[However, after signing the contract, he suffered another loss. Lake Toya has a temperate monsoon climate and is affected by the winter winds from the Sea of ​​Japan. It is the most representative snowy area in Hokkaido.]

[Before signing the contract, it was a high-quality site covered with snow and flat. After signing the contract, the snow melted over time, revealing the mountains and valleys below. This terrain is obviously not as good as it looked at the beginning.]

[But this was not a big problem. After investigation, Kitano Toyokichi gladly accepted the land and used the Date Ranch as a breeding ranch and the Toya Lake side as a horse breeding farm.]

[That is to say, after the Mejiro family was founded in 1967, it was not until 1971 that they had their own horse breeding ground.]

[It was not until 2003 that the Mejiro Ranch's stud farm and breeding farm were moved to Lake Toya.]

[And it was the Mejiro family's stud farm that played a revolutionary role in the training of future racehorses in Japan.]

【First, due to the characteristics of the temperate monsoon climate, the summer is hot and rainy, and the winter is cold and dry, with the lowest temperature reaching dozens of degrees below zero. Therefore, every winter, the horse breeding farm of Mejiro Ranch, which is near Lake Toya, is covered with snow.】

[However, the impact on Lake Toya was not significant. After Kitano Toyokichi used a soil roller to compact the thick snow, he found that it did not affect the horses' work at all. On the contrary, they could still be trained in winter.]

[Nowadays, many ranches in the community have also built such winter indoor training facilities based on the methods of Mejiro Ranch in the past, so that the amount of training for horses in winter will not be reduced. Even if there are no conditions to build indoor ranches, they will spray antifreeze in the snow and conduct training. ]

[It can be said that Mejiro Ranch played a pioneering role in winter training. ]

[In fact, horse breeding is a huge science. If China wants to build a horse farm now, considering the changing temperature, what kind of climate is most suitable for horses to survive and train, all of these need to be discussed.]

[Is it a temperate monsoon climate with high temperatures and heavy rainfall in summer and low temperatures and dryness in winter? Or is it a subtropical monsoon climate with high temperatures and heavy rainfall in summer and low temperatures and dryness in winter? Or is it something else? What are the impacts of each? 】

[I think if there was a winter training plot in CY, we might be able to see a group of horse girls running at the Mejiro family. ]

[You can also see the little witch Dong Shang transforming and standing still in the snow. 】

[And, it was not just a winter training mode. At that time, Mejiro Ranch also established a Spartan-style training method, adding pursuit training and riding training to the racehorses, which increased the competitive spirit of the Mejiro family racehorses.]

[During this period, Mejiro Ranch gradually became stronger, and in 1975, Mejiro Phantom arrived, and in the future won the 1979 Tokyo Shimbun Cup and the 1982 Meguro Kinen. ]

[However, during this period, Mejiro Ranch encountered an unprecedented disaster, which was a volcanic eruption. ]

[On August 1977, 8, the active volcano Mount Usu, southeast of Mejiro Ranch, erupted again after 7 years. According to records, the smoke at that time was as high as 32 meters. It should be noted that above 12000 meters is the atmosphere, and this is really reaching this height. ]

[On the second day, the volcanic ash from Mount Usu completely covered the Mejiro Ranch, all the trees fell down, and the ranch was piled with several dozen centimeters of volcanic ash.]

[According to Mrs. Kitano's recollection, she was very panicked and anxious at the time. After all, the horses were the most pitiful ones on the ranch. She felt that the horses' lungs would definitely be affected.]

[At the time, Kitano Toyoyoshi and she were both working. While evacuating the horses, they called other ranches hoping that they could temporarily take in the horses.]

[Fortunately, there weren't many horses being bred at the time, so there weren't many casualties, only a few horses that needed to be cured.]

[Until December 1977, Mejiro Ranch still had no horses, and it gradually resumed operations with the help of surrounding residents. Everyone took shovels and helped to remove the iron ash covering the Mejiro Ranch.]

[However, because the grass at Mejiro Ranch became extremely fertile due to the influence of volcanic ash, the stallions of the Mejiro family at that time were very fat and lost their body shape after retirement.]

[This also caused great distress to Mejiro Ranch, and Mr. Iwasaki Shinmichi thought it was a mixed blessing. ]

[After the volcanic incident, the Mejiro Titan came to Mejiro Ranch in 1978. It seemed to be in response to the villagers' care for the ranch. In the 1982 Emperor's Autumn Appreciation, it won the championship and achieved the father-son Emperor's Appreciation with Mejiro Asama. ]

【This is truly a great happiness for Kitano Toyokichi. 】

[Mejiro Titan is also the first horse produced by Mejiro Ranch to win the Emperor's Prize. Although Mejiro Asama was the first to win the Autumn Emperor's Prize, it was not actually produced by Mejiro Ranch. ]

[At that time, Kitano Toyokichi happily gave each employee a set of high-end custom-made suits, which was considered a very valuable gift at the time.]

At this moment, at Tresen Academy.

"I have heard about the volcano, but I didn't expect the smoke to reach 12000 meters. The establishment of the Mejiro family was also full of twists and turns."

Rhine Power also spoke immediately, her words full of shock. She was also thinking that if she encountered such a problem, she would probably despair. The venue had just been built and had not been used for a few days, but it was taken back by others.

"Yes, I participated in the evacuation at that time. Together with Mejiro Bodhisattva, Mejiro Phantom and others, we led many horse girls from the Mejiro family to escape. I remember that day, we opened our eyes and couldn't see clearly around us. The whole sky was like hot gray volcanic smoke."

"We gathered everyone first, and then, under the leadership of Mr. Kitano and Mrs. Kitano, we ran out. Of course, we also received help from the local residents along the way."

Mejiro Asama recalled the past years. From her words, one could feel how dangerous the situation was at that time. The scorching temperature around her seemed to sting the skin. There were countless ashes along the way. Once inhaled, the patient would cough uncontrollably.

The entire Mejiro Ranch was covered with a thick layer of volcanic ash.

"But after all the hard work, there is happiness. Senior Mejiro Taitan later won the Autumn Emperor Award. I can imagine how happy the head of the Kitano family was at that time. Otherwise, he would not have given everyone a set of expensive suits."

Te Bie Zhou also said with a smile that when she read the words, she seemed to be able to feel the happy atmosphere at that time.

Mr. Kitano must have been extremely happy and extremely blessed at that time, and Zhou suddenly thought of a question: what would she look like if she wore a suit?

"Oh, it suddenly reminds me of the old man of our Nishiyama Ranch, Mr. Kitano Toyoyoshi, who is also full of love for the Mejiro family's racehorses."

Qingyun Tiankong held his head in his hands, his expression full of emotion.

She suddenly felt that if Mr. Kitano Toyokichi and old man Nishiyama Shigeyuki met, they would definitely have common topics. Both of them loved their own racehorses, but Mr. Kitano claimed to be traditional, while Shigeyuki Nishiyama was more radical. Maybe some subtle chemical reaction would occur when they met.

And Qingyun Tiankong’s idea does make sense.

If Kitano Toyokichi were still alive and met Nishiyama Shigeyuki, perhaps he would be able to understand why Nishiyama Shigeyuki was obsessed with passing on the Qingyun Tiankong bloodline, because he was under tremendous pressure from public opinion at the time and continued the bloodline of Mejiro Asama.

However, Kitano Toyokichi is still a relatively traditional person. If he heard that Nishiyama Shigeyuki allowed the creation of 18R, he would probably be stunned.

"Yes, and Mr. Kitano Toyoyoshi is also amazing. Not only did he get up from the hardship, but he was also able to make new innovations in Lake Toya. Now many of us can continue to train outdoors in winter, probably because of his reforms."

The Emperor of the East China Sea also said with emotion.

As for Mejiro McQueen, she was watching seriously with her expression constantly changing. She had actually heard Mejiro's grandmother say similar things to her before, but she had only briefly mentioned some of the difficulties. Now it seemed so dangerous.

Mejiro McQueen remembers that the sentence her grandmother said to her most often was:

- McQueen, you have a strong talent for long distance running. The Emperor's Prize is the obsession of the Mejiro family, but perhaps out of my selfishness, I hope you can win the Emperor's Prize. Perhaps what I said is unfair to you, but I hope you can choose to compete for the Spring Emperor's Prize in the future. But if you want to choose other competitions, I will also support you.

At that time, Mejiro McQueen didn't really think much about it, and she also made it clear that her goal was to win the Spring Emperor Award.

Whenever Mrs. Kitano heard McQueen say this, a smile would always appear on her face.

"Maybe, grandma has something else that she hasn't told me."

McQueen thought about this and continued reading. She really wanted to know why it had to be her.

And at this moment, the Mejiro family.

Many horse racing maidens from the Mejiro family are now surrounding Mrs. Kitano. You should know that Mrs. Kitano cannot see the contents of the diary, but many horse racing maidens from the Mejiro family told her the contents of Xu Zong's diary.

And when she knew that Mejiro had finally gone bankrupt, she just clenched her fists and said nothing.

She just closed her eyes and listened to the founding of the Mejiro family and the eruption of the volcano. There was a faint smile on her lips, as if she was recalling the time when she and Kitano Toyokichi struggled together. There were some tears in the corners of her eyes.

Mubai Dober muttered at this moment: "Grandma, if possible, can you teach us some knowledge about running a ranch? We want to learn."

Mejiro Dober's brave speech was beyond everyone's expectations, because she was the most timid one on weekdays, but everyone didn't care about it at this time, and they all stood up and expressed their desire to learn more about running a ranch.

They had only thought about running away and never thought that the Mejiro family would disappear from then on.

For example, Mejiro Phantom, Mejiro Bodhisattva, Mejiro Dylan and others all made requests, wanting to share the burden for the Mejiro family.

Upon hearing this, Grandma Kitano said calmly:

"You have become much more sensible. I once thought that I could run Mejiro Ranch, but now, I might as well choose to trust you more."

"But you have to be good. In fact, the work of breeding horse girls is also very complicated. There are many things involved, which is no less than anything you have studied."

"I will explain it patiently, and you must listen to me carefully when the time comes."

In fact, in the Umamusume anime, the grandmother of the Mejiro family always gives people an indescribable sense of oppression, but in fact she is a very gentle and strong person.

At this moment, she also plans to pass on some knowledge to these cute little guys bit by bit.

However, the knowledge of running a horse ranch is obscure and difficult to understand. It is obviously all about running and maintenance. Many horse racing girls in the Mejiro family felt like they were listening to a foreign language. For example, how to avoid the heat in the summer, how to compact the snow in the winter, how to buy antifreeze magnesium chloride, how to collect various drugs, as well as the humidity of the ranch, and the nutritional control of forage grass. Many of the little horse racing girls in the Mejiro family immediately had expressions of pain and torture on their faces.

All kinds of new terms appeared, and the difficulty level was...it would be better to let them participate in a brutal training camp.

But there are still many older children in the Mejiro family who are nodding frequently. These things are not difficult for them to do, and if they can reduce some of the pressure on Grandma Kitano, they would be more than happy to do so.

And here at Tresen Academy.

"Really? You're bringing up what happened to me in the snow again. Doesn't my little witch have any dignity left?"

Dong Shang Bianjin also gritted his teeth and said that trainer Xu Zong was really annoying. Of course, there was also Chi Tian, ​​and no one knew what he looked like, and the other riders, such as Wu Feng, He Tian, ​​Li Muhua and others.

Moreover, Dongshang Reform is also wondering, who is the most powerful among them?

In fact, looking at all the riders of the Japanese JRA, if we only talk about the actual riders, it can be said that Taketoyo is invincible on horseback, and Ikezoe, as the master of the Qixingnanma, can be said to be invincible off horseback.

But if we infer this way, if Wu Feng rides on Chi Tian, ​​wouldn’t he be invincible?

Wow, the new world horse king might be born here - that is the fusion of Wu Feng and Chi Tian, ​​let's call him Wu Chi Tian, ​​or Chi Wu Feng.

"Speaking of the Beigang volcano, the volcano in Tomakomai won't erupt, right?"

Xiaolin Liqi suddenly asked worriedly, and she was speaking from the bottom of her heart. After all, in her heart, she also hoped that Tomakomai would prosper.

"No way."

The Beigang volcano was also trembling. She later looked up some information and found that Tomakomai would not erupt easily, which made her feel relieved.

If she found out bad news, she wouldn't be able to sleep well at night.

"However, Takahashi Ranch can't do anything about it. After all, this is their gift. After Mr. Uchiba leaves, they want to take back the land, which is legal and compliant. But it will also be a blow to Mejiro Ranch."

"No matter what, we are still grateful to Mr. Uchiba, but as for Takahashi Ranch, we have no more words to say."

Mejiro Mitsuaki maintained his elegance. If it were anyone else, they would probably have started scolding him. If the Mejiro family did not have sufficient financial support, the blow would have been devastating.

Mejiro Mitsuaki also realized the importance of preparing for a rainy day.

Of course, as for Mejiro Asama and Mejiro Titan, they knew about the father-son relationship before, and even Mejiro McQueen. McQueen was very shy for a while, but now is not the time for father and son to recognize each other. They now have a bigger goal, which is to revive the Mejiro clan.

At this time, countless people were discussing it, and at this time, Xu Zong's diary continued to appear, and everyone immediately paid attention to it, wanting to see what the follow-up content would be.

Especially the horse racing ladies from the Mejiro family, they dare not miss a single word.

[However, the good times did not last long. Not long after Mr. Kitano won the Mejiro Titans championship, his health deteriorated day by day.]

[On February 1984, 2, something unfortunate happened. Mr. Kitano Toyoyoshi died of sudden heart failure, and on his deathbed, he left behind his last wish.]

[——I hope that the offspring of Mejiro Titan can win the Emperor's Prize.]

[In fact, I have wondered why Kitano Toyoyoshi's last wish was this? ]

【After thinking about it for a while, I understood. 】

[When Kitano Toyokichi first founded Mejiro Ranch in 1967, it was Kitano Asama who won the first Autumn Emperor Award for him. After that, Kitano Asama was diagnosed with infertility and his bloodline was almost cut off. He was even mocked by the media as a seedless watermelon.]

[Faced with tremendous pressure, Kitano Toyokichi used a large amount of money to heal Kitano Asama, and finally allowed his bloodline to continue, and it was the Mejiro Titan. ]

[Before the birth of Mejiro Titan, Kitano Toyokichi encountered the eruption of Mount Usu, and the Mejiro Ranch was once in danger. ]

[Under such circumstances, the Mejiro family survived, and six months later, with the help of countless residents, the Mejiro Ranch resumed operations. ]

[When they were in the most difficult time, the Mejiro Titan that he had been thinking about finally came to Mejiro Ranch, and in 1982, proved to everyone that Mejiro Asama's bloodline could also win the Emperor's Prize. ]

[Who dares to say that the money spent on Mejiro Asama is a waste? Who dares to say that Mejiro Asama's bloodline is not good? Who dares to say that Mejiro Asama will never have children in his life? ]

[All the ridicule he suffered many years ago has now vanished into thin air.]

[The success of Mejiro Titan not only represents the washing away of his shame, but also represents the first time that a racehorse produced by the Mejiro family has won the Emperor's Prize.]

【However, this is not enough. 】

【Kitano Toyokichi is still worried, that is, whether Mejiro Titan will have the same problem as Mejiro Asama, and as the first Emperor Prize racehorse produced by the Mejiro family, although it has achieved good results in the Emperor Prize, whether its bloodline is successful or not depends on whether its offspring are strong.】

[If he could live a little longer, if he could see the descendants of the Mejiro Titan also succeed, perhaps he could really rest in peace. ]

[On February 1984, 2, his body could no longer support him to see this scene, so he could only entrust his most precious dream to the people he trusted, that is, Mrs. Kitano, of course, his partners, and even the horses he loved so much. ]

[If possible, let the descendant of Mejiro Titan win the Emperor's Prize. ]

【Looking back on Kitano Toyoyoshi's life, he was a man who loved horses very much. 】

[He once said: "We do not sell any horses produced by Mejiro Ranch, and Mejiro Ranch is not for profit. I created this ranch just to realize my dream."]

【However, he died at the last moment of seeing his dream come true. 】

【But what was the final result? 】

【Accompanied by Kitano Toyoyoshi's final dream. 】

[Three years later, Mejiro Titan's child, who is also the strongest long-distance expert in the Mejiro family, Mejiro McQueen, was born. ]

【It’s not just that. 】

【In 1987, three GI racehorses appeared at the same time under the Mejiro bloodline. 】

[They are Mejiro McQueen, Mejiro Zenshin, and Mejiro Ryan. 】

[It was from this year that the Mejiro family ushered in an unprecedented golden age! ]

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