Chapter 1228: Pasture

"Raise livestock right here now? Is that okay?"

Changle offered his dear Uncle Yishang an idea: "This time, regarding the matter of them going to the Suiren tribe to win people over, you participated in it too, right? We don't even need to talk about how many people you bring back; as long as two or three hundred people come, they can completely settle down on your fief."

"It would just be a small town. You spend enough of a price to build good enough houses there, then train them—one Winter is enough, right? Equip them with Weapon, and let them graze on your fief here."

"Uncle Yishang, in the Huaxia Pasture, there are also livestock that belong to you. You can even use grain to buy live ones, those little lambs, little Xiaoniu—just buy a hundred or so and put them here, a hundred of each."

"A cow basically only gives birth to one Xiaoniu a year, but think about it, how many can be born in a year? Very soon they can be bred here. You don't even need to prepare any feed; the Grass here is so good, it's even better than feed."

"You only need to prepare salt, enough salt will do. Salt is very cheap in our Huaxia. You don't even need to prepare refined salt; just pull those unrefined Salt Block over here and feed them to the livestock specifically."

"Now that the road is open, how convenient it is! Uncle Yishang, although I don't know exactly how much family wealth you have, I think that after all these years, just opening up a Pasture for yourself here is definitely no problem at all."

"The houses can be built a little better. Hire some tenant farmers, invite a few engineers—to build some houses here that can accommodate the people coming from the Suiren tribe, isn't that simple?"

"However, the trouble is that you need to find some experienced herdsmen. See if any of those tenant farmers are willing to come here. For this, you have to set the price high enough and pay enough wages."

"Or, let them teach those people here for half a year or a year, and then give them enough grain so that they can settle down after returning to Huaxia."

"Another thing is Weapon and tools. We are currently fighting wars and expanding the army, so Weapon are a bit in short supply. I don't know how many you can get your hands on. See if the Weapon you have saved up over these years are enough to arm your herdsmen."

"The land must also be farmed. After there are more people, you still have to farm. It is best if the grain can be produced by themselves; if it is enough for them to eat, then all the produced livestock will still be entirely yours."

Huaxia currently has certain restrictions on Weapon. Some non-standard Weapon can be bought and sold freely. Shops will regularly release goods for everyone to purchase. After all, in this era, everyone wants to possess their own Weapon, and they will feel more at ease when going out.

Some old, phased-out Weapon will also enter the market. A Noble like Yishang must have many Weapon hidden at home, all kinds of Knife, Sword, Dajian, and Spear.

The Weapon currently being equipped by the army cannot be bought or sold; they can only enter the market when they are phased out. As for long-range Weapon like Bow and Crossbow, their production itself is a great difficulty, so there is no such thing as buying and selling—there simply aren't any extras.

Bow can be bought and sold, but Crossbow cannot. It is the same as in later generations: you can play with a Bow as long as it is not in a public place, but a Crossbow is illegal. Furthermore, by definition, it is the same as a firearm: sufficient power, can be triggered while in standby, and has an aiming rail.

A Crossbow that is strung can be used even by a child; the danger level is too high. But a Bow is different. If you don't practice well, let alone shooting accurately, you can't even pull it open, so the Bow is not prohibited.

And for the needs of daily life, as well as the pursuit of force, many people will make their own Crossbow. Of course, because there is no technology as mature as the civilian sector, and there is no sufficient energy and time to learn, the Bow made by ordinary people themselves has limited power, but it is still enough to use.

Even children will take bamboo strips to make Bow, then cut bamboo and tree branches, sharpen them, tie chicken feathers to the back, and use them to play and practice.

In Huaxia, one can often see a group of children holding self-made bamboo Bow, standing three or five meters away, competing in shooting at targets drawn on earthen walls.

This manifestation of valuing force is most popular among everyone at this time. Moreover, even if you are good at learning, if your body is not up to it and you cannot pull a Bow and shoot an Arrow, you may not necessarily be recognized by everyone. After all, there is a leader like Baifeng who is proficient in both literature and martial arts.

Baifeng will not prohibit it, and he must encourage it. In this era, there is no such thing as "using martial arts to violate the law," nor is there any fear that civilian force will be too great and affect Baifeng's rule. There is also no saying that scholars are superior to warriors; on the contrary, martial arts should be higher than literature.

Regarding the plan given by Changle, Yishang thought about it carefully. The Weapon in his hands are enough to arm a team of twenty or thirty people. Such a large number of people is enough to protect his Pasture on the grassland.

After all, he didn't think he could find many people this time. Besides, his and Zhu's fiefs were already being developed, and they were being developed under the command of Baifeng, so the two of them were not worried at all. Sending people to the Suiren tribe was purely to make up the numbers.

This was a task assigned by Baifeng. Their recruiting people in the Suiren tribe was beneficial to Huaxia. Even if you only recruit a few dozen people, you still have to go. You must give Baifeng face and must show some effort.

It's just that Yishang didn't expect to receive such news this time. If only he could have sent more people and spent more grain at that time, he could have directly applied the plan given by Changle.

But as far as his own arrangements were concerned, I'm afraid he wouldn't bring back many people, right?

"Uncle Yishang? Are you listening? Or do you think there are any difficulties?"

Yishang hurriedly came back to his senses and replied: "Ah, no, no. I was just thinking that maybe this year won't work. This time going to the Suiren tribe, I didn't think about being able to bring back many people. After all, our main goal is still on the fiefs in Huaxia City and Lema City."

"But my fief there has already started development. I was thinking that even if I recruited people, it wouldn't be easy to arrange them, and it might affect the King's arrangements. I just said to recruit some casually; there is no need to recruit too many."

"So, I'm afraid there won't be many people this time, and it won't be possible to come and develop the Pasture here. But I have already noted it down. After I go back this time, I will make preparations, decide on the little ones at the Pasture side first, and after I am ready, I will follow this idea of yours."