Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 135 American Pig, Be Strong!

After the negotiation, Zheng Kezang returned to Yizhou Island again.

There was no war in a short period of time, and Zheng Kezang began to focus on the political affairs of Dongning Mansion.

The explosive growth of the population has brought about a new problem, that is, the problem of food production.

Worried about the lack of food, Zheng Kezang called Yang Ying, the household officer, to inquire about this year's autumn harvest.

"Your Majesty, the grain production situation this year is very gratifying! Let me listen to my minister's detailed report." Upon hearing this, Yang Ying opened her eyes with a smile.

It turns out that the area of ​​cultivated land in Yizhou Island is quite large. During the Zheng Jing period, the area of ​​cultivated land in Yizhou Island had reached 60 mu. Now the population has increased by more than 16, and the area of ​​cultivated land has also doubled.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs, immigrants began to increase on a large scale in August 1681, and cultivated land also began to increase. Counting official land, there were about 8 million mu of land.

However, 80 mu of land has been newly reclaimed, and crops have not yet been planted, so the main productivity is still the original 60 mu of land.

"The king understands the general situation, how many mu of land is rice planted?" Zheng Kezang asked in detail.

Fortunately, Yang Ying knew all these data, and said: "Back to the king, it turns out that out of the 60 mu of farmland, about 10 mu of land is planted with rice. Because the yields of sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and other crops are large, the common people are willing to plant them. .” The corn crop was popularized in Daming during the Wanli period, so the common people would spontaneously grow corn.

Among them, the planting area of ​​corn is as high as 15 mu of farmland, which completely exceeds that of rice fields.

If Khrushchev knew about the people's love for corn in Yizhou Island, he would be very pleased and smile.

Thanks to the unique natural climate of Yizhou Island, the good varieties exchanged by Zheng Kezang, and the unremitting efforts of Dongning's manure transfer staff, this year's grain production has reached a new peak.

According to a rough calculation by the Ministry of Household Affairs, this year's grain production is about 27000 million kilograms. (For the convenience of statistics, catties and kilograms will be used in the future)
Based on the annual ration requirement of 150 kg per adult, this food is enough to feed 180 million people.

After listening to the report from the household officer Yang Ying, Zheng Kezang realized that he was too conservative, and it seemed that he had to immigrate. There was an overproduction of grain!

Although there is a lot of water in it, the output of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn is a little more.

Yizhou Island is dominated by southerners, and white rice is their favorite food.

If it weren't for the large production of sweet potatoes, they wouldn't be so active!

No more worries about food, so we have to engage in meat!

If you eat sweet potatoes and potatoes every day, your nutritional intake will not be unbalanced, and the physical fitness of ordinary people will deteriorate.

Especially after the Qing Dynasty, the height of Chinese people declined to a certain extent.

In the middle and early Qing Dynasty, the height of Huaxia people was about 165 cm, which was a certain decline compared with the previous dynasties.

In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the height of Chinese people declined further, reaching the lowest point in history.

Based on the data of Australian Chinese prisoners in the 19th century, Stephen Morgan sorted out and analyzed the height changes of Chinese people at that time. The final conclusion of the height trend is that the average height of Chinese people in the 19th century has dropped to 161.5 cm.

Zheng Kezang realized that it is now the end of the age of great voyages, and the Westerners who occupy most of the resources will be ahead of the Easterners in terms of physical fitness.

This is not possible. In order to improve the physical fitness of the soldiers and increase the happiness of the common people, Zheng Kezang decided to take a stroll in the system mall to see what good breeds of livestock there are.

After much deliberation, Zheng Kezang felt that it would be the most affordable to exchange some good breeds of piglets for the common people of Ming and Zheng.

In the system mall, there are two kinds of piglets that Zheng Kezang likes best, namely Duroc pigs and Landrace pigs.

Landrace pigs are good at everything, but there is one shortcoming, poor environmental adaptability!

This was the seventeenth century, and the living conditions available to piglets were significantly worse.

Then we can only order Duroc pigs that are easy to feed on the whole, from the United States of later generations!
Duroc pigs have a small number of litters, with an average of only 9 to 10 pigs in a large group, but they grow fast, have a high lean meat rate, have good physique, have strong adaptability to the environment, and are not prone to disease.

They were bred in the Northeastern United States in the 19s from American New York Red Durocs, New Jersey Jersey Reds, and Connecticut Red Berkshires.

Now Zheng Kezang's Ming Zheng is a little messy, German military uniforms, French guns, British cannons, and now an American pig is strong!
50 points, 1000 piglets, gritted his teeth, Zheng Kezang changed, this is a good thing that benefits the country and the people.

[Deduct 50 points, the balance is 690 points]

The people of later generations have more or less a local pig plot, and when they see the name of the local pig in the market, their hearts are half moved.

However, in fact, the Duroc pig has more or less the gene of the Huaxia pig.

In the era of handicraft industry, Huaxia undoubtedly had the best pig breeding resources in the world.

It's just that the development of Huaxia's animal husbandry technology is too slow, and the breeding level has never been improved, so the Westerners used Huaxia domestic pigs to improve local pigs, forming a series of high-quality meat pigs.

Now, with this batch of high-quality piglets, the surplus food in Yizhou Island can not only support Qiongzhou Island, but also be used to feed pigs, especially corn and sweet potato leaves, which are the favorites of Duroc pigs.

That night, on the outskirts of Dongning Mansion, another new landmark building was about to rise, and that was the Dongning Farm!
It is in charge of his closest eunuch Li Zhongjie, and is supervised by officials stationed in the Ministry of Household Affairs.

When these red, black, red and black Duroc piglets appeared, the small officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs were astonished. How could there be a new breed of piglets in Yizhou Island? How could they, the agricultural people, not know.

It's so bizarre.

Zheng Kezang also couldn't explain their origins clearly, so he simply kept silent about it.

"This pig looks very solid." A small official who took care of the little piglet commented.

"Don't underestimate them. If you raise them well, they will be ready for slaughter in half a year. By then, the common people will not be able to eat up all the meat!" Zheng Kezang said excitedly, stroking a naked piglet.

"Half a year! This is too fast. An ordinary pig would take 9 months to a year. This is a divine pig!" an official said in shock.

Other officials were also talking about it.

"You have to take good care of these little piglets. Whether the common people can eat pork every day is up to you!" Zheng Kezang encouraged everyone with a fist.

In order to increase their sense of participation, Zheng Kezang asked the officials to name these piglets.

These small officials did not know where they learned that the new Yanping King especially worshiped his grandfather Guo Xingye, so he named it: Success No. 1.

Hearing that Zheng Kezang's head was full of black lines, fortunately he was not so cruel, otherwise the head of the official who came up with this name would have been chopped off long ago.

Finally, under the decision of Zheng Kezang, the Duroc pig was named Meili No. 1.

Everyone in Hubu didn't understand why it was called this name. Although the little piggy is very cute, it can't match the beauty.

Only Zheng Kezang knows that the little piggies are from the beautiful country.

(End of this chapter)