Chapter Eighty-Eight: Gao Xiaoer's Anger
Previously, King Zhang Guoan was not satisfied with the current level of meat supplementation, believing that the intake of animal protein among citizens was far from enough.
He thought of the rabbits that would later ramp in Australia.
That animal is good, if there is no natural enemy like in Australia, and there is no strong competitor, the female rabbit has a pregnancy cycle of only 31 days, and it can produce 4~6 times a year, and each litter is about 6~10 pieces.
Young rabbits are already fertile after two months of birth.
Let's just say that if no measures are taken to limit the breeding of rabbits in 100 years, then there should be a rabbit standing in every square meter of land on the planet!
There is a legend of worshipping rabbits among the people of the Great Song Dynasty, perhaps because of its strong reproductive ability, and now the Great Song Dynasty still has the myth of calling the rabbit master.
There are also legends about beautiful women, rabbits and the moon in the mythology of Tianzhu during this period.
Of course, he knew what it was like for Australia to be tortured by rabbits------ so he had been seriously warning the Governor Doggnaw that he was only allowed to send the bunnies that had been given to him to Tasmania.
It was originally an island of rolling mountains, rolling pastures, dense native forests and white sand beaches, ready for hunting during harvest time.
Rabbit meat is a great supplement, there are many methods, and it is far more delicious than kangaroo meat.
He wanted to see if those rabbits would have a chance to flood in this era, with these people now------ even if they couldn't control it, they were just on an island.
The idea was a good one------- but something went wrong when the crane was lifting the rabbit cage while it was being lifted, and seventeen of the two hundred rabbits ran!
In fact, the people at the dock didn't take it seriously, they tried their best to catch it, and gave up if they couldn't catch it.
By the time the Governor of Dog Chewing found out, the seventeen had already escaped!
The Governor of the Dog Gnawing was in a hurry at that time, he didn't care about anything else, King Zhang Guoan's solemn instructions made him clear!
At that time, he summoned the squadron leader of the Imperial Army and the chief of the patrol police to explain the situation, and at first, the two guys didn't take it seriously, and even laughed, until the governor took out the handwritten letter from King Zhang Guoan, and the two began to be dumbfounded.
The Governor of the Dog Gnawing said quickly: "The seven females and ten males of the rabbit can give birth to four hundred and twenty rabbits a year, and the four hundred and twenty young rabbits can give birth to four hundred and twenty a year again in only two months, and so on, and they will not take ten years to occupy the grasslands of Western Australia, and rob our cattle, sheep, horses, and donkeys of forage to eat, and the alfalfa we have worked so hard to grow will be cheaper for them!"
Eating our vegetables and grains is nothing! ”
The two of them immediately became serious and immediately began to act.
The mounted police, the patrol police, the soldiers of the Imperial Army, and the cavalry soldiers all went into battle and began a vigorous encirclement and suppression campaign.
Of course, the masses also mobilized, and a rabbit was rewarded with ten dollars, and it didn't count whether it was alive or dead------ because it was the king's rabbit.
All of a sudden, people barked, horses neighed, dogs barked, and it was a mess!
A few kangaroos that were very well hidden were unlucky------ and finally had results, and 14 were caught and killed, and there were still two females and one male who were not found.
The governor of the gnawing dog is furious, he will really escape, if it is the third prince, he will not care, and the third mother will also do.
Squadron Leader Davimin took off his military hat, he scratched his head and said, "Two females and one male rabbits, what are the chances that they will meet in the wild?" Is it bigger than finding three lost horses on the prairie? ”
The Governor of the Dog choked on him with a word, and said, "Then what do you want me to report?" Tell the king that Captain Dai said that the rabbits with two females and one male, the chance of them meeting in the wild is equal to zero? ”
Squadron Leader Davimin was speechless for a moment, and the Governor of the Dog Gnawing was really angry.
Everyone is still trying, but it doesn't work------ so there is news in the early morning of this day!
The Governor of Gnawing Dogs led the three big dogs and rushed in the direction pointed by the man from Gaojiazhuang.
His three big dogs had participated in the encirclement and had sniffed rabbits.
"Your Excellency! You flower crucian carp!! ”
The Governor of the Dog Gnawing turned around and shouted, "Follow me to catch rabbits, a hundred cents!" ”
A hundred dollars, what rabbit is worth so much!?
What kind of fish do I sell, so go ashore and catch rabbits------
That guy jumped off the boat and let the boat float, chasing the Dog Governor!
Gaojiazhuang's horse farm is more than 100 miles north of Gaojiazhuang, and on this day, Gao Xiaoer was itching, and suddenly wanted to go to Baisi City to take a hot bath, and let people massage.
When he was planning, Gao Xiaowu rushed over from the cattle farm.
He rode a horse and called out to his brother outside the wooden house: "Big brother, come out, I have something urgent!" ”
Gao Xiaoer came out of the simple house lazily, what, do you want to go to the bath with me?!
Gao Xiaowu rode a gelding stallion, and the guy was still interested in the mare in the enclosure, and when he saw that there were many horses here, he excitedly played in circles.
Gao Xiaowu also had to let it play in circles, and his body was rotating with the horse.
"Big brother, a cattle merchant came to me last night and said that the price of calves has dropped again, and it will definitely drop in autumn!"
Gao Xiaoer suddenly became annoyed and said, "Is it a guy sitting in a white four-wheeled carriage?!" His coachman is still black?? ”
"Yes! I kept him for the night last night. ”
"That guy came to me yesterday morning, and said that the price of the foal was going to fall too, from sixteen to thirteen, and let me sign a contract with him as soon as possible------ fart! I showed him a look at the time, and asked him to go to the grassland and catch it himself! ”
The foals in the pens also seemed to think that they were being looked down upon, and some of them followed the example of their mothers and neighed.
"That guy said he was from the Yindian Group Company------ you know, behind the Yindianan Group is the king-------"
Gao Xiaoer swallowed a mouthful of saliva, thought about it, and said, "If you can't give the price, even if the gods come!" It's all our brother's hard work to raise -------."
Life on the horse farm and cattle farm is not easy, endure loneliness, stay away from the crowd, this is all trivial.
In winter, prepare forage and make silage, which is the work of tired people------ do not give people a good price for helpers, do not want to hire short-term workers, not to mention those long-term workers, the money for hiring Japanese guys is more than hiring the Great Song Dynasty!
Luckily, there are no beasts here.
Gao Xiaowu nodded, he also strengthened his idea, did not give a good price, and resolutely did not sell!
In autumn, merchants often come to buy foals and calves, which are easy to transport to Liuqiu Island or the Great Song Dynasty, saving space and low mortality.
Originally, the price was 25 per foal at the beginning of the previous year, but last summer it became 20 shares!
In the fall, it turned out to be sixteen!
Now it's time to lower the price again------ are those sub-merchants going to drink human blood?!
Of course, Gao Xiaoer knows in his heart, even if he sells for five yuan, he still makes a lot of money------ in addition to the high labor costs, this is really a natural grassland, and it is not cold.
The cost of building a few simple wooden houses, digging a well, building a fence, buying stallions, etc., as well as the purchase of land for a penny per acre, he doesn't know how much he has earned------ but why does it make people keep lowering prices?
Do you know how much money a horse used to cost in the Great Song Dynasty?
You can't buy a horse for a hundred!!
Gao Xiaowu rode a horse and turned around and left, his brother was not polite, and he had a lot of work on the cattle farm.
PS: Thank you for the reward from the book friend Australian Lao Wu.