Ang Lee could tell at a glance that these cattle were infected with parasites. All kinds of abnormal behaviors pointed to parasites. As long as the parasites were eliminated, the cattle would recover.
However, Ang Lee was not in a hurry to point out that these cattle were infected with parasites. Because it was more important to teach them how to raise cattle better than finding out the cause of the disease.
"How often do you clean the dung in the cowshed?"
Ang Lee was really dissatisfied with the sanitary condition of the Yang family's cowshed. The hygiene in the cowshed was really bad. There was too much dung piled up and the ventilation was not good enough. Living in such a bad environment all day long, the health of the cattle would definitely be greatly affected.
Especially the room in front of him, which was near the wall, had the worst ventilation. Therefore, a few cattle here were the first to develop parasitic diseases. If no changes were made, more cattle would be infected in the future. This was certain.
"Three days. It will be cleaned once every three days."
The servant said.
The frequency of cleaning in three days was too low. It should be cleaned once a day. But the dung in the cowshed was obviously piled up for more than three days. It had been piled up for at least a week. Ang Lee's family also raised cattle, so he knew the situation of cattle dung very well. Ang Lee could tell that the servant was lying.
"Three days? Are you sure? Why do I feel that it's more than six days? A lot of it has dried up. "
Ang Lee said.
"It's near the corner. It's not cleaned up."
The servant quickly explained.
The head of the family asked, "Assistant Minister Li, does the dung not cleaned up in time have anything to do with the cattle not eating grass?"
Ang Lee nodded and said, "Of course it has a lot to do with it. Cattle and sheep are domestic animals that love cleanliness the most. How can they eat if they stay in a place full of dung all day long? Moreover, the excessive dung will lead to the proliferation of poisonous insects. I'm afraid that the bellies of these cattle are full of poisonous insects. Look, not only do they not eat grass, but they also have a bad temper."
"I see. It seems that I have to trouble the veterinarian again."
The head of the family said and stared at the servants in an unfriendly manner. These guys were not diligent enough and made the cowshed dirty, which led to the cattle's illness. How could the head of the family be happy? If Ang Lee was not here, the head of the family would have been angry.
Ang Lee continued, "The cowshed must be clean. The dung must be cleaned every day. It's not enough to just clean the dung. We also need to wash the cowshed with water and wipe the cattle's body often. In this way, we can better prevent the cattle from getting sick. If you want the cattle to grow well, you have to take good care of it. You can't really treat the cattle as livestock."
Although what Ang Lee said was very reasonable, the faces of the servants were obviously not very good. It was one thing to be reasonable and another thing to be practical. Ang Lee's method could indeed prevent the cattle from getting sick, but at the same time, it would greatly increase the workload of the servants and make them more tired. No servant was willing to do more work. Naturally, they hoped to be lazy. They were already very tired from feeding these animals every day. If they served these animals every day as if they were the masters every day, they would be even more tired. No one was willing to accept this tiredness. They even felt that this task could not be completed at all.
The family head listened and quite agreed. He felt that what Ang Lee said was too reasonable. As long as the cattle could not get sick and grow fatter and healthier, he would think it was a good idea. As for increasing the workload of the servants, he would not care too much. For people who did not work, cleaning the dung and scrubbing the cattle were just a small amount of labor. It would not increase the burden of the servants. If it really could not be done, he could find a few tenant farmers to come over and help temporarily. He just needed to give more dung to the tenant farmers.
Generally, the people who were giving orders always felt that the people working were too slow and too poor, and that they could have worked faster. When the people who were working were seen taking a short break, they would feel that the work they gave them was too easy. They actually allowed the people who were working to rest. Therefore, when they increased the work tasks, if someone dared to refute, the people who were giving orders would bring up this matter and criticize the people who were doing the work when they had time to rest and when they had time to gather and chat. Since they had so much free time to rest, why couldn't they do more work?
In this case, unless the workers quit, they could only swallow their anger. After all, it was not easy to refute. Could they say that they were too tired and could not take a break? There was nothing wrong with this, but this was proper laziness. Servants could not be lazy in front of their masters. Similarly, people who worked for money did not dare to be lazy. As long as they opened their mouth and said that they were too tired and should work less, then they would be fired very quickly. They would lose their job and their job to support their family.
Therefore, the workers were the most miserable. They could only swallow their anger when they were exploited and did not dare to refute. Otherwise, a more tragic fate would be waiting for them. This was the reality. At least in the Tang dynasty, the people at the bottom were suppressed and had no ability to resist. In later generations, the situation was only slightly better. When they were exploited, they could gather together to resist, protect their rights and interests, and force the capitalists to give in. Thus, they could work less and gain more benefits.
This seemed to be quite good, but in fact, it was not very useful. Because if they asked for a little more, the capitalists would choose to give up and find people to work in other places or even go abroad to find people to work. These people at the bottom who were asked to work would lose their jobs and the ability to support themselves.
The master looked at several servants who were responsible for feeding the cattle and sheep and said, "Did you hear that? In the future, you have to clean the feces every day and wash the cattle and sheep every day. You have to do more work and don't wander around."
After that, his stern eyes made the servants dare not look up.
Although this request made the servants quite dissatisfied, they didn't dare to resist. When they worked, they did have a lot of time to rest, but work was very tiring. When they were tired, they naturally needed to rest. If they kept working, even a god wouldn't be able to stand it! However, they could only say this to themselves in their hearts, or complain to their companions later. In front of the master, they did not dare to say anything, for fear that they would accidentally make the master unhappy.
When Ang Lee looked back, he saw several servants curling their lips. Obviously, these guys were not very satisfied. They could rest more when they were working. If they cleaned the feces and washed the cattle and sheep every day, they would have less time to rest, or even no time to rest at all.
If they really dared to say that they could not finish their work, then it would be troublesome. The master and the housekeeper could personally come to watch them work and direct them. As long as the master personally watched these guys work, even if there were so many tasks to do, they would definitely finish them. There was no such thing as endless work. However, the servants would really be tired to the point of peeling off a layer of skin.
Since ancient times, people who worked hated being watched because it meant that there was no chance to be lazy. Only in the slave society, slaves who worked were watched all the time. As long as they were a little lazy, they would be whipped. Although there were no slaves after that, the people who worked were often supervised. As long as they worked slowly, they would be reminded. If they were watched all the time, they would not dare to be lazy. This kind of work was bound to be very tiring. Therefore, being watched was the most painful thing.
In the sweatshop of the later generations, there were day shifts and midnight shifts. According to reason, if you worked during the day, you could sleep well at night. However, if you worked at night, it would be very painful to sleep during the day. This kind of reversal of black and white was also very bad for the body. Therefore, according to science, it was more comfortable to work during the day, but many people preferred to work at midnight. This was because during the day, there were many leaders, and there was no chance to be lazy. The work was particularly tiring. At night, most of the leaders went home to rest, so the work was relatively easier. It was naturally more comfortable when there was no one watching. Even if they were doing the same amount of work, it was still more comfortable with no one watching. They had more freedom, and they could cut corners to reduce their workload.
For example, when the servants of the Yang Family were scrubbing the cattle, they had to scrub very carefully one by one when there were people watching. When no one was watching, they could be a little sloppy when scrubbing. They could just scrub a few times or pour a basin of water on the cattle to complete the cleaning.
Supervision meant that they had to work harder, which meant that they couldn't be lazy. Therefore, no one was willing to be supervised, and many people knew this. Therefore, in order to let the workers do better, they would send people to supervise. Every step would be strictly supervised. In addition, under normal circumstances, the workers did need to be supervised because there were too many people who didn't realize it. There would always be some people who didn't realize it and didn't take it seriously when working. They always liked to be lazy.
For example, the servants of the Yang Family only cleaned the cowshed once every three to five days. This was not right, but at the same time, did it mean that the supply of manpower was not enough? Was it because they were working too hard and needed more people to do the work?
Under normal circumstances, the servants who worked must feel that the master was too cruel and let them do too much work. For the master, he always felt that the servants were too lazy and did too little work. It was appropriate to give them more work. Servants who did more work and did not feel tired were good servants.
Ang Lee did not pay attention to the servant who looked aggrieved because according to Ang Lee's observation, the number of servants in this area was enough. As long as they were a little diligent, they could still finish the work. As for the more work they did, the more tired they would be. This was for sure. How could work not be tired? It was possible to give these servants more work.
As for the adult cattle, they were all fixed in the cowshed. When they were needed to work, someone would naturally take them away. When they were not working, they were fixed in this very narrow space. It was indeed quite suffocating. The cattle probably preferred to work because at least they could breathe the fresh air outside when they went out to work. They could also occasionally eat some tender grass along the way. This was also agreed by the master to let the cattle eat some grass along the way to save the family's feed. At the same time, it also allowed the driver to rest.
The underage calves were different. These calves were not tied up. They could freely run back and forth in a large area. This area was about one thousand square meters, which was about two acres of land. They would not run too far. Generally, they would move around the area close to the cows. As long as the calves grew up, they would be tied up and lose their freedom forever.
The calves' childhood was a very precious time of freedom in the cattle's life. It was very short, usually only a year. Although the cattle needed to be three years old to become adults, one-year-old cattle were already very big and strong. They would be treated as semi-adult cattle. It was necessary to tie them up. Otherwise, it would be bad if they ran away.
For heavy work like pulling carriages outside, a one-year-old cow could already do it. At most, a two-year-old cow would not have any problem. It was just like human child labor. Although they were not yet adults, children who were half-grown could work. Since ancient times, children at the age of seven or eight could already work in the fields, and these children were still more than half a year away from adulthood. However, this did not affect their work, but it did hurt people a little. Therefore, it was better not to let children do heavy work. There was no problem with doing light and fast work, such as housework was the best.
"This cow is only one-year-old, but it can already pull carriages."
Ang Lee looked at a very young calf and said.
The family head said, "This one-year-old cow is still too young. As long as it is busy, it will not be used to pull carriages. It has to be at least two years old before it can be used to work with ease."
"If it doesn't work, why should it be tied up? It will run more in the yard and its body will be stronger. When it is two years old, it will have more strength to work."
Ang Lee said casually.
Just like humans, cows also needed exercise. A person who didn't exercise since childhood would be relatively weak when he grew up. On the other hand, a person who worked hard since childhood would be very strong when he grew up. Animals and humans were the same. Naturally, they also needed exercise. The wild bison was much stronger than the domesticated cattle. This was because the wild bison had more exercise, and the domesticated cattle were naturally more fragile when they were chained up.
"Haha! Assistant Minister Li said that, but I am afraid that the cow is too strong and the person who is holding it can't control it! When a cow is angry, even ten people can't control it! "
The family head said with a smile.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "That's true. The cow's temper is really strong. It is very difficult to deal with once it is angry!"
Among the domestic animals, donkeys and cows had the worst temper. Therefore, there was the saying of donkey temper and cow temper. The cow's temper meant that it would not turn back until it hit the south wall.
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