Chapter 31 Veterinarian Wang Qinian (2)

Wuzhaibao livestock farm.

The military craftsman Liu Yumei followed Qian, the manager of Wuzhaibao's livestock farm, to inspect the various parts of the livestock farm. Along the way, the busy military women greeted Liu Yumei, with enthusiastic smiles on their faces. After they passed, they all looked strange again and were talking in a low voice.

Since that day, Huang Laifu seemed to have intentional gossip news about Liu Yumei spread through Qian's mouth, everyone in the big farm immediately looked at her differently. He was so enthusiastic and attentive, and even Liu Erniu had to come forward to curry favor with him. Qian had already had a good relationship with Liu Yumei, and since then he only arranged for Liu Yumei to do some relaxing work.

Liu Yumei was originally fifteen years old this year. In ancient times, it was time to talk about marriage. In the past, some women from Wuzhaibao would come to Liu Yumei to talk about marriage. Now no one dares. Rumor has it that Liu Yumei is the woman the eldest son is interested in. Who has eaten the courage of the bear heart and leopard, and dares to compete with the eldest son in Wuzhaibao?

The crowd of people's pleasing and the rumors behind it began to make Liu Yumei very uncomfortable. She was just a simple military craftsman girl.

But slowly, the flattery of everyone also made her think about it. Especially some households in the outer castle wanted their families to enter the farms and large animal farms of Wuzhaibao to do things. They didn't know what they heard, but some people came to the door with various gifts, asking Liu Yumei to have a chance to speak nicely in front of the eldest son. Even more people were walking around her grandfather, Old Man Liu.

This feeling of being surrounded by everyone is easy to intoxicate. Liu Yumei gradually enjoyed this feeling and vaguely regarded herself as Huang Laifu's woman, and accepted everyone's flattery with peace of mind. But... I don't know what the eldest young master thought, which made her feel a little up and down. Of course, Qian knew her thoughts. She patted her chest and said that the matter was just about herself, and she would definitely find a way to find out the eldest young master's intentions.

The Qian family has always had a good relationship with Liu Yumei's family, so of course she was very happy to see Liu Yumei being taken as her concubine by Huang Laifu, which is also very beneficial to the Qian family.

Huang Laifu, Wang Qinian, Yang Butler, Jiang Dazhong, Yang Xiaolu and others came to the Wuzhaibao livestock farm. Qian received the news and hurriedly brought Liu Yumei to meet him.

After saying a few casual words, Huang Laifu saw that Liu Yumei next to Qian was blushing, and couldn't help but look at her strangely. He was facing Liu Yumei peeking at him, with a hurried look shy and a little panicked. Huang Laifu nodded at her with a smile. Liu Yumei was even more frightened, and her face turned red even more like a frightened deer.

Qian looked at Huang Laifu with a low smile, then looked at Liu Yumei, and then said respectfully to Huang Laifu: "Big Young Master, please come inside." He looked at Wang Qinian beside Huang Laifu with a strange look, not knowing what this poverty and the eldest young master had.

Under the leadership of the manager Qian, Huang Laifu visited the large animal farm, which did have the problems that Wang Qinian mentioned.

Huang Laifu said to Wang Qinian: "Mr. Wang is not bad. According to Mr. Wang's opinion, how should the pigpen be improved everywhere?"

Wang Qinian said: "The ditches are improperly drained, and cleaning problems such as a lot of feces in the pigpen are easy to talk about. I told the livestock to clean them in time and spread more lime. The location of the pigpen should be higher to reduce low-lying moisture. Then change the grass frequently and lay the ash in the pigpen to prevent the ground from being wet and eliminate the cold."

Huang Laifu nodded, but Qian next to him had a pale face. "Mr. Wang" said this in front of the eldest son just now, as if he was accusing himself of his poor supervision and so that there were many cleaning problems in the pigpen.

She quickly snatched it out and kowtowed in front of Huang Laifu: "Young Master, the cleaning in the enclosure is all blamed for the poor supervision of the woman. Please punish her."

Liu Yumei also hurriedly knelt down with Qian.

Huang Laifu knew that Qian only considered cleaning issues according to the pig farming standards of the military households in Wuzhaibao before, and did not deliberately neglect them. When he saw them, he thought it was good to be careless. To be honest, Huang Laifu had never seen the cleaning standards of pig farms in later generations. The pig farm on TV flashed by and couldn't see clearly. However, according to Wang Qinian's standards, he would be stricter.

He said at the moment: "Forget it this time, pay attention to the cleaning issues in the enclosure next time."

Qian kowtowed repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, Xie Da Shao Kuanrao." He stood up, breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and glared at Wang Qinian hatefully, but Wang Qinian turned his head aside, looking indifferent.

Liu Yumei followed Qian and stood aside, not daring to let out a breath.

While Huang Laifu continued to inspect the large animal farm, he discussed the issue with Wang Qinian. It can be seen that Wang Qinian has his own experience in breeding, both understanding the way of veterinary medicine and the way of breeding, which made Huang Laifu nodded and secretly rejoiced that he had obtained a talent.

When it comes to preventing cold, like a sheep house, the method is the same to solve the problem of winter in pig houses. In autumn, hang a straw curtain on the door of the pen house at night and lay more grass on the ground of the pig house. As for the cold winter, underground warm circles are built, and underground dragon fire passages or warm fire walls are added to the tunnel pig houses to allow the pigs to spend the winter safely.

Wang Qinian also proposed to implement high-density breeding for pigs, raise a few more pigs in each pen, make full use of the heat generated by the pigs themselves to survive the winter, and make pigs prone to fatter. As long as you pay attention to hygiene, there will be no problems.

He said: "The "Qimin Yaoshu" says: The circle is not tired of small, and the circle is small and fat and ripe. He also says: There are many pigs, and a large circle is divided into small circles. Each small circle can only accommodate a pig, so that it will not cause trouble, and it will be easy to grow."

Regarding the pig feed for pigs, he affirmed Huang Laifu's method of feeding pigs with rapeseed, turnips, alfalfa, etc. in the future, and also affirmed Huang Laifu's method of feeding pigs with tofu dregs in the future.

However, Wang Qinian also has his own opinion on the feeding method and feeding pigs: "The method of fat pigs can be three jin of guanzhong, four liang of Atractylodes, one dou of soybeans, and one liter of sesame seeds. They are fried together and ground into powder and bait them. It will be fat for twelve days. "The Three Rural Journals" also says: If you raise pigs, you must feed less. If you keep a slag outside the slag, you will have a slag spoon in each slag, and then turn it back and make it full. If you have left the slag, add bran and scatter on the slag, so that the food is extremely clean. Those who are good at feeding will be fat for 60 days."

Wang Qinian also proposed to feed pigs with a fermented feed. His experience was to chop purslane, add rice and water to ferment. The fermented feed can produce a sour and fragrant smell, stimulate the pig's appetite, help digestion, increase food, and make the pig eat happier and fatter faster.

Huang Laifu nodded. This is a very scientific feed preparation method. This method of fermenting feed with microorganisms is recorded in the "Wang Zhen Agricultural Book" and was still used until later generations, which also has important guiding significance for modern pig farming production.

What Wang Qinian said can be used immediately in the pig farm in Wuzhaibao.

Huang Laifu and Wang Qinian had a passionate talk. Wang Qinian has been treated coldly over the years. As a scholar, he specialized in animal husbandry and veterinary medicine. What he usually greets him is full of deep mockery and sneer.

At this time, when Huang Laifu listened attentively, he felt a sense of understanding, and thought to himself: "People say that Mr. Huang, the young master of Wuzhaibao, is just a rough man, and it is not entirely true." He even poured out all the things he knew.

For the Wuzhaibao livestock farm, it can be said that it is his ideal place. Not to mention that the treatment here is good, even if there is no wages, he is very willing to stay as long as he manages food.

In addition to Butler Yang, Qian, Jiang Dazhong, Yang Xiaolu and others were all rolling their eyes when they saw Wang Qinian talking. Qian thought that he would show off his poorness, but the eldest young man still valued him very much. It was really a waste of time.

Liu Yumei couldn't understand Wang Qinian's words. Her pretty eyes just turned around Huang Laifu's face from time to time, and then on Wang Qinian's face.

Everyone turned to a pig pen. Most of the sows raised here were fat and long, mostly bought from nearby prefectures and counties. It is conceivable that the little boys born to these sows will be lively and healthy in the future.

In fact, China's pig breeds have always been good. They have always been famous for their precocious maturity, easy to fertilizer, good rough feeding, good meat quality, and strong fertility. Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, they have been widely praised by people from all over Europe and Asia. Whether it is the Roman Empire in the past, or the British, the West in later generations, they have tried every means to introduce Chinese pigs to improve their local pig breeds.

The well-known British big white pig, also known as Yorkshire pig, was improved by cross-breeding Chinese South China pigs and British Yorkshire local pigs. In 1818, this pig was once called the "big Chinese breeding pig" to show that it is not forgotten. The American Politic pigs and many famous pig breeds in the world today have the blood of Chinese pigs. Darwin once said: "Chinese pigs have high value in improving European breeds."

Qian respected Huang Laifu, saying that after these sows were bought, some of them had already started giving birth to young people. When Huang Laifu smiled, Qian said hesitantly, because he was afraid that the sows would give birth to large-scale animals in October and November, and the weather was cold at that time, so the piglets would freeze a lot.

Huang Laifu knew nothing about this and asked Wang Qinian what methods could be used to increase the survival rate of piglets in the cold season.

Wang Qinian pondered for a while and said that when the piglets were cold, they had to adopt another method.

"The "Qimin Yaoshu" says that those who are born in October and November will steam them for one night. The steaming method is to hold a pig in a cage, put it in a steamer, steam it in a low fire, and then sweat it out. If the piglet does not steam, the brain will not be frozen, and it will die after one day. Therefore, the piglet has little brain, and if the cold is too strong, it cannot warm itself, so it needs to be warmed up."

Huang Laifu nodded. Wang Qinian meant that the cerebral cortex of newborn piglets was underdeveloped and their body temperature regulation was incomplete. Cold can cause the body temperature to be irreversibly reduced. Especially for piglets born in winter, the body temperature dropped sharply and took several days to return to normal. Moreover, the piglets affected by cold are slow to move and are more dangerous to be crushed by sows. At the same time, cold is also a cause of the piglets' death. Therefore, it is very important to keep warm for newborn piglets.

The specific method of insulation is to steam the newborn piglets in a rope cage with light heat for a night. Of course, the heat should not be too big, otherwise it will be steamed. The maintenance method for newborn piglets in "Qimin Yaoshu" is indeed good, which can greatly reduce the mortality rate of newborn piglets. It seems that the ancestors have accumulated sufficiently in all aspects.

Although Qian couldn't understand Wang Qinian's words, he saw the eldest young master smiling and nodding repeatedly. In addition to looking at Wang Qinian with dissatisfaction, Qian also had to think: "It seems that this poor person is a bit capable..."

Finally, everyone walked to the chicken and duck pen.

Wang Qinian has his own opinion on the hatching of chicks and ducks in the future. He suggested using artificial hatching method so that the number and time of hatching are not limited, and the hatching rate can reach more than 90%, which is much faster than the hatching rate of hens and ducks themselves and much higher.

Artificial hatching method is a folk method in the northern and some southern regions. The specific method is: in the north, you can use a soil jar or a kang to incubate eggs, and heat it by burning coal. In the south, you usually use wooden barrels or valleys to hatch eggs, using the fried millet as the heat source. The temperature of stir-fried valleys is about 38 to 41 degrees Celsius, and it gradually drops to 34 to 5 degrees Celsius after eight hours, and then stir-fry again. Fry the valley three times a day, so that the temperature in the barrel is often maintained at around 37 degrees Celsius. Ten days after the eggs are hatched, the blastocyst plate in the eggs will generate heat during the development of the eggs, and then new eggs can be incorporated. If the heat in the barrel is well maintained, the heat emitted by the old eggs itself is enough to provide the development of the new eggs, and there is no need to stir-fry the valleys again. The cleverness of the incubation method is here."

The characteristic of the artificial incubation method is that the equipment is simple, no temperature adjustment equipment is used, nor does it require a thermometer, but it can maintain a relatively stable temperature. Moreover, the cost is very low, and it is suitable for large-scale breeding of Wuzhaibao livestock farms.

Huang Laifu smiled when he heard this. To be honest, if Wang Qinian had not focused on these things and traveled everywhere, he would not have known about these knowledge.

To be honest, Huang Laifu had never heard of this artificial hatching method before. The military households in Wuzhaibao usually let the chicken mother hatch themselves, and never thought about any artificial hatching method. Indeed, in ancient times, the spread of technology was slow, and some knowledgeable things were difficult to popularize the whole country.

Qian and others also looked at Wang Qinian in surprise, thinking that this was extremely poor and hens didn't even need a hen to hatch the chicks.

Finally, Wang Qinian also introduced the duck fattening techniques he knew.

Flooding can be started sixty or seventy days after the duck hatches, and feeding feed is given twice a day. During the fattening period, no longer feeding is placed outside the house. At the same time, cloth curtains are hung on the lattice of the house to make the house half-light and half-dark. The feed used for fattening is sorghum flour, black bran and black bean flour. The feed is made into stick-shaped strips with hot soup. The technician of the duck crams spread the duck's mouth with his hands and fills them one by one. For the first time, fill in about seven to nine of each one a day. If there is indigestion, one or two should be subtracted next time. If the digestion is good, the increase will be increased day by day, and then about twenty in the end.

In this way, the duck can increase its weight by four to six kilograms between two to four weeks of the fattening period. After the fattening period, it can increase its weight by nine to twelve kilograms. The meat tastes very delicious and grows very fast. It is much better than putting it scattered by the river to eat fish and shrimp.

When Huang Laifu heard this, he had made up his mind. Wang Qinian looked at the fish pond next to the duck circle and said in a daze: "I heard that there is a way to raise fish with mulberry fish in Linghu, Jiangnan. Could it be that the eldest young master just imitated this?"

Huang Laifu smiled and said, "That's right." He glanced at each other with his eyes squinted, and saw Wang Qinian staring at the fish pond, with a frenzy on his face.

I heard Wang Qinian sigh: "I heard that fish on the base of Linghu Lake in Jiangnan are storing fish in the pond, and mulberry plants are planted on the ridges of the pond. Mud is silted and mulberry feeds fish. This cycle is repeated, and all the fish and mulberry are profitable. I heard about it early, but unfortunately I haven't seen it."

Huang Laifu said: "Brother Qi Nian's name is Donglu?"

Wang Qinian bowed and said, "I dare not, Xiaosheng's name is Donglu, I have to ask for it."

Huang Laifu said: "Brother Donglu, from now on, you will be my animal husbandry aide to me, Huang Laifu, who will be responsible for the breeding of various livestock farms in Wuzhaibao and the treatment and epidemic prevention of each animal. The annual salary is 24 taels plus the annual reward. I wonder if Brother Donglu is willing to surrender?" Huang Laifu cannot let go of such a talent who knows about breeding and animal husbandry.

Wang Qinian was overjoyed and gave a deep gift to Huang Laifu. He did not attach much importance to the treatment, but he was full of joy to be able to show his strengths here.

When Qian and others saw that Wang Qinian was so valued by Huang Laifu, they were both envious and jealous.

Then, Huang Laifu returned to Qianhu House with Liu Yumei's strange eyes.

He did it right away. Huang Laifu recruited Huang Daliang, the manager of the Matipoquan Sheep Farm, and Qian, the manager of the Wuzhaibao livestock farm, and asked the two to cooperate with Wang Qinian's renovation of various livestock farms, and what money and grain and manpower are needed, even if he lets Mr. Yang control him.

Huang Laifu also hosted a banquet to entertain Wang Qinian and asked about some of Wang Qinian's affairs.

This guy was afraid that he was depressed at all times and was eager to find someone to talk to him, so he told Huang Laifu everything about him.

It turned out that this guy was from the neighborhood of Taiyuan. He liked to deal with pigs, sheep, and cows since he was a child. He had figured out some things for him. No matter where the livestock gets sick, has a baby, or other things he doesn't understand, he will arrive immediately after sending a message, and it will be cured.

Later, when I grew up, I traveled everywhere, traveled all over the country, and traveled to many places. I also read a lot of books on breeding and animal husbandry treatment, and I have some experience in these aspects.

Wang Qinian is also a scholar. He passed the exam for a scholar, and his family still had great expectations for him. However, most of Wang Qinian's mind was on the way of animal husbandry, and it was useless for his family to beat him and scold him for this.

Wang Qinian originally had a daughter-in-law who had been engaged since childhood, but the woman had sex with beasts all day long and had no prospects, so she retired from marriage to another businessman.

It was a very heavy blow to Wang Qinian if he would rather marry a merchant than marry him. The scolding of his family and the ridicule of others made Wang Qinian unable to stay in his hometown, so he went out to travel and relax. When he was worried, he encouraged the "Guangchan Hou" in the Song Dynasty to always be upright.

For some reason, Wang Qinian visited Wuzhai Fort. When he walked here, he had already exhausted his money, and the other was that the livestock farms in various parts of Wuzhai Fort made him very moved, so he applied for the job with the intention of trying it out. Unexpectedly, he won the job after a try.

After hearing what Wang Qinian had happened, Huang Laifu comforted him and said, "There is no grass everywhere in the world, why bother to love a flower alone? That woman gave up on you because she had no vision. Don't worry, your future wife's affairs will be kept in my hands and found a satisfactory love for you."

Wang Qinian stood up and bowed to Huang Laifu deeply, but just smiled bitterly.
Chapter completed!