The development of the livestock industry in Beihai Country does not only pay attention to the three varieties of Charolai cattle, North Sea sheep and German Merino. In addition to these three varieties, Marin also sent people to Switzerland to buy Simmental cattle at a high price.
Simmental cattle are native to the Simmental Plains and Saenen Plains under the Alps in southwestern Switzerland. They are a large variety of milk, meat and service. In later generations, Simmental cattle were extremely popular in Europe. In later generations, 50% of the cattle were Simmental cattle. In Austria, it accounted for as high as 63%. In former West Germany, it also accounted for as high as 39%.
However, like Charolai and Limuzan cattle, Simmental cattle has not yet formed a stable breed. Only the most primitive mother's body needs to be carefully cultivated to achieve the superior attributes of later generations. Even the Limuzan cattle breed is hard to find even the mother's body. After all, Limuzan cattle only emerged in the 20th century. Before, people knew where the mother's body of Limuzan cattle came from.
But the origin of Charlotte cattle and Symental cattle is certain - one comes from the Charlotte region of France, and the other comes from the Symental and Saenen plains in Switzerland. Although the breed is far from the quality standards of later generations, the original breeds of cattle from both places must be excellent.
Moreover, Marin had also overlooked a fact before - that is, in Switzerland, French silver coins are also very common...
In recent years, France has penetrated deeply into Switzerland. Moreover, most of the Swiss mercenaries fought for France and received French salaries. Therefore, French silver coins are also very popular in Switzerland. Even the amount of French silver coins circulating in Switzerland is larger than that of German Finney.
Of course, this needs to be viewed in different regions. Because of the exchanges between the eastern and northern states of Switzerland have more exchanges with the German region, the mainstream currency is still German Finney. However, in western Switzerland, including the French-speaking regions, French silver coins are mainly circulated.
Although French silver coins are not kind and have a low silver content, they are also mainstream silver coins in Europe. At worst, the discount is lower...
Since the Simmental Plain is located in southwest Switzerland, it must be the circulation area of ​​French silver coins. Therefore, the nickel-white-copper "French silver coins" made by Marin's mint must have a large market here.
Therefore, after thinking about such an excellent breed of Simmental cattle, Marin ordered people to be sent to the Simmental and Saenen plains in Switzerland, so that they must buy the original breed of Simmental cattle. Especially those special breeds without horns, they must be purchased, and even if they pay a high price, it doesn’t matter. Anyway, the cost of "French silver coins" suppressed by white copper is not high. By the way, they can also cheat the Swiss...
In fact, the significance of Simmental cattle is greater than that of Charlotte. Why? Because Simmental cattle is very versatile.
Charlotte cattle prefers beef cattle, but Simmental cattle also provides milk. Its appearance is similar to the Dutch black and white flower cows. If Simmental cattle is raised on a large scale, it can not only increase service and beef, but also provide a large amount of milk, killing three birds with one stone.
However, the mountains in Switzerland are undulating, and the Simmental Plain is also a very small plain (actually a valley plain). Therefore, the number of primitive varieties of Simmental cattle produced in this area is definitely far less than that of Charlotte cattle. Therefore, in the future, the scale of Charlotte cattle will definitely be larger. Simmental cattle can only expand the number first.
As for the Eastern European cattle introduced from Crimea, they are not big in size and do not grow fast. The only advantage is that they are relatively cold. After all, the Eastern European prairie is very cold in winter. They are not cold-resistant and will definitely freeze to death. Moreover, the horns of Crimean cattle are very thick and solid, and they look very dangerous. Therefore, before serving, every Crimean cattle must be sawed off the horns of the cow to avoid accidentally hurting people.
Therefore, in the future, Marin will definitely prefer the larger and fast-growing Charolai and Symental. However, Crimean cattle also have their advantages, that is, their ability to survive the winter.
After all, they can even get through the winter of minus ten or twenty degrees below minus ten or twenty degrees below Eastern Europe, and there is no problem with the temperature of no less than minus 10 degrees below Western Europe.
Therefore, while focusing on cultivating Charolai and Symental cattle, Marin will also select a batch of Crimean cows without horns and breed them with Charolai and Symental cattle to obtain cold-resistant breeds. After all, the base of Crimean cattle is large, and it is also good to cultivate some semi-finished breeds.
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In addition to cattle and sheep, Marin also has a great demand for horses. Especially the Eastern European Mongolian horses of the Crimeans. This horse may not be as big as Western European war horses and is not suitable for being heavy cavalry war horses. However, Marin does not attach importance to the cultivation of heavy cavalry. Because history has proved that light cavalry is the mainstream in the future. Moreover, Eastern European Mongolian horses are resistant to rough feeding and have very low feeding costs.
Therefore, Marin has now sent a large number of orders to Crimea to order Eastern European Mongolian horses. The main destination of these Eastern European Mongolian horses is Jutland Province.
Jutland Province has an area of ​​more than 20,000 square kilometers, but its population is only more than 200,000. It can be said that it is a standard land that is vast and sparsely populated!
You should know that the county in Marin's hometown in his previous life had an area of ​​only more than 1,000 square kilometers, but its population was as high as 800,000. Therefore, according to the standards of his previous life, Jutland is now a vast and sparsely populated area. Moreover, Jutland has fewer mountains and at most a little hilly, which is very suitable for the development of animal husbandry. Therefore, Marin plans to build Jutland into the most important animal husbandry base in the Beihai Kingdom. Among them, the introduction and grazing of Mongolian horses in Eastern Europe will also become the focus of the focus. After all, the scale of cavalry in Marin's future depends on here.
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However, the Cossack villages that Marin currently promotes on the Jutland Peninsula are not very effective...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Marin imitated the Cossack village model of later generations, and drew some young serfs from the German region, hoping to train them into fierce Cossack cavalry.
However, although these young Germans who were born in serfs did not lack martial spirit, their riding skills were really bad and they were not good at fighting immediately. Even if they were trained, they were just second-rate light cavalry.
Marin was very worried about this. After all, he was still counting on obtaining a large number of cheap and brave Cossack cavalry. If this pirated Cossack cavalry is not strong in combat, it will be a waste of food.
Marin discovered that although the pirated German Cossacks he created were also very martial and brave, they lacked the fierce wolf nature of the original Cossack. This fierce wolf nature is what the Hussars need most. Because the role of cavalry is not only to defeat the opponent, but also to intimidate the opponent.
When a group of hungry wolf-like Cossack cavalry attacked, ordinary troops should feel fear and even lose the courage to confront each other.
At this point, the original Cossacks did a good job. They acted as the vanguard of the invasion of the Tsar and fought and killed everywhere. It can be said that without the Cossacks, there would be no Tsarist Russia with a vast area in later generations.
But the German Cossacks created by Marin are not as good as the original, but they also lose a lot in terms of momentum. Such light cavalry, not to mention the combat power. At least, if you pull it out, others will not be afraid, and even dare to fight.
But the purpose of Marin forming the Cossacks is not only to enrich the military's combat power, but also to intimidate the enemy. When a group of Cossack cavalry like prairie wolf appears from the horizon, the enemy should feel fear. In this way, the enemy's fighting will can be weakened...
However, the German Cossacks said that I can't do it...
Chapter completed!