Chapter 108: Flocks of Chickens and Ducks

The chick that has just hatched from the egg is wet, but it is already a basically fully developed chick.

It's just that maybe because it didn't break out of the shell by itself, it was a little uncomfortable at first, but soon, the chick struggled to stand up tremblingly.

Maybe it was this new little life that gave Li Lian hope, and in the next process, there were chicks in every egg.

"Lord, it's done! It worked! Li Lian looked at the four weak little lives on the table, and his heart was full of excitement.

I finally don't have to carry the black pot!

"This ...... It really doesn't take a hen to hatch eggs!! Rifle looked shocked.

If the chicks that come out of the first egg are a coincidence, it is difficult to describe them as coincidences in succession.

Similarly, there are rotten eggs in the 40-degree conservatory, which is estimated to be impossible to explain simply by coincidence.

It seems that about thirty-eight degrees should be a more suitable temperature, and the specific ones will be left to Li Lian to explore.

Li Kuan also had an idea in his heart.

"Lord Wang, look at these chickens, they should be out of the shell in the next two days, and when the time comes, there will be so many chickens at once, it is definitely very spectacular."

At this time, Laifu began to think about what would happen after the chicks hatched.

And Chu Suiliang, who had just rushed over on the side, after understanding the cause and effect of the incident, looked at Li Kuan's eyes with another layer of awe.

Being able to hatch eggs without a hen is something that most people would never dare to think of, and now it has succeeded.

It seems that what the prince says in the future, whether he thinks it is strange or not, he must take it seriously.

"Li Lian, calculate the time, the day of egg hatching is these two days, you pay more attention. Also, these chickens need to be taken care of individually. ”

Li Kuan plans to wait for this batch of eggs to hatch, raise them for a period of time, and then think about the next wave of hatching.

After all, so many chickens, ducks and geese came rashly, and Li Lian needed to adapt to whether they could take care of them for a while.

As for those "premature" chickens, they can be regarded as meritorious chickens, and they are artificially released, so if you don't pay attention to them alone, there is a great possibility of premature death.

"Lord Wang, don't worry, I have prepared the chicken coop and chicken food according to your requirements."

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"Really? So Li Kuan really hatched chicks? Li Shimin received Li Zhong's report as soon as possible, after all, Li Kuan's work on hatching eggs in a greenhouse is about to become a joke in Chang'an City.

"Your Majesty, it's true, the eggs in the greenhouse have really hatched into chicks, although some of the eggs have become stinky and have not succeeded, but some have successfully hatched."

"It doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense." Li Shimin walked back and forth in the hall, chattering in his mouth, "You go and pass that Kuan'er over, I want to see him now." ”

Li Shimin felt that there was such a thing that he couldn't understand happening under his nose, and he had to figure out what the situation was.

The leader said a word, and the following was busy enough.

In less than an hour, Li Kuan appeared in front of Li Shimin.

"You really hatch eggs without a hen?"

Although Li Shimin didn't believe that Li Zhong would deceive him, he still couldn't help but want to hear the result from Li Kuan, the person concerned.

"Your Majesty, it is true. Wechen has set up three greenhouses, one of which basically didn't hatch many chicks, one hatched half, and the other one basically hatched all chicks. ”

"Huh? Why is this happening? ”

"Because the temperature is different for different conservatories."

"Temperature? What's that? ”

"Your Majesty, if you set the frozen water to zero degrees, the boiling water to 100 degrees, and divide it into 100 parts in the middle, then each part is one degree, you can simply understand that this is the temperature."

"So you hatch eggs because you set a reasonable temperature?"

Li Shimin's mind turned quickly, and he immediately understood what Li Kuan said.

"Yes. Your Majesty, think about it, why are hens able to hatch eggs? It didn't do anything, it just kept the egg under its feathers, that is, it warmed the egg with its own body heat, and when the time was up, the chick came out of the egg. I use a greenhouse instead of a hen, and the principle is exactly the same. ”

Li Shimin was a little surprised and said: "You analyze it like this, it seems to make a lot of sense." But ordinary people can't use it, how can there be so much food for chickens and ducks to eat? ”

"Your Majesty, hatching eggs in a greenhouse is naturally of little significance to ordinary farmers, but for Datang, it is of great significance."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Wechen hatched tens of thousands of chickens, ducks and geese this time, once a set of their own breeding experience is formed, there will soon be hundreds of thousands of chickens and ducks, or even millions. So many chickens and ducks, basically can guarantee that tens of thousands of them are sold as meat every month, which is considered to bring a new source of meat to Chang'an City. ”

"As I just said, farmers don't have so much grain to feed a large number of chickens and ducks, and for chicken farms, they have to face this problem, how can you solve it?"

"Has Your Majesty ever seen an earthworm?" Li Kuan did not directly answer Li Shimin's question.

"Naturally, I've seen it, are you a faint king?"

"Your Majesty laughed." Li Kuan smiled a little embarrassedly, it seems that his way of hanging his appetite is not suitable for Li Shimin.

"In fact, earthworms are the best feed for chickens and ducks, and earthworms are very good for artificial breeding, so farms can solve part of the chicken food problem by cultivating earthworms. In addition, the imperial court has some old grain that needs to be disposed of every year, and even some spoiled grain that needs to be disposed of, and Weichen can take it back and use it to feed chickens and ducks. ”

Li Kuan had also considered this question asked by Li Shimin before.

In fact, the best way is to have corn, these high-yield coarse grains to feed, but unfortunately every time I go to the system to exchange goods, I don't see any grain seeds such as corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and so on that can be exchanged.

As for the matter of sending people to the Americas to find seeds, it is still unreliable in a short period of time, and whether or not to do it in the future will be talked about later.

"Of course, you can buy the old grain of the imperial court, but not everyone can buy it, and your method is not popular." Li Shimin still felt a little regretful after listening to Li Kuan's words.

"Your Majesty, everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as large-scale breeding of chickens and ducks is profitable, there will naturally be businessmen to find a solution."

Li Kuan is obviously more optimistic than Li Shimin, and feels that sooner or later a better solution can be found.