Divorce in middle age: starting with the manor system

Chapter 144 Chapter 142, Excellent Horses
The old man shook his head upon hearing this.

He knows that some people like to eat horse meat, but he also loves raising horses. Chickens, ducks and pigs can be sold to others for meat, but horses are spiritual things. He will not sell them to Wu Qingfeng and kill them for meat. , that is too sinful.

"Uncle Zeng, I don't eat horse meat, I buy it just to raise it!" Wu Qingfeng quickly explained.

Most people who can raise horses are horse lovers.

Many people who raise horses would rather their horses die of old age than sell them for meat.

Just like the Mongols, they raised horses and never ate horse meat. In ancient Mongolia, as long as the horses died in battle, they would be buried with people.

This must be made clear. Many horse buyers, even if they want to eat meat, will not say so, otherwise there is a high chance that the seller will refuse the transaction.

"Really?"

"My horse is a draft horse, what is the use of raising this horse?"

"Usually, I only use horse-drawn bamboo baskets and baskets to sell on the street. Your family shouldn't need to raise horses for loads!" The old man obviously didn't agree with Wu Qingfeng's answer.

When Wu Qingfeng heard this, he also knew that if he didn't say one, two, three, the old man probably wouldn't sell him a horse, mainly because he should be afraid that he would be killed if he went back.

"Uncle Zeng, can you let me see the horse?" Wu Qingfeng smiled.

"Yes!" The old man nodded.

Immediately, he got up and led them around the house to the bamboo forest behind.

There are four horses in total!
Wu Qingfeng stared at the horse quickly, it was a common red chestnut horse.

"This is my horse!"

"The main reason is that there is no fine fodder to feed them, so they are not very strong!" The old man smiled when he saw Wu Qingfeng staring at his horse.

He believed it, because such eyes are definitely only for people who love horses.

"Why is this horse so small and so...why is its hair so long?" Li Xiaoping asked curiously. He wanted to say dirty, because it was indeed dirty. There were feces and fodder on the long horse hair, which seemed completely clean. The handsomeness of the horse.

He also rode horses in the stables, and those horses were tall and strong, and they were very handsome.

The old man glanced at Li Xiaoping and smiled.

Upon hearing this, Wu Qingfeng glanced at Li Xiaoping and said, "This is a pack horse, not a war horse. It must be too small to be called a pack horse."

"Then why are foreign pack horses bigger than war horses?" Li Xiaoping asked curiously again.

"A foreign country is a foreign country, so foreigners still have black and white clothes!" Wu Qingfeng said angrily.

Foreign draft horses, or heavy horses, are actually only two thoroughbreds.

A purebred Russian Alkin horse is also of normal size and is the first choice for heavy cavalry.

However, after being introduced by Westerners, because Westerners are not accustomed to using cattle to plow land, they use horses, so they use Russian Altyn horses to crossbreed with various horses for breeding. The original intention should be to breed excellent war horses, but in the end I don't know how to fiddle with the current heavy horse.

The second type is the purebred Sharma, which is too big. The largest Sharma weighs 1.8 tons and has a shoulder height of 2.2 meters. It is like a living tank.

During the Roman Empire, the Roman heavy cavalry regiment was dominated by Sharma.

Now the Sharma is also in danger, because during World War II, Western countries used a large number of Sharma cannons to pull supplies, resulting in three to four million Shirmas at the peak, and less than 400 after the war.

In the new century, according to British official statistics, there are less than [-] purebred Shire mares in the UK, which can be described as precarious.

Speaking of horses, Western horses and Eastern horses are actually the same as people, and they are very different.

Western horses are generally taller than Eastern horses. The Hequ horses, Southwestern horses, Mongolian horses, etc. in China are all higher-sized horse breeds, but they are not as tall as Western horses.

However, in China, there are many medium-sized horses, that is, pack horses, such as the four Ningqiang horses now.

In fact, there are no purebred miniature horses.

For example, the famous Falabella pony is a mixed breed of horses that are continuously crossed artificially through medium-sized horses.

Ignoring Li Xiaoping, Wu Qingfeng looked at the four Ning Qiang horses.

One stallion, three mares.

But judging by their body shape, two of the mares should be young horses. Judging from the teeth exposed when eating grass, the oldest one is less than three years old, and the other one should be more than one year old.

As for the other mare, she should be quite old.

Stallions too!

Wu Qingfeng immediately turned on the system and began to investigate.

First up is the stallion!
This red chestnut stallion has a good color. Although its fur is long and dirty, its physique should be considered strong among pack horses. If it is tidied up and its hair shaved, it should be fine.

name: unnamed
Gender: Stallion

Breed: Ningqiang horse
Breeding age: 75 months
Weight: 201kg
Shoulder height: 114.5 cm
Body length: 129.6 cm
Physique: healthy

Rating: Excellent
Wu Qingfeng nodded secretly. A six-year-old excellent stallion, judging from its shoulder height, body length, and weight, this stallion is definitely at the upper-middle level of Ning Qiang's horse.

Horses can generally live to 30 to 40 years, and a few can live to more than [-] years. A six-year-old horse has just entered adulthood.

Of course, a stallion can be bred when it is one and a half years old. This adulthood does not refer to the breeding period, but refers to the formal peak of body size, endurance and so on.

Wu Qingfeng looked at the biggest mare again.

name: unnamed
Gender: Mare

Breed: Ningqiang horse
Breeding age: 86 months
Weight: 176kg
Shoulder height: 113.4 cm
Body length: 114.9 cm
Gestational age: four

Fetus: five months
Physique: sub-health (malnutrition)
Rating: Excellent Mares
"Is this horse pregnant?" Wu Qingfeng said subconsciously.

This mare is still a year older than the stallion, and it is still an excellent grade. From the statistics alone, it is also a medium strong mare.

However, the weight is seriously low, because apart from the five-month-old foal in the belly, the mare must be at least 160 kg to qualify.

But a foal that is five months pregnant obviously weighs more than eleven kilograms. You must know that a mare is eleven months pregnant, and the five-month foal has basically formed, at least fifteen to twenty kilograms.

The system also shows sub-health, which means the mare is malnourished.

Hearing Wu Qingfeng's words, not only Zhang Jun and Li Xiaoping, who didn't understand horses, were surprised, but even the old man, who knew horses, was also surprised.

Especially the old man, he was surprised how Wu Qingfeng knew he was pregnant.

Because it has only been four or five months since the breeding, the horse's belly is already big, and it is difficult for outsiders to see that it is pregnant.

"There is something wrong with this mare!" Wu Qingfeng looked at the old man and said seriously.

The old man was shocked again, because he also noticed something strange about his own mare, but he didn't know what was going on.

Because the mare can eat and drink, but she is unwilling to move and walks slowly. I thought it was because of pregnancy.

Hearing Wu Qingfeng's words, he suddenly became a little nervous: "Do you know horses?"

"Is there something wrong with the mare?"

(End of this chapter)