Chapter 129 Chapter 129
Meng Jia was the most introverted, but also the most observant one. She had long noticed what Ye Qing was writing in the little notebook. She didn't ask at first, but after Ye Qing touched the pregnant bellies of all the sows and they jumped out of the pigpen, she stretched her neck and peeked at the little notebook in Ye Qing's hand.
When I saw the long string of Arabic numerals on it, I was stunned.
"19, 21, 18, 23..."
Meng Jia read out a few numbers in the string, and a crazy idea flashed through her mind, but she felt it was unlikely.
After the group left the military farm and returned to Kaoshantun, Meng Jia tried to hold back, but in the end he couldn't hold it back any longer.
"Master, what were those numbers you memorized in the sow pen?"
The other people all looked towards Meng Jia.
Numbers, what numbers? Gu Weinan was confused, and apparently he didn't notice this detail at all.
Zheng Xin and Wang Chunhua did see it, but usually when the master went to the military farm to inspect the work, he would write some diary experiences from time to time, record some relevant data, etc., so the two of them didn't think much about it when they saw it.
Ye Qing looked at Meng Jia with a smile and asked, "Didn't you see it? Then what do you think it is?"
Meng Jia didn't dare to say it.
Ye Qing did not answer directly. Seeing that the others stared with eyes wide open and looked curious, she did not hide anything and took out her little notebook from her bag openly.
After seeing the string of numbers, the other three people's eyes flashed with surprise, puzzlement, curiosity and confusion. Maybe they even had a vague guess, but they didn't say it out loud.
Gu Weinan was the only one who was carefree and bold. She immediately yelled after reading it:
"Seventy-seven, that can't be the number of piglets born to the sows, right?"
But as soon as he finished speaking, Gu Weinan immediately denied his guess.
"But how is this possible?"
She grew up in the countryside. She had never eaten pork, but she had always seen pigs run away. She had been raising pigs in the mountains for many years, but when had she ever seen a sow give birth to more than 20 piglets at a time? Let alone more than 20, even if there were 10 or 8 piglets that were born smoothly and without stillbirth, that would be a very gratifying result.
But now let’s see what is written in her master’s little notebook.
They were all numbers around 20, not a single one was less than 15, and the highest even reached an outrageous 25. The average of these seventy-seven numbers was estimated to be almost over 20.
If this is really the number of piglets in a sow's belly, it is absolutely ridiculous.
Gu Weinan denied it while observing Ye Qing's expression, trying to see something from Ye Qing's face.
Ye Qing smiled meaningfully:
"Why is it impossible? If I remember correctly, the year before last, a sow in a production brigade in Hongqi Commune gave birth to 18 piglets in one litter. This incident caused a sensation in Hongqi Commune at the time. However, due to improper delivery and care, only seven piglets survived. But this at least shows that a sow carrying 17 or 18 piglets in one litter is not just an anecdote, but is completely possible, isn't it?"
Gu Weinan was speechless, refuted by Ye Qing's example.
However, giving birth to 18 piglets in one litter is just an exception. Whose sow can give birth to so many piglets every time? If the numbers recorded by Ye Qing are really the number of piglets, then it means that the sows in Qingshan Farm all gave birth to more than ten or twenty piglets. Who would dare to think of such a shocking number? Who would dare to believe it?
Gu Weinan stood there, his expression changing unpredictably, and it took him a while to find his voice:
"Master, it can't be what I just guessed, right?"
Ye Qing smiled and took the notebook back. He did not give a definite answer, but said mysteriously:
“Everything is possible.”
Not to mention Gu Weinan who couldn't believe it, even the remaining three disciples were all stunned where they were.
If this is true, the eighty sows on the military farm alone can produce nearly 1,600 piglets.
If the sow is properly cared for, she will be able to go into estrus again and enter the next breeding one week after giving birth, so giving birth to two or three litters a year is not a big problem.
According to this birth rate, if Qingshan Farm raises another 100 or 200 sows, it will be self-sufficient in terms of the number of piglets it produces, and it will not need to rely on the supply station for piglets at all!
This data is crazy. If this model can be replicated, it means that in a few years, meat will be on every household’s table for every meal!
In this period of material scarcity, when more than half of the people are not well fed or clothed, and even survival is extremely difficult, it is such encouraging news that the entire nation can have meat without worries.
If this could really happen, not only would it shock the entire three northeastern provinces, I'm afraid a major earthquake would occur in the entire country!
When they thought of this possibility, the four girls looked at each other, their faces flushed, and their emotions became excited in an instant.
Ye Qing did not explain, but she knew in her heart that the data she recorded was not false.
It is true that the reason why this batch of artificially inseminated sows were able to achieve such a high pregnancy success rate was due to the help of her supernatural powers.
But this was her first experiment after all, so she was unfamiliar and immature in technology, the various tools she used were outdated compared to later generations, and the sterile environment could not meet the requirements. If these external objective conditions could be improved, they could completely offset the advantage of her using supernatural powers to assist her.
That is to say, under the premise that the teaching technology, the tools used and the environment can be improved to the best level, even if she is not the one operating, any ordinary technician can replicate her data.
This means that in the future, promoting this technology nationwide is not just a fantasy floating in the sky, but can actually be put into practice. This is exactly the original intention of Ye Qing to come up with the scientific breeding plan.
She wants to overturn the traditional farming methods that stick to the old ways and bring about a huge innovative reform in the entire farming industry. Only in this way can the people of the country realize the freedom to eat meat.
Having meat to eat is the foundation of people's livelihood and economic development, and it is the top priority for the dragon to awaken and take off quickly!
Ye Qing firmly believed that as long as the scientific breeding plan was implemented, the day when people all over the country could drink and eat meat to their heart's content would not be far away!
Not long after the pregnancy test was completed for the sows at the army farm, the sows at Kaoshantun also showed signs of pregnancy. With Ye Qing only responsible for acupuncture and the rest of the techniques were performed by four female apprentices, all four sows became pregnant.
This incident caused quite a stir in Hongqi Commune and even the entire Qingshan Town.
After all, when Ye Qing brought four apprentices to publicly artificially inseminate sows in Yazi River, there were quite a few people watching. Those spectators who watched the whole process at that time all had a joking attitude, and few people believed that Ye Qing's method could succeed.
Little did they know that less than a month later, these skeptics would be slapped in the face.
Lai Guochang reacted the fastest and immediately went to discuss with Ye Qing, wanting to ask several female apprentices she had brought out to train other production brigades in Hongqi Commune to learn this new sow breeding method.
Lai Guochang also knew that Ye Qing was extremely busy in Kaoshantun and the farm next door and had no time to train other people, so he lowered his requirements and asked Ye Qing to send an apprentice.
Ye Qing was stunned when he heard Lai Guochang's request.
She could understand Lai Guochang's urgency to promote technology, and she also deeply admired the ideological awareness and sharp ability of this reform pioneer.
But isn't it a bit too radical to let her half-baked apprentices become teachers?
Even if her apprentices dared to take over this task, would Lai Guochang really trust them to let the representatives of the production team come to learn? Wasn't he afraid that these teachers' skills were not up to par and would mislead the students?
The result was something Ye Qing never expected. Lai Guochang was not picky at all and really dared to let his subordinates learn from him!
What's even more outrageous is that after hearing Lai Guochang's request, Ye Qing's four female disciples also became excited. They rolled up their sleeves and got to work. They were full of confidence in the skills they had just learned and they really dared to teach!
Both parties were eager to try, which made her, as the master, seem hesitant and cautious.
Ye Qing simply didn't bother to care and just let them be. She had already taught the skills thoroughly, and it was Lai Guochang's responsibility to worry about how much they had learned and how much they could teach the people below. It was only the first year anyway, and it didn't matter if they failed. At most, they would just waste some time and take a detour. It wasn't a bad thing to pay some tuition fees and accumulate some experience and lessons.
While the four apprentices went to several production teams as trainers, Ye Qing was also very busy. While she was working at the health station and taking care of the pig farm next door, she also had to follow Zhao Yuliang to the county to attend meetings from time to time.
Because the county government has almost discussed all the details about opening a feed factory and most of the procedures have been completed. The only thing that has not been decided is the site selection. Currently, all parties are arguing over it and several towns are refusing to give in, hoping that this piece of pie will fall on their heads.
Zhao Yuliang, this thief, saw that Qingshan Town Qianlu had run out of tricks and could not come up with any chips, so he directly pulled Ye Qing in.
Sure enough, Ye Qing took charge of the entire division. It was she who proposed the scientific breeding plan, and she was the first to conduct a pilot project and successfully verified it. In this regard, other towns really had no competitiveness.
That would have been fine, but the key point was that Ye Qing came fully prepared. As soon as she showed up at the meeting, she publicly stated that she would hand over the pig feed formula to the country free of charge. After the feed factory was built, the formula could be used freely, and if the feed factory needed it, she could also provide the feed factory with technical consultants.
The county government office is not stupid. Ye Qing is the director of the Kaoshantun Health Station. It is impossible for her to resign and go to the feed factory to work as a consultant. So her job as a technical consultant to the feed factory must be a part-time job. It is good enough for her to show up at the feed factory every ten days or half a month.
But even if that's the case, the county government will fully consider and utilize this convenience.
After all, the construction of this first feed factory is very critical, and this industry is now a blank area in the market. There is no relevant unit to provide reference. Therefore, Ye Qing, as the only one who understands formula technology, has become an important talent in the feed factory. After the feed factory is invested and built, it doesn’t matter who takes over the management leadership team, but Ye Qing is the only person who is irreplaceable. Even if she is only willing to hold a part-time position in the feed factory, the feed factory has to worship her as an ancestor.
Therefore, as soon as Ye Qing expressed his opinion, Qingshan Town's disadvantaged position was instantly reversed, and the location of the feed factory was finally approved unanimously.
By the time Wu Yongbing led the villagers to complete the expansion of the pig farm by the Yazi River, the official document from the county came down.
The feed factory was officially established in Qingshan Town, and the site was chosen in the lower reaches of Yazi River not far from Kaoshantun, and it was less than two kilometers away from the neighboring military farm.
The day the document was issued, the entire Kaoshantun was in an uproar.
Because Ye Qing had argued several times with Zhao Yuliang during a meeting at the county government office and won a special benefit for Kaoshantun.
That is, after the feed factory is completed and officially put into production in Yazihe, ten worker vacancies must be reserved specifically for Kaoshantun. The feed factory can set requirements for the workers' qualifications, but the personnel selection must be left to the Kaoshantun Production Brigade to decide.
This means that in a few months, when the feed factory is completed and put into trial operation, ten lucky people in Kaoshantun will be able to become formal employees of the factory. Not only will their household registration be changed to a town household registration, but they will also be able to eat state-funded food and receive a fixed salary every month!
For the villagers of Kaoshantun, this is definitely a major event that will bring honor to their family and change their status!
So when Ye Qing informed the villagers of this news, the huge village was in an uproar. Every household was talking and discussing, wanting to know how the production team would select workers, and who among so many people in their family would be the most suitable worker.
During this period, Kaoshantun was harmonious and the morale of the entire village was at an all-time high, but these ten factory quotas suddenly broke this balance. Before the selection even started, several families were already quarreling.
Fortunately, Ye Qing had anticipated this situation and immediately went to consult with the old branch secretary Wu Yongbing and decided to divide the ten places into three.
There are two vacancies, which require candidates with a junior high school education or above, and they will also have to take an exam to be selected. Only the two with the highest scores will be selected.
There are three vacancies, which are nominated by the villagers in a public meeting by secret ballot.
The remaining five places were given to the cadres of the production team, who were evaluated based on the farmers' performance in the past five years and the total work points they had earned in the past five years.
This method of selection includes three types of people: those who are smart and highly educated, those who have good character and are tactful in the village, and those who are hardworking, simple and down-to-earth. It is guaranteed that no one in the village will have any objections to the ten candidates finally selected. At the same time, these people are arranged to work in the feed factory, and they each have their own advantages and can give full play to their respective abilities and values in different positions.
Sure enough, after the brigade announced the selection rules, each family stopped arguing and quickly checked to see which members of their family met the selection requirements.
Those who have met the academic requirements hurriedly buried their heads in studying to make up for the basic knowledge; those who thought they had good interpersonal relationships went door to door to canvass for votes; as for the rest who earned a lot of work points, usually these people were hardworking and patient workmen, and at this time, it seemed that there was nothing they could do except continue to work hard.
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