Qinggan hippo farm is only twenty miles away from Beidaying, that is, Fengtai Camp. Qinggan River, a tributary of the Luo River, crosses through a wasteland, and the water and grass on both sides are lush. More than 10,000 acres of land wrapped with fences become Qinggan hippo farm directly under the Ministry of War. The wasteland horses from Qin were first domesticated here, and then sent to Fengtai Camp and handed over to the cavalry camp there.

February has just entered, and the weather is still extremely cold, but the grass after the snow melts, there are already spots of green, which is particularly eye-catching in the yellow. Clear river water flows by, constantly eroding the frozen soil on the shore. From time to time, some loose embankments slide into the river water, splashing a yellow splash.

Hundreds of horses wandered freely on this land, either in groups of three or five, or in a single shadow. When they saw someone coming, they just looked up and looked around for a moment, but were not afraid. They were still looking down on themselves and chewing on the ground, looking for the grass leaves.

Qin Feng, Quan Yun and Huo Guang, surrounded by a group of personal guards, rode their horses into the Qinggan hippo field. That day Quan Yun said he wanted to see the horse farm of the Ministry of War in person. Qin Feng became interested and went down to see it in person.

War horses have now become the top priority of the Ministry of War.

"Your Majesty, these horses placed outside have been rude, and their wildness has basically been worn out, so they are not afraid of people." Huo Guang introduced.

Quan Yun didn't understand these very well, so he looked at Huo Guang strangely: "Why should the war horse be removed? The horses should go to the battlefield? Shouldn't it be better to get stronger? In the book, I saw that some war horses can bite and kick people on the battlefield and help the knights?"

Hearing this, Qin Feng and Huo Guang both burst into laughter.

"The chief minister, what the book says, cannot be fully believed. The war horses used in the army are basically slandered. What the war horses need is not their wildness, but their rules, and their spiritual communication with the cavalry. If a war horse starts crazy on the battlefield and does not listen to the control of the cavalry, it will kill the cavalry and destroy the entire cavalry's combat." Qin Feng explained with a smile.

"So, it turns out that they were all rude?" Quan Yun made a fool of himself and his face turned red. "These unofficial history really made me misleading."

Huo Guangle said: "The chief minister has never been in the army and is not familiar with these details, so he doesn't have to care. If you want it, you don't need to pay attention to these. You just need to find a way to get us more horses."

"That's fine. If the Qin people want our food and steel, they have to exchange it for horses. They have nothing else to give us." Quan Yun nodded and said.

"It's almost here, the horse house is ahead." Huo Guang pointed to the rows of houses in front and said. "The horses that have been ruthless can be stocked outside, and they can be stored early and harvested late, but the horses that have not been domesticated can't do this. They can only be locked in the horse house."

Before the horseshe, a seventh-rank official stood there with a large group of people. Around them were Mahou and other personal guards who arrived in advance.

Seeing Qin Feng approaching, the people suddenly knelt all over the ground.

"I have seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty."

Huo Guang and Quan Yun rode their horses to avoid the salutes of these people. Qin Feng turned over and dismounted, reached out to help him, "Get up. Are you in charge of the business here?" He looked at the seventh-rank official and asked.

"The Xiaguan Luo Yi was appointed by the Ministry of War to manage this horse farm."

"Do you know the horse?" Qin Feng asked while walking in.

"The officials don't understand horses." Luo Yi followed Qin Feng and replied in a low voice.

"Hmm?" Qin Feng turned his head and glanced at the man with some wonder.

"But the officials know how to manage such a horse farm." Luo Yi explained: "Here, there are special people responsible for technical matters, and the officials are only responsible for the normal operation here."

"So that's the case, you're so straightforward." Qin Feng laughed, "Who is responsible for the technology here?" His eyes swept through the crowd behind him.

"Your Majesty, the official in charge of the technology here is Xia Peng. He is from Qin. Now the whole family is working in the Qinggan hippo farm." Luo Yi introduced.

"Oh, this is what you said about the horse-raising talent you dug out from Qin?" Qin Feng turned his head to look at Huo Guang.

"It should be right, the officials are not very clear about the specific matters, but only one of the people who dug up actually received a seventh-rank official, who is mainly responsible for raising horses and training horses. It should be this Xia Peng." Huo Guang nodded, "Why, hasn't this Xia Peng come?"

"I was originally going to welcome Your Majesty, but just now a stallion was about to give birth. This is a hybrid breed that Sharp has been making. He used a wasteland horse to cross horses from Chu, hoping to get a brand new breed, so he went to take care of the mare, please forgive me." Luo Yi bowed.

"What's the crime?" Qin Feng looked relieved, "This Xia Peng seems to be a person who does things."

"Indeed, if ordinary people hear that they are coming to greet His Majesty, they are afraid that Baba will come to come, but this person is more concerned about the things he has in his hands, and there are indeed few people." Quan Yun said.

"It seems that we are right today. The horse is just a slap, Zuo Prime Minister, Huo War Ministry. We may have ridden a lot of horses, but we have never seen horses give birth. Let's go and see the results of the horse farm during this period!" Qin Feng said with great enthusiasm.

In the rows of horses, there were horses tied up in different shapes, some were tall and mighty, some were strong and strong, and some were slender. The horses tied here were not very honest. The sound of horses neighing in the corridor came one after another, and from time to time, some horses burst out, raised their hooves as big as bowls, and kicked heavily at the fence as thick as bowls.

"Good guy!" Walking between the two rows of horse galleries and looking at the fierce horses on both sides, Qin Feng laughed, "It looks good, are there stallions here?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, these are all carefully selected by Xia Peng for breeding. The most violent horse in the past, just now, was a wild horse. It has been more than a month since I came here, but it is still wild and difficult to tame. Sharp is very optimistic about this horse." As Luo Yi walked, he introduced Qin Feng to Qin Feng as he knew it. Each of them had different characteristics, had strong sprinting power and excellent endurance. Those horses were suitable for heavy cavalry, those horses were suitable for light cavalry, and each horse had a different name. It was rare that he, an official, could remember it clearly.

It seems that he is a practical person. Qin Feng secretly praised one in his heart. With officials like Luo Yi and technical talents like Sharp, it seems that the prosperity of the Qinggan hippo farm is only a matter of time.

"Your Majesty, you're here!" Luo Yi pointed to a separate porch in front of him. A hunched back half-squatted on the ground, and was actually holding a newly born pony in his arms.

Luo Yi was about to call someone, but Qin Feng waved his hand to stop him. He walked over alone and walked around the front of the back. The man named Xia Peng closed his eyes, his hands with blue veins exposed, and gently touched the bones of the pony in his arms. After a while, he opened his eyes with excitement and carefully placed the pony on the ground. The pony struggled and walked staggeringly to his mother.

Sharp stood up, took a few breaths, looked up, and saw Qin Feng with a smile in front of him.

He was a little confused for a moment, turned his head stiffly, and then saw Luo Yi, Quan Yun and Huo Guang. He didn't know Quan Yun, but Huo Guang, as the Minister of War, and Qinggan Hippo Farm, was directly under the Ministry of War, and Xia Peng, as a technical official, naturally saw him many times. At this moment, he saw Huo's Ministry of War standing with a group of people, and the young man in front of him stood alone. He instantly remembered what the person notified today and the palace guards who arrived in advance, and immediately understood who was standing in front of him.

With a loud bang, he knelt down.

"The Caomin has seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!" He prostrated himself and knelt in the corridor.

Qin Feng walked over with a loud laugh, reached out and helped Xia Peng up, "You are not a grass man, you are my seventh-rank official in the Ming Dynasty! You are not polite and get up and talk."

When Xia Peng was in Qin State, he was just an ordinary groom, let alone an emperor, any official was arrogant to him. Although he became an official in the Ming Dynasty, he still felt that he was just a groom who raised horses in his heart.

At this moment, he was helped up by the emperor with his own hands. His legs couldn't help but tremble, and he couldn't stand steadily. As soon as Qin Feng let go, he went down and rushed down. Qin Feng had to reach out and grabbed him.

"Your Majesty, the people, oh, no, no, no, the officials, the poor, the officials' clothes are dirty, and the officials' uniforms are dirty." Xia Peng said incoherently.

"No, this is the best official uniform I have ever seen." Qin Feng stretched out his hand and smoothed the wrinkles on the official uniform for the other party. The other party's official uniform was covered with blood and dust. Qin Feng stretched out his hand and made his hands stained with stains. "How is it? You should be very satisfied with your appearance? Tell me."

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty!" Xia Peng nodded repeatedly: "This mare is a wasteland horse in Qin State, and the horse that breeds him comes from Qi State. The wasteland horse has good endurance and can bear weight, but this stallion from Qi State is good at short-distance sprinting, which is the best choice for rushing among war horses. I asked them to cross, hoping to get a war horse with both endurance and sprinting." Speaking of technical issues, Xia Peng's language finally became fluent.

"Did you get it?" An excited light flashed in Qin Feng's eyes.

"Your Majesty, it's not that fast. But I can be sure that I am on the right path and in two or three generations, I will get a war horse with excellent aspects in both aspects that I imagine."

"It will take two or three generations? Doesn't it take at least four or five years?" Qin Feng was a little disappointed.

"Your Majesty, this is already fast. Or more than that, because in this process, there may be failure." Xia Peng said without hesitation, "But there are many horses in various places in the horse farm, and we can always get what we want through different breeding."
Chapter completed!