"Doctor Xia, do you have any medicine to make pigs sleep?"

Chen Nong looked at the piglet that was still struggling frantically with its four hooves tied up, and he didn't know where to start.

"Yes, otherwise I can't castrate this!"

Warden Wang was also a little embarrassed.

He was originally an official in charge of castration, and he used to castrate people. He never expected that he would have to castrate pigs during his lifetime.

"Please wait a moment, I have asked the medicine boy to prepare it."

Xia Wuqie had anticipated this.

Livestock have no rationality and act only on impulse and instinct. If they sense danger, they will naturally fight back desperately.

After a while, the little medicine boy came over carrying a bucket of medicine.

Chen Nong quickly scooped up a bowl of soup and fed it to the piglet. After a few breaths, the pig's heart-wrenching cries gradually subsided.

"Master Wang, please."

Although Chen Nong wanted to turn around and not watch the scene that would make every man feel a chill in his crotch, he still endured the discomfort and watched in order to record the method of castrating pigs.

Xia Wuqi, on the contrary, was very calm and composed.

After all, as a doctor, what kind of bloody and cruel scenes hasn’t he seen?

It's just castration.

Jailer Wang stroked his chin and thought, whether it is a human or a pig, the eggs should be the same, right?

He didn't hesitate, picked up the special knife, and cut it quickly and efficiently.

As soon as the castration was completed, Xia Wuqi immediately stepped forward and applied anti-inflammatory herbs to the pig.

After becoming familiar with the process, the next step is to repeat the injection of medicine, the egg-pouring, and the application of medicine.

Finally, when the sun was setting and the sunset glowed, the operation on more than a dozen piglets in the pigpen was successfully completed.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Chen Nong stood up to thank everyone.

"Thank you, Doctor Xia and Warden Wang, for your hard work today."

"No need to be so polite. The Queen has entrusted us with this, and we will do our best to fulfill our mission."

The two of them politely returned the greeting.

At this time, Xia Wuqi suddenly asked Chen Nong curiously.

"After this pig is castrated, can its meat really become plump, tender, and without any fishy smell?"

Before Chen Nong could answer, jailer Wang took the initiative to speak up.

"From what I've observed, men do tend to become obese and their skin becomes fairer and softer after castration. I think the same is true for pigs."

Chen Nong's mouth twitched.

There is a difference between castrating a pig and castrating a person, right?

Besides, is it really appropriate for three of us grown men to talk about this kind of topic?

"If Doctor Xia is curious, why not come over and see what's happened to the piglet sometime?"

In this way, if the pig gets sick, they can ask Doctor Xia for treatment.

In order to live up to the Empress's trust, the honest Chen Nong had to play a trick.

"That's not a bad idea."

After hearing the implication of the words, Xia Wuqie did not refuse.

After all, the piglet has grown up, and the Queen Mother will not give him less rewards.

A month later, summer has arrived and the temperature is suitable.

In the pigpen, the fat white piglets were grunting as they ate rice bran mixed with grass.

"How strange! This pig has grown whiter, tenderer, and fatter after being castrated."

Xia Wuqi stood outside the pigpen, stroking his beard in surprise.

"Not only that, their temperaments have become much gentler."

Chen Nong was also deeply moved.

In his impression, pigs are black, strong, ferocious, and have fangs. They become very irritable when they are in estrus, and wooden pig pens cannot hold them in at all.

He once heard his grandfather say that a man died after his stomach was pierced by the long tusks of a pig while trying to stop it.

That terrifying beast seemed to have nothing to do with the group of lazy and gluttonous domestic pigs in front of them.

"I'll try the pork then to see how it tastes."

Although Xia Wuqi was the imperial physician and had enough food and drink, he could not eat meat every day.

"Hahaha, it's probably no worse than beef and mutton."

The two chatted for a while and then prepared to return to the palace.

Chen Nong also had to report his pig-raising achievements to the Queen.

The inner hall of Zhangtai Palace.

Chu Yuening was processing memorials.

At this time, a palace maid reported to her that Chen Nong wanted to see her. She put down the memorial and ordered someone to come in.

"Your Majesty, as you said, castrated pigs are not only docile, but also fatter."

As soon as he entered the hall, Chen Nong excitedly reported to Chu Yuening.

When Chen Nong received this strange task from the Queen, he was stunned on the spot.

He had never heard that castrating a pig could remove the fishy smell of pork and make the meat tender and delicious.

But with trust in the Queen, Chen Nong still gave it a try. Unexpectedly, the effect a month later really surprised him.

"Not bad, not bad. Thank you for your hard work."

Although Chu Yuening, who was sitting at the top, appeared calm on the surface, she was actually very pleased in her heart.

A month ago, she ordered people to collect some piglets and asked Chen Nong to castrate them. She also sent Xia Wuqi and a prison guard in charge of castration to assist.

After all, slaughtering pigs requires certain skills.

In addition, the wound after testicle removal needs to be anti-inflammatory in time, otherwise it is easy to get infected and die.

So this time we sent two people to assist.

"I haven't done anything, but I'm sorry to bother Doctor Xia and Lord Wang."

Chen Nong didn't dare to take credit for it, as it was mainly the two of them who did the work, and he was only responsible for the subsequent feeding.

Just as the two were discussing the subsequent pig-raising arrangements, Ying Zheng returned from court.

Chu Yuening's eyes lit up and she happily shared the good news with her husband.

"A Zheng, Chen Nong said the pig castration experiment was successful."

"Oh? Chen Qing, tell me in detail."

Ying Zheng asked curiously as he walked over to sit next to his wife.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"After the piglets were castrated, they became docile and rarely fought over the past month. We fed them bran and grass, and they gained weight significantly during this period. We estimate they will weigh 200 to 300 kilograms when they are ready for slaughter."

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