Of course, I didn't find many pigs, about thirty, gnawing on grass roots in the grass. Since it was semi-wild and the pigs were not fat, the pirates occasionally remembered and threw some food on the island. It would be fine if they couldn't remember it.

After all, this is the sea, so it is too easy to eat some fish and shrimp. Who would have to raise pigs?

Lin Chong asked: "Brother, what are you planning to arrange here?"

"If you have more than 100 breeding pigs and find a veterinary supervisor, you have to produce 2,000 pigs a year. The conditions here are so good that you don't have to watch them completely free-range."

In addition to Shark Island, the six surrounding islands are mainly produced, focusing on pigs and sheep.

In the case of free-range grazing, pigs and sheep have very strong resistance to disease. Several islands can produce about 10,000 pigs and 10,000 sheep annually.

There is a reason why so many pigs and sheep are raised. Almost 90% of the people under Chao Gai are from mainland China.

You can eat seafood, and it’s okay to eat it a few times a month, but if you want to eat it frequently, it’s pork and mutton.

"Before the troops move, food and grass will come first. The food is planted by Mizhou Island, but Shark Island will be built into a breeding base to provide our navy with enough meat."

Lin Chong was a little worried: "This place is not far from Xuzhou Prefecture, and it will be difficult to deal with if the official army comes."

Chao Gai nodded: "All this is based on a strong naval army. It is difficult for the coach to be a naval general, but there is no way. You have to wait until someone is more suitable to replace you."

Chao Gai also realized that Lin Chong was unwilling to be a navy general. After all, he was a general on the right time, but there was no more appropriate arrangement now.

"Thank you brother."

The richest fish around Shark Island are all kinds of fish. In summer, there are a large number of small fish. This kind of small fish is about ten centimeters long, with a nickname called Lishui Rot. Fishermen do not like to catch this kind of fish the most, but Chao Gai is still very clear about the use of this fish.

That is to process fish meal. During the flood season, an ordinary small fishing boat can salvage as many as thousands of kilograms. After drying, it can be crushed into fish meal.

Fish meal is rich in nutrients and is a top additive for pig feed and can promote the rapid growth of pigs.

Shark Island, Batian Island, and Mizhou Port will be engaged in fish meal processing next year.

Back at the Mizhou Port, Wu Yong was busy coordinating the caravan to transport goods out.

Chao Gai chose an open space at the edge of the port, which was the fish meal processing workshop to be built.

The most difficult point in processing fish meal is drying. The output of fish is amazing, so there must be enough drying equipment.

There is no electricity these days, but there is endless coal to use.

The structure of the coal drying room is still very simple. Chao Gai drew a sketch and found a craftsman in charge of the construction.

This is the size of a house, three meters wide and six meters long, with hollows underneath used to burn coal.

There is an aisle in the middle of the house, with shelves of small fish on both sides.

The craftsman scratched: "I have never created this before. It is hard to say whether it is suitable for use or not."

"If you don't work, just improve it. After the construction is completed, perform drying experiments and see if it works. If it doesn't work, rebuild it without fear of wasting manpower and material resources."

"Okay, I'll be relieved if I have such words from my lord."

Things like scientific research require countless experiments.

Chao Gai has only seen similar coal drying rooms, but he still can't figure out where the skills are and how to build them. For example, how much coal is needed to dry two thousand kilograms of small fish at a time, and whether it is cost-effective to convert them into a large amount of attempts. Only after trying them can you know.

Chao Gai found an old fisherman by the sea, who had made dried fish.

"The villain makes it in small quantities. Every summer and winter, the fish that cannot be eaten are processed and dried on the net.

The sea breeze is relatively strong, and it can be almost done in three to five days, and then it is placed on the stone slab to dry."

Chao Gai nodded: "The process is roughly the same, but not that fine. The fish meal we make is for pig farming, and the requirements are not that high. You can dry the fresh fish that has just left the water and try what method is better."

"Okay, sir, I'll make arrangements now."

Chao Gai transferred two deputy officers to arrange for the experiment.

A simple kang house was built with blue bricks and yellow mud, and it took only half a day to build it.

One meter long, half a meter wide, only one meter high, and the experiment will be carried out two days later.

Firewood and coal burned under the kang room, and heated the kang room. The bluestone slabs in the kang room were hot and dozens of kilograms of shrimp were put in.

The kang room is closed, only the air outlets above and the air inlets below are retained, and steam is pouring out.

Shi Qian looked next to him strangely, lifted his nose and smelled it smelled fragrant: "The shrimp probably will be cooked not long after, right?"

The old fisherman shook his head: "It's not the purpose of ripening, it's the purpose of drying the water kang in the shrimp."

Not to mention, the fisherman really has two brushes. In just one hour, dozens of kilograms of shrimp were already dry and crispy when he took out, and it was already cooked thoroughly. He could just tear it with his hands and eat it.

However, the old fishermen also had concerns: "It is best to use firewood to burn the fire. If the charcoal fire is used, the situation may not be difficult to control."

"The fire of coal is relatively strong, and the most important thing is that it is large in quantity and is cheaper than firewood, so you have to learn to use coal."

Coal is actually cheaper than firewood, which sounds incredible, but in fact it is like this. There are coal mines dozens of miles away. They are dug out and loaded with large carriages, which are far cheaper than cut firewood.

The old fisherman then continued the experiment. This time the fuel was replaced by coal, and the dried prawns were replaced by small fish. The originally flat layer was replaced by three-dimensional placement and placed on the rack and dried slowly.

Chao Gai ignored the specific experiment and arranged for someone to do it.

There are many mature processing technologies available, including canned hairtail, canned prawns, and canned sardines, all processed with vegetable oil as raw materials.

Wu Yong came to discuss with Chao Gai: "Now the canned workshops are producing and selling very well, producing more than 3,000 bottles and using more than 1,000 kilograms of oil. In addition, the hot sauce in Chaojiazhuang uses about 5,000 kilograms of oil per day. The current rapeseed oil mainly relies on the supply from Suzhou and Hangzhou areas. If we want to develop in the long run, we should have a more stable production area."

Chao Gai thought that there were no peanuts at this time, and the vegetable oils produced were nothing more than sesame oil, soybean oil and vegetable oil.

Sesame is expensive, and sesame oil is even more expensive. The northern soybean oil production is very small, and the oil in the world is basically from Suzhou, Hangzhou and Hubei and Hunan.
Chapter completed!