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Xu Ping was expressionless, and took Han Ju and Su Shen to the racecourse first.

Han Ju was also a little embarrassed, and didn't speak along the way, just silently followed behind Xu Ping.

The herd made Mei Xun drink a little too much last night, and knew that he didn't have to go to court today, and he hadn't gotten up yet when the sun was high. Xu Ping waited left and right, and finally waited for Mei Xun's personal entourage to come out and pass the word, the bachelor will not go today, let the herd judge Han Ju follow Xu Ping to see, and when he goes back, he will naturally arrange it in the herd department.

After getting this result, Xu Ping was angry, but he had no choice but to suppress the anger in his heart and take Han Ju to see the horse. Su Shen of Zhongmu Zhixian was bored and followed him.

It's been half a year since I arrived in Zhongmu, and I haven't come to Zhuangzi to visit Xu Ping, and yesterday Mei Xun was coming, so Su Shen hurried to greet him. With this kind of differential treatment, Su Shen himself knew that he couldn't talk to Xu Ping. What's more, as the largest household in Zhongmu, rich and powerful, the Xu family has never caused trouble to the government. Even the reclaimed wasteland, this year's leap year to repair the leap year, the Xu family took the initiative to report the number of acres to the county, Su Shen was a little embarrassed.

It has always been difficult to measure the acres of barren land reclaimed by this kind of abandoned horse supervisor, which involves the reduction of money and grain in the first few years, and the proportion of reclaimed mature land and barren land. Especially like the Xu family, now almost the entire Chunze prison has been bought, how much of it is cultivated land, how much is wasteland, it is impossible to measure at all, it all depends on consciously declared.

If you change to a minister's house, let alone make a false report and conceal it, even if you don't pay money and grain at all, will Zhongmu County dare to come directly to collect it? Xu Ping didn't want to have a handle in the hands of others, so he just didn't do it.

Tao Liu was waiting outside the stable early, and when he saw Xu Ping bringing people over, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Xu Ping said to Han Ju: "Judge Han, should we take a look at the pregnant mare first?" ”

"Everything is subject to the orders of the waiting system, and the subordinate officials must be careful and attentive, and what they see and hear will be played truthfully."

Xu Ping nodded and instructed Tao Liu: "Let's go and see the pregnant mare first, hearing is false, seeing is believing, only if you really see it in your eyes, Judge Han can go back and confess." ”

Tao Liu promised and led everyone to the group of mares not far away.

During the season when the horses are in heat, the village will divide the horses into small groups, and a small group usually has twenty mares. In the past, there would have been one or two males and females in the small herd, and pregnant horses would have been in separate herds. There are no more stallions in the pony herd, only the conceived horses in solitary herds.

Seeing that the vast pastures in front of him were separated into small pieces by wooden railings, Han Ju said: "It turns out that the horses to be raised on the village are like this, unlike the horse supervisors, who are all free-range inside, but the pastures are not separated. ”

Xu Ping said: "In spring and summer, horses are in estrus, and in order to prevent accidents, the pastures are separated, and in autumn and winter, these railings are also opened. Horses always have to run dozens of miles every day in order to grow well, and they can't be kept in captivity all the time. ”

Han Ju said yes again and again, and silently wrote these down in his heart.

Tao Liu opened the door of the railing and said to Han Ju: "Judge, there are eighteen horses in this column, because they are all pregnant mares, so there are more than the usual ones." The grass outside touches about 20 acres of land, and the village sprinkles selected grass seeds in the field every year, relatively speaking, the grass that grows in this way is more than the wild grass that usually grows out of the horse. ”

Han Ju nodded, grass will also be planted in the horse prison, but it is not as particular as Xu Pingzhuang, and it is much more extensive. Moreover, there are no special requirements for the variety of grass, and the horses can eat whatever grows in the field, and the forage prepared in winter is basically the same.

At this time, the dew had not dried, and the horses were still locked in the shed and were not released.

The stables were rudimentary, made of wood and thatched to keep out the rain. Horses should not be too pampered, otherwise it will be difficult to adapt to other environments after they are raised, which is not good.

When I arrived at the stable, I first saw the huge bales of straw piled high on the side of the shed, square and neat.

Han Ju saw it and said curiously: "Is the grass on the Zhuangzi to be made like this?" Unlike the horse prison, which is surrounded by bundles, occupies a vast area, and is inconvenient to access, it is still so good. ”

Xu Ping said: "Yes, it is good to store good luck by pressing it into bundles like this, but I have told the group pastor several times, but they just refuse to do it." It's just that it's inconvenient to buy, and it's hard to convert into money. ”

"The official has written down this matter, and he will think about it when he goes back."

Han Ju didn't dare to settle this matter, he couldn't be the master yet. Pasture grass is also part of the money and grain collected, and in some areas it can be used as a tax officiation, and for the sake of convenience, the first thing the bureaucracy requires is to be well converted into grain.

Generally speaking, at this time, the official forage grass is collected in bundles or enclosures, and a bundle is basically equal to one stone of grain. This is true not only for tax collection, but also for transportation, and more importantly, for the delivery of grain and grass to the border areas. Once the units are changed, it will inevitably cause temporary chaos, and the efficiency of the bureaucratic system in this era is really not flattering, and it is difficult to change it all at once. As for the fact that this will reduce efficiency and cause waste, the bureaucracy does not care.

When he arrived at the manger, Tao Liu said: "Official, now that the mare is pregnant, it is not good to only eat grass at ordinary times, and they are added with concentrate at night." Buckwheat and black beans are planted on the Zhuangzi, mixed with alfalfa and fed at night. ”

Han Ju nodded, this is a common practice, and the horse herding supervisor also stores beans and the like. Although these essences are always stolen and sold by the officials who raise horses and the box army collude, they are repeatedly banned.

After seeing the horse breeding facilities in the shed, Tao Liu looked at the sky and said, "It's almost time, it's time to let the horses out and let them graze in the pasture, it is impossible to keep them in the shed all day." ”

After saying that, he instructed the farmer who watched the horses, untied the reins of the horses, opened the fence, and let the horses go to the pasture outside.

Watching the horses leave the stable, Tao Liu said to Han Ju: "Judge Han, these horses are all pregnant, and they are not as fast as usual. Horses have spirituality and know how to take care of the ponies in their wombs. ”

A few people followed the horses to the pasture for a while, and seeing that the sun had risen, Xu Ping said to Tao Liu: "The most important thing that the group of pastors came to see today is the method of impregnating the horse, it is not early, you find someone to show Judge Han, so as not to miss the time and not be able to return to the capital today." Zhuangzi is deserted, and it is not interesting to live. ”

Xu Ping didn't have the heart to accompany Master Mei to play in this village, things would come back early, if you want to relax, just wait for two days of Dragon Boat Festival before returning to the village. Mei Xun's status is there, Xu Ping is very tired with him, and he can't relax at all.

Several people left the horse farm and went to a remote horse shed, which was surrounded by railings, which were much stronger than the previous ones, and the whole thing was like a large courtyard.

Inside, the stables are more delicate than the ones just now, and they are surrounded on three sides, leaving only the south-facing sunny side open. At this time, there were only three or five horses in the shed, all of which were majestic and strong, and they were all carefully selected at first glance.

Tao Liudao: "Judge, this is a specially selected stallion in Zhuangzi, all of which are Qingtang horses bought at a high price, and one is hundreds of times!" The one on the far right was the one that was brought to Master Mei last night. ”

Han Ju saw it, and secretly praised in his heart, the stallions in this village are much more elaborate than those in the horse herding prison. The horses of the horse supervisor are selected and sent to the Qiji Courtyard for the emperor to ride public opinion and reward the princes and ministers, where can the best horses be left to be stallions? Moreover, Qiji Yuan does not belong to the herd pastor, and their good horses there will not be allocated.

At this time, the horse supervision horse does not pay attention to the breed, but according to the classification of the horse, the breeding is more freewheeling, where to know what the bloodline of the best horse is. Anyway, it's mixed together, and it is completely up to luck to not produce good horses.

Han Ju looked left and right, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that these stallions were so angry that he liked them, and asked Tao Liu: "To be edicted, how many stallions here can make a mare conceive in a year?" ”

Tao Liu replied: "Back to the judge, if it was in previous years, at most thirty or fifty horses could be bred, and the ponies born would not die young, and after they were raised, they would only be ten or eight horses on the horse." This year, because the village uses people to help the mare conceive, thousands of horses are also common, and it is estimated that one or two hundred good horses can be obtained. ”

This number frightened Han Ju a lot, Xu Ping's Zhuangzi was just a Chunze prison, even if it was a small horse prison back then, now a large amount of land has been reclaimed into farmland, and he can even get one or two hundred good horses a year. If the horse herding supervisor in the official camp had this efficiency, the military horses needed by the forbidden army would not be a problem.

When he arrived, Tao Liu pointed to a shelf made of wood and said in a low voice: "Official, this is a horse bed, which is used to take horse essence." The things to be done below are a little unsightly, so don't blame the officials for seeing them. ”

Han Ju nodded: "Come to Zhuangzi, you just want to look at this." Just do it, don't worry. ”

Tao Liu confessed his guilt, and instructed the Zhuang Ke in the shed to take cloth to blindfold the horses, leaving only one horse, and said: "This horse has only been taken once this year, and it is just another time for the judge to take a closer look." ”

While talking, he instructed Zhuang Ke to go outside to bring a mare, and explained to Han Ju: "You need to have a high-quality mare, and it is in estrus, come over to attract the affection of the stallion, so that you can get sperm." ”

When he arrived here, it was difficult for others to answer, and he just watched Tao Liu busily ordering people to do things.

After a while, Zhuang Ke led a very spiritual mare into the stable, and Tao Liu called a man who looked very vulgar, so he led the selected stallion to the bed and performed a semen.

Although Xu Ping, Han Ju and Su Shen already knew what was going on, they were still a little embarrassed to do it in front of them. They all watched quietly, not even gasping for breath. (To be continued.) )