Villager of Daming

Chapter 640: Travel to be decided: Rabbits in groups

"Father, we looked at the map. Some people who know the situation there told us that the local soil is not good for growing food. We need to see how the people live."

Zhu Fan looked worried, fearing that if he left late, the people in his fiefdom would starve to death.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the third child in his family, and after a few breaths: "Okay! You can think about the people. In this case, you have to learn more. Next year... where do you plan to go?"

"Go ahead and harvest in the summer, otherwise there will be no food to eat. Build me more ships, and I will bring dried sea fish there and exchange the fish meat with the people for food."

Zhu Fan had obviously considered this issue. He left early, and the people in the fiefdom were in a period of drought.

At the same time, he also thought about the time when the steam engine ship was built. The team had to bring food with them. Fish and meat were the most suitable, as there were many fish in the sea.

As for him, he has never been far away, so he is not afraid. With people from Xiaqiu Village taking him all the way to Helin, he can keep his two brothers safe, and he thinks it will be no problem to protect himself.

"Take a look, maybe you can bring some grain with you. There is a lot of land in Xiaqiu Village. Before the seeds were exchanged, the remaining grain was given to your elder brother to give to the people. Where are the people who are not ordinary people?"

Zhu Yuanzhang did not put his words to death. There is still a long way to go next year. If something unexpected happens, timely adjustments are needed.

Zhu Fan looked at his eldest brother, and Zhu Biao smiled and nodded. He didn't care whether he would give it away or not. There was a lot of land in Xiaqiu Village and there was not enough food to eat, so he might as well let him handle it.

Last year he left early, and Zhu Yuanzhang took the food from Xiaqiu Village to the people in Fujian.

There are few fields in the area, and the army has planted sugar cane on the hillsides. The few remaining people are living a hard life.

The local people were relieved after receiving the food. They did not need to provide extra food this year. The people sometimes lacked food for a month or two.

When the harvest came, there was no food to eat, so we had to dig wild vegetables. We were so thin from hunger that we couldn't do anything while waiting for the harvest.

You eat while harvesting. When the harvest is over and your body is recovering, how can you still have the energy to plant another crop of food?Fujian can grow two or three crops.

If there are many big animals, it will be easier for the people.

"What should I take? Give me five thousand soldiers and two thousand, no, one thousand craftsmen will do. There are few people, the food consumption is small, and no one will assassinate me."

Zhu Fan took the initiative to position himself. He was worthless and just needed some manpower. At the moment, he was worried about the food he brought.

Xiaqiu Village has all kinds of indica rice, japonica rice, and wheat. What we need to harvest now is soybeans. You can also bring the beans to eat tofu.

"Wheat, steamed bun, eat. Yeah! Hey hey hey hey!" Zhu Wentian found an opportunity to refresh his presence.

"Bringing noodles?" When Zhu Fan heard about the steamed buns, he thought of flour.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, Hanhan said that you should bring wheat seeds with you. We will harvest the winter wheat here first. After harvesting, we will go all the way north and exchange seeds with the people along the way.

When they arrived at Taiyuan Prefecture, the last seeds were exchanged for the local people, who had just finished harvesting the winter wheat there.

We are equivalent to eating the food we grow ourselves, and the people get good seeds. "

The head of the village explained how it was possible to go there with a face. Anyway, it was just a trip to deal with the seed exchange. The court did not need to arrange more manpower.

Zhu Ming stood by and expressed his support: "Yes, let's bring the seeds and go from my place. I'll see if there are any good things there, so I'll bring some for you."

"Second brother, you have to leave enough seeds for me. You can't share them all."

Zhu Fan said in advance, don't wait until you get to your own place, the seeds will be gone.

"Third brother, don't worry. Brother Wei originally planted some good seeds, and what they planted was replaced again.

You have to tell your father to send you a steam-powered boat, and while there is still water in the Yellow River, take our Jubiqi sauce and deliver it to your people.

I'll give you a cost price and use the money you earn from the delicatessen to buy it. If it's not enough, you'll owe it first.We will bring you dry sauce, which contains less water. After delivering it once, the fleet will not be in a hurry to come back, but will immediately run to the Salt Lake to get salt before delivering it to the people.

After pouring it several times, people found that there was too much salt in their homes, and their hearts felt at ease. The sauce contained many things that were good for the body. "

Zhu Feng helped his younger brother with advice, and it was hard to say whether he would go next year. What would the people of Taiyuan Prefecture do this year?Not as good as Datong in the north!
Zhu Fan nodded repeatedly and looked at his father again.

"Yeah! I'll give you forty ships. I'll take this one with you when you go back and try it out." Zhu Yuanzhang agreed, pointing to the two thousand stone ship on the river.

This ship has advantages in terms of load capacity and speed. It can transport more than 100 tons of things at a time. It can stop to replenish coal on the way and use its transportation capacity for other items.

"Thank you, father." Zhu Fan grinned.

"When the people in your fief are better off, take care of the people around you. They are all the people of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Yuanzhang requested.

"Father, don't worry, the people from Xiaqiu Village will go with the child and they will make arrangements." Zhu Fan directly left the matter to Xiaqiu Village.

"Forget it!" Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it. His son was still young and really couldn't take care of too many things.

While talking, everyone came to the place where the rabbits were raised.

Xiaqiu Village did not raise rabbits before. Later, because the livestock transfer farms needed auxiliary animals, bamboo rats could not adapt to all places, so the village started to raise rabbits.

The ones raised at Chaoyang Gate will be raised here.

In intensive breeding, hygiene is the most important thing. Hired people clean it every day. Rabbits reproduce quickly. As long as the feed can keep up and the temperature is maintained well, they can multiply thirty times a year.

There are currently [-] in the village. Either these are raised, but these are left.

The rest were sent to Henan Prefecture on the route that Zhu Biao traveled to be raised at the transit center there.

Another part was given to 21 other villages, and everyone raised rabbits together.

Other villages grow pasture, which is suitable for raising rabbits. The key is that they are willing to seriously learn how to raise rabbits.

Zhu Yuanzhang sniffed: "I won't go in. Each of these big houses will be expanded next year?"

“If we don’t expand, we will start eating this winter to provide meat and rabbit skins for the people of Nanjing.

If we continue to breed according to the current base number, there will be insufficient manpower and insufficient space. Large rabbits, especially those with few litters, will be eaten one after another.

By the end of the year, 21 rabbits can be provided every month, and the other [-] villages can basically provide [-] rabbits.

Based on this calculation, 20 rabbits, [-] rabbit skins, and about [-] kilograms of meat are produced in one month.

Their village can feed themselves, and the rabbit skins are collected, processed, and sold to department stores. "

The rabbit also sniffed, intensively bred, no matter how you clean it up, there is still a smell, the key is not to bathe the rabbit at any time, it is easy to wash to death.

Generally, this batch of rabbit cages is moved to a nearby building, and the shed is cleaned, disinfected, and ventilated.

After ten days, move the ones over there and tidy up the shed.Both sides flipped.

"Let's take a look at the bamboo rats. Which one tastes better, bamboo rat meat or rabbit meat?" Zhu Yuanzhang never thought rabbits and bamboo rats were cute, so he considered eating them first after seeing them.

"Bamboo rat is delicious, but rabbit meat is not as good as bamboo rat meat. It's much worse. Bamboo rat meat is also better than rabbit in terms of medicinal properties, and its fur is softer."

The chief has raised the status of the bamboo rat to a level not comparable to that of the rabbit, but he still eats everything he needs to eat and no one can escape.

(End of this chapter)