This is a great place for him to flourish. [Read the latest chapter] ../[If you love reading, you love sharing. :] Nick thought to himself that in the entire East Asia, apart from Hokkaido, Jeju Island has the most ideal conditions for raising horses.
The h800 safely landed on the trestle under the tow of the small boat. Because there were veterans arriving on the ship, the navy stationed at Chaocheonpu sent a squad to line up on the dock to greet them. Li Haiping was going to sea, so the person who came to greet Nick and his party was the highest-ranking officer here: Xue Ziliang, captain of the special reconnaissance team.
As the sergeant of the Marine Corps shouted "Raise your gun!" and "Salute!", the loudspeaker began to play "Salute to You, Comrade Commander!" ", Nick had to stand at attention, and then raised his hands to salute the people who greeted him.
After the music was played, Nick finally relaxed his posture and shook hands with Xue Ziliang. Park Changfan had already asked the bearers to prepare the sedan chair - according to Chinese standards, it should be called a "sliding pole" to serve.
Nick frowned: "I have feet, so I don't need this thing."
"It's quite a distance from the headquarters, and the ground is very bad." Xue Ziliang said.
"It's okay." Nick waved his hand, "Having this manpower to help me unload all the luggage is the real deal - tell them to be careful."
"Okay, I'll send it to the headquarters later."
The road is very difficult to walk. Due to construction, the road previously paved with gravel and yellow sand has been crushed and damaged, and it has turned into a muddy road with bunches of firewood and straw mats scattered randomly on it.
Nick walked through the mud for twenty minutes before arriving at the headquarters. In the post house, his feet and trouser legs and shoes were covered with yellow mud. Fortunately, a fire was already lit in the headquarters. Okay, plenty of hot water. Two maids adapted from official servants rushed up to take off his shoes and wash his feet. Nick felt very uncomfortable and quickly said he wanted to wash it himself.
Finally cleaned up and put on clean clothes and shoes. He was about to ask Lai Baobao to put away the dirty clothes and shoes first, but he saw that the two maids had already collected them.
"It's okay. I'll clean and dry them for you tomorrow morning. They all have the ability to serve others." Xue Ziliang sat calmly on the stool and asked a maid to wash her feet and massage her feet.
"Winnie, I thought you would be more modern..." Nick said. He's been in Australia a long time. It was inevitable that I would be tainted by the "white left-wing political correctness" and I felt very uncomfortable in Lingao. In particular, he was particularly resistant to the issue of maids assigned by the Senate. Therefore, she has been unwilling to use the maid subsidy to buy a maid. But asking the apprentice to do laundry and housework is really not a good job. In the end, the general office came forward to hire a maid to take care of his daily life.
"Nick, this is a man's paradise in another time and space." Xue Ziliang closed his eyes slightly. While enjoying the massage service, his thoughts seemed to fly back to the various enjoyments he had in South Korea, the paradise of the US military, when he was in the US Marine Corps, "What does this mean now..."
Nick stopped talking. He still felt out of place. Even in the face of a pure "banana".
After the "enjoyment" was over, the luggage was unloaded. Nick personally saw that the seals and packaging were intact, and then he set off with peace of mind - this time he did not refuse to ride in the sedan again. Xue Ziliang told him. The official road is very difficult to navigate, and Feng Zongze is investing manpower to repair it. Of course, he could also take a boat, but the sea conditions were not good these days, and the things he brought were more important, so he finally decided to take the land route.
Just as he was about to set off, Nick suddenly saw a dozen cavalrymen wearing hats and helmets and carrying swords in the team, and their luggage was also carried on horses. Suddenly I felt energetic.
"What, there's a horse?"
"There are indeed horses. This is a post station in Jeju. It is not normal to have a few horses."
"Where's the cavalry?"
"He's a soldier from the Japanese company of the Security Army. Even though he's a big-headed soldier, it's said that in Japan he's still a samurai on horseback..." Xue Ziliang said with a smile.
"Can you give me these soldiers?"
Xue Ziliang was stunned and didn't understand why this madman suddenly became interested in the Japanese: "It's okay to lend him to you temporarily, but you have to go to Nangong to go through the formalities."
Nick and his party soon arrived in Jeju City and were welcomed into the prison camp. As soon as he settled down, he asked someone to find Feng Zongze.
"Commissioner Feng went to Dajing for inspection and won't be back until tomorrow." Feng Zongze's secretary said.
"Who else among the elders is in Jeju?"
"Commander Nangong is..."
"Call him here immediately! Say I'm waiting for him and want to talk to him about something."
Nick was eager to start working immediately, as long as he was a local veteran. Catching one is one - it can always tell him something.
The secretary was speechless - who is this veteran? What a grandeur!
Nick is the kind of person who "shows up" among the elders. He hardly participates in any group activities and always "resides" at the Gaoshanling Racecourse. If he goes out, he either goes to the ranch in Changhua or to the Agricultural Committee or the Army Horse Farm. Circle to check the condition of the horse. So the secretaries of the senators were very unfamiliar with him. Seeing his loud tone, Feng Zongze's secretary did not dare to neglect and hurriedly ran to find Nangong Wudi's female orderly.
Nangong Wudi was in the city inspecting the renovation and disinfection work of the barracks. He heard that a "big boss" had arrived and wanted to talk to him, so he did not dare to neglect and immediately returned to the prison camp.
"So it's you..." Nangong Wudi couldn't laugh or cry, "I thought it was someone from the General Staff or the Executive Committee."
"It doesn't matter whether they come or not." Nick said, "I am here to investigate the situation of the horses. Tell you what you know."
Nangong Wudi was choked to the point of speechlessness. Fortunately, he had seen Nick's behavior many times in the army and knew that he had always been like this.
"Don't be impatient, Lao Feng isn't here. I'll talk to you in detail when I come back tomorrow. However, we don't know much about the situation of the horses."
"What?!"
Seeing Nick about to stand up, Nangong Wudi stopped him:
"Our rule on the island is still very weak, and we have just established basic institutions. To put it bluntly, no one is clear about it. Where can we find time to get horses?"
Most of the ranches on Jeju Island, whether public or private, are located in the Hallasan Mountains in the center of the island. The Jeju Island Front Committee has discussed not to get involved in these horse farms until stable rule is established and sufficient leadership parties and local security forces are cultivated. For now, let’s do the work of collecting information. Xue Ziliang's special reconnaissance team has conducted several reconnaissance activities on foot under the guidance of several local people who are familiar with the terrain of the mainland of the island.
"...However, it is not that there are no horses at all." Nangong Wudi said, "We have also taken over several horse farms and horse pens. There are hundreds of horses."
"Where?" Nick stood up again.
"Don't worry, the horses are all here!" Nangong Wudi restrained him, "But it's just in several places. You won't be able to see it for a while. I'll talk to you in detail when Feng Zongze comes back. Please have a good rest today. "
Nick nodded helplessly: "Okay." Seeing Nangong Wudi was about to leave, he added, "The Japanese security forces escorting me this time have samurai who can ride horses. Can you allocate them to me?"
Nangong Wudi agreed: "No problem. There are instructions from Lingao. You need people here to give people, and you need food to give food. We will fully cooperate with the work. Everyone is looking forward to turning into mules and horses."
"Thank you!"
"You're welcome. Just give us some cavalry at some point."
After a night of silence, Feng Zongze returned to Jeju the next day. As soon as he entered the office, he was caught by Nick who was waiting there.
Feng Zongze was already prepared - he had received notice of Nick's upcoming arrival. After the secretary brought hot tea, he began to introduce the situation to Nick.
The Grand Library and the Foreign Intelligence Service have provided general information on the general situation of horses and horse farms in Jeju Island.
According to the actual records of the Lee Dynasty, the number of official horses in Jeju Island was about 10,000. This number should be relatively accurate. Because according to the horse tribute regulations formulated by the Lee Dynasty, Jeju Island must pay tribute to the court every year for military use and court service. This is called "Gongma Fengjin".
The "Gongma Seal" is usually held on June 7 in front of Gwandeokjeong Pavilion in Jeju Prison. The annual tribute horse is 200 horses. In addition, the tribute of 700 horses every three years (Zi, Wu, Mao and You years), 20 horses each on Sammyeong (Zhengchao, Winter Solstice, and Birthday), and three horses are presented when the chief of Jeju Sanyi takes office. In addition, the dealer can also select horses from time to time when necessary.
Calculated in this way, the official horse ranch on Jeju Island must pay tribute to the Li Dynasty court about 450 horses every year. According to the selection ratio of horses, a group of at least 10,000 horses must be maintained to ensure this tribute figure.
As for the number of private horses, there is no clear explanation in historical data, but Jin Wanyi contributed 500 horses to the court at one time, and he had at least 10,000 horses.
Coupled with scattered private ranches, the horse inventory in Jeju Island is likely to be around 30,000.
Nick listened to his introduction carefully, and then said: "I have been to Jeju Island before, and it is famous for its ponies. The information provided by the Big Library also said so. But the horses I saw just now were not so short. "
The characteristic horse breed of Jeju Island is the pony, which is only 0.8 meters tall. Although the horse is small, it has good physical strength. This kind of horse is said to have high bone density and extremely strong endurance, similar to the Guoxia horses in Yunnan and Guizhou areas of China. It is resistant to rough feeding and working, but its disadvantages are small load capacity and too low height.
This so-called horse with extremely high "bone density" later developed a health product "horse bone meal" specially sold to tourists. It is said that it is made from the bones of this kind of horse.
After the Mongols invaded Jeju, they took a fancy to the well-developed limbs of these ponies, but because the horses were too small to ride, they sent 150 Mongolian horses to cross-breed with them, forming the later Jeju horses.
"We haven't seen such a pony yet - at least not among the hundreds of horses we have captured." Feng Zongze said, "I think the horses here are generally ordinary Mongolian horses." (To be continued)
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