Even though Li Zhao had a lot of money and purchased a lot of construction materials, it was still not enough.
Of course, Li Zhao didn't want to buy them all. After all, he also paid wages to these villagers, so he had to do his best to prepare what he could.
If the wood is just for building a house, in fact, Liu Dazhuang and his people have cut down the wood in the mountains and forests in the past few months, which is definitely enough.
But now, threshing machines, windmills, rice mills and curved shaft plows all require the use of wood. The proportion of wood is really too great, far exceeding that of stone and iron ore.
Buy another batch of wood before winter and prepare another batch to dry. It will be enough for next spring, even if you can't cut down the trees.
The data given by Li Zhao were also estimated by the palace's secretary, carpenters and others.
The overall goal Li Zhao set was to exceed the calculated demand results.
"Liu Sanniu!"
"exist!"
Li Zhaodao: "How many cows are there now?"
"There are three thousand two hundred and thirty-eight in total." Liu Sanniu was already familiar with the number of cattle: "Among them, there are 474 calves."
Everyone in the camp looked at him in surprise. They didn't expect that he would give birth to so many calves after taking over the cowshed.
If there is anyone else who is the richest besides Long Carpenter and others who are engaged in R&D, then Liu Sanniu must be one of them.
Every time a calf was born, Li Zhao would generously reward him.
Liu Sanniu stayed with the cows all day long and took good care of the cows. Unknowingly, he accumulated an astonishing wealth.
Li Zhao was very satisfied with Liu Sanniu's work attitude and said, "You will be rewarded at the end of this year."
Now everyone in the camp was envious.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Liu Sanniu thanked him quickly.
"You deserve this." Li Zhao said: "Next year, we will try to make more than 4,000 cattle. Can you do it?"
Now there are still more than 700 cows short of 4,000. It may not seem like a lot, but it is a very arduous task to get all these cows to become pregnant and successfully give birth to calves.
Cattle will be the main productive force in the next ten years. Even if cattle are really liberated in the future, they can still be sold to the people.
If ordinary people had cattle, their lives would be much easier.
Liu Sanniu solemnly said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely increase the number of cattle to 4,000 next year."
"Okay!" Li Zhao nodded with satisfaction and looked at Yang Daqiang.
It has already entered December, and the pigs in the palace have been raised for four or five months.
These pigs were all castrated, of course, the breeding pigs were not moved.
During this period, Li Zhaoguang harvested pig grass, which probably amounted to tens of thousands of kilograms, not counting what others harvested, which eventually turned into pig feed.
After the development of the rice mill, the amount of bran produced every day was so large that a special room was needed to store it.
At the same time, the water used for washing pots and pans is also the most nutritious, and these are the most nutritious feed for pigs.
Therefore, the pigs raised by Yang Daqiang are big and fat.
Although it is only one or two hundred kilograms, it is already quite good in such a short period of time.
Next year, we will start raising pigs from scratch. If we don’t raise a pig weighing three to four hundred pounds, we won’t be able to afford such a good meal.
"Your Majesty, there are 782 pigs in total. Excluding the old sows and breeding pigs, there are only 716 left." When Yang Daqiang took over this year, they were still little piglets.
In addition, the number is not very large, so the data is definitely not comparable to Liu Sanniu.
But he raised and fattened nearly 800 pigs, which was also a skill.
Although pigs in this era also have rough skin and thick flesh, they are also more susceptible to disease.
It's Yang Daqiang's ability to keep his head alive.
When Li Zhao heard this data, he couldn't help but be moved and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard work!"
"Keep it up for another month!"
"Yes!" Yang Daqiang didn't ask why.
Of course pigs are raised for food during the Chinese New Year.
Li Zhao planned to reward the soldiers and villagers well at the end of the year.
It’s the first New Year in Jiaozhou, so you can’t just take it lightly.
"Wu Puppy!"
"Young one is here." Wu Xiaowu looked at Li Zhao with a smile. He was very familiar with Li Zhao.
All the local dogs here are raised by him.
Dogs live in a litter throughout their lives, and it only takes a few months to grow to a relatively large size.
Therefore, Li Zhao doesn't know how many watchdogs Wu puppy has raised for Li Zhao now.
But I have to say that the dog Wu Xiaoxiao raised was very docile and heartfelt to his owner.
"How many dogs do you have?" Li Zhao asked.
"Back to your lord, the younger one has raised a total of 25 female dogs, 51 male dogs, and now there are 25 puppies."
Everyone in the camp couldn't help but gasp after hearing the report.
This dog is already in a pack.
Li Zhao knew that native dogs were actually very intelligent and sincere. Apart from their unsightly appearance, they were really no worse than the so-called breed dogs of the later era.
Of course, it was also influenced by the environment at that time. There were always people who felt that foreign gadgets were the noblest and local dogs could only be the lowest.
Li Zhao couldn't change this fact. He had raised a dog before, and it was a native dog. He liked it very much because such dogs were very sensible and obedient. They could look after the house, protect the house, catch mice, and everything.
I've never been picky about food.
There are still many places where Li Zhao needs dogs, so he doesn't ignore them: "Then you try to raise them all!"
"However, I also need to give you a task."
Wu Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up when he heard the word mission.
From the time he raised a dog to today, he felt that he was the most transparent and had no sense of existence. The prince did not ask him for questions, which made him a little worried.
Today, finally a big rock fell.
"Please give me your instructions, Your Majesty."
"These dogs are very good, but they are not enough!" Li Zhao said: "I need you to train them so that they become more obedient and can understand instructions. When necessary, they can smell the scent to find people or things. Do you understand? "
Wu Xiaowu was stunned. Is it that simple?
"Wu Xiaoxiao, why are you so dazed? The prince is talking to you." An old man reminded, why is this melon boy still distracted?
"My lord, actually...I can do it now."
"Huh?" Li Zhao was surprised. What he knew was that although the native dogs in ancient times were also very smart, they had not yet evolved to the level of the later era.
"you can do it?"
"Yes!" Wu Xiaowu nodded affirmatively and said, "Why don't I give it a try?"
Li Zhao didn't believe in evil, so he asked Wu Xiaoxiao to find Wu Diao Temple outside. Unexpectedly, the dog was actually found.
Wu Diao Si was confused at the time.
Li Zhao asked the dog to find the hidden things again, but to his surprise, there were no exceptions.
This surprised Li Zhao. Do native dogs in this era evolve so quickly?
If this is the case, then Wu Puppy can breed these dogs as military dogs.
If You Wangwei had military dogs to assist him, he would be more majestic and majestic in the future.
"Okay, then you should breed them in this way first. There are other requirements I will tell you next. Remember, you can keep many dogs and you cannot abandon them!"
