Chapter 260 Pharmaceutical Workshop
Jiang Tangtang did not refuse anymore. She accepted the pearls that Su handed over and told Su about her thoughts.
Now that pearl farming has been a huge success, Su naturally has no more doubts and trusts Jiang Tangtang wholeheartedly. "What do you want to do? Tell mother and I'll take care of it."
Jiang Tangtang pondered and said, "It would be best if we could breed the river clam seedlings ourselves and also research and develop feed for the clams..."
"Feed?" There was no such thing as feed in that era, and Su didn't quite understand.
Jiang Tangtang thought for a moment and explained, "It's like what we do at our pig farm. We buy dead fish and rotten shrimp cheaply from fishermen, dry them in the sun, grind them into powder with rice husks, and then mix them with vegetable leaves to feed the pork."
Sometimes there are dead fish at the seaside or lakeside, as well as some scraps from seafood processing workshops that cannot be processed and sold. Jiang Tangtang felt it was a waste, so she thought of modern pig feed and asked someone to make it into powder to try raising pigs.
Pigs in pig farms that use this kind of local feed grow bigger and better than those in ordinary pig farms, and are ready for sale faster.
Nowadays, even rotten fish and shrimp have become popular.
Fishermen would pick up any dead fish, shrimp, crabs, etc. that they encountered while fishing and sell them to pig farms, or dry them, grind them into powder, and feed their own pigs.
Su also knew about this. As soon as Jiang Tangtang mentioned it, she understood. "Could it be that river clams are also fed with the powder of rotten fish and shrimp?"
"That definitely won't work." Jiang Tangtang remembered seeing it on a certain audio platform before, and it seemed to use algae.
Anyway, let the people below try it out. The ancient people were very clever and could often come up with many unexpected tricks.
Su said, "I'll take care of this matter, don't worry about it. It's rare for you to come back, so take a good rest."
There is definitely no time to rest.
Jiang Tangtang came back this time not only to check on the breeding situation at the pearl farm, but also had many important things to do.
But it has been a long time since I last spent time with the children. After Jiang Tangtang and Su Shi explained the matter of the pearl farm, they went to find the children.
Lu Jingcheng and his siblings have become very familiar with Haihai. Lu Tiantian likes Haihai very much. She touched Haihai's head and said, "Mom, can you let us raise Haihai?"
Jiang Tangtang glanced at the obedient little Caspian tiger in her daughter's arms and said, "As long as it's willing."
"Really?" The three siblings all looked surprised. Lu Tiantian was so happy that she almost jumped up. "Haihai, did you hear that? Mom said you can come with us. Do you want to live on the island with us? I can take you fishing at the beach and explore the thorn forest."
Xiao Haihai looked at the hostess and then at his mother, and saw expectant looks in both of their eyes.
It feels a little reluctant and a little sad.
Just when Jiang Tangtang thought it was going to refuse, it rubbed its head against Lu Tiantian's palm to show that it was willing.
"Mom, is it willing?" Lu Tiantian said excitedly in disbelief.
"That's right!" Jiang Tangtang felt a little sorry for the little Caspian Tiger. She patted its head and said, "You have to treat it well and treat it like a friend, okay?"
"Mom, don't worry, we will treat it better than ourselves." Lu Tiantian patted her chest proudly and made the promise like a little adult.
"Mom, I wonder what Haihai usually eats? How do you raise him?" Lu Jingcheng was more thoughtful and took the lead in asking Jiang Tangtang about the raising of the little tiger.
"Haihai is still breastfeeding, but it's okay. Little Haihai is already half a year old and can be weaned. I will prepare some food for him, and you can just feed him meat as usual."
Because Jiang Tangtang often feeds the little Caspian tiger spiritual springs and puts it in space to absorb spiritual energy, the little Caspian tiger looks much older than half a year old and is very strong.
Jiang Tangtang planned to prepare some things containing spiritual energy for Xiao Li Haihu to ensure the replenishment of spiritual energy.
The matter of the little tiger was settled. Jiang Tangtang played with the children for half a day and took time out to meet Xue Banxian early the next morning.
When Xue Banxian saw Jiang Tangtang, he was still as irritated as usual, "Girl, do you want to ask this old man to help you with something again?"
Ever since she began to govern several areas in Lingnan, everyone treated her with respect, except Xue Banxian, who remained the same as before.
Jiang Tangtang felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity. She smiled and took out the snacks she had prepared in advance, "If there's nothing else, then why can't I come to see you, old man?"
When Xue Banxian saw the gift from Jiang Tangtang, his eyes lit up immediately. He opened the package and started eating without hesitation. While eating, he sighed, "It's been a long time since I've eaten something you made yourself."
Jiang Tangtang said, "If you come back to Lingnan with me and live there permanently, won't you be able to eat it more often?"
"Do you still have time to make these little gadgets now?" Xue Banxian ate the crispy and fragrant dried fruits and vegetables with a look that said, "Don't try to fool me."
Jiang Tangtang laughed and said, "Why don't I have time? I'm not busy with government affairs all day long. I need a break, right? I can tinker with it during my break!"
This time, Xue Banxian didn't even bother to look at her, obviously not believing Jiang Tangtang's words at all.
He was like a little hamster, his mouth bulging with food, and he mumbled, "Tell me! What kind of pill do you want me to get you?"
Jiang Tangtang couldn't help but laugh at his expression. "You don't have to do it yourself this time. Just help me think of a few suitable recipes, and I'll have the workers in the workshop follow the steps."
"You want to open a medicine workshop?" The dried okra crumbs that Xue Banxian ate were hanging on his beard, his eyes were wide open, and he looked very funny.
Jiang Tangtang suppressed a laugh and said, "Yes! Is Divine Doctor Xue interested in helping me set up a workshop?"
In the past two years, apart from occasionally going out to sea to give advice to doctors in Lingnan for Jiang Tangtang's sake, Doctor Xue has spent most of his time living on the island, leading a leisurely retirement life.
Jiang Tangtang had long had the idea of setting up a pharmaceutical factory, but seeing that Doctor Xue looked like he wanted to retire on the island, he never mentioned it.
Sure enough, although Xue Banxian was shocked, he quickly refused and said, "I'm not going."
He exhaled through his nose as he finished speaking. "Do you think that's the same as running a rouge shop or a seafood processing workshop? Without a doctor to diagnose the disease, how can you just take medicine casually? That would kill people."
"Why not? The hemostatic pills and wound medicines sent to the battlefield haven't been diagnosed by doctors, and the soldiers on the battlefield are using them well, right?"
"So you opened a workshop to make wound medicine and hemostatic pills?"
"Not entirely." Jiang Tangtang said: "In addition to the medicines used on the battlefield, I also want to make some pills for treating typhoid fever and some pills for skin care."
The first two, one for battlefields and the other for the poor, are not for profit. The last type of medicine caters to the aristocracy and is the one that truly wants to make a profit.
She planned to use the profits from the last category of health-care drugs to achieve the goal of balancing the pharmaceutical workshop's income and expenditure and becoming financially self-sufficient.
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