Since Outer Khalkha fully surrendered to Chahar, the land north of the Great Wall has suddenly been flooded with rain and wind. From north to south, from west to east, from Helin to naturalization, from Liaodong to Yehe, everything is covered.
War preparations began, and Chahanhot, which was in the eye of the storm, was no exception.
Abadai Saiyin Khan of Outer Khalkha personally led a main force of 15,000 people to the south and met with Mongolian Khan Zhasak Tutumen Khan in Chahanhot. Tumen Khan treated the king of Outer Khalkha Khan magnanimously
He was given a hundred cattle, five hundred sheep, a thousand pairs of high-quality iron pedals, three hundred pieces of cloth made in the Ming Dynasty, five hundred new-style cotton-padded clothes made in Liaodong made in the Ming Dynasty, and some daily necessities.
Although the Mongolians were never polite during the civil war, the tradition of hospitality is no joke. Immediately after the two parties met, there was a carnival of wine and meat, which was basically "cooking sheep and slaughtering cows for fun, and you will have to drink three hundred cups at a time"
That level.
But Tumen Khan's performance next made Abadai Saiyin Khan a little confused, because Tumen Khan said that he would take him to visit "The Secret of Horse Breeding by Ming People".
What the hell?
When it came to raising horses, did Akito have any secrets that he could tell the Mongols about?
There was something wrong with the way Abadai Saiyin Khan looked at Tumen Dahan. He seemed to care for the mentally retarded.
Arriving at a racecourse that was obviously specially built, Abadai Saiyin Khan looked at the two batches of forty horses introduced to him by Tumen Khan on behalf of Burihatu, and said with confusion: "Each of these two batches of horses is
There are ten male horses and ten female horses, including five adult horses and five young horses, each male and female, but as the ruler, Ben Khan did not see any difference between the two batches of horses."
Burihatu smiled and said: "King Khan's discernment is like a torch. The two batches of horses are indeed very similar... Don't worry, Khan. What I want to say is based on this point: the one on the left is fed by the old Mongolian method."
, fodder accounts for the vast majority, but a small part requires the use of concentrates, and the cost has never been high. The one on the right is fed according to the new method of Ming Dynasty. Forage only accounts for a little more than half, and the rest can be said to be concentrates.
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Abadai Saiyin Khan suddenly looked relaxed and laughed and said: "The Ming people are still so stupid. The horses they spent a lot of money to raise can only reach the level of simple feeding by us Mongolians."
Burihatu did not laugh, but sighed and said: "We have calculated the accounts. The Ming people raised horses in this way in Liaodong, which is a little cheaper than us in Mongolia. Although the difference is not big, a male horse
From the time a horse is born until it is ready for service, you can save about one or two taels of silver, and a mare can save about one or two taels of silver."
Abadai Saiyin Khan was shocked, and then asked with doubt on his face: "How is this possible? Aren't they fed so much food?"
"It is true that they feed a lot of concentrates. Although their feeding timing is not very good, a lot of concentrates are actually wasted. But the problem is that their concentrates are getting cheaper and cheaper now, which makes them more expensive than us.
save money."
Burihatu asked: "Has King Khan ever heard of Liaodong corn? It's the stuff like yellow jade that was served at the banquet just now."
"Oh, that thing is called corn? The name is quite appropriate. Ben Khan seemed to have eaten a handful or two just now. It was quite tender and sweet." It seems that what he ate was corn kernels, and it sounded like it might have been simply cooked.
The corn kernels are then shucked by hand.
Burihatu said solemnly: "This substance can replace eggs and other substances and become the main concentrate for horses, and its price is very cheap, only 40% of rice, 70% of flour, and much lower than eggs - of course
, Feeding corn as concentrate still costs a lot more than feeding eggs, but I have just told King Khan about the total feeding cost, and it is a little cheaper than us."
"How can it be so cheap? Corn, corn, shouldn't it sound like a very expensive kind of rice?" Abadai Saiyin Khan was puzzled: "Is there any misunderstanding here? Or maybe this thing is a kind of rice?"
Grow...something like wild vegetables?"
"Otherwise, this thing is cultivated." Burihatu said: "It is said that the Ming Dynasty got it from overseas and introduced it to Liaodong for cultivation by Gao Jingshi. Because Gao Jingshi also promoted the cold-resistant rice in Liaodong,
Therefore, some people in Liaodong now call the cold-resistant rice 'Gaogong rice' and the corn 'Gaogong jade' to praise his contribution to Liaodong."
When Abadai Saiyin Khan heard this, he couldn't help frowning and asked: "How many kilograms of corn can be harvested from one acre of corn?"
"According to our detailed report, most of the corn fields currently being promoted in Liaodong have a yield of around eight or nine hundred catties per mu, and some trial planting areas have reached a thousand catties. We also heard that people in Jinghua are doing what they are doing to select seedlings and raise seedlings. They think that in the future
It can achieve a yield of more than 1,000 kilograms per mu of all corn fields."
"Why is it so high?" Abadai Saiyin Khan was shocked. Qianjin, is this too exaggerated?
In fact, this is not an exaggeration at all, because the corn yield per mu in later generations is much higher than this. In the south, the corn yield per mu is more than 900 kilograms. In high-altitude areas, the yield is about 500 kilograms. In the Northeast region, the yield is generally 500 kilograms.
-750kg.
In other words, the American corn that has been directly introduced at present is not particularly well adapted to the climate conditions of the Ming Dynasty, especially the climate conditions of Liaodong, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in selective breeding.
As Burihatu mentioned before, Gao Pragmatic personally made the decision and explained the experiment about Liaodong using corn with a higher ratio as a concentrate to replace relatively expensive eggs and other materials. The main reason for this is the corn itself.
In fact, it is an energy feed. In later generations, it is generally not the main function of protein supplementation.
In fact, the protein quality of corn is slightly poor, and the content of several essential amino acids such as lysine and tryptophan is low. For example, the lysine content in corn is 0.24% and the tryptophan content is 0.07%. The reason is that corn protein
Most of it is zein, and its quality is lower than that of grain protein. Therefore, when it is actually used in later generations, it is usually mixed with other raw materials with higher protein content, such as soybean cake, rather than used alone.
However, although the price of bean cakes in Liaodong is not particularly high, it is not particularly low either, so Jinghua only uses a small amount of bean cakes in the feed system. However, it should be noted that the above standards are the standards of later generations.
Compared with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, the standards are absolutely high and strict, and almost no one can meet them except for the favorite horses of senior generals.
In addition to protein, corn's performance in other aspects is almost outstanding. For example, its available energy value is particularly high. Corn has the highest available energy among cereal seeds, and its metabolic energy is 14.06MJ/kg. The higher one can
Reaching 15.06MJ/kg. This is because corn crude fiber content is low, only reaching 2%, nitrogen-free extract is as high as 72%, and corn contains high starch and high digestibility; in addition, corn contains more fat, which is 4
About %, which is twice that of wheat and other wheat seeds, so the available energy of corn is the highest among cereal seeds.
As for other things such as linoleic acid, minerals, vitamins, etc., corn also performs well, but there is no need to explain it in detail. After all, if it has good energy performance in this era, it is a veritable "concentrate", because that means
You can eat less and work more.
In addition, Burihatu has not mentioned another major event about corn just now, or the research that Jinghua is conducting: research on the utilization of corn straw.
In fact, corn straw also has great value. Corn straw can be used as silage or directly fed. In later generations, the country produces more than 200 billion kilograms of corn straw every year, which is a huge source of feed. As far as herbivores are concerned,
In particular, after silage, yellowing, ammoniation and saccharification of corn stalks, the utilization rate can be greatly improved, and the benefits will be even more impressive.
Of course, too high-end technology is too pragmatic to understand, and Jinghua is not that professional, so the current main research direction is silage. Silage is not a new technology. At present, the materials have just changed, and the solution is not expected to take too long.
If this problem can be solved, Liaodong's feed supply capacity can be greatly improved. By then, it is very likely that people will eat corn and horses will eat straw, achieving almost perfect utilization.
But even with the current situation, Abadai Saiyin Khan couldn't help but become a little nervous. The reason why the Mongols were able to pose a strategic threat to the Han people was that the cavalry was the main factor. In other words, the supply of horses was the main objective factor. So once
The cost of raising horses in the Ming Dynasty was actually lower than that of the Mongols. How can we talk about this advantage?
However, Burihatu comforted him and told him that although the Ming Dynasty had the upper hand in fine horse materials due to its pragmatic operation, the Ming Dynasty still failed to completely solve the pasture problem. Therefore, although the current situation is urgent,
But there is still a possibility of recovery.
Of course, Abadai Saiyin Khan has never heard of the word window period, but that doesn't mean he can't understand the reason. The Ming people are only short of pasture now. If they continue to "recover" like the restoration of Daning City, they will continue to attack Saibei.
Control of the grassland. Once the grassland is no longer a restriction, the Mongols' cavalry advantage will disappear sooner or later.
By that time, the Ming army had advantages in numbers, equipment, and even types of troops. So what other hope did the Mongols have besides obedient submission? Do they expect them all to die?
Seeing that Abadai Saiyin Khan's face turned gloomy step by step, and finally turned as black as the bottom of a pot, Burihatu knew that the heat was coming, and sighed: "The situation is already in danger, but our Mongolian right wing still regards thieves as their fathers, and helps the tyrants to do harm, but they don't know that Ming Meng
The dispute is definitely not between the Ming people and the Chahars, but in fact between the Han people and the Mongols.
Mongolia is divided like this, and there are still many tribes who do not obey the orders of the Great Khan, thinking that it is enough to rely on the Han people and eat a mouthful of leftovers. But they don't know that if Chahar is defeated, the entire Mongolia is actually defeated.
.I am afraid that the Mongols in the future will look up to the Han people but will not be able to do so, because they have completely handed over the power of life and death into the hands of the Han people."
Burihatu's words are obviously meant to be alarmist. After all, he only analyzed the balance of power in his words, but did not analyze the cost of rule. Even if all high-pragmatic plans can be implemented smoothly, it is impossible for the Han people to really kill each other.
We must pay attention to the art of governance, which is political ability.
Politics is the art of compromise. What is the rule of killing everyone? Gao Pragmatic would not have such an idea. Even the Ming Dynasty, which has always gone to extremes in relevant policies and ideas, would not exaggerate to this extent.
What's more, what Gao pragmatically wants is to core Mongolia. How can coreization be carried out by creating two people who regard each other as mortal enemies? In fact, even Burihatu didn't believe what he said, but it didn't stop him from saying it to scare A.
Traditional princes like Badai Saiyin Khan with low political level.
Sure enough, after hearing Burihatu's words, Abadai Saiyin Khan repeatedly called him "a wise ruler" and said that all the ministries in Outer Khalkha must be completely obedient to the Khan, and he was willing to do his best to persuade Ruinika.
Erkha is a tribe with which it is related. At the same time, he once again reiterated his promise to the Tumen Khan: he must go all out in this battle, all for Mongolia and Genghis Khan!
Although it is difficult for even Burihatu to determine how much content there is in these words, Burihatu still praised Abadai Saiyin Khan. The two sides once again recalled the past glory of Mongolia, and then they became as close as ever.
It seemed like he had left this horse farm.
The next day, Tumen Khan held a big sacrifice before the expedition and "burned the pipa". Needless to say, sacrifices, the Han people used to make sacrifices often. It is said that "the most important thing of the country is to sacrifice to the army", but the sacrifices for military expeditions were not carried out between the Tang and Song Dynasties.
There are very few of them, and the country mainly retains the Spring and Autumn Festival.
But the Mongols are different. Since Genghis Khan, they have attached great importance to sacrifices, and there is a key item in the sacrifices for expeditions, which is "burning pipa".
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Burning Pipa" does not mean actually burning a Pipa, but burning animal bones, generally speaking, roasting sheep bones. For those who are familiar with that period of history
As we all know, when Genghis Khan unified the Mongolian desert, the entire Mongolian plateau was still in the slave society period, at least much behind the Central Plains dynasty. Therefore, in terms of sacrifice, the Mongols have obvious traces of the slave society, and are keen on animal bone divination.
, which is the so-called "burning pipa".
"Hei Ta Shi Lue" has this record: "He uses the divination tool to burn the bones of the sheep to test the reversal of its texture and distinguish its good or bad luck. Heaven abandons Heaven and decides on this. I believe in it very firmly, so it is called
If you burn a pipa, you will lose everything if you don't have any fiber."
Before each expedition, Genghis Khan would ask his favorite Yelu Chucai to perform a "pipa burning" ceremony. Once he found that the results were unsatisfactory, he would stop military operations. Although such behavior may seem ridiculous in later generations, at that time,
This is a very serious and solemn matter.
So, how to judge good or bad? According to records, Genghis Khan asked the slaves around him to burn the sheep bones. After burning them black, they showed them to him. If they saw that the cracks on them were vertical straight lines, they could take military action;
If the bone is cracked horizontally or broken into pieces, you need to wait for an opportunity before making a decision.
The sheep bones had been burned, and Tumen Khan was waiting quietly on the throne. Taiji and the generals who participated in the sacrifice also stood in awe, waiting for God's decision.
Not long after, the sheep bones came back and were presented directly to Tumen Khan for inspection. Tumen Khan opened the wooden box where the "Pipa" was placed and took a look, with no expression on his face.
He closed his eyes first, then slowly stood up, suddenly opened his eyes wide, and shouted: "It's destiny, let's go to war!"
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