Mules are large animals that are not much different in size than horses. They eat less than horses and can withstand rough feeding. They are not as picky as horses and are easy to feed.

However, it is much stronger than a horse, has great endurance, and has strong resistance to disease.

At the same time, it runs faster than a donkey.

It is a hybrid that combines the advantages of a horse and a donkey.

If you choose a male donkey and a female horse with good physique as the parent line, you can give birth to a large mule. If you are lucky, there will be ones bigger than horses. They are extremely high-quality draft animals.

With the big men in Longyou and Huangshui Valley, there is basically no need to worry about the mare.

It is not difficult to find a high-quality big male donkey with two or three heads, but it is more difficult to find a high-quality big male donkey with dozens or even hundreds of them.

Even if the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty wanted to collect a sufficient number of high-quality male donkeys, it would take a lot of effort.

But Ghost King Feng is different.

As long as he expresses one meaning: I want a big jackass.

Not to mention the territory of the Han Dynasty, even in Guanzhong and the Kingdom of Wu, there were people who tried their best to collect big male donkeys and send them to him.

As long as you have enough raw material, brown sugar, honey and wine, there will be no problems!

As for Feng Gui Wang, as long as money can solve the problem, is it also called a problem?

With the big male donkeys and the horse resources owned by the Qiang Guards, as long as there is enough time, mass production of mules is not a problem at all.

With a large number of mules, it takes only a matter of minutes to form a motorized force of this era.

Mule-back infantry is more worthy of promotion than horse-back infantry in terms of logistical costs alone.

It’s still the same sentence: Eat less, have more strength, have enough endurance, and have strong adaptability.

Isn't this much better than mounted infantry?

Although it runs slower than a horse, it doesn't matter.

Because whether it is infantry on horseback or infantry on mule back, they are still infantry after all.

It is impossible for them to be so luxurious as to let them ride two horses and run for a long time.

After all, infantry often has to attack a city, and the baggage at the rear cannot keep up. No matter how fast you run, it loses most of its meaning.

This is a matter of trade-offs and balance.

King Feng Gui's desire to form a motorized force of the Three Kingdoms era was not a whim, but something he had considered.

He is not bragging. No matter who it is now, as long as they hear the word Feng Yong, no one dares to take it seriously.

Any enemy general whose military quality is above the average will pay attention to the attack of the infantry of Xiaowei Mansion.

If the enemy is prepared, the attack will be meaningless in many cases.

What Feng Yong has to do now is to prepare an ancient motorized infantry unit and unleash its attack capabilities beyond their imagination.

After launching an attack on a distant target beyond the enemy's imagination, you can also immediately enter the battle after reaching the destination.

When the time comes, you might be able to scare the other person to death.

Didn't Sima Yi just travel 1,200 miles in eight days a few years ago and frighten Meng Da directly?

I ask you if you are afraid of motorcycling!

Plus a large number of light and heavy cavalry equivalent to the torrent of steel in later generations.

Thinking of this, Feng Junhou almost laughed from ear to ear.

The way to always maintain an advantage over the enemy is not to hide your skills and hide them from others, because if you don't use your skills, it means you have no skills.

We must continue to develop new technologies forever, or take advantage of productivity to let the enemy always follow us and eat dust.

The path that the apprentice walks behind has been walked by the master before him. Are you afraid that he will jump to the sky?

The idea of ​​hiding your skills for fear that your enemies will find out, and not even using it yourself, is called cowardice, inferiority, and ignorance.

King Feng Gui despised him!

Now, let alone the Wei thieves, everyone within the Han Dynasty, except for the insiders of the Xiaowei Mansion, felt that the Xiaoguan Mansion would not be able to recover in three years.

King Feng Gui made a trip to Hanzhong before. He basically complained about his poverty and had no intention of showing off his wealth.

Xiaoguan was a great victory, but it was also a hard battle. Not to mention the casualties of the soldiers, after the war, only the dead and injured horses were eaten by everyone while crying...

That is, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty and Zhang Xingcai knew that Feng Junhou had been working hard to increase the output of large livestock, so they would definitely have some inventory on hand.

But they also don't know how many trump cards Feng Junhou actually has.

After all, no matter how smart and capable Zhang Xiaosi is, he will always be limited by his knowledge before he has studied biology.

The mule is not a rare animal, nor does it mean that no one knows its advantages.

The key point is: with current technology, there is simply no way to reproduce them in large quantities.

Horses are difficult enough to raise, and stallions will often miss the mare's estrus.

This male donkey and mare... let it happen!

As one of the representatives of productivity, livestock breeding knowledge has subverted this phenomenon.

Posture is power!

King Feng Gui, he is proud!

"Chief Huishan, there are 2,632 mules that can be used now."

"A little less."

Seeing that the mountain leader seemed dissatisfied, Zhou Lu became a little nervous:

"For a mountain leader like this, the mule needs to be two years old before it can be used, but it cannot yet pull heavy objects. Only when it is two and a half years old can it be considered fully usable."

When Zhou Lu said this, Feng Yong reacted:

"You mean, this is the first batch?"

"Yes, Chief Shan."

Zhou Lu nodded quickly, "In half a year, in just half a year, the student can produce five thousand head for the mountain chief, all of which can be used."

He was probably really anxious, and he was a bit arrogant in his words. I don’t know how he produced it...

"Don't be nervous."

Feng Yong waved his hand, "You have done a good job. There should be no major battles in the Captain's Mansion this year, so there is no need to rush this matter, and there is no point in rushing."

From trying to accumulate experience to fully promoting it, this is a process that needs to be perfected. Zhou Lu has been able to achieve this step, which is already very remarkable.

Zhou Lu received praise from the mountain leader and smiled a little sheepishly:

"Since the mountain chief said this, students don't have to be afraid. After this time next year, the number of mules we can use will be at least 16,000, if not more, 20,000 is also possible."

The more than two thousand heads are just the first batch. Due to the maturity of the technology, the stalls can be spread out. The second batch and the third batch will be doubled, which is similar to the compound profit.

"Okay, that's good."

Feng Yong nodded approvingly.

Longyou's excellent mares should give priority to producing foals that can be trained into war horses.

And if you want to produce good draft mules, it is best for the mare to be one that is good at drafting, rather than a war horse used for charging.

Fortunately, the Huangshui horses produced in the Huangshui River Valley, also known as Hequ horses in later generations, have great advantages in this regard.

"Students discovered that although the war horses used by the cavalry were taller than the Huangshui horses, the mules they produced were not as durable as the mules produced by the Huangshui horses."

Zhou Lu held a brochure and while flipping through it, introduced to Feng Yong the current situation of mule breeding.

"So the mares used by students now are all Huangshui horses. Firstly, they don't have to compete with the cavalry for horses, and secondly, the mules they produce are the best."

See, this is the benefit of intellectuals sinking to the grassroots level.

Feng Yong nodded repeatedly.

Why did I give Liu Hanzi so much face and publicly praise him a few days ago?

It's not all because he married five Hu women.

Of course, marrying five Hu women is also an important reason.

Another important reason is that in the past few years, he has been able to continuously deliver high-quality Huangshui horses to Xiaowei Mansion.

Whether it is exchanging or buying, even if you sell your appearance, you are still dedicating yourself to the country.

As long as he can remove a large number of horses from the Hu tribes in the Huangshui River Valley and allow those tribes to indirectly become the horse breeders of the Qiang Xiaowei Mansion, he will have done a great job.

When those barbarians get used to this method, it will be a natural thing for the Huqiang Xiaowei Mansion to implement household registration for all people.

Feng Yong stood up straight and looked into the distance. There were horses, cattle, sheep, and mules, all separated by fences.

The herdsmen on the pasture are holding fodder and constantly feeding it into the trough.

Some fences were open, and someone was driving the horses further away. The horses began to run, the ground shook slightly, and the horses' hooves were like thunder.

"That's choosing a war horse, right?"
To be continued...