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  Chapter 152 Where are the bulls? (Ten more complete, ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a subscription)

  For everyone's reaction, Liu Qingshan still had some expectations.

  In this era, let alone farmers, there are very few people who dare to take out loans.

  Banks are in a hurry, and they rush to find you a loan, and the interest rate is ridiculously low. In a few years, they even made large amounts of interest-free loans.

   Even so, due to the impact of ideas, there are very few borrowers.

  Liu Qingshan did not persuade much, but said cheerfully: "Last year we took out a loan of 10,000 yuan, and it was repaid within a few months."

   Seeing many people nodding, he continued to state the facts: "With the loan of 10,000 yuan, let's build a greenhouse and repair a pig farm. Let's do the math. How much money did Jiapigou earn for these two things?"

  Boss Che is a village accountant, who is most familiar with this, and blurted out: "The greenhouse earns 9,800 yuan, and the pig farm makes a net profit of 24,000 yuan."

   "Yes, without a loan of 10,000 yuan, can we borrow chickens to lay eggs and earn more than 30,000 yuan?"

   Liu Qingshan continued to ask with a smile.

  The people in the room, although they all knew the number, were still shocked: they hadn't really calculated the amount.

   It’s not like I don’t know, but I’m startled, it seems that the loan is not so scary, is it?

   For a while, everyone was silent, and the room in the team headquarters was quiet, only heavy breathing remained.

   After a long time, the old branch secretary and Captain Zhang looked at each other and nodded together, then the old branch secretary asked: "Qingshan, how much are we going to borrow this time?"

  Liu Qingshan knew that everyone was persuaded, the facts were in front of him, everyone had tasted the sweetness, and there was no reason to refuse.

  So he laughed and said: "I reckon, it will cost 50,000 yuan. Since raising dairy cows, it doesn't make much sense to raise ten or eight cows. It must be a hundred or eighty cows, which is considered a small scale."

  Seeing that everyone can hold on and not be frightened by the amount, he continued:

   "I went to the dairy factory in the county yesterday. They happen to have a project to support farmers in raising dairy cows. They can directly help contact dairy farms, and even help with loans directly."

   "That's great!"

  Captain Zhang also showed joy. As farmers, they are most afraid of going out to ask for help.

  But immediately, his face collapsed again: "As soon as the days were relaxed, there was another famine in the ass."

   "Hey, if you have too many lice, you won't itch, and if you have too many debts, you won't worry."

  Zhang Ganzi is an optimist, and he is still laughing and teasing Captain Zhang.

   As a result, Captain Zhang kicked him on the butt: "I think you are itchy, hurry up and go to the pig farm to work."

   "Okay, my swineherd will go, but if you want to raise dairy cows, you have to choose a cowherd."

   Zhang Ganzi is now proud of the swineherd, and while walking out, he also helps worry about it.

  Although he has never raised cows before, Zhang Laoer, who used to raise cattle in the production team, is definitely an expert.

  Liu Qingshan handed him the book on raising cows, and Zhang Laozi flipped through it for a long time before saying a word.

   "I don't know the words."

   "If you can't read, ask your younger son to read to you."

  Captain Zhang felt that it was necessary to build a reading room at the team headquarters, and asked the villagers to study more.

  And if the matter of raising cows is real, it will require a lot of manpower: grazing cows, feeding cows, cleaning up manure, and milking, none of which is light.

   At that time, there will definitely be a dairy cow group.

   Zhang Laoji may not be illiterate, but he still has a lot of experience in raising livestock, so he directly asked a question: "How to solve the problem of feed?"

  There is half a year here. There is no tender grass for livestock to eat, and dairy cows are not like those working cows and horses. They eat some grain and grass in winter and add some feed occasionally.

  Dairy cow, if you fool it, it really won’t produce milk for you.

  This question, Liu Qingshan has already mentioned it just now, and he is going to talk about it in detail:

   "Old man, uncle, when the time comes, we can make silage feed, and the roughage for the cows will be available, and the rest of the concentrate feed can be prepared from the corn and soybeans we grow ourselves."

   "What is silage feed?"

  Lao Zhang was at a loss, and so were the others.

  Don’t look at the land they’ve spent half their lives on, and the cattle and horses they’ve spent half their lives on, but it’s definitely the first time I’ve heard of silage fodder.

  This issue was discussed with Grandpa Wang as early as when Professor Wang came to Jiapigou to celebrate the New Year.

  In fact, since the 1950s, the country has successively carried out the research and application of silage feed, mainly used in dairy farms.

  Professor Wang’s School of Agriculture has a special project team for such a project. The corn variety introduced from Lao Maozi has a straw yield that is more than double that of ordinary grain corn.

   It is very difficult to promote it just because the common people don't recognize it.

  If Liu Qingshan and the others engage in dairy farming, it will be mutually beneficial.

  According to Professor Wang: Two or three acres of corn stalks, made into silage feed, can be enough roughage for a high-yielding dairy cow throughout the year. This account is worthwhile no matter what.

   After Liu Qingshan finished explaining to everyone, he took out another book and handed it to Zhang Laoji, which introduced green storage feed.

   "Why is it a book again? It seems that I am blind and want to start learning culture."

  Lao Zhang happily held the book in his arms, the more illiterate he was, the more he was in awe of books and knowledge.

  The matter of raising the cows was settled in this way, and the rest was for Captain Zhang to lead Liu Qingshan to run away.

  During the Canton Fair last year, Liu Qingshan helped the dairy factory to make a few small deals, and the two parties were somewhat emotional, so things went smoothly.

   It is estimated that the dairy factory also knows well: Comrade Xiao Liu will most likely participate in this year's Canton Fair. At that time, he may have to rely on others.

   As for the loan matter, Zheng Hongqi helped to make the connection, and it went smoothly.

   Especially Jiapigou has a loan record and a good reputation, so the bank is more assured.

   Seeing these contacts accumulated by Liu Qingshan and playing a role, Captain Zhang and the others also had to sigh: Sure enough, one generation is stronger than the other!

   After running for more than a week, I finally finished the cow business and waited for the other party to deliver the goods to my door.

  During this period, the pig farm became lively again, and more than 200 piglets moved in smoothly.

  These piglets were bought from surrounding cities and counties under the leadership of the owner of the car.

   Zhang Ganzi also got busy again, picking up dung, with a bright smile on his face.

   Of course, there will not be only so many piglets bought. In fact, the car boss and the others have pulled thousands of piglets in total these days.

   As for the rest, they were basically sold in Bishui County, especially Qingshan Commune, where more than half of them were sold.

  The boss uncle happily settled the accounts for everyone: "These piglets in our pig farm are considered free, and they didn't spend a penny!"

   This is of course a good thing. After the Chinese New Year, prices have risen.

  But the village head aunt still said a fair word:

   "It's not all due to Qingshan's family's Great Liberation. If you ask the boss to drive a carriage and go to other places to buy piglets, how much can you get back?"

  The owner of the car also agrees with this, and he feels the deepest. In the past few days, his daughter drove them and ran two to three hundred miles away.

   After thinking for a while, he suggested, "How about, this Great Liberation is also counted as a share, so you can participate in dividends at that time?"

  Of course everyone has no objection. The contribution of the Great Liberation is obvious to all villagers:

  Whether it’s going to the market years ago, or transporting goods to and from Spring City, that’s when the motor sounds, and it’s worth ten thousand taels of gold.

  Liu Qingshan has no objection to this. What the cooperative needs is fairness and reasonableness, not selfless dedication. If he loses now, what will others do in the future?

  On the afternoon of the twenty-eighth day of the first lunar month, a large truck drove into Jiapigou.

  These cars are equipped with high guardrails. Inside the cars, there are black and white cows, which are particularly eye-catching.

   "Cow, here comes the cow!"

   Just in time for the village primary school to leave school, the children all yelled when they saw the cows in the car.

  Er Mangzi ran home in one breath, and then ran back with a big basin, yelling:

   "I want to take the milk, I want to take the milk!"

   That's right, I haven't had milk since I grew up.

  The other kids were also greatly inspired, and they were all ready to go home to fetch the pots.

   Liu Qingshan couldn't laugh or cry, he could only roar: "These cows haven't given birth to calves yet, where did they get the milk?"

   With a bang, Er Mangzi threw the enamel basin directly on the ground, and then sat on the ground.

   Howl!

  The other children also sighed, really disappointed.

   "Okay, okay, after the milk is produced, I will give you a glass of milk every day!"

  Liu Qingshan also had nothing to do with these little guys, so he made this promise.

  Er Mangzi laughed through his tears: "Brother Qingshan, can I lie down on the cow's belly and drink it directly, it's so hot."

   "Okay, you are worthy of being called Ermengzi!"

  Liu Qingshan couldn't help giving a thumbs up, probably only a child can come up with such a weird way of drinking milk.

   "Hee hee, Er Mangzi, did you learn from the little calf?"

  The little fourth child was carrying a small schoolbag, baring his teeth at the second son with joy, the broken teeth in his mouth looked very funny and cute.

  While Liu Qingshan was comforting these little guys, the worker who delivered the cows had already skillfully set up the springboard, drove the cows off the car, and counted them one by one.

  No more, no less, exactly ninety: eighty cows, ten bulls.

   Then leave an experienced old master Lu, live here for a few days, imparting experience and techniques in breeding, and the rest of the people, all get in the car and leave.

  The old branch secretary still has food left, but everyone is in a hurry to go back to the dairy farm and leave Jiapigou soon.

   Almost all the villagers gathered around to look at the strange things. The cows were temporarily arranged in the barn of the production team.

  For example, large wooden troughs for animals to eat grass, stone troughs for drinking water, etc., are all available.

  The cowshed is too small to accommodate so many cows. It seems that they have to work for a few days to build some temporary sheds.

  The villagers discussed around the cow:

   "Look how nice this cow is, it looks clean."

   "I don't know how much milk I can produce in a day?"

   "It's more than you anyway."

   "That's not necessarily the case. When my mother gave birth, she even fed the men at home together."

   Liu Jinfeng also watched the excitement with her big belly, and her face flushed slightly when she heard these tough aunts chattering.

   moo—

  At this time, a cow blew, with a bit of pain and joy.

  The old master Lu who stayed behind quickly pulled out a cow from the herd: "After tossing all the way, I'm afraid this one is about to give birth."

  This batch of cows have all been artificially inseminated and will be produced in succession in the near future.

  However, this technology is not suitable for a remote village like Jiapigou, so ten bulls were allocated according to the ratio.

   Wow!

  The villagers all showed joy, and the children ran around and cheered. They will be able to taste the milk soon.

   "What about the calf that was born, was it carried by the cow?"

   Liu Jinfeng asked the old Master Lu with a motherly brilliance on his face.

   "That's not okay."

  Old Master Lu glanced cheerfully at Liu Jinfeng's big belly, then shook his head and said:

   "When the calf is born, it must be separated from the cow. Otherwise, the milk will be eaten by the calf, which will definitely affect the milk production."

How can you do this?

  Liu Jinfeng stroked his stomach lightly with his hand, feeling a little cruel: Isn’t it too pitiful for the calf not to eat its mother’s milk?

  The old Master Lu obviously didn't notice the pregnant woman's expression, and said to himself:

   "If the heifers are born, it will be better, and they will be fed separately."

   Then everyone noticed a problem. These cows are all cows, so the question arises: where are the bulls?

   Naturally, some people couldn't help but ask. Old Master Lu has long been used to it, and said lightly:

   "If it's a male, except for a few that will be kept as breeding cattle, the rest will of course be sent to the slaughterhouse."

ah?

  When the villagers heard this, they couldn't help opening their mouths, and everyone was stunned.

  For farmers like them, the feelings for big animals such as cattle and horses are not generally deep, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are similar to their own family members.

  So in their view, this approach is really a bit cruel.

   "How can you do this?"

   Liu Jinfeng yelled even more angrily, and then felt a stabbing pain in his stomach, and couldn't help but yelled.

  The aunts and aunts around are all very experienced, so they yelled:

   "Hurry up, take Jinfeng back home, she's about to have a baby!"

  (end of this chapter)