Chapter 402 (2/2)
Although Jamestown is not too far away from gaoshu tribe, there is no silage technology there now.
Although silage technology originated in ancient Egypt, it was not until the end of the 18th century that Europe got this technology. Moreover, the production technology of silage was first introduced into the new world of North America by the Nordic people, and then from the new world to the United Kingdom.
In other words, Colonel Jones should not be able to use and make silage now. Without this kind of feed, raising such a large number of war horses in winter would make the Colonel Jones bankrupt.
”Don't worry, Colonel Jones will keep these horses for you. He doesn't want our old rifles. It's a big deal. We'll just give him one or two hundred more guns when we make the deal. ”
The stone bear shook his head and said, ”we can't place our hopes on others. Uncle SM, you know these horses are very important to us. At least half of our future depends on these horses, so we can't take them lightly. ”
”Then why don't I go Asked the bobcat after thinking.
”Can we go in this weather?” Stone bear asked with a worried frown.
”It shouldn't be a big problem.” Bobcat said, ”we can walk along the Bank of the big bend, which has plenty of water, high temperature and less snow. Besides, the more you go eastward, the smaller the snow will be. The Appalachian Mountains block the cold wind from the north. As long as you get out of this mountain, the snow there should not be so heavy. ”
The more the bobcat said, the more confident he was. Finally, he firmly said, ”big bear, leave this matter to me! At the same time, our tribe also needs to train a group of soldiers of our tribe. I plan to take the 200 soldiers who are going to train and drive them by riding cattle. Cattle are more reliable than horses in this weather
”But how to solve the feed problem of cattle and those war horses? How to solve the problem of low temperature? ” The stone bear shook his head and said, ”Uncle SM, don't take risks. Even if we get those war horses, it's hard for them to reach our tribe on such a cold day.”
”No, big bear. As you said, raising these horses for a winter would bankrupt Colonel Jones. So it's very likely that he will disperse these concentrated horses again. If he does, it will certainly delay our plan for the spring of next year. So, I need to go, even if I don't bring these horses back, at least I need to send a batch of silage to Colonel Jones, so that he can raise these horses without any burden
When Shi Xiong heard this, he realized that he had got into the top of the ox horn.
Since the mountain is not on me, then I will go to the mountain!
As the bobcat said, since the horses could not be brought back, why not send a large quantity of silage to Colonel Jones? In the past two years, the soybeans of gaoshu tribe have gained a huge harvest. In addition, from the end of summer to the end of autumn, the whole autumn people are making silage every day. Now, the silage of gaoshu tribe has a lot of concentrate mixed with soybean and wheat.
Even if we calculate according to the amount of silage + roughage + concentrate that a batch of war horses eat in a day, it is only 60 days at most from now until the temperature rises. That is to say, when the temperature rises, a war horse needs about 900 Jin of silage + roughage + concentrate, and the amount of feed that 500 war horses need is more than 200 tons, This is not a problem at all for the gaoshu tribe.
Moreover, even if Colonel Jones is poor, at least there should be some rough materials. In other words, gaoshu tribe only needs to pull silage and concentrate in the past, which saves at least half. Isn't it that more than 100 tons of fodder can sustain 150 tons? Two hundred ox carts will pull it twice