King of Mercenaries

Chapter 13: A great virtuous monk disciples

Once, Marin had been speaking for a while, although it was not particularly good, but he also succeeded in giving a mouthful of white lie.

In the Middle Ages, Europe was a society with very closed information. Even the clever Mrs. Mary can only say that she is much smarter than the average person, but she is not the opponent of Marin who has been given a huge amount of information.

In the story made by Marin, he himself became famished and was glanced at by the erudite monk who was called Einstein (Artim's note: LOL). After a simple test, the great man named Einstein gave all his knowledge and understanding to Marin.

"You mean, it took the monk only a month to pass on all the knowledge to you?"

"Yes!" Marin wanted to say that it was two or three months, but after he left home for a month, he received two attendants, Kahn and Kohler. After that, the two boys are clear, so it's easy to make things.

"What can you learn in just one month?" Mrs. Mary is not so believing.

"Hey... Einstein has taught me a lot of things, let me digest it slowly, I am still digesting some of it now."

"What you just said is the part you digested?"

"It's far more than just talking about it. It's just a little bit of knowledge. There is still a lot of useful knowledge!" Marlin pretended to be proud. Because, 16-year-old boy, it should be like this.

"For example?" Old Hoffman interjected.

"Well, the problem of farming cattle."

"Cultivated cattle?" Old Hoffman felt a bit strange.

"Well, yes. We know that in Europe, most people use horses to cultivate land instead of cattle. The main reason is that the cows have a strong temper. Those young, energetic bulls have too much temper. It is impossible to drive the fields to the fields. Only some of the old cattle and cows can be used for arable land because of the temperate temperature..."

"This is the case, although the cost of raising cattle is very low, but the temper is too strong, it is difficult to tame it for arable land. And the horse temper is calm and obeying the command. Therefore, although the cost of raising horses is much higher than that of cattle, people are still more willing." Old Hoffman agreed.

It is true that Europeans do not know how to use the bull nose ring to tame the young and violent bulls. The cow temper is very quick, even if the temper is good, sometimes the temper comes up, and the cow does not move. Unless you are a very strong knight, you can pull the guilty cow.

The East is not the same. During the Warring States Period, the Chinese people came up with the trick of using the cow nose ring to make the tempered cows obey. Because, there is in the nose a nerve that's sensible, and when the nose is pulled, the cow feel very painful and has to be led by the nose.

It is because the Orientals can easily take the bull nose and walk, which can easily drive the cattle to cultivate land. Therefore, the East has a developed cattle farming. Europeans have not been able to find an effective way to tame cattle, so they must use horses. As for cattle, only a small part of them is used to farm. After all, the cows usually graze on the grass. Unlike horses, who often has a higher feeding costs. This situation has also led to another result, that is, Europeans raise more horses and do not pay much attention to cattle. Even people can raise cattle and eat meat, but also raise cows. Orientals, because of the cost of raising, are more accustomed to raising cattle. Moreover, the cow is also a treasure. In ancient China, the government was strictly forbidden to slaughter healthy cows, otherwise they would go to jail. However, because of the over-raising of cattle in ancient China, the number of people raising horses was very small. It also caused the lack of horses in ancient China and the lack of cavalry. It was difficult to fight against the large number of cavalry of the nomadic peoples in the north. Can only be passive defense, can not counterattack. But, the cost of raising a horse is very high. War horses need to be fed every day, and horses must be treated frequently. Unlike cattle raising, only when the physical energy consumption in the arable land is too large, it is necessary to add some fine materials such as soybeans and eggs. In the rest of the season, just graze on the grass. Even in winter, eating hay can be done. Therefore, the cost of raising cattle is much lower than that of horses.

Just like Hoffman Manor, in order to cultivate 1200 acres of land, you have to raise 25 horses, which cost a lot. Every day, if you are feeding 25 horses, you have to spend the money on oat, not to mention the twenty-five horses that are more expensive.

"But, I heard from the teacher that in the far east, people basically raise cattle to cultivate land."

"How is this possible? You know, the temper of the cow is very violent. The Iberians (Spanish) also specially engaged in the bullfight competition. It can be seen that it is difficult to tame the cow. Generally, if you raise 10 cows, only three heads are suitable to cultivate land. " Hoffman felt incredible.

"This is the case in Europe, but my teacher has been to the 'Ming' empire in the far east, where I learned a simple way to make the oxen obedient and make most of the adult cows (who's temper too violent except for the ox, of course, the ox are castrated and they are honest. They can all be pulled down to cultivate the land, and they are very obedient."

"Is there such a magical way?" Old Hoffman was moved. The 30 horses (25 for work + 5 for war) at Hoffman Estate are too costly to raise. Every year, these horses need to spend two to three hundred marks to feed (specifically, one horse spends an average of 4 Finney per day, while a horse consumes 10 Finney every day). And Hoffman Estate, the annual income, is only more than 600 marks. Coupled with the family's consumption, Hoffman Estate has almost no money left every year. If you can raise the cost of raising the horse, most of them will be replaced by cows (still leaving a few horse-drawn carriages), which can save at least a hundred of marks per year.

In fact, for the whole of Europe, the cost of raising horses has always been a big problem that plagued farmers. European food is so expensive, it is not worthwhile. However, although the cost of raising cattle is low, there are too few "solid cows" that may be used for arable land.

Not only is Hoffman's heart moving, but Mrs. Mary, who knows how to do it, was breathing a little faster:

"Marin, do you really know this way?" As the "matriarch" of the family's financial power, Mrs. Mary is very sensitive to the cost.

"That is of course, if you don't believe it, you can look at the ox cart and the cow that I drove. The two cows were used by the oriental method, and the use of a nose ring made it very honest."

"Nose ring? What is that?" Old Hoffman and Mary asked in unison.

"It's a small thing that makes the cow obedient. The nose of the cow is very sensible. Wearing a nose ring in the nose of the cow, the cow feel pain, and then has to follow the order honestly."

"What are you waiting for? Let's go see!" Old Hoffman stood up and raised the lean Marlin and went to the barn. Mrs. Mary and several other children had the need to keep up.

When I arrived at the cowshed, everyone immediately watched the cows on the nose ring. Then, Old Hoffman also stretched out the rope with the nose ring and pulled it. The big black cow "Li Chen" who was pulled down was very dissatisfied and called "moo" twice. But his own handle is in the hands of the old Hoffman, and it is helpless.

"Look, this cow is yelling at me, it seems very dissatisfied. However, I still have to listen to me!" Old Hoffman cried incomparably.

"Right, Marin, how did you put the nose of the cow on the nose of the cow? You know, the cow is very tempered, hurts it, and you don't need to kill you with a ram of the horn?" Adler asked. He knew it was more powerful than him, knowing that cattle are very uncomfortable when they lose their temper. Even if he is strong, he was almost hurt by a cow. According to Marin's physique, it is impossible to hold a big black cow like "Li Chen".

"This is very simple. Put some spirits in the cow's feed and drunk the cows. Then, bundle the drunken cows and just pierce them."

"Can it still be like this?" Adler and a few others stayed a little.

"Crap, don't you be so hard? Don't you be afraid of being pierced by a horn?"

"Sure enough, the knowledge taught by monk is so good!" Mrs. Mary could not help but sigh.

Before, the savvy Mrs. Mary still had some doubts about the authenticity of Marin's words. However, she saw the big black cow "Li Chen" and the calf "Dallas" who were obsessed with the bull nose ring, and had to believe that Marin was the knowledge imparted by the high school. She looked at Marin. There is no other explanation for such a "great" approach.

Then, Marin was at the Hoffmann Manor, sitting on the name of "Einstein's disciple"...