Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 605
North Chahar City is the intersection of the Chahar Railway extending northward from Jizhou Town and the Horqin Railway extending eastward from Liaodong Town.

At this moment, the construction of the two railways has been completed, the city and the station are also under construction, and the layout of the city is similar to that of the original Chahar City.

The northwest corner is surrounded by chariots, which are used to guard and organize prisoners.

The northeast corner is also surrounded by chariots. This is the place where Taichang and a group of civil servants and generals gather.

Inside the big tent is still a spliced ​​table and a huge map outside the Great Wall, and everyone is discussing around the map.

Taichang stared at the map for a while, and suddenly thought: "Everyone, it seems that there is nothing to discuss about this promotion strategy. Anyway, the main force of slavery has been defeated by us, and we can no longer stop our footsteps.

We just need to make steady progress. For more than a hundred miles a day, it takes about a month for the Horqin Grassland. As for the areas around Hulun Lake, Beier Lake and Hailar, it takes at most two months.

Therefore, we don't need to spend a lot of time negotiating on this. Anyway, it is almost the same after deliberation.

It is time for us to consider the development of the grasslands beyond the Great Wall.

After all, we have all moved the herdsmen here, we can't let such a large grassland go to waste here. "

Well, the emperor often has some strange ideas suddenly, and everyone is used to this.

There was really nothing to discuss about the issue of advancement at the moment, anyway, Jiannu couldn't stop their footsteps.

If there is any variable, it is whether Huang Taiji can be caught or all Jiannu can be caught.

This is not something they can negotiate, the final result depends on what Huang Taiji thinks and does.

If Huang Taiji wanted to flee like crazy, to the ends of the earth, to the depths of the ice field, it would be useless for them to discuss.

When Taichang said this, everyone realized that now it seems that we really should discuss the development of the grassland outside the Great Wall.

Because right now the Chahar grassland is empty, there is nothing, no herdsmen, no cattle, sheep and horses.

You must know that there are tens of millions of acres of prairie, what a waste if it is empty.

Sun Chengzong heard the words, thought about it carefully, and then said carefully: "Your Majesty, it seems that only animal husbandry can be developed on this grassland. The development of animal husbandry mainly depends on what we need. Just like Liaodong, what we needed most at the beginning They are war horses, so in the past few years we have mostly raised war horses, and less cattle and sheep. If we want wool weaving, we should raise more sheep. If we want to use cowhide to make boots and leather clothes, then Just raise more cattle, what do you think?"

He still knows these things quite well, because in the past few years in Liaodong, in addition to organizing guards to open up wasteland and cultivate land, he also raised a lot of cattle, sheep and horses.

In fact, Taichang thought of developing mineral deposits, because he had the impression that the mineral deposits outside the Great Wall were still very rich, and there were many coal mines and iron mines.

However, officials from the Ministry of Industry have to be sent to explore these deposits first, and they can only be developed after exploration.

Now it seems that we can only discuss the development of animal husbandry.

This question needs to be carefully considered, because Daming's current territory is too vast, and it is not the only place that can develop animal husbandry.

Taichang thought for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Go to "The Complete Map of Kun Yu Wan Guo"."

When Cao Huachun heard this, he quickly brought a huge scroll and carefully spread it out on the table.

Pointing to the map, Taichang introduced: "Now we can mainly develop animal husbandry in three major areas, namely the grassland outside the Great Wall, New Jingzhou Prefecture and the North American continent.

We can't just consider this place, but should consider the overall situation.

For example, in the new Jingzhou Prefecture, it is definitely not possible to raise horses there. We cannot allow these nomadic tribes to raise a large number of war horses after they migrate there.

In that case, after a long time, they might rebel again.

Moreover, it is extremely inconvenient to transport war horses from New Jingzhou to other states and provinces, even if it is used to sell the freight, it is not worthwhile.

Therefore, the new Jingzhou Mansion cannot raise war horses, and the things produced there must be convenient for transportation.

So, what is the easiest to transport?
Don't think about it, it must be wool.

Wool is light and does not take up space, it is very convenient to transport to other state capitals and provinces, and its value is not low.

So, when you arrive in New Jingzhou Prefecture in the future, let the herdsmen who migrated there raise sheep, which specialize in wool.

As for the North American continent, the favorite food of the Indian tribes there is beef, and the most they produce is cowhide.

Therefore, there is no need to consider this, just let them raise cattle, and the North American continent is the main origin of cowhide. "

When everyone heard the words, they all nodded repeatedly, the emperor's words were too reasonable.

The cattle and sheep have places to raise, and it seems that only horses are left in the grassland outside the Great Wall.

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while, and then asked carefully: "Your Majesty, do you mean that the grassland outside the Great Wall is dedicated to raising horses? How many horses are suitable for us to raise in such a large place?"

Such a large place is all used to raise horses?
How many horses can that support?

This cannot be calculated according to the number of horses raised by nomadic tribes in the past.

Because the nomadic tribes in the past did not produce food, they raised more cattle and sheep to ensure food supply, or they would starve or even starve to death.

In other words, nomadic tribes actually mainly raise cattle and sheep, and the number of horses cannot be compared with the number of cattle and sheep.

It would be different if they came to graze horses, because other places in Daming could produce food, so the herdsmen or guards here didn't have to worry about food supply at all.

They can completely focus on raising horses, and raise less cattle and sheep, or even no cattle and sheep.

How many horses can be raised in such a large grassland if only horses are raised?
Hundreds of thousands of horses?

Millions of horses!

The question is, what do you do with so many horses?

If it is only used for war, there must be no need for so many war horses. At this moment, war horses will almost be replaced by chariots. Even if war horses are used, 30 to [-] horses are enough.

Moreover, the demand for war horses will become less and less with the appearance of cars, until finally they are completely replaced by cars.

This may be the reason why later generations rarely see horses on the street.

However, at this moment, the development trajectory of history, including the development trajectory of technology, seems to be biased by him.

What they built was not a car with rubber tires, but a tracked car.

If crawler vehicles are the main vehicles in the future, then basically there is no need to build any roads, and horses seem to be a good means of transportation when roads are not built.

In fact, riding a horse is also good. It not only saves energy and protects the environment, but also strengthens the body. Even if the old and weak, women and children cannot ride a horse, they can also take a carriage.

Perhaps, the development of this mode of transportation is also a good choice.

Anyway, this world has been led astray by him, so whoever cares, he can do whatever is convenient for him.

Thinking of this, Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, raising horses in the grassland outside the Great Wall is a good choice. We can raise more horses to lower the price of horses. If the horses can be as cheap as 30 taels a horse, ordinary people should be able to buy them." It’s worth it, and it will be much more convenient for them to travel by then.”

Speaking of raising horses, Sun Chengzong became interested again.

He thought for a while, then cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, there are not no horses at 30 taels. It's just that this kind of horse doesn't run very fast and doesn't have much stamina. It's not suitable for war horses. It’s much simpler than war horses, and the time to be slaughtered is much shorter than that of war horses. Basically, after three or four years of raising them, they can carry people and pull carts.”

very good!

Taichang nodded repeatedly and said: "We can breed more breeds, for example, the 30 taels of horses specially used for common people, or war horses specially used for cavalry.

We can also raise some high-end horses with hundreds of taels or even thousands of taels, such as sweat horses, Dawan horses and so on.

After all, there are quite a lot of rich people these days, and they definitely don't want horses worth 30 taels.

Sometimes the higher the price, the more they like it, because it looks high-end and elegant.”

Uh, this is actually extravagant style.

However, extravagance is their business, and how to make money for Tun Wei raising horses is their business.

Extravagance is extravagance, if someone has money, you can't stop him from spending it.

Thinking of this, Sun Chengzong bowed his hands and said: "The emperor is right, why don't we start to move to the Chahar Grassland to guard?"

This should be done as soon as possible, because the pastures in the Chahar Grassland have grown, and the prairie with a radius of thousands of miles is indeed a waste if it is not grazing.

Question, where to mobilize the guards?
The garrison guards in Liaodong must not be mobilized, because all the garrison guards in Liaodong have to be transferred to the new Jingzhou Prefecture.

Alas, the garrison guards are becoming more and more expensive at the moment. It is estimated that after the grasslands outside the Great Wall are all covered with garrison guards, there will basically be no garrison guards in the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Taichang sighed slightly: "Then let's mobilize the guards from several herd stations in Shanxi to the Chahar Grassland first. They have raised a lot of horses themselves, and with the horses we captured, it should be almost It can fill up the Chahar Grassland. By the way, they can also raise some cattle and sheep, the kind that specialize in meat production, and the common people can improve their lives in the future.”

(End of this chapter)