Li Chiqi and Hong Huangnan looked at each other in shock, not daring to speak any more. Both of them had experienced Nick's crazy energy. After his energy subsided, he took them to the ranch's office.
Mopanling Pasture looks natural, but in fact it has undergone earth-shaking transformation. Most of the hillside pastures have undergone water and soil conservation projects. Along the mountain, you can see a series of stone drainage ditches coming down from the mountain ridge and draining into the water below.
The artificial river ensures that the surface soil of the mountain is not eroded by running water and can retain water and fertilizer. The water drained away from the mountain is stored in the reservoir under the hillside for drinking by horses - horses have a great demand for water.
The composition of the soil in the pasture has been improved, and the green pasture looks natural, but in fact most of it is artificially grown high-quality pasture. Reservoirs and artificial rivers have been built at the foot of the mountain to store rainwater and adjust the ecology. The Mopanling pasture project has invested a lot of money: it is the Committee of Agriculture
In addition to the U.S.-Taiyang reconstruction, it is the third largest agricultural infrastructure project after the reconstruction of the Xuedian. The investment in raising horses has caused controversy within the executive committee - in the long run, Laigao is not a suitable place for large-scale horse breeding.
However, the urgent need for horses in the military and agriculture finally led to the approval of the Mopanling Ranch project. After all, it is difficult to expand the horse population without a large enough pasture: the original pasture area along the Wenlan River was limited, and agricultural development was rapidly developing.
The plain areas also do not have much potential for expansion. In contrast, the climate in the mountainous areas is relatively cool, and the land and hydrological conditions are also suitable for the development of animal husbandry.
The ranch office is located in a wooden house not far from the stables. The windows are open, and the fragrance of pasture mixed with the stench of horse manure permeates the entire house. If you smell it carefully, you can still smell it.
The smell of disinfectant. The decoration of the office is very rough, with log-colored wooden board walls, stone-paved floors, an oldest-style white-stubble wood desk, and many filing cabinets. The cabinets read:
Stallion ratings, pedigrees, fertility records...
For modern horse breeding, the cultivation and maintenance of horse breeds is the focus of horse breeding work-especially when the quality of local horse breeds is too poor and is in urgent need of improvement. Nick actually doesn't know much about these: he is very familiar with horse pedigrees.
He is proficient and can be said to be succinct, but this is just a chat in the riding club and has little to do with actual operation. Now the main work in this area is done by Yang Baobao, and Nick studies hard.
"Sit." Nick took off his work clothes and threw them in the laundry basket aside. He asked them to sit down. Yang Guogui was familiar with the house and sat down as soon as he entered. Nick poured two large glasses of cold water from the glass carafe.
They. Li Chiqi thought that the simplicity of this reception was one of the best among all the departments in the Senate. Even the stingiest departments had to make a cup of tea. Offices and workshops like the industrial and commercial offices always had various drinks on hand.
, open supply.
"What do you want to do today? Horse riding?" Nick got straight to the point.
"Yes, you know Xun Suji, right? From the food factory..."
Nick nodded repeatedly: "Oh, I know. I took scraps from the food factory to make feed."
"He is getting married." Li Chiqi said, "My wife is a native. This is the first marriage between a senator and a native. The executive committee wanted to make it more grand, so they approved him to use a red flag carriage to welcome the bride. The carriage convoy is now returning.
I don't care, I have to get two horses to pull the wedding car tomorrow."
Most people would not refuse this kind of icing on the cake, but Li Chiqi knew that Nick might not.
"What does Xun Suji's marriage have to do with me?" Nick said indifferently, "Let the bride sit in a sedan chair - people in this time and space don't all sit in a sedan chair."
"We are all veterans, so you have to show your face by using a carriage for your wedding."
"If it is for military use, agriculture, or foreign affairs, of course there is no problem with using horses - this is the overall situation. What kind of big deal is getting married? If you don't have a carriage, you won't get married?"
"This -" Li Chiqi was speechless. This made sense. However, the wedding car had already been decided and could not be changed without his consent.
"Don't worry, it's just two horses pulling the cart for a circle. It's not a heavy load." Li Chiqi talked a lot and added a lot of guarantees before he got the horses he needed.
Hong Huangnan secretly said something - with Comrade Nick's behavior, his plan to sell the car must choose another source of horses. This matter must be carefully discussed with Guo Yi, Skade and others.
Yang Guoguo was not surprised and said with a smile: "When the horses of these officers and soldiers arrive, they will not be so nervous."
"The native horses are always disorderly, and the newly arrived horses will not be used if they are not recuperated for three or four months." Nick said, "How many horses can be brought this time?"
"The numbers have been reported," Hong Huangnan said. He could memorize these numbers. "107 horses, 71 mules, and 51 donkeys."
"That's it?" Nick was disappointed. "The horses sent after the Chengmai War were more than a hundred! Now it's still more than a hundred horses from their old home?"
Hong Huangnan said: "I heard that they ate a lot for the officers and soldiers - in fact, they were not ready to kill horses to satisfy their hunger. I think it was just for eating meat."
Nick was heartbroken, and after a while he said: "Would you like me to send a few stockmen here to help drive the horses? Is the supply of water and grass on the road guaranteed?"
"I asked people from the artillery team to help drive the horses. They have all been trained by you. You can rest assured, right?" Hong Huangnan said with a smile, "Don't worry about the water and grass feed. I am the logistics staff. This
Can you at least get the job done?"
Yang Guogui asked: "Are there many injured horses?"
"Not many. The sick and injured have been eaten by the officers and soldiers." Hong Huangnan did not say that some of them were sent to the meat factory. He asked, "How many horses do we have now?"
"There are 196 horses in total, including the new foals." Nick said, "24 donkeys and 10 mules. Some of the mules are captured and some are new. Once they are recuperated, they will be handed over to the farm to raise.
Servant."
All the horses, donkeys and mules under the control of the Crossing Group are now raised on the entire Mopan Ridge. According to the relevant regulations drafted by the People's Committee on Agriculture and approved by the Senate, horses, donkeys and mules obtained through various channels are not allowed by any department or individual.
All animals are allowed to be retained, and will be transferred to Mopanling Ranch first. After treatment, restorative breeding and evaluation of breeding value, they can be classified for use.
Nick heard that Hong Huangnan and others were going to Guangzhou to promote horse carriages, so he talked about the supply of horses. He was curious about how to supply horses for horse carriages in Guangzhou, a place where horses are not available. Hong Huangnan then talked about Skade
Idea: Buy Guangxi horses and Yunnan horses locally.
"Both of these horses should be from the Yunnan horse breed in the southwest. They are as small as donkeys, and their carrying capacity is not as good as a good donkey." Nick disagreed, "Except for the possibility of being useful to mountain troops, I really don't see it.
Find out what it’s worth.”
Hong Huangnan clung to his business plan of selling carriages and had already thought of the reasons: "Isn't it easy to get Mongolian horses? Besides, the Mongolian horses that were obtained after a lot of hard work were sold to rich people to pull carts.
, you wouldn’t be willing to part with it either.”
"That's true." Nick nodded, "When you buy a Yunnan horse in Guangzhou, I will send you a professional horse breeder."
"Thank you very much, but you'd better send someone to give us the horses quickly, otherwise Xun Suji, the groom's official, will have to wait impatiently." Hong Huangnan said. Everyone laughed.
Many years later, when "new law marriage" has become the most common form of wedding among ordinary people, those old people who witnessed the "Australian wedding" for the first time in Lingao will still recall it with relish to their impatient children.
All the past events of the day - for such a remote country, the new wedding format opened their eyes.
That afternoon, Mo Xiaoan wore an all-white summer military uniform of the U.S. Navy that she borrowed from Le Lin - she took off the rank collar - she borrowed it from the U.S. because the U.S. military's uniforms were the most gorgeous, with glittering gold.
decorations, lest any Aboriginal people think it is a fierce uniform. In the past, when the senators wore white undershirts and white shirts in summer, similar misunderstandings had already occurred. Now the naturalized people and some Aboriginal people who have frequent contact with the senators already know that Australians
There is no taboo against wearing white clothes.
Xun Suji wore flowers on her chest and held a bouquet of flowers in her hands. Accompanied by Mo Xiaoan, she rode a red-flag carriage to Liujiazhai to welcome her bride. There were a lot of spectators along the way, whether they were indigenous people or naturalized people, all wanting to see this "
It looks like a wedding under the new law. Pulled by two horses, a carriage with a red flag and a red flag strutted past on the road. The wedding carriage was led by soldiers from the security battalion, all of whom were wearing new uniforms, looking both majestic and energetic.
The dragon and lion dance team of the Propaganda Department, under the personal leadership of Ji Denggao, created a great momentum in Liujiazhai. Amidst the noise of gongs and drums, Zhang Yu's live broadcast was:
"The motorcade has entered the square in front of Liujiazhai...the soldiers of the guard camp lined up...the commander-in-chief got out of the car with a smile on his face and waved to the relatives and friends attending the wedding and the people in the square..."
The bride did not wear a traditional phoenix crown and harem, but wore a "Hanfu" designed by Huaxia Society - and it was indispensable that Zheng Shangjie made it herself - a bright red satin Hanfu wedding dress. The 21st century "Hanfu" phoenix crown she wore on her head looked similar to
It was different. The Liu family and the scholars among the guests were talking about it - Is this what the clothes of the Song Dynasty were like?
Suspicions were suspicions, and no one in Lingao dared to question the elders. Seeing the horse-drawn carriage coming to welcome the bride, the style was extraordinary and everyone envied it. Every wealthy landowner with an adult daughter at home started to make plans.
Amidst the joyous crowds, the first batch of trade and intelligence personnel heading to the mainland have quietly arrived at the Foreign Intelligence Service to receive mission orders for the areas they are going to. According to the plan, they will go to multiple locations on the mainland.
, officially launched the mainland strategic operation.