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In the second year of the day, March, spring has completely begun.

The snow and ice have long since melted, and the green wheat has begun to thrive in the land of Beizhili. There was still snow in the winter of the second year of the Apocalypse, which provided sufficient groundwater for the North China Plain.

After the winter wind and snow, these winter wheat crops are growing well. Zhu Youxiao's Emperor Luan Jia appeared in a suburban imperial village.

"Welcome to the emperor's inspection, long live my emperor, long live, long live." Xu Guangqi brought a group of students from the Royal Academy of Science and Technology, as well as farmers in Huangzhuang, to the gate of Huangzhuang to greet them.

"Flat." Zhu Youxiao saw that the crops were growing well along the way, and he was in a good mood.

"Thank you."

Xu Guangqi and a group of farmers stood up, Xu Guangqi stepped forward to welcome Zhu Youxiao into the Huangzhuang, and the farmers lined up on the side of the road, all with smiles on their faces, looking at Zhu Youxiao with loving eyes.

After Zhu Youxiao discovered that there was also a shortage of grain in the south, he did not dare to rely too much on the grain in the south, otherwise it would be easy to starve the people in the south to death. So he paid more attention to agriculture in the north, and at the end of spring, he came out to inspect the farm.

"Your Majesty, this is a farmer's house, the new house just built this year belongs to the new Huangzhuang Experimental Village, and all of them are made of bricks and wood. If possible, it will be extended to other Imperial Villages. Xu Guangqi took Zhu Youxiao to watch it in Huangzhuang, although he participated in the planning of Huangzhuang, Zhu Youxiao came to Huangzhuang for the first time.

Inside the Huangzhuang are rows of neat houses, all of which are more than 60 square meters in area, with brick and wood structures. It is divided into four rooms, as well as a kitchen. Two larger rooms. One room is for the elderly to sleep. One room is for the head of the household. There are also two small rooms for children to sleep in, and there are not so many people in the house, so you can keep them for guests to sleep. The area of more than 60 square meters has been rationally utilized. Outside the house, there is a multi-purpose livestock shed, which is used to raise cattle, mules and horses, donkeys, chickens, as well as a utility room, a material room, and a well is dug at the door for water.

All private houses. It's all exactly the same.

When Zhu Youxiao walked to the door of a peasant household, he saw a cow, a donkey, and more than 20 chickens in the livestock house, and the scene was very lively.

"Not bad, not bad." Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction, and then walked into the farmer's house. When he went in, Zhu Youxiao only felt that the light inside was so bad and it looked dark.

"Xu Aiqing, the light in this house is too dark. This has to be changed. Two glass skylights should be installed on the roof to let the light in. Alternatively, the windows can be replaced with glass windows. In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to ventilation to prevent the occurrence of gas poisoning incidents. Zhu Youxiao, like a great leader in later generations, instructed on the spot.

"Your Majesty, glass is worth a lot of money, and farmers can't afford it." Xu Guangqi reminded in a low voice. Zhu Youxiao smiled and said, "Royal subsidies, no money." ”

Xu Guangqi naturally knew the fact that the actual cost of glass was not high, but he still had doubts and said: "Will the sales of glass be affected by this?" ”

"This year, the glass industry is not so profitable, and I have decided to continue to reduce prices, so there is no need to worry about sales." Zhu Youxiao said that the glass has been sold for more than a year, and the current price is no longer sellable. Anyway, it's time to buy the powerful, and almost all of them are bought. If you don't buy it, few will buy it, and the next thing is to continue to reduce the price.

"The emperor really loves the people like a son." Xu Guangqi praised that although he felt in his heart that farmers did not use glass, it was just an inconsequential detail. However, the emperor's willingness to subsidize is always a good thing for farmers.

"Let's go out and have a look!" After Zhu Youxiao looked at the layout of the room, he felt satisfied and walked out. A group of villagers followed closely behind, because it was an experimental village, so the construction funds were all internal appropriations, and the emperor paid for them to build a house, so he was naturally grateful to Dade.

"Your Majesty, this is a public toilet, there is a public bathhouse, and over there, there is a pig farm." Xu Guangqi introduced to Zhu Youxiao along the way, "The public toilets are cleaned every day, and the public bathhouses are lit once every seven days, and the biogas from the biogas digesters is used to make fires, and the manure from the toilets, livestock, and pig farms are all poured into the biogas digester for manure, and then distributed to each household for fertilization in the field." ”

Public toilets and bathhouses are key to rural sanitation. Zhu Youxiao asked, "Is there a special garbage heap?" ”

"Yes, all the garbage in the village is dumped and incinerated. Porcelain and glass shards, which are easy to cut, have a special place for landfilling. Xu Guangqi replied and took Zhu Youxiao to visit. Then Zhu Youxiao visited the biogas digester and the pig farm.

The biogas technology of the Ming Dynasty was already very good, and it could be used to make fires for cooking. However, the biogas digester in Huangzhuang is used for manure.

It is not possible to fertilize human and animal manure directly, one is that the odor is too heavy, the second is that there are many parasites, and the third is not fully decomposed. After the methane bacteria decompose the biogas, the nutrients are decomposed, which is more conducive to the absorption of crops, and the high temperature can kill parasites.

At present, there are no nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, and human and animal manure is obviously an important source of fertilizer.

At the same time, pig farming produces a lot of manure, which can cause pollution if discharged into the river, and the biogas digester is obviously a good solution to this problem.

The farmers then started a live demonstration, using biogas to make a fire and boiling the water used in the public bathhouse. At the same time, pig feed is boiled with biogas and a large pot.

Farmers raise pigs, pig feed is generally cooked first, and then used to feed pigs, so that pigs are easy to digest, but there will be a lot of fatty meat, but these fatty meat can be boiled into edible oil, which is also an important daily necessities needed by rural people.

The pig farm has nearly 200 pigs, large and small.

Pig farm is the 'collective enterprise' in Huangzhuang, the feed required for pig raising on weekdays is evenly distributed to each household, and the main feed for pigs is sweet potatoes and sweet potato vines, as well as wheat bran and water.

Sweet potatoes can be used to feed pigs in normal times, and can be used to prevent disasters in disaster years. On weekdays, you can also eat it.

The task of feeding the pigs is the peasant women in the imperial village, which are divided into ten teams, each responsible for seven days, and there are also a peasant women's squad responsible for boiling water in the public bathhouse, and a peasant women's squad responsible for cleaning the public toilets.

Farm work in the fields is not collective, but private. If you can't get busy on weekdays, you can ask other farmers to help, you help me for a day, I will help you for a day, this does not need an official organization, this kind of mutual help, such a mutual help, is common in rural areas. When they help each other, they do their best and don't cheat. After all, if you help others do things and cheat, no one will ask them for help in the future, and no one will be willing to help them.

The big pot rice is obviously not very reliable, but it is still possible for pig farms to engage in a collective system. Ten women do it together for seven days, they can rest for two months, they are willing to do a little more, and they do less for a few months, and they are nothing, and they are all doing things in general, which are tolerated by the villagers, but those who do not work hard always have to be gossiped about. Rural people are simple and pay attention to fame. And there are always people who are willing to work diligently and contribute, these years the people believe that suffering losses is a blessing, this kind of collective thing, do more within their ability can also accumulate blessings.

If you are usually sick or something, you can take a day off and remember to work.

Of course, pigs are raised. But how do you divide pork? This is the main thing, if the distribution is uneven, then the farmers will not be motivated.

After all, different parts of the pig have different nutrients, and the popular Cheng dù is also different, so it is obviously inappropriate to simply divide it by two catties.

The collective pig farm was proposed by Zhu Youxiao, and the specific meat distribution system was also formulated by him himself.

Zhu Youxiao's approach was to adopt a 'market-oriented' model, that is, when pigs were killed and meat was divided, all prices were clearly marked according to the meat stalls in the vegetable market. Farmers first pay for the pork they want to eat, then pool the money and distribute it equally to each farmer. Moreover, the money is collected on the spot and distributed on the spot to avoid corruption.

If there is too much meat to sell in the Huangzhuang, then let the butcher buy the meat at the wholesale price in the market and sell it to nearby towns and villages.

According to the public opinion feedback from various Huangzhuang, the farmers are very satisfied with this system, and the farmers in Huangzhuang are more enthusiastic about the operation of collective pig farms.

Some Huangzhuang with more sandy land is because sweet potatoes are planted more. The scale of the pig farm has been expanded, and the largest one is Huangzhuang, with 500 pigs on the pig farm.

Due to the recent prosperity of the urban economy of Beizhili, the demand for pork has increased greatly, and the pork market is very optimistic.

It is also difficult to embezzle such a collectively-owned industry. After all, the peasants are watching, and the chief has no power, and the villagers can't suppress the uproar. After all, the peasant households in Huangzhuang have no clan power, and those peasant households with relatives are resettled in different Huangzhuang. Those lonely families who maintain their growth and strength do not dare to provoke the anger of the public.

In addition, Zhu Youxiao has sent people to keep an eye on the following, and it is even more unlikely that there will be any corruption in the collective assets developed by these peasant households.

Zhu Youxiao took a look at the pig farm that was full of interest, and then instructed: "The pig farm should be kept as clean as possible, and epidemic prevention measures should be taken, and the agricultural company should also pay attention to the veterinary facilities to avoid swine fever and other conditions as much as possible." Dead pigs should also be immediately landfilled, and dead pigs should not be allowed to enter the market. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Guangqi replied that he was the 'technical director' of the Royal Agricultural Company at this time, and he was also responsible for this. After inspecting the village, Zhu Youxiao, who was very satisfied, went to the fields to inspect under the guidance of Xu Guangqi.

In this experimental village, which has already achieved drought and flood harvests and repaired complete water conservancy facilities, Zhu Youxiao naturally wants to carefully inspect it to see if it is reliable. (To be continued......)