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Of course, it's not enough to just have greens. The people stationed at Niujiaodun are not ordinary people, they are soldiers, they need to carry out high-intensity training, they need to fight dangerous battles, and if they eat vegetables every day, they will definitely not work. If you want to really get better, you have to increase the supply of meat. How to increase the supply of meat, of course, is to do it yourself, and there is plenty of food and clothing. This has always been a tradition of the people's army. Niujiaodun is a small garrison company, and it is very necessary to build a pig farm by itself.

For the setting of pig farms, Yu Lijun was basically in favor of it at the beginning. Who wouldn't want to eat meat? However, after thinking about it carefully, Yu Lijun hesitated a little again. The main reason is still the fear of the arrival of the tartars. The pig farm is set up outside the horn pier, and he always feels a little unsteady. However, it is impossible to put a pig farm in a horn pier. Xu Xingxia even moved out of the stables, how could it be possible to place a pig farm? The smell of pig farms is much worse than that of stables.

Xu Xingxia looked at the surrounding terrain and said to Yu Lijun: "Lao Yu, what do you think about the location of the pigsty?" ”

Yu Lijun pointed to a piece of grass in front of him and said cautiously: "It's good here, leeward, quiet, and within the line of sight of the observation post." Even at night, through the light of the torches, the observation post can see the movement of the entire pigsty. If anyone wants to sneak up close to the pigsty, we'll find out. ”

Xu Xingxia nodded and said, "You have a point. ”

Yu Lijun hesitated for a moment, and said a little hesitantly: "My lord, pigs are also to be eaten......

Obviously, the military discipline officer was a little worried that once Niu Jiaodun raised his own pigs, he would squeeze out the rations of the soldiers. Raising pigs requires food, and it is impossible for the horn pier to have additional expenses specifically for raising pigs. Therefore, it can only be squeezed out of everyone's rations. With such a need and opportunity, there may be a phenomenon of embezzlement and misappropriation.

Yu Lijun, as a military discipline officer, is most indignant at the phenomenon of corruption and misappropriation, as long as it is within his ability, he will definitely put an end to it. The higher-ups in the guard obviously don't like his surname. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been sent to the horn pier. It is obvious that many people are looking at him as an eyesore, so they deliberately turned him away. When it came to Niujiaodun, even if Yu Lijun wanted to manage it, he couldn't manage it.

Xu Xingxia smiled slightly, and said calmly: "Lao Yu, don't worry, our pig raising will not affect the lives of the soldiers." As far as I know, there are a lot of foods that can be used to raise pigs. For example, sweet potato leaves can be used to feed pigs, and many rural villages in the interior use sweet potato leaves and sweet potato vines to feed pigs. Sweet potato leaves are available all year round and there will be no shortage. Aren't we going to grow a lot of sweet potatoes? One acre of sweet potato leaves is enough to feed three or four pigs, and we only need to plant ten acres of sweet potatoes to feed dozens of pigs. ”

Yu Lijun was relieved and had no words. On the issue of planting, he thinks that he does not have the right to speak as Xu Xingxia, and he is really not very familiar with this aspect. Since Xu Xingxia said so, he also believed it. Faintly, Yu Lijun felt a little, how could this Xu Xingxia know so much? He didn't seem to be so good before, right? Could it be that he used to be obscure and waiting for the opportunity?

Xu Xingxia suddenly said: "Lao Yu, do you know what pig manure can be used for in addition to being used as fertilizer and increasing the harvest of crops?" ”

Yu Lijun thought about it for a while, and said uncertainly: "Dried to make firewood?" ”

Xu Xingxia smiled, shook his head and said, "That's dry cow dung, which is special for the Mongols, and pig dung can't be burned." Let me tell you, pig manure can be used to raise fish. ”

Yu Lijun was taken aback and said in disbelief: "What? Fish farming? ”

Xu Xingxia smiled slightly, and said eloquently: "That's right, it's fish farming." We are here on the front line, and it is a little inconvenient to go fishing in the Yellow River. We want to eat fish often, but we don't want to spend too much money, so we have to raise fish ourselves. We can all solve the food needed for fish farming by ourselves. Sweet potato leaves, sweet potato vines and the like, in addition to feeding pigs, can also be used to raise fish. It would be even better if you added some pig manure to it. ”

"I thought, as long as we make use of all these dozens of acres of land, we can grow as many sweet potatoes as possible, and there is no problem in stocking 1,000 or hundreds of grass carp in the fish pond. It takes about three years for a grass carp to grow, and there should be more than a dozen catties of grass carp in three years. We rotate to catch big fish, and then rotate to stock more seedlings, and we should be able to harvest hundreds of grass carp every year. ”

Yu Lijun's eyes suddenly lit up, and he was attracted by the prospect described by Xu Xingxia. If there really is such a fish pond, the soldiers of Niujiaodun will be happy. Other meats may not be enough, but fish is definitely enough. A three-year grass carp is almost a dozen catties. As long as you catch five, it is enough for the people of Niujiaodun to eat. There are only a few people in the horns! Maybe you can make money selling fish then!

Thinking of the benefits of the fish pond and wanting a steady stream of fish meat, Yu Lijun couldn't wait to say: "Then we have to choose a good place to dig the fish pond, dig as big as possible, dig a little deeper, and stock more fish!" ”

Xu Xingxia nodded, pointed to a depression in front of him and said, "You see, this depression is relatively low, and it is relatively close to the canal. After we dig the fish pond, as long as we dig two more canals of several tens of zhang, we can divert the living water of the Yellow River and discharge the sewage from the pond at the same time. As long as there is the living water of the Yellow River, this fish pond will be really alive. ”

In the face of the huge temptation, Yu Lijun was a little troubled, and immediately thought of the terrible Tartar. In Weizhenbao, it is not that no one wants to dig fish ponds to raise fish and make money by selling fish, but in the end, it is not implemented. Why? Aren't you worried that the pond will be destroyed by the tartars? After a year of hard work, the fish were raised, and in the end, the tartars were cheaper, who can stand such a result? He said a little worriedly: "My lord, there is no problem in digging the fish pond and dredging the canal, but in case the Tartars come......

Xu Xingxia smiled and said slyly: "If you are a Tartar, what will you do with the fish pond?" ”

Yu Lijun was just about to speak, but suddenly felt that something was wrong, and the words that came to his mouth retracted. The first thing he thought of was to fish all the fish in the pond and feast on it, or simply fill the pond or throw the corpses of people into the pond. However, he soon realized that in front of Xu Xingxia's arrows, these were impossible. If the Tartars want to destroy the fish pond, there must be a quick and effective way. He thought for a moment and said tentatively, "This...... I really can't imagine, hehe, maybe the Tartars will be poisoned? ”

Xu Xingxia shook his head and said disapprerovingly: "Lao Yu, are you kidding!" Do you think Tartars carry poison with them? Even if you carry poison, what can you do with a little poison? Don't forget, what we brought in, but the living water of the Yellow River will circulate by itself. Even if a few hundred people pee inside, it will be diluted in a moment. If you want to poison a fish in a fish pond, how much poison do you need! ”

Yu Lijun thought about it, and then relaxed, and felt that he was indeed worried, so he said with a smile: "That's right, a little poison has no effect on the fish pond at all." As long as the horn pier does not collapse, there is no way for the Tartars to take the fish pond. Hehe, a bunch of Tartars staring at the fishpond, it's fun to think about. ”

Xu Xingxia said with a smile: "That's right, that's what I meant." ”

After a slight pause, Xu Xingxia said with a little regret: "It's a pity, we can't plant mulberry trees for the time being, otherwise, we can build a mulberry fish pond." There are fish to eat, and silk to sell for money, that's really good! ”

Yu Lijun asked curiously: "Sankey fish pond?" My lord, can you elaborate on that? The subordinates are very interested in learning about it. ”

Xu Xingxia nodded and said with a smile: "Of course you can." ”

He found a ridge and sat down, and explained the simple principle of the Sankey fishpond.

When did the earliest mulberry fish pond appear, no one has researched. What is certain is that in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, there were already relatively complete mulberry fish ponds in the Lingnan area. A large amount of raw silk is produced in this way. In the Pearl River Delta region of later generations, it existed in large quantities, and many textbooks or science and technology books have introduced it, and it is certainly impossible for Xu Xingxia not to know.

The excavated pond mud is piled into a base field, and mulberry trees or sugarcane are planted to form a relatively complete energy flow system of mulberry planting, mulberry leaf silkworm raising, silkworm cocooning, silkworm sand, silkworm pupa, silk reeling wastewater fish farming, fish manure and other mud fertilizer and mulberry, which is the basic mulberry fish pond. If the foundation is planted with other crops than mulberry trees, there is another way of saying it. For example, "fruit-based fish ponds" and the like are planted with fruit trees on the base fields.

The water conservancy and irrigation system in the Ningxia Plain is still relatively developed, and there are basic conditions for the development of mulberry fish ponds. Huge waterwheels of the Yellow River continuously send water from the Yellow River to the fields on both sides. Basically, there is never a shortage of water here. Otherwise, there would be no talk of plugging Jiangnan. If it weren't for the Tartar attack, the area around the Niujiaodun would have been patches of paddy fields, which were full of vibrant rice.

If you are new to the city and there is no one to guide you, you will not be able to tell that this is actually the northern country, not the Jiangnan water town. Therefore, when Xu Xingxia was considering doing some side business for Niujiaodun, he first thought of Sankey Fish Pond. If this thing is mixed and developed, the output will still be very large, and the income will be quite good. Not to mention changing the life of Niujiaodun, it is not difficult to improve the life of Weizhenbao.

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