Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 859, Australian Grassland Immigration

Southeastern Australia, when the northern hemisphere is in the cold winter, southeastern Australia in the southern hemisphere is the hottest time of the year.

Since arriving here in Australia two months ago, Li Dahai's family has been extremely busy. First, they marked their pasture on the map, then marked the boundary line of their pasture, and then started to build their new house. It also raises cattle, sheep and horses.

Of course, due to the reason of crossing the ocean, the number of cattle, sheep and horses brought here is very limited. In the past, Li Dahai's family had hundreds of cattle and sheep, but after arriving in Australia, only a few dozen remained The head of cattle and sheep and horses.

This is the seed of their family. They need to rely on these cattle and sheep to slowly reproduce more cattle, sheep and horses. Therefore, while grazing, Li Dahai's family has to cultivate fields and plant farms, so as not to be hungry. .

"Batu, you need to support the plow with your hands, and then slowly plow the ground and press it down firmly, so that the dug-up soil will be deep and thick enough, and the corn, sweet potatoes, and wheat that come out can be plowed. Grows better."

Li Dahai is teaching Batu to farm. Batu, who grew up on the grassland, doesn't know how to farm at all, he only knows how to herd sheep, and he has an instinctive resistance to farming, so he is unwilling to learn.

In his words, he is an eagle on the grassland, how can he learn to farm?

"I know~"

Hearing Li Dahai's words, Batu said impatiently, absent-mindedly, a lot of land has been reclaimed, and the area is very large. He really doesn't understand why Li Dahai wants to plant so much land. Isn't it good to use it for grazing?

Farming is what they do in the Central Plains. He is a prairie man, an eagle on the grassland, how can he farm?

But Li Dahai was his stepfather, and Li Dahai had to listen to Li Dahai's words, so he had no choice but to drive the cattle in front, while he pressed the plow to plow the ground behind.

"Father, Batu, it's time to eat~"

After being busy for a while, Qiqige rode over and shouted.

"Come on~"

Hearing Qiqige's voice, Batu put down the plow in his hand like flying, and then rode on the beloved horse that was freely foraging for food, and hurried to the house.

"This kid is about to start a family and start a career, and he's still so naughty."

Seeing Batu's appearance, Li Dahai smiled and shook his head, put away the plow, let go of the cow, and let it graze by itself.

The large surrounding area is the pasture of Li Dahai's family. Now there are few cattle, sheep and horses, and there are plenty of water and grass here, so there is no need to worry about the loss of cattle and sheep.

In addition, there are no large carnivores here in Australia, and cattle, sheep and horses are very safe.

After tidying up briefly, Li Dahai got on his horse and walked back. While walking back, he also carefully looked at his pasture again.

The pasture is large, with abundant water and grass, and a humid climate. Not only can it be used for grazing, but it is also very suitable for developing agriculture. Whether it is wheat, corn, or sweet potato, it is very suitable.

"Well, the area near the Batu River is convenient for irrigation and can be reclaimed for farming. Now almost tens of acres have been reclaimed, which is almost enough."

"But it needs to be surrounded, otherwise, after the wheat germinates, the cattle and sheep will definitely eat it up."

Li Dahai looked at everything in front of him, constantly planning the future bit by bit in his mind.

He was born in the countryside, and he had never been so rich before.

With thousands of acres of private pastures of its own, such a large area, and a river flowing through it, with abundant water and grass and humid climate, this place is simply like paradise.

Riding a horse, while walking while inspecting his family's ranch.

The cattle, sheep and horses are fat and strong. They lost fat when they crossed the ocean and became very thin. Now they have recovered, and because the aquatic plants here are very good, they don’t need to spend much energy to take care of them. All grow very well.

Well, the number is a bit small, and it will take time to grow slowly.

Generally speaking, Li Dahai is very satisfied with life in Australia.

Because it can not only satisfy Anmur's life of grazing cattle and sheep, but also his own farming life. The two are perfectly integrated together, coupled with such a vast private pasture, such a life was unimaginable before.

Not only Li Dahai is satisfied with his current life, but so is An Mor.

At the foot of a mountain, Li Dahai's family's tent was set up here, surrounded by Li Dahai's family's pasture. There are a lot of trees in the forest behind, which can be cut down for firewood and used to build houses.

In the surrounding area, there is also the vegetable garden reclaimed by Li Dahai, where a lot of vegetables have been planted, some of which are ready to be eaten; further away, Li Dahai has planted many fruit trees, which can become a forest in a few years. orchard.

For Anmur, who has lived a nomadic life all his life, he was not used to being settled in one place all of a sudden, but he gradually fell in love with this stable life.

The Ming court provided enough food and seeds, in addition to a large number of living and farming tools, so that they could settle down here quickly.

No worries about food and clothing, such a life is simple and fulfilling.

"Batu, where's your father?"

Anmur is busy cooking, because cattle, sheep and horses are more precious, and there are too few brought over, so they have to be kept as seeds, and they cannot be slaughtered for food, so after they came to Australia, they have been eating rice and noodles , corn and potatoes.

Anmur, who used to be a good cook of mutton, soon learned to cook rice, noodles, corn paste and mashed potatoes, and even gradually fell in love with eating these things.

It is easy to digest. Compared with eating meat all at once, the whole person is healthier and more comfortable.

"It's behind~"

Batu curled his lips slightly, and then sat directly on the table. Seeing the rice, fried vegetables and a plate of fried kangaroo meat on the table, he immediately said dissatisfied: "Why are there rice, vegetables and kangaroo meat again? I want to eat mutton !"

"It's good to have kangaroo meat, and mutton. Now these cattle and sheep are for breeding. If you want to eat it, at least next year."

Qiqige looked at the pouting Batu and said.

"This kangaroo meat is not tasty at all, the smell is too strong."

Batu picked up a piece of kangaroo meat, smelled it, and said with disgust.

"It's good to eat meat, but I don't like it."

An Mur saw it and shook his head helplessly.

There are still very few cattle and sheep in Australia, and everyone is reluctant to slaughter them, but it is impossible not to eat meat, so they focus on the kangaroos in Australia.

This huge animal has a lot of meat, and the key point is that there are so many kangaroos in Australia, they are everywhere, and they are easy to catch. They have suddenly become the main source of meat for Australian immigrants.

In Australia, there are tens of millions of kangaroos. They are huge in size, weighing [-] to [-] kilograms, and have no natural enemies. They are simply the overlord of Australia.

But now it has become the main dish on the table of immigrants. The taste of kangaroo meat is similar to that of beef, but it is not as tender as beef, and the smell is too strong and sour.

The smell of mutton is too strong, so it is difficult for the Daming people who are foodies. With ginger and garlic, some chili, stir-fried, kangaroo meat is also a delicious delicacy.

"Yeah, it's good to eat with meat!"

At this time, Li Dahai also came back. He first looked at the baby in the cradle next to him, and then sighed.

That is to say, now, if in the past, let alone eating meat, it would be an extremely extravagant thing to have a full meal. In Li Dahai's childhood memory, hunger occupied a large part.

Because of hunger, he ate bran, bark, and Guanyin soil. After eating these things, his stomach became very distended and uncomfortable. He couldn't pull it out for many days. His stomach was very distended, but he was very hungry. , Like a starving ghost, he rushed up desperately when he saw something to eat.

In Li Dahai's view, the current life is simply paradise.

After a full meal, there is still meat to eat, no matter what kind of meat it is, kangaroo meat is also meat, similar to beef, what does the smell of mutton have to do with it, just add more salt, pepper, ginger and garlic.

"I just want to eat lamb~"

Batu pouted and said, in fact, he also slowly fell in love with Australia.

The weather here is humid and warm, without the coldness of the grassland, very comfortable.

"Wait until next year, there are more sheep in the house, let you eat as much as you want."

Li Dahai said with a helpless smile.

Before I had a few mouthfuls of food, someone came on horseback outside.

"Is Li Dahai at home?"

Upon hearing the voice, Li Dahai knew it was Temulun, a prairie man who immigrated to Australia with Li Dahai.

"Temulun~"

Li Dahai hurried out and said with a smile: "It's just time to eat, come, let's drink together!"

"No, no, come next time. I am here mainly to ask you about planting corn next time."

Temulun is a typical prairie man who doesn't know how to farm at all. When he came to Australia, he couldn't do without farming. There were too few cattle and sheep to eat, so he had to grow some land to supplement food.

"No hurry, no hurry, come in first to eat some food and drink some wine~"

Li Dahai enthusiastically dragged Temulun into the tent, while Anmur also hurriedly prepared the bowls, chopsticks and kumiss, and also went to take out the preserved bacon.

"Brother Haihai, I'm so sorry~"

Temulon said with some embarrassment.

"What's the matter with embarrassment, we are old friends."

"Come, come, drink!"

"There are too few cattle and sheep. They were supposed to be slaughtered. Now we can only make do with some kangaroo meat."

Li Dahai said with a smile.

On the Australian side, there are not only a large number of grassland immigrants, but also more Han immigrants, and the court intentionally mixed everyone together. Many people also became acquaintances and neighbors with each other. Naturally, slowly Also get along together, understand each other more, less barriers and misunderstandings.

(End of this chapter)