Text/Liu Zhijian
It is estimated that everyone has the dream of riding a high-headed horse to chase the wind when they are young. Today, it seems that only herders living on the savannah have a chance to fulfill their long-cherished wishes. However, Wang Jian, a young boy after the 80s, had to live a galloping life in Huangya Town, Jiaxiang County, Shandong Province, on the shore of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and the Huangpan Alluvial Plain.
Not only that, he also formed a "cavalry company" and led a group of sons and daughters to emulate the scene of "Bright Sword", ren dada's horseshoe and Xiao Xiao's horse chirping to break through the tranquility of the countryside...
Teenagers riding horses at Wang Jian's Horse Farm
Wang Jian is a native of Jiaxiang, and his parents have always raised sheep for a living. After graduating from high school, he inherited his ancestral business and became a sheep. But as a post-80s generation, he does not want to be a traditional sheep with a sheep shovel and a poke in the buttocks of sheep, but to run a sheep breeding business with a new idea. To this end, he went to Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang and other sheep-raising areas to introduce new varieties to improve economic efficiency.
In 2015, when Wang Jian went to Xinjiang to buy a new breed of lamb, he saw a tall horse with a strong body in the herdsman's house, and he couldn't help but think of riding a horse. When the master saw that he was very interested, he helped him get on the horse, and as soon as he rode up, he trembled and grasped the reins, afraid of falling off the horse.
The master laughed loudly when he saw the situation, slapped the horse's buttocks with his hand, and the horse jumped out, Wang Jian was turned upside down, but he did not fall down, and when he ran out of more than a kilometer, he actually mastered the essentials of riding without a teacher, and then the horse ran away with joy...
Horses in Wang Jian's stables
After patting the horse and returning, the excited Wang Jian and the shepherd proposed to buy the horse, and the owner of the horse saw that he was dashing and comfortable the first time he rode a horse, and felt that this horse was related to Wang Jian, so he happily agreed. As a result, Wang Jian "returned with a full load", not only pulling back a cart of lambs, but also transporting back a good horse chasing the wind.
Since then, this horse has become Wang Jian's treasure, feeding grass, feeding, bristling, walking the horse... When things were "served" properly, under his care, the horse was fat and strong. From time to time, he rode a horse in the field and attracted a lot of attention.
After a while, Wang Jian suddenly thought: Since he is so related to horses, why don't he open a horse farm to raise horses to make money? There is no precedent for raising horses in Jiaxiang, and it is said that a trick is eaten all over the sky, maybe it can still make a lot of money? He told his parents what he thought, but he was scolded: "It's okay to keep a horse and ride it, but it's absolutely not okay to run a horse farm."
We have no one here to raise horses, 'trading is not passable, blind horses hit the south wall' principle you do not understand? Good sheep don't raise horses, you burn the bag and make a big hair..." But Wang Jian is a person with a subjective opinion, and the things he believes in hit the south wall will not turn back, and his "fallacy" is that the south wall is not terrible, and it is a big deal to break it.
Feed the horse Wang Jian
Under the pressure of his family, Wang Jian "fooled" a few friends into running a horse farm, and everyone was also worried, but Wang Jian talked about it: "I sincerely like the free galloping horse, I have seen all the movies and television related to horses, even the horse riding scenes in the costume drama I have to look at a few times." It is said that love is the premise of success, and I also have a horse, I dare not say experience, the experience is always a little, I have the confidence to run the horse farm well..."
His determined appearance infected everyone, and in late 2015, several like-minded friends opened the racecourse without hesitation. In this way, Wang Jian, the sheep boy, "turned into a wrangler." He was elected as the field chief, and thus "robbed" Sun Wukong of his official position and became "Bow Ma Wen".
It's hard at first. Wang Jian and his friends raised funds to buy back 30 horses from Xinjiang, and as soon as the horses were more than a problem, they came out. Although he had raised a horse, there was an essential difference between raising a horse and a group of horses, and because the horse breeding technology was not good, it was not long before the horses had colds, thinning and other diseases. Seeing that they were listless and emaciated day by day, Wang Jian realized that "Bow Ma Wen" was really not good, and if he did not solve the technical problems of horse breeding, everything was empty talk.
Wang Jian walked in the middle of the horse
To this end, Wang Jian and his partners decided to go out to "learn from the experience" and learn from others' advanced horse breeding experience and technology. He went to Xinjiang again, found his old friend to learn from his teacher, and learned about the symptoms and treatment methods of common infectious diseases, parasitic diseases, internal medicine diseases, limb and foot diseases, and obstetric diseases of horses.
After returning, he purchased professional books such as "Horse Disease Prevention and Control Manual", "Horse Donkey Mule Breeding Management", "Horse Breeding Technology", etc., and gradually mastered the physiological characteristics of horses, the design of stables, the preparation of feed, the selection of stallions, the breeding technology of horses, daily management, disease prevention and control and other knowledge. In addition, he subscribes to the professional journal "Horse Industry" magazine to keep up to date with the latest industry trends and technologies.
Slowly, Wang Jian and his friends gradually figured out the habits of horses and became more and more comfortable with raising horses. They set strict vaccination procedures for the horses and vaccinated all horses against tetanus and influenza, effectively controlling the occurrence of these two diseases that pose a devastating threat to the farm. And Wang Jian has also become a real "bow horse wen", effectively maintaining the health of the horse herd.
Wang Jian is preparing horse feed
One day in 2016, an otherwise healthy pregnant mare suddenly coughed and had trouble breathing. The breeders quickly reported to Wang Jian, who immediately rushed to the scene to understand the situation. After preliminary observation, Wang Jian found that the mare showed symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and the cause of these symptoms was often caused by the horse's allergy to hay, straw or feed.
After questioning the breeders, Wang Jian learned that there was a south wind for several consecutive days, and the hay machine on the south side of the stable also worked continuously for several days... The problem is here, Wang Jian immediately ordered the sick horse to be transferred to the stable without dust, and gave the sick horse antihistamine and bronchodilators and other drugs, and the result was that the disease was eliminated.
In this way, the horses of Wang Jian's horse farm are fat and strong under careful care, and the breeding of horses is also in good momentum, from the initial 30 horses to more than 50 horses. By 2017, the farm had grown to 120 horses, and he had invested in the expansion of another racecourse. The operation of the horse farm is also booming, customers in Xinjiang, Yunnan, Guangdong and other places have come to buy horses, these horses have become a bright presence in playgrounds and tourist attractions, the horse farm has become famous, the customer base is increasing, and even customers in North Korea and Myanmar have also come to investigate and introduce seeds.
Today, Wang Jian's horse farm can reach more than 400 horses per year, and there are more than 600 ponies out of the barn, and when the business is good, there are horses sold every day, and the sales volume is among the best in Shandong, and the annual gross profit has reached 8 million.
Wang Jian accompanied the customer to select horses
Wang Jian's horse farm business is booming, which has attracted the envy of the villagers. And those healthy horses also attracted the envy of another group of people, that is, the children in the village. They went to the horse farm on holidays to play, watching the horses on the adrenaline soaring, especially after watching the TV series "Bright Sword", the children were deeply impressed by the bravery of the "cavalry company" in the TV series, so a few bold people pestered Wang Jian to ask for learning to ride a horse.
For their demands, Wang Jian understood, but he was also a little worried. Because many of these children are left-behind children, their parents work outside the home. They come to the horse farm on weekends and holidays to play, Wang Jian never blocks, but riding after all has risks, in case of some situation, he can't bear it, but think about it, rural children are real, riding can not only exercise, but also increase some insight, so, under the premise of ensuring safety, he promised to teach children to ride.
"Soldiers of the Cavalry Company"
Under the careful guidance and effective protection of Wang Jian, the children got started particularly quickly, and learned to ride a horse when they came and went, and the children with high skills also learned to turn over on the horse at 360 degrees and stand on horseback.
Since then, a group of heroic teenagers, riding horses in the wind, galloping on the field scenes often appear. Looking at their figure chasing the wind and electricity, Wang Jian once again had a sudden thought, why not imitate the "Bright Sword" and organize a "cavalry company"? That must be very windy.
In the winter of 2018, taking advantage of the children's holiday, Wang Jian's "cavalry company" was officially formed, and the children rode horses in a row in the field, driving "war horses" and "charging forward" under his command. Although the children's costumes are different, and there are no sabers and sabers, everyone's mental state is heroic and heroic, and there is a great potential to overwhelm the sea... Watching the children disappear, Wang Jian really passed the addiction of a "cavalry company commander".
Later, someone transmitted the images and pictures of the "cavalry company" to the Internet, which attracted the envy of many netizens, and directly called out, "Are there still a shortage of children in your village?" The "cavalry company" unconsciously became the most eye-catching advertisement for Wang Jian's horse farm.
Wang Jian's horse farm is a fat and strong horse
Yang Qian'er became a horse, not only made a lot of money, but also incidentally formed a "cavalry company" and became a "cavalry company commander", people say that Wang Jian really did big things, but he was not proud. He has a bigger dream, not only to sell horses to all parts of the country and the world, but also to make an ordinary horse breeding business into an extraordinary life.