Daqin: Compared with his sons, Ying Zheng is jealous

"Castrating and emasculating the black pig will make it quiet, reduce fighting, and grow more meat?"

Wang Jian, Marquis of Wucheng, looked at the proposal made by Prince Fusu on the sky curtain, raised his own doubts, and looked at the doctors of various schools of thought with such doubtful eyes.

However, facing the doubtful eyes of Wang Jian, Marquis of Wucheng, whether it was the Confucian doctor Chunyu Yue, the Mohist doctor Xiangli Ji, or the doctors of other schools of thought, they all avoided their sight.

They were not farmers, how could they know whether this was true or false.

And even the farmers on the sky curtain, they didn't know whether this method was effective or not, and they were also trying it.

Shangqing Meng Yi on the side smiled and said:

"If Wu Chenghou is interested in this, he might as well go back and test it to see if it is true or not.

However, Meng Yi was obviously just joking, but Wang Jian took it seriously and nodded:

"Well, you have a point."

"I will go find a few black pigs to try later."

It is obvious that Tianmu will not be able to give an answer so quickly as to whether castrating and emasculating black pigs can really reduce their fighting and grow more meat. In this case, he will try it himself. Anyway, it

's just a matter of finding a few black pigs. For him, it's just a small matter to give an order.

Not only Wang Jian wants to try it himself, but many common people in the world also plan to try out the method of castrating and emasculating black pigs mentioned by Prince Fusu after listening to what Prince Fusu said.

Now, after Prince Fusu on Tianmu has shown his benevolence and love for the people time and time again.

In the eyes of most common people in the world The prestige in their hearts has almost reached a terrifying level that they will blindly believe whatever Prince Fusu says.

Therefore, even though the method of castrating and emasculating black pigs has not yet been finally verified by the sky curtain, there are still many common people who raise black pigs in the world and plan to try it directly. So when it comes to how to castrate and emasculate black pigs, butchers are naturally the most familiar and proficient.

Therefore, just like the craftsmen who had previously ushered in huge wealth, butchers have also ushered in a wave of small wealth that is unique to the butcher industry.

For example, Fan Kuai, who was eating dog meat with Liu Ji, looking at the sky curtain, and talking about the future plan of monopolizing the collection of manure from time to time, heard someone calling him:

"Fan Kuai, are you home?"

Fan Kuai stuck his head out and answered:

"I'm at home, who's looking for me?"

Then Fan Kuai saw someone push open his courtyard door, and then a man from the same village walked in.

Fan Kuai couldn't remember the man's name for a while, but he remembered that the man seemed to be raising black pigs, with ten or eight black pigs at home.

"Are you free these two days?"

"If you have time, after the curtain falls, come and help me castrate all the black pigs I raise!"

The chieftain directly stated his purpose.

Although Fan Kuai was only a dog meat butcher, not a professional black pig butcher.

But in the eyes of the chieftain, there was no difference between the two, since they all used butcher knives to make a living.

Moreover, the butcher closest to him was Fan Kuai. If he wanted to find another butcher, he would have to walk more than ten miles.

Hearing the other party's request, Fan Kuai was also stunned, but he did not refuse. He nodded and replied:

"Okay, I'll come find you after I finish looking at the sky curtain."

Hearing Fan Kuai's agreement, the man smiled and said:

"Okay, I'll wait for you at home after the sky curtain ends."

After saying that, he waved to Fan Kuai and left happily.

After that, several more people from Qianshou came to Fan Kuai one after another and asked him to help castrate the black pigs in their homes.

Fan Kuai accepted all the requests and agreed to all of them.

However, compared with the previous grand scene that almost surrounded the craftsmen, the number of Qianshou people who came to butchers like Fan Kuai was not large.

But this is normal. After all, almost all Qianshou people have to farm, so almost all Qianshou people have a demand for plow carts and curved plows.

Among the Qianshou people, those who raise black pigs are only a minority.

They have this need, and dare to take the lead before the sky curtain reveals whether it is really feasible. There are even fewer people in Guizhou who will implement and verify it first.

However, compared with the previous lack of demand for castration and emasculation of black pigs, now it can be regarded as an additional source of income for butchers.

After all, if the people in Guizhou ask butchers to help castrate and emasculate black pigs, it is impossible for the butchers to work in vain.

And after verifying that castration and emasculation of black pigs can really help black pigs reduce fighting, grow better and faster, there should be more people in Guizhou who will look for butchers like Fan Kuai in the future.

Fan Kuai, who had taken on several small jobs of castration and emasculation of black pigs in just a few quarters of an hour, looked at Liu Ji sitting opposite and said happily:

"Hahaha, it seems that before you start the business of collecting feces, I have to start the business of castrating and emasculating black pigs first!"

Liu Ji also said flatteringly:

"Of course, when it comes to butchers, who in the surrounding area of Pei County can compare to my brother Fan!"

"If the people of Guizhou want to castrate or emasculate the black pig, my brother Fan will naturally be the first choice!"

"My brother Fan is born extraordinary. Come, brother, let me toast you another glass!"

Liu Ji toasted with a smile on his face, while thinking in his heart how to get Fan Kuai to invest more money in his feces collection and business.

After all, Fan Kuai just made a lot of extra money. If he doesn't use the extra money to invest in the feces collection and business, does he have to save it and wait for insects to grow?

And if he wants to truly monopolize the feces collection and business in Pei County, then he will definitely have to make some arrangements.

The more money Fan Kuai invests in him, the more money he can use to make arrangements, and the more confident he will be in doing this.

Under Liu Ji's flattery and deception, Fan Kuai unknowingly increased the money he invested in Liu Ji again.

【Regarding the problem of the black pigs being aggressive, Crown Prince Fusu proposed a solution that might be effective.】

【As for how to make the pork less fishy and more palatable, he didn't have any good ideas.】

【After all, he was not proficient in cooking, so he could only let the chef work hard to think of how to handle the pig meat so that the fishy smell of the pig meat would become less strong and more palatable.】

【After visiting the pig farm, King Ying Zheng of Qin and Prince Fusu, led by Xu Zi and other farm boys, visited the remaining six livestock farms, namely the cattle farm, horse farm, sheep farm, dog farm, and chicken farm.】

【In addition to the six livestock farms, there are some other less common livestock, which the Animal Husbandry Department also breeds.】

【"What kind of livestock is this?"】

【"Why haven’t I seen it before?"】

【Prince Fusu pointed at the animal in front of him, which looked similar to a horse, but was much shorter, had longer ears and face, and had gray hair, and asked curiously:】

【When Xu Zi saw that Crown Prince Fusu had immediately picked out the livestock that he thought had the highest practical value among the livestock present, he could not help but applaud and exclaimed,"Your Highness has good taste!"】

【"This animal is called a donkey, and is a unique animal unique to the barbarians of the Western Di."】

【"When I was touring various countries with my farm boys, we encountered a group of barbarian merchants being robbed by bandits, so I helped them."】

【"Afterwards, the barbarian merchant saw that it was inconvenient for us to carry luggage to travel to different countries, so he gave us a batch of donkeys as a token of his gratitude."】

【"In the process of using it, we also discovered many advantages of donkeys"】

【"For example, first of all, donkeys are docile and obedient!"】

【"Compared to wild horses that need to be tamed before they can be controlled, donkeys rarely need to be tamed except for being stubborn at times."】

【"Even a child of seven or eight years old can easily use a donkey to do work."】

【"Second, we have observed that donkeys have strong survival abilities and do not require much food."】

【"Unlike horses, which require careful feeding and care, they are very likely to get sick, have diarrhea, etc."】

【"Donkeys are not very picky about food and will eat almost anything, even grass roots or tree bark."】

【"It doesn't get sick very often, and as long as it can fill its stomach, it can survive well."】

【"Third, donkeys have great endurance and high load-bearing capacity."】

【"Normally, they carry things for hundreds of miles, even���A thousand miles is no problem"】

【"And most importantly, the donkey can carry 100 to 200 kilograms of weight during the entire process."】

【"Fourth, and most importantly, donkeys can even replace cows in pulling plows for farming!"】

【"We have experimented before that donkeys can work for three to four hours a day and can cultivate three to five acres of land."】

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【"It can be said that when there is a shortage of oxen, donkeys can be used to replace oxen for farming."】

【"This is why we study how to breed donkeys."】

【"From a certain perspective, donkeys can be said to be a kind of livestock that is more suitable for the daily life of the people than cows and horses."】

【"Although it is not as fast as a horse, its endurance is stronger than that of a horse."】

【"Although it is not as strong as a cow, it eats less than a cow."】

【"If I, as a commoner, were asked to choose one of the three livestocks among cow, horse and donkey, then my first choice would definitely be the donkey!"】

【"If donkeys can be promoted on a large scale, then I think it would not be an exaggeration to add donkeys to the current six domestic animals, and call them the seven domestic animals together with horses, cows, sheep, pigs, dogs, and chickens."】

【Every time Xu Zi mentioned the donkey's merits, the eyes of Qin King Ying Zheng and Crown Prince Fusu would light up.】

【After Xu Zi finished talking about the advantages of the donkey, King Ying Zheng of Qin and Prince Fusu looked at the donkey as if they had seen an invaluable treasure.】

【In the eyes of Qin King Ying Zheng, donkeys' super endurance and ability to carry hundreds of kilograms of weight made them a better livestock for transporting military supplies than horses.】

【After all, although horses are fast, their endurance is really poor. They often need to stop and rest after walking for a while.】

【Although the donkey is not as fast as the horse, it can keep walking for a long time!】

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【All in all, donkeys are not necessarily slower than horses in transporting military supplies.】

【If Qin had more donkeys, it could have turned the horses that were used to transport military supplies into war horses.】

【In this way, the Qin State will be able to have more war horses and its military strength will become stronger!】

【In the eyes of Crown Prince Fusu, donkeys eat worse than horses and less than cows, but have better endurance than horses and can carry one-fifth to two-fifths of the weight of cows.】

【What's this?】

【This is a substitute that combines the advantages of both cows and horses!】

【If every family in Guizhou could have a donkey, not only would the efficiency of farming be greatly improved, but other aspects of daily life would also be much more convenient.】

【The eyes of Qin King Ying Zheng and Crown Prince Fusu accidentally met, and both father and son revealed the same meaning in their eyes, which was:"Donkey, I want it!"】

【Then Prince Fusu looked at Master Xu impatiently and asked,"Master Xu, how many donkeys have been bred by farmers' children now?"】

【King Qin Ying Zheng also stared at Xu Zi, waiting for his answer.】

【When hearing the question from Prince Fusu, Xu Zi's face was no longer as cheerful as before, and he said a little embarrassedly:"Currently, there are more than a hundred donkeys bred."】

【Seeing the disappointed look on the faces of Qin King Ying Zheng and Crown Prince Fusu, Xu Zi quickly added:"This is because we only had more than ten donkeys at the beginning, so the breeding speed was so slow."】

【"If we could have more donkeys, then our breeding speed would definitely be faster, and the number of donkeys we could breed in the future would definitely increase!"】

【"But if Your Highness is really in a hurry, Beirong and Xidi should also have a lot of donkeys."】

【"After all, our donkeys were originally obtained from the barbarian merchants of Beirong and Xidi."】

【Hearing Xu Zi's words, Crown Prince Fusu reached out and tugged at the corner of his father's clothes, looked at his father with a pair of bright eyes and said,"Father, I want a donkey!"】

【"In addition to oxen, I also want many, many donkeys!"】

【King Qin Ying Zheng nodded seriously and said,"Yes, father knows."】

【Not only did Prince Fusu want many, many donkeys, he also wanted many, many donkeys.】

【At this moment, King Ying Zheng of Qin was already thinking about which general should be sent as an"envoy" to obtain the oxen and donkeys that Qin wanted from the Beirong and Xidi.】......

PS1: Donkeys have a very long history in China. As early as the Shang Dynasty, donkeys were domesticated and bred in the Shache area of Xinjiang. They were not a unique breed introduced after Zhang Qian"opened up the world".

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the history of Yanzhao and the history of Qin also recorded"mules" and"駃騠".

In addition, the territory of Qin was close to the northern Rong and the western Di, that is, the grassland, so it was normal for donkeys to exist during the Qin Dynasty.