The so-called "bone density" is particularly high, and there are also claims that the Japanese dissected "Ama" and found that they are not afraid of the cold, can dive for a long time, and eat "pony bone meal" for a long time. Feng Zongze believes that it is just to deceive tourists into buying health care.
It’s just the “story” of the product.
Feng Zongze has opened a small drugstore himself and has a pharmacist license. He knows that from the perspective of calcium supplementation alone, the calcium supplementation effect of bone powder, whether it is horse bone, pig bone, or cow bone, does not make much difference. The so-called Jeju pony bone
The statement that the density is particularly high and the calcium supplement effect is particularly good is nothing more than self-promotion.
Although the pony has its advantages and is more convenient for use in mountainous areas, its short size and limited carrying capacity make it not a useful service and riding horse.
The Mongols introduced their own horse breeds to improve the island's horse breeds and make them suitable for riding. It was not necessary and impossible for them to deliberately retain and cultivate ponies that were of little use.
The court of the Lee Dynasty requires Jeju Island to donate horses every year, which are only used for the army, post station and ceremonial guard. The ponies are of no use in this regard. Therefore, although Jeju ponies may be preserved, they will not be used in the island's pastures.
Mainstream horse breeds.
"Your analysis makes sense. I also think that the horses I saw are typical Mongolian horses." Nick said, "I want to set up a team immediately and start screening the existing horses."
"No problem," Feng Zongze, who is also a horse lover himself, agreed, "The place is up to you - but you have to ensure safety. The horses and people are also up to you."
"I need a translator..."
"I have the right person here." Feng Zongze said and asked someone to call Pu Demeng.
Unlike his elder brother, Pu Demeng does not have many "foreign affairs". He mainly stays in the Military Control Commission to help with paperwork and acts as a translator - of course, a "written conversation" translator. However, it is easy for young people to learn languages, and he knows Chinese characters.
Soon I was able to communicate with them in simple Mandarin.
"I know you rarely go out in Lingao, and Gaoshanling is a green zone, so it's fine if you go out with a few apprentices without weapons or guards, but this is a purple zone. I have to ensure your safety."
The blue zone is inside the city wall, and the green zone is inside the county prison. Basically, as soon as the elders leave the confines of the Jeju city wall, they enter a dangerous zone where they must carry weapons. Feng Zongze knows that Nick has always disliked ostentation, and he hates armed guards. Especially
warned.
"As long as those few Japanese soldiers protect me, that's all."
Then Feng Zongze, under the leadership of Pu Demeng, visited several places inside and outside Jeju City. Jeju City has a large horse pen - the horses selected after the "tribute horse sealing" every year are driven here to wait to cross the sea.
Because 700 horses are required as tribute in most years, a stable was built outside the city that could accommodate thousands of horses. However, Nick was disappointed after an on-site inspection. The stable was very simple—so simple that it could not be considered a stable.
The "building" is just an open-air fence. The muddy ground trampled by horses is exposed and looks very desolate. There are some facilities such as drinking water troughs and reservoirs. Since it is the beginning of the year, there is still time before the tribute horses are sealed.
It has been more than half a year, so there is not a single horse here. Even the fence is not complete. Many places are completely vacant, and other places are incomplete. The only roofed building is the residence of the guard of the horse pen.
The shepherd in charge of managing the horse pen told Nick that this was only a temporary horse pen. The horses that passed the inspection were only temporarily kept here for a few days and waited for the weather and sea conditions to be suitable before setting off for Chaocheonpo, where they would board a ship and be transported to the mainland.
As for covered horse pens, they are only found in inns, prison camps and barracks.
Nick listened carefully to the shepherd's introduction through an interpreter. He also asked a few questions from time to time. He was particularly concerned about the winter feed reserves.
Jeju does reserve some feed such as hay, but the quantity is not large. It is mainly prepared for the officers and horses of the Jeju prison camp, the local garrison and the post station.
Nick checked the feed library. He was disappointed to find that not only was the stock of hay limited, but there was also almost no concentrated feed. No wonder the horses he saw along the way were in poor condition and were losing weight seriously.
Then, he inspected various captured official horses. Most of these official horses were horses from the Jeju garrison.
"How many horses are there now?" Nick asked with a frown, looking at the listless horses in the stable, the messy horse manure on the ground, and the bedding that had not been changed for many days.
A naturalized cadre responsible for receiving the horses and taking care of them quickly reported: "Reporting to the leader: There are 195 horses in total. They are divided into four circles. There are 40 more horses at Chaocheonpo."
"How many horses have died in Jeju City since the capture of this place?"
Seeing Nick's unkind expression, the other party was frightened and stammered: "Report... report... report, 25 horses died..."
"Why are there so many dead?"
"Report... to the chief: North Korean shepherds say that many horses die every winter..."
"Asshole!" Nick couldn't help but cursed, "Just because a lot of horses die every year, we can continue to die a lot as usual? What do we need you people to do?!"
The naturalized civilian cadre was so frightened that he shrank his neck and did not dare to say a word. If he had not received enough education, he might have knelt down and shouted something like "The villain deserves to die, please spare my life."
Nick saw his face turned pale, his whole body was trembling, and his heart softened again.
"Forget it, you are not a professional. It was a mistake to send you to manage the horse pen!" He waved his hand, "Which department are you in?"
"Little... no. I am the Special Search Team of the Planning Institute..."
It turned out to be from the Planning Institute. Nick thought to himself, no wonder he was guarding the horses - horses were also trophies. But these people were good at ransacking homes and making statistics, so it was difficult to ask them to look after living animals.
Thinking of this, his expression softened slightly and asked: "Where are the people who raise horses? Who are they?"
"Report to the head: The horses are all raised by local grooms and official slaves who oversee the camp. After we count and accept the horses, they will continue to raise and take care of them."
"Where are the people?" Nick felt a little surprised. Since full-time grooms are retained, although these people are very unprofessional and have many bad habits, cleaning the horse pens, changing bedding, and brushing the horses are the usual tasks of the grooms, no matter who they are.
Countries are pretty much the same.
Judging from the appearance here, the bedding has not been changed for at least ten days. The horses have not been brushed for several days.
"Two weeks ago, I sent Zhengfa to repair the house." The cadre of the Planning Institute whispered, "Go during the day, come back at night and feed the horses some food, drink water, etc..."
"That's unreasonable!" Nick got angry again. It's not enough to call for a horse all day long, but when there is a horse, he has such a careless and careless attitude!
He looked at the condition of the horses again, and most of them had lost a lot of weight - obviously they were not fed enough, and some of the horses showed signs of being overworked. Without further delay, he needed to get all the North Korean grooms back immediately, and cooperate with him to lead the horses.
Those who come, please hurry up and give the horses some time to regain their weight, so as to ensure that the horses can survive the winter safely.
Nick went to find Feng Zongze. Feng Zongze had an excellent attitude and agreed to all his requests. He immediately gave him all the grooms and said that he had ordered all horse-related facilities and materials to be handed over to him.
He said and handed him a book.
As for the horse pen, although the horse pen outside the city is in vain, Nick thinks it is better to set it up there - although Feng Zongze believes that there is enough wasteland available in the city, and it is protected by city walls, making it easy to lock and defend.
"No, animals like horses cannot be raised together in densely populated areas." Nick shook his head, "Besides, after refugees arrive in large numbers, refugee camps will be set up in the city. When the density is high, both humans and horses are prone to illness."
Although the area outside the city is not conducive to customs defense, it is vast, making it easy to gather weeds nearby in the spring. There are also rivers and drinking water for horses - horses are large water consumers. If the horse pen is located in the city, water supply will become a big problem in the future.
"Okay. I'll send you a team of guards to help guard it." Feng Zongze said, "I'll arrange the construction right away - you have to provide the design drawings."
"That's no problem, I'll do the painting myself."
After the grooms who were drafted to build roads and build houses came back, Nick appointed his apprentice Lai Bao as the general manager of the horse pen, taking full responsibility for the work of the Jeju horse pen. He also appointed the breeder he brought as the team leader.
"You know what to do. Instill what I teach you into their heads." Nick ordered, "The first thing! Ask these grooms to take a good bath and purify them all! Horses love to be clean.
animal!"
Lai Bao immediately got to work. He directed the grooms to go out of the horse pen to change the bedding and wash the horses. He also divided the horses in the horse pen into circles one by one. He removed the horses that had lost serious fat, those with injuries, and the old horses one by one.
Divide the horses into pens and carry out targeted feeding and conditioning.
Nick personally asked the grooms and conducted some research on the death of horses over the years. Because all horses are raised here, each horse has a corresponding "horse stall", service status, feed quota, illness and
The circumstances of death are recorded.
Generally speaking, the mortality rate of horses here is the highest in winter - it is directly related to over-working, insufficient fattening in autumn, and lack of feed in winter.
Nick discovered that the prison camps and barracks had very limited reserves of winter hay for horses, and few concentrated feeds. The horses were often driven to the wild and allowed to eat dead grass in the wild. The winter in Jeju Island is relatively not very cold, although
The snow is not deep and there is a lot of dry grass in the wild. This method of raising is low-cost, but it is too extensive. If the horses do not gain enough fat in autumn or are overworked in winter, they will easily lose fat and die.
This approach is actually very similar to the herding horses of nomadic peoples - the problem is that horses of nomadic peoples are generally not used in winter, and they can survive the winter with a little less feed. But for official horses and military horses that are often used for service, it is very difficult.
There is not enough nutrition.
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