Because the nomadic squadron has been grazing in the grassland for a long time, it is bound to face various dangers on the grassland, such as the attack of wolves in the grassland, or the attack of horse thieves. So the ordinary herdsmen of the squadron were armed with steel horse bows, steel feathered arrows and scimitars, and the squadron leader and instructor, as well as the five squad leaders, were armed with front-loading double-barreled fire cap guns. When the nomadic squadron encounters danger, women, young and old, can also bend their bows and arrows to join the battle.

In addition, each squadron leader is equipped with a flare gun, which fires a warning shot in case of danger. Whenever a nearby nomadic squadron sees a flare in the distance, it will immediately fire red flares. Then they would support the squadron in danger, and each nomadic detachment was equipped with a radio station, which they would use to send a signal for help when they received the news.

The airships of the Air Force Department on duty over the Liaohe Loop will also rush to the accident site as soon as possible to provide support. Moreover, the Military Commission has also deployed several cavalry brigades in various parts of the Liaohetao, and their main task is to protect the pastures in the Far East, and they will also quickly come to support.

This winter, these herders will also conduct winter training in their respective wintering sites as squadrons. At the same time, the Far East will also invest a large number of political workers to go deep into the various brigade headquarters to carry out a variety of ideological education work for these poor Mongolian herdsmen.

The instructors of each squadron will also have regular heart-to-heart talks with each Mongolian herdsman, and take care of them in their daily lives and solve their problems.

The media center, newspaper office, drama troupe, art troupe, and other units under the Ministry of Propaganda and Education will also send a large number of working groups and performance teams to the nomadic brigades and squadrons at the grassroots level to perform for the herdsmen.

During the entire winter training period, it can be said that all kinds of ideological education activities were carried out in an all-round way. As long as these poor herdsmen are of the same mind as the Far East Company, every herdsman family will have their own pastures and flocks in the near future.

There is also to let these hard-working settlers know how the nobles on the grassland are oppressed and exploited. Let them understand a truth, that is, if they do not reach the nobility of the grassland. There is no better life for these poor herdsmen. Of course, they can't have the idea of having their own pastures and flocks.

Although the nomadic squadron of the Far Eastern Company actually existed in the form of tribes, there was no oppression and exploitation here. Everyone in the nomadic squadron is equal, everyone does the same work, and even the squadron leader and instructor have to join the squadron in production when they are at their busiest.

So these poor Mongolian herdsmen, who felt that it was fair and comfortable to do here, regarded the nomadic squadron as their home. And they all look forward to the days when they will have their own pastures and flocks. As a result, they have a strong sense of belonging to the Far East.

In the spring of the following year, each nomadic squadron had to undergo a strict assessment by the company's agriculture and forestry department, such as the number of cattle, sheep and horses lost, the number of cattle, sheep and horses fattened, and the number of lambs, calves and horses produced, all of which were the assessment standards of the Far East Company's agriculture and forestry department.

If there is a problem with the herd of cattle, sheep and horses they take care of, from the squadron leader to the ordinary herdsmen, they will be punished. Of course, if the assessment of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is passed, or the number of assessments is exceeded, the entire squadron will also be awarded a certificate of merit and a lot of material rewards by the company.

In the winter training that is about to start this year. The Far Eastern Military Commission will send soldiers from various units to serve as instructors in various nomadic squadrons. The basic training of herdsmen, the preparation of emergencies, and the construction of fortifications and defensive positions are all basic knowledge and essentials that logistics auxiliary troops need to master.

The winter training not only improves the herders' physical fitness, but also allows them to learn to be disciplined and realize the importance of teamwork.

There is also musket training, and in the future, every herdsman in the nomadic squadron will be equipped with a front-loading smoothbore cap gun. Of course. This will have to wait until after the winter training, to see the effect in determining the time to equip the muskets, if the herdsmen really regard the Far East as their home, they will be equipped with muskets in large quantities.

In addition, all children under the age of twelve in the nomadic squadron. It will be taken to primary schools in various places by the Far East and receive six years of compulsory education in the Far East. In a few years, this group of children will be fully sinicized, speaking Chinese, wearing Hanfu, and learning Chinese culture. In a few generations, they may think of themselves as Han Chinese.

With the continuous establishment of distant winter pastures and military horse farms, in order to avoid overgrazing, the Agriculture and Forestry Department of the Far Eastern Company is also studying some solutions. This is a problem that the grassland will inevitably encounter in the future, and if it is left unattended now, it will inevitably bring serious consequences in a hundred years.

Overgrazing can lead to the destruction of vegetation, soil erosion, grassland degradation, desertification, and ultimately the destruction of ecological balance. Therefore, this is an absolutely sloppy matter, and while the scale of agriculture and animal husbandry in the Far East is not large, we will try our best to solve this problem.

One of the solutions is to plant pasture or fodder crops on the grassland, mainly to supplement the shortage of natural grassland. Most of the grasslands in China are distributed in the northern and western regions, and the winters are relatively long, so the livestock must not only resist the cold, but also ensure the normal development of the young animals in the mother animal, and need more forage and fodder.

During this season, the grass is dry, the nutrients are reduced, and there is not much preservation on the ground. In order to solve this contradiction, the company will encourage and support the construction of artificial grassland, the improvement of natural grassland and the construction of forage and feed base in the future.

Not only that, in order to meet the growing development of the livestock breeding industry, the company will also mobilize the masses to use ridge sowing and sowing methods to plant alfalfa, large-leaved fast-growing locust, bitter horseweed and other excellent pastures in a large area in the ravines, river beaches and highways in eastern Liaoning.

Among them, alfalfa is known as the "king of forage", which not only has high grass yield and excellent grass quality, but also is rich in protein, vitamins and inorganic salts. The amino acids in the protein are relatively complete, the animal essential amino acids are rich, the palatability is good, and the young alfalfa is the supplementary feed of protein and vitamins for pigs, poultry, rabbits and herbivorous fish. Alfalfa grass powder can be made into pellet feed or prepared for livestock, poultry, rabbit and fish. Not only is it palatable, but it can also be silage, green fodder, and dried hay. The highest yield of fresh grass per mu can reach 8000-13000 kg.

The large-leaved fast-growing locust is cold-tolerant and drought-tolerant, and can grow normally in areas with annual precipitation of more than 200 mm. It has low soil requirements, and grows fastest on slopes, sandy soils, clay soils, light saline-alkali soils, and even multi-year slag heaps and loam. The survival rate of large-leaved fast-growing locust roots is very high, up to more than 95%.

The main root and lateral root of the current year are used as seed roots to directly bury the roots to build a feed base, and the seedling rate can reach more than 90%. The large-leaved fast-growing locust germination and rooting power are extremely strong, and the annual main and lateral roots are directly buried in the field, and new plants can be multiplied in the same year. The use of large-leaved fast-growing locust as green fodder is long, planted in one year, can be mowing for many years, from the germination of new leaves in April to the withering and falling leaves in November each year, a total of 6-7 months of green fodder utilization period.

The roots of large-leaved fast-growing locust have nodules, so they have the effect of nitrogen fixation and soil improvement, have strong photophilicity, and are not tolerant to shade. In the growing season of a year, the north is cut 3-4 times, planted in the same year, and used in the same year. The output of fresh feed (fresh stems and leaves) per mu is about 10,000 kilograms in the current year, and about 20,000 kilograms in the second year.

The company's agriculture and forestry department has brought a large number of seeds in the modern society, including several kinds of excellent forage seeds suitable for planting in the north, and has carried out long-term breeding and cultivation in the Vladivostok Seed Cultivation Center, and has carried out extensive planting in the farms and pastures in the www.biquge.info town of Biquge, Bac Ninh town and southern Xingkai Lake, and the effect is extremely good. (To be continued......)