When the yamen came, he asked a few questions, including whether he had seen any strangers or anything strange.
These government officials all knew that Shen Zhiyao was familiar with their county magistrate, so they didn't find it difficult.
After asking the question, a government official smiled and said:
"Dr. Shen, we need to do a routine search of your house."
They searched all nearby villages and villages.
"Everyone, please do as you please." Shen Zhiyao was very cooperative.
The officials looked through it quickly, but there was no one they were looking for.
"Dr. Shen, did you raise this pig?"
Naturally, the government officials also saw the lucky pig that Mao Dazhuang and the pig butcher were holding.
"This pig looks so strong!"
"I estimate this pig weighs at least two hundred pounds."
"This is the fattest pig I've ever seen."
The government officials stood aside and looked at the pigs with eager eyes.
Seeing that they had no intention of leaving, Shen Zhiyao nodded to the pig butcher: "Get on the scale."
The lucky pig finally weighed 213 pounds.
After weighing, it’s time to kill the pigs.
If they weren't busy searching for the next one, the government officials would still want to continue reading.
After searching all the houses in the area assigned to them, the government officials returned to the government office, still talking about the fat pig in Shen Zhiyao's village.
"What kind of pig weighs more than 200 pounds?"
The county government chief heard the words of the government officials with keen ears. He was about to move forward, but he immediately retreated and walked in front of the government officials in two or three steps.
The officials talked about the pig they saw in Shen Zhiyao's village.
The chief clerk's eyes lit up, he immediately cheered up and went to find Gan Lixin.
So, when Shen Zhiyao and the others were eating the meat of the "lucky pig", Gan Li's letter arrived at her village.
"Master Gan." Shen Zhiyao welcomed Gan Lixin into the house.
"Miss Shen, I heard that your village master killed a pig weighing more than 200 kilograms today?"
"Yes." Shen Zhiyao nodded: "This pork dish is still hot. Mr. Gan, would you like to try it?"
Castrated pigs do not need special treatment and have no fishy smell.
"Miss Shen, you're welcome, no need." Gan Lixin declined with a smile.
Then he asked: "Miss Shen, I heard that you raised this pig, and you raised more than one. I wonder if you can take me to see other live pigs?"
"Of course you can, Lord Gan, please." Shen Zhiyao took him to the pig pen.
clean.
This was Gan Lixin's first impression when he saw the pig pen.
When he visited various villages, he also saw many pig pens.
No one in Miss Shen's village is so clean and has no odor.
In the pigsty, four white and fat pigs were lying down and sleeping.
Each pig, just looking at it with the naked eye, can be seen to be definitely over 200 pounds.
"Miss Shen, how do you raise these pigs of yours, and why do they get so fat?" Gan Lixin was both curious and excited.
"Master Gan, before I answer your question, why don't you taste my pork first?"
"Oh? OK."
Hearing her mention it again, Gan Lixin thought that it might have something to do with the fatness of pigs.
When he ate a piece of boiled pork, he was even more pleasantly surprised.
"The meat is more tender and the texture is more delicious than ordinary pork."
Shen Zhiyao nodded: "Master Gan has good taste. When cooking this meat, I only put a little ginger."
It means no other processing was done.
"Miss Shen, can you tell me now how these pigs are raised so well?"
Not only is it fattened, but the pork also doesn’t have a fishy smell. I don’t know how it is done.
Shen Zhiyao: "Compared with other pigs, these pigs have been castrated."
Castrate!
Gan Lixin never expected that this was the reason.
"How did Miss Shen come up with the idea of castrating pigs?"
"Is this..."
Shen Zhiyao had a look of disdain on her face.
Gan Lixin: "Miss Shen, it doesn't matter if you say it."
"Lord Gan, then I will speak out?"
Shen Zhiyao said the words he had thought of:
"I saw Mao Dazhuang and his family's pigs losing a lot of weight in the spring because they were depressed and refused to eat pig food.
I just thought, if the pig didn't have those things, was no longer affected, and didn't think about things all day long, then wouldn't the pig just focus on growing meat?
The pigs are not troubled by yearning for spring and are in a cheerful mood, so the meat is naturally more delicious. "
I see.
After listening to Shen Zhiyao's words, Gan Lixin understood why she looked embarrassed just now.
Miss Shen's idea is so bold and unique.
However, after thinking about her thoughts, Gan Lixin felt that what Shen Zhiyao said was very reasonable.
"Miss Shen, I wonder when your pigs were castrated?" Gan Lixin thought for a while and thought of the key point.
"When they were piglets."
"Pigs are easy to control when they are young. If you wait until they are older and castrate them, the meat quality will not change easily." Gan Lixin also understood why castration was done at this time.
I just don’t know if the technique of castrating pigs is easy to master.
This method of making pigs grow more meat should benefit the people of Daqi.
With this in mind, Gan Lixin also asked.
He also asked Shen Zhiyao what was different about the pig food he usually fed, etc.
Shen Zhiyao told everything she knew.
Including the environment for raising pigs, river mussel meat can be fed to pigs, etc.
Gan Li's letter was written down one by one.
Then he proposed to buy a pig from Shen Zhiyao, and presented the pig and the method of castrating the pig to the emperor.
Shen Zhiyao happily agreed, took Gan Lixin back to the pig pen, and picked out a fat pig.
When the yamen arranged by Gan Lixin brought cages to put the pigs in, she also took some pig food and packed them all.
Let the government officials take it with them to prevent the pigs from becoming accustomed to eating what they prepared and starving to death on the way to the capital.
As soon as the fat pig was delivered to the county government, Gan Lixin immediately arranged for someone with experience in transporting live animals to send the fat pig to the capital by water.
Beijing.
The ministers were not surprised when they heard that something else had been delivered from Tongfang County.
Only, is it a pig this time?
Upon hearing this news, some ministers twitched their lips.
What's the best gift for a pig? It's a live pig.
But when the fat pig arrived, these ministers were slapped in the face.
Why are the pigs in Tongfang County so fat?
All the ministers were surprised by this pig.
Even though Emperor Zhaoxing first knew the weight of the pig from Gan Lixin's folding book, he couldn't help but be amazed when he saw the real thing.
"Why is this pig donated by Tongfang County so heavy? Dear friends, do you know why?"
Emperor Zhaoxing thought of the contents on the fold, and a smile with unknown meaning appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Back to the emperor, I believe that the people who raise pigs feed the pigs more carefully every day. The pigs eat better than ordinary pigs and naturally grow fatter."
A minister came out and expressed his speculation.
