Lu Pingbei nodded, his face was gloomy, this is something that needs to be worried about every year, although it is controlled by the household department, but this loss is too great, and it is not good for military supplies.

Zhu Yunmo paused and tilted his head to look at Zhou Heng.

"Before, Zhou Heng, you didn't use corn stalks and forage or anything to make a kind of feed for cattle and sheep, I remember that this thing is very full for cattle and sheep to eat a little, and it is easy to grow meat."

Lu Pingbei was instantly attracted by Zhu Yunmo's words and looked at Zhou Heng.

And Zhou Heng bowed slightly, as if unintentionally, he took a teacup and a sip of tea, and then said slowly:

"As a doctor, both humans and animals must know their habits, and it is not difficult to make some high-quality feed, as long as the ratio of various things is appropriate.

Besides, corn stalks are originally waste, and of course there are straw and all kinds of grain leftover forage, which is easy to preserve as long as it is disposed of properly.

Just eating rice grain, livestock may not be able to increase endurance, and it is not easy to grow more meat, this depends on the demand, the need to eat is naturally based on muscle gain, the need to run to increase endurance, but also need to adjust the formula of hunger resistance. ”

After listening to Zhou Heng's words, Lu Pingbei kept nodding his head, this was really a breakthrough, he hurried over and asked:

"What about the price?"

Zhou Heng glanced at Lu Pingbei and seemed to think that he was a little strange, but he still replied:

"Naturally, it is more expensive than ordinary forage, although all kinds of straw in it do not cost money, but the herbs and some beans need silver, but in terms of consumption, it is comparable, of course, there is almost no loss of this feed, as long as it is not guarded and stolen, it will not be lost and lost."

When Lu Pingbei heard this, his eyes widened in an instant, and he looked at Zhou Heng and asked tentatively:

"I wonder if you have a finished product?"

Zhou Heng shook his head, "Some of the ones made before have been used when I went to Datong, and the existing ones are used to raise sheep in Beishan, if Lu Shangshu is interested, you can go and have a look."

Our sheep are the lambs that have just been caught around the first month, and now they are fat and strong for only six months, leaving the breeding sheep, and the rest have been put on the table, which is nearly a year shorter than the general feeding. ”

The more he listened, the more interested Lu Pingbei became, he knew about this sheep, it would be good to be able to breed and slaughter for a year, and some places only rely on artificial sheep herding, and it would be good to be able to slaughter them in two years, but he was only a few months.

"Why is this so fast?"

Zhou Heng shrugged, he didn't say that he also raised wild boars, this thing is taboo with the royal family, but he doesn't want to call pigs porpoises, anyway, it's weird and awkward, these are still eaten.

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng grinned, "Captivity is this benefit, there is not much space, there is not too much exercise, eating well is hypnotic, these sheep and chickens are naturally willing to sleep, this is the most way to raise meat, so the time for slaughter is shortened by half."

I still have a lot of rare things there, all of them are raised, after all, the north slope of Beishan is not conducive to opening a workshop, let alone building a house, the light is a little poor, and it is a little cold, but it is enough to breed these livestock and poultry, if the old marquis and Lu Shangshu are free, you can go with Zhou Heng, let's go to the scene to see. ”

As soon as the words fell, Ning Yuanhou's voice sounded.

"Zhou boy, you finally heard that the old man is here, why are you talking so lively, I seem to hear that you want to invite me to eat something, or what to watch?"

......

An hour later, several carriages came directly behind the North Mountain.

Everyone got out of the car, and Zhou Heng hurriedly led the way in front.

"Old Marquis and everyone, please come with me, the carriage can't move forward here, you need to walk over."

Ning Yuanhou waved his hand, "Don't talk nonsense, you just go ahead, push me due north, I really want to see how your kid uses medical skills to raise sheep." ”

Zhou Heng smiled, a little embarrassed.

"I don't think it's of any use, after all, it's to save some forage and shorten the feeding time, and the daily consumption here is very huge, basically every table has to order roast sheep."

The father and son of the Lu family glanced at each other, and then nodded to each other.

Obviously, they understand Zhou Heng's temperament, this product is just a pixiu, only in and out, it is really not easy for him to spend money to do something, such an operation is completely in line with his character.

Lu Pingbei completely inherited Ning Yuanhou's acute son, maybe he could be more reserved in the court, but at this moment, there were no outsiders, he completely let himself go, and urged a little anxiously:

"Let's hurry up and take a look at the place where you are raised."

Zhou Heng couldn't help but smile and stretched out his hand to ask for a word.

"Lu Shangshu, don't worry, please here."

Saying that, leading the two of them, they walked directly into the enclosure where they raised, here is not just a circle of fences as they imagined, but rows of neat houses, each house has a courtyard outside, and when you come close, you can see that there are clay jars outside the enclosure.

Zhou Heng lifted a lid, and it was full of pellet feed, and he knew that there were different things in it from the color, and there were some black beans.

Lu Pingbei pushed Ning Yuanhou to hurry up, and scooped some out with a gourd, the fragrance of beans and the aroma of medicinal herbs were very strong, and there was no green taste of grass at all.

"This is the feed?"

Zhou Heng nodded, "There are herbs mixed in it, which can prevent plague and make cattle and sheep more appetizing, and the black beans in it increase nutrition, so it is easier to grow meat than eating ordinary forage, of course, when the surrounding grass is lush, they will still cut some grass ginseng and feed it, so that they are more appetizing." ”

"Will people be poisoned if they eat it?"

Zhou Heng shook his head, puzzled, but still replied:

"This is straw, beans that increase nutrition, some appetizing herbs, and powders that improve immunity, and the water is extremely low and not easy to spoil, not to mention that these things are eaten by livestock, even if people eat them, they are fine."

Before Zhou Heng finished speaking, Lu Pingbei grabbed a black bean and threw it directly into his mouth, and it was too late for Zhou Heng to stop it.

Lu Pingbei chewed hard and nodded towards Ning Yuanhou.

"This bean is roasted, not raw, and it tastes mushy and fragrant, and this person is willing to eat it, but this thing eats too much and farts, and it's a very stinky fart!"

Zhu Yunmo subconsciously took two steps back, after all, Lu Pingbei had eaten a lot, if he came up, he would be a fart, he stood behind, and he was the first to suffer.

Ning Yuanhou followed and ate a black bean, and then nodded continuously.

"It's delicious!"

Zhou Heng hurriedly stepped forward and stopped the movements of the two, you must know that this is feed for sheep, even if people can eat it, they can't come up and pick this thing to taste.

"Hou Ye and Lu Shangshu still don't taste it, even if it's non-toxic, you can't eat it like this!"

Ning Yuanhou waved his hand, his face full of indifference.

"What is this, when leading the troops to fight, the grain and grass were broken, the bark and grass roots were eaten, at that time, in order to survive, we had no water to drink and directly killed the blood of the horses, this kind of feed is really good, if you feed the horses, how much can you eat?"

Zhou Heng smiled, and seeing that Ning Yuanhou was interested, he directly called Boss Xue, led the horses in their car, found a wooden basin and put it on the ground, Zhou Heng used a gourd to scoop two scoops and poured them into the wooden basin.

The horse seemed to be hungry, too, and began to eat very quickly, but after eating less than halfway, he slowed down, drank a little water, and ate a few more bites, and then stopped eating.

Ning Yuanhou raised his eyes to look at Boss Xue, this horse had eaten too little.

"Did you just give the horses grass, or did you feed something, and why did you eat so little?"

Boss Xue shook his head, "I haven't fed it in particular, it's just that when we came in, it ate some grass on the side of the road, but this feed is very anti-hunger, so two scoops are equivalent to two buckets of grass." ”

Ning Yuanhou glanced at Lu Pingbei, Lu Pingbei naturally understood what his father meant, and hurried forward.

"Zhou Heng asked someone to fill me with some feed, I'll go back and try it, can you make this thing?"

Zhou Heng didn't rush to answer, but frowned slightly, and looked at Lu Pingbei, this thing is, rushing is not a business, Zhou Heng knows this well, and naturally understands Lu Pingbei's thoughts.

"Lu Shangshu, we are just preparing feed for the cattle, sheep and horses raised in Beishan, and the quantity is not very large, why do you ask this?"

Lu Pingbei smiled, raised his hand on Zhou Heng's shoulder, and said in a low voice:

"You see, on the other side of this North Mountain, there are military quartermaster workshops, anyway, one is to catch up with two, just recruit some more people, make some feed for the military department, but your price can't be too high, I'll find a place to test it first, if it is feasible, this is a big deal."

Zhou Heng didn't think about it, and directly waved his hand to refuse.

"No, if Lu Shangshu wants some food for his horses, I'll give you a cart, I don't want to do this kind of business.

When it comes to military quartermasters, the eyes that look at me on the Baohe Palace are different, my little life is really fragile, I want to live a few days, don't do it! I don't do anything if I give money! ”

Lu Pingbei was stunned, he never expected that Zhou Heng, who couldn't get away when he saw the business, would answer so happily this time, he wouldn't get it when he came up, and Lu Pingbei was also stunned for a while.

Ning Beihou was also a little stunned, and quickly turned his wheelchair and looked at Zhou Heng.

"Zhou boy, what's wrong with you?"

Zhou Heng spread his hands, with an innocent face, sighed towards Ning Beihou, and glanced at Zhu Yunmo again.

"Don't hide it from the old marquis, I and the prince have been villains recently, you can see that I am a lone star, and then I was framed by the monk Jingyi, as for some families, I don't say that you also know, one by one I can't wait for something to happen to me.

Even if we saved the Xu family today, when we left, the Xu family also glared at us angrily, eager to eat me, as if begging me to go over for diagnosis and treatment, it was a great shame, so I still don't want to have more to do with the military quartermaster, to be honest, hearing these two words, my heart trembled. ”

Lu Pingbei pondered for a moment, and then looked at Zhou Heng, he didn't expect Zhou Heng to think so much, but if he analyzed it himself, it was indeed the case, and it was also because Zhou Heng and Zhu Yunmo were too ostentatious, although others didn't know about the flying ball, but the court officials knew it to some extent.

As for these things for military supplies, every sum of silver comes out of the household department, how can the relevant details not be known, what kind of attitude the Wen family has towards Zhou Heng and Zhu Yunmo, needless to say, he is also very clear.

sighed slightly, and then looked at Zhou Heng seriously.

"Don't be annoyed, I know what you said, but this feed is really useful to me, and if it is solved, it can save a lot of money for the imperial court, you calculate the price for me first, and then take some and I will go back to test it."

Let's discuss the rest of the issues, you find someone, and I will sign the contract in his name, and as for the distribution of funds and silver, our military department will come directly by ourselves, just transfer you from the front of the stage to the background. ”

Zhou Heng was not in a hurry to agree, and when he saw that Zhu Yunmo was also looking at him with a hopeful face, he paused a little helplessly, and looked at Ning Yuanhou and Lu Shangshu with a hint of reluctance, so he nodded.

"Lu Shangshu, forgive me, I really don't mean to embarrass you, so ...... Okay, but who's going to put that name on? ”

As soon as this sentence came out, it was regarded as asking Lu Pingbei's father and son, they only knew about the war and some things in the court, and in whose name was used for this business, they really didn't think about it carefully.

Ning Yuanhou looked directly at Boss Xue who was leading the horse, waved his hand and said directly:

"What's the trouble to think about, I'll just use the name of this kid, how good an ordinary person is."

Without Zhou Heng's objection, Zhu Yunmo shook his head.

"The people of the Zhou Mansion and the Shizi Mansion can't use it, not to mention Boss Xue, Zhu Sanfu and they can't use it either, as soon as these people report their names, who doesn't know that we did it?"

Ning Yuan was in a hurry, slapped his thigh and shouted, "Then who is suitable?" ”

Zhou Heng raised his head slightly, glanced at Ning Yuanhou and Zhu Yunmo, and said in a low voice:

"I have a suitable person, but it is up to you two to say whether he agrees or not."

Ning Yuanhou and Zhu Yunmo were stunned and looked at Zhou Heng with doubts.

"Who?"

Zhou Heng coughed, with a hint of embarrassment on his face, but still said:

"Wei Guogong!"

Ning Yuan was stunned, how could this person become a suitable candidate, he was a little puzzled.

"If you say Wei Guogong, he is the ancestor of the prince, doesn't it make people think of the prince and you all of a sudden, how did he become the most suitable candidate?"

Zhou Heng blinked, pointed in the direction of the capital and said:

"Hou Ye knew that Wei Guogong didn't have any other hobbies, so he liked to raise some beasts and rare birds, and he also had his own horse farm, which later became a burden for Wei Guogong's mansion.

His Majesty's rewards, as well as the income of each shop, are basically used to fill the pits, those beasts and rare birds and horses in the horse farm, a month of food and drink is extremely much, you have brought soldiers to know the amount, ordinary people even if they have money can not stand such a toss.

Those fierce beasts and rare birds are now in Beishan, and after we took over, we can be regarded as relieving the pressure of the Weiguo Mansion, but the horse farm is still there, and the consumption of more than 800 horses is not a small number, even if it is open to the nobles of the kings and grandchildren, it is completely impossible to make ends meet because of this small income. ”

Hearing this, Lu Pingbei nodded.

"I understand what you mean, this feed is said to be experimented by the Weiguo Mansion, and I asked you for some herbs, but I didn't expect it to be mixed in the feed, and it has such a great effect.

When my father and I went to the racecourse, we accidentally found out about it, and then reported it to Your Majesty, although this matter was the recipe you gave, but the real experimental ratio was made by the people in the racecourse.

After that, let the Weiguo Mansion take over this matter, build a workshop to provide feed, and our military department will also negotiate with the Weiguo Gongfu for procurement, what do you think? ”