Queen Ma looked at Li Jin and asked:
"What I want to ask is, how could you even think of raising chickens like this?"
"Usually, chickens are raised in chicken pens at home, with four or five chickens raised in pens."
"Master Li, how could you think of raising chickens like this?"
Hearing this, Li Jin gently rubbed his chin and explained:
“We have to look at the problem from its essence.”
"What do people raise chickens for? Chickens and eggs."
"In this case, how to raise more chickens in less time and at lower cost is the key to the problem."
"The food that chickens eat will eventually be converted into chicken. In order to get more chicken and let the chickens grow faster, the movement of these chickens needs to be restricted."
Zhu Biao asked aloud at this time:
"Why is this? If you want a chicken to grow healthily, shouldn't it be better to let it move around more?"
Since ancient times, exercise can strengthen the body. This is common sense known to the Chinese people.
As a result, now, Li Jin actually did the opposite, which is really strange.
Li Jin smiled slightly and said:
"I believe that all things follow the conservation of energy."
"Chickens eat food and grow meat because the energy in the food is transferred to the chicken."
"And if a chicken moves, it uses up energy."
"Therefore, in order to make chickens grow up faster, they need to eat more and exercise less."
"This increase and decrease is the reason why these farmed chickens can grow rapidly."
"This is why I came up with such a wonderful breeding method, just use your brain more."
"Conservation of energy?"
Zhu Yuanzhang, who heard the new term again, was still confused and expressed his confusion.
Is meat also energy? So all the wheat and rice we eat are energy?
How can those foods that are clearly visible and tangible be energy?
Although he wanted to refute Li Jin, according to Li Jin's method, the chicken was actually born.
He, Zhu Yuanzhang, had seen the story of plucking seedlings to help them grow, but he had never heard of the allusion of plucking chickens to help them grow.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, but finally said nothing.
After all, facts speak louder than words. In the face of facts, no matter how you explain it, it will pale in comparison.
"Wonderful, really wonderful!"
"The talent of an adult is really a thousand times better than that of a villain. The villain really admires the adults extremely."
The chicken farmer doesn't miss an opportunity to flatter him.
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said:
"Humph, it's just some crooked ways."
"As a county magistrate, your main job is to make decisions for the people and let them live a better life."
Empress Ma gently pulled Zhu Yuanzhang's sleeve and asked him to say less.
Even Zhu Biao stood there with an embarrassed look on his face, not knowing what to say.
The chicken farm owner, who was still smiling at first, suddenly turned serious when he heard that Zhu Yuanzhang dared to speak ill of Li Jin and said:
"It's a joke. Our adults have done a lot for the people. How much do you know?"
"Just this one chicken farm can bring benefits to so many people. If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense."
"I, Mr. Hu, will never allow you to insult my family."
Zhu Yuanzhang said disdainfully:
"You are a chicken farm owner, and you are the same as your family, so of course you would say this."
"It's you who will benefit in the end. What does it have to do with the people?"
The boss became anxious when he saw this and said:
"Who said it has nothing to do with it?"
"My chicken farm alone employs hundreds of people, and the monthly salary of these hundreds of people is not more than five taels of silver."
"If you work hard, you can earn ten taels of silver. If you are not an adult, how can they live such a life?"
"This is just a chicken farm. There are hundreds of thousands of people in Shanghu County, but this is not the only chicken farm."
"There are several chicken farms of this scale."
"They support no less than a thousand people. If they weren't adults, how could these thousands of people live such a good life?"
"Fifty taels of silver a month?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened in disbelief.
How is it possible that you can get so much money just by helping the boss raise chickens here?
You must know that the monthly salary of a seventh-grade official in the imperial court is only six dan of grain, and so much grain is the income of the official's family.
If it is true, as the boss said, that every commoner working here can earn so much money, then if two people from a family work here, it will be twice the salary of a seventh-grade official.
This...this is really incredible.
"Of course, this is the salary set by our Lord himself."
The boss raised his head proudly and said:
"If you don't believe it, feel free to ask around. Is there anyone in my chicken farm whose income is less than five taels of silver?"
Of course Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe it, but looking at the seriousness of what the boss said, he was a little suspicious.
Empress Ma was also beside Zhu Yuanzhang at this moment and whispered:
"The boss shouldn't dare to say anything about this kind of thing. It seems like this chicken farm is really amazing."
"If there are literally thousands of people being fed, that's a thousand families."
"And Shanghu County will definitely not only have chicken farms, but also duck farms, goose farms and so on."
"Li Jin is really a capable person. Just a simple idea can benefit tens of thousands of people. It's amazing."
Empress Ma looked at Li Jin with even more admiration. After all, a good official is an official who can lead the people to make money.
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent.
Although these things Li Jin did were considered human affairs, the fact that Li Jin was a corrupt official was like a thorn stuck in Zhu Yuanzhang's throat, making him very uncomfortable.
Li Jin saw Empress Ma's admiring gaze, smiled slightly and said:
"These are nothing, just trivial things."
"Actually, I think the most valuable items in this chicken farm are the incubators."
"Oh? Why did Mr. Li say this?"
Zhu Biao expressed his confusion. Although the incubator is also very precious, it is still slightly inferior to this method of raising chickens.
"Is there anything else that can be said about this?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were also attracted by Li Jin. For these coffins in front of him, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that except for the crystal inside, they were really worthless.
He didn't expect Li Jin to value these coffins so much, and he couldn't help but wonder, could there be something inside them?
Li Jin looked at the crowd and casually walked to a coffin and said:
"These are just original versions, and their purpose is to hatch eggs."
"But its name is not an incubator, but an incubator."
"Its main function is to maintain heat and keep the surrounding temperature at a suitable temperature."
"Think about where else they could be used?"
"cooler box?"
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly. He didn't understand the difference between an incubator and an incubator.
In his opinion, these two things are the same box, except for the different names, there is no other difference.
As for their role, of course it is incubation.
"In addition to hatching chickens, and of course ducks, what else can you do?"
"We think you are just being mysterious!"
Li Jin saw Zhu Yuanzhang's uninformed look, his face was full of disgust, and then he softly uttered two words in his mouth.
But these two words made Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao change their expressions. They looked at Li Jin in disbelief, not believing that what Li Jin said was true.
