Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 171 Food Issues and the Idea of ​​Establishing Super Large Livestock Farms

I have to think of other ways to get some food.

Now it is difficult to start up in the early stage. In the future, as long as the territory can be farmed, there will not be much problem in having a good harvest of food.

Several modern fertilizer formulas that I have mastered, as well as high-yielding seeds brought from modern times, as well as fruit and vegetable seeds brought from the Delhi Sultanate.

As long as there are no natural disasters and there is a bumper harvest from growing food, it shouldn't be a big problem. The difficulty now is that I have to find a way to survive this autumn and winter.

Now there are more than 20 surviving people in the entire Xiliang Prefecture and Xining Prefecture. Genghis Khan moved 10,000+ people away, but left 10,000+ people for Zhang Yong to manage.

These 10,000+ people all have grain stores in their homes and their own livestock.

As long as he or the Mongols don't rob them, Zhang Yong doesn't need to worry about the problem of eating this winter, he can barely handle it.

But for the hundreds of thousands of newly arrived Han people, he had to take care of the food problem himself. These people came here with nothing but their mouths.

Genghis Khan did not touch any of the grain stored in Xiliang Prefecture and Xining Prefecture, leaving all of it to Zhang Yong.

But there is not much of this food in Xiliang City. After all, there is no autumn harvest yet, and there is only more than 1000 kilograms of food.

The food in the two mansions combined is less than two thousand shi of food.

This little food is simply not enough to feed the victims who are about to arrive.

"Tu Lanlun, have the livestock promised to the Wokuotai family arrived?" Zhang Yong asked as soon as he returned to his home.

"Master, come back! The livestock sent by Brother Wo Kuotai have arrived. I have already calculated them. Our family now has more than 1 sheep, more than 3000 cattle, more than 5000 horses, and hundreds of camels. ." Tu Lanlun said.

"When it comes to winter this year, how many sheep do you think can be eliminated that can't survive the winter?" Zhang Yong asked.

It seems that we can only live on these livestock this year.

"It should be half! At least half of the livestock die every winter. There are more than 1 sheep now, and at least [-] sheep will not survive the winter. These sheep can be killed for meat." Tulan Lun said.

Once winter passes on the grassland, some old and weak sheep will not survive. Only the fat sheep that have eaten fat and are strong can survive the winter.

Hearing this, Zhang Yong nodded.

There are [-] sheep, and a thousand sheep are consumed every month. In addition to grain and some dairy products, if you eat sparingly, it should be enough to last until next autumn harvest.

"Not only sheep, but also a large number of cattle and horses will freeze to death, but there will be fewer than sheep. These livestock can also eat meat, and you forgot about the head of the family.

Now that the autumn harvest is about to begin, some local people have also planted a lot of crops.

You can collect a lot of taxes by then, and you don't have to worry about food. I've taken care of it. Tu Lanlun said.

"No! I will only collect [-]% of these taxes, and all of this [-]% of taxes will be given to the Khan." Zhang Yong shook his head and said.

Zhang Yong does not expect this year's autumn harvest taxes. According to Mongolian rules, this territory belongs to him, and how you manage it is your business.

But 1/10 of your territory’s annual taxes, grain harvest, and livestock harvest must be handed over to the Mongolian Empire. These are inevitable.

Genghis Khan has been exempted from the conscription of soldiers in his territory for three years, but other food, livestock, money, grain, and taxes must not be missing.

After all, he is a foreigner. If he wants to truly rule here, he must be recognized by the local people. Too cruel oppression and exploitation will arouse violent resistance.

There had just been a war here. Although the Xixia army surrendered, the Mongolian army also caused damage to crops.

These people pay [-]% of their food harvest, which is already the limit.

If you raise taxes yourself, it will be a very troublesome matter.

So this year I can say that I have nothing to gain, and I have to take care of the food of 10 people.

"Only [-]% of the tax? You, the boss, charge a little less! Logically speaking, you should charge at least [-]% of the tax." Tu Lanlun asked slightly surprised.

Regardless of whether it is the Song Dynasty or the Jin Dynasty, the tax collected is [-]% to [-]%, and sometimes even if the financial situation is tight, the tax collected will be around [-]%, or even all of them will be robbed. Only collecting [-]% is too little!

Moreover, this layer still pays taxes, and the head of the family doesn’t keep any for himself!
"The people here have just experienced war. Although they have surrendered, the Mongolian army has still done some damage to this place. A large number of crops and livestock have been robbed or destroyed. They can't harvest much at all. If I harvest [-]% Taxation, the people here might have a civil uprising." Zhang Yong said.

In the early days of his rule, he must not raise taxes too heavily. He had to do it slowly. In the first three years, Zhang Yong did not intend to raise taxes too high.

Anyway, he has black technology in his hands and his food production has increased, so he is not too worried about this.

It would be nice if Genghis Khan was willing to exempt himself from taxes for three years, but there is no way. Genghis Khan only exempted himself from military service for three years.

"So what about next year? How much do you plan to charge, head of the family?" Tu Lanlun asked.

"Next year I will collect [-]%, [-]% will be handed over and the other [-]% will be kept by me. The same will be true in the third year. Only in the fourth year will I collect [-]% of the tax." Zhang Yong said.

This is also the people of Xixia. If the people of the Central Plains had just been conquered, they should be exempt from taxes for three years.

But the problem is that Genghis Khan did not mention the three-year tax exemption at all, but only exempted him from military service for three years.

In the eyes of many Mongolian generals, this is already a great gift. After all, they don't have to fight for three years!Tribes in the Mongolian grasslands do not receive this treatment.

In the past few years, many grassland people have fled to the southern territories because they could not bear the continuous wars.

It is already very good to be exempted from military service for three years in Zhang Yong's territory.

"Don't you still have watermelons? When spring comes next year, you will plant watermelons and tomatoes. Before the autumn harvest, let the ordinary people eat watermelons and tomatoes. And the food that Father Khan left for you is not enough. ?" Tu Lanlun asked.

"The land in Xixia is not rich to begin with. In Xiliang Prefecture and Xining Prefecture, the grain stocks in stock are less than 700 shi, only more than 10 shi. This is not enough to feed [-] people! Drink one porridge every day Even a month is not enough," Zhang Yong said.

"In addition to these dead livestock and a lot of dairy products, this is all we can eat at the moment, unless you kill all the livestock." Tu Lanlun waved his hand helplessly and spoke. said.

In fact, she still has something she hasn’t told Zhang Yong!Just now her mother told her that in order to maintain Zhang Yong's rule.

Genghis Khan has ordered that five thousand Mongolian cavalry be left here, and their families also live here. Together, these people number tens of thousands.

These people also had their mouths open, but fortunately, when these herdsmen came, they would bring their own cattle and sheep, so the problem of eating was not too big. They only needed to prepare a pasture for them.Over in Xining Prefecture, the land close to Tubo can be used for grazing.

It would be a few days before his father Khan would tell him about this, but since it had been decided, it probably wouldn't matter if he secretly told the head of the family.

"Ahem! Master, there is one more thing I have to tell you." Tu Lanlun said in a low voice.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Yong asked.

"My father Khan has prepared five thousand cavalry for you, as well as their families, all living in your territory." Turan Lun said.

Five thousand cavalry, their families number at least 2, and their cattle and sheep alone number at least [-], which is not a small number.

All these must be arranged.

"I know this. I shouldn't need to take care of what they say, right?" Zhang Yong said.

He already knew this, Wokuotai told him, but he didn't need to worry too much when these herdsmen came over. After all, the Mongols came over with their cattle and sheep, and as long as there was pasture, they could survive.

"No need! However, you can buy some culled cattle and sheep from them and let the victims eat them," Tu Lanlun said.

On the grasslands, every household raises at least dozens of sheep, and as many as hundreds of sheep. These tens of thousands of herdsmen can provide more than 1 sheep.

However, Zhang Yong still needs to pay for these sheep that have been eliminated and cannot survive the winter.

"This is a good idea. I still have a lot of gold, silver and jewelry given by the Great Khan. Use them all to buy livestock. Just buy cattle, sheep and horses. Forget it for now." Zhang Yong said.

There are tens of thousands of sheep. If you kill thousands of sheep every month for meat, it will not be a big problem to eat the watermelons and tomatoes that will ripen next year and wait until the autumn harvest.It's a pity that tens of thousands of sheep have been eaten like this. If the animal husbandry industry is developed, a breeding farm is established, and these sheep are raised, it will be a huge fortune in a few years.

I have a lot of livestock breeding information in my hands.

etc!Why don't I just build a large cattle and sheep farm?

Those 4 civilian husbands and [-] surrendered soldiers are a young and strong labor force of more than [-] people!

Instead of letting them sit idle all fall and winter, come and build houses.

I have detailed ingredients for soil blocks, bricks and tiles, as well as architectural drawings in my hands.

Use these blocks of earth and bricks to build some large farms for raising livestock. It will not be a big problem to keep these livestock warm and survive the winter!
You know, I discovered several coal mines in Xiliao.

I have a share of these. The coals brought here can also be used to make fires in winter!

Build a suitable breeding farm and keep suitable strong rams and ewes.

The other rams can be killed for meat, and these ewes can give birth to milk in a warm place, and the milk products can also be used as food.

What's more, in addition to sheep, there are also cows and horses!

The ewes can produce milk, the rams can eat meat, and as for the cattle, they can be used to cultivate the land in the coming year.

Moreover, if the cattle, sheep, and horses in the hands of herdsmen are not sold to themselves this winter, they will freeze to death.

If this is the case, then let them send their cattle and sheep over and help them keep these cattle and sheep. Wouldn’t I have to spend money to buy them?

You can also charge some fees, get some rebates and so on.

As for the problem of forage, it is easy to solve. It is still summer and autumn has not yet entered. It is completely possible to mobilize more than 4 people and these [-] cavalry.

Go to the nearby area to collect hay and bring it back to feed the cattle and sheep that spend the winter.

As for this area with a large number of pastures nearby, that is the territory of the Tubo people!
It is still some distance away from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Part of Xixia's land belongs to Qinghai, and the pastures here are still very abundant.

"Tulan Lun, do you think that if I can help these herdsmen save all their livestock in winter and return them a large number of livestock next year, will they thank me?" Zhang Yong asked.

"?? Save these cattle and sheep that are about to freeze to death. Don't make fun of me, it's very cold in winter," Tu Lanlun said.

How can anyone save those livestock that are about to freeze to death in the cold winter?Winter is the time when Changshengtian rests.

"It's okay if I say yes. I, the head of the family, came out of the cave of the Golden Armored God General. I have a special ingredient for turning heads and a recipe for soil clods.

There are also detailed architectural drawings.

We can build a huge, sturdy yard and then build large and small breeding sheds.

We build a large breeding factory and let these cattle and sheep live in it during the winter so that they will not freeze to death. "Zhang Yong said.

"But there are several months in winter. What do you feed them? The hay prepared by the herdsmen is only enough for half of the cattle and sheep." Tu Lanlun said.

The prairie people have never thought about building a house for cattle and sheep to live in, because the prairie people themselves still live in tents!
Where did the bricks and tiles come from to build houses for these cattle and sheep to survive the winter?

"Food is easy to deal with. Xining Mansion is the territory of the Tibetan people, and the water and grass there are also very rich. We will send five thousand cavalry there to harvest some fodder and come back. The Tibetan people will not say anything." Zhang Yong said.

I brought five thousand cavalry here to reason with you. How dare you say no?And in addition to these five thousand cavalry, there are tens of thousands of infantry behind me!

I’m just using your pasture, so there’s no reason why you shouldn’t agree, right?

"What about the heating problem? Even if the house is built, it will still be very cold if there is no fire inside." Tu Lanlun said.

"Put hay in these rooms. If it's too cold, we will send people to set up special stoves and burn coal. You also know that I discovered several giant coal mines in Xiliao. These coal mines are along the Transport it along the Hexi Corridor and we can use it," Zhang Yong said.

"This won't cause a fire, right? Those hay can catch fire easily." Tu Lanlun said.

"No! Don't worry, I have a perfect plan." Zhang Yong said.

Come on, silly girl, since I want to build a breeding farm, I will naturally find a way.

I can use some iron sheets to create something like a fire wall, and then put bricks on top of the fire wall to completely separate the flames from the licorice.

This can prevent fires.

If the iron sheet is not enough, then just imitate the Northeastern fire kang.

Each individual breeding shed is built with bricks and tiles to build a fire pit. The coal burning area is separated from the sheep pen, and people can control the fire.

This can also effectively avoid fires and save iron sheets. Just use this method!

"Eh! If that's the case, that's okay. You're so awesome as a master, and you can think of ways to protect these livestock that will freeze to death in the winter.

If you, the head of the family, can keep their cattle and sheep, these herdsmen will give you cattle and sheep, and some useless rams can also eat them.

The only thing we need to worry about now is the pasture. Will the Tibetan people really give up the pasture willingly? Tu Lanlun said.

"Of course it's no problem. When the time comes, take my five thousand cavalry over to reason with them. They will definitely agree to me." Zhang Yong said.

At that time, Confucius took [-] infantrymen to talk to the people, and he took [-] cavalry to talk to the people.

How can you not listen?What's more, I'm just borrowing the pasture for grazing.

After this group of Mongolian herdsmen came here, the right to speak was no longer in the hands of the Tubo people.

"Then it's no problem. When they take away these livestock in the spring, let them hand over [-]% of the livestock to you." Tu Lanlun said.

If we can keep these frozen livestock, we will only need to hand over [-]% of the livestock next year.

In other words, eight layers of cattle, sheep and livestock were saved at once, and any herdsman would agree.

This is a very, very good deal.

"Master, if you really bring five thousand cavalry into the territory of the Tubo people, then it's not impossible to ask them to hand over some food!" Tulan Lun blinked and said.

The Tibetan people are already offended by the matter of grabbing pasture, so let’s just offend them to the end!Anyway, the fighting power of the Tubo people is not as strong as that of the Xixia people!

Let them give you some food, and even contribute some of their cattle, sheep, and livestock, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

"Ahem! You can have this!" Zhang Yong said.

Wife, you have a good idea. As expected, they are Mongolians and they went directly to the key point.

During this period, Tubo was even more backward than Mongolia!

"Father Khan will directly select these five thousand cavalry from the army. They should all be people who have fought with you. It shouldn't be a big problem for you to command them. But they can't come now. I guess they will have to wait. You can't come here until the war in Xixia is completely over. If you want to start preparing now, make the bricks and tiles, earth blocks and design drawings of the factory you mentioned, right?" Turan Lun said.

"Then let's do this. I'll first write down the recipe for bricks and clay, and then I'll take out some drawings for building a house. Without further ado, we'll build a large-scale breeding farm around Xining Mansion. Those herdsmen will The livestock, as well as the livestock at home, are all raised in it." Zhang Yong said.

Zhang Yong estimated that at least one breeding farm that can raise hundreds of thousands of livestock will be built this time.

This is no small project!Fortunately, I have tens of thousands of laborers at my disposal.

(End of this chapter)