The first castration was a perfect failure. It was so perfect that the little piglet died before being castrated.

Lu Xuan refused to give up and decisively made another one...

This time he was much more careful, and gently cut the skin, and then imitated the vague scene in his memory, and squeezed out. He only heard the piglet let out a scream that didn't sound like a pig, and then began to struggle violently.

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But this time, it was full of energy and had no intention of dying suddenly. Lu Xuan was overjoyed and felt that he had found the right direction. Then he castrated all the remaining six piglets in one go.

After finishing the work, Lu Xuan felt refreshed. At this time, the old man held a large bowl of eggs and handed it to Lu Xuan.

"Master, are you all here? What are you going to do with it? Cook it or fry it? By the way, is this thing edible?"

Lu Xuan really wanted to say that this stuff is not only edible, but also nourishes yin and nourishes the kidneys. It is an excellent food tonic. But he knew that if he said this, today's misunderstanding would become deeper. He simply took the bowl without explaining,

Planning to stir-fry it tonight...

After the castration, the piglet suddenly lost its vitality. It ate and slept all day long and ate after sleeping. Lu Xuan was very satisfied with this. This was the effect he wanted. If the pig moves too much, it will not gain weight.

The quality of the meat will become dull and unpalatable. After castration, the piglets will lose interest in most things without the stimulation of sex hormones, so they will eat and sleep all day long. This way they will grow faster and gain weight easily. The quality of the meat

It can also add tenderness and significantly reduce the fishy smell.

But a few days later, the old man hurried over to find Lu Xuan.

"Master, there are some little piglets, something is wrong."

When Lu Xuan heard this, he became anxious on the spot. This was related to the whereabouts of his braised pork, so he hurried over to take a look.

As soon as he arrived at the place, Lu Xuan understood. He thought too simply. These piglets should have wound infections. Although the castration operation was not a big one, the location was still very important. The environment of the pig pen was dirty.

If it is messy, it will naturally lead to infection.

The problem of infection rarely appeared in later generations because various anti-infective drugs were already very mature. But in the Tang Dynasty, for Lu Xuan, there was no solution...

Lu Xuan asked the old man to find a doctor, but when the doctor heard that he was treating Piggy, he thought the old man was insulting him and kicked him out. The old man moved to another family, but when the doctor heard about the cause of Piggy's illness, he thought the old man was mentally ill.

....

In desperation, the old man could only get some wound medicine used by humans and take it back to give it to the pigs to try.

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The tavern is booming, but this kind of liquor is only popular among the middle and lower class people. The gentry class thinks that this thing does not match their status. They prefer the warm rice wine. This is actually more in line with Lu Xuan's wishes. He

In the beginning, I didn’t want to do business with those big nobles because I didn’t want to attract those people’s attention prematurely.

The action of improving his own living conditions continued. After consuming more than a dozen piglets, Lu Xuan basically mastered a set of reasonable castration procedures. At the same time, he also used wound medicine used by humans to prepare a method for pigs.

The wound medicine used by Piggy can increase Piggy's survivability to 80 to 90%.

The rest can only be left to time. After all, even after castration, these piglets will take at least eight months to be ready for slaughter. (In reality, six months is enough. However, there was no concentrated feed in the Tang Dynasty, and domestic pigs

The variety is not optimized enough, so it needs to be at least eight months old)

After finishing the pork, Lu Xuan set his sights on another improvement project. Hens lay eggs...

Don’t underestimate the seemingly ordinary things like hens laying eggs. The average life expectancy of people in this era is not high, largely due to insufficient nutrition since childhood. Because of productivity reasons, meat can be said to be a luxury. Therefore, for most civilians

You can't eat enough protein.

Eggs can provide an extremely comprehensive supplement. Although it cannot completely replace meat, it can still supplement a large part of it. Generally speaking, if there is a sufficient supply of eggs, it can greatly improve the physical fitness of the people of the Tang Dynasty. From then on

In the long run, this can be said to be a major event related to the destiny of the country. For example, in the last century, Japan launched a campaign for all people to drink milk to enhance the physical fitness of the people and increase the average height. Judging from the results, achievements

Absolutely.

In this era, chickens are naturally free-range. Most ordinary people raise chickens at home, and they don’t even feed them at all. They just let the chickens find their own food. As for laying eggs, that’s even more casual. If you lay eggs, you gain, and if you don’t, there is no loss.

, not feeding at all anyway.

Lu Xuan grew up in a rural area and knew that there were many reasons for wanting chickens to lay more eggs. Although in later generations, people have begun to advocate free-range chickens, believing that free-range chickens have more delicious meat and more nutritious eggs. But in fact

Above, free-range chickens have an impact on egg laying rate.

If the chicken moves too much, the muscles will become tight and affect the egg laying rate. In this regard, a method similar to castration can be used to assist.

Lu Xuan remembered that it seemed to be cutting off a wing of the chicken to fundamentally weaken its ability to move. However, this technical requirement is very high. Where to cut off the wings and the subsequent infection problems are all very professional, no less than that of a castrated pig.

The problem.

In addition, the most important influence is diet. Chickens are omnivorous and eat all kinds of bugs. These bugs are rich in protein and can provide a lot of nutrients. But the key is that they are too unstable.

Generally, domestic chickens will use grain bran to mix into chicken food. Some grains with poor quality may even be added. At the same time, the chicken must be supplemented with calcium. Otherwise, even if the eggs are laid, they will still have a soft shell.

For calcium supplement, you can use shellfish shells, crush them into granules, and then mix them into chicken food. In this way, sufficient calcium will be supplemented during the formation of eggs.

Because it is difficult for people in this era to have real grains to feed chickens, and even grain bran may not be enough. Therefore, you can mix chicken food with wild vegetables and other vegetable leaves. Collect chicken or bird feathers and grind them into powder.

Mixed into chicken food. In addition, fly maggots, rapeseed, etc. can increase the egg laying rate.

In addition to these diets, temperature control, cold water feeding in summer, etc., these techniques can be done in Datang and are effective ways to increase egg laying rate. Lu Xuan organized these thoughts in his mind while

Write things down and prepare to conduct experiments in a timely and systematic manner.

At this time, the old man walked in.
Chapter completed!