Chapter 292 So cruel
Walking into the pig farm, you can see a group of people busy.
They have a clear division of labor and cooperate with each other tacitly. It is obvious that practice makes perfect. Some are responsible for catching pigs, while others are responsible for cutting...
"Why do pigs have to be castrated?" Cheng Qian asked curiously.
"The benefits of eunuchs are many. Firstly, the pigs grow fast after castration, especially the male pigs will not be in heat after being castrated. Our pigs are all kept in pens, and we need to raise more than one pen. If we don't castrate These boars are restless when they grow up, they are easy to fight and get injured, and they are also easy to harass other sows in their development."
"Another one, uncastrated pigs eat more, but grow slowly. And the quality of uncastrated pigs is not good, and the taste and taste are not as good as castrated ones."
For pig farms, the purpose is to quickly fatten and sell, so the shorter the breeding time, the better, and good quality and delicious pork can increase the price.
The pigs in the Qin family's pig farm are purely raised in captivity, and will not be grazed for several months a year like other pig farms, while the Qin family's pigs are only raised for five to six months before they are slaughtered, and the time is even shorter. When the pigs are released from the market, they are fatter and heavier than ordinary pigs, and even have better quality and taste. The key lies in the way of breeding, and castration is a key part of it.
The craftsmen of the castration pigs are very good. They castrate pigs all day long, and those who are skilled cannot be more skilled. Qin Lang is also good to these craftsmen. Not only does he have a very generous monthly salary, he even gives commissions. How much is he paid for each pig? And let them take apprentices, and Qin Lang also gave them another subsidy for taking apprentices.
So these masters are willing to bring more apprentices, and they are more willing to have more castrated pigs, especially if there are no casualties, they can get another bonus. Although it is not much, it can add up to more.
The Qin family’s pig raising is very professional. There are special personnel responsible for breeding, caring for sows, barrows, raising pigs, washing stalls, and veterinarians.
"This pig is so small!" Cheng Qian couldn't help saying as he watched the master lift up a little piglet skillfully.
“Piglets can be castrated from ten days to two months old, even if they are older, but castration is the best when it is ten days to half a month old. At this time, castration recovers fastest and has the least impact.”
The master slashed across with a knife, and then pressed, pinched, and pinched with two fingers, and immediately the two pig eggs were pinched off, thrown into the basin next to it, and then applied special medicine on the wound.
An apprentice took the castrated piglets from the master and sent them to a temporary pigsty to rest for a few days.
“In fact, not only male pigs must be castrated, but sows must also be castrated.”
Qin Lang told Cheng Qian an inside story that surprised him very much.
In Qin's pig farm, after the piglets are born, on the seventh day, some piglets will be selected as boars and sows. These are not castrated and are reserved for breeding. And the rest, regardless of male or female, will have to go through a castration operation.
Boars not only have to cut off two testicles, but also cut off the spermatic cord, making them completely infertile.
Compared with boar castration, sow castration is more troublesome.
"Why do sows have to be castrated? What?"
"Let the master tell you."
The old master didn't know that this young man was His Highness the Crown Prince, so he didn't care too much. Seeing that Qin Lang wanted to see a eunuch, he asked his apprentice to catch one.
He changed a knife, pressed the piglet on the ground, cut a hole in the belly, then used the hook at the other end of the knife to stick in, and hooked out a piece of meat.
"what is this?"
"The ovary of a sow is the organ that carries piglets. After cutting it off, the sow will not go into heat when she grows up, and she doesn't have to worry about getting pregnant. She will only focus on growing meat."
Chengqian saw this for the first time, and he was a little shocked to see that the old master sterilized those boars and sows one by one.
Qin Lang glanced at the fresh pork **** on the plate, and said to Chengqian, "This is a good thing. I'll take it home and make it later. It's absolutely delicious."
Chengqian looked at the **** and suddenly felt a little sad.
"It's cruel!"
"But it's really delicious." Qin Lang laughed.
Ordinary people’s pigs have to be raised for at least one year, and at most one or two hundred catties for one year, but Qin’s pigs can be slaughtered in less than half a year, and they can grow to two or three hundred catties. The key is to have fat buttocks and good meat quality.
Back to the village, Qin Lang went to the kitchen with the pig's egg, and personally performed the knife. After a while, a dish of fragrant pig's egg was on the table.
"Eat what you eat to make up for you. Eating this stuff is very nourishing. Men should eat more, and women can also nourish yin and kidney after eating it!"
Chengqian was hesitant at first, but later he couldn’t resist the temptation. He took a piece and tasted it, and found that it was really delicious.
"This thing is still a hot commodity in Chang'an City!"
The Qin family opened a pork shop in the three cities in the east, west and north of Chang'an City. They sold the pork raised by the Qin family. Every time the pig eggs were a bestseller, they had to be ordered in advance, otherwise they would definitely not be able to buy them. There are flower sausages, which are very popular. Although it is said that the people who really eat these are mostly ordinary people, the rich and powerful, they also eat such things as deer whips, cow eggs, and sheep eggs.
Since years ago, pigs have been raised one after another, and the Qin family’s pig farms are also expanding. Now there are pig farms in Sanyuan, Xianyang, Changlepo, Lantian and other places, which are close to the river and convenient for transportation.
Supplies to the entire Chang'an and 22 counties in Gyeonggi Province, and even sells to surrounding prefectures and counties. Even the Luoyang market has begun to enter.
In addition to selling live pigs, most of the Qin family’s pigs are actually slaughtered directly on the pig farm, or cooked into cooked food, or made into dried meat. In winter, smoked bacon and ham are even more serious.
It is said that the royal family raised 3,000 pigs in Shayuan, but they still lost money.
Qin Lang could only laugh when he heard this.
How can raising pigs lose money? This is a huge profiteering industry, and it can make more money than raising cattle and sheep.
One sow can have more than a dozen piglets in one litter, two litters a year, and the pigs can be slaughtered in half a year. The transformation efficiency is extremely high.
Pigs are not too picky eaters, so they are easy to raise and feed.
"I plan to promote pig breeding in pens. If each family can raise one or two, or three or four pigs, then the income is not low, and it can greatly increase family income."
Qin Lang even considered that many people had just experienced hard times and had no savings, so they were willing to lend piggies. The people could take away the piggies first, and then pay for the piggies after they grew up and sold them. Interest will do.
And the interest rate will not be very high, even lower than the loan interest of Kaiyuan Bank.
In this way, the sows of the Qin family will continue to give birth, and the piglets of the Qin family will not worry about sales. Even the piglets can be used as a financial tool to earn extra interest.
In fact, Qin Lang was not worried about the harm to his own pigs if the people raised more pigs. After all, there was only one city of Chang'an, and a million soldiers and civilians. The amount of pork consumed in a day was astonishing. The most densely populated area in the world.
Pork is not as good as beef and mutton, but if you think about it with your ass, you know that the price of beef and mutton is destined to be enjoyed only by the upper-class nobles, officials and rich people. Ordinary people cannot afford it, and pork will become an ordinary market. mainstream meat products.
Of course, if more pigs are raised, the price will definitely drop a bit, but that doesn't matter.
A delicious meal.
It will be even more refreshing if you have a big watermelon after dinner.
"Your Highness, you should have some experience in raising pigs, how about asking Your Highness to write an article about the economy of family pig raising for me?"
Chengqian was gnawing on the watermelon there, the watermelon in the gizzard was sweet, and he was enjoying it, unexpectedly, Qin Lang even gave him homework.
Suddenly froze.
"I hope that Your Highness will write this article carefully, and when the time comes, I will review and polish it for Your Highness, and finally present it to His Majesty to watch!"
"Just write about raising pigs?"
"Pig raising is a big topic. I can remind His Highness a few key words, pig raising, family farming, sideline economy, meat market, national economy, you can think about it along this line of thought..."
Fragrance pig eggs are not so delicious.
If you eat the Qin family's pig eggs, you have to make some contribution to the Qin family's pig raising business. If His Royal Highness writes an article that family pig raising is beneficial to the improvement of the people and the country's economy, it will be very important for the pig raising industry. , is definitely of great benefit.
When common people's families start raising pigs, the Qin family's piglets are easy to sell.
After a while of digestion, the afternoon was still hot, so Qin Lang simply took Cheng Qian to swim in the river. The river water was very warm after being exposed to the sun, so Qin Lang chose a shallow water area as deep as his belly, and Qin Lang took Cheng Qian to learn swimming.
"Yu Xuanji used to be a well-known female recorder in Chang'an, but now she is also being favored by Sanlang Jinwu, plus the previous female school book Yuxiao, Sanlang, you are really romantic and affectionate." Chengqian beat like a landlubber. After drinking water, I was a little tired, so I stood there to rest.
"People don't flirt with youth!" Qin Lang said.
"Don't forget that Li Zhi is your fiancee!"
"Of course I won't forget." Qin Lang hurriedly promised.
Seeing his serious face, Qin Lang wanted to laugh a little bit, he never thought that his uncle was also a madman protecting his sister.
"That Yu Xuanji, have you slept too?" Cheng Qian asked gossipingly.
"Yuxiao is about to give birth, and now Youwei is taking over all the affairs of my inner courtyard. If you say that I don't sleep with her, can you rest assured?" Qin Lang said with a chuckle. Brother said.
After all, he would not tell Chengqian that Yu Xuanji was actually sent by his father-in-law, so he must sleep and be pampered, otherwise the emperor would be very unhappy if he stayed dry every day.
Chengqian said suddenly, "Zheng Shisanniang almost got engaged to you before, and was given you as a maid by the emperor later. You haven't slept with her, have you?"
"Of course not." Qin Lang didn't know that Zheng Shisanniang was now the emperor's talented person, not to mention that he never slept, even if he did, he couldn't admit it.
"That's good. I heard that Zheng Cairen is now extremely favored by the emperor. Because of her, the Zheng family in Xingyang is now making a comeback."
Qin Lang thought to himself, young man, you are still too young, thinking that the Zheng family really rose up because Zheng Cairen was favored, but he didn't know that it was the opposite, the emperor didn't know that the Zheng family in Xingyang was famous and powerful, after a beating, naturally they still wanted to pull The only reason she dotes on Zheng Shisanniang is because she is Zheng's daughter.
The emperor just used a roundabout way to reach a secret deal with the Zheng family.
(end of this chapter)