You have to understand, they have thousands of soldiers to feed on the mountain. If they only eat grain and don't have meat, where will they get the strength?
Lin Yinan placed the account books of the barracks breeding farm outside the city in front of everyone.
"Our breeding scale is constantly expanding. Even if we slaughter this batch of grown chickens, ducks, pigs and other livestock after the Lunar New Year, the livestock from the farms at the barracks will be able to start supplying livestock after the New Year."
She calculated that, based on the livestock's growth rate and the current scale of breeding, there was absolutely no need to worry about not having enough meat to eat.
After reviewing all the account books, Pan Qingfeng pondered for a while before asking Lin Yinan, "City Lord, how much will the meat cost? Do you have any plans?"
Lin Yinan gave him an admiring look at his keen mind, "I plan to open a grain and oil supply and marketing cooperative in the county town."
Lin Yiheng: "Grain and oil supply and marketing cooperative?"
Lin Yuanzhi: "Are you selling grain?"
"That's right, the accounts have been settled. Now let's have a meeting to discuss next year's plans."
Therefore, Lin Yinan ordered his secret guards to invite all the key figures from Longtan County.
It's almost the end of the year, and everyone is busy with household chores.
Fifteen minutes later, all the key management personnel of Longtan County gathered in the meeting hall.
Lin Yinan glanced at everyone present and first highly praised everyone's hard work and dedication over the past year.
"After more than half a year of hard work, Longtan has successfully grown two seasons of high-yield rice this year. The villagers in the surrounding villages have also mastered the basic planting techniques. Next year, Longtan will enter a period of rapid development."
Next, she explained to everyone why the Longtan Grain and Oil Supply and Marketing Cooperative was established.
The establishment of the Longtan Grain and Oil Supply and Marketing Cooperative serves two purposes. First, it facilitates the purchase of agricultural products from local farmers, such as rice, soybeans, and corn. These products can then be processed and sold, stabilizing market prices and preventing future price drops that could harm farmers.
In addition to purchasing agricultural and sideline products, the grain and oil supply and marketing cooperative will also complete the purchase, storage and sale of various grain seeds, fertilizers and other products.
Finally, it involves providing guidance and consultation on agricultural knowledge and planting techniques to the people under its jurisdiction, as well as leasing and selling agricultural supplies and tools.
The first thing the Lin family clan chief thought of was storing grain so they wouldn't go hungry. "That's right! Even if the year is bad, we won't have to worry about not having enough food."
Lin Yinan's suggestion was quickly met with unanimous approval.
"However, it's not easy for some of the more remote villages to make a trip to the county seat."
Yunyu has been traveling back and forth between various villages for the past six months, so she is extremely familiar with all of them.
"Can the town still be used?" Lin Yinan asked.
Yun Yu said, "Yes, it's possible, but it needs some rest."
"Make a note of this. After the New Year, have someone renovate a grain and oil shop first. Don't worry about the rest. Once salt is reintroduced, I believe many people will return."
"Anan, you've stockpiled so many fertilized eggs in the warehouse, are you going to sell them at the grain and oil store?" Lin Yiheng was a little worried because there were too many fertilized eggs.
Lin Yinan sat calmly, her eyebrows and eyes gentle and deep. "Yes, sell them together with the regular price. You can calculate it later and discuss it with Yun Yu and Hu Shao to see how many households can buy at a reasonable price. The price doesn't necessarily have to be too high."
When Hu Shao heard Lin Yinan mention his name, he hesitated before asking, "Sister Yinan, will you still be extending credit to the people for grain seeds at the beginning of the year?"
For the past six months or so, he, like Yunyu, has been patrolling the various villages below Longtan every day.
Some unscrupulous families, using the same planting methods and fertilizer and water management, always shirk their duties and cheat, resulting in a harvest that is barely enough to make ends meet. He had heard them secretly discussing wanting to come to Longtan to borrow grain seeds again at the beginning of the year.
“We won’t extend credit, but Longtan Grain and Oil Store will have high-quality rice seeds for sale.” As if knowing what he was thinking, Lin Yinan said.
Hu Shao felt relieved. He was afraid that Sister Anan would keep giving in to these people.
The matter was quickly settled, and Yunyu sent people to each village to inform them.
In Longtan County, the quantity of fertilized chicken and duck eggs and breeding rabbit seedlings to be sold has already been counted, while high-quality rice seeds will not be sold until after spring.
Just as the whole county was bustling with activity, Luo Shouxin, who had received a message from Lin Yinan, returned from Nanzhou Prefecture.
The information platform in Nanzhou Prefecture has been set up, and Yun Si and Yun Liu will stay behind with their guards to oversee it.
Lin Yinan briefly explained to Luo Shouxin the matter of establishing a grain and oil supply and marketing cooperative in Longtan County. He would be in charge of internal affairs, while Wu Xingwang would handle external affairs. The two of them would work together, and Lin Yinan believed that with their abilities, they would definitely be able to develop Longtan.
After they finished talking, Lin Yinan took her to inspect the breeding farm.
In the early days, the farm was managed by the girls from their village. As the number of people increased, the younger children went back to school, while the girls were transferred by Lin Yinan to brew wine and make sauces in the sauce workshop.
Nowadays, the farms are managed by men and women with experience in animal husbandry.
The area outside the farm was crowded with people. The men who slaughtered the pigs had set up a makeshift shed outside the farm and were slaughtering the pigs right there.
Looking at the numerous slaughtered pork pieces already displayed on the shelves, Luo Shouxin mentally estimated, "At this rate, when will we be able to sell to the villagers?"
"Hu Shao and Yun Ming have already taken people to inform the villagers. We've set the sale date for tomorrow. For villages near Longtan, it will only take an hour or two, while for more distant villages, it will probably take a couple of days," Lin Yinan said.
The people who settled in Longtan basically did not own any livestock.
So they have to walk everywhere they go.
Luo Shouxin already had a clear idea of how to proceed.
"Okay, I'll go back and get ready."
The Luo family used to be grain merchants, so he had to go back and call his father to help, and also find a few young men from the village.
Lin Fu has already copied out a copy of the household registration forms for each village, which can be used for verification later.
Luo Shouxin needed to arrange for helpers and to set up the shop's layout. Time was tight, so he left in a hurry.
Yun Shijiu rarely drinks milk during the day now, so Lin Yinan wasn't in a hurry to go back. She found a chair and sat down to watch them slaughter the pig.
These villagers are not only skilled at farming, but also adept at slaughtering pigs. With swift strokes of their knives, they separate the pig's head from its body, quickly remove its internal organs, and immediately a woman takes the organs in a basin and washes them.
Lin Shuo directed the villagers to drag out three more pigs. Seeing the fate of his fellow pigs not far away, he let out a heart-wrenching roar.
Its howls were in vain. The other villagers quickly swarmed over and pinned it down. The pig was soon slit in the throat, and the blood flowed into the bucket below.
Seeing that Lin Yinan was still sitting to the side, Lin Shuo came over and talked to her.
"Anan, aren't we going to slaughter the remaining twenty pigs?" Lin Shuo asked, puzzled. Wasn't the plan to slaughter them all at once?
"The remaining twenty pigs will be kept and distributed as year-end bonuses to everyone."
We can't have such a big New Year without any meat at home. In the past, when we fled from war, we didn't have the means, but things are different now.
Twenty pigs will be distributed, and each family will receive a small share, but it's better than nothing.
Lin Shuo was a little confused when he heard this. They ate in the canteen, and they could take it home?
Does everyone have it?
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