Daming: Let you build roads, you have access to highways throughout the country

Chapter 185: Weapons Privatization!!!

The owl brought back not only a lot of news and information from the Ming Dynasty, but also a large amount of materials, which were goods produced by various workshops.

Of course, it is mainly the various goods produced by the Qi Royal Mansion. In addition, there are some bits and pieces of other imperial merchants who trade with the Ming Dynasty, bringing novelties with them.

The quantity is not too much, but I brought some of each.

This was specially explained by Zhu Rong, not because there was any demand, but because he wanted to infer the approximate extent of the industrial level in Europe and other regions through these commodities.

Zhu Rong feels that in recent years, some of the crafts brought by merchants from Europe have become more and more refined.

He wasn’t sure if it had anything to do with the effect of his butterfly.

But such an important invention as the steam engine should not have appeared yet.

However, some glass products began to be sold in large quantities to the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, the Daming Dynasty now also has its own glass, mainly concentrated in a small town in Qilu Land, but the process is cumbersome and the output is low, and at present, for the entire Daming Dynasty, it is still a luxury general existence, only used by dignitaries.

And the merchants from Europe seized a lot of markets, obtained a lot of orders, and the prices were cheaper.

Obviously, it is already possible to mass-produce glass.

This was somewhat unexpected for Zhu Rong, who vaguely felt that the level of industrial development in Europe might accelerate.

In addition, it was brought 1 horse from the Daming Dynasty.

Because of Qinzhou, although there are more wild animals and abundant resources, wild horses are an exception, and the number is not too much.

Almost in a state of extinction.

In many tribes, there is not even a single horse, and even if there are some, they are very precious and easily not sold to the public.

The people of Daming needed a lot of effort to find some wild horses in the wilderness and domesticate them.

As the population entering Qinzhou increases, the demand for this livestock is also increasing.

Zhu Rongquan plans to open a horse farm dedicated to stocking horses and speeding up breeding to meet the growing market demand.

The livestock used by the people now is mainly the bison of Qinzhou.

The bison resources here are very rich, but their temperament is not as docile as that of cattle, and there are often accidents that hurt people.

The bison here, almost the largest mammal, are also among the largest in the world.

Male bison in Qinzhou can weigh 7 to 9 kilograms. The height of about 1 meter 7 to two meters, the total length is about 3 meters to 3.5 meters.

After domestication, it can be used with bison heads to plow the land, and in winter it can also be used to sweep snow and so on.

Female bison are relatively small, generally less than 5 kilograms, about 1 meter 4 to 1 meter 7, and no more than three meters long.

Although it looks clumsy, it is actually an extremely dangerous animal. Running is unstoppable and loud, and some tribe natives also call it thunder beasts.

And the dead bison, the use value is also very high, fur can be made into tents and clothing, meat can be used as food, bones can be used to make soup or as tools, or ornaments.

Not to mention grease, it can also be used naturally.

Bison were widely found in the wilderness, until the people of the Daming Dynasty came, and these bison were gradually domesticated, and Qinzhou Prefecture also issued the Qi King Decree for the first time, prohibiting the wanton killing of bison.

Because bison will become an important agricultural livestock for the common people.

But there are relatively few horses, and Zhu Rong can’t figure out why horses are in a state of near extinction, but the role of horses is still very large.

Especially for long-distance transportation, intelligence transmission, etc., horses are commonly used livestock, much easier to use than bison, and faster.

On the continent of Qinzhou, the price of horses is almost 5 times that of the Ming Dynasty.

In the early stage, because there were not enough horses, Zhu Rong also consumed experience points and exchanged a lot from the system.

But pointing to him to redeem from the system, it consumes too much experience and does not last.

Therefore, let people get 1 horse from the Daming Dynasty, specially for grazing and breeding.

Zhu Rong circled a large pasture.

Thousands of horses gallop freely across the pasture, which is quite spectacular.

Of these 1 horse, except for 2 provided by the Qi Royal Mansion, the others were directly requested from the imperial court.

Zhu Yuanzhang personally mobilized 8 horses and sent them to Qinzhou.

Because horses are also a very scarce species for the Ming Dynasty, they are mainly used as war horses and are an important strategic resource.

Zhu Yuanzhang and the civil and military officials of the dynasty were also very puzzled, wondering why that desolate place was so short of horses.

Thinking about it, it may be caused by too many natural enemies such as lions, tigers, leopards and wolves, but everyone gradually became clear that there are many places in Qinzhou that everyone can’t imagine.

And Zhu Rong also had to make various response strategies different from the Daming Dynasty according to the local situation, which is why Zhu Yuanzhang finally suppressed the opposition of the crown prince Zhu Biao and did not intervene in the gold mine.

He still trusted Zhu Rong very much.

The horse farm was quickly circled, the area was very large, 1 horse galloped in it, no problem at all.

But then comes the headache, because the surrounding wildlife also found that there is an extra horse here.

Horse predators, tigers, leopards, and lions appeared around.

The wolves, in particular, are a big headache.

These wolves are all gray wolves, and there are huge numbers in the entire Qinzhou.

And the attack is very powerful, the male is about 40 to 50 kilograms, the female is almost about 40 kilograms.

And often in the form of groups, but also know how to cooperate tactics.

How could the horses that he had painstakingly transported from the Daming Dynasty fall into the mouths of these wild wolves.

Zhu Rong personally led people to drive away these wild wolves.

He rode a black steed, wearing soft armor and holding a Hongwu rifle.

Hundreds of defenders followed him galloped across the wasteland.

Zhu Rong chased after a wild wolf, raised the Hongwu rifle in his hand, pulled the trigger, and directly shot it.

However, his marksmanship is really average, and after several consecutive shots, they all failed, but the guards behind him have already killed many wild wolves.

In the end, this hunt brought back the carcasses of more than 50 wild wolves.

With the help of many guards, Zhu Rong only killed one wild wolf.

But he was still very excited.

In this primitive steppe, hunting primitive wild wolves is always exciting.

The number of wild wolves is too large today, and it is a disaster species for horses and the people around them.

This thing, he really can’t list it as a reason to protect animals.

Moreover, these wild wolves are very bold, stealing chickens and ducks from the people’s homes at every turn, and now they are actually eyeing the horses of the Qi Royal Mansion!

But the fur of these wild wolves is a good fur.

The current price is really not low, and it is extremely scarce.

After all, ordinary people still have some difficulty trying to kill a wolf.

Zhu Rong asked people to choose a few more complete ones, brought them back to the Qi royal mansion, and made them into wolf skin mattresses.

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