Chapter 47 Breeding Centers
There are two flowers, one on each branch.
After three years, the breeding center hosted by Zhang Rou has finally improved. According to the memory of later generations, chickens, ducks, pigs, cattle and sheep and other domestic animals were intensively raised, and more scientific management methods were adopted in later generations, and disease prevention and control measures were strengthened, and remarkable achievements were made.
In order to allow the healthy development of the breeding center, she deliberately wrote down the knowledge of breeding and management in later generations from memory, and passed them on to one of the adopted orphans, a very caring child. Zhang Rou spoofed him and named him Zhang Sanfeng, and also hoped that he would have a good harvest in career, life, and love in the future.
It is such a teenage child, with her love and patience, without actual guidance, staring at the breeding center every step of the way, accompanying her growth. He got up early and stared at the workers greedily and nightly, and operated in strict accordance with the methods taught by Zhang Rou, and did not allow the slightest sloppiness. On weekdays, he constantly patrols the various enclosures, like a hard-working mountain king guarding his territory.
The child was relatively simple-minded, and at the beginning the number of various species was scarce, so he gave all the domestic animals in his captivity a simple name, for which they were treasured. He knew which one was sick and which one was going to give birth. But three years later, he was tragic, because he found that his head could no longer remember so much.
After three years of cultivation, accumulation and breeding, the Jinling Breeding Center has countless livestock. Even there are no less than 1,000 cattle and buffaloes, and there are nearly 500 cattle that can be put on the market after removing the cows and breeding cattle used for breeding.
The Song Dynasty had a strict management of ploughing cattle, and the people could not be slaughtered, and they were exiled at least and beheaded at worst. In this era when human life is inferior to the life of cattle, just as the life of a man in later generations is not as good as the life of a panda, it is all due to the scarcity of cattle and the indispensable nature of the farming society. If the war horse is a national first-class protected animal, then the ploughing cattle will definitely rank second.
For this reason, the top local governor, Yiyan Si'an from Wupin Jiangning Mansion, personally rushed to the breeding center.
"O niece! The old man heard that you have raised a lot of cattle, I don't know what you plan to do with it? Yan Si'an walked around the breeding center, and saw such a large-scale cattle breeding for the first time, he was so excited that his liver was plopping, and when he saw Zhang Rou ushering, he asked kindly, and his expression was more exaggerated than seeing his own son.
"Lord Fuyi is here, the little girl is not welcome, and I hope to forgive my sins!" Zhang Rou saw Yan Si'an bow slightly.
"Oops! This is too outward, I and Ling Zun have been colleagues for many years, and we will be commensurate with Shibo in the future! Yan Si'an helped Zhang Rou up and said.
"Then the niece will climb high!" Zhang Rou replied with a smile, no matter what time it is necessary to hug her thighs.
"Where, where...... You see that the old man has patronized the greetings, and the niece has not told the old man what to do with these farming cattle? My niece has to be careful, and it's not a small problem. Yan Si'an stared at her nervously, afraid that she would say the results she didn't want to hear.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, the literati of the Song Dynasty were still quite stylish, most of them had good moral cultivation, few took it by force, and they were worried about the country and the people. The fly in the ointment is that most officials lack the actual ability to govern, after all, half of the treatise on governing the world is still up for debate. Seeing a large number of ploughing cattle, divided equally, it can almost fill the entire Jiangning Mansion, which is a great achievement. Encountering this kind of good thing that benefits the country and the people, Yan Si'an feels that his dignity is not a matter at all, as long as he can achieve his goal, it doesn't hurt to be thick-skinned.
"My niece didn't raise cattle for profit, but because of the scarcity of cattle in my dynasty, she hoped to contribute to my Song Dynasty. The niece has discussed with the shareholders of the group, whether these cattle are leased or bought and sold is entirely up to Shibo's orders. In short, my niece only needs some funds to maintain the normal operation of the breeding center, and my niece also wants to continue to expand the scale of breeding. ”
"The niece of the world really deserves to be called the 'Jinling Strange Girl'! The high wind and bright festival are no less than heroines! The old man must be the emperor. Yan Si'an said excitedly, thinking that it would take a lot of preaching to achieve the goal, but he didn't expect that it would take no effort to get it.
"Shibo is serious, this is all your education! Besides, it is useless for me to wait for the businessman to receive this credit, Shibo's well-intentioned niece understands it, and I only hope that my niece will be satisfied if she can bring a trace of happiness to the people of the Great Song Dynasty this time. Zhang Rou smiled and said sincerely to him.
When Yan Si'an heard this, he bowed deeply to her and said loudly: "My niece is really righteous!" The old man thanked the people of the world on behalf of the world! ”
"You are serious, the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, I just did what a Song person should do." Zhang Roufeng said lightly, after all, from later generations, her importance to cattle is not as profound as that of the people of the Song Dynasty, and she doesn't think that cattle are rare.
She pointed to the cattle in the cattle pen and continued: "Shibo, you see that there are more than 500 cattle that can be used for farming, do you think about whether to sell them to the people separately, or let the people need to rent them again?" You can rest assured that your niece, whether you buy or rent, will be able to keep more and more cattle every year. ”
"The old man thinks like this, starting from our Jiangning Mansion, taking each village as a unit, and collectively purchasing it for each village. This will not only reduce the burden on the people, but also not occupy the place where you are in the breeding center, and the people will also have cattle available. Of course, those who have the money can also buy it separately. Let's try it first, if it is feasible, in the future, the old man will be able to promote it as usual. Yan Si'an thought about it and told her what he thought.
"It's all up to Shibo to arrange!" Zhang Rou replied obediently.
Yan Si'an touched Zhang Rou's head lightly, and said kindly: "It's a good boy!" How good would it be if a boy was in good shape...... Ay! He sighed, shook his head, and walked away.
"Master, we have managed to raise so many cattle for so many years, why did we give them all to him at a low price?" Seeing Yan Si'an leaving, Zhang Sanfeng asked with a pout.
"Sanfeng, don't be unhappy, I know that you have worked very hard all these years, and you are very attentive to running this breeding center, and you are very reluctant to let these cattle go. But what, in this life, money is inexhaustible, and besides, we are not short of money now, right? I told you that if you are poor, you will be good for yourself, and if you are good, you will help the world. Now our life is better, but there are still so many people who are slashing and burning, working day and night, let's earn a little less, and providing them with ploughing cattle can also help them some, right? Zhang Rou looked at this boy who was not much younger than herself, and patiently comforted.
"Master, I understand! My parents are tired of work, if we have cattle at home, they will not be tired early, woo woo ......" Listening to Zhang Rou's narration, thinking of the tragic experience of his parents, Zhang Sanfeng came from sorrow, tears like rain.
"Okay, don't cry, it's all over, we have to live well now to be worthy of our deceased relatives!" Zhang Rou looked at the crying child in front of her and comforted him.
"Hmmm! I must raise many, many cows for Master, so that every family can have cattle. Zhang Sanfeng wiped away his tears and said solemnly to Zhang Rou.
"Good...... I'm waiting to see that day! Zhang Rou looked into his eyes and nodded vigorously.
Seeing the notice posted by Lord Fuyi, all villages elected respected squires to come to Jiangning Mansion to discuss the distribution of the first batch of cultivated cattle. After several days of negotiation and fierce quarrels, it was finally determined under Yan Si'an's adjustment. Due to the limited number of cattle, they were only distributed according to discretion, and those who were not allocated were frustrated and went back to wait for the next year.
The first batch of cattle was finally sold to the surrounding villages of Jinling at a price of more than 1,000 yuan, which was not even enough for forage.
Hundreds of cows scattered in the huge Jiangning Mansion were originally splashed by the waves, but the simple people were all grateful when they heard this, even if they hadn't enjoyed it, they couldn't stop their gratitude. The Chinese nation has been a grateful nation since ancient times, and the grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by springs, and the Song people are even more affectionate and righteous. Not long after, the name of Zhang Dashan was like thunder in Jiangning Mansion, a statue of a Buddha born in ten thousand families.
Zhao Zhen sat in the vertical arch hall and casually flipped through the folds that had just been sent, most of which were approved by the cabinet, and he only needed to review it. I inadvertently turned to the folds sent by Gao Jixuan, and took a closer look, it turned out that the business road in Shuzhong was becoming more and more prosperous, and silk and salt alone were no longer enough to support it, so I asked Zhao Zhen to find a way.
Shuzhong was originally a well salt-producing company, but due to limited technology, the output was not good, and the self-sufficiency was acceptable. There are also a lot of silkworms, although the quality is inferior to that of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it is not a problem to give it to the Tubo people who have never seen the world, the only problem is the quantity.
"Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky!" Zhao Zhen thought of the problem of Shudi, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
The Great Song Dynasty is rich in products, and transportation is indeed a problem. As for the low salt production, Zhao Zhen has never worried about this problem. As a child from later generations, how can anyone not know the truth of sea salt.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I sent Gao Jixuan to open up the trade road with Tibet, and every year after that, a steady stream of furs, ox tendons and war horses were imported into our dynasty, which was of great benefit to the combat strength of our Korean army. However, according to him, it is not enough to rely on the products of Shu alone, and it is well known that the Shu road is difficult and not convenient for material transportation. Zhao Zhen got up and came to the map he had perfected hanging on the wall, and Kou Zhun, Wang Qinruo and others also followed.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I intend to build a highway that starts from Tokyo, passes through Luoyang, Jingzhao, Lizhou, Mianzhou, and finally reaches Yizhou (Chengdu). The east-west avenue is being built, and you must have seen it, there are thunderbolts to open the road, and cement paving, I believe that it will not take a few years to open up this east-west avenue. At that time, it will not only be able to facilitate the transportation of materials, but also strengthen the control of Shudi. What do you think? Zhao Zhen pointed to the map and said to the ministers.