Qiao Xin was eventually invited into the palace.
Emperor Wu met her alone in the imperial study, and no outsiders were present except the Minister of the Imperial Household!
Qiao Xin was quite surprised to learn that His Majesty summoned her to the palace for Dalang's mount.
The horse that Dalang rode was an old horse. When she first found the horse in the village, everyone was not optimistic.
She tried to save the horse with the idea of ​​giving it a try. After all, it was sent by His Majesty, so if she could save one, it would be a gain.
Since there was no veterinarian, Qiao Xin asked Dr. Mo to take over and treat the animal directly as if it were a human. After all, they were all mammals, just with different body sizes, so all he had to do was increase the dosage of the medicine.
There was no other way. There were not many doctors, let alone veterinarians who knew how to treat animals. Jiang Dahai was the only one in their family who had learned some disease prevention techniques for raising pigs. As for doctors who could treat horses, even the royal family didn't have many.
In desperation, Qiao Xin could only try to provide treatment with this idea in mind, which was better than just watching and doing nothing.
Doctor Mo was originally pushing the issue, but after getting Qiao Xin's assurance, he simply gave it a try.
External injuries are easy to deal with. The trauma medicine used on humans can be directly used on horses and will be equally effective. However, problems with the five internal organs can only be guessed.
After thinking about the death of several seriously injured old horses, Dr. Mo retreated. However, Qiao Xin invited a butcher to dissect the dead horses in front of him, checking the diseased parts bit by bit.
Looking at Qiao Xin standing in front of the horse's corpse covered in blood, still determined to let go and try, Doctor Mo couldn't say the word "give up".
Thanks to God’s blessing, they finally saved more than a dozen of the twenty horses.
Then, Qiao Xin put a lot of effort into eating, the twists and turns of which cannot be explained in a few words.
During that period, the Yumancang shop had just opened, and many foods had to be fried in oil to be tasty.
Qiao Xin asked the Niu Dabao brothers to develop simple oil pressing equipment and build an oil pressing workshop.
After the soybeans are squeezed to extract the oil, the remaining soybean meal is mixed with astragalus, alfalfa, fish bone meal, etc. and used as horse feed.
After feeding for more than three months, this group of sick horses became visibly more energetic, their fur became smooth and shiny, and they regained their former glory!
Through repeated attempts, the Qiao family thoroughly mastered the technique of raising horses.
In order to raise these horses, Qiao Xin did not rush to plant grains on many newly reclaimed wastelands. Instead, he spread alfalfa seeds in large quantities and raised them for a year or two.
Alfalfa is a forage grass that is eaten by both humans and animals. Its protein content even exceeds that of soybean meal. It can be used as a good relief food during famine years.
It is a legume plant that can fix nitrogen and improve poor soil. It is also a perennial plant that can be planted three or four times a year. It has a long life span and can be planted for many years without replanting. It can grow for seven to ten years.
How could Qiao Xin let go of such excellent forage?
When we first started raising pigs, we included it in the planting list along with ryegrass and elephant grass.
Nowadays, Yunxi Town, Laohu Town and Linshui Town all have large-scale planting. At the beginning, it was promoted as pig feed, but most of it was made into horse feed.
Emperor Wu looked at Qiao Xin with an indescribable look.
The imperial court spent a huge amount of manpower, material resources and financial resources, but still hadn't mastered the secret of raising good horses, yet someone else succeeded after just a few attempts!
This is too discouraging!
The Minister of the Imperial Household looked at Qiao Xin as if he were the God of Wealth, his eyes shining!
Qiao Xin was a little confused when she saw him shivering violently. Was she talking about something terrible?
"Mrs. Qiao, I wonder if the remaining horse can... No, this horse..."
Seeing that this person was stuttering and couldn't even speak clearly, Qiao Xin couldn't help but frown: "Speak more clearly, it's hard for me to understand!"
Minister of the Imperial Household: Uh.
Is this old lady so direct in her speech?
Qiao Xin realized that she was a bit rude and tried to slow down her tone to explain.
"Well, just say what you want to say. Don't beat around the bush. I don't have enough education to understand you!"
Emperor Wu looked at the scene below, covering his face with his sleeves, not wanting to admit that this was the minister he valued. Just as he was about to speak in person, the sound of hurried running came from outside the door.
The voice arrives before the person arrives.
"Your Majesty, General Qiao has returned from the farm!"
Emperor Wu stood up from the dragon throne and walked out the door impatiently.
Qiao Xin looked at His Majesty's clothes fluttering and his steps with the wind. How anxious is he?
In the square in front of the palace, more than a dozen fine horses stood in neat rows, their bodies vigorous and their coats shiny. Emperor Wu immediately picked out a pure black horse, its body as black as satin and its four legs white.
There is no man who doesn't like fine horses. Even Emperor Wu, who supervised the horses, couldn't help but admire it: "What a great horse! It must be eight feet tall!"
Qiao Xin patted the horse's neck, nodded and said, "It is indeed eight feet tall, just turned four years old! This horse and Dalang's horse were both delivered by me personally."
The young men in the family are all good at fighting, so they really need a good mount.
How high-spirited and ambitious is the handsome young man with a golden whip riding a green horse?
What Qiao Xin found for Qiao Dalang was a black horse.
Every grandson in her family has his favorite mount. Even Sanniang has a Tengshuangbai, which is a Sanhe horse that Qiao Xin exchanged with the Dongyi people for Fu brick tea!
The young men present looked at Qiao Dalang and others with envy and jealousy. They really wanted to ask Qiao Xin if he still needed a grandson. They could have one too!
They were favored in the family, but they were not as valued as Qiao Dalang. As long as their parents were still alive, they, the grandchildren, would never have priority in choosing the family's resources, let alone making plans for someone alone!
Qiao Yunting came over leading a red horse.
"Your Majesty, bring all the horses on the farm that are over two years old."
After saying that, he smiled at Qiao Xin who was standing beside Emperor Wu and said, "Mother, I'm back. You can give this horse to your son as a gift!"
Qiao Xin's face darkened. What a good son to his mother. He felt so confident in living off his parents!
I haven't seen you for a few years, and as soon as we meet, he reaches out to grab my mother's property!
"These are for your nephews and nieces to learn riding and archery. What will they use if you leave? How can a general be short of horses?"
Qiao Yunting was not annoyed when he heard this. He chuckled and said, "We are not short of horses, but good horses are hard to come by. The people in the barracks don't have my mother who knows how to raise horses, so the horses we have are not as agile as this one!"
"Mrs. Qiao is surrounded by talented people. She is even good at raising horses!"
"Your Majesty, thank you for the compliment. It was just an accidental achievement!"
"Qiao Qing, Dajing is in urgent need of such a good horse!"
"Um!"
"That black horse is so handsome!"
"Your Majesty has good taste!"
.......
Emperor Wu's face twitched, and he didn't know how to start.
You can't be the king of a country and ask for something directly from your ministers, right? That would make you look like a plunderer.
Don't say anything. This is a chance to change Dajing Zhanma. No one would be willing to give up like this.
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