Just this spring, a major event happened in the North American colony of the North Sea Kingdom - the mule landed on the North American continent...
A few years ago, Marin sent more than 2,000 mares and hundreds of male donkeys to the North American Twin Island Colony. Then, on Columbus Island, a mule breeding center was opened.
The mule born by male and mares is called a horse mule. It looks more like a horse, has a larger body and is strong, and is good at running (compared to a donkey). Of course, you must not be able to run a horse, but your strength and endurance are not inferior to the horse. The only problem is that you are not as obedient as a horse, and sometimes you will get angry and beat your head. At this time, you need to beat it hard to be obedient. Therefore, most people rarely ride mules to hurry on the road. If you encounter a mule, you will be anxious and even throw people down.
However, if you are not in a hurry and are rushing far away, mules are a good choice. At least, mules have much greater weight-bearing ability than donkeys.
However, because of its strength, mules are actually more used to pull carts. After all, even if mules lose their temper, there is no danger if they don’t sit on their backs. At most, stop the car and then take a meal.
Of course, mules can also be used to pull plows and plow the land...
Especially for horse and mule, because the mother is a mare or a huge European horse. Therefore, this kind of horse and mule, which takes European horse and horse as its mother, is also very large in size and strong, and is very suitable for pulling plows and plowing the land.
After testing by livestock breeders on Columbus Island, a strong European horse and mule is no less powerful than a horse. Its speed is slower than a horse, but faster than a cattle. If it is a flat plain land, European horse and mule can cultivate 6 mu of land a day. While cattle can only cultivate 4 mu of land a day. In other words, the speed of European horse and mule is faster than a cattle, but slower than a horse.
However, the cost of raising mules is lower than that of horses, but the cost of raising horses and mules is higher than that of cattle, while the cost of donkeys and mules is relatively low. Horses and mules are very large in size, no less than horses, and have a greater strength and can eat. As for speed, horses and mules are lower than horses, but they have a great strength, which is very suitable for cultivated land, especially flat land. Donkeys and mules are smaller in size and have less strength. But they have an advantage - they are very suitable for mountains. Therefore, although donkeys and mules have a small strength, they are very popular among people in the mountainous areas because of their small appetite and the advantages of adapting to mountains. Even in later generations, there are still many donkeys and mules in the mountainous areas.
According to the estimates of the breeding center, although the cost of raising European horses and mules is higher than that of cattle, it can be more land than cattle because of its fast speed and the efficiency of ploughing land than cattle. Therefore, in the American continent, European horses and mules are more suitable than cattle. Moreover, the cost of raising (relative to horses) is also relatively low.
But there is a very troublesome thing about mules - the birth rate is low...
Marin set up a horse and mule breeding center on Twin Island a few years ago, but in a few years, more than 2,000 mares had only given birth to more than 1,000 horses and mules. However, less than 800 people who have grown up and can serve.
But these less than 800 mules caused a huge sensation after climbing to the North American continent. For a time, many immigrants, even the Delava natives, came to watch. If it were a timid horse, they might have been frightened.
However, stupid horses and mules are not afraid of being watched. Immigrants and natives are watching these horses and mules. These curious mules also come to watch the crowds who come to watch them, and then everyone stares at each other...
The cute mules like to tilt their heads to look at the onlookers, and they look so cute that many people are so cute. When the porter who drove the mules came to pull them away, the mules lost their temper and refused to leave...
In the end, these mules were sent to the newly reclaimed Long Island area for arable land...
According to the plan, Manhattan Island will continue to grow winter wheat. Therefore, spring plowing is not as good as Manhattan Island. However, the newly reclaimed Long Island area requires planting feed crops such as soybeans and oats. Because soybeans can also be used as cooking oil. The oil-reduced soybean cakes are also good feed. Therefore, the newly developed Long Island area in New York has become a planting area for two feeds, soybeans and oats. This batch of less than 800 mules is just used to plow these lands...
These mules cultivated 4,000 acres of land a day, which shocked the onlookers of England and the Delava natives. Then, several female Delava chiefs had a shame to ask Albert for the mule. The old ladies were playing rogues, and where could the young and tender Albert bear it?
Albert thought to himself that mules had no reproductive ability and could not be used as cavalry mounts. So he generously sent more than a dozen mules to the Delava natives.
By the way, Albert told them that when he sent Delava's men, horses and mules, he said that this was a horse...
This is mainly because horses and mules do look like horses. With the shallow insights of local natives, it is difficult to distinguish them.
In addition, Albert is preparing to officially introduce his horse to the North American continent. This is because the New York hunting army is already far away to hunt the Moshigans. The distance is hundreds of kilometers away from New York. If you continue to chase after the horse, you will really not be able to catch up. Therefore, Albert plans to introduce war horses to match the army to facilitate their pursuit of the Moshigans.
However, after the horse landed in New York, Albert was worried that the friendly Delawares would ask for it, just like this time he asked for a mule.
The problem is that Marin once repeatedly declared the orders that the colonies must not give a fertile horse to the Indians. Even if it is stolen, a large army will be dispatched to recover it.
In the early days, Marin even asked that all landed horses must be castrated...
However, if the castrated horse was given to the Delavas, the other party would definitely be able to see it. At that time, the relationship between the two parties would become stiff.
So, Albert had a sudden inspiration and simply pointed to a mule as a horse, and decided that a horse and mule were a horse. In this way, the horse and mule are indeed similar. At that time, if the horse is truly introduced, as long as the isolation is good, the two will be similar from a distance.
If the Delavas wanted a horse, Albert would send them a few mules and fool them...
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In fact, horses and mules can also be ridden. However, occasionally they will get angry and get rid of the donkey. This may be nothing in normal times. But if it is in war, it may be fatal. Moreover, sometimes people can be thrown down. Therefore, if there is a horse, they will definitely not ride a mule. Unless it is a mule with a good temper. Of course, it is good for a horse and mule to pull a cart.
Because most of the time, horses and mules can also be ridden. As long as they are not allowed to get close to each other and carefully distinguish them, the Delavas cannot see it. Anyway, Albert's attitude is - the Delavas want horses? Give it to mules! Want real horses? No way!
In order to fool the Delavas, Albert ordered that all immigrants be unified in their caliber, and they insisted that the mule was a horse. If the Delavas also wanted to "rid" them, Albert would even give them a saddle so that they could ride a mule...
Chapter completed!