Chapter 404: Visiting the Horse Farm Again
Construction in the mountains is much more difficult than on flat land.
To build a stable and solid building on an uneven mountain, the construction engineering department needs to invest more energy and time.
But as long as they have this cement, the difficulty of building a stable and solid platform on the mountain will be greatly reduced, which will clearly improve the subsequent work efficiency of the engineering team and at the same time improve the solidity of the building.
This is indeed the case. After Wang Dachui obtained the cement and confirmed its effect with his own eyes, he regarded it as a "magic weapon". He believed that as long as he had the cement, many problems he had encountered in his work before could be easily solved.
Now that we have this "magic weapon" to help us, won't the construction of the new village be easy? With such confidence, the engineering team led by Wang Dachui quickly set off with great momentum.
Zhou Xu also went to Caoyuan Village afterwards.
Everything was fine in Prairie Village during his absence.
Today, Ye Jinghong has basically adapted to the current work intensity.
Zhou Xu, who had seen Ye Jinghong's faceplate, certainly had no doubt about his abilities. At the same time, he was also one of his least worrying subordinates.
After Zhou Xu returned to Caoyuan Village and briefly understood the situation, the first department he went to was the horse farm in charge of Ma Guotao.
After all, no matter from which angle you consider it, the importance of war horses to them is unquestionable.
"Your Majesty!"
Zhou Xu's arrival undoubtedly required him, the owner of the horse farm, to greet him personally.
However, because Zhou Xu's arrival this time was so sudden, Ma Guotao had no time to prepare. He was bathing the foal in the stable one second, and the next second he took off his apron and rushed over.
He looks a little embarrassed at the moment.
Looking at his sloppy appearance, Ma Guotao smiled awkwardly.
"I was busy just now. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"It's okay. I came here suddenly and disturbed your work."
In fact, to be honest, the biggest reason why Ma Guotao dared to come here like this was because he already had a certain degree of understanding of Zhou Xu.
Knowing that Zhou Xu is actually a person who doesn't care about details, as long as you control the balance and don't make mistakes in serious matters, he basically won't take small things to heart.
Ma Guotao knew that Zhou Xu would come to inspect the work randomly every once in a while and was familiar with the process. He took Zhou Xu directly to the inside of the horse farm.
Compared to the last time I came here, there are a lot fewer horses in the farm. At first glance, it even looks a bit empty.
Zhou Xu knew that this was because the war horses that had been domesticated during the winter were now at the garrison camp on the border. The only horses left at the horse farm, apart from old horses, foals and injured horses, were the wild horses that had been captured and sent here.
Adding them all together, there are only about thirty horses at this moment.
But don't think it's easy.
In fact, taking care of injured horses and ponies is not an easy job.
As for those old horses, they are not the kind that are so old that they can’t move.
However, in Ma Guotao's opinion, they are not suitable to be war horses, or they are not suitable for high-intensity training.
If you continue practicing, it is very likely that not only will you not achieve any results, but you will also easily hurt yourself.
Even in modern society, once an excellent racehorse is injured, it is at risk of retirement, not to mention in this primitive era with worse medical conditions.
Instead, they were used as farm horses or for carriage transportation.
Of course, there is also the option of breeding.
In fact, at this point in time, Ma Guotao has already started to get busy with the horse breeding work. If all goes well, the first batch of foals bred by their horse farm will be born at this time next year. This has also made his work even busier recently.
"I heard that among this batch of newly captured wild horses, there is one that you are very optimistic about?"
While inspecting the horse farm along the way, Zhou Xu chatted casually with Ma Guotao.
As soon as this matter was mentioned, Ma Guotao immediately became excited.
"Yes, I have a feeling this is definitely a good horse!"
Immediately afterwards, Ma Guotao pulled Zhou Xu to a separate open-air fence without further explanation.
The fence was erected high to ensure that the horse inside could not escape. "That's it."
Following the direction Ma Guotao pointed, Zhou Xu took a look and soon, a brown and yellow pony came into his sight, and then Zhou Xu's expression became subtle.
"Um……"
I didn't know what to say for a moment.
He really couldn't tell what the brown and yellow pony in front of him was good at, and from the perspective of an outsider, he felt that the horse was too thin and didn't look strong at all. It really didn't look like a war horse.
In addition, the hair on its body was patchy, making it look very sloppy and shabby.
When they came over, the brown and yellow foal showed obvious anxiety and began to rush around in the fence, as if trying to escape.
"Why not tie it up in the stable?"
"It is quite stubborn and has a bad temper, so I put it in this separate open-air enclosure every day to let it get some fresh air, get in touch with nature and relax."
At this moment, Ma Guotao could probably guess Zhou Xu's thoughts about this pony that looked very sloppy at first glance, so he started to explain it directly.
"This foal is currently in the awkward period of shedding. As for the fur, it will be fine after this period. Don't worry about it. Its body shape and lines are actually very good. More importantly..."
As he spoke, Ma Guotao put on the protective gear placed at the entrance of the fence, and then slowly walked into the fence.
Ma Guotao has been taking care of the foal personally since it was captured, so it is relatively not wary of Ma Guotao.
The reason why it suddenly became anxious was because of the arrival of the stranger Zhou Xu.
With Ma Guotao's patient comfort, the foal's emotions calmed down a little. Then Ma Guotao put the reins on the foal and led it over so that Zhou Xu could take a closer look.
"Although I'm not 100% sure, the appearance of this horse looks very similar to the Akhal-Teke horse in our original world..."
Having said that, looking at Zhou Xu's puzzled face, Ma Guotao quickly reacted and slapped his forehead.
[Your Majesty, you didn't study this before, so how do you know what an Akhal-Teke horse is? ]
As this thought flashed through his mind, Ma Guotao quickly explained.
"In China, we usually call this horse a sweat-blood horse!"
The update is here, and I would like to thank my book friend '仙可遇不可求-Da' for the reward!
(End of this chapter)
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