Chapter 16 Hatched
Time is spent in busyness.
Without studying or practicing riding and shooting, Li Ming suddenly felt a lot more relaxed and quiet.
He can be completely silent in his own busyness.
As for the voices from the outside world.
As the prince was imprisoned, everything suddenly became quiet. Even those who were originally paying attention to the existence of Prince Wei's Mansion, no one continued to pay attention without enough fuel.
And time quickly passed to the twentieth day.
This day.
In the incubator.
A crisp sound came out.
Then a joyful exclamation came from the maid's mouth.
"Come out!"
"Come out, Your Highness!"
"It's hatched!"
The maid was excited and her face turned a little flushed at this moment.
The eyes that looked at Li Ming were filled with admiration.
It can be said that they watched the chicks hatch step by step.
This is simply incredible.
Listening to their exclamations, Li Ming's eyes were fixed on the egg in front of him, where the shell had been broken and a pointed mouth had been exposed.
"Check quickly. Gather those that have been broken around!"
Seemingly thinking of something, Li Ming quickly issued the order.
"Yes!"
The maids were flushed and excited, and quickly began to take action.
Soon we picked out all the eggs and duck eggs that had finished breaking their shells.
Within a quarter of an hour.
There are more than twenty chicks Xiaoya in front of Li Ming.
There are about a dozen chicks, but only four ducks.
Li Ming waved his hand.
Soon a maid came and brought over some rice and vegetables that had been prepared.
The ducklings can eat normally after they are born, and can be fed some rice and millet directly. However, the newly born chicks cannot digest well, so they can only eat vegetables such as greens and radishes.
This book has a detailed introduction.
Li Ming naturally followed all the instructions.
"Take care of them!"
"Next, if other chickens and ducks hatch out, the same will happen!"
"You work in three shifts, ten people are responsible for the day, ten people are responsible for the night, and ten people are responsible for the late night. Make sure there are no problems."
After speaking, Li Ming immediately began to make arrangements.
The first batch has been successfully hatched, so the second batch and the third batch may be successfully hatched at any time.
Li Ming doesn't want one or two to die by then.
Naturally, we have to let these people keep an eye on it.
Fortunately, this is a feudal society, and there will be no problems with his oppressive behavior.
A famous maid responded.
After arranging these maids, Li Ming once again asked people to purchase duck eggs and eggs.
It takes some time for ducks to reach maturity.
Naturally, it was impossible for him to wait for them to lay eggs, so the method he chose was very simple, that is, to continue using his incubation room and start hatching.
His goal was to make the entire Tang Dynasty eat meat.
Naturally, such a small amount of chicken and duck is not enough.
Although it is difficult to complete even if he continues to incubate, it can also increase the base in the early stage, making it easier to expand in the later stage.
The busyness continues.
In the next three days.
The first one hundred chicken eggs and fifty duck eggs hatched out a total of eighty chickens and forty ducks.
The hatching rate reached 80%.
It was beyond his expectation.
In the original expectation, it would be good to have 60 to 70 percent.
The result actually reached 80%.
This made him even more excited.
The second time, he directly asked people to buy two hundred eggs and one hundred duck eggs.
The second large-scale incubation began.
Compared with the first time, the hatching rate this time is undoubtedly smaller, only 75%.
But it’s also extremely impressive.
When the third time is completed.
Three months have passed.
In these three months, Li Ming was completely immersed in hatching chickens and ducks, as well as raising earthworms.
In three months, the small courtyard of Prince Wei's Mansion has turned into a yard for chickens and ducks.
A lot of chicks and ducks are filled in it.
The number turned out to be hundreds.
Among them, the number of chickens has exceeded 500, and the number of ducks has also exceeded 200.
If the current Prince Wei's Mansion had not been expanded and was no longer the former Prince Cao's Mansion, and if Li Ming had not unified management and made cages one by one, they might not be able to be filled up.
And this will undoubtedly bring pain and happiness to the slaves in Prince Wei's Mansion.
The pain is that you have to feed these chickens and ducks early in the morning. Then you have to deal with the chicken and duck feces.
Especially the disposal of feces is literally killing them.
The happiness lies in that they can get more reward money. At the same time, Li Ming promised that each of their families will be given ten chickens and ten ducks in the future.
This alone is enough to excite them.
Even this complicated work seems to be nothing.
This is not the prosperous Tang Dynasty of later generations. In the early Tang Dynasty when supplies were extremely scarce, the value of ten chickens and ten ducks was unquestionable.
Not to mention more rewards than before.
As for Li Ming.
Three months have passed.
The results are undoubtedly impressive. More than 500 chickens and more than 200 ducks are enough to start.
And the first batch of chickens and ducks have already started laying eggs.
Every day, he can already harvest dozens of eggs and more than 20 duck eggs. As time goes by, this quantity will further increase.
It can be said that he has completely realized the freedom of eggs, and if he wants to, he will soon become an egg and duck egg supplier in Chang'an City.
It's just that he doesn't have that interest.
He didn't even eat these eggs and duck eggs, but chose to continue hatching them.
As long as time continues to pass, the speed of his chickens and ducks will continue to increase exponentially.
The number will increase.
It may not be enough to provide the chickens and ducks of Tang Dynasty, but it can provide the whole of Chang'an. Li Ming believes that it will be enough in less than a year.
And while he was thinking.
A group of servants came over in a hurry.
"Your Highness, Master, tell me, this is your largest quota this month, and you can no longer withdraw it."
The slave spoke helplessly, gesturing with her right hand to the grain cart behind her.
Looking at the bags of grain and listening to the other party's words, Li Ming suddenly understood what was going on.
During this period of time, he has consumed a bit too much food. Even if he is King Wei, the Shaofu does not intend to continue to give him face.
"Your Highness, this food can only support these chickens and ducks for one month. If you add the previous ones, it will only be two months. What should I do?"
The slave in front of me spoke with some anxiety.
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