The grain is fermented and then steamed, and the wine comes out, but the grain is still there, but it is just a residue, that is, sake lees.

With modern technology and equipment, these distiller's grains can be recycled and reused to produce biogas and slurry, organic fertilizer, which can then be used to grow food. In other words, in the end, the distiller's grains are turned into organic fertilizer and returned to the farmland, supplying food to grow, forming a circular chain.

But now, that's not to think about.

This kind of sake lees is not eaten by people. However, it is rich in crude protein and crude fat, and has high caloric energy, which can be used to feed livestock.

As far as Xu Jiaojiao knows, mixing distiller's grains with straw feed, beef cattle love to eat very much, and after eating, they are dizzy and flickering, growing strong and fast, and the meat quality is good, the fiber is fine, the color is fresh, and the toughness is good.

But how can the villagers feed beef cattle?

If it is towed to other places, it is enough for the current transportation conditions.

Anyway, for a while, these lees are of little use.

Xu Jiaojiao thought for a while and said, "Mother, don't look at what these are grains, but they have no nutrition, let alone shells, even if there is no shell, it will be difficult for people to digest them." And after fermentation, there are some harmful bacteria in it, people may have something wrong with eating it, don't think about eating, take it to feed **! If you can't finish feeding, you can also ask the people who work in the brewery to bring some back to feed the chickens. ”

Thinking about it again, I still don't feel safe.

"No, you still can't let people take it back, if you let people take it back, in case their family eats these as staple foods, it will not be good for their health if they eat it badly. We are a good heart, but we can't do bad things, mother, just feed the chickens and pigs at home, and if you can't finish feeding, you can go to the fertile field. ”

When Xu Zhang heard it, this was too extravagant.

Fat field go!

People use manure to fertilize their fields, and their families use grain to fertilize their fields, which is too wasteful.

Don't talk about this, if you take it to the field to fatten the ground, what if you are stolen back and eaten by those shallow eyelids, get sick, and rely on the head of the old Xu family?

That's not going to work.

Xu Zhang's thought about it, "That's it, old girl, let's feed more chickens, no, feeding chickens is not a big deal, chickens can't eat much, let's feed a few more big fat pigs, do you think it will be made?" With so much grain scrap every day, I think I can feed ten pigs alive! I'll ask your father to expand the pig pen again, and our family will feed more pigs, and when the pigs are out of the slaughter, they will be pulled to the county town to sell. Ordinary pigs eat grass and grow slowly, our pigs must grow fast when they eat grain residues, and when the time comes, they will grow into one in five or six months, and a big fat pig can also be sold for more than two taels of silver......

(Feeding here is the meaning of feeding)

When the time comes, sell ten heads at once, and it will be more than 20 taels in half a year.

Xu Zhang seems to see a great business opportunity.

Xu Jiaojiao listened to Xu Zhang's words, "Mother is quite feasible, this wine lees pig grows fast after eating, and it is okay to feed the pig, but it is very tiring to feed a dozen pigs, mother, your body can't stand it......"

"It's okay, I can't stand it physically, don't I have a few daughters-in-law? The old family, the old four, and the unlucky one of Yuan Chunhua, feed the pigs, and the pig manure can be used to fertilize the field, not afraid of people stealing to eat, and our family's grain harvest will be better in the coming year. ”

"That's okay, according to what my mother said, did I have the silver to buy the little piglet, and I didn't go to the wine shop to pay a little."

"Yes, mother. The little piglet doesn't cost a few taels of silver, and if you give your mother filial piety, your mother will still squeeze it. ”

The mother and daughter made up their minds.

Then, Xu Zhang discussed it with Xu Youde, and Xu Youde agreed, which is a good thing.

Other people in the family also said that the free ready-made grain scraps are just right to feed the pigs, not to mention anything else, if you feed the pigs, the family will be able to eat a lot more meat in the future.

It's not good, you can kill a big fat pig at the end of each year for the New Year.

Pig manure can also fertilize the field, why not do it.

This is a real benefit, no matter whether Xu Jiaojiao's wine shop can sell wine in the future, raising pigs can at least benefit the family.

According to the slaughter of a batch in half a year, two batches a year, in an ideal state, there will be more than 40 taels of silver income, which is equivalent to the old Xu family, but a huge amount of money.

Where can you grow so much just by farming all year round?

So, everybody agreed.

Xu Zhangshi said, "Since they all agree to feed the pigs, that's okay, everyone will have nothing to do in the future, you have to take care of some piglets, just rely on the old lady alone, a handful of age, it is not a problem, you have to work hard in the winery, and you have to take care of feeding the pigs, do you know?" Don't find anyone when you're working, and rush up when you spend money, there's nothing so cheap! ”

Naturally, everyone responded in unison.

Within two days, Xu Youde led his family to expand the pigsty in the backyard, and built it very simply, using stones to make a fence, making a fence out of wood, and putting some straw on the top.

Xu Zhang's went to purchase three or four little piglets and came back, so he could feed them first.

Of course, I can't buy more, and these are not particularly small piglets, but the kind that is half large.

Because, the general sow breeding is every year at the beginning of spring, when the piglets are born, the weather is a little warmer, the survival rate is high, and it is easy to sell a little, now it is almost the New Year, the weather is very cold, few piglets are sold, and it is good to be able to buy these half-sized piglets.

When spring begins next year, catch a few more.

Lao Xu's family expanded the pigsty and caught so many pigs, naturally everyone in the village knew about it, and the onlookers who came to watch were envious and envious.

Time mixed very quickly, and soon the first spirits of the distillery were made, blended and packed into cellars.

The brewery also began to pay the first salary, using a monthly payment system, which is calculated according to the number of days worked.

How much money is a day, how many days a month is on, and how much is paid once a month, even if the village women have not learned arithmetic, they know it clearly.

The salary is not equal for everyone, the lowest is 20 wen a day, and if you work 30 days a month, it will be 600 wen.

But there are few people who go for thirty days.

After looking for Li Zheng to buy a spring last time, Li Zheng gave Xu Jiaojiao a good suggestion.

It is to recruit a few more laborers, take turns to let these people go to work every month, and give everyone an average of ten days a month to work, so that everyone has a salary and money, and more people in difficulty are helped.

Xu Jiaojiao thought about it for a while, it's okay, anyway, as long as it is not a technical job, other ordinary positions such as handling, whoever works is the same.

The technical work is to do it yourself, or Liao Qing to do it, or to do it by your own family.