Zhang Youfu thought for a while: "There is another way, but it is a little troublesome, and it will not be able to be done in a while." ”

"As long as I get this land, I'll be happy to wait a few more days." Wu Nanhai said that as long as it is done before the autumn.

"Then just wait for my news." Zhang Youfu asked Wu Nanhai for more than 200 taels of silver, and then wandered around several large fields near the county seat, spent more than ten days trying to buy 70 acres of paddy fields, and then exchanged the land for this land with the title deed.

Seeing this result, everyone in the Committee of Agriculture could not laugh or cry. If he doesn't want silver, the Committee of Agriculture also proposed that it can be exchanged in kind, and the value is not below this, all of which were vetoed by the old man, how can he exchange the land deed for him?

"Isn't he just thinking about the landlord, and now he is naturally willing to send him a landlord." Zhang Youfu was proud.

"Aren't we willing to pay? It's not the same to buy land with money. ”

"The barbarian has never seen the world, and he is afraid of being deceived." Zhang Youfu said with contempt -- The difference between urban and rural areas is quite serious.

"I see." Wu Nanhai nodded, it seems that this shabby settlement can eat and drink in the county for a long time.

"It's really incomprehensible to the habits of traditional farmers." Ye Yuming expressed such feelings at that time.

"In the past, peasants had never seen the world, had no culture, were often deceived, and it was normal for them to be vigilant. That's why it's hard to do rural work. ”

According to Zhang Youfu, what is even more incomprehensible is this group of "thieves" -- even if they are powerful and powerful, the landlord will not dare to do anything if they directly occupy the land, even if it is the county yamen, they will never offend the thieves for such a poor bastard.

This kind of method, simply put, is to buy people's hearts, but Zhang Youfu thinks that this matter does not seem to be so simple.

The land, which had been bought with great thought and expense, was to the south of the farm, where the Wenlan River had a small backwater area, forming a large shoal with a large amount of reeds. The land is flat, there are small undulating hills nearby, and it is convenient to get water.

The new farm has two farms: livestock and poultry. Wu Nanhai likes to come here very much, not only for the work relationship, but also for a great sense of accomplishment every time he comes here. In particular, after the circumnavigation of the island, the channels for obtaining natural resources have been further expanded. Bopu has opened regular boat flights to Changhua and Yulin. A large number of cattle and sheep were transported from Changhua, which led to the rapid expansion of the population. The number of pigs, everyone's favorite meat, has also expanded. According to his estimates, by next year, at least the per capita meat eating standard of the citizens of the 21st century space powers will be restored among the time-travelers.

Wu Nanhai went to the horse ring first, and Yang Guigui had recently learned to ride a horse from Nick - he felt that the butt of the bicycle was too painful on the dirt road, and the seat was so perineal that it hurt.

"I don't want to have a prostate problem because of cycling, I'm a man with a wife." Yang Guigui went to learn to ride a horse in this way, and was ready to ride a horse when he went out in the future. Nick promised him a Dian horse when he went out, as a reward for his medical treatment.

When Wu Nanhai was going to look for him, Nick told him that Yang Guigui had already gone to the poultry farm to supervise the hatchery.

This large hatchery was built in conjunction with Jihua, the poultry promoter of the Heaven and Earth Society. Artificial hatching appeared very early in China, and it was already very popular in the Ming Dynasty, which is not a new crossing technology. However, artificial incubation eggs are not popular in Lingao, although chickens, ducks and geese are common local poultry, but the scale of breeding is not large, and there is no demand for this aspect.

There are many artificial incubation methods of soil method, the most common being the kang incubation method in the north and the urn incubation method in east China. Wu Nanhai is not from a breeding background, this matter still requires Yang Guigui, he used to go to the countryside to serve farmers, and he has seen a lot.

He suggested that the northern kang incubation method should be adopted, which has simple equipment and large hatching capacity, which is very suitable for large-scale breeding needs. If JISHU is proficient, the hatching rate is between 80~90%, which is comparable to modern electric incubation methods. An ordinary seven-fire cave kang incubation workshop can enter 2,600 eggs at a time, and can hatch as many as 15,000 eggs per month, even if it is to be expanded, it is quite simple, and almost does not need any modern equipment and materials - compared with the thermal insulation of fired bricks and adobe bricks, it is more suitable for the use of incubators.

When Wu Nanhai arrived at the construction site, he saw that Yang Guigui was instructing the construction site, and the newly built incubator had been slightly improved, with a tiled roof and a brick-clad façade - after all, pure adobe houses did not exist for long in Lingao.

"It always feels like it's a bit wasted." Wu Nanhai looked at the humble little house under construction. He was worried about where to find 2,600 sperm eggs at a time. Because there are few eggs and the embryonic shelf life of sperm eggs is very short, the sperm eggs collected are naturally incubated by the hens.

"It won't be wasted. In the rainy season, drying work is inevitable, and this incubator can also make a cameo appearance in the drying room. ”

Yang Guigui advised him not to worry: "The first batch of broods can provide about 200. That's enough for twenty small farmers. Slowly, the batch size will increase. It's a step-by-step process -- you think we only had a few chickens when we first moved here? Now there are hundreds. The growth rate is in the thousands. If the masses are mobilized in this way, it may have to be expanded by the end of the year. ”

"Take me to the chicken coop."

"Good. I'll take care of them first. Yang Guigui looked at the situation on the construction site, and the most important fire kang flue has been basically completed - this part is the most important, which can save fuel and transfer heat quickly. It's bad, and if you don't like it, you won't like it and you'll smoke it. It is also a specialized craft. Of course, there are no workers in Lingao, and even immigrants can't find them. Completely read the book operation. Construction according to the drawings. He gave instructions to the foreman and took Wu Nanhai to the newly completed chicken coop.

The new chicken coop still uses bamboo fences, fishing nets to cover the free-range method, and grows vine-climbing vegetables as shelter for the chicken shed. The new chicken coop has been reared separately. Breeders are kept individually, and layers, chicks and finishers have their own space without interfering with each other. It is convenient to add different feeds according to their state. There is also a bronze turkey in Zuihou, which has now enlarged to about a dozen in size.

More than 200 finished chickens are moving in the vast space under the cage nets. Looks in good spirits. The ground had just been sprinkled with water, and there was a smell of lime.

"The chicken manure is cleaned regularly every day and then sprinkled with lime water to disinfect it - no way, the density is still a little bigger. You have to guard against getting sick. Besides, chicken manure is also feed and cannot be wasted. ”

"We don't have fish."

Chickens have a short digestive tract and the feces they excrete contain many nutrients. Wu Nanhai knows that there is a kind of circular agriculture, which is to raise chickens next to the fish pond and feed the fish with chicken manure.

"Feed the pigs."

"Kao, that's disgusting." Thinking about the smell of chicken manure, Wu Nanhai already felt bored.

"After fermentation, the pig still likes to eat." Yang Guigui smiled bitterly and said, "I really don't like this kind of feeding method either. In the future, when the feed is abundant, it will be used as fertilizer. ”

Wu Nanhai followed him to the duck shed again. Ducks are actually much more efficient in poultry farming than chickens. Ducks are omnivorous poultry that are able to self-forage in grazing, tolerate rough feeding, and have a high feed conversion rate. During the first rice planting in the spring, Fa Shilu also engaged in duck farming in the rice field, so that the ducks could forage in the rice field, not only using the snails, small fish and shrimp in the rice field, but also eliminating pests and weeds. Fa Shilu was going to wait for the rice in the paddy field to be harvested, and then drive the ducks into the field to clear the field and eat the rice and bits of rice left in the field. This is much more convenient and thorough than manual cleanup. In Japan, there is also a good term called "duck rice farming", which is a retro natural rice farming.

The duck shed is located next to the river bay, and a bamboo fence separates the water bay from the river, and there is a sluice gate that can be opened and closed. lest the ducks run away on their own. The reeds are thick, the river is rich in nutrients, and there are plenty of aquatic animals such as snails, which ducks love to eat, along the bay. The Committee of Agriculture found a duck farmer among the immigrants to go out every day to herd the ducks, and by the way, they also fished snails and mussel shells, which were smashed and used as fodder for the ducks.

"Don't step on it." Yang Guigui reminded him that the grass on the river beach should not be stepped on indiscriminately. The ducks probably lay their eggs in it, and in the evening the duck keepers will make rounds and pick up all the eggs.

"We now have more than 200 ducks and more than 30 geese. Ducks and geese save more feed than chickens, in addition to egg poultry to supplement protein feed, a large number of green fodder, egg production rate is also good. It can also be used as a promotion breeding object. ”

The ducks are the local native duck and the Peking duck brought from modern time and space. Yang Guigui was going to cross them to see what the effect was, but the goose traverser didn't bring it because the Chinese native goose breed was recognized as a good breed. He simply bought a few from the market - the most common lion-headed goose in South China

Wu Nanhai said: "Ducks and geese must have a water surface, and the breeding conditions are limited, and it is not as easy to promote as chickens." Besides, duck and goose eggs are not popular. Everyone still likes eggs. Duck eggs are not made into preserved eggs and salted eggs, is anyone willing to eat them? Have you ever eaten goose eggs? ”

"I've eaten bad goose eggs, and they taste good." Yang Guigui recalled the delicious taste of eating bad goose eggs back then.

"Poultry is just growing fast. It would be nice if pigs could have such a high reproductive efficiency. ”

"The reproduction rate of pigs is not bad, sows can give birth to 20 piglets in two litters a year, and the survival rate of good haode feeding is still very high." "The biggest problem is the lack of sows.

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