Chapter 727 Prevention of Species Invasion
Zhu Cilang could understand why these people put their ideas on American bison. For the people of the Ming Dynasty, cows could not only be used to eat meat, but also a means of production and a wealth.
During this period, there were 70 million wild bisons living in the New World of Yue. What is the concept of 70 million? Every household in the Ming Dynasty was assigned a cow and still had a surplus.
Because the reclamation company purchased plowing ox on a large scale, the price of scalpers throughout the Ming Dynasty has always been at a high level, and some areas even reached fifteen taels of silver.
If the bison in the New World can become a plowing cow, then a cow can earn at least ten taels of silver when transported back.
Even if you can't get back, you can change the cow tendon, leather, horns, and bones for money.
The reason for planning is that the bison not only represents the bison, but also an important part of the Indian placement.
The Indians are actually just a general term, but because of the genocide of Sam and Europa, their number is so rare that they are endangered, so there is no difference.
During this period, they had agricultural types that were planted, fishing and hunting, and half-fishing, half-farming.
Most of the Indians living in the Mississippi Plain survived by hunting, and their main target was American bison.
American bison cows weigh one thousand pounds, and some bulls can even grow to more than two meters in height. Killing one is enough for a small tribe to eat for a few days.
Before the Indians hunted horses and dogs, their hunting methods were very primitive, mainly by people wearing wolf skins to drive away the buffalo herds from the cliffs.
Hunting during this period is purely for filling the stomach, and once you have enough food, the hunting will stop, which has little impact on the total number of bison populations.
However, with the intensification of European colonization of America, advanced weapons, horses, and hunting dogs were introduced to the Indian tribe.
In addition to advanced hunting methods, European industrial products and daily necessities were also needed by Indians in daily life.
In order to trade with the Europa, the Indians began to hunt bison on a large scale.
This has led to a decrease in the number of American bisons, but after all, there are a huge number of 70 million, so it will not be quickly endangered.
The real reason for the extinction of American bison was Sam's westward movement. During the westward movement, the conflict between the bad people and the Indians led to the bad country taking the elimination of the Indians as a national policy.
Through research, the general of the Mold Country found that American bison was food for Indians. As long as all the buffaloes were killed, the Indians could only starve to death in poverty or choose to settle down and farm according to the requirements of the Mold Country.
The army began to massacre bison, and the economic depression at that time, cowhide could sell three to four bad gold. Many "coffees" from moldy countries participated in the hunting of bison.
In Hollywood movies, the impression of cowboys is always powerful, generous and chivalrous. But he is just an industrial worker who slaughtered bison and an accomplice of the Indian extinction.
Sometimes they also personally participated in the hunting of Indians.
The cowboys are busy? Yes, they are busy cutting cows, throwing the remaining beef away from the wilderness, slaughtering the Indians, cutting their scalps off for bounty.
Later generations wrapped in a glossy coat, becoming a symbol of the culture of the mold country that fashion and banana people imitated! Garbage!
A large amount of cowhide was transported to Europa. From then on, cowhide products entered the homes of ordinary people. Europa began to popularize cowhide boots, belts, genuine leather seats, and genuine leather sofas.
The bullshit fashion, the blood and tears of a nation, the fashion that a group of animals is on the verge of endless creation, and a group of Europa calf leather goods are highly praised by a group of kneeling and licking people.
Why did everyone raise the calf when she knelt on her milk? How could the cow's whine be heard into a fairy music?
So the so-called civilization is nothing more than the ugliness of a gorgeous appearance. The key is that there are many people who only look at the appearance.
However, for the Ming Dynasty, cowhide was secondary. The Ming Dynasty did not have the habit of using cowhide products, and Zhu Cilang did not want to cultivate it.
Cattle are tools of production. The Ming Dynasty had a sound policy on protecting oxen. These people tried to round up oxen for this purpose.
However, they were not estimating the strength of the bison, their fences were not strong enough, and they were greedy to drive away the excessive herds of cattle.
In the end, it was trampled to death by the bull. Because it was not a battle to die, is it considered sacrifice by being trampled to death by being trampled to death? Zhu Cixuan decided to do so. As long as he sacrificed for the purpose of performing the tasks assigned by his superiors without fear of life and death, it should be considered.
Therefore, the roundup of bison must continue. The bison is unruly and difficult to control. The Ming Dynasty had a bull nose ring, which looked like a small object, but it was indeed an effective means to subdue the buffalo to find the cow.
As long as cattle hunting is arranged in America, the Ming Dynasty will continue to use oxen for a long time in the future.
As for whether it can be tamed, this is OK. There are tamed bisons in the Indian murals.
A huge ranch with a reserve of 70 million cattle will be arranged to help the Ming Dynasty's pioneering career.
From this bison stampede incident, Zhu Cilang remembered some things he ignored. In addition to the American bison, there were also rabbit disasters in the Southern continent and other species invasion hazards.
Fortunately, it is still in the early stages of development, so early prevention can still play a role.
When he returned to the palace, Zhu Cilang immediately asked the Agricultural Minister to set up a relevant department to be responsible for managing and studying this situation.
Farmers are a bit confused about this. If there are too many rabbits, it is also a danger. Eat! Just eat more, but rabbit meat is so delicious!
But since Your Majesty said it must make sense, but it is suitable for raising sheep and cattle there? Because there are no natural enemies, you almost don’t have to worry about grazing?
The Agricultural Fairy felt that she had learned new knowledge. It turned out that there was such a set of science, which was terrible to think about it. Eliminating an animal can destroy a nation, and destroying an ecology can destroy the foundation of a nation.
It turns out that agriculture can be so powerful!
Zhu Cixuan did not expect that one day the Ming Dynasty would prevent species from invading their own country.
When I returned to the palace, there was no squeezing of memorials. More memorials had been sent there to review when Zhu Cixuan was in Tianjin.
The biggest good news is that the war in northern Xinjiang has ended. After encircling and annihilation of most of Tsarist Russia, the remaining Tsarist Russians retreated to the city of Krasnoyarsk.
That is, the upper city of the Yenisei River, Tsarist Russia is not a fool. He also saw that the Ming Dynasty was occupying the upper reaches of the Yenisei River. Once the Ming Dynasty was allowed to flow smoothly, Tsarist Russia's Central and Siberia would be in danger.
Therefore, Tsarist Russia stepped up the construction of Shuangke Fortress. In addition to the castle, Tsarist Russia also built a fort by the river to guard the river.
When Zhu Cixuan heard the news, he was not surprised. Just practice. The Ming Dynasty hoped that he would take a defensive position. When Tsarist Russia focused its front in Central Siberia, it meant that they had given up the battle for East Siberia.
The Ming Dynasty planned to no longer launch new attacks on Tsarist Russia before the two canals were built, and the Liaohe River - Songhua River - Heilongjiang - Lena River.
After all the construction is completed, the northern border region will be stable and then plot against the Yenisei River Basin. Otherwise, if you greedy and chew too much, you will not be able to eat it, and you will be indigestion.
Chapter completed!