The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth.

Chapter 885: Wisdom from charming ancestors!

"Are you short of big animals?" Roland was stunned, and then realized that what was lacking here was real animals, not "oxen and horses" like Yun Feng. Of course, if there were qualified "oxen and horses" like Yun Feng, the more the better! As a boss, Roland did not object to his subordinates voluntarily becoming "oxen and horses".

"Yes! This place is different from Stormwind. There are no caravans visiting here at all, but the population is indeed increasing! There is a serious shortage of animal power!" Adolf Heinrich said with a frown.

Although Roland had developed a more advanced curved plow a long time ago and promoted a simplified version of intensive farming, due to the variety of grain and other problems, even with the composting technology taught by Roland himself, the grain output in the north still did not reach the standard per mu yield in ancient China. In the land of the Middle Earth, a per mu yield of 100 kilograms was considered normal! Large tracts of land were abandoned, causing everyone to only think about opening up more wasteland for quantity, and never thought about the quality path! Correspondingly, the demand for animal power for the reclamation and cultivation of large tracts of wasteland was frighteningly high!
Why do farmers live so tight? Because they need to raise draft horses to plow the land! Horses are not as easy to deal with as cows! Just cut a few baskets of grass and you'll be done! You have to know that a qualified war horse can't just eat grass! Beans, oats and other staple grains must be continuously supplied, and eggs need to be cracked to supplement nutrition during wartime! Although draft horses are not as valuable as war horses, they still need to be served with care! First of all, you need a complete horse stable, and then you need to supply him with coarse grains. When doing heavy physical labor, you also need to supplement eggs to strengthen the draft horse's physical strength! The most important thing is to scrape the horse's sweat after the draft horse has worked! Otherwise, a horse covered in sweat will easily get sick! For farmers in the era of small peasant economy, cattle and horses would be taken care of... fake cattle and horses would plow the fields morning and night. Real cattle and horses: go out under the stars and come back under the stars!

What? You said that since draft horses are so bad and have so many shortcomings, why don't these people raise cattle? Good question! Blind student, you found the point! That's naturally because the West has not pointed out the technology tree of oxen for thousands of years! What are their oxen? They are gentle beings selected from the cattle of the grassland people. They are rare, at least rare! For a long time, the West has been mainly engaged in horse farming! This is also reflected in the Middle-earth world! You should know that the prototype of the Middle-earth world - the Shire horse of the Tatars in Europe is a heavy draft horse!

As for why they couldn't choose the oxen technology tree and embarked on the road of no return to the draft horse! (At least for agriculture!) Please watch the VCR!

The Europeans were miserable and could not tame the grumpy grassland cattle! They could only select a few docile ones for farming, and more cattle were used as beef cattle! But the Chinese treated cattle as treasures! It was Roland's charming ancestor who successfully cracked the cattle technology. With the help of animal power, the Chinese swept the earth and became themselves!
"Where are the cows? Don't the dwarves have cows? Pull them over and use them as plowing oxen!" Roland said seriously. After all, if you have the resources in your hands but don't use them, you'd be stupid!
"Cows? Excuse me for being frank, but those animals are not as practical as draft horses!" Adolf Heinrich said with some psychological trauma. After all, as one of the consuls of the kingdom, he needed to consider all aspects. Adolf Heinrich, who personally went out to investigate, had the experience of being kicked away by a bison!

"..." Roland thought carefully and realized that the background of Middle-earth was similar to the matching mechanism of Europe. In an instant, Roland understood what Adolf Heinrich meant. It turned out that the farming technology tree of the Kingdom of Lagrande was also wrong in the use of animal power?
"Try to collect the bison before the spring plowing! The people are waiting for the animals to go to the fields!" Roland looked at the snowflakes outside and said to Adolf Heinrich solemnly. All of this needs to be prepared before the spring plowing, otherwise it will affect the development of the kingdom.

"Bison? The kind that dwarves raise?" Adolf Heinrich's eyelids twitched, and he couldn't help but applaud Roland's wild idea.

"Excuse me, Your Majesty, but it is rare to find bison that are docile enough to plow the land. Why don't you try to get some draft horses?" As the population of Lagrange City increased, Adolf Heinrich also felt the pressure. If there was a problem with the spring plowing, it would be another tight year. After all, the speed of clearing land by one person without large livestock was limited. In addition to the efficiency issue, a strong livestock was still needed!

"Don't worry, I have a way!" Roland patted his chest and gave a meaningful smile.

... "No, Your Majesty, are you free?" Fenglin Youlan stood up and spoke first. Roland's disheveled clothes made Fenglin Youlan frown.

"Ah! I succeeded!" Roland excitedly grabbed Adolf Heinrich's arm and said in surprise.

"Just... an iron ring?" Adolf Heinrich had a black question mark look on his face. It has to be said that Adolf Heinrich is very talented in supporting the main role!

"Of course! This is called a bull nose ring!" Roland said arrogantly. How could a country bumpkin from the Middle Earth see the majesty of the Han and Tang Dynasties? As a farming trick that has been passed down in China for so long, Roland naturally remembered it clearly!
Cows are irritable and difficult to control due to their huge size, so naturally, people have chosen draft horses over time! But with a nose ring, the cow is basically tamed!
"But wearing this bull's nose like this... isn't it appropriate to put any rings on it? Ordinary residents probably can't tame it!" Adolf Heinrich and Fenglin Youlan looked at each other and murmured. After all, Roland was able to do it easily because he suppressed this ordinary bull with his professional identity, but most civilians walked around as blank slates. They didn't have giant dragons or huge dragon power to back them up! Although Roland proved that the bull was successfully tamed through his performance, it didn't mean that everyone was Roland!
"How stupid! Just give him a bottle of wine first! Why don't you get him drunk and then put the nose ring on him?" Roland looked speechless.

"Make it happen as soon as possible! I hope to see them soon!" Roland reminded again.

"Oh! Dragon God, great King Roland! Salute to you! This is incredible! This is the embodiment of the wisdom of the Dragon God! It is a gift bestowed upon us by the Dragon God!" Charlie Pross looked at Roland like a zealot fanatic, and that look made Roland feel itchy all over!

Is this guy going to start "brainwashing" everyone again? Seeing that Charlie Pross was about to raise his hand and open his mouth again, Roland decisively reached out his hand to block his mouth!

"..." Adolf Heinrich and others glanced over, then quickly looked away, asking Charlie Pross to shut up for the good of everyone...

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"Don't worry, Your Majesty! I will do my best to equip citizens with bison suitable for working!" Adolf Heinrich promised. The benefits of oxen are obvious to everyone, and the future is bright!
"Well, you can put nose rings on the cows yourself. If they are given wine, they won't make any trouble!" Roland waved his hand. In fact, there were quite a few Shire horses in his system space. These horses were enough for the kingdom to use, but horses were not as cost-effective as oxen, and these were already qualified and high-quality war horses! In the end, Roland put the idea aside!
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