Chapter 995: Plans for the New Year
Horses usually give birth to one baby per litter, and twins are extremely rare.
These forty mares were not pregnant with twins. The successful birth of forty foals with the bloodline of the Horse King was only the first step in their breeding plan.
Don't forget, there is also a probability issue here. These forty foals may be exotic beasts, but they may also be ordinary horses.
Ma Guotao initially tried to judge with his eyes.
In his opinion, the number of foals bred by him must be at least several hundred or even thousands, and he could tell that any of the exotic foals looked a little different from ordinary foals.
But it turns out that it doesn't really work.
He looked at these foals and they all looked the same. Just by observing with the naked eye, he couldn't tell which one was an exotic beast and which one was not.
Ma Guotao did not hesitate about this and started to use the "Eye of Secrets" to confirm the panels of these newborn foals in the simplest and crudest way.
During this process, it was fortunate that the birthing times of these forty mares were not concentrated, and there were also staff members who also possessed the "Eyes of Secrets" to help him share the pressure, which allowed their entire confirmation work to proceed very smoothly.
But the result made Ma Guotao feel a little bit subtle.
The good news is that they have successfully bred exotic war horses! The other good news, which is not bad news at all, is that there are only six foals that have reached the exotic level.
Among the forty foals, six were exotic beasts.
Ma Guotao has no reference at the moment as to whether this probability is high or low.
All we can say is that the number is not as good as they expected.
But no matter what, these six exotic beast-level foals must be trained as the focus. As for the remaining thirty-four foals, of course they cannot be raised together with ordinary foals.
Although they are not exotic beasts, don't forget that they actually have the exotic beast genes of Lord Horse in their bodies.
After they grow up, their physical fitness will most likely be stronger than that of ordinary war horses. It is even possible that during the growth process, the genes of exotic beasts will be stimulated, and they may directly grow into exotic beasts.
In response to this situation, he had already marked the key points in the plan he wrote last year.
At the same time, they have already prepared special stables and movable fences for these foals, and marked each foal so that their identities can be easily confirmed during the normal training process.
During this period, Zhou Xu, who was in the Black Moon City Palace, also received a report from Ma Guotao.
Six exotic beast-level foals, this number was indeed a little below expectations, but Zhou Xu also knew that this matter could not be rushed. Breeding like them, which was basically starting from scratch, was a long task, so they had to be patient.
After confirming the report, Zhou Xu turned his attention back to the large map in front of him.
At this moment, as the director of the Geological Exploration Bureau, Zhang Xuemei is working with him to plan the next resource collection work.
The area shown on the map is the southern border of their Great Zhou today.
Zhang Xuemei's work in recent years has been mainly concentrated there.
Although at this stage, most of their Great Zhou’s labor force is still concentrated in the New Taipei City area.
However, based on the current work efficiency, the reconstruction project in Xinbei District will be basically completed by the end of this year at the earliest, or by the middle of next year at the latest.
By then, his large-scale development project in the southern border will begin.
This of course also includes further reconstruction of the coastal city.
Large-scale construction projects like this require not only labor but also a large amount of construction resources such as wood, stone, and metal.
If all these resources were transported from other regions, then regardless of anything else, the transportation cost alone would be huge.
Therefore, from Zhou Xu's perspective, the best way is to use local materials. There are ready-made resource collection points nearby, which can save a lot of trouble.
"In this area, this piece, there is a high probability that there is iron ore underneath..."
At this moment, Zhang Xuemei was pointing at the map and reporting to him.
Basically, as long as there is a mineral vein in the area, the stone problem can be solved at the same time as the mineral vein is mined.
At that time, a brick factory will be built next to the mine, and the mined stones will be sent to the next door, processed and burned into bricks for use.
Listening to Zhang Xuemei's report, various thoughts flashed through Zhou Xu's mind regarding the planning and construction of the southern border. He took a pen and quickly wrote down his ideas so that he could organize them into a more complete plan later.
After finishing the report, Zhou Xu directly gave Zhang Xuemei a short vacation, focusing on combining work and rest.
He himself quickly devoted himself to the work of organizing the plan.
At the same time, he did not forget to issue an order in advance, asking Zhang Xiaoshan to start dispatching the labor force for resource mining to the southern border.
Assuming that the large-scale construction project in the southern border will begin next year, the resources needed for the construction must be prepared in advance.
In this way, the relevant mining work will basically have to start this year.
To this end, the labor force responsible for this work must be in place in advance.
The best candidates at this stage are the miners and lumberjacks who are already engaged in this work.
There are two mines and a forest near Black Moon City that specialize in supplying wood.
In the past two years, the development and construction in this area has reached a stage of saturation, and the demand for stone and wood has declined to a certain extent.
Therefore, withdrawing some of the labor force will not have much impact here.
In addition, Zhou Xu has also arranged the relevant transfer orders to the New South District.
Compared to Black Moon City, the New South District needs to provide some materials for the reconstruction projects in the New North District from time to time. Therefore, the demand on weekdays is relatively large and requires sufficient labor to support it. Therefore, the labor force that Zhou Xu ordered to be mobilized will be even less than that here.
Considering the scale of construction in the southern border, this amount of labor will definitely not be enough.
Zhou Xu naturally considered this issue as well.
Don't forget that the war with the ratmen in the southern border is now completely over.
With the entry into peacetime, at least one third of the large Lizardman army currently stationed in the southern border could be disbanded. At the same time, almost half of the human army headed by Bai Tu could also be appropriately disbanded.
The remaining troops are basically more than enough to garrison in the southern border.
The disbanded soldiers were all ready-made labor! Needless to say, they were all used directly in the construction projects in the southern border, which saved them from traveling back and forth.
(End of this chapter)
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