Raising a good horse is definitely a long-term money-burning project!

There should be at least two horse farms covering an area of ​​thousands of acres. This is Mirbao's suggestion. Because horses will get plague, all horses cannot be put together, otherwise all the previous efforts will be wasted! Therefore, at least two small horse farms covering an area of ​​more than 5,000 acres must be established, and they must be relatively closed.

Each horse farm must be equipped with a horse raising team including horse craftsmen, grooms, and veterinarians, as well as guards to prevent stallions from being stolen, horse breeds from being out of their way or mares being held by foreign stallions...

It is best to have four stallions, two persian and large-scale species. Each stallion must have a separate activity area and a matching mare herd. At the same time, establish a horse account and give each stallion and mare immediately so that the best mating plan can be formulated.

As for the forage and essential ingredients that horses eat, they naturally invest at any cost, so there is no need to say this.

This method of raising horses as treasures cannot be effective in one or two years. It must take twenty or thirty years to allow the horses to be bred for six to seven generations before it can be established to create a fairly excellent variety. The funds required will probably cost hundreds of thousands.

And if you only burn money for at least twenty years, there will be no reward!

It takes twenty years to raise horses, and it also takes a long time to raise people. And the money required to burn is definitely much more than raising horses!

Moreover, the investment in educating people is absolutely impossible to save! Because in Wu Haogu's view, the failure of the Song Dynasty in history was not because of lack of horses, nor because of lack of blood, nor because of being unable to take the blame, nor even because of the failure to release military power with a glass of wine.

There is only one root cause of the problem, that is, the Song Dynasty did not run well in education! The failure of the Song Dynasty was the failure of education! Although the Song Dynasty also opened official schools and established an imperial examination system that seemed to promote education. However, it is undeniable that the education of the Song Dynasty, whether it is private or official, was actually low-cost and low-level.

The kind of education that "a man wants to fulfill his life's ambition and reads the Five Classics diligently in front of the window" cannot cultivate talents who can govern the country and ensure the world. Compared with the "Six Arts Education" that was monopolized by a few noble elites before, it is actually far inferior. Only by giving the "path to promotion for poor families" can we talk about it.

To overcome this problem, in Wu Haogu's opinion, it is actually quite easy, it is nothing more than increasing investment in education!

Compared with the Five Classics Education, the disadvantage is that it is expensive! The advantage of the Five Classics Education is that it is cheap.

Unfortunately, there are no good people who are cheap... In this question, people and horses are the same!

If Wu Haogu wants a "good person", then he cannot be afraid of burning money.

According to Wu Haogu's requirements, the "Liuyi Academy" that carries the cultivation of useful scholars for China has now started construction. The Liuyi Academy is not within the "urban area" of Jiehe Shangshi City, but is outside the moats and dams of Shangshi City. It is built on the east side of Shangshi City, next to Jiehe River. In order to facilitate transportation, it also has its own dock and of course its own flood control dam.

Wu Haogu went to see the academy construction site with Ma Zhi on the fourth day after arriving at Jiehe. Hundreds of workers were busy there. The No. 1 main building of Liuyi Academy has already looked a little bit. The third-story tube building has been built, and there are still people who are leveling the land next to it. It is planned to build Building 2 and Building 3.

"The first phase is No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 Book House, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 accommodation building, and Teachers' Building."

Wu Haogu rode on the horse and said to Ma Zhi, who was walking with him: "This academy is not a temple. In the future, students will be teenagers over nine years old. The school system is six years old and divided into six grades. According to the numbers, it will range from first to sixth grade. One grade will occupy a bookstore and a residential building. It is planned to open three grades next year, and then add one grade in the next year..."

"First three grades?" Ma Zhi didn't understand what Wu Haogu meant, "Didn't you start studying in the first grade?"

"It usually starts from the first grade," Wu Haogu said with a smile, "but the students I received when they first opened must be of different quality. Some students have foundations, and they can start from the second grade and third grade. Those without foundations start from the first grade."

Let some students start studying directly from the second and third grades, which is naturally a need for quick-growing talents. Wu Haogu knew that with the growth of Jiehe Commercial City and the improvement of his own officialdom, many talents will be needed in the future.

At the beginning, it is necessary to appropriately lower some requirements and cultivate some quick-growing talents. Otherwise, in a few years, when Jiehe Shang City begins to take shape, no one will be available to Wu Haogu.

In fact, Wu Haogu already felt that the talents in his hands were not enough!

"There are still people working there?" Ma Zhi noticed that there were still people working in the east of the "Liuyi Academy", as if they were using wooden fences to enclose the land.

“There are Lighthouse University and Naval Academy,” Wuhao Ancient Road, “further east is the South Bank Race Farm.”

The South Bank Horse Farm is one of the two horse farms used to raise "Jiangh Popos". However, there are not only these two horse farms in Jiehe Market. Liuyi Academy, Lighthouse University, Naval Academy, Police Patrol Office, Construction Office, Dadu Security Office and other institutions will have their own special horse farms. Among them, the police patrol office, construction office, and horse farms of Dadu Security Office will be located on the north bank of Jiehe River.

In addition, Wu Haogu also plans to build racecourses and polo courts in Jiehe Shang City, in order to mobilize merchants' interest in raising horses and playing horses.

If the development goes smoothly, more horse farms will be built on the north bank of the Bian River in the future.

In short, the prospect seems good, but it requires a lot of silk (money) to pave the way forward.

...

When Wu Haogu and Ma Zhi returned to the city of Jiehe Shangshi, there were several cowhide tents being built on the right side of Zhengsuo Street (the temporary street where the buildings such as the government office, construction office, police office, and finance office were located). Some people like vendors were shuttled back and forth, and in front of one of the largest cowhide tents, there was a flag with the three Chinese characters "Aladdin" written on it.

It turned out that Bai Siwen from the Aladdin Chamber of Commerce has arrived!

Bai Siwen left Kaifeng Prefecture with Wu Haogu, and the two walked together. However, when they entered the northern part of Cangzhou, the convoy led by Bai Siwen fell behind because there were too many vehicles and goods and could not move quickly. Today, he arrived at Jiehe Market.

Although Wu Haogu did not welcome Bai Siwen, a wealthy merchant in Tianfang Sect, to enter Jiehe City, his arrival added a bit of commercial atmosphere to Jiehe Market. Because the vendors brought by Bai Siwen set up stalls and goods in front of several cowhide tents, there was actually nothing good, just some cloth, silk, silk, and porcelain wholesale from Daming Mansion.

There are several stalls that sell food. One of them sells a cake-like thing steamed and pressed with walnut kernels, raisins, sesame, jujube and other mixed things, which scared Wu Haogu. Isn’t this thing cut cakes? Why did it exist in the Song Dynasty?

Just when Wu Haogu was a little stunned, one of the tents was lifted and several people came out. The first one was Bai Siwen. Looking at Wu Haogu, he was a fat man: "The big official, Bai Siwen is polite."

Behind Bai Siwen, two blonde women with fluttering blonde hair, beautiful facial features, snow-like skin, and graceful body also gave a blessing to Bai Siwen.

"Bai Yuanwai," Wu Haogu looked at the beauty behind him, and then pointed his hand at "Cut Cake", "What is this?"

Bai Siwen was stunned. He originally thought that Wu Haogu would ask him about the beauty behind him. The two beauties carefully selected and trained by Bai Siwen, who asked the Aladdin Chamber of Commerce to him. They were all female slaves from Kiev in the West.

But why did the officials of Wuhan University ask about Marintang? Is he hungry? Fortunately, he had someone ready for the banquet.

"Return to the words of the Grand Official," Bai Siwen smiled, "This is Marincan, a must-have item for long-distance business trips, and it is also an item that our Aladdin Chamber of Commerce prepares to sell in Jiehe Market."

How did the Aladdin Chamber of Commerce change its career and sell cakes?

"Isn't your family a maritime business?" Wu Haogu asked, "How did you do such a small business?"

Bai Siwen smiled and explained: "The great official has no idea that my family has no foundation on the sea in the north, they are not familiar with the sea conditions, the wind direction, and the ports along the coast have no foundations. Therefore, they cannot enter the sea rashly, so they should do some small business first and lay the foundation firmly.

Besides, the deals like Marincan are quite small. Whether you walk west on the Silk Road or south on the Sea Road, you need to prepare food for merchants. They must be specially cooked, easy to store, light in weight, and can fill your stomach. Marincancan is just one of them.

Moreover... the dry food of this business is just a small business that my family has built a foothold in Jiehe Business City. It doesn’t matter how much money it earns, just be able to gain a foothold."

Wu Haoguxin said: If you sell cut cakes to gain a foothold, then how can you make a lot of money?

"Two high-ranking officials." Bai Siwen smiled and bowed again, then pointed at the tent behind him, "I have prepared a table of thin wine. I want to invite you to have a chat while eating. I wonder if you can appreciate it?"

"What's the point?" Wu Haogu did not move, but asked.

He is now a great scholar who cultivates one's own nature. He doesn't want to attend any banquets without being necessary. He doesn't hurt his body and wastes time. If he has time to eat and drink, it's better to read more of the principles of Confucius and Mencius.
Chapter completed!