The trick of sticks and carrots, Zheng Peng has long used the innocence of the furnace, worked out the plan of rewards and punishments, and only took three days to explain and implement, only three days later, the appearance of the Firearms Department has taken on a new look, the original phenomenon of grinding foreign workers is gone, one by one after working hard to complete the production tasks assigned by the Department, the rest of the time thinking about how to perfect and improve, Sun Dayan found an apprentice as an assistant, and united two craftsmen who were interested in him to form a group, with more hope in his eyes and a smile on his face.

When Li Longji heard that Zheng Peng had reorganized the Fire Weapons Administration, he was very satisfied with Zheng Peng's arrangement and commended him in person.

The Ordnance Superintendent supervises the Ministry of War, and the Firearms Department is directly responsible to Li Longji, knowing that the Firearms Department set up in the Forbidden Garden, even the Ministry of War, can't enter, and after the Firearms Department is on track, Zheng Peng can finally take time out to do what he likes.

As soon as he took a break, Zheng Peng immediately went to inspect the pig farm located about 100 miles north of Chang'an and located on the Bahe River.

When Guixiang Guo first started to make braised meat, he was rooted in the local area, with Guixiang County as the center, and constantly radiated and expanded to the surroundings.

Now is the most glorious years of Chang'an City, with a population of more than one million and a permanent population of more than 600,000, such a large market, as long as Chang'an is won, it is better than taking a few states in other places.

It was the first time for Zheng Peng to inspect here, and when he got out of the carriage, Huang San was already waiting on the sidelines.

"Young master, it's been hard all the way." Huang San said as he moved over the stool with a very eye-catching look.

Zheng Peng got off the horse, looked left and right, nodded and said, "This place is not bad." ”

The pig farm has a beautiful environment and looks a bit like a paradise.

There is a mountain in the back, it is convenient to collect firewood, there is water in front, it is also convenient to get water, there is a large area of land by the river, crops can also be grown, and the air convection here is also good, which is very suitable for breeding.

Huang San said happily: "It's all done according to the young master's requirements, and I also invited the experienced ones to find it for a long time before choosing here." ”

After a pause, Huang San asked a little strangely: "Young master, raise some pigs, don't use such a big place, you said that the bigger the place, the better, the small one bought the nearby mountains and river beaches, and it cost a lot of money." ”

Zheng Peng waved his hand and said: "Look farther, this is not only a pig farm, but also chickens, cattle, fish, flowers, and fruit trees will be raised in the future. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, or the young master is far-sighted, as long as you listen to the young master, you can't be wrong." Huang San replied again and again.

As the first rule of the old loyal slave, the master's words are always right.

"Okay, let's go in and see, by the way, what about An Sishun, how is he doing?" Zheng Peng asked casually.

An Lushan arranged to take over a restaurant in Qizhou, which is said to have done a good job, and the turnover increased sharply not long after taking over, and I don't know how An Sishun performed.

"Sishun" As soon as An Sishun was mentioned, Huang San praised: "The performance is really good, although he is the head of the pig farm designated by the young master, but he has no shelf, he is worried about learning, eating and working with the people below during the day, and learning from the old people who can raise pigs at night, and actively learning how to treat pigs, and now he is building a wall with his subordinates." ”

Zheng Peng asked to repair the pig house without a gate, those pigs can walk around casually on weekdays, using the stocking mode, no captivity, at the beginning it was the sow with the piglets, and now the piglets are getting bigger day by day, the original fenced place is not enough, recently re-expanded, almost half of the mountains are fenced.

Where is this pig raising, it is almost feeding pig fairies.

As soon as they entered the pig farm, they were greeted by the smell of pig, and the cardinal who followed behind couldn't help but cover their noses with their hands.

Huang San saw it in his eyes, and immediately asked someone to send two incensed handkerchiefs to Zheng Peng: "Young master, it stinks here, it will be much more comfortable to cover your nose with this, Cardinal girl, you can use it too." ”

Zheng Peng looked at the champa on the tray, shook his head and said, "No, you can give it to the Cardinal Girl." ”

Cardinal felt that it was very smelly here, and wanted to take a champa and put it on her nose to dispel the smell, but she saw that Zheng Peng was useless, hesitated, and quickly waved her hand: "No." ”

I really don't understand why my uncle came to this kind of place, today there was originally a waiter who invited Zheng Peng to a banquet, but Zheng Peng would rather come to the stinky pig farm than get along with that waiter.

My uncle didn't use the champas, and the cardinal hesitated for a moment, but decided not to use it, lest my uncle feel squeamish.

I can't see anything outside, as soon as I enter the inside, it has become a paradise for pigs, only to see a sow with a piglet walking freely inside, foraging for food while walking, not to say leisure, what is more gratifying is that whether it is a big pig or a small pig, one by one eats fat and strong, with a bulging belly, it looks very cute.

The cardinal was a little surprised and said, "Oh my God, how many pigs are here, there are hundreds of them, I thought it stinks when I first entered the door, and now it seems that there are so many pigs here that smell like this, it's really good, well, these pigs are quite clean." ”

Ordinary people, raising four or five pigs are full of anger, and it is very good to raise thousands of pigs here.

Cardinals were taken aback, the so-called pig farm, thinking that a hundred or dozens of pigs was already remarkable, but I didn't expect that there were thousands of pigs here, and the scale was really not small.

Huang San was a little flattered and said: "Cardinal girl is too famous, these pigs are recently collected, and there are about two hundred sows transported in half a month, the young master said that pigs should be clean and hygienic, so that pigs will be less sick, we have to clean the pig house every day, and give the pigs a bath in two to three days, fortunately, this is close to the Ba River, and it is very convenient to take the level." ”

"Hey, and the water was drawn." Lu Shu pointed to the wooden trough that led the water and said curiously.

"Yes, there is a spring on the mountain, it took a little effort to lead it down from the mountain, but that little bit of water is only enough for human use, like the water used for raising pigs is the water of the Bahe River, so it is very convenient to use the waterwheel designed by the young master to draw water."

Zheng Peng suddenly asked, "How are those pigs after castration, is it still going well?" ”

Raising pigs is not worth Zheng Peng's inspection, Zheng Peng's most important thing is the castration of pigs, which is directly related to the quality of pork.

Huang San said a little embarrassed when he heard this: "Back to the young master's words, at the beginning, those beasts couldn't find the key to decide, the first batch of castration of three heads, the death of two heads, and then the skills improved, but the effect is not very good, about four heads will be one of the can't resist, the small one with the next person, at the beginning of the day to eat roasted piglets, and then An Sishun came here, he and the beast Lang together castrated a few batches of piglets, then proposed to improve the way, now castrate ten heads, at most only one dead." ”

While talking, the group walked to a simple pavilion, and Huang San suddenly pointed to the front and said, "Young Master, look, An Sishun is driving a wooden stake over there." ”

Zheng Peng looked in the direction of Huang Sanzhi, only to see An Sishun wearing a pair of pants with some narrow legs, shirtless, and swinging the big wooden hammer in his hand vigorously.

In particular, those eight-pack abs look very pleasing to the eye.

"Tell him to come and talk." Zheng Peng said casually.

I just want to see why this An Sishun is so confident in himself.

Huang San responded, and quickly called An Sishun to Zheng Peng.

When he saw Zheng Peng beckoning to him in the pavilion on the side, the whole person was stunned, and then rushed over to salute Zheng Peng: "Sishun has seen the owner." ”

Huang San and the staff of the pig farm are all slaves bought by Zheng Peng, and they all call Zheng Peng the young master, but An Sishun is different, he and Zheng Peng are only hired and employed, just call Zheng Peng the owner.

Saying that he is also the son of a general, An Enshun is a little down, but he ran away from home by himself, so he will not sell himself into slavery.

Zheng Peng pointed to the stone bench next to him: "Come, sit down and talk." ”

An Sishun thanked him before he dared to sit down, and he still sat diagonally to show his respect for Zheng Peng.

"How's it going, are you still used to doing it here?" Zheng Peng asked.

"Xie Dongjia cares, it's good, no, it's very good." An Sishun hurriedly responded.

used to wander around with An Lushan, thinking that he was a ranger, at least he thought so when he ran away from home, and the reality told him that he was actually similar to a city ramp, because a ranger would not go hungry, let alone steal and abduct because he was hungry.

Now that life is much better, whether it is eating or sleeping, in addition to having monthly money and dividends, there are also a large number of people to manage for themselves, and in less than three months, Zheng Peng feels that An Sishun's physique and temperament have changed a lot.

Zheng Peng smiled and said: "Don't be so nervous, I just asked casually, Huang San said about you just now, and said a lot of good things, do it well." ”

"Yes, the owner" After An Sishun finished speaking, he saluted Huang San again: "Thank you Brother Huang for his chivalrous words." ”

Huang San smiled: "No thanks, it's just a gesture, and it's not wrong to say so-and-so, Gongzi An, you did a great job." ”

Seeing that An Sishun still wanted to express his gratitude, Zheng Peng hurriedly said: "Okay, you will all be a person who eats in a pot in the future, so don't be polite anymore, Sishun, let me ask you, Huang San said that after you came, there seems to be a special opinion on castration of pigs, do you think you have castrated?" ”

Huang San mentioned just now that An Sishun is serious and studious, and he has made great contributions to the pig farm, and the success rate of castrated piglets has been greatly improved, why, have you castrated pigs before? ”

Zheng Peng is a little curious, to know that the practice of castrating to improve meat quality only appeared in later generations, to be honest, Zheng Peng only knows the principle, and has never seen the implementation of control, isn't Huang San the son of a general, and will he castrate a pig?

Hearing Zheng Peng's question, An Sishun hurriedly responded: "If you go back to the owner, the little one has not castrated the pig, and the success depends on luck." ”

"Tell me, what did you think at the time?" Zheng Peng continued to ask.

This guy... Born to castrate? That's.

An Sishun explained: "The owner, the little one has not castrated the pig, but he has learned how to castrate the horse with the old people in the clan, after arriving here, Sheng Meng's trust of the owner and Brother Huang, and became the chief here, the former saw the castration of the piglets, the piglets died a lot, those are all money, I accidentally remembered that I would castrate, I thought that they were all livestock, it should be about the same, whenever the piglets were castrated, I watched from the side, and the piglets who died because of castration were all practiced first and then barbecued, and the luck was good, just messed with a few times. ”

When explaining, An Sishun was a little frowning, to be honest, this was the first credit he made after arriving at the pig farm.

It is this credit that An Sishun not only sat firmly in the position of the head of the pig farm, but also greatly improved his self-confidence.

Zheng Peng nodded and said, "Yes, no matter what you do, you must be diligent, clear-eyed, clear-hearted, and do a good job." ”

Listening to An Sishun, Zheng Peng then remembered that the craft of castration was not his "first", you must know that in ancient times, people knew how to capture and tame wild horses, using horses as an important means of transportation, many wild horses are very strong, it is very difficult to tame, and I don't know which ancestor created a precedent for castration, and the horses after castration will be much more docile.

According to records, during the Western Zhou Dynasty, the castration of horses was already popular.

We really can't underestimate the wisdom of the ancients.

"Understood, owner" After An Sishun finished speaking, he hesitated for a moment, and said a little cautiously: "Owner, there is one small thing, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

"Say it, it's okay" Zheng Peng said encouragingly: "It is said that three stinkers are on top of one Zhuge Liang, no matter what happens, they will discuss it." ”

An Sishun took a deep breath, and then said with some uncertainty: "Dongjia, now there are more than 800 big pigs and small pigs in the pig farm, and there are more than 200 pigs to be transported here in a few days, so many pigs, the food consumed every day is gone, and the pig feces produced every day are also a lot, you must know that many people regard them as treasures in the field, many people will carry a basket to pick up dung as soon as they finish eating, it is a pity to discard it, if it is collected and sold, the road is too far, the freight is very high, it is not cost-effective, there is not a large field by the river beach, I have looked through it, it is very fat." , can you grow some pig food, like pigweed or something, that is a little more artificial, pig feces can also be turned into treasure, when the scale is large, you can also raise chickens, cattle or something. ”

After saying so much in one breath, An Sishun looked at Zheng Peng a little nervously, for fear that Zheng Peng would feel that he was not doing his job, but liked to toss around.

This is talent, I just wanted to talk about this problem, but I didn't expect that I didn't need to speak, An Sishun had already thought of it.

Before Zheng Peng could speak, Huang San on the side looked at An Sishun and said faintly: "Okay, you An Sishun, you won't eavesdrop on us just now, right?" ”

It's too powerful, the young master just told himself about this problem, Huang San was still pondering, but he didn't expect An Sishun to take the initiative to mention it.

No wonder this not amazing An Sishun can be the head of the pig farm as soon as he comes, and sure enough, there are two brushes, no, it is the young master who sees people very accurately.