Since Outer Khalkha fully surrendered to Chahar, the land north of the Great Wall has been flooded with rain and storms. From north to south, from west to east, from Helin to naturalization, from Liaodong to Yehe, everyone began to prepare for war, 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 paid a visit to Mongolian Khan Zasak Tutumen Khan in Chahanhot. Tumen Khan treated the Outer Kalkha Khan generously and gave him a hundred cattle, 500 sheep, a thousand pairs of high-quality iron pedals, 300 pieces of Ming cloth and 500 pieces of new Liaodong cotton clothes made in the Ming Dynasty. and some daily necessities.
Although the Mongolians were never polite during the civil war, the tradition of hospitality was no joke. Immediately after the meeting between the two parties, there was a carnival of wine and meat, which was basically "cooking sheep and slaughtering cows for fun, and you 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 "Secrets of Mingren's Horse Breeding".
What the hell?
When it comes to raising horses, does Akito have any secrets in front of the Mongols?
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 were ten male horses and ten female horses, including five adult horses and five young horses, each male and female, but when he was in power, 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, King 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 Mingren's new method, with fodder accounting for only a little more than half, and the rest can be said to be concentrates. .”
Abadai Saiyin Khan suddenly looked relaxed and laughed: "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 1, 24 to 1, 25 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. 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...things 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. Since 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 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 The yield per mu of all corn fields can reach more than 1,000 kilograms.”
"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 currently directly introduced 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 previously mentioned by Burihatu, Gao Pragmatic personally decided on Liaodong's use of corn with a higher ratio as a concentrate to replace relatively expensive eggs and other materials and conducted experiments. The main reason for this is that corn itself is actually an energy feed. In later generations, protein supplementation is generally not the main function.
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 most of the corn protein is zein, and its quality is lower than that of grain protein. Therefore, when later generations are actually used, they are usually mixed with other raw materials with higher protein content, such as bean cakes, 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, they are definitely high standards and strict requirements. Except for the beloved horses of senior generals, almost no one can achieve them.
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. Its metabolic energy is 14.06MJ/kg, and the highest can reach 15.06MJ/kg. This is because corn has low crude fiber content, only 2%, and nitrogen-free extract is as high as 72%. Corn contains high starch and has high digestibility. In addition, corn contains more fat, about 4%, which is wheat, etc. Twice as much as 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 stalks every year, which is a huge source of feed. As far as herbivores are concerned, especially after silage, yellowing, ammonification 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 it is expected that the solution will not 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 under 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 cavalry was the main factor. In other words, horse supply is the main objective factor. So once the cost of raising horses in the Ming Dynasty actually dropped to lower than that of the Mongols, where would this advantage come from?
However, Burihatu comforted him and told him that although the Ming Dynasty had the upper hand in fine horse materials due to its highly pragmatic operation, the Ming Dynasty still failed to completely solve the pasture problem after all. 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 that he can't understand the reason behind it. The Ming people now only lack grassland. If they continue to "restore" control of the Saibei grassland like they restored Daning City, once the grassland is no longer a restriction, the Mongols' cavalry advantage will disappear sooner or later.
By that time, the Ming army had both numerical advantages, equipment advantages, and even military advantage. So what else could the Mongols hope for besides obedient submission? Do you 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 fathers and helping tyrants as oppressors, but we 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 many tribes still disobey the Khan's orders, thinking that a mouthful of leftovers is enough if they can rely on the Han people. Little did they know that if Chahar was defeated, the whole of Mongolia would actually be defeated. I fear that the Mongols in the future will look up to the Han 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. "
Burihatu's words were obviously intended 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 Gao Pragmatic's plans can be implemented smoothly, the Han people cannot really fight for life and death, and they still have to pay attention to the art of governance, that is, political ability.
Politics is the art of compromise. What does it mean to rule when everyone is killed? It is said that 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 himself did not believe what he said, but this did not prevent him from saying it to scare traditional princes like Abadai Saiyin Khan, who had a low political level.
Sure enough, after hearing Burihatu's words, Abadai Saiyin Khan repeatedly called him "a great leader in governing" 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 related tribe. At the same time, he once again reiterated his promise to Tumen Khan: He will 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 vigorously. The two sides once again recalled Mongolia's past glory, and then left the racecourse as close as before.
The next day, Tumen Khan held a big sacrifice before going out and "burned the pipa". Needless to say, there is no need to say much about sacrifices. The Han people used to make sacrifices frequently. It is said that "the most important thing of the country is to sacrifice and sacrifice to the army." However, during the Tang and Song Dynasties, there were very few sacrifices during military expeditions. The country mainly reserved the Spring and Autumn Festival sacrifices.
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".
"Burning Pipa" does not mean actually burning a Pipa, but rather burning animal bones, generally speaking, roasting sheep bones. Anyone familiar with that period of history knows that 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 a slave society and are keen on animal bone divination, which is the so-called "pipa burning".
"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 then identify its good or bad luck. Heaven has given up on it, and it is determined by this. I believe it very firmly, so it is called Burning a pipa will take advantage of everything."
Before every expedition, Genghis Khan would ask his favorite Yelu Chucai to perform a "pipa burning" ceremony. Once the results are found to be unsatisfactory, military operations will be stopped. Although such behavior may seem ridiculous in later generations, at that time, it was a very serious and solemn thing.
So, how to judge good or bad luck? According to records, Genghis Khan asked the slaves around him to take the sheep bones and burn them. After they were burned black, they were shown to him. If the cracks on them were vertical and straight, military action could be taken; if the bones were cracked horizontally, Or break into pieces, you need to wait for the 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 were returned and presented directly to Tumen Khan for inspection. Tumen Khan opened the wooden box where the "Pipa" was placed and took a look, his face expressionless.
He closed his eyes first, then slowly stood up, suddenly opened his eyes wide, and shouted: "It's fate, let's go to war!"
----------
Thanks to book friends "Cao Mianzi", "143023.qdcn", "Yun Covers the Moon and Rain", "Ling Qi Zhao Bi Xin", and "Old Bear 929" for their monthly ticket support, thank you!
PS: The last chapter has been blocked again, I hope readers have read it, because I am no longer too lazy to apply for unblocking.
