Chapter 1212: The Man Who Sets the Horse is Mighty and Majestic (II.)
"You said that the various social phenomena produced by the human community in a specific environment seem to be accidental, but in fact, the more you observe, you will find the inevitable factors behind the accident, and the investigation we are doing now and the data collected will also have reference value when solving social problems in other regions in the future." Vigraf said with deep feeling, "Without your guidance, I would not be able to manage Dragon City by now. ”
What Vigraf repeated, Roland was somewhat impressed. In fact, at that time, he said casually, who would have thought that Vigraf would be remembered in his heart, and it was also used as a motto to guide the cause. These two simple sentences, reinterpreted in a different way by Vigraf after two years, have come to his ears with many new insights. Maybe it's not just Vigraf who has grown over the years, and he's no longer the Roland Khoras he used to be.
It's a bit embarrassing for two big men to be sentimental on the street. Fortunately, passers-by came in time to save the scene in a strong onlooker, and they all took off their hats to salute the "Lord Governor", and occasionally there were people with good memories who recognized the tall and handsome human youth next to the Governor, and greeted "Lord Lord" by the way.
Viglav nodded to the inhabitants of Dragon City and solemnly proclaimed: "Your Excellency has fulfilled your long-cherished wish to establish an independent state in the Far East, and today you are returning to the loyal people of Dragon City as the Crown Prince and Cabinet Officer of the Kingdom of Kolas, please remember the fact that His Majesty the Great Rudolph is our King, His Highness the Wise Roland is both our Lord and our Prince, and all the people who live in this city, whether they are Dragons, Kitlanders, or other peoples, At the end of the day, we are all subjects of the kingdom of Kolas! I sincerely hope that all of us will always remember this and never forget who we are! ”
When Vigraf finished speaking, the streets fell silent for several seconds, followed by thunderous applause. The Kitlanders were the first to respond to the call of the lord by cheering and bowing to their "Prince". After a moment of hesitation, the Dragonveins joined in the cheers, and Andrea failed to fulfill her promise of giving them a home, and now Roland has done and given them even more - a country to be proud of!
Roland smiled and put his arm around Vigraf's shoulders and waved his arms in greeting. Viglaf had said everything he wanted to say, and there was no need for him to make any more flamboyant speeches to the inhabitants of Dragon City, a smile was enough to show his heart.
Although the people of Dragon City were in high spirits and wanted to communicate with the lord up close, Roland couldn't stay on the streets for long, and dragged Vigraf directly to the "Evergreen Ranch" outside the city before the onlookers turned into a traffic jam.
The dragon vein troll warrior monk Anton had already received the news and led a group of young wranglers to wait for a long time.
Roland hugged Anton first, and pointed to the meadow with a smile: "It's a rare opportunity to go out in the middle of winter and take me to see those precious horses, I paid a lot of money to buy them!" ”
Roland's return to the old place is not only to visit old friends, but also to buy horses.
It all started with the village commune. In order to cooperate with the Ministry of Agriculture in the construction of rural commune pilot projects, the Agricultural Development Bank under the Central Bank of the Far East proposed an incentive scheme: a total of 20,000 farming horses will be provided to 200 rural communes in the form of installment payments. The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) provided counterpart support for agricultural production, and the interest on the loan was of course extremely low, and the principal and interest were repaid in five installments over five years as collateral with the commune's financial revenue.
The Agricultural Development Bank provides 100 farming horses for each commune, and farmers can apply for the use of these farming horses when they join the commune and become members, which is one of the "bait" to win the active participation of local people.
20,000 ploughing horses is not a small number, and the Agricultural Development Bank finally decided to buy this ploughing horse from Longcheng Ranch after many comparisons, with good quality and fair price. Roland helped to match the gap in this transaction, considering that the Agricultural Development Bank is a subordinate institution of the central bank, and Longcheng is his private domain, which is a bit of a left-handed to right-handed meaning. Of course, the contract that should be signed still has to be signed according to the regulations, and the money that should be given should not be less, and Vigraf has recently been talking about expanding the ranch and is in a hurry to raise money, and the deposit of the Agricultural Development Bank can be described as "timely rain".
Shamefully, Roland had only witnessed the use of horses plowing the fields since he had traveled to the world of Vares. On earth, especially in his native country, most of the cattle used to plough the fields were cattle or buffaloes, and ploughing horses were rare.
The Far East is not devoid of cattle, and the rice-growing areas along the river plains are also cultivated by buffalo, but upland rice and wheat fields are still more often cultivated by horses. This is mainly determined by two points: one is that the Far East is vast and sparsely populated, and the vast farmland is too slow to plow with oxen, and the efficiency of plowing horses is much higher; The second is that the Great Plains of the Far East are very suitable for raising horses, and the north generally implements a three-nursery rotation, one of which is dedicated to planting alfalfa and other green fodder, and every household has a tradition of raising horses.
The highland grasslands around Dragon City are even more exaggerated, with wild horses scurrying in herds, hundreds of times more than the local residents. Originally, these wild horses were scattered in the pastures of the plateau, but now in the middle of winter, the grasslands elsewhere are covered with ice and snow, and the wild horses are driven by the wind and snow, and flocks of them pour into the pastures near Longcheng that are moistened by hot springs, protected by locks, and evergreen in all seasons as wintering residences.
Roland climbed a grassy hillside, looked around, and saw wild horses everywhere on the bush-covered meadows, and casually asked a layman's question: "Isn't it troublesome for these fellows to run around the mountains?" ”
Vigraf whistled and beckoned Anton over: "Show your hands to His Highness Roland!" ”
The dragon vein troll warrior monk smiled innocently, took off his coat to reveal the strong muscles of his upper body, and led the four dragon vein men who were also shirtless, mounted their horses, grabbed the horse pole and galloped away.
"Those men are the most skilled wranglers on the plateau, but none of them can compare to Anton." Vigraf said.
His assessment proved to be without exaggeration. Within an hour, Anton and the others were back with a lasso, with a long string of wild foals behind their butts......
When Roland saw this scene, he couldn't help but think of an old song on earth, "The man who sets the horse is mighty and majestic, and the galloping horse is like a galloping wind"......
"Anton, it's hard work, these wild foals look irritable, how can we train them to learn how to plow the fields?" Roland was not afraid to make jokes, and asked another layman's question.