Soon.

Lu Juren was dealt with, and the land exchange plan of 350 acres of fields for 300 acres of small fields was successfully reached.

The largest landlord, Lu Juren, has signed a cooperation agreement.

The other landlords in Lujia Village naturally could not hold on and had to agree to cooperate, including Li Xiucai, who had the strongest attitude of resistance, and his family's 50 acres of fertile land were replaced by 60 acres of large fields.

The land acquisition work of the publicity team in Lujia Village was successfully completed.

It's just that after some replacement, the final field obtained is 1688.2 acres, which has shrunk by nearly 200 acres, accounting for just over 50% of all the fields in Lujia Village.

The other half of the land is almost entirely the land of the landlords, and very few belong to the common people.

In this way, a clear pattern was formed, in which the collective estates were half owned and the landlords were half owned.

Of course, the target of the propaganda team's land acquisition is not Lujia Village.

Seven or eight surrounding villages, including Chenjia Village, Xia Village, Tanlin Village, Majia Village, and Yejia Village, are all within the planning scope, and as long as each village expropriates an average of 1,000 mu of land, the goal of land acquisition of 10,000 mu will soon be completed.

Fortunately, the propaganda team went very smoothly, and it only took two or three days to get Lujia Village, and it is estimated that it will not take many days to get a few surrounding villages.

There is definitely a resistance difficulty.

There are also those who are unwilling to cooperate.

Landlords who resolutely oppose refusal and do not agree at all will surely have one or two.

However, ordinary peasant households with few fields at home will basically join the collective estate.

Most landlords will also cooperate, after all, they have not really suffered losses, their interests have not been damaged, but there is a high probability that they can get more benefits, and they have no reason to refuse.

For a very small number of stubborn landlords, in the vast majority of human resources are in the hands of Xujiazhuang, in the case of improved seeds, farm tool efficiency, business model, and the treatment of Zhuang workers have obvious advantages, stubborn resistance will naturally not end well.

What's more, Xu Jiazhuang has also prepared a despicable last resort, unless you are very hard in the background and there are big officials in the court, otherwise today your son is missing, and tomorrow your grandson will be abducted, and no one can bear it - of course, unless you have to, Xu Jiazhuang doesn't want to go this far.

……

Xujiazhuang.

A farm covering an area of hundreds of acres in the mountains behind the west, Xu Yuan took the time to come and inspect it again.

As a matter of fact.

The farm, built on the low slope of the back mountain, is one of the most important places in the manor, and he comes to inspect it every few days, very frequently.

Because this manor of his is not an ordinary manor that focuses on farming.

Rather, it is a manor that is operated in a combination of agriculture and animal husbandry.

Aquaculture should account for a large proportion.

Take this livestock farm as an example, there are more than 500 cattle, more than 1,000 sheep, more than 300 donkeys, and more than 50 horses, all of which are large and medium-sized livestock.

There is also a large pig farm next to it, with more than 3,000 domestic pigs.

In addition, there are poultry farms specializing in raising chickens, ducks and geese, which have tens of thousands of chickens, ducks and geese.

In the manor, which covers an area of more than ten acres of water storage ponds and irrigation river networks, the model of mulberry fish ponds is also adopted, and a lot of fish and shrimp are raised, and tens of thousands of catties of fish can be caught every year.

In short, in Xujiazhuang, animal husbandry, aquaculture and fishery occupy a considerable proportion, and occupy the labor force of thousands of people for a long time, which is specially responsible for breeding.

"Owner, the livestock farm has added 15 calves, 23 lambs, 8 donkeys, and 1 pony this month, but because of injuries and illnesses, two strong cattle and seven sheep died, and the dead meat was cooked and distributed to the poor people in the surrounding area...... The owner, Zhou's improper management, please punish the owner. ”

The steward Zhou Zonghe, a middle-aged man in his thirties who is very interested in breeding, bowed with a look of self-reproach.

"It doesn't have to be so, as the saying goes, the Taoist family has a lot of money, the hairy ones don't count, the breeding industry is a high-risk industry, so many cattle, sheep and horses are raised together, the probability of epidemic disease is very high, the weak will die, and the fight between each other, injuries are also very common, you just need to ensure that there will be no large-scale outbreak of epidemics, there are no large-scale deaths and injuries, and occasionally three or five heads die, it is normal, no need to blame yourself."

Xu Yuan waved his hand and said disapprerovitically.

"Xie Zhuang, Zhou will definitely do his best to reduce the number of livestock deaths every month, and finally achieve no death."

Zhou Zonghe still opened his mouth to assure, with a strong sense of responsibility, so that he always wanted to be perfect.

"By the way, is there enough silage for the livestock now? Should we expand the scale of pasture cultivation and produce more feed this year? ”

That's right.

In Xujiazhuang, tens of thousands of acres of land, one-third of the area is divided into pasture fields, which are specially used for planting pasture grass, alfalfa, barley and other feed crops, which are harvested and chopped only for livestock and poultry to eat, so as to raise a large number of pigs, cattle, sheep and horses.

Isn't it too wasteful to say that the precious land is not enough to grow rations, so why take out more than 3,000 acres to grow things for the livestock?

But Xu Yuan didn't think so, of course he had his considerations.

And he is learning from the Blue Star side, the advanced model of integrated development of agriculture and animal husbandry in modern Western countries, absorbing its advanced experience, and giving full play to its great advantages.

But the ancestors don't learn the traditional farming strengths, so they have to learn what Western farming model, Xu Yuan is not admiring the West and admiring the West too much?

But it's not.

The farming mode of combining agriculture and animal husbandry actually has extremely huge advantages.

One-third of the land is used as pastureland.

One-third of the land is planted with beans and rape to increase soil fertility.

One-third of the land is used to grow staple foods such as wheat, rice, potatoes, etc.

Crop rotation every three years can maintain soil fertility and reduce the use of chemical fertilizers.

While ensuring the safety of staple foods.

It can also bring in large quantities of meat, eggs and milk through the development of animal husbandry.

Studies have shown that farmers in Western countries in the 18th century ate 45 kilograms of meat per capita per year, and there was a large amount of milk, so much so that they could not drink enough to make cheese.

In the 18th century, in the heyday of sweet potatoes, "I Daqing", due to the underdevelopment of animal husbandry, almost all the land was used to grow grain, not to mention the per capita meat consumption of 45 kilograms, even 5 kilograms may not be, the individual is thin and weak, the eyes are blank, it is a prosperous era of severe malnutrition.

As for milk or something, don't even think about it, in the 21st century, the Chinese people have not developed the habit of drinking milk regularly, and there is not so much milk.

With a lot of meat, a lot of milk, and enough protein, people's physique will become stronger and healthier, and the force value will be higher, so that there will be no Tartars in the north, and more than a dozen soldiers of the Ming Border Army will not be able to do a single Tartar.

So meat is combat power.

Milk is combat power!

Xu Yuan will do whatever it takes to increase the per capita meat consumption of the people in the manor, with the goal of more than 50 kilograms! The amount of milk that children drink should also be increased to more than 1 catty per day.

Therefore, in Xu Yuan's eyes, the importance of developing animal husbandry is no less than agriculture, or even more important!

In addition, there are more cattle raised in the manor, which can also be used as animal power to improve labor efficiency.

If there are more sheep, you can provide wool raw materials for weaving tweed fabrics, keeping warm and beautiful.

In the era of cold weapons, the combat effectiveness of 1 cavalry is equivalent to 6 infantry, and mules and horses are also necessary for logistics.

And the manure of cattle, sheep and horses and other livestock and poultry can also be put into the biogas digester, together with human manure, a steady stream of fermentation of biogas for use as living fuel, and the biogas slurry has a very good fertilizing effect.

All in all.

The benefits of the combined development of agriculture and animal husbandry are too many, at least much stronger than the traditional farming model.

Xuyuan's Xujiazhuang not only developed agriculture and animal husbandry, but also raised more than a dozen acres of fish in storage ponds, planted hundreds of mulberry trees to raise silkworms, built a large number of factories and workshops, and engaged in the all-round development of agriculture, animal husbandry, fishery, and industry.

It is precisely because of the prosperity of all industries that Xujiazhuang in Xuyuan, although it covers an area of only 10,000 mu, can feed tens of thousands of Dingkou in the village, provide five or six thousand jobs, and achieve common prosperity.

Of course, the improved seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and various types of machinery that Xu Yuan brought from modern society also played an extremely important role, accounting for at least five successful labors, which has to be mentioned here.

And all of this is combined, in just two years, Xujiazhuang has achieved great success, which is completely reasonable.

"The scale of Makita doesn't need to be expanded, it's already enough to eat."

Zhou Zonghe shook his head and said: "There are not many livestock raised now, the south is full of water and heat, the yield of pasture fields is high, and the area of more than 3,000 mu is enough. The grass is not enough, you can also spend money to buy weeds from the surrounding villages, five catties a penny, many villagers are willing to cut, it is really not good to cook the excess old grain, cattle, sheep and horses love to eat, in short, the number of livestock now, even if it is doubled, it can also ensure that they are full every day! ”

"That's good."

Xu Yuan nodded, and suddenly felt much more relieved.

Indeed, in the cold temperate zone of the north where the climate is harsh, drought and little rain, the nomads can do a good job in animal husbandry, raising hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses at every turn.