Lu Ya drove the car, full of curiosity: "What is so good about this Waguo Wagyu beef? Wagyu has been cultivated for so long, do you say that you can surpass it? You don't have a purebred Waguo Wagyu, how can it be so easy?"

Xiao Peng shook his fingers: "You are wrong, the Waguo Wagyu is not their native cattle." Rather, it is to cross the native breeds of the Japanese with foreign breeds, in fact, in today's Wagyu cattle, you may find the bloodlines of Swiss brown cattle, Simmental cattle, British Elshire cattle, and Devon cattle. After several generations of hybridization and several improvements, the Wa country can be successful, why can't we succeed in China? Just like the Snow Dragon Black Bull, in fact, it is infinitely close to success, but because of the wrong market positioning, it has led to the current embarrassing situation. ”

"Market positioning?" Lu Ya was puzzled.

"That's right, after all, Huaxia is not a staple beef country, the expensive high-grade beef market in Huaxia is too small, and in the international high-end beef market, the quality is not as good as Waguo Wagyu, Xingpiao Wagyu, Australian Wagyu, and the competition is not enough, so this kind of beef is embarrassed and difficult to find a market. Xiao Peng explained.

Lu Ya asked: "Then what should you do? Do you have to have decades to improve the breed of cattle? By the way, why is Wagyu beef so unique in the world's high-end beef market? What is so good about it? Do the Japanese people like to eat beef very much? Can they raise such delicious cattle?"

Xiao Peng smiled: "You are really a curious baby, how many questions did you ask in one breath?Well, you just said a little wrong, the Wa people really don't like to eat meat, although Wagyu beef is so famous, but the history of the Wa people eating beef is not long, in the Nara period until modern times, due to the influence of Buddhism, meat in principle disappeared from the diet of the Wa people, to the late Edo period to the Meiji period, the Wa country before and after the experience of the 'black boat founding', ' The Meiji Restoration began to eat meat at that time, and the statement of the Confucian scholar Kagawa Shutoku of the Waji Kingdom is very indicative of the mentality of the Wakoku people at that time: "The Wakoku people are weak if they don't eat meat", and at that time, the Meiji Emperor took the lead in eating beef, and the army also promoted canned beef. It was only in the sixties of the last century that beef really began to become popular. Now there is also this saying in China, that is, the physical fitness of Chinese people is not as good as crooked nuts, a big reason is because of dietary habits, such as Chinese people mainly eat pork instead of beef. ”

Lu Ya nodded and said: "I agree with this statement, after all, I am studying medicine, from a nutritional point of view, beef is much better than pork, if this is not the case, why do athletes eat beef instead of pork?"

Xiao Peng continued: "This is also a helpless thing, after all, eating pork is a habit that Huaxia has insisted on for thousands of years, how can it be said that it will be changed, and the price of beef is much more expensive than pork, compared to it, high-quality and inexpensive pork is more marketable." ”

Lu Ya said: "It doesn't cost much to buy a cow bone and cow tail, and you can stew soup every day." Especially if you have children at home. ”

"It's all about the habit of taste. Xiao Peng said. "For example, our people eat less beef, so it is naturally difficult to distinguish between good and bad beef, but people have crooked nuts and staple beef, so at that time, I had experience in eating, what beef is good and what beef is not good, and you can eat it as soon as you eat it. ”

"Is it so exaggerated?" Lu Ya didn't believe it: "I eat pork every day, but it's hard to tell what kind of pork is delicious." ”

Xiao Peng smiled: "So aren't you a foodie, Waguo Wagyu has three recognized characteristics that distinguish it from other beef cattle, namely 'frost', 'oil flower' and 'snowflake', that is, the red muscle tissue is distributed with a low melting point of snowflake-like muscle tissue." Moreover, the fat melting point of top Wagyu beef is much lower than that of ordinary beef, so low that the low temperature of ordinary people can make it melt immediately!

"Muscles are full of fat?" Lu Ya was shocked.

Xiao Peng said: "Yes. The delicious taste of Wagyu beef does not come from the muscle tissue itself, but from the fat tissue that 'frosts' between the muscles. In many countries, the fat content of beef is one of the main factors that distinguish beef. The more fat there is, the more evenly distributed, the higher the grade of beef. High-grade beef must contain 6 to 8 percent marbled fat, while top-quality Wagyu beef contains 20 to 25 percent marbled fat! You know what is so good about Wagyu now, right? Speaking of this, we have to complain about our Chinese eating habits, no matter what kind of meat we buy, we have to buy lean meat, in fact, lean beef, that can be said to be the worst beef. ”

Lu Ya asked curiously, "Is there still a grade of this beef?"

Xiao Peng smiled: "The beef hierarchy of the Japanese people is so fine that it is even more detailed than tuna! The meat on a cow is subdivided into ten parts: neck meat, shoulder tenderloin, shoulder meat, front breast, tenderloin, sirloin, filet, back breast, leg meat, and beef tendon, and the price of beef in each part is different, and there is also a difference in the meat quality grade of the same part of beef! The price is still different!"

Lu Ya was a little dizzy when she heard this, "You mean, the price of meat in the same position on the same cow is not the same?"

Xiao Peng nodded: "Yes, for example, if the shoulder meat is cut on the same cow, the price may be very different." ”

"Why is this happening?" Lu Ya was puzzled.

"Wakoku Wagyu has a strict hierarchy that consists of two parts, one is the 'Buru grade', that is, the meat yield of beef, which is divided into three grades: 'ABC'. The second part is the meat quality grade, to evaluate the meat quality, it is necessary to evaluate the fat content of the meat pieces, the color of the meat, the firmness of the beef, and the color of the fat. Each item is divided into many grades, such as fat content, which is divided into five large grades and 12 small grades! The color of beef is divided into seven colors and five grades, and if it is too high, it is not good, and if it is too low, it is not good! And the firmness of beef is an important indicator of taste! The fat color is also seven and five grades! And the Wagyu beef with four of the fat base colors is the best. And a top-notch Wagyu beef, all four evaluations must be the highest!"

Lu Ya was stunned when she heard this: "No wonder the island country of Wagyu is so expensive." This grading system alone can scare people to death. ”

"This is only the top Wagyu beef, let's just say, even Tajima cattle may not always get the title of 'Wagyu', it must have a fat content of 6 or more, a meat yield of A or B, a weight of 230 kg to 470 kg, and a livestock company. Xiao Peng continued.

"Then since they are all hybrids, why can't our Chinese cattle crossbreed such a good breed?" Lu Ya said the question he was most concerned about.

Xiao Peng smiled bitterly: "It's not because of habits? We Chinese people like to eat lean meat, and the Snow Dragon Black Cow is so delicious, but there are not many people who know the goods." Even if I want to train beef cattle, I will first use it to open up the international market, and then come back to attack the Chinese market. ”

"Since the Wagyu cow is so powerful, do you have the confidence to cultivate it? What breed of cow are you going to use to fight with them? Is it also a hybrid cow?" Lu Ya said.

"What kind of hybrid cattle do you use? We also have 'five famous cattle' in China, don't we? If you want to fight with them, you must use our local cattle! I plan to choose a kind of local cattle and start trying. Xiao Peng said.

"Since we also have the 'Five Famous Cattle' in China, why can't we compete with foreign cattle in the market?" Lu Ya asked.

Xiao Peng listened to this question and smiled bitterly: "We still have many cattle breeds in China, do you know why these five types of cattle are called the 'Five Famous Cattle'?"

Lu Ya shook her head, and Xiao Peng gave the answer: "Because these five types of cattle are the most suitable values for Chinese people: more meat production and high lean meat rate." This was the wrong direction from the beginning, pursuing a high lean meat rate, and it was good to make beef jerky. Well, then again, most of them have turned into beef jerky. In fact, almost all of our local cattle breeds in China are muscle-sticks, and it is really not easy to choose a suitable cattle breed. ”

"Since it's not easy, why don't you introduce Australian Wagyu cattle to breed like Huang He?" Lu Ya asked.

Xiao Peng said as a matter of course: "If you want to lay down the Waguo Wagyu cattle, of course, you have to use our local Chinese cattle." What's the point of lying down on them?"

"Why do I feel that the purpose of the beef cattle project is not pure, why does it seem that it is just to fight the Japanese kingdom?" Lu Ya asked.

Xiao Peng smiled: "It's not like, but it's just! I can't get used to their virtues, and in order to raise prices, what kind of technical blockade is there! If Ma De Laozi gets this cow out, he will first break the monopoly of the Japanese State in the high-end beef market! Let the girl hide it!"

"It seems that you will definitely succeed, all countries on the planet have research projects on beef cattle improvement, and I haven't seen anyone who can improve them successfully!" Lu Ya said disdainfully.

Xiao Peng laughed: "That's because I didn't do it, I'm a man who makes the impossible possible! And, hehe, let me tell you, this time I still have a secret weapon, and I am more likely to succeed." ”

Lu Ya was curious: "What secret weapon?"

Xiao Peng laughed: "Where are we going?"

"Didn't you go to the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences?" Lu Ya asked.

"Yes, have you heard of Liu Yixun?" asked Xiao Peng.

Lu Ya shook her head.

Xiao Peng explained: "One of the two academicians of the Zoo Research Institute, he switched to animal biology-breeding-science!"

"What does that have to do with you?"

"Hehe, if there is no accident, he will take the students to Qianliyan for residency, if it weren't for this reason, I wouldn't have considered raising cattle. With their help, it will definitely be twice the result with half the effort!"

"Wait, you mean to say that you want the academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to take the students to raise cattle for you?"

"Yes, otherwise they wouldn't do anything, and what a waste of food. ”

"You're not a good person!"

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