Ang Lee did not hide anything and told the head of the Yang family that the piglets in the capital were also out of the slaughterhouse for about a year, but it was slightly shorter than the ones in Central Sichuan. If they were raised well, they could be out of the slaughterhouse in ten months. This was a huge difference from the three to four months that Ang Lee had proposed, but it was still considered some progress. Technological progress was slow, and it was impossible to achieve it in one step.
The reason why the piglets in the capital were out of the slaughterhouse faster than other places was mainly because the development of the capital was too fast. The large pig farmers had enough sources of feed. Moreover, the price of feed was very low, so the large pig farmers could completely afford it.
For example, the population in the capital was very dense. There were all kinds of restaurants and pubs everywhere. These restaurants and restaurants would produce a lot of leftovers every day. Among these leftovers, the better ones would be recycled by the restaurant, and more leftovers would definitely be thrown away. These leftovers that were thrown away were very good pig feed, and it was best to feed pigs. Because these were the leftovers of the customers, they were considered as waste, so the price was very low. Even if the pig farmers were willing to come to the restaurant to collect them, the price could be even more discounted. The cooperation between the restaurant and the pig farmers was a very good win-win situation. Not only did it reduce the burden of the restaurant, but it also allowed the pig farmers to obtain very good pig feed.
In other words, the piglets in the capital could be out of the slaughterhouse faster, and it had a lot to do with the food that the piglets in the capital ate. This was because the piglets in the capital could eat the restaurant's oil swill every day, so their growth speed would naturally be faster. These oil swill were very good nutritional feed, much better than rice bran and wheat bran. Letting the piglets eat the restaurant's oil swill could make the piglets grow faster and fatter.
There were also restaurants in Central Sichuan, but there were too few restaurants in Central Sichuan, and they could not reach a large scale. As a result, the swill pig feed industry was more difficult to continue, and no one thought of this first. If a pig farmer went to the restaurant's shopkeeper to discuss it, he could also use the restaurant's oil swill to feed the pigs.
Of course, if the piglets only ate oil swill, the nutrition would not be enough. Therefore, even the piglets in the capital were not out of the slaughterhouse very quickly, only slightly faster by two to three months. The piglets still needed to be fed more nutrients to make them grow faster.
Of course, the piglets in the capital grew slower because they did not eat enough oil swill. Although many pig farmers could obtain a considerable amount of oil swill, they were not willing to feed all of it. Most of the time, they would feed more rice bran and wheat bran, or mix some oil swill between the rice bran and wheat bran to make the pigs eat more happily. Because the proportion of oil swill that the pigs ate was too small, the progress of fattening was naturally more limited.
"Oil swill, the piglets in the capital are eating oil swill! No wonder they can be out of the slaughterhouse in ten months. "
The Yang family's patriarch sighed.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "Oil swill is very fatty, and piglets like it very much. Moreover, the oil swill is the waste of the restaurant, and the price is not expensive. This is called recycling waste, it's better than throwing it directly into the ditch!"
The patriarch agreed, "Assistant Minister Li is right, the leftover oil swill can be used to feed the pigs! Why didn't I think of it? This is indeed a good idea! "
Obviously, the shrewd patriarch did not think of this. He had almost thought of all the ways to save money, but he did not think of going to the restaurant to get some oil swill to feed the pigs. He really neglected this, or he never thought of this, because in the whole Central Sichuan region, he had never seen anyone feed pigs with swill. This was a problem of cognition, and it was not his fault, because they had never seen it, so naturally they could not make this decision.
"There are quite a few restaurants in Yizhou City. Take advantage of the fact that no one has thought of this at this time and quickly take action! Take all the oil swill from all the restaurants, so not only can we fatten our own pigs, but we can also sell the excess oil swill to other pig farmers. "
Ang Lee said.
Obviously, Ang Lee's idea was very good, it could make the patriarch of the Yang family earn more money, and it was also easier for the patriarch to accept.
"Assistant Minister Li is absolutely right. I also think so. In the future, we will build a swill recycling shop in Yi Zhou City. Twice a day, we will collect all the oil and swill from all the restaurants and restaurants, and then we will transport it to the field to feed the pigs. The excess will be sold to others. No, no, no. It's better to raise more pigs. We will build a pig farm outside the field. We can raise as many pigs as there is swill in Yi Zhou City."
The patriarch said very excitedly.
Obviously, he also had a small idea, that was, he didn't want others to know what swill was used for, or what kind of good results could be achieved by feeding pigs with swill. He would secretly use swill to feed pigs and make a lot of money. Others wouldn't know the effects of eating pigs with swill, so naturally, they wouldn't be jealous. In this way, for the patriarch of the Yang family, it was naturally the most beneficial.
"Haha! You don't want others to know? This can't be hidden for long. There are already people in the capital who use swill to raise pigs, and this news will slowly spread all over the world. "
Ang Lee said with a smile, and pointed out the patriarch's small idea.
The patriarch said with a smile, "At least for the time being, no one here knows. Assistant Minister Li told me such a good way to raise pigs, so I have to express my gratitude. I will send 20 of our half-grown pigs to Assistant Minister Li. The journey to Dongnu Province is long, so it's good to kill and eat on the way."
Obviously, the patriarch was quite generous sometimes. When he was treating the servants and tenant farmers, he was a little stingy, but when he was treating Ang Lee, he was much more generous. After all, it was useless to treat the tenant farmers and servants well. These bumpkins couldn't bring him much profit, but Ang Lee was different. Therefore, he gave 20 half-grown pigs as soon as he opened his mouth, which was a relatively generous act.
Twenty piglets were only enough for Li An's group to eat and drink for a few days. A group of close to five hundred people faced twenty half-grown piglets, which was equivalent to twenty-five people per pig. Based on the calculation of fifty kilograms of meat per half-grown piglet, each person would only get four kilograms of meat. In fact, these half-grown piglets would not get fifty kilograms of meat per person. In fact, the meat that each person would get would be even less, and the meat could be finished in a few days.
However, this was also the patriarch's kind intention. Ang Lee wouldn't think it was too little, and he wouldn't be polite to the patriarch. There was no need to be polite at all. In addition, Ang Lee felt that the patriarch might give other food in addition to the pigs.
"Okay! Since the patriarch is so kind, then I'll accept it, haha! "
Li An accepted the twenty half-grown piglets without hesitation. These piglets could be loaded onto the cart and transported away. It was not a bad idea to kill a few of them each day to improve the meals of his entourage.
Ang Lee stayed at the pig farm for a long time. Then, he looked at the various straw and bran feed prepared for the pigs in the storage area. The nutritional value of these feeds was too low, but Ang Lee had already pointed out the path for the patriarch to go to Yizhou City to collect oil and swill. In the future, this storage area would store a large amount of oil and swill.
Chickens, ducks, and geese were raised together. These three kinds of poultry were raised together, so there was no problem to raise them together. Because ducks and geese needed a pond, a large pond was prepared in this area.
This large pond looked relatively deep. The deepest part was estimated to be several feet deep. The sides were relatively shallow, so there was no problem for people to accidentally fall into the water.
Don't think that the small pond was a pool of stagnant water. It really wasn't. This small pond was connected to the river outside. It was completely an opening at the upper and lower reaches of the river. Then, a pond was dug in the middle. All the water in the pond came from the self-dug ditch upstream. When the water was full, it would flow away from the self-dug ditch downstream. Thus, the water in this large pond was always clean. Otherwise, it would not be long before it became a smelly ditch, and then it would be impossible to breed.
After the ditch was dug, the biggest problem was to prevent the ducks and geese from escaping from the two ends of the ditch. For this reason, many fences were placed in the ditch. There were iron fences and bamboo fences. These fences were dense enough to stop the ducks and geese, so that these two kinds of poultry could not escape from the area where they were raised. Thus, they could avoid heavy losses if the poultry escaped.
So many poultry were raised not only for meat, but also for eggs. The eggs of chickens, ducks, and geese could be sold in Yizhou City. In different places in this area, there were many small nests for the poultry to lay eggs. When it was time to lay eggs, these poultry would run to the nests to lay eggs.
The feed for these poultry was mainly rice bran, wheat bran, and some fresh wild grass. However, in winter, there was no fresh grass. Only in the season when there was fresh grass would they be fed fresh grass.
The pond occupied one-third of the area of this breeding area. On the land, except for a few fruit trees, the rest of the plants had been eaten by the chicks. However, in the pond, there were still many fish and shrimps. Although the ducks and geese liked to eat fish and shrimps, because the pond was running water, many fish, shrimps, and water insects would enter the pond through the aqueduct. Therefore, the fish, shrimps, and various insects in the pond could never be eaten up. This could be used as extra nutrients for the ducks and geese. Therefore, the ducks and geese would grow a little better. After all, they could eat animal food, which was more nutritious. However, the chickens were more miserable. They could only eat rice bran every day, and rarely could they eat other nutritious food. Occasionally, a small insect would fall from a fruit tree, which would cause the chickens to fight over it.
The chickens only ate rice bran, which had a great impact on the laying of eggs. It could even cause the hens to lay soft-shelled eggs. Therefore, in order to make the hens lay better eggs, it was necessary to provide some other nutritious food, such as old grains. Because soft-shelled eggs had appeared in the Yang Family's field before, in order to make the hens lay normal eggs, they would occasionally add various old grains into the rice bran.
Among the chickens, ducks, and geese, geese were undoubtedly the most powerful existence, because geese were far stronger than chickens and ducks in terms of size and ferocity. Therefore, in this mixed breeding area, geese were the overlords. Wherever the geese went, chickens and ducks would retreat. When the geese entered the pond, the ducks would quickly make a detour, keeping a certain distance from the geese, and leave the deepest and clearest area of the pond to the geese. When the geese went ashore, the chickens would all move away, and even directly fly to higher branches to avoid the overbearing geese.
Fortunately, there were not many geese, at most 100, while there were 1,000 ducks and chickens, which were 10 times the number of geese. If there were 10 times the number of chickens and ducks attacking the geese together, they could definitely defeat the geese. However, the large number of chickens and ducks would definitely not be united. Therefore, the chickens and ducks did not have the courage to attack the geese. They could only be bullied by the geese, and live under the tyranny of the geese.
Ang Lee was worried about these poor chickens and ducks. They were bullied by the big white geese every day. If they were not careful, they might be bitten by the big white geese.
However, the existence of the big white geese was not only a threat to the chickens and ducks. Sometimes, they were also the guardians of the chickens and ducks. In the breeding area, in addition to these bred poultry, there would occasionally be uninvited guests such as weasels. These guys were very cunning and very ferocious. In the face of such a powerful enemy, the chickens and ducks could only be slaughtered. However, the geese were completely different. The geese were also very overbearing. In the face of the ferocious weasels, the geese were not afraid, and they could even beat the weasels to death. Therefore, as long as these overbearing big white geese were in this area, the weasels would not dare to act rashly. Moreover, there were cats and dogs guarding the yard, so the weasels had to consider their strength carefully. The Yang Family raised three kinds of poultry together to defend against the threat of the weasels. After all, no matter how high the fence was, it would be difficult to completely stop the weasels from entering. Without the protection of the big white geese, a weasel could kill a large number of hens in one night, which would bring great losses to the field.
"Assistant Minister Li, 50 roosters, 50 fat ducks, 20 big white geese, and 50 boxes of eggs. Please kindly accept them."
The patriarch said very politely.
Ang Lee looked back at the patriarch happily and said, "I just gave you 20 pigs and more than 100 poultry. Patriarch, you are so generous. Don't you feel distressed?"
"How can I feel distressed? It's our blessing that Assistant Minister Li can accept our gifts. These are nothing. It's nothing. "
The patriarch said very politely.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "In that case, I won't stand on ceremony. Now the soldiers are blessed. They will have fresh meat and eggs to eat. Hahaha!"
The patriarch was really generous to Ang Lee. Although this gift was not too much, it was not easy for the patriarch who was very good at calculating. The patriarch's approach was also very smart. He was very clear about the status of Ang Lee in the Tang dynasty. If he could be on good terms with Ang Lee, it would naturally be of great benefit to him. Spending more money to please Ang Lee was really not a bad thing.
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