Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 739 Logistics and Horse Administration

Wei Boqiu came to North Korea's Pusan ​​Port again.

This is already the sixth time he has come to this port city that is nominally the territory of the Kingdom of Korea, but is actually controlled by the people on the east coast.Kim Hong-beom, the county magistrate established by the North Koreans in Busan, is now being run over by the "traitor" Kim Go-gyu, who has a heart for the east bank, and the government orders can hardly be issued in the county office.Today, in the huge Busan County, almost everyone is looking forward to the leader of the East Coast Expatriate Reclamation Association, Jin Wugui. .

Wei Boqiu didn't care what Jin Hongfan thought, he only cared about how much material he could collect from North Korea—mainly food.From the second half of 47 to the end of 48, the army on the east bank fought for almost a whole year (during which the truce period was less than three months), and the accumulated materials were consumed in large quantities.Especially those livestock and food are consumed at a faster rate, and now they have begun to use the [-] tons of rice stock delivered by the Dutch.For this reason, Shao Shude has already issued a food collection order for the second time, requiring the logistics bases of North Korea (Jeju Island, Busan, Wonsan) and Sakhalin Island (Heishui, Dabo, Rishiri Island) under the control of the people on the east coast to hand over the surplus grain to Support the East Coast Far East regime that is now expanding everywhere.

Now the people from the East Bank are continuously building cities and villages in the Heilongjiang River Basin to eliminate the forces of the Manchu Qing. Equalizing land, resettling refugees, and resuming production all require a large amount of food.Even though the people on the east coast had harvested all the wheat from the fields in Laizhou, Qingzhou, and Jinan last year, the food stock still couldn't meet Shao Shude's huge plan. , the increase in logistics personnel, and the increase in livestock lead to a sharp increase in the consumption of grain and beans), therefore, it is inevitable to ask for food from North Korea and Sakhalin Island, which have been operating for a long time and are relatively wealthy, and this is obviously the reason why Wei Boqiu came to Busan.

"With such a vast area in Busan, the combined number of Han and Xian people exceeds 5000. Water conservancy construction is quite large-scale. Last year's rice and wheat harvests were bumper, and the folks stored a lot of grain." Wei Boqiu convened at the Civil Affairs Office of the East Coast Overseas Reclamation Association During the meeting, he said to the officials: "The entire area of ​​Busan is divided into ten districts, and the amount of grain to be collected shall be clarified. Each district must immediately dispatch police officials to set up a supervision team to urge the Baozheng and Lichang in the district to collect grain. Their annual work performance appraisal. All those who did not complete the food requisition task will be resigned, and those who overfulfilled the task will be rewarded. This point must be repeatedly publicized to them, after all, your work mainly depends on these grassroots North Koreans.”

"The Busan garrison cancels its vacation. Everyone stays in the barracks and is not allowed to leave without authorization, waiting for the order to suppress the local government at any time. Chairman Kim, hereby I formally grant you the full power to mobilize [-] soldiers from the garrison. If there is any trouble in the local area , then suppress it immediately without any hesitation. In addition, the security militia was also established two months ago. The five hundred soldiers of the security regiment are all healthy and well-behaved people sent from various Baogeli. Although only sticks are used as weapons, they can also be used at critical moments. Let’s say that the officers and soldiers of the garrison cannot be dispatched easily, as soon as they are dispatched, they will see blood. After talking for a long time, Wei Boqiu probably also felt that the garrison, the tigers and wolves with swords and guns, going out to fight and kill was not conducive to the long-term rule of the people on the east coast, so he decided to let the "stick and stick soldiers" dispatch: "But If the food collection is insufficient, immediately dispatch the garrison to kill chickens and monkeys. This point must be clear and firm, and don’t be confused. Also, all of you here are the people of my Dadong’an, and they are not the people under the rule of the North Korean Li Dynasty. So don’t be on the wrong team.”

Wei Boqiu's murderous words made the officials of the Civil Affairs Office and the Police Patrol Office (most of them were Korean military men or the children of prisoners from Jeju Island) sweat on their foreheads.Now how powerful the East Bank is in the surrounding areas of Liaohai, they are of course clear as their own people, so they dare not do anything at this time, otherwise the whole family will be arrested and imprisoned and sold to Nanyang.Therefore, in line with the principle that a dead fellow would not die a poor one, they secretly planned how to put pressure on those grassroots security chiefs and Lizhengs, so that they could recruit more rice and wheat to supply the front-line military supplies.

After beating his officials, Wei Boqiu went to the North Korean official office and beat Jin Hongfan.He warned Jin Hongfan in a strong tone that there are still [-] shi of grain that have not been delivered this year (the purchase price on the east bank is [-] renminbi per shi), and he hoped that the government of the Kingdom of Korea would complete the financing within one month.If not, the government of the Blackwater Pioneering Team on the east coast may organize a large-scale army to land in North Korea for "self-collection".

After showing off his power, Wei Boqiu quickly left Busan by boat and arrived at Jeju Island, which is across the sea from Busan.Now Jeju Island is empty. After a large number of North Koreans were resold to the Dutch in exchange for much-needed food, there are now less than 5000 residents on the island, including more than 5000 Han Chinese and about [-] Korean residents.In addition, Zhai Cong'e, Qin Shangxing, and Sun Shouzheng's left-behind soldiers, all of them old and weak, stayed on the island to guard property and sweep the barracks.Wei Boqiu was not interested in inspecting the military barracks. In fact, he didn't care about it. He went straight to the pasture near Halla Mountain in the center of the island to inspect the horse administration work on the east coast.

Over the years, people from the east coast have successively transferred a large number of horses from the Australian army stud farm to the Blackwater area. There are large numbers of Andalusian horses, Lusitano horses and Turkmen horses in the east coast. There are also rare and extremely precious Arabian horses specially donated by the Ottoman Empire (less than 18 in the country).Among them, there are 8 Andalusian horses (including its close relative Lusitano horses), 4 Turkmen horses, 2 Arabian horses, 2 Finnish horses, and 34 Raschek horses, a total of [-]. Exotic horses—almost all stallions.

As early as 1646, Mo Ming, who was in power at the time, felt the shortage of riding horses, draft horses, and carts and horses, so he ordered the establishment of the "15-year horse administration plan", and at the same time cultivated mixed-race horses in Heishui and Jeju Island. Horse breeds (most of them have now been moved to Halla Mountain Ranch, and only a few horse breeds are left in Heishui Port to breed horse breeds suitable for severe cold climates).

To be honest, most of the horses currently used by people on the east bank are Mongolian horses or horses with Mongolian horse blood, such as Korean pony horses (Korean local horses improved by Mongolian horses in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties) and Japanese horses (Mongol horses) Japanese subspecies).Although these horses have strong endurance and are easy to feed, their height is appalling.According to the long-term statistics of the horse administration technicians at Hallasan Ranch, the average body height of these horses is about 130 centimeters. This is a male horse, and the mares are even less than 130 centimeters, which is generally around 155-160 centimeters compared with European horses and West Asian horses. Compared with the height of the body, it is too shabby.

Especially nowadays artillery is almost the first important force in the battle sequence on the east coast, so there is a great demand for horses to pull the cannons and cavalry horses to protect the artillery. Currently, Korean pony and Mongolian horses are in use They often seem powerless, they are small in size and weak in strength, and cannot handle the hard and heavy work, so there is an urgent need to improve the bloodline of horses.

From the first half of 1646, the horse administration technicians at Hallasan Ranch began to select a large number of Mongolian horses and Korean ponies that are docile (most of the Mongolian horses are not docile), and are not easy to stir when marching (when the guns are loud) Often group riots), do not bite and kick each other (soldiers or soldiers are often bitten and kicked), do not neigh casually (cavalry or scouts are often exposed by the neighing of horses when approaching the enemy), and then with The mating of European horses and Arabian horses brought in one after another has bred a considerable number of mixed breeds.

The number of these mixed-breed horses is quite large at present. Although their body heights are uneven, according to statistics, their average body height is about 145-148 cm, and their physique is generally a circle larger than that of Mongolian horses.But in general, these mixed-breed horses are not considered a successful species, because there are still a lot of defects left on them, or they are irritable (they often need to be castrated when using them, otherwise they are not only easy to hurt people, but also chase female horses during battles) ), or slow running speed (often only about 20 kilometers), or weak strength (often six Western horses can easily pull a heavy-duty truck, eight mixed-race horses are very difficult to pull), and so on.

After talking with the technical staff of the horse administration, Wei Boqiu encouraged them to continue to implement the 15-year plan of the horse administration originally formulated by Marshal Mo when he was in office, and select horses with many advantages and stable genetics from the mixed-breed horses, and then continue to breed them.At the same time, the local country continues to send European horses and Arabian horses over every year-in order to solve the problem of drawing horses, the local country has even managed to get some Shar horses back from the UK-so that the technicians on the ranch have enough "materials" to Play their "breeding game".

After the inspection, Wei Boqiu had a hunch that it might take less than 15 years (three years have passed now), these horse administration technicians will be able to come up with a model that is suitable for the climate in northern China and North Korea, and at the same time has the same shoulder height, physical strength and physique. A new breed of horse based on European horses.If everything goes well, maybe seven or eight years later, the cavalry on the east coast of Shandong can ride a black water horse with a height of 155-160 cm, a running speed of 27-15 kilometers per hour, and a docile and disciplined temperament ( The name stipulated in the [-]-year plan of Ma Zheng).

At that time, the advantage of the cavalry on the east bank will begin to gradually expand.As for now, everyone will just make do with riding Mongolian horses.Well, there are also some eliminated horses in the Halla Mountain Ranch (horse management technicians believe that they have no value for further breeding, they have been castrated, and the number is about [-] or [-] horses) that can flow into the army. Although there are various defects, they are better than The body is big enough, and most of the combat indicators are better than Mongolian horses, which is enough to help the Polish cavalry to play some of their advantages.

(End of this chapter)