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Chapter 451: Southern Wilderness Specialties

A few minutes later, Moss rode back. After such a short while, the racehorse was already a little out of breath, obviously it was a little overwhelmed by the weight of this guy.

After seeing this scene, George had completely labeled this kind of horse as a "commercial product" and looked at the last two horses with Moss and others.

The very tall one was called "Southern Wilderness War Horse" by Leighton and was considered a major representative of the Southern Wilderness.

In Moss's mouth, this horse is called "Gaconi" - translated in the Southern Wilderness language, it means "a strong and brave man who can endure hardships".

Compared with the thousand-mile horse and the top racehorse, this horse is not as ostentatious in appearance, and some parts of its body are still a little fat, but Aji is full of praise for it.

This is a typical tall horse. Because of its mutant horse bloodline, its shoulder height is 1.7 meters!

George often exchanges experiences with Aji, so he has some understanding of horses. The front of the horse's skull is narrow, and the sides are angular. The eyes are bright and energetic, and the head and neck can be raised like a "bend bow". It is exactly the kind of excellent war horse that Aji said!

This is one of the specialties of the Moss tribe. In that special breeding, it was hybridized with many mutant horses, so that it not only maintained its original advantages, but also greatly improved its load-bearing, endurance, and explosive power.

Among them, the environmental adaptability has also reached the "superior" level, and it can cope with the extreme environment in war.

"Boss, you see that the chest of the horse is very broad, and the back and hips are wide and flat. This shows that it can have enough impact and stability when running. The thickness, length and body shape of the horse's legs are golden ratios, which makes it have explosive power while consuming less. But the strange thing is that from its nostrils, ears and thick hair, it seems to belong to the cold climate horse."

Aji said here, and couldn't help feeling a little strange. He looked at Moss strangely, wondering if this guy was lying-wouldn't it be hotter the further south you go?

George nodded and said, "Aji, this should be one of the specialties of the Southern Wilderness - the further south you go, the hotter it is, but the further south you go, the colder it is."

This was beyond Aji's common sense, but he always believed in his boss's words.

However, Aji smiled and said, "Big guy, can this horse withstand you? Our brothers here, except for me, are all wearing heavy armor."

The big guy glared at this and got on the horse impatiently, saying, "Why are you talking so much? Just take a look and you'll know!"

After that, he rode away.

In a blink of an eye, Moss rode his horse to the horse farm. Then, his fat body actually made several movements back and forth on the horse. In the end, he even stood on the horse's back.

During his demonstration, Leighton and Aji's eyes twitched - the horse had no saddle!

Moss's riding skills were the main reason, but the horse was also terrifyingly stable when it ran. It can be imagined that if it is a march, the soldiers will consume very little when riding horses. If the horsemanship is good enough, they can even sleep on the horse!

The big guy is very real. Moss only asked for 800 silver foxes for this horse - the same price as the good war horses of noble knights, but the quality is beyond a grade!

What surprised George and others even more was that the quality of this horse was close to the grade of mutant horses, but its appetite was in the "normal" range. And it can withstand extremely harsh environments. Not only is its endurance and load-bearing ability extraordinary, but in some extreme cases, it can fight by eating some grass. Even if it doesn't eat for a few days, it can still exert its combat effectiveness!

It can be said that this is a high-end version of the Qingfeng horse. Since the emergence of this kind of horse, the people of Nanhuang have eliminated other horses as baggage horses.

In the dusk battle, Nanhuang used this kind of horse to win the "United Nations Army" of the King of Iberia.

The last two types of horses left are a large draft horse and a similar Qingfeng horse.

The shoulder height of the draft horse is only one head shorter than that of the Charvan horse, reaching 1.7! The weight is more than 900 kilograms! Although the strength is slightly inferior to that of the Charvan horse, the appetite is also much smaller. If it is marching and fighting, the logistics may not be able to bear it, but it is very suitable for farmers to plow the fields and pull goods.

This horse is not a mutant horse, but a specialty of Iberia.

Like the Charvan horse, this large draft horse is bred in large quantities in various kingdoms in the world. However, like the Charvan horse, this Iberian draft horse is also well-known. Because of their docility and ability to endure hardships, they are loved by farmers.

However, although it is very tall and strong, it is very timid and difficult to be trained into a brave war horse-if there is a crowd in front, it may stop or even throw its owner out. Instead of being like a real war horse, even if it sees a group of corpses and a gun array, it dares to rush up without hesitation.

Moreover, their bodies are very slow, and they are not good at short-distance running, nor are they suitable for long-distance running. It is even more difficult to climb over obstacles. During the run, some stones or pits may kill the horse and the rider.

So although it has strength and endurance, it is only suitable for labor.

And if it is used for plowing, this strong large draft horse is not much worse than a cow.

The West is accustomed to using horses to plow the fields, and the East is accustomed to using cows. Both have their advantages and disadvantages, but generally speaking, horse plowing is better in the era of cold weapons - the country will not lack horses.

In fact, even with such large draft horses, the cultivated land is not as deep as cattle and is not suitable for paddy fields. But the key point is that the staple food here is not rice, and the area is vast and sparsely populated.

The output of oxen plowing is huge, but the speed is slower. The output of fields plowed by horses is slightly smaller, but the speed is more than three times that of oxen plowing!

Although the current farming plan of the shelter is much more detailed than before, it is not that strict. This kind of large draft horse, with several heads tied together and trotting all the way, can finish plowing an acre of land!

On average, each horse can cultivate about 6 acres per day!

The cultivated fields in Qingying, Valley, and Basin occupy only a few percent of the land area. Large-scale land reclamation is already imminent, and the number of such horses required is huge.

Currently Qiongying only has 240,000 horses, and the military horses only have over 6,000. The gap between the 'France' in George's mind is more than a world of difference.

Not to mention transportation in subsequent wars, these horses were too few just for plowing.

He now wishes he could bring all the horses in the Southern Wilderness over and give them to the common people.

But 60,000 horses should be enough this year. With the current population and fields of Dome Eagle, an average of one hundred acres of fields per horse - war horses cannot be used here too much, but cattle can be used instead. So this year’s spring plowing can be satisfied.

The productivity liberated by these horses is huge, allowing more people to build canals, build water trucks, and open up wasteland.

For such a large draft horse, Moss’s price was much different from that of a war horse—two hundred silver foxes.

After seeing his quotation, George nodded directly. Moss couldn't help but opened his mouth and touched his slightly red face - he originally thought George would counter-offer.

This kind of horse is now in the Southern Wilderness, and it is actually a "meat horse". When food prices in the Kingdom of Elda did not rise so much in the past two years, the price of a cow was 40 silver foxes - 24 copper coins for pure meat, and about 18 copper coins for a whole cow (500 copper coins per silver fox). Now the price of food and meat in Elda has increased three or four times. But although the price of food in Iberia has also increased, it has not increased so much.

Moreover, the prices of meat and dairy products in Iberia have not increased much. The price of a draft horse is slightly more expensive than that of an ox, but in Elda more than a hundred dollars is worth the price of a silver fox.

After looking at this horse, George looked at the last one.

It is very similar to the Qingfeng horse, and it is a real specialty of the Southern Wilderness - Moss calls it 'Kerfanduo', which in the Southern Wilderness language means 'hard-working hard labor'. Leiden called it the ‘Southern Wilderness Draft Horse’.

According to Aji, this kind of horse may be the ancestor of the Qingfeng horse. But after so many years of cultivation, there has been a big difference - ever since I got the 'Gakoni' (Southern Wilderness War Horse). This kind of "college" is reduced to a draft horse.

If it is used for farming, it is an excellent small and medium-sized draft horse for pulling and transporting, slightly smaller than the Qingfeng horse - four hundred kilograms. But their milk production is very good! And the fecundity is also stronger.

And they are said to be draft horses, but they are extremely brave. After training, they can be on the battlefield without being frightened or deceived. The only drawback is that they have a low carrying capacity. With Moss's size, he must choose the specially bred and strongest 'Kolfanduo'. And you can't wear armor after riding it.

Moss's weight is equivalent to the weight of a noble knight wearing full body armor. Therefore, the ordinary 'Kol Fanduo' cannot allow knights to ride in heavy armor.

And if it is used for plowing, although the speed will not be too different from that of a large draft horse, the depth will be much different.

But considering how much they eat, overall it's pretty good.

Interestingly, compared to the Iberian draft horses, these ‘Colfando’, which are 1.35 inches tall at the withers, have a stronger temperament.

Generally, people in the Southern Wilderness breed 'Gaconi War Horses' and 'Kor Fanduo' together. When encountering wolves, Garconi War Horses are brave and powerful and can lead the horses to escape or attack the wolves. Stallions can even Dare to fight big beasts. And with the leadership of these war horses, this herd of horses united by 'warriors' and 'auxiliaries' has become very powerful and fierce.

These two types of horses reflect some of the characteristics of the Southern Wilderness people - Southern Wilderness people are soldiers, and slaves and slaves are auxiliary soldiers.

The price of these 'Kohl's Lot' is one hundred and twenty silver foxes.

Looking at these 'Cole Many' horses, George's eyes showed eagerness. He knew that in fact, this kind of horses was what they needed most now.

In fact, they can not only be used as draft horses, but are also extremely suitable as war horses for light cavalry.

What armor do musketeers wear?

It’s not about carrying heavy loads, what’s important is speed, military discipline and organization.

A knife, a musket/magic weapon, and a military uniform are enough!

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