Chang Kaishen talked with Zhou Hexuan about the changes in British and French diplomacy towards China, and then asked Shen Lu: "Did Secretary Shen come to me to ask for funding for Southwest Associated University?"
Shen Lu quickly took out a chicken raising report and said, "Mr. Jiang, we are here to promote the chicken raising plan."
"Oh, show me." Chang Kaishen was a little interested.
This report was written by a professor from the College of Agriculture. Shen Lu was particularly careful and used a red pen to outline all the important contents to make it easier for Chang Kaishen to read.
Chang Kaishen quickly finished reading the summary and asked in surprise: "With this method of raising chickens, can it really produce eggs quickly and reduce the cost by more than 70%?"
“It’s true,” Shen Lu said. “This scientific method of raising chickens was first proposed by Mr. Zhou, and then teachers and students from the Central University and the College of Agriculture of neighboring universities conducted experiments and explored it. The teachers and students from Southwest Associated University fully cooperated. Experiment. Of the first batch of 300 hens we raised, 106 started laying eggs half a month ago, and it only took three and a half months. With traditional chicken raising methods, it would take at least 4 to 6 months to lay eggs. The most amazing thing is that raising chickens scientifically does not require much food consumption. We use feces to cultivate earthworms. The earthworms make the chickens eat well, grow faster, and even lay bigger eggs."
Zhou Hexuan then said: "President, we have already discussed that we will not apply for any patents and are willing to donate this chicken raising method free of charge, so that the central government can promote it nationwide."
Chang Kaishen said happily: "You have done a great thing that benefits the country and the people. Don't worry, I will immediately order the Agriculture and Forestry Department to fully promote your scientific method of raising chickens."
Since the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War, the Nationalist Government has shown unprecedented enthusiasm for agriculture.
In the second month after the central government moved to Chongqing, many agencies and officials were still halfway there, and the agricultural department took the lead in making adjustments.
First of all, the Ministry of Industry was changed to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and the Department of Agriculture and Forestry was established in the Ministry of Economic Affairs to be in charge of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery, sericulture, rural economy and rural cooperation matters. All agricultural agencies directly under the central government were integrated and the Central Agricultural Experimental Institute (Chinese Agricultural Research Institute) was established. ) for unified management, thus forming unified leadership in agriculture.
Government officials still seem dissatisfied and are discussing upgrading the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. This proposal has been passed, but the candidate for the first Minister of Agriculture and Forestry has not yet been decided - after the Spring Festival, Chiang Kai-shek will appoint Chen Jitang as the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. minister.
Throughout the Anti-Japanese War, government agricultural agencies continued to expand in size.
At first, agricultural institutions were scattered among various departments, and then the Department of Agriculture and Forestry and the Central Agricultural Research Institute were set up for unified management, and then the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry was set up separately. In the future, the Grain Production Increase Committee, the General Administration of Reclamation, the Central Agricultural Experimental Institute, the Central Animal Husbandry Experimental Institute, etc. will be added to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. institution, which played a very positive role in the development of agriculture during the war.
Food is the most important thing for the people. The common people and soldiers must have enough food first before they have the strength to engage in production and fight against the Japanese.
Everyone understands this, including Chang Kaishen and government officials.
"General, General Feng Yuxiang wants to see you!" the adjutant suddenly reported.
Chang Kaishen nodded and said, "Invite him in."
Feng Yuxiang swaggered into the living room, took a look and said, "They are all here. I heard that you have developed a scientific method of raising chickens. How is it scientific?"
"Your ears are still very sharp," Chang Kaishen smiled and picked up the chicken raising report, "take a look for yourself."
Feng Yuxiang didn't waste any time. He picked up the report and started reading it. After reading it, he clapped his hands and said, "This is a great idea! You scholars have such different minds that you can actually come up with a way to feed chickens with earthworms. If this method is implemented,
Across the country, the prices of eggs and chicken will definitely come down. Nowadays, people are complaining that prices have risen too much, so this is a good way to lower prices."
Chang Kaishen said: "I have decided to let the Agriculture and Forestry Department fully promote it."
Feng Yuxiang volunteered and said, "Let me do it. Set up a scientific chicken-raising promotion group in the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. I will be the leader and I will ensure that the people can eat cheap eggs within a year."
Chang Kaishen was a little hesitant. He did not want to assign a position of real power to Feng Yuxiang. The leader of the scientific chicken farming promotion group naturally had no real power, but Feng Yuxiang's qualifications were there. If Feng Yuxiang was put in charge, he would have to be given at least a deputy director of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
of concurrent work.
Moreover, the Department of Agriculture and Forestry is about to be upgraded to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Chang Kaishen does not want Feng Yuxiang to be the deputy minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. And even if he is appointed, others will gossip, saying that he, Chiang Kai-shek, is jealous of talents and only lets Feng Yuxiang be the deputy minister.
, not even a ministerial position.
Feng Yuxiang laughed and said: "Brother Zhongzheng, you don't have to worry too much. I just promote chicken raising and don't care about anything else."
Having said this, Lao Jiang found it hard to refuse. He explained: "The Department of Agriculture and Forestry is about to be promoted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and I have promised Chen Bonan (Chen Jitang) to be the minister. This is really difficult to handle, and we can't let it go.
Huanzhang, please be inferior to Chen Bonan."
"No problem, it's all trivial. I'm not a face-saving person." Feng Yuxiang chuckled. He really wanted to promote scientific chicken raising, and of course, he also had the idea of regaining real power through this.
Feng Yuxiang just stared at Chang Kaishen with a smile. Chang Kaishen suddenly had a headache. He thought about it again and again, and finally said: "Would Huanzhang be the deputy minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry? Alas, I feel so wronged to you. If I hadn't agreed to Chen Bonan earlier,
I will definitely make you the minister."
Feng Yuxiang was overjoyed, fearing that Chang Kaishen would change his mind, so he quickly said: "Deputies and deputies are all working for the party and the country, so what is the priority of the deputy? Don't worry, although I am a layman on agriculture, I will definitely listen to the opinions of experts.
We must ensure that people all over the country have enough to eat!”
Chang Kaishen felt as disgusted as if he had eaten a fly. He forced a smile and said, "That's really wronging Huanzhang."
"No grievance, no grievance." Feng Yuxiang smiled from ear to ear.
Chang Kaishen then thought about it, Chen Jitang didn't want to worry anyway, so he might as well let these two guys fight. As long as it doesn't delay agricultural production, let them do whatever they want, and the harder the fight, the better.
Everyone left Yunxiu Tower, and Feng Yuxiang asked on the way: "Mingcheng, can you give me an idea on how to promote this scientific method of raising chickens as quickly as possible."
Zhou Hexuan suggested: "Take a two-step approach. The first is to set up scientific chicken raising training courses, and the second is to issue internal documents and publish publicity in newspapers. First, build a scientific chicken raising base in Chongqing, and the training courses will be set up in the base, so that agriculture and forestry in various places can
Departments and people from society come to learn. We also need to cultivate more talents ourselves and go to chicken farms in various places for guidance and correction from time to time. We also need to get in touch with the China Agricultural Research Institute. If a large number of chicken breeds become sick, we should provide guidance on how to do it.
Use medicine to treat it. It is best to reduce taxes on chicken farms and encourage everyone to raise chickens scientifically."
"This is a good idea, let's do it like this!" Feng Yuxiang said with a smile.
If we follow the method mentioned by Zhou Hexuan, we will definitely be able to make scientific chicken farming flourish everywhere. Moreover, in the era of shortage of supplies, we don’t have to compete at all, and we don’t have to worry about sales. No matter how high the output of broilers and eggs is, they can find a market.
