Perhaps it's because the Peach Blossom Spring is too popular.
On several hunting trips into the mountains, we never encountered any more large livestock such as wild boars, wild cattle, or wild sheep.
However, the Taohuayuan breeding farm is now taking shape.
There are currently more than 500 wild boars of various sizes.
More than half of the 100 sows were pregnant with piglets.
In the spring, the pig farm will have more than 400 piglets.
Both the sows and boars underwent breed improvement through space-based rearing over a period of time.
The survival rate of pigs is very high, and sows usually have more than ten piglets.
Moreover, the piglets were all very healthy.
The wild boar breed has not only undergone spatial improvement, but Han Dazhong and his team also castrated the boars early on, so the pork is very delicious and has little gamey smell.
According to Li Lanzhen's plan, the pork from the farm will be reserved for the Taohuayuanli canteen and will not be sold to customers.
But people kept asking at the grocery store if they had pork for sale.
Only then were a few pigs sold.
Among livestock farms, rabbit farming is the most common.
The rabbits reproduced so quickly that not only were they supplied to the main canteen, but more than 300 rabbits were also slaughtered and sold in the general stores of Youzhou City every month.
Secondly, the number of chickens, ducks, and geese has increased dramatically.
Ducks and geese have now taken over the reed beds.
Chickens, ducks, and geese also have very high egg production rates.
Chickens, ducks, geese, fresh eggs, and salted eggs were delivered to the grocery store in a steady stream.
Of course, the main canteen also continued to provide food.
Therefore, these ingredients are continuously delivered to the general store for sale every month, and are naturally the most popular among the people of Youzhou City.
Goats reproduce relatively slowly, but their numbers are steadily increasing.
Once a ewe gives birth to a lamb, the lamb has a 100% survival rate.
Bison reproduce very slowly. Cows on cattle farms are treasures and are carefully cared for. Generally, except for spring plowing, cows are not allowed to work in the fields.
The bulls were the main force doing farm work in the fields.
Despite her craving for beef, Li Lanzhen has not yet been able to slaughter a single cow for meat.
Taoyuan's aquaculture industry is now developing very steadily.
By this time next year, everything will have doubled.
The fertilizer produced by various poultry and livestock is fermented and then used to fertilize the land.
The breeding and planting in Peach Blossom Spring have formed a virtuous cycle.
The rice will be ready for harvest in about ten days.
This year, the area of paddy fields has increased by more than 1,000 mu.
Currently, there are more than 2,300 mu of paddy fields in Taohuayuan.
Fish fry were released into the paddy fields.
Last year, everyone saw the benefits that rice paddy fish brought to everyone.
This year, without Li Lanzhen even mentioning it, Zhang Deshui and the others had already made plans for it long ago.
The "rice flower fish" have already been sold in two batches at the general store in Youzhou City.
Last year, the reputation of Taohuayuan's rice paddy fish was spread by Sifang Restaurant.
Therefore, as soon as the wooden sign for selling live rice paddy fish was hung up in the general store, it attracted a large number of purchasing managers from wealthy families in Youzhou City to compete for the fish.
Those who couldn't get their hands on the rice paddy fish in the first batch registered with Han Shunde early on, waiting for the next batch to arrive so they could be the first to grab them.
This supply-demand imbalance has ironically increased the value of rice paddy fish.
Li Lanzhen's space contained only a small amount of glutinous rice, but it also contained glutinous rice seeds.
Therefore, more than 400 mu of paddy fields were planted with glutinous rice.
These glutinous rice varieties are round-grain glutinous rice.
According to Bai Houpu and others, Li Lanzhen currently uses long-grain glutinous rice, not round-grain glutinous rice.
I wonder how these round-grain glutinous rice seeds will turn out after they mature.
In Peach Blossom Spring, except when the land is frozen and cannot be cultivated, the teams that reclaim wasteland never stop throughout the year.
This year, the wheat planting area reached more than 5,000 mu, and as always, it is growing very well, with full ears of wheat and robust plants.
Corn planting has increased significantly compared to last year, with the planting area reaching over 8,600 mu this year. Soybeans have also been intercropped in the cornfields.
The canteen consumed a lot of soybeans last year, so we increased the planting volume this year.
Last year, soybeans were mainly used to make tofu and sprout beans.
In addition, there are more than 500 acres of land planted with a variety of plants.
They planted over 400 mu of millet, sesame, mung beans, and sorghum on 100 mu of land.
Sweet potatoes and potatoes are still grown in that sandy soil.
This year, the area has reached more than 7,000 mu.
The potatoes and sweet potatoes planted on these 7,000 mu of land are usually managed by workers from the vermicelli factory.
However, when it came to planting, everyone in Peach Blossom Spring participated in the rush to plant.
The vermicelli factory had already stopped production in April due to a shortage of raw materials.
The workers at the vermicelli factory all knew that these sweet potatoes and potatoes were the raw materials for them to continue making vermicelli.
They take good care of her normally, and in their spare time, they continue to build more housing in the vermicelli factory.
The sweet potato and potato grinder has undergone several improvements and now operates with ease, resulting in better grinding quality.
Li Lanzhen found a simple blueprint for a dough mixer, gave it to Li Xishui, explained the principle to them, and asked them to build a mixer for sweet potatoes and potato starch.
This mixer works like a human hand, crushing sweet potatoes and potatoes, squeezing out the juice, letting it settle, and then obtaining potato and sweet potato starch. Flour is then added and the mixture is stirred until it becomes elastic.
The improved mixer, like a pair of powerful hands, vigorously kneads the sweet potato and potato starch dough.
The workers all said the improved dough mixer was flexible and easy to use.
This time, the vermicelli factory built a small courtyard behind the production area, which is the residential area.
Li Lanzhen plans to make another trip to Youzhou City to buy more than 100 people to join the sealing factory.
At the vermicelli factory, the back room at the entrance is reserved for the people on night duty.
As the quantity of vermicelli produced by vermicelli factories increases, fire prevention and theft prevention must be addressed accordingly.
Li Lanzhen decided that she had to train her own guard team and could no longer use the guard team from Peach Blossom Spring.
The guards in Peach Blossom Spring are also having a lot of work to do.
One group was tasked with guarding the safety of Peach Blossom Spring, another group was to be sent to protect the granary, and a few others were to be dispatched to provide security for the general store in Youzhou City.
When Manager Hua came to pick up vegetables last time, Li Lanzhen told him to help find a dozen or so men who had worked as guards.
In addition, as more and more acres of wasteland are reclaimed in Peach Blossom Spring, the existing people are finding it increasingly difficult to cultivate the land.
Li Lanzhen was thinking that she should still buy a group of people to grow grain.
She's short-staffed!
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