Chapter 876: Wisdom From Our Charming Ancestors!
Chapter 885 Wisdom from the charming ancestors!
"Are you short of big animals?" Roland was stunned, and then realized that what is lacking here is real animals, not "cows and horses" like Yun Feng. Of course, if there are qualified "cows and horses" like Yun Feng, the more the better! As a boss, Roland does not object to his subordinates becoming "cows and horses" voluntarily.
"Yes! This place is not like the Rapid City. There are no caravans visiting here at all, but the population is indeed gathering more and more! There is a serious lack of animal power!" Adolf Heinrich frowned.
Although Roland took out a more advanced curved plow a long time ago and implemented a simplified version of intensive farming, due to grain varieties and other problems, even with the composting technology taught by Roland himself, the grain output in the north is still less than the standard per mu yield of ancient China. In the land of Middle-earth, 100 kilograms per mu is considered normal! Large tracts of land are abandoned, resulting in everyone only thinking about opening up more wasteland for quantity, and never thinking about the road of quality! Correspondingly, the demand for animal power for the reclamation and cultivation of large tracts of wasteland is frighteningly high!
Why do farmers live so tight? Because they need to raise draft horses to plow the land! Horses are not as easy to deal with as cows! Just cut a few baskets of grass and you can get by! You must know that a qualified war horse cannot only eat grass! Beans, oats and other staple grains must be continuously supplied, and eggs need to be cracked to supplement nutrition during wartime! Although draft horses are not as valuable as war horses, they still need to be served carefully! First of all, you need a complete horse pen, and then you need to supply him with coarse grains. When doing heavy physical labor, you also need to supplement eggs to strengthen the physical strength of the draft horse! The most important thing is to scrape the horse sweat after the draft horse! Otherwise, the horse covered in sweat is prone to illness! For farmers in the small peasant economy era, cattle and horses will be carefully cared for... Fake cattle and horses, plowing the fields morning and night. Real cattle and horses: go out under the stars and return under the stars!
What? You said that since draft horses are so bad and have so many shortcomings, why don't these people raise cattle? Good question! Blind student, you found the point! That is naturally because the West has not pointed out the technology tree of oxen for thousands of years! What are their oxen? They are gentle beings selected from the cattle of the grassland people. They are rare, at least rare! For a long time, the West has been mainly plowing with horses! This is also reflected in the Middle-earth world! You should know that the prototype of the Middle-earth world - the Shire horse of Tatar in Europe is a heavy draft horse!
As for why they can't point out the oxen technology tree and embark on the road of no return of draft horses! (At least for agriculture!) Please watch the VCR!
The miserable Europeans can't tame the grumpy grassland cattle at all! They can only select a few docile ones for farming, and more cattle are treated as beef cattle! But the Chinese side treats cattle as treasures! Naturally, Roland's charming ancestor successfully broke open the oxen technology. With the help of animal power, China sweeps the earth on a daily basis and becomes itself!
"What about the cows? Don't the dwarves have cows? Pull them over to work as oxen!" Roland said seriously. After all, it would be foolish not to use the resources in hand!
"Cows? Excuse me, those animals are not as practical as draft horses!" Adolf Heinrich said with some psychological shadow. After all, as one of the governors of the kingdom, he needs to consider all aspects. Adolf Heinrich, who went to investigate personally, had the experience of being kicked away by a bison!
"..." Roland thought carefully about the background of Middle-earth and the matching mechanism of Europe. In an instant, Roland understood what Adolf Heinrich meant. It seems that the farming technology tree of the Kingdom of Lagrande is also wrong in the use of animal power?
"Try to collect bison before the spring plowing! The people are waiting for the animals to go to the fields!" Roland looked at the snow outside and said to Adolf Heinrich solemnly. All this needs to be prepared before the spring plowing, otherwise it will affect the development of the kingdom.
"Bison? The kind that dwarves raise?" Adolf Heinrich's eyelids twitched, and he couldn't help but applaud Roland's wild idea.
"Excuse me, Your Majesty, among those bison, those that can tamely plow the land are rare. Why don't you try to get some draft horses?" As the population of Lagrande City increased, Adolf Heinrich also felt the pressure. If there was a problem with the spring plowing, it would be another tight year. After all, a person's speed of clearing land without large animals is limited, plus the efficiency problem, a strong animal is still needed!
"Don't worry, I have a way!" Roland patted his chest and showed a meaningful smile.
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"No, Your Majesty, are you free?" Fenglin Youlan stood up and spoke first. Roland's disheveled clothes made Fenglin Youlan frown.
"Ah! I did it!" Roland excitedly grabbed Adolf Heinrich's arm and said with joy.
"Just... an iron ring?" Adolf Heinrich had a black question mark face. It must be said that Adolf Heinrich was very talented in this aspect of supporting roles!
"Of course! This is called a bull nose ring!" Roland said arrogantly. How could a country bumpkin from the Middle Earth see the majesty of the Han and Tang Dynasties! As a farming trick that has been passed down in China for so long, Roland naturally remembered it clearly!
Cows are irritable and difficult to control due to their huge size. Naturally, everyone has chosen draft horses over time! But with a bull nose ring, it's different. As long as you put on the bull nose ring, the cow is basically tamed!
"But wearing this bull nose like this... Isn't it appropriate to put on a ring? Ordinary residents shouldn't be able to tame it!" Adolf Heinrich and Fenglin Youlan looked at each other and murmured. After all, Roland was relaxed because he suppressed this ordinary bull as a professional, but most civilians walked the world as blank slates. They didn't have dragons or huge dragon power as a backing! Although Roland proved that the bull was successfully tamed through his performance, it doesn't mean that everyone is Roland!
"Stupid! First, give him a bottle of wine! Isn't it better to get him drunk and then put on the bull nose ring?" Roland looked speechless.
"Implement it as soon as possible! I hope to see them soon!" Roland urged again.
"Oh! Dragon God, great King Roland! Salute to you! This is incredible! This is the embodiment of the wisdom of the Dragon God! It is a gift bestowed on us by the Dragon God!" Charlie Pross looked at Roland like a passionate believer, and his eyes made Roland feel itchy all over!
Is this guy going to start "brainwashing" everyone again? Seeing that Charlie Pros was about to raise his hand and open his mouth again, Roland decisively stretched out his hand to block his mouth!
"..." Adolf Heinrich and others glanced over, and then quickly looked away. It would be good for everyone if Charlie Pros shut up...
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"Don't worry, Your Majesty! I will do my best to equip citizens with bison suitable for labor!" Adolf Heinrich promised. The benefits of oxen are obvious to everyone, and the future is bright!
"Well, you can put nose rings on the cows yourself. If you give them wine, they won't make a fuss!" Roland waved his hand. In fact, there are many Shire horses in his system space. These horses are enough for the kingdom, but the cost-effectiveness of horses is not high compared to oxen, and these are already qualified and high-quality war horses! In the end, Roland put an end to this idea!
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