Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1721 Covering the Furnace

Tu Liangzhi has to handle the main business of the village. Although Zhou Zhi is here now, the work has increased a lot, at least three to five times as much as before.

Wu Renzhong is now more in communication and liaison with the state. Two bases are to be located in Lianhe Township, and all kinds of tedious affairs are making Tu Liangzhi overwhelmed. Tu Liangzhi can only handle "internal affairs" at most. With his level and ability, Wu Renzhong has to take care of "external affairs".

Zhou Zhi's role is more of a "military advisor", responsible for giving advice and maintaining liaison with the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the provincial capital, the capital and other places.

Not only does he serve as a military advisor to the village, but he also has to serve as a military advisor to the state. Li Yutang often needs Zhou Zhi to give him advice on investment attraction, foreign trade, and air cargo.

Even some specific issues in credit and finance, some of which have never been experienced by banks in the state, and some of the latest "advanced" practices in some provinces cannot be implemented openly, so they still need to be told in detail, and then they will go to their superior business lines to understand and clear them.

In addition, Zhou Zhi also has to study, work on his thesis, and deal with a lot of his own affairs, so he is extremely busy.

Even Gillette Abi is very busy. Not only does he have to take care of the kids, but now he also has to take care of a chicken farm and a pig farm.

To be honest, Gillette Abi is the busiest one in Lianhe Township. Yanan Black Pig is a large local pig and a high-fertility breed. A sow can produce thirty to forty piglets per year.

The prerequisite is to provide good care.

Fortunately, today's pig farms have no shortage of feed, such as potato peels, buckwheat husks, as well as pasture, sweet potato vines, and pumpkins.

Bean dregs have now been eliminated and become pig feed, and corn grits are used as a supplement. The two Yanan black sows have never experienced such care before, and they have grown up shiny and plump. They have each given birth to a litter, and there are forty more piglets in the pig farm.

No matter how capable Gillette is, he cannot take care of so many piglets by himself, so Zhou Zhi must help.

First of all, the teeth need to be cut off. Piglets, especially local breeds, have eight sharp immature teeth at birth that need to be clipped off. Otherwise, these sharp immature teeth will scratch the sow's breasts, and they will also scratch each other's skin during fighting, causing secondary infection.

If the piglets hurt the sow, the sow will even eat the piglets.

Therefore, the teeth of piglets should be clipped at one day old. In order to prevent the blood vessels and nerves in the pulp cavity from being exposed and infected, the best way is to only clip the sharp part of the tooth instead of pulling out the whole tooth. This way, piglets can find the right nipple within 72 hours after birth and establish a nursing order.

Then the tail needs to be docked. In order to prevent the piglets from biting each other's tails, the piglets of one or two days old need to undergo tail docking surgery. The tail cannot be completely docked, and a section must be left to protect the private parts.

These processes require the use of surgical tools, iodine, soldering irons, oral medications, etc.

After doing all this, when the piglets are seven days old, the most important step in pig farming is castration.

Before Zhouzhi arrived, young sows basically ended up being turned into lumps of meat. The local villagers' "pig butchers" would only operate on male piglets and would not perform deep surgeries such as pattern cutting on sows.

Zhou Zhi knew about this technology, so he invited agricultural machinery personnel from the state to perform surgery on the piglets and teach them the skills.

After the gilts are spotted, they can be raised as meat pigs just like castrated boars.

After watching the "sow piglet castration" performance, the Yi people all showed shocked expressions.

This is undoubtedly a huge improvement. In the past, gilts had to be slaughtered at a maximum of two months. Now, the production has been doubled.

If this can be considered as "liberating productivity", then this productivity is definitely a bit scary, at least for the Yi people. The first person to learn this craft was not the butcher, but Old Chiri, which also made Zhou Zhi realize that the reason why the Great Bimo could become the Great Bimo was that he had something.

Seeing that Lao Chi Ri was able to perform the operation like a veteran after only observing two sows, Zhou Zhi's shocked expression was similar to that of the Yi people around him.

But for Lao Chi Ri, picking flowers for the sow is not particularly complicated, and this question is not beyond the scope of the syllabus.

This operation is very similar to the castration of roosters in the countryside. It is also an internal castration and it has been done before.

Then the problem arose. The doubled number of piglets exceeded the capacity of the pig farm and Gillie Abi, so although Gillie Abi was reluctant, he could only sell the piglets to the surrounding villagers who were willing to raise pigs.

Many villagers have never even raised pigs, so Zhouzhi needs to gather a "construction team" in the village to build pig pens for everyone, and he also needs to visit them frequently to provide guidance on how to raise pigs.

Therefore, Tu Liangzhi can only bear the pain and happiness on his own, and don't expect his wife to help.

"Elbow, elbow!" Wu Renzhong rushed over, waving a picture book in his hand. "Come and see! This is a stone sculpture from our village! It's so beautiful!"

"Logged out?" Zhou Zhi stood up from behind the multi-functional rice mill with a greasy face.

"Why are you tinkering with this machine again?" Wu Renzhong couldn't understand. "When it comes out, the Chinese Fine Arts Pictorial is hard to buy in the autonomous prefecture, so the Education Commission has to order it. My sister told me not to break it, and I have to return it."

Now is the golden age of physical magazines and publications in China. Color page magazines such as "Chinese Art" and "People's Pictorial" are really expensive, and ordinary families will not subscribe to them. They are mainly supplied to government libraries, libraries and other units in provinces, cities, counties and large state-owned factories, which are enough to make publishing houses earn a lot of money.

But it also depends on the place. The autonomous prefecture is too poor, so it is normal that only the Education Commission subscribes to this magazine.

"My cousin taught me that machines must be maintained regularly." Zhou Zhi extended his hand to Wu Renzhong: "His motorcycle was worn out but it still looked like a new one. How well do you think he maintains it?"

After saying that, he patted the machine and said, "It has been too busy recently. As the saying goes, if the disease is in the skin, it needs to be treated. It has to be used to thresh buckwheat, pack rice grits, and cut potato chips in the whole village. I dare not let it get sick!"

"Wash your hands! I said I'd return it." Lieutenant Wu Ren put the magazine into his arms and said, "It's just a machine, you're talking like a piglet!"

After washing his hands and opening the magazine, Zhou Zhi's eyes widened immediately: "Oh my god, it's so beautiful! Master Zhu Qinghong's skills have reached new heights!"

There was a coral-colored covered stove in the picture. Zhou Zhi knew at a glance that it was a work created by Zhu Qinghong based on the famous treasure in the collection of the Nanjing Museum, the Qing Dynasty Qianlong Hibiscus Stone Panchi Ear Covered Stove.

Rhodonite is a natural stone that is transparent, pink and textured. Not only is it scarce, it is also fragile and extremely difficult to process in ancient times.

The lidded furnace is 17 cm tall and 15 cm in diameter. The belly is decorated with two symmetrical groups of蟠螭 and door knockers with rings in their mouths. The top of the lid is also decorated with four small蟠螭. The whole body is covered with natural textures of different lengths and sizes. The shape is simple and honest, and the carving is fine.

"March is the height of spring, with mist and clouds all over the sky, and bright peach blossoms for ten miles." It is beautiful, but there is a problem. It is difficult to show the carving on transparent objects. Therefore, although the hibiscus stone lidded jar can be regarded as the most beautiful one in the Southern Museum, when people appreciate it, they appreciate its color and size more, and it is difficult to see the details clearly.

But now this red Panchi ear-covered stove from southern Sichuan is completely different in appearance.