thousands of war horses could ruin your food and make private property. Hehe, I’m not stupid. Golden cauliflower has only been invaded by Qianling in recent years. Although that thing occupied fertile land, it was a good horse material. An outsider showed off his power in front of me, hehe.”

Yun Zheng's big green horse ran very proudly. This was the first time he let go of it in a long time. The wind whistled through Yun Zheng's ears. He suddenly remembered something and suddenly tied the reins of the big green horse. Just now, his mind was all on the golden cauliflower. Fu Bi's expression was very wrong. He had no reason to say such a big nonsense to himself. What did the golden cauliflower to himself? The people in the horse herder's prison could not be so ignorant that they could not even find a suitable place for grazing.

After thinking it through, Yun Zheng smiled and shook his head and sighed. Is this the so-called threat? (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!

ps: Chapter 3 is delivered. There are too many information in this chapter. Please forgive me for being a little slower.
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