"Raising rabbits. Her Majesty is cooperating with the Li Family Zhuangzi to raise rabbits and make a lot of money. She doesn't need to pay a single cent. She's only responsible for raising them. After they grow up, the Li Family Zhuangzi will buy them … "
The examinees struggled in the examination hall. Apart from Chang 'an and Wannian counties, the rest of the counties began to post notices.
There were guides standing next to the notices. They pointed at the rabbit pictures and words on the notices and shouted.
The 16 guards, the Winged Knights, and the recruits caught many rabbits.
According to Li Yi's request, the rabbits were distributed to the families of the people who had the ability to raise them.
The people were only responsible for raising them. They didn't need to pay. If they died, they could report it to the government. They were not allowed to say that they were lost. What if they were eaten by the people?
If they found that the rabbits were sick, they would also quickly report it to the government. The government would send people. Li Yi stayed behind to deal with the various symptoms of raising rabbits.
Some were easy. They just needed to drink some medicine.
Some were killed and bought or eaten after the diagnosis. Because they wanted to treat it, the medicine was more expensive than the rabbits themselves. It was not worth it.
The people who wanted to report their family situation, the size of their population, and how long they could raise the rabbits.
They also reported the size of the yard and the grass around it.
With a large population and a big yard, they could raise more rabbits.
The first batch of bamboo rabbit cages was free. After that, if the farmers wanted to expand their breeding scale, they could only make their own rabbit cages.
They had to give enough food. Otherwise, the rabbits would bite the bamboo used to make the cages.
"I'll sign up. I'll talk about my family situation. I think we can raise ten rabbits. We can sell them in less than three months."
"I'll sign up too. Her Majesty is the leader. Li Dongzhu will be responsible. Don't worry."
"Do you have a breeding manual? I can read it. "
"Yes, you don't have to read it. We can read now."
"Reading is not enough. There are many people. I heard from the people in the government how to disinfect. Don't let them die."
"How many babies can a rabbit give birth to? We can eat rabbit meat in the future! "
"There's also rabbit skin. Li Dongzhu is always thinking of ways to teach us how to make money."
"I heard that Li Dongzhu is not in Zhuangzi. He went out to sea?"
"Don't spread it. What if someone with ulterior motives hears it?"
"I know. My wife's hometown is in Haizhou. They said that Li Dongzhu conjured up a very, very big ship and took it overseas to find us seeds that can yield several stones per mu."
The commoners discussed amongst themselves. Basically, all of them wanted to raise it.
…
In Fang Lin Garden, Li Longji and his group were strolling around outside the examination hall.
There were rabbits here. The wild rabbits caught from different places were of different colors and sizes.
In a large cage, there was a male rabbit and seven female rabbits. The weather was still a little cold, and the cage was covered with a lot of straw.
The rabbits were fed with alfalfa and water that was not very cold.
With alfalfa, the rabbits did not eat much straw, but they needed to be fed bone powder and limestone powder.
Fang Lin Garden raised rabbits, and at the same time, he wanted to see how to come up with new breeds. It would be best if they grew fast, did not get sick easily, and had strong environmental adaptability.
Li Longji sniffed. Not bad, there was no special unpleasant smell, which meant that it was usually taken care of.
"Everyone, feeding sheep with alfalfa does not yield as much meat as feeding rabbits. Raising more rabbits can ease the pressure on the commoners' demand for meat."
Li Longji explained the benefits of raising rabbits. Eating grass, the conversion rate of rabbit meat was much higher than that of cows and sheep.
He did not mention cows, because cows could plow the land and pull carriages. Sheep could plow the land, in theory, it was possible, but it required too much manpower. It was still possible to fool around.
"Your Majesty, I have an idea that can raise a lot of money in a short time."
Bi Goo looked at the rabbits and thought about the commoners raising rabbits. He came up with an idea.
Li Longji looked at Bi Goo. "If you want to say that the commoners will leave a deposit for the rabbits, and when they stop raising them, they will return the money to the commoners.
Or they can leave a deposit, and after raising a lot of rabbits, they can get a certain amount of interest.
Don't mention it again. Brother Yi does not agree, saying that it is easy to swindle people.
For example, if the commoners' money is used to lend money or do business, once there is a problem with the cash flow and the commoners' money cannot be returned, there will be a big problem. "
Bi Goo: "…"
It was not easy for him to come up with this idea, but in the end, it was rejected without waiting for him to finish.
He was depressed. How did Xiao Yi know everything? She even said it in advance.
Which part of this was not good enough? Was she afraid that there would be problems?
Bi Goo did not know how many people Li Yi had seen being scammed, such as raising ants, planting trees, etc.
In the beginning, if they raised rabbits, they could earn money once or twice. Later on, there would be no money.
After that, they could not even earn money the first time they participated and were scammed. The scammers did not care about the rules at all.
There was even cloud farming. You paid for it and did not need to work. Others would raise the rabbits for you, and you would earn money after raising the rabbits.
When they were introduced, they said that if they asked you to pay for it and said that they would give you interest, it would definitely be a scam. However, they did not give interest, but real farming. They had the technology, the scale, and the distribution channels.
This was called cloud farming. The scammers were not even willing to pay for the cost of the actual product.
"Your Majesty, if there are more rabbits, the price of rabbit meat will drop. When that time comes, will the money that the people earn from raising rabbits become less and less?"
Song Jing did not consider how to make money. He was thinking about the supply and demand of the market economy.
Li Longji nodded slightly. "The purpose of raising rabbits is to make the price of meat cheap so that the people can afford to eat it.
Just like raising pigs, there will always be places that cannot raise them. As long as the logistics are good enough, the meat can be sold elsewhere.
The more advanced the production technology is, the lower the price of the goods in the related industry, and the less pressure on the people to survive.
As for whether raising rabbits will make money, it depends on the scale and technology. Let's raise them first. When the price drops, Brother Yi will have a solution. "
Li Longji spoke about the relationship between production technology and the people's livelihood. He was very skilled.
"What's the solution?" Song Jing was conflicted about this matter. He wanted to know.
In any case, he could not figure it out. Most importantly, he felt sad. Was he that stupid?
"Complete the supporting industry. For example, the price of animal feed will be lower, including the reduction of labor costs.
The supply and demand relationship is also one aspect. As more people eat meat, the price of meat will not drop below the cost.
When the price really drops, we will reduce the number of rabbits raised and raise other things. "
Li Longji also did not know what method Li Yi would give in the end. According to the knowledge he learned, he gave an analysis.
"I am afraid that if there is too much rabbit meat, the pork will not be sold at a high price. There is also mutton and poultry." Song Jing followed and raised a possible problem.
"I feel that we can maintain a certain number. When the time comes, the number of cattle and horses will increase. We will have a new method of breeding horses and cattle."
Li Longji still thought about it himself. The artificial breeding proposed by Li Yi was arranged by the imperial court. They were mainly waiting for the Li Family Zhuangzi to provide the equipment.
The problems that needed to be faced in the future were not considered at the moment. The people were still young, and they wanted to eat meat?
If there was a day when raising animals did not make money, it meant that the people were living a good life.
The surrounding officials could only nod. They could not think of such a thing in the past. They could not even think about it now.
They did not think that the seeds that Li Yi brought back would be of great help to raising rabbits.
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