This was the reason why Zhang Feng dared to take on this task. Otherwise, he would have turned around and run away the moment he mentioned the 300,000 pigs. He would never have stayed here for more than a quarter of an hour, no, even a second.
Previously, when they were on the mountain, pigs died every day. Zhang Feng had basically used the angelica, star anise, bay leaf, and other spices that could be used in the future, as well as the cooking wine and other things that he had specially made.
Later, the braised pig's trotters, braised pig's tail, braised pig's head, and other things became the key to the delicacies on this mountain.
Now, not to mention Zhang Feng, even if Old He, Zhu Zi's father, and the people who helped in the kitchen in Tonghui Fang were casually picked, they would be able to complete this task. This was where Zhang Feng's confidence came from.
Although there were a lot of pigs, they couldn't bear to eat. If all 150,000 pigs were slaughtered and bled, and Lin Su brought back the innards and pork, it would undoubtedly allow the people of Chang 'an to not only save some food in a short period of time, but also strengthen their bodies because of the hunger during this period.
At the same time, he could also publicize the new breed of pigs. This was the most important thing. After all, it was useless for Zhang Feng to bring so many pigs. No matter how many eunuchs he needed, all of this was to prepare for the promotion of the new breed of pigs in the future. No, it was to prepare for those castrated pigs.
In this era, except for those who were really poor and really had no choice but to eat a little, basically no one would eat this kind of thing. Even if they went to the mountain to hunt a wild boar or something like a rabbit, it would not be as smelly as this kind of pig.
This was also the reason why there were not many people who raised pigs in this era. On the contrary, most people raised sheep together. After all, the people in this era had not yet mastered the technology of ophthalmology. The key was that only after the pig was castrated, the smelly smell on her body would be removed.
It should be known that if 300,000 pigs were placed in the future, in Chang 'an, 300,000 pigs would only be enough for three days.
Not to mention others, all the pigs in the large pig farms near Chang 'an were much more than this number, not to mention other places. But now, these 300,000 pigs were basically all from Tubo and other countries.
This allowed Zhang Feng to seize a business opportunity.
In fact, this business opportunity had already been paved by Zhang Feng, but he did not think so much at that time.
After the outbreak of the famine after the locust plague, Zhang Feng came up with such a solution.
However, although this method had only just begun, he had gone to see Zheng Tufu, Old Gao, and the others in the past few days. Although these pigs were very unaccustomed to very impatient people in the beginning, and some of the pigs in the pigsty had died due to some complications later on, they were still not used to people who were very impatient.
However, none of this mattered. At least 80% of the pigs had survived, and they were living very well. Basically, Ma Zhou would personally go over every day and weigh them one by one. Every day, they would gain at least a few taels or even a catty of weight. Even Zheng Tufu and the rest were bold enough to bring back those pigs that were about a year old and castrate them.
Although it was said that out of ten pigs, at most two or three would survive, these three pigs were a little wilted, and were not as lively as the uncastrated pigs.
However, after daily observation, Zheng Tufu was shocked to find that these pigs would steadily gain about a catty to two catties every day. Moreover, these things seemed to have a problem, and all they did was eat and sleep. They were not as happy as the uncastrated pigs.
Zheng Tufu seemed to have discovered something. At this time, he was very excited. This was a new glorious mission.
This was also Zhang Feng's biggest trump card at this time.
Together with some medicinal herbs found by Sun Simiao from the mountains and some gadgets developed by Zhang Feng himself, such as fertilizers, sleeping herbs, and so on, they were made into feed and hay powder.
Basically, the pigs on the mountain didn't have a single grain of food other than swill. It should be known that there were close to five thousand pigs on the mountain so far.
Even if about ten pigs were consumed every time, there would be hundreds of piglets being born every day. If this went on, the pigs on the mountain would be overrun sooner or later. At this time, the castration was very easy to control. The overflow of pigs, and the selection of good breeds, and so on.
Using the best breeds to breed pork, generation after generation, Zhang Feng believed that after three generations, these pigs would be completely genetically changed.
This was called survival of the fittest.
Li Chengqian saw a smile flash across Zhang Feng's face from time to time when he was deep in thought. He could not help but think of something. However, in the end, his mind was only fixed on the pig head meat and the braised pig trotters that they would crazily fight for every day. Suddenly, his face changed and he said, "I understand. You want to use your secret recipe to slaughter all the 150,000 pigs?"
When he thought of this, Li Chengqian's eyes could not help but erupt with excitement. Instead of watching these pigs starve to death bit by bit every day and become emaciated, if he slaughtered all of them, then …
"Aren't you talking nonsense? Slaughter all of them. Look at the weather now. If they are all slaughtered, then you will eat them if they are spoiled."
Zhang Feng rolled his eyes.
Li Chengqian hurriedly jumped up from the reclining chair and hurriedly helped Zhang Feng onto the reclining chair. He eagerly fanned Zhang Feng and asked, "Brother Zhang, Master Zhang, tell me, tell me, how should we do this? If I remember correctly, you want to use the braised meat method, right? "
Zhang Feng glanced at Li Chengqian. "Not bad. You're worth teaching. I'll give it a try and thought of this idea. You've seen it too. I've thought of this idea a long time ago. Otherwise, do you think I've gone crazy and fed you so well every day? Also, the taste of the pork, did you ever taste a trace of a foul or fishy smell? "
Li Chengqian hurriedly shook his head.
"You don't say. I was only focused on eating before and really didn't think of this. Now that you mention it, I think there really is such a thing. Where did you get these things from? How did that thing, which originally had a foul smell, become such a delicacy after passing through your hands? "
Zhang Feng did not pay attention to Li Chengqian. Instead, he glanced at the door indifferently and said, "Aiya! What did I say just now? I think I told you to find that eunuch? "
Li Chengqian saw that Zhang Feng was unwilling to say and curled his lips speechlessly.
Only then did he slowly walk towards the door.
"Okay, I will go think of a way for you now. I will see where I can get a hundred eunuchs from the cleansing room for you. You have really given me a big problem!"
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