In the western suburbs of Xiyang City, the chickens crowed again and again near Tian's Wubao at the eastern foot of Longtou Mountain, Tian Zongyuan watched with joy as a cage of cage chickens was loaded onto the carriage, and today his chicken farm was shipped, more than 1,000 chickens were about to be transported away, and then the carriage brought back the tinkling copper coins.

"Clean up, pick up the earthworms, and we'll have to feed them later." Tian Zongyuan instructed the chicken herd, and there were piles of pig manure spread out in a shed in the chicken farm, and there were dense dark red earthworms wriggling in it.

"The owner, the pig manure has doubled, and now there are 2,000 new chickens, and I see that I am almost running out of food."

Tian Zongyuan nodded and said, "They went to the barracks to deliver chickens this time, and they brought them when they passed by the pig farm on the way back, so you don't have to worry." ”

Walking around in front of the chicken coop, looking at the dense chicken coop, he told his subordinates to pay attention to disinfection, so as not to lose a lot of losses due to the outbreak of chicken plague one day, and now the cost of expanding the chicken farm has been recovered, and the next is a good time to make a lot of money.

Tian Zongyuan also inspected the charcoal stove in the chicken coop, the weather is very cold in winter and early spring, and the charcoal stove should be used to heat the chicken coop, charcoal burning is an expense, and ensuring that the chicken coop will not catch fire is the top priority, so Tian Zongyuan repeatedly ordered everyone to pay attention to fire prevention.

Next month, the chicken farm will double in size. Tian Zongyuan thought so in his heart, it was not that he was greedy, he really dared to plan like this because he had the confidence in his heart, it was not that he had never raised chickens before, but he didn't dare to think of such a large-scale chicken farm.

Chicken plague is a big problem, and what to feed so many chickens is also a big problem, and what thousands or even tens of thousands of chickens have to eat is not a small amount, but since he learned the earthworm breeding method from Yuwen Envoy, it is different.

Using stinky pig manure to breed earthworms, he didn't know how this strange method came up, but the actual effect was good, after the first few months of trying, Tian Zongyuan mastered this method, and then entered the time to make a fortune.

The chickens in the chicken farm have enough earthworms to eat every day, the growth rate is not slow, and the average slaughter time is about 50 days; from the beginning of April last year to the present, Tian Zongyuan's chicken farm has four batches of more than 6,500 chickens slaughtered.

And Tian's chicken farm is not only his family, every batch of slaughter is taken away, the demand of the thousands of fighting men in the Hulin Army is not a joke, and the demand for chickens in Xiyang City is increasing every month, not worrying about no sales.

Chickens want eggs, and his chicken farm relies on these two things, and in eight months, he has made more money than in the previous two years, and if he expands the scale of breeding, he can earn even more.

Large-scale chickens are afraid of the plague, after more than half a year of exploration about also have experience, first to ensure that the chicken coop ventilation, and then to deal with the sick chickens in a timely manner, and the earthworms fed have to be boiled with boiling water, direct feeding of chickens are easy to get sick or poor physique.

Walking on the way back to the fort, there was a 'quack' cry from the pond next to him, Tian Zongyuan turned his head to look, but it was a dense flock of ducks, and there were just as many geese in the lake not far away.

This is a duck farm opened by other people in the clan, and there are many geese, the scale is also exaggerated, and it is also used to breed earthworms to feed ducks with pig manure, but it is a pity that geese are vegetarian and do not eat earthworms.

However, the ducks and geese slaughtered are also in short supply, because in addition to eating meat and eggs, the officers and soldiers also need feathers, and they need a lot of feathers.

Arrows need feathers to make arrow feathers, of course, it is better to use to make arrow feathers, and then goose feathers, but often more than 100,000 feather arrows, it is impossible to find so many carved feathers, wild goose feathers, so goose feathers are commonly used arrow feathers, of course, it is really not possible to use duck feathers and chicken feathers.

Therefore, Tian's chicken farms, duck farms and even goose farms are expanding, and chicken and duck raisers around Xiyang City are also expanding the scale of their farms.

A large group of carriages on the side of the road in front of him were loading ducks, and a group of people were surrounding them, Tian Zongyuan saw two familiar figures from them, and he walked forward quickly to greet him: "Uncle Nine, Ah Long." ”

One of the old men is the highest-ranking person in the Tian clan today, and the other young man is Tian Yilong, the son of the patriarch, who often leads his clan to fight with the official army.

After fighting for more than half a year, the clansmen who participated in the war were rewarded for their meritorious service, and at the end of the year, the Tian clan was also ranked up, and the Tian clan, which had a large population, was shocked to find that there were not enough people.

"It's Ah Yuan." The old man said with a smile, he is in a good mood today, in fact, he has been in a good mood for the past few months, "A large group of carriages just passed, and the chickens you raised were slaughtered?" ”

"Yes, Uncle Nine's duck is also out of the slaughter today? I remember how many days it will be, right? Tian Zongyuan asked, for the sake of the future of his sons, Uncle Nine has a lot of ideas about the position of the patriarch on weekdays, but since the beginning of last year, he has no heart to think about this kind of thing, and he is busy directing his family to raise chickens, ducks, and geese to make money like other clan elders.

"The government is in a hurry to use feathers, so they received the goods in advance." The old man still smiled and said, "Those village masters are really not worried, and they are looking for trouble for Yuwen Envoy every day, and they have to prepare a lot of feather arrows to prepare for war." ”

"Ah Long, the officials and soldiers are in such a hurry to make arrows, could it be that the arsenal is short of arrows?" Tian Zongyuan was a little puzzled, he remembered that the government kept buying chickens, ducks and geese, in addition to making food for the state soldiers and the Hulin army, plucking feathers and making arrows was also one of the purposes, and the ordnance supervisor was busy enough every day, and it seemed unlikely that there would be a shortage of arrows.

"It is naturally impossible to rely on the ready-made, so that Jun often says that there is no danger, and it is definitely right to prepare more, and besides, the mountain barbarians are not honest, the officers and soldiers must teach them a lesson until they are honest, and the time for using troops cannot be short, and Jiangnan will move troops at any time, so prepare some feather arrows." Tian Yilong explained.

Tian Zongyuan said that the mountains stretch for many miles, if the owners of the village hide in the mountains, the officials and soldiers are afraid that they will have a headache.

"It's all my own people here, so I won't hide it." Tian Yilong said with a smile, "The envoy asked me if I had an acquaintance with the owner of the village, and then I would take the officials and soldiers to chase after the mountain, and Daddy was already in contact, but I still wanted to ask Uncle Nine to come forward." ”

"You and the rabbit cubs of those stockades hunt all day long, aren't you very familiar, and you have to work hard for Uncle Jiu?" Tian Zongyuan asked.

"They can't talk about this kind of thing, so they have to ask Uncle Nine to come forward and talk to those uncles about the stakes, after all, Daddy is at most the same age as them." Tian Yilong gave Uncle Nine a little hand.

"Of course Yuwen Envoy Jun wants to help, but there must be an explanation for this kind of thing, right?" The old man twisted his beard and groaned, and when Tian Yilong saw this, he made a killer move: "My nephew knows, the envoy said, I don't know what's going on in the treasury, and suddenly there is more salt" (to be continued.) )