At this time, the attendant Zhou Rui suddenly said, "Sir, let's wait first?"

"Pass?" Zhang Han made a battle, but Zhou Rui didn't need to explain it. The ducks soon appeared in front of him. The large groups of yellow hairs had not yet faded and were swaying, swaying in large numbers, while screaming and driving northward. There were also a small number of adults in the ducks. It was estimated that most of them were female ducks. Some smaller ones followed the female ducks and lined up in a long line. A normal female duck would definitely not hatch so many ducks, which was mostly due to the kang room.

"Old Uncle Zhou!"

Zhang Han saw Zhou Fengji at a glance, and immediately bowed from afar, and then got off the horse and came to see him.

"Wenlan, don't be too polite." Zhou Fengji quickly jogged over, pressed Zhang Han's leg, and said with a smile: "My subordinates have blocked Wenlan's way. I really can't afford it if I ask you to come down to see you."

Zhang Han looked at Zhou Fengji and smiled and said, "Uncle Zhou, your legs and feet look much more neat than when you were in Xinpingbao. Your face is dark and red, but you look much more energetic."

"This is natural." Zhou Fengji smiled and said, "Now we are rushing everywhere every day. From Tianchengwei to Lingqiu, we now have more than 50 kang rooms. Not only are we hatched, but there are also some geese, and there are also many. Even the geese grow slowly and are more delicate, but as long as we are not afraid of hard work, we are afraid that the soldiers will not only eat duck meat, but also goose meat."

"Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Zhou." Zhang Han said with great emotion: "No matter what, body bones are the most important. However, looking at your appearance, you may be much happier than when you were in Xinpingbao, so I feel relieved."

Zhang Han then asked: "More than fifty kang houses, how many geese have hatched now?"

"It's a lot." Zhou Fengji thought for a while and said, "There are more than ten houses with the size of the kang house. It can hatch thousands of eggs at a time. This time it's the third time. You have also seen it. There are at least 20,000 to 30,000. Before summer, I guess there will be more than 100,000 people in the water. I found some experienced duck driving people from all over the country. They said that as long as the water is in the summer, it will grow slowly after summer, and it won't get sick. It's not like raising chickens. One chicken plague will die, and you won't cry even if you can cry! If you grow fat before winter this year and survive more, you will also produce more eggs at that time. I plan to expand the breeding scale to more than 200,000 next year."

"Even if you have to rush to the Sanggan River."

"Yes, I just have to go there." Zhou Fengji said: "It's just that duck raising staff, it's estimated that it will cost a lot of money to hire more. One person can only see a group of thousands at most. It's calculated that there will be two or three hundred staff next year, but it's quite a bit of expense."

"This is a good thing, Uncle Zhou." Zhang Han said: "Put it in the river, don't feed it in summer. Just feed it a small amount of coarse grains and some grass. Kill most of them before winter, and there is no need to prepare food for winter. Unlike sheep, it needs to have a large place. In addition to eating it by itself, it also needs to eat it. Otherwise, it will not grow fat. If it wants to be well-fed, it will also require a lot of hay to prepare. I am stupid to have to take care of it carefully. Why didn't I think about large-scale stockings early? I have put a lot of effort into raising pigs and chickens."

Zhang Han did not expect that before that, he took out a small notepad and took out a hard pen from the cowhide bag. This hard charcoal pen was specially made by the military officer for him. It was also a privilege given to him by Zhang Han himself. There must be people who write articles with a brush immediately. Some people can even use a brush to make it a brilliant masterpiece. Zhang Han thought that he did not have such skills, so he should be quick and convenient to write with a hard pen.

"Next year, you can send 500 people to Uncle Zhou." Zhang Han wrote a formal order and asked Zhou Rui to stamp it with his seal. Of course, Zhou Fengji had to send this official document to the attendant department. After the attendant department officially issued it, each department would follow it. The corresponding process would be carried out. This is not because someone wanted to despise Zhang Han's authority. This process was decided by himself, and of course he had to take the lead in observing it.

Zhang Han said to Zhou Fengji: "By the next year, we will mainly try to grow cotton on the grassland. Now a lot of land has bloomed. I will also go to see it after a while. Li Erguillot is still running on the grain, and our Lizhuang can also collect a lot of food. The staple food is guaranteed and the stored grain is enough, but a hundred thousand troops were added at once. Each soldier must ensure the intake of four taels of meat and eggs a day. Nearly 200,000 people will calculate how much meat you want to eat a day."

Zhou Fengji felt dizzy, and he really couldn't figure out what a huge number this was.

Zhang Han told him: "We are less, and we need at least 50,000 kilograms of meat a day. Now a pig can produce less than 100 kilograms of meat if it is slaughtered. That is to say, five or 600 large fat pigs a day are enough to be eaten by the entire army. Not only are they slaughtered and killed, but they also have to slaughter meat to reserve. They have to dry, marinate, and canned meat. The meat is better. However, the military department has already packed all the pig farmers in Datong Prefecture. The gentry and people elsewhere are anxious if they can't buy meat.

Now, I can only guarantee to kill about 200 pigs a day, and the gap is very large. Last year, hundreds of thousands of sheep were brought back from the grassland. One sheep could produce less than 20 kilograms of meat. What is the use? However, bones are useful. Grinding into powder is good feed. It is a good thing to raise geese. Uncle Zhou, you can do it first. The nearby big rivers and canals can be used to do these things. In addition, there must be a supporting feed farm and a winter place. I will tell Li Dongxue to handle these."

Zhou Fengji didn't expect to get such great support. He just wanted to help relieve his worries and boredom. Of course, with his nature, he also wanted to do this well. The military officer could not make money. He originally had to do something that he could not say that he had a free meal. Who knew that doing a small thing casually would be a big military article in Zhang Han!

The old shopkeeper is so unspeakable. Today he met Zhang Han by chance. Originally, Zhang Xuezeng had already instigated him to see Zhang Han and find greater support. Zhou Fengji was afraid that Zhang Han would be embarrassed. Now he thought that he was not as ambitious as Zhang Han’s third uncle, who knew him as a person, and he was really ambitious and decisive!

"The north and south canals are also about ten miles long, but unfortunately they can't be put away." Zhang Han's thoughts have turned to other places. It is easy to see the situation on this official road: quite a lot of machinery has been set up on both sides of the channel, and the most of them are of course the stamping machine used in the mint. A large number of copper ingots are transported from the grassland, and then stamped with machine molds here. The workers polish it again, and basically can be used. A string of one thousand coins is produced every day. The net income of one month has exceeded 200,000 taels, and is moving towards 300,000 taels.

Zhang Han couldn't help but wonder how good it would be if copper ore could maintain its current high yield!

Unfortunately, that is impossible. The copper ore mining area is almost mined. The current high yield can last for a few months at most. After autumn, it is estimated that the maximum amount of 200,000 to 250,000 kilograms will be mined in a month. This is the limit of this copper mine. Unless Zhang Han does not talk about cost or safety, the extra tens of thousands of kilograms a month will not be enough to compensate for the losses of the production accident.

Even so, Tian Jitang smiled very happily. From last year to this spring, He Yusheng's financial situation was very unhealthy. Although it was far from the point of difficulty in debt overturning, it was like a strong man who had a cold and had a cold. He sneezed and snotted every day, and his body always felt uncomfortable. Tian Jitang, the old tentatorian who was in charge of finance, felt so much pressure.

At the end of last year, the grassland won a lot of people, from horses to plowing ox to a large number of sheep, sold hundreds of thousands in two months, supporting the famine at the end of the year and the shortage of spring. But then the army expanded and the land reclamation on the grassland, and a large amount of silver was spent. There was a large red letter on the account book and recorded the deficit with red letters. This was Zhang Han's idea. At that time, Tian Jitang looked at the large red letters every day, and was so anxious that he scratched his head in his own office. Zhang Han entrusted him with important tasks, and even Li Jingming, the accountant in the old Yusheng store.

Without getting so much trust from Zhang Han to Tian Jitang, Tian Jitang had nothing else to worry about. He was less than fifty years old and had nothing to worry about at home. When the gap with Yusheng was big, this old accountant lit candles in the general office and looked at the account books every day. During that time, people just looked at his window, and Tian Hei's face was paying for it again. It was definitely because he had a lot of debts in the account. If Tian Jitang blew out the candles and hummed a small song one day, it was definitely because his financial condition had improved. Unfortunately, Tian Jitang went home happily. Before the copper mine profit, there were not many.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Han thought of the expenses in the next few months, and was also worried about Tian Jitang's state of mind. This accountant is really too conscientious!

In addition to the Mint Office, a large factory building was built in more places in the North and South Canals. Zhang Han ordered a new Machinery Bureau to be established under the Military and Political Department to specialize in casting various machine tools.

In the past, most of the machine tools of Heyusheng were bought in Macau, or they asked Jesu in Batavia to buy them. Most of their machines were from Europe, and all kinds of machine tools were complete, especially military boring machines, etc., which were much cheaper and cheaper than casting them by themselves.

But He Yusheng has been trying to make the machine by himself. At the beginning, the Armored Weapon Bureau was casting the roller mill by himself, which was a technical leap. Later, Li Zhuang started to make various machines by himself. Until now, Zhang Han had to try to make the spinning machine loom machine by the Machinery Bureau, and from a technical perspective, there was not much difficulty.

The ducks were finally over. Zhou Fengji also inquired about Zhang Han's general return date and planned to send some excellent and beautiful things to Zhang Han's private residence. Until Zhang Han said that he could not grasp it, he should regard the overall situation as a regular time. The old shopkeeper whispered and left with regret.
Chapter completed!