Chapter 855 After all, in this era, no one knows the lottery better than him
Chapter 855 After all, in this era, no one knows the lottery technology better than him (please subscribe and vote)
The smell of the pig pen is indeed a bit strong, but it cannot stop His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin ignored the trembling eunuchs and servants and went straight to the pig pen.
I saw inside the pigsty, the fat pigs with big ears were all lying in the pigsty, groaning and chirping.
Someone staggered to the pig trough and found that the two-legged creature in front of him was not here to feed him.
So he grunted dissatisfiedly, stepped forward with his short legs, returned to his position and lay down.
Li Shimin stared blankly at the fat pig who looked down at him.
Looking at its belly that was hanging down as if it could be close to the ground at any time, I was about to take a deep breath, but only half way through it I quickly raised my hand to cover my mouth and nose.
Ma Zhou, who was aside, ignored the stains and stretched his neck to carefully look at the fat, strong and lazy pigs.
He couldn't help but turn around and ask the eunuch in charge, "How long have these pigs been raised? How old were they when they were transported?"
The eunuch in charge did not dare to neglect and answered quickly.
“These pigs were all piglets when they were shipped, and the smallest one only weighed about ten pounds.
The heaviest it weighs is no more than twenty kilograms, and it has lasted exactly one year and three months since I raised it."
"How are these pigs different from those raised by ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty?"
The eunuch in charge looked a little shy, but finally he answered with a heart.
"This...these are all castrated. Whether they are boars or sows, all of them have been castrated."
Ma Zhou stared blankly at the castrated pigs, which were extremely lazy and unwilling to move at all. They were not as vigorous and rough as the pigs he saw in daily life.
I just eat and sleep like this. I eat when I sleep. I don't have much entertainment. I don't have any space for walking. I don't even have a chance to be in heat. It's weird that I'm not fat.
Next, under Li Shimin's instructions, the eunuch in charge called someone to weigh the pigs again.
It took a long time to weigh one head, and the eunuch reported that it weighed two hundred and twenty kilograms.
It was heavier than the pig Li Chengqian called before. Now, Li Shimin and others were speechless.
"If only the pork didn't taste so fishy..." Ma Zhou looked at these fat pigs and couldn't help but muttered in a low voice.
Li Shimin couldn't help but recall the delicacies he had tasted from the various pork dishes contributed by that boy Cheng Chubi, swallowed his saliva and said with a smile.
"Ma Qing, I have tasted the taste of this castrated pig before. It is not fishy at all, and it is also very delicious."
Ma Zhou and Fang Xuanling looked at each other. Although neither of them spoke, Li Shimin still saw suspicion in their eyes.
Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a little unhappy. Could the mighty Emperor of the Tang Dynasty still be able to deceive his ministers?
Ma Zhou saluted Li Shimin and spoke sternly.
"Your Majesty, let's not care about the taste of this castrated pig. It is indeed very rare for these castrated pigs to grow so fat in more than a year."
"I just don't know if this method of castrating pigs can be promoted and benefit the people all over the world."
Li Shimin stroked his long beard and his eyes fell on Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian rolled his eyes. He had no say in this matter.
"Father, I think it's best to summon Brother Chubi to come for face-to-face consultation on this matter."
Li Shimin was right. Apart from that boy, no one knew how to castrate pigs better, and the thing called feed that he tinkered with must also be his secret recipe.
"In this case, Zhao Kun, you immediately send someone to order Cheng Sanlang to enter the palace. Go quickly."
"You two gentlemen, let's just walk around in the East Palace first and wait until Cheng Sanlang comes."
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After receiving the news, His Majesty was waiting for him in the East Palace for the purpose of castrating the pigs. Cheng Chubi, who was discussing university matters with Li Ke, certainly did not dare to neglect.
He called Li Ke to accompany him and rushed towards the East Palace.
Entering the main hall of the East Palace, I saw Li Shimin chatting with Fang Xiangye and Ma Zhou, while Li Chengqian was sitting at the side.
When Li Shimin saw Cheng Chubi and Li Ke arriving hand in hand, he stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Without courtesy, please sit down."
"The castrated pig raised by the East Palace now weighs two hundred kilograms. You have made great achievements again."
Cheng Chubi couldn't help but feel happy. Two hundred kilograms, it seems, that kind of pure natural feed without additives is quite affordable.
"It is only thanks to the trust of my uncle and His Highness that I, my nephew, can act boldly."
"However, both Fang Qing and Ma Qing have questions. I am thinking that no one knows castration better than you, so I asked you to come over in person and explain it face to face."
"Of course there is no problem, you two just ask." Cheng Chubi saluted the two of them confidently.
Fang Xuanling mainly asked whether the method of castrating pigs was complicated and whether it was easy to promote.
Ma Zhou's problem is entangled with the breed of pigs, how much feed they need to feed to grow so big, and how big they can grow if they are castrated and then free-ranged.
Cheng Chubi answered one by one according to the memory in his mind. The method of castrating pigs is very simple, but any butcher can master it after practicing a few times.
Facing Ma Zhou's question, Cheng Chubi still had something in his mind. After all, he was the one who made the pig feed, and it was clearly written in those brochures.
"As for how much feed a barrow needs to grow to such a large size, this is based on evidence. It is probably about one to two and a half to three."
"That is to say, a barrow needs to consume about two and a half to three kilograms of feed to grow one kilogram of meat. And when they grow to two hundred kilograms, a pig needs about five hundred to six hundred kilograms of feed."
"If they are free-range, the feed consumed will be much less, but the growth of the pigs will also be slower accordingly."
"Generally speaking, in one year, if they are free-range, they can grow to between 120 and 140 pounds. The specific details will only be known after testing."
Ma Zhou stroked his short beard and shook his head in disbelief.
"From this point of view, it is indeed much better than pigs that have not been castrated.
If a pig that has not been castrated is free-range, it is normal to weigh seventy or eighty kilograms in a year, but it is extremely rare to weigh a hundred kilograms."
Hearing Ma Zhou's words, Cheng Chubi couldn't help but feel happy, and raised his eyebrows to show off his profound knowledge of pig breeding.
After all, in this era, no one knows the art of lot division better than him. Even a master who specializes in purifying eunuchs cannot cut a thousand people in his lifetime.
But I, the chickens, rabbits and pigs that have been castrated before and after time travel, absolutely cannot be defeated by two thousand.
"Of course, uncastrated pigs, whether male or female, think about sex all day long... cough, think about those inappropriate things.
Castrated pigs don’t even have eggs anymore, so they’re not in the mood for romance, so they only eat and sleep, so they naturally gain weight quickly.”