The Central Asian Province of the Ming Dynasty was a province with a huge area established on the territory of the Kazakh Khanate. To the south is Hezhong Province and to the north is the vast northwest province (a province established on the territory of the Far Siberian Khanate).

To the east is the Western Regions Province, to the west is the Kazan Khanate, and to the west is the Caspian Sea, and to the Nagyun Province.

The geographical location can be said to be very important, and it is the after-all road to Europe on land by the Ming Empire.

When the Kazakh Khanate took advantage of the battle between the Ming Empire and the Ottoman Empire, they made small moves behind their backs. Unexpectedly, the Ottoman Empire was defeated and signed the Herzinjan City Agreement, which was humiliating.

After the Ming Empire mobilized a large army from its homeland, it began to sweep the Kazakh Khanate. Wherever it passed, the big and small jade trees were flowing into a river, and corpses were everywhere, without a person, and thousands of miles became wilderness.

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The Kazakh tribes of all sizes had to move westward with their tribes and migrated into the Kazan Khanate in large numbers. Now they have become the pioneers of the Kazan Khanate plundering the Principality of Moscow.

As for the vast grasslands left behind, the Ming Empire naturally established a new province, Central Asia.

Since then, the Ming Empire migrated a large number of people from the inner side to Central Asia every year, and established immigrant towns similar to those in the Hezhong area to develop agriculture and animal husbandry.

At present, Central Asia Province has also developed extremely rapidly, with grain production and livestock production growing rapidly, and it is even vaguely trending beyond Hezhong Province.

Especially in the livestock industry, thanks to the unique natural environment here, the large number of high-quality grasslands, and the importance attached to the Ming Empire here, it strongly supports the development of Central Asia Province.

Therefore, the livestock industry in Central Asia has become the strongest animal husbandry in the Ming Dynasty, and its scale is even greater than that of the traditional northern grassland provinces and Western Regions provinces.

One of the biggest features is that the herdsmen in Central Asia are all Han people.

The Han people are very good at farming, and they are also very good at grazing when they are grazing. Unlike the nomadic methods of the homeless tribes, the Han herders have more established large ranches and fixed pasture economic models.

At this moment, Zhu Houzhao was riding his sweat-blooded BMW and was walking on the grasslands of Central Asia Province.

The grasslands in Central Asia, especially the Dayuzi grasslands in the Western Regions, have formed a large amount of precipitation because the water vapor from the Atlantic Ocean is blocked and raised by the Tianshan Mountains.

The sink here is beautiful and the scenery is charming, especially in midsummer, where flowers, blue sky and white clouds, and endless grasslands make people feel relaxed and pleasant, amazed and amazed.

“So beautiful!”

"I am a beautiful country in the Ming Dynasty. Should I have a good walk and take a look. My beloved concubines, will I take you out for a walk every year in the future?"

Zhu Houzhao, this big pig's hooves, did not forget to pour honey on his concubines who came to the Western Regions while watching the scenery.

Beside him, more than a dozen beauties from various tribes in the Western Regions followed closely on horseback.

When they heard Zhu Houzhao's words, they were all so happy. When they smiled, they were like the most beautiful flowers on the grassland. When they gathered together, the beautiful scenery on the grassland seemed to be overshadowed.

As he walked, Zhu Houzhao and his group came to a pasture.

This pasture is located next to a river and has a large number of wooden sheds. You can also see a large number of cattle and sheep grazing in the grasslands separated by fences.

Looking further away, you can see large fields, but only a small part of these fields is planted grain, and all the others are planted grass.

Some people are constantly harvesting the forage and transporting it back with a four-wheeled carriage. On the pasture, some people are using steam-driven machines to chop the forage and transport the forage to feed cattle and sheep.

“Hi~”

Zhu Houzhao was very familiar with her. Before he could reach the forage, he was already excitedly waving his hand and shouting.

Lai Ermao, who was busy, heard the sound and hurriedly looked over.

Lai Ermao was originally a man on the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi. In order to protect the Loess Plateau, the imperial court moved almost all the people on the Loess Plateau.

Lai Ermao was also a member of the vast army of immigrants. He moved here from the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi and turned from a farmer to a large rancher. The surrounding grasslands belonged to Lai Ermao's family.

He has also built this pasture in recent years.

Lai Ermao came outside, and Zhu Houzhao and others had already walked over. Lai Ermao looked at Zhu Houzhao in front of him carefully. She was furious in her clothes, and there were more than a dozen beauties around her, and there were many people like guards behind her. There was no doubt that this must be a noble person.

"Lai Ermao has met noble people~"

Lai Ermao saluted respectfully and asked.

"My name is Zhu Shou. I happened to pass by Guidi. I came here to ask for a cup of water. I wonder if it's convenient?"

Zhu Houzhao turned over and got off the horse and said with a smile.

“Convenient, convenient ~”

"Please, please~Please, please~"

When Lai Ermao heard this, he immediately welcomed Zhu Houzhao into his ranch with great enthusiasm.

"Hurry and boil water~"

"Take out all the fruits and vegetables I bought from Xiaoyun Town. It's hard to come by a noble person, so you can't neglect it."

Lai Ermao also ordered his own inner servants and slaves to do business while greeting Zhu Houzhao and others.

"Where is the noble man coming from and where are he going?"

Lai Ermao warmly greeted Zhu Houzhao and his group, and also asked about Zhu Houzhao.

"To be honest, I came from the capital and prepared to go to Winter City to have a look."

Zhu Houzhao also replied while looking at the ranch carefully.

"Winter City!"

"That's a bit far. If you ride a horse north, it may take more than ten days to get there. That is, it's midsummer now. If it's winter, that place will be so cold."

Speaking of Winter City, Lai Ermao also said quickly.

"I also heard that Winter City is very cold, so I wanted to go and see it. I heard that there are many furs and the quality is very good. I want to see if I can bring a batch of fur back to the capital to sell."

"Where are the best furs, with many types and good quality, they are all of them of high quality. It is very suitable to do fur business, but it is just a noble person. Winter City is the enemy of exiled prisoners. You should pay more attention wherever you go, especially if you bring a dozen beautiful beauties like flowers, which is even more jealous."

"Yes, then I'll go and have a look."

Zhu Houzhao drank tea, then looked at the ranch and said, "Is your ranch very different from the ranch I have seen in the past?"

"That's right, my ancestors were from Shaanxi, they were all Han people, not from the nomadic tribe."

"We Han people are very good at farming. Of course, grazing cannot be the same as their grassland people. We must also be even more powerful."

“My pasture is different from the pastures of the grassland people.”

"They are nomadic peoples, driving cattle and sheep to grazing everywhere in a nomadic way. The advantage of this method is that it is very simple, living by water and grass, without requiring too many skills or skills."

"But the disadvantage is that it is difficult to raise many cattle and sheep in a large area of ​​pastures. Often, a vast area of ​​pastures is not enough for them to graz. In addition, it is not fixed to move around, and it is not convenient to educate children."

"We Han people are different. We don't like nomads, we like to fix them."

"So I divided my pasture into many areas, and then took turns to grazing. After eating one area, I rushed to another area to eat and took turns to grazing."

"At the same time, I cultivated fields in places with abundant water resources. In addition to planting the grain and vegetables I eat, the most important thing is to plant forage."

When Lai Ermao heard this, he immediately became energetic and began to introduce the operation model of his ranch to Zhu Houzhao in detail.

He took some forage grass and said, "Please look at it, this is the forage grass grown on our pasture. This is rye grass, a high-quality forage grass brought in from Europe. It has a very high yield, and both cattle, sheep and horses like to eat it."

"Also this is Huangzhu grass, which is also a high-quality forage grass brought in overseas. It has a high yield, but it needs to be crushed first with a steam crusher and then fed."

Zhu Houzhao looked at these forages carefully. There were many varieties of forages planted by Lai Ermao Ranch, not just a type of forage. Many of them were high-quality forages introduced from overseas.

"How did you think of growing these high-quality forage grasses imported from abroad?"

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and asked.

"Ouch~"

"I am just a rude man. How can I understand these? In fact, the government asked us to plant these forage grasses. These forage grasses are high-quality forage grasses specially introduced and collected from overseas."

"We were all farmers before, so we didn't know how to grazing. They were taught by the government. In addition, I also bought a lot of slaves. Many of these slaves are nomadic tribes from the Middle East, West Asia and Western Europe. They know how to grazing more than me."

"I just need to do what the government said, reclaiming fields and planting grass, and then the rest is done by the slaves in the family."

When Lai Ermao heard this, he immediately replied with a smile.

"So in this way, is this model also promoted by the government?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately asked.

"Yes, it was promoted by the government. If the government does not provide guidance, how can we know how to grazing? That is, it has been a few years now, so we understand. When we first came, we didn't understand anything."

Lai Ermao nodded and replied.

“So that’s it~”

"Then are these women your slaves?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, then looked at the many slaves busy in the farm. All of these slaves were women, and you could tell at a glance that they were not Han people.

"All of them are my slaves. If I give birth to a baby, I will be a concubine."

When Lai Ermao heard this, he immediately replied with a big mouth.
Chapter completed!