Chapter 871： Recruiting Genuine Cossacks (Part One)

The development of animal husbandry in Beihai does not only focus on the three species of Charolais, Beihai sheep and German Merino sheep. In addition to these three breeds, Marin also sent people to Switzerland to buy Simmental cattle at high prices.

Simmental cattle are native to the Simmental and Saanen Plains in the southwestern Alps of Switzerland. They are a large-scale dairy, meat, and service type. In later generations, Simmental cattle are very popular in Europe. In later generations in Switzerland, 50% of cattle are Simmental. In Austria, the proportion is as high as 63%. In the former West Germany, it also accounted for 39%.

However, like Charolais and Limousin, Simmental has not yet formed a stable breed. Only the most primitive female parent needs to be carefully cultivated to achieve the superior attributes of later breeds. Even Limousin cattle is difficult to find even the female parent. After all, Limousin only made his head in the 20th century. Before, the ghost knew where Li Muzan's mother came from.

But the sources of Charolais and Simmental are certain-one from the Charolais region of France and one from the Simmental and Saanen Plains of Switzerland. Although the breed is still far from the quality standards of later generations, the original breeds of cattle in the two places are certainly excellent.

Moreover, Marin also overlooked the fact that French silver coins are also very common in Switzerland ...

In recent years, France has penetrated Switzerland deeply. Moreover, most Swiss mercenaries fought for France and received French salaries. Therefore, in Switzerland, French silver coins are also very popular. Even the amount of French silver coins circulating in Switzerland is larger than that of Deutsche Finney.

Of course, this should be treated in terms of partitions. The eastern and northern cantons of Switzerland have more exchanges with the German region, so the mainstream currency is German Finney. However, the cantons in western Switzerland, including the French-speaking region, mainly circulate French silver coins.

Although French silver coins are very unkind and have low silver content, they are also the mainstream silver coins in Europe. Big deal, the discount is a bit lower ...

Since the Simmental Plain is located in southwestern Switzerland, it must be the circulation area of ​​French silver coins. Therefore, the nickel-nickel-copper "French silver coins" manufactured by Marin's mint must have a market here.

Therefore, after thinking of such an excellent Simmental breed, Marin ordered to send people to the Simmental Plain and the Saanen Plain in Switzerland, so that they must purchase the original Simmental breed. Especially for those special varieties with no corners, they must be acquired, even if they pay a high price. Anyway, the cost of "French silver coins" suppressed by white copper is not high. By the way, you can also pit the Swiss ...

In fact, the Simmental cattle are more important than the Charolais. why? Because Simmental cattle are very versatile.

Charolais tend to be beef cattle, but Simmental also provides milk. Its appearance is also similar to Dutch Holstein cows. If Simmental cattle are farmed on a large scale, not only can you serve Japanese beef, but you can also provide a lot of milk.

However, the mountains in Switzerland are undulating, and the Simmental Plain is also a very small plain (actually a flat valley). Therefore, the Simmental cattle of the original breeds produced in this area are definitely not as many as the Charolais cattle. Therefore, in the future, Charolais cattle must be bigger. Simmental cattle can only be expanded first.

As for the Eastern European cattle imported from Crimea, the size is not large and the growth is not fast. The only advantage is probably more cold resistance. After all, the winter in the Eastern European steppes is very cold. Not cold-resistant, sure to freeze to death. Moreover, the horns of Crimean cattle are very thick and look very dangerous. Therefore, every Crimean cow must be sawed off its sharp horns before serving in order to avoid inadvertently hurting people.

Therefore, in the future, Marin must still prefer the larger and fast-growing Charolais and Simmental cattle. However, the Crimean cow also has its advantages, that is-strong ability to pass winter.

After all, they can survive the winter of minus ten to twenty degrees Celsius in Eastern Europe, and there is no problem with the temperature of no less than minus ten degrees in Western Europe.

Therefore, while focusing on cultivating Charolais and Simmental, Marin will also select a group of Crimean cows without horns and bred with Charolais and Simmental bulls. To get cold-resistant varieties. After all, the base of Crimean cattle is very large, and it is also good to cultivate semi-finished breeds.

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In addition to cattle and sheep, Marin's demand for horses is also great. In particular, the Eastern European Mongolian horses of the Crimean. This type of horse may not be able to keep up with Western European horses and is not suitable for heavy cavalry. However, Marin did not attach importance to the training of heavy cavalry. Because, history proves that the light cavalry is the future mainstream. Moreover, Eastern European Mongolian horses are resistant to rough feeding and the breeding cost is very low.

Therefore, Marin has now issued a large number of orders to Crimea for Eastern European Mongolian horses. The main destination of these Eastern European Mongolian horses is Jutland.

Jutland Province covers an area of ​​more than 20,000 square kilometers, but its population is only more than 200,000.

You should know that the county where Marin's previous life was born has an area of ​​more than 1,000 square kilometers and a population of more than 800,000. Therefore, according to the standards of the previous life, the current Jutland Province is simply a sparsely populated area. Moreover, Jutland has relatively few mountains, at most a little hilly, which is very suitable for the development of animal husbandry. Therefore, Marin intends to make Jutland the most important animal husbandry base in the North Sea. Among them, the introduction and grazing of Eastern European Mongolian horses will also become the focus of the focus. After all, the size of the cavalry after Marin depends on this.

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However, the Cossack villages that Marin is currently promoting on the Jutland Peninsula are not very effective ...

Marin is a model of a Cossack village imitating later generations. He recruited some young serfs from the German region and wanted to train them to be tough Cossack cavalry.

However, these young Germans from serfdom, although not lacking in the spirit of martial arts, were really bad at riding and were not good at fighting immediately. Even if they are trained, they are nothing more than second-rate light cavalry.

For this, Marin was a brain-wrenching. After all, he is also counting on getting a lot of cheap and brave Cossack cavalry. If this kind of pirated Cossack cavalry is not strong enough to take it out, it is also a waste of food.

Marin found that although the pirated German Cossacks he made were very brave and brave, they lacked the ferocious wolf nature of the original Cossacks. This kind of fierce wolfness is what the cavalry needs most. Because the role of cavalry is not only to defeat the opponent ~ www.novelhall.com ~ but also to intimidate the opponent.

When a group of hungry wolf-like Cossack cavalry strikes, the general army should feel fear and even lose the courage to confront.

At this point, the original Cossack did a great job. They acted as the vanguard of the tsar's aggression, fighting around and killing. It can be said that without Cossacks, there would be no tsarist Russia with a large area of ​​future generations.

The German-style Cossacks made by Marin, not to mention that the riding and riding skills are not as good as the original, and they lost a lot in momentum. Such a light cavalry, not to mention how powerful it is. At least, when you pull it out, others will not be afraid, or even dare to fight.

However, the purpose of Marin's formation of the Cossacks is not only the purpose of enriching the army's combat power, but also the strategic goal of intimidating the enemy. When a group of prairie wolf-like Cossack cavalry emerged from the horizon, the enemy army should be frightened. In this way, the enemy's fighting will can be weakened ...

However, the German-style cossacks said-concubines can't do wow ...

These German-style Cossacks were all transformed from German serfs. In their bones, there is obedience and fear of the serf-owner. Although they are brave when they fight, they do n’t have the wolf nature of the original Cossack ...