People are in the Tang Dynasty, creating a mythical dynasty

Piglets are basically fed hogweed at first.

When the time gradually entered the end of the month, the news of Shaofu's acquisition of locusts spread completely.

Large numbers of locusts began to be acquired back.

Thirty Wen a catty.

Such a price is undoubtedly insane.

During this period of time, most people began to enter the farmland, and the mountains began to catch locusts.

Locusts grow very fast.

A few days is enough for it to molt again.

Compared to before, the locusts outside were almost the same size as the locusts in the greenhouse.

It's just obvious that these locusts can't continue to grow up.

One by one was caught.

Then it was dried.

The temperature in April has warmed up a bit. Although it will not be dried in one day, it can still be dried after two or three days.

And these dried locusts will be wrapped in clothes or rags and headed to Shaofu for exchange.

There are about three hundred locusts that are dried in the sun, and they weigh only one catty.

And if an adult man catches seriously, he can catch about a hundred or so in one day, and if the whole family goes together, he can catch three hundred in one day, which is thirty coins.

Thirty Wen.

For them, it was already a considerable amount of money. If it were not for the consideration of the farmland, everyone would want to put down all their farming work and catch locusts.

But even so, it's not a big problem to catch a catty in two or three days.

In this way, you can earn one hundred coins a month.

Enough to get excited about.

When April is gradually warming up.

As soon as May came, locust sales had already arrived in Shaofu.

Of course, the people from Chang'an were the first to arrive at Shaofu for sale.

A package, a package of dried locusts was taken out.

Immediately began to be weighed, and then the transaction was completed.

In this regard, Shaofu has experienced Dilong, and he has already experienced it after the Baimao incident.

The people did not have any doubts.

"It's a total of three catties and twenty-eight dollars, count your three catties and three taels."

"Okay, this is 95 essays."

In the West Market, the purchase booth specially set up by the Shaofu was overcrowded at this time, and most of them were carrying huge packages.

The voice of the young mansion official kept ringing.

And the people who got the money were elated.

The few can get thirty or forty essays, and the many can even reach hundreds of essays.

And that's just about time.

If it takes longer, the harvest will undoubtedly be greater.

Especially now that the locusts are constantly hatching and growing, as the temperature gradually rises, a large number of locusts begin to appear throughout the Guanzhong.

The farmland is fine. After the chickens and ducks gnawed to death, the number of locusts has decreased significantly, but the number of locusts in the jungle has not decreased at all, and is still increasing. If it cannot be contained, when these locusts completely turn into Adults and eggs are laid, and the locust plague in the coming year may reach an unprecedented level.

But at this moment, it has become the best source of income for the people.

A large number of people began to hunt, first from farmland and then from the wild.

As long as you see locusts.

Then there is only one result to catch.

In this case, the number of locusts in Shaofu is also increasing.

One catty, ten catties.

Hundred catties.

Soon the number exceeded a thousand catties.

"Grind them into powder and add them to pigweed."

As soon as he spoke, Li Ming issued orders one after another.

At this time, the number of little piglets in Shaofu officially exceeded [-], and the number is still increasing.

Because Shaofu is still buying piglets from outside.

At the same time, the specially reserved breeding pigs finally became pregnant at this moment.

Pigs are multiparous animals, and the number of litters per litter is generally between 5 and 15.More births and fewer births are mainly related to varieties.

Most of the general species are about 11 heads.Up to about 15 heads.

Now it is not a high-yielding sow, and there are only about seven or eight litters.

Li Ming was very dissatisfied with this.

"Send someone to the south to see if there is a kind of white pig, and bring some back to this king."

The words opened and issued orders to the Shaofu Supervisor.

If my memory is correct, the modern white pig is a cross between a large white pig native to northern England and a smaller and fatter Huaxia white pig.

Now it is naturally impossible to obtain white pigs from England, so we can only find a way from China to see if a new breed of pigs can be bred.

Otherwise, it is still almost impossible to breed this kind of pig on a large scale.

"By the way, you can also get some rice from the south. It needs to be big enough and tall enough."

Seemingly thinking of something, Li Ming added another sentence.

Now that he had an idea, Li Ming couldn't help thinking about another artifact from his previous life.

If it were potatoes sweet potatoes might have solved the food problem.

Then that artifact completely solved the famine problem.

Although in this era.

It feels a little unreliable to do that.

You have nothing to lose by trying it.

"promise!"

The Shaofu Supervisor nodded and responded directly.

leave soon.

After finishing the order, Li Ming continued his pig raising career.

Ideas are just ideas after all, and who knows when you want to take shape.

The road still needs to be walked step by step.

The same goes for raising pigs.

With the addition of locusts, raising pigs will undoubtedly become smoother.

Pigs also grow faster.

Simple pigweed, after a few months, the changes of a piglet are very limited.

For example, the dozens of piglets he fed before are now a circle bigger, and they are extremely thin. This is the reason why earthworms were added to them, otherwise they would be smaller before.

But now, after feeding locusts, in less than seven or eight days, the pigs have grown significantly larger, and the original thinness has gradually become fuller.

It is believed that the piglets will be slaughtered faster than the original process.

It will definitely be available for slaughter within a year.

In the previous life, the fastest time for pigs to go to the slaughterhouse was less than one month, but that was the previous life, with all kinds of feed and high-yield pigs. Today, more than 1000 years ago, it generally took two or even three years to raise pigs. with sufficient results.

Now less than a year is enough to go to the slaughterhouse, and the speed is undoubtedly much faster.

Chapter 68 A month's time

Shaofu is busy quickly.

Naturally, it is impossible for Li Shimin to pin all his hopes on Li Ming, and he has already started to fight the disaster in an all-round way.

A large number of materials have been mobilized, ready to deal with possible locust plagues at any time.

The food is all gathered at this moment.

Offenders will be killed without mercy.

The food supply in Shaofu has also directly reached the lowest level in history.

However, Li Ming didn't pay too much attention to this, after all, he didn't consume much food.

Even if it is added to feed pigs, most of them are pigweed plus locust and earthworm powder, which basically does not consume food.

Although this situation cannot last forever.

It is also impossible to carry out large-scale expansion.

But he didn't need to support him all the time, as long as the potatoes matured and the initial cultivation was completed, potatoes would undoubtedly become the largest food supply for pigs.

After all, compared to today's grain, which is only two to three hundred catties per mu, the yield of potatoes per mu is at least more than one thousand catties. If managed well, as an experimental plant, it is not a big problem to produce four to five thousand catties a year, and it can even be said to be light. Relaxed.

And the output of four to five thousand catties can be said to be able to solve the famine problem of the entire Tang Dynasty in an instant, and raising pigs is naturally more than enough.

He can be said to have no panic at all.

As far as he is concerned, it only needs to be done step by step.

As long as it develops gradually, Datang will definitely be able to reach its peak.

There is absolutely no need to rush.

And time passed slowly in his unhurried manner.

In the blink of an eye, it's a month.

This month, the entire Guanzhong began to fall into the midst of catching locusts in full swing.

Li Shimin, on the other hand, is actively facing the locust plague that may appear at any time.

On the official road leading to Wannian County.

A smooth road gradually took shape.

A wheelbarrow was pushed on it.

There are also those busy figures.

Cheng Chumo's and Qin Huaidao's originally dark bodies seemed to be a little darker again.

At this moment, there was even a lot of dirt on his face.

Almost a month and a half has passed.

The speed of repair is slower than expected.

After all, although there is an official way, it is still very troublesome to expand in some places.

In addition, not all of the 1 people went to work.

Because of something at home, or need to handle farming.

There are only about two to 3000 people who can go to work stably.

This isn't modern after all, and all your enlistments have to take farming into account.