Volume 9: Home Chapter 307 A friend comes from afar
"Open a new farm for us?!"
Upon hearing this proposal, Elder Kuku and the white fox Aloi immediately looked flattered, and the two who were originally working hard to finish the food on the table stopped at the same time.
"Yes." Xiao Yun said with a smile, "We have already developed all the land suitable for farming around Huoyan City. The cat farm still has a large piece of wasteland, but to be honest, it is not good to farm next to the cats. It is easy to hurt feelings... We are all striving for a better life, so it is better to avoid disputes that can be avoided."
Elder Kuku and the white fox Aloi had never dealt with the cat tribe, but... just looking at the lion tribe was enough for them to guess what the cat tribe was like. They had no doubts about this and nodded in unison.
It has been three days since the coalition forces of the four tribes arrived at Huoyan City. During these three days, Xiao Yun did not force them to work immediately, but let them rest first and recover from the fatigue of the journey... After all, he is not a devil!
Of course, ordinary members of the tribe, including warriors, can rest, but the elders and generals who lead the army cannot. Elder Kuku carried the elders of the Wing Tribe on his back. Over the past three days, Xiao Yun took them to visit the livestock farms in Huoyan City, the farms of the Snow Wolf Tribe, the farms of the Cat Tribe, and even the sugar beet planting base under the Snake Vine Valley... He focused on promoting to them the value and significance of the farmland irrigation project!
General Gloria of the Lion Clan also stopped eating and hesitated. The lioness said in confusion: "As for the farm, my clan..."
"I was just about to discuss this with you, General Gloria." Xiao Yun asked humbly, "The Golden Plains is fertile and has abundant rainfall. We believe that your tribe's demand for increased crop production should be lower than that of the Winged Tribe, Tea Bear, and Tiger Tribe. So after much thought, we think your tribe may be more interested in breeding. We are very willing to share our experience in ecologically recycling breeding of pigs, chickens, ducks, and pond fish with your tribe. What do you think, General Gloria?"
Gloria's eyes lit up and she nodded quickly: "That's great, I'd love to, thank you for your help."
After eating the food in Huoyan City for three days, the lioness has fallen in love with the fancy cooked pork without any smell and various chickens and ducks that can be eaten even with the bones... She also loves fish floss!
"In that case, we'll go to the Animal Husbandry Department in a bit." Xiao Yun nodded with a smile, then turned to continue talking about the farm with Tea Bear and the Fox Tribe... As for the Wing Clan elder, the frail winged man lay down on the kang again.
The tea bears and foxes are traditionally more agricultural races, and the reason why these two tribes have not been able to develop a proper agricultural civilization is that the tea bears lack land and the foxes lack water...
In the Far East, it is difficult for a weak clan to occupy good land!
Helsinki where the Winged Tribe lives has land and is not too short of water, but there is something called the Desolate Land there - Helsinki, which is close to the York Mountains, has had its entire western region plagued by monsters and demons for a long time, and the only peaceful land that can be used for farming is on the side close to the Tea Bear Dosi Mountains!
What should we do if our friends who come from afar cannot enjoy the benefits of farming? Let’s share a bowl of food with them!
Each of the three tribes came with more than 3,000 people. Xiao Yun’s consideration for the arrangement of these people was... to let them open farms along the Grand Canal!
The Grand Canal project dug by Huoyan City has only completed one-fifth of the estimated total construction volume. One section of the river, about 40 kilometers long, connects the River of the Earth above and an unnamed river below. Although the upstream dam has not yet been put into use, this section of the river can be opened at any time... This section of the canal cannot relieve the water storage pressure upstream of the River of the Earth, but it can be used to irrigate fields on both sides.
Well, originally this place was prepared for the cat clan. Xiao Yun had planned to send the big cats that were difficult to discipline there for "labor reform"; later, the cat clan's transformation and absorption work was very successful, and during the period of resisting foreign enemies, the arrogant big cats were particularly active in setting traps, so this "labor reform reservation area" had no chance to be used.
Of course, Xiao Yun would not help his "friend from afar" to open a farm for nothing, there were conditions -
First, Huoyan City provides land seeds, agricultural machinery and tools, and agricultural technology support, and must charge 30% of the output as rent. In addition, the farms of the three tribes must plant a certain proportion of crops needed by the Huoyan Tribe, such as sweet potatoes for making vermicelli and potatoes for making starch.
Second, the three tribes must select a certain proportion of strong laborers to participate in the transportation of logistical materials for the Grand Canal project. Among the surrendered bear tribe, 9,000 bear-headed people were arranged into the engineering team, and now they are still working in the ice and snow. The transportation of logistical materials has become a difficult problem!
Just transporting coal briquettes for heating and coal powder for gas engine boilers almost exhausted the Snow Wolf people in the Hilly New District...
"No problem!" Elder Kuku patted his chest. "We tea bears are not afraid of the cold. Leave this matter to us. Our people will be able to start transportation right away!"
Xiao Yun gave a thumbs up, he is indeed a good guy in the bear clan, he is so honest!
General Gloria also nodded and said: "I will let the boys draw lots to decide who will do the transportation and will not let them delay the work." When she said the second half of the sentence, the lioness's face was full of murderous intent.
Xiao Yun: "..." Well, these three days were enough for him to understand the conduct of the male lions in the lion tribe. To be honest, he was very glad that he didn't travel to the lion tribe...
The white fox Aloi was in a dilemma: "Well, we foxes are not afraid of the cold, but..."
But I really don't have the strength.
"We have taken this into consideration." Xiao Yun said kindly, "We hope that the Fox Tribe can send a group of people to the construction site to do lighter service work. What do you think, Elder Aloi?"
"That's no problem." Aloi breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they were not asked to compete in strength, the severe cold in the cursed land would be nothing to the fox clan.
With the experience of the previous three days of visits, the three already knew that water conservancy projects played a decisive role in agricultural and animal husbandry production, and they had no doubt that it was necessary to send tribesmen to support the construction of water conservancy projects in order to run farms and engage in breeding.
Xiao Yun chuckled and continued to discuss the details of opening the farm with the two elders... Huoyan City has mature , and the mechanism of the No. 1 Cat Farm can be removed without the part (of mobilizing the people) and then applied!
Xiao Yun is not a devil after all. He is targeting the labor force of "friends from afar" and has no intention of poaching their talents in an evil way. No matter how many years the three tribes have worked on the grassland, they are all people from the Far East. Xiao Yun makes a clear distinction between enemies and friends!
Anyway, as long as the three tribes can persevere in sweating on the grassland and contributing their youth to the grassland's GDP, it doesn't matter whether they are Far Easterners or grassland people...
After the meal, the four of them left the noisy cafeteria with smiles on their faces. Elder Kuku and Elder Aloi went together to find the elder of the Winged Tribe to share the good news with him. Xiao Yun took General Gloria straight to the Animal Husbandry Department.
The director of the Animal Husbandry Bureau and the oldest of the Golden Cat brothers was busy with the year-end breeding summary in the bureau's office which was converted from a warehouse. Upon seeing Xiao Yun coming with guests, he first let his big cats out to eat (of course when one is busy one forgets to eat and sleep, which is a virtue), then he stood up slowly, shook off the fat on his body and brought hot water to make soy milk for the guests.
General Gloria stared at the golden cat, which was even bigger than a tea bear, for a long time before she finally came to her senses...
"Want to build an ecological cycle breeding farm? In that case, you will have to open up several thousand acres of land to plant alfalfa and soybeans." After listening to Xiao Yun's introduction, the fat golden cat stroked his three-layer thick chin and said, "Well, it would be best if you could plant several hundred acres of orchards. Ah Yun, where do you plan to build the lion tribe's breeding farm?"
"The section of the Grand Canal that has been completed. We were planning to let the cat tribe go there to open a farm." Xiao Yun said after drinking a sip of soy milk.
Brother Jinmao nodded and said, "There is a wild fruit forest next to that section, so there is no need to plant trees. However, alfalfa and soybeans should still be planted. It would be best to plant a hundred acres of sweet potato leaves as well. This way, all the pig feed will be alive."
"Well, we don't know how to grow sweet potato leaves." General Gloria said in embarrassment. The lion tribe also raises livestock and grows soybeans and alfalfa.
"This is easy. You can learn it in no time. It's much simpler than planting soybeans." Brother Jinmao rummaged through the desk piled with paper documents and found a hardcover notebook. "Let's take a look at the problems in the early stage of construction. First of all, the pig sty. Each standard pig sty should be able to accommodate a hundred piglets. The wall thickness requirements... the floor requirements... the insulation requirements... the cleaning standards... the specifications of the sow delivery room... In summary, the minimum staff configuration for each pig pen is... one chicken and duck shed each, which can accommodate several standard chickens and ducklings... As for the earthworm shed, my suggestion is... and then..."
The fat golden cat kept talking non-stop. General Gloria listened carefully at first, but as more and more terms became incomprehensible to her, the iron-blooded lioness's face began to twitch and her eyes began to wander...
"... In total, a small-scale breeding farm that aims to produce about 100 tons of pork, chicken and duck meat annually must have at least 50 workers in the pig sty, at least 100 in the chicken and duck shed, and at least 30 in the earthworm shed. As for alfalfa and soybean planting, it will be fine as long as the staff take time to take care of it." Closing the notebook, Brother Golden Cat concluded seriously, "The fish pond does not need a dedicated person to be in charge, the chicken and duck farmers can just take care of it."
General Gloria was stunned. She understood a little more about the concept of 100 tons of pork and 100 tons of chicken and duck meat, and was even more stunned: "This, this, such a small number of people can raise so much meat?!"
"It can be even less. If the laborers in the chicken and duck shed can skillfully handle the series of work processes I listed earlier, the number of people can be reduced to 60 to 30." Brother Jinmao said seriously, "Of course, this process must be implemented resolutely and cannot be perfunctory. Chickens and ducks raised in a centralized manner are very easy to get sick. Once they get sick, a large number of them will die, or even all the chickens and ducks in the entire shed will die. Therefore, no details can be ignored in the work process, and no regulations can be violated!"
"It's the same with pigs. Common diseases in pigs are BALABALABALABALA..."
Brother Jinmao, who was born into a pig farming family, had a lot to say about pigs. He talked nonstop for at least ten minutes...
General Gloria, who tried very hard to listen but still felt dizzy, looked at Xiao Yun for help.
Xiao Yun spread his hands helplessly at her... People who work in technical fields are all like this when they mention their own profession, and he has no choice.
General Gloria calmed down. Just by looking at how this professional, Brother Jinmao, could talk for half an hour without stopping , she knew that breeding was not an easy business...
After satisfying his craving, Brother Golden Cat drank some soy milk to replenish his saliva, and looked at General Lioness with a sharp gaze: "How many breeding farms are you planning to open?"
General Gloria originally wanted to try one out first, but when she thought of the considerable annual meat production of the "small breeding farms" mentioned by every golden cat brother, she gritted her teeth and made up her mind: "Let's start with three... no, five!"
Brother Jinmao nodded and said, "That's fine. Raising chickens and ducks in an overly concentrated manner is indeed not as safe as raising them in five farms."
As he said this, the fat man stood up, pretended to walk out, and made a gesture to Gloria to come in.
Gloria was stunned, not understanding what he wanted to do.
Xiao Yun also stood up at this time and said naturally: "Then General Gloria, take him to lead the people and train them at our breeding farm first. If we start the training now, they will be useful in the spring."
The lioness showed an expression that was hard to describe... No, are the people here so resolute? !
Xiao Yun & Brother Jinmao: What nonsense! Why not use several hundred free interns if they can be employed a day earlier? The farms are very busy in winter and are short of staff!
