Section 58 Making a fortune is all about raising chickens

Lin Xiufeng's expression also made Shi Shi smile helplessly, sure enough, it is not easy to live a little better these years, especially for their group of people who have never managed a place, the efforts and hardships they have to pay are several times more. However, there is grain in the warehouse, and he is not panicked, because the amount of rice and grain collected is sufficient, he also has confidence in his heart, seeing that Lin Xiufeng does not understand much in this regard, he is not discouraged, and instead inquired about the reclamation situation in the area of Guanshan. Speaking of this question, Lin Xiufeng's expression couldn't help but perk.

He also invested great energy in the reclamation situation around Guanshan, after all, the people there are the families of the soldiers of the supplementary battalion, and after these soldiers pass the assessment and enter the battalions, they will be regarded as their own brothers, and these people are naturally regarded as their own people, if they can't even do their own things, what face does he have to meet people? In fact, the Guanshan area is already rich in products, especially after the problem of river irrigation is solved, there are basically no other problems in reclamation, and because it is a barren land, the stone has given great preferential treatment in the policy, and it is also exempt from grain tax for one year, which has mobilized everyone's enthusiasm, plus the government borrowed grain, borrowed tools and even borrowed cattle, and there were almost no worries, everyone's enthusiasm was mobilized to the extreme.

Moreover, these people have been in Guanshan for a long time, and they have a special understanding and clarity of the surrounding situation, and all aspects of the situation add up, in a short period of time, more than 1,000 acres of fields have been reclaimed in the Guanshan area, and with the increase of time, this number may have to be doubled several times.

This achievement also made the stone very happy, but also a great sigh, they laymen can make a poor Yifeng like this, although now it is not how rich, but at least everyone is full of hope, everyone is full of energy, and according to the current situation, as long as the winter wheat harvest next year, the county's food and clothing problem will be solved, the people are not only no longer a burden, but have become an inexhaustible treasure trove, just the annual tax paid, enough to feed so many brothers in the independent group.

Why didn't the former officials and wealthy businessmen understand this simple truth? Don't want to create more wealth, but desperately try to exploit the already poor people?

Shi shook his head, he has no time to think about this problem now, he is not in his position and does not seek politics, he is now just a small head of the independent regiment, so that the brothers of the independent regiment will not be hungry, and the people of Yifeng can be fed, this is already the limit of what he can do, as for other things, it is better to leave it to the officials to deal with.

After Lin Xiufeng left, Shi asked the battalion commanders to discuss this matter, and if he did not solve the problem of eating meat for the soldiers of the whole regiment, the overall strength of the whole regiment would not be able to rise, which was a situation that Shi was unwilling to see. However, others are even worse than Lin Xiufeng in dealing with these things, some of them have raised chickens and ducks, and some have been cattle herders, but at the moment it is not a matter of raising a few cows and raising a dozen chickens, to supply four or five thousand troops to eat and drink, the number of chickens and ducks may exceed 10,000! How much does it cost to raise 10,000 chickens, how much food do you need to eat every day, and how much meat can you harvest in the end? As soon as this huge question was raised, they were dumbfounded, and they were overwhelmed one by one.

Just when Shi Shi was thinking about whether to discuss it with the county magistrate Hu Linglong, Liu Wenfeng pondered for a while and said: "Shishi, that Zhao Niangzi said last time that they raised chickens in the mountains to improve the food of the brothers, which is completely consistent with our current actions, isn't it enough to call her here to ask about the situation?" ”

Everyone couldn't help but applaud, for a while for the madman's memory was greatly praised, after he mentioned this, they remembered, it seems that there is indeed such a thing, but last time was when the Japanese army attacked on a large scale, at that time all their minds were on the devil's offensive line, who remembers what Zhao Niangzi said!

Zhao Niangzi is now in the supernumerary Minfu Battalion as Lao Zhou's deputy, the main force of the Minfu Battalion is actually the family members of "God doesn't care", plus some recruited homeless, these people are managed by Zhao Niangzi, one by one, they are very obedient, naturally there will be no chaos, plus Lin Xiufeng organized people to reclaim wasteland in Guanshan for them to cultivate, usually they are full of food, and the vegetables are enough, although there is only some broth, but it is much better than their conditions on the mountain, or that sentence, if you can eat enough to live, Who would be a bandit with their head on their head? Seeing that the lives of these people under her command have been greatly improved, Zhao Niangzi also breathed a sigh of relief for her decision at the moment, no matter what, this time she believed in the right person, these military masters are really as they said at the beginning, and even the conditions are better than what they said at the time, and they are naturally willing to work with such an army.

After receiving the order, Zhao Niangzi also hurried back and forth, as soon as she entered the house and saw that the main officers in the regiment were there, she couldn't help but feel nervous, thinking that something big had happened, but when she heard a major general and regiment commander actually ask her about such a little woman raising chickens and ducks, she couldn't help but feel a feeling of crying and laughing.

However, Zhao Niangzi is obviously still very good at it, and after listening to her "giggle" for a while, she said something that made Shi and the others jaw-dropping, "Raising chickens doesn't need to feed rice grain at all!" ”

Stone has been worried about this matter in the past few days, the most important point is that I am worried that there is too much rice grain that needs to be fed, and the amount of meat I get outweighs the loss, and now I heard Zhao Niangzi say that raising chickens does not need to feed rice grain at all, and suddenly widened her eyes and asked: "If you don't feed rice food to chickens, what do chickens eat?" ”

Zhao Niangzi looked at the stone's expression and couldn't help but laugh again, the stone that laughed was inexplicable, and she didn't know which sentence she said wrong. After laughing for a while, Zhao Niangzi asked, "Head Shi, haven't you ever raised chickens at home?" ”

Shi shook his head, sighed and said with a wry smile: "Home? I don't even know where my home is. ”

Zhao Niangzi couldn't help blinking her eyes when she heard this, obviously she hadn't heard about the stone and didn't know about the stone, but looking at the dissatisfied eyes of several battalion commanders on the side, she also realized that she had asked the wrong question. Fortunately, the head of the regiment does not seem to be a calculating person, otherwise, if he often says the wrong word, he may bring unexpected trouble to himself. At this time, Zhao Niangzi didn't dare to laugh anymore, she calmed down and said: "When I was in the mountains, there were more brothers, and we could grab these things, but the meat itself was relatively scarce, and it couldn't be left for a long time, even if it was marinated into salted meat, it was easy to rot." So when we were in the mountains, we raised some local chickens in several valleys, only set up some fences on the mouths, and then dug springs to ensure that there was clear water, these local chickens could grow up quickly, not only chicken, but also more eggs, which was very helpful for the improvement of nutrition. ”

Still a little puzzled, Shi asked, "Then what do these local chickens usually eat?" ”

Zhao Niangzi replied in detail this time: "In fact, the local chickens raised at our home, whether they are grass chickens, are rarely fed with grain. Usually they are stocked in the mountains, mainly eating insects, if you have time, you can cut some vegetable leaves, basically you can stock them yourself. ”

The stone said incredulously: "That's it?" ”

Zhao Niangzi nodded affirmatively and said: "That's it, in fact, as long as the place is big enough, the cost of raising chickens is very low, and after three or four months, let alone chicken, even eggs are enough to supplement nutrition." However, if it is a large-scale chicken breeding, there are many places to pay attention to, the most important point is the fear of chicken plague, as long as there is a chicken plague, all the chickens in captivity together will die. ”

After she finished saying this, the others obviously recalled the previous things in their own family, but they only had an impression, and they didn't know much about the specific situation, but after Zhao Niangzi said this, and then compared, it was basically certain that it seemed to be the case.

Shi looked at them one by one nodding in agreement, and couldn't help but be very happy, although there is still such a terrible thing as "chicken plague", but anyway, this matter finally has a clue, just eating insects can grow up, no need to feed food or very little food can continue to get chicken and eggs, where to find this kind of good thing? In particular, the growth cycle of chickens is extremely fast, three or four months is a batch, this speed is exciting to think about. As long as this matter is done well, the brothers in the regiment will have a steady supply of meat and eggs in the future, and there will be no problem in increasing the intensity of training under such circumstances, this is a big thing that can improve the overall combat effectiveness of the whole regiment, and the longer the rest time, the more beneficial it will be to improve the combat effectiveness, and Yifeng, a small county that was once poor, will be an important foundation for the take-off of their independent regiment.

Thinking of this, Shi couldn't help but be excited, it has been four or five months since he was stationed in Yifeng, and during this time, they have encountered many problems, including the previous county officials withholding the supply of the army, including the establishment and supply of the army after the reorganization, and so on. Fortunately, with the passage of time, these things have been solved one by one, and now they not only firmly control the whole county of Yifeng, but also successfully solve the problem of rations, supplies, food for the homeless, and rewards for the soldiers......

Now, another problem has found a solution, and the matter of the soldiers eating meat has been successfully solved, and everything can be quickly put on the right track. However, while Shi Shi was happy, he couldn't help but ask a little strangely: "Since chickens are so easy to raise, why don't the people raise more?" ”