Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 263 Rural Revitalization Plan

Although today in the Ming Dynasty, among the three provinces and six ministries, the Ministry of Industry has the lowest status.

But in Yang Xian's view, this is the most important department. The Ministry of Industry is related to the development of the entire country.

You must know that if placed in later generations, the Ministry of Industry can also be called the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of Information Industry, and the Ministry of Water Resources. Almost every department is at the national development level. , occupying an important position.

Liu Lian has accumulated a lot of experience in the Ministry of Industry in the past few years.

After some communication, Liu Lian, who was once the head of the Ministry of Industry, changed his identity and became the head of the Breeding Department of Mingji Trading Company.

After becoming the head of the breeding department, Liu Lian's first task was to return to his hometown in Qingtian to engage in breeding.

Yang Xian formulated a plan specifically for Liu Lian for this purpose, the rural revitalization plan.

Three days later, Liu Bowen and his son finally embarked on a journey back to their hometown in Qingtian.

Along with it, there is also a professional construction team from Mingji Commercial Bank.

After returning to his hometown in Qingtian, Liu Bowen breathed in the fresh air of his hometown and lamented how beautiful his free life is now.

Liu Lian on the side had already led the construction team and started working enthusiastically.

The first thing to do is to choose a venue.

Fortunately, there is not much else here in Qingtian, except that there is a lot of wasteland in the mountains. These wastelands are barren and difficult to cultivate, so their value is very low.

Coupled with Liu Bowen's face, Liu Lian won it without spending much money.

Then, according to the design drawings given by Yang Xian, we started to build three huge breeding farms, namely, chicken coops, duck coops, and pig coops!

Liu Lian himself has experience in supervising large-scale construction, and the construction team drawn from Mingji are all old people.

So even they themselves have not seen the things they are going to build.

But it does not prevent them from completing the work at hand perfectly with the construction design drawings.

Taking advantage of the construction period, Liu Lian began to buy chickens, ducks, and piglets.

At a price that is 10% or even 20% higher than the market price, almost all the cubs needed for breeding in the prefectures and counties around Qingtian have been reserved.

Just wait for a few breeding farms to be built before you can send them all in.

After this first time, you can do the incubation by yourself later without having to go through such trouble.

Then there is recruitment.

The requirements for breeders are not high, they only need to be willing to endure hardship, and there are a lot of such people in the countryside in this era.

The treatment given by Mingji was so high that people from all over Qingtian were struggling to get in.

Liu Lian conducted a simple screening on them, followed by pre-job training.

After two or three months of busy work, the work was finally completed before the farm was completed.

Pre-ordered cubs, as well as various feeds required for breeding, are continuously delivered to the breeding farm.

The villagers who recruited workers only knew that they were here to raise chickens, ducks, and pigs. But when they took up the job on the first day and officially walked into the farm, their eyes widened.

Inside the chicken coop, there were tens of thousands of chicks densely packed together. The breeding workers looked at each other and froze in place.

They had never seen so many chicks in their lives.

The reaction of the breeding workers who were assigned to the duck farms and pig houses was similar.

Let’s put aside the scale first. Ancient traditional breeding methods are based on the natural environment and experience. Breeding sites are generally outdoors and completely dependent on natural climate conditions and regional characteristics.

This approach is highly likely to be affected by seasonal changes, climate hazards and natural disasters.

As for the current modern breeding technology designed by Yang Xian and implemented by Liu Lian, there is no such worry at all because it adopts closed breeding. The breeding environment can be adjusted by means of temperature and humidity control equipment.

In this way, even in bad weather conditions, the breeding industry can still proceed normally, thus ensuring the continuity and stability of production.

For example, if you are exposed to high temperatures in the summer, you can use the simple air conditioner designed by Yang Xian to control the temperature to prevent the chickens, ducks and pigs from dying due to overheating.

Then there is the issue of efficiency.

Modern breeding first makes full use of the place and maximizes the breeding density.

In Yang Xian's design, not to mention pigs, even every Kunkun has a small home of their own.

Then it’s time to feed. Concentrated feeding can reduce food waste.

The three feed formulas given by Yang Xian have been systematically optimized and can be said to be the most suitable food for these three animals.

Moreover, raw materials are not difficult to obtain and the cost is not high.

The only difficult point is that employees in the breeding industry are really hard-working, especially raising pigs.

Fortunately, the people of Ming Dynasty endured hardships and stood hard work.

Coupled with Mingji's high salary, no matter how hard the work is, there is a steady stream of people coming to sign up to join the pig farm.

The wages of pig farms are twice as high as those of chicken and duck factories.

In order to facilitate better transportation, Yang Xian came forward as the prefect of Yangzhou and held a four-party communication meeting with officials from the imperial railway bureau, Jiangning where the textile factory was located, and Qingtian where the breeding farm was located.

The four yamen jointly contributed money and personnel to build a wooden track for a rail train connecting the three places.

In the future, after the rail trains run, the money earned will be divided equally by the Sifang Yamen according to the investment ratio after excluding daily maintenance costs.

You must know that Yangzhou today is, without exaggeration, the economic center of the Ming Dynasty.

Being able to build a rail train to directly connect it is a great thing for both Qingtian and Jiangning. The local government officials have no reason to refuse.

After the track is completed, the local economy can be developed rapidly. When political achievements are made, there is hope for promotion.

During this period, the various state capitals that the track passes through will need to participate in investment if they want to set up stops.

It doesn't matter if you don't want to pay. Yangzhou can help them pay it all. Of course, in this way, all future use rights will belong to Yangzhou.

This matter was almost implemented by Yang Xian when Liu Bowen and his son left Yangzhou.

Otherwise, when the chickens, ducks, and pigs in the farm grow up, there will be a lot of trouble when buying and selling them.

Qingtian is not a big city like Jiangning. Even without this track, there will be some impact on textile factories, but not much.

Qingtian is completely different. It is located in a remote area and has no transportation infrastructure.

Moreover, these chickens, ducks and pigs are not dead like cloth. As long as the warehouse is big enough, they can be kept for as long as they want.

(End of this chapter)