During the war, Chengdu was still so leisurely, and it seemed that the bombing could not speed up the pace of the city.

As soon as Zhou Hexuan and the three of them drove to the city gate, there were already many gentlemen from the Chengdu branch of the All-China Association of Literary and Art Circles to Resist the Enemy (hereinafter referred to as the "Literary Association") waiting here.

Zhou Wen, a native of Sichuan, joined the Communist Party in 1932, served as the head of the Left League, and is now the director of the General Affairs Department of the Chengdu Branch of the Literary Association.

Li Jieren, a native of Sichuan, a writer, industrialist, whose masterpiece "Dead Water Breeze", is currently the prime minister of the Chengdu branch of the Literary Association, and the deputy mayor of Chengdu after the establishment of New China.

Tao Xiong, a native of Jiangsu, is a playwright, graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages of Beijing Normal University, and is currently the executive director of the Chengdu Branch of the Literary Association.

Chen Xianghe, a native of Sichuan, joined the Communist Party in 1939, a good friend of Shen Congwen, and is currently a director of the Chengdu branch of the Literary Association.

Ye Shengtao, Zhu Guangqian...... I won't go into detail about these famous ones, but it is worth mentioning Li Getian.

Li Getian, a native of Henan, with the pen name Muye, Ye Shengtao's son-in-law, director of the Chengdu Branch of the Literary Association, editor of the journal "Pen Array", is now a writer, and changed his career to be a film screenwriter after the establishment of New China. But he was a bomber pilot and a flight instructor, and he flew bombing missions on many occasions before recuperating from illness last year and writing articles in his spare time.

It was not until 1943 that he finally recovered from his illness and returned to the army under Chennault's command. While fighting in the Air Force, he also wrote articles as a reporter with the army. Once, American reporter McMoore set off with the army, and the driver, Dong Shiliang, said that Li Getian was also a reporter with the army. After the plane took off, the two reporters were chatting happily, Dong Shiliang suddenly wanted to go to the toilet, Li Getian immediately took over as the pilot, looked at McMoore with a confused face, and hurriedly asked the reporters accompanying the Chinese Air Force if they had to know how to fly the plane.

"Mr. Zhou!"

"General Feng!"

"Mr. Shu!"

“……”

Everyone stepped forward to greet one after another, and the most mentioned was Zhou Hexuan's "Black Soil" published not long ago.

That night, everyone held a theatrical evening to celebrate the second anniversary of the establishment of the Literary Association in Chengdu, and the next morning was a symposium. Zhou Hexuan, Feng Yuxiang and Lao She delivered speeches respectively, and then discussed this year's literary and artistic work to save the country, focusing on the anti-Japanese ideology in "Black Soil".

In the afternoon, Zhou Hexuan and the main members of the Chengdu branch of the Literary Association came to the chicken farm on the outskirts of Chengdu.

The chicken farm, which was jointly founded by the College of Agriculture of Chung-Ang University and the College of Agriculture of Jinling University, is located not far from the ranch of Chung-Ang University, and has been incubating eggs and raising chickens since the end of October last year.

Although Feng Yuxiang was elevated in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, he did not forget his identity as the leader of the scientific chicken promotion team. In fact, the main purpose of bringing Zhou Hexuan to Chengdu is to promote chicken raising, and as soon as he entered the chicken farm, he said to the writers: "The chicken raising here is scientific chicken raising, with low cost, more eggs, and fast growth, which is very beneficial to the people." I hope you will take a serious look at it, go back and write articles and do more publicity, and strive to attract those rich people to learn to raise chickens. ”

Zhu Guangqian said in a daze: "Raising chickens is still scientific? ”

Feng Yuxiang laughed: "Mr. Zhu, you don't understand this, regardless of industrial agriculture, you must understand science when engaging in production." ”

The person in charge of the chicken farm first took them to see the earthworm cultivation pond and explained: "We dug a total of 10 ponds and composted them with human and animal manure, which is enough to provide the daily consumption of thousands of chickens. ”

I saw that the pool was densely packed with earthworms, crawling around and making the scalp tingle of the dense fears.

Tao Xiong smiled: "This is really a good idea, earthworms don't cost money, and they don't waste food when they are used to raise chickens." ”

The person in charge of the chicken farm said: "Not only do you save food, but you also feed the chickens with earthworms supplemented by a small amount of grain, which grows faster and lays eggs earlier and larger than the chickens that simply eat grain." ”

"Go see the chickens, go see the chickens!" Li Jieren can't wait.

Li Jieren is not only a translator, editor, writer, educator and social activist, he is also an industrialist, who has served as the director of Minsheng Machinery Repair Factory and the chairman of Jiale Paper Factory, practicing the ideal of serving the country through industry. Even if he didn't meet Zhou Hexuan, he would devote himself to the paper industry next year, and now when he encountered scientific chicken raising technology, Li Jieren immediately became interested.

The chickens were kept in neat bamboo cages, and the person in charge of the chicken farm said: "There are hens over there, and roosters here." As soon as the chickens hatched, we had to sort and breed them, the hens were used to lay eggs, and the roosters were sold as meat. ”

Li Jieren was also born in hardship when he was a child, and he studied in France by work-study, and his family used to raise chickens, so he suddenly wondered: "How can the newly hatched chickens identify the male and female?" ”

The person in charge of the chicken farm smiled: "This is thanks to Mr. Zhou, the 'anal separation method' he invented is very useful, and you can identify male and female by simply breaking the chick's buttocks." ”

"It turns out that Mr. Zhou still has such skills." The crowd was impressed.

Chen Xianghe said: "How do you keep all the chickens in cages? It's also too unfree. If the chicken is not free, it is difficult to be happy, and if it is not happy, it will not grow well. I see that chickens raised in rural areas must be stocked on time, so that the chickens can grow strong and not get sick. ”

The person in charge of the chicken farm explained: "Rural stocking has two main functions. One is to save food and let the chickens forage for food on their own; Second, for the sake of health, it is easy to get sick if it is closed for a long time. But we don't need to do this when we raise chickens scientifically, because earthworms are enough to feed the chickens, and we clean the chicken coop regularly to keep it ventilated and prevent disease. The advantage of keeping care is that it can reduce the amount of exercise of the chickens, so that the chickens grow faster. ”

Chen Xianghe suddenly realized and exclaimed: "The world is full of knowledge and has been taught. ”

Everyone else is looking at it and thinking about how to go back and write propaganda articles. Li Jieren is much more detailed, he asked in detail about all kinds of data, including how much to feed every day, how many eggs to lay, and how many months can have an economic return, it seems that he has moved the mind of opening a chicken farm.

Zhou Wen had already received an order from the organization to go to Yan'an to work, he listened to all kinds of data on the side, and made up his mind to bring scientific chicken raising methods to Yan'an, so he said: "Can you give me a set of detailed chicken raising information?" I want to systematically educate the public about its benefits. ”

"Absolutely." The person in charge of the chicken farm laughed.

Feng Yuxiang said: "If you want to open a chicken farm, you can come to me, and Chongqing is training technicians." It is mainly to open a scientific chicken farm, and you only need to pay a small technical consultation fee to get regular guidance from technicians from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry! ”

Zhou Wen used to be the propaganda minister of the Shanghai Left Federation, and he was very famous, not to mention Zhou Hexuan, even Feng Yuxiang knew that he was a member of the Communist Party, at least a person who was inclined to the Communist Party.

Zhou Hexuan said in a low voice: "Over there in Yan'an, someone has already brought chicken raising technology over. ”

Zhou Wen was stunned, and then smiled: "Thank you for reminding me." ”

As a reward for publicity, each writer brought a few eggs back, Feng Yuxiang, as the person in charge of scientific chicken promotion, he can still mobilize a batch of funds, and it is more than enough to send these eggs.

In the following days, articles on scientific chicken raising appeared in the newspapers one after another, which quickly caused heated discussions in Chengdu and surrounding districts and counties, and capitalists came to inquire about the news from time to time.

And just as Zhou Hexuan was about to leave Chengdu, someone suddenly came to the hotel to visit: "Mr. Zhou, the sword fairy Li Tonglin in "Captain China", can there be a prototype character in reality? ”

Zhou Hexuan said in a daze: "Why are you asking this?" ”

The man said: "I have been looking for masters to learn the Tao, and after I have completed my studies, I will go to the front line to fight the Japanese devils!" ”

Zhou Hexuan admired this person's brain, and asked casually: "I don't know your Excellency's name?" ”

The man said, "My name is Nan Huaijin." ”