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Chapter 45 The Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Revolution

Northern Suburbs of Beijing, Shunyi.

Zheng Yu looked at the big red-haired pigs circling around in front of him, and felt satisfied.

The American Duroc boar is the first choice for later patriarchal pigs. It is huge in size and delicious in meat. It is the most excellent breeding pig of this era.

This is already the fourth batch of preferred breeding pigs introduced from North America.

This breeding pig breeding farm has always been a masterpiece that Zheng Yu talks about.

In the later era of high inflation, pork became a strategic material related to national economy and people's livelihood, economic development, and even social stability. The impact of inflation attracted more and more social capital to enter the breeding industry, and even many investment banks, founders of famous portal websites, etc., all involved in the pig farming industry.

Zheng Yu's bank responded to the government's call without exception in that era and provided counterpart support to breeding companies. As a credit backbone, he himself also had a deep understanding of a lot of information.

Zheng Yu in his previous life was not a person who was willing to be lonely. Some of his classmates had already intervened in all aspects of the capital market, including some who entered the direct investment industry. Since he suffered a blow from a heartbreak, he has also found some friends to prepare to transform into industrial investment, so he naturally put a lot of effort into these industries that are at the forefront.

The most important thing in the breeding industry is actually good varieties.

The detours taken by China's breeding industry in later generations were largely due to the lack of a scientific breeding and breeding system.

In this era, scientific and systematic breeding and breeding have long been used in the pig farming industry. The famous Danish Changbai Pig, which later generations, was basically coordinated by the government to establish a breeding pig breeding center in 1889, and also established a large white pig population to improve the quality of pigs through hybridization. The famous British and French giant white pigs have long been famous.

However, Zheng Yu introduced a complete breeding system in later generations in this era, which was the livestock breeding system later known as the "Chinese Breeding Method".

Under this system, each animal has a series of evaluation indicators, each with its weight... This calculates the comprehensive score. The higher the score, the more priority it has to breed.

Taking pig farming as an example, boars have strong reproductive power and can inseminate hundreds of sows alone, so boar breeding pigs only choose the best... and the real large-scale production means are sows. The sows need to examine length, weight, weight gain speed, number of rubes, etc. After careful selection, they are raised in neat factory-made pigs, keep clean, and have good feed, and even play some music regularly.

In the system designed by Zheng Yu... the entire breeding process is divided into four generations, and is undertaken by different breeding farms.

The great-grandfather breeding pigs are all purebred pigs. The main group is the matriarchal line, while the boars are selected the most... to inseminate the mother group, and artificial insemination technology is also being developed.

These populations are divided into Duroc group, big white pig group, and long white pig group.

The second generation of ancestral breeding pigs are also purebred pigs, and the requirements are lower than those of great-grandfather generation. Basically, the remaining breeding pigs of great-grandfather generation are selected as the ancestral breeding pigs.

The third generation is the parent breeding pig...a binary hybrid pig formed by hybridization between the ancestor breeding pigs of different populations... to give full play to the advantages of hybridization.

The fourth generation is a pig, which is the offspring of the parent breeding pig, mainly the offspring of Duroc and Changbai Pig. Then it is hybridized with the big white pig, and finally forms a ternary hybrid pig.

The entire four generations of breeding and breeding system is orderly, and the best is selected from the best.

Each breeding pig has a number and records its parental line and even the number of piglets in the first round, and is constantly screened and eliminated. After each generation, fresh bloodlines must be mixed among different populations to avoid degeneration.

In this way, each generation will be bred one after another, and the quality of each generation will exceed that of the previous generation. When this effect accumulates, it will cause terrible qualitative changes.

This is to use industrialization ideas to quickly improve varieties using statistics and genetics.

This complete breeding system has been running for a while. Although the ancestor pigs have only given birth to the first generation of offspring, the entire plan is already amazing.

Including the American Duroc breeding expert Derek = Huaduo in front of him.

"Dear Your Majesty, you see that these pigs are all the best preferred breeds. According to your requirements, the sows are all seven pairs of ru heads, wide and deep, thick limbs, and thick back fat thickness. According to the population traceability in the United States, they are all the best families, with a slaughter rate exceeding 60%. You can rest assured that this is......"

"I heard that the first batch of sows were born more than nine in the first batch, which is also an amazing number in the United States............ After several generations of selection, this data will get better and better......"

The Durock expert from California, USA finished talking endlessly. Zheng Yu smiled and patted the other party on the shoulder: "Enrique, your vision is naturally not bad. Now it seems that our route is fine, and we will continue to introduce more populations in the future... This thing needs to be renewed every year and supply the demand for meat food. The scale of the breeding pig herd determines the scale of the entire breeding industry, which is a big problem......"

"Don't worry, we have established contacts in all major breeding ranches in New York, New Jersey, California, and Canada. I don't know about the UK, Denmark and South Africa. At least I can guarantee supply on Duroc, North America." The layout can basically meet the needs of improving the dietary structure of urban residents at this stage, and can also gradually improve the national physical fitness and promote the brain and physical development of children.

The structure of this breeding farm is very different from the dirty pigpen in the traditional impression.

Each breeding center is generally between 600 and 1200 sows. Clean and tidy steel and cement buildings are divided into delivery rooms, conservation, reserve, pregnancy, etc., with intervals of more than 100 meters to avoid cross-infection of lesions.

Within the pig, each pig has a pen, which is very small and basically feeds. People need to go in and out and sterilize, the lighting of the factory, heating, etc. The ventilation has been carefully designed, and the sewage discharge and manure recycling are also responsible for. The recycled manure is fermented and sold to surrounding farms for fertilizer, while the sewage is directly used to irrigate the farmland.

Pig feed is also a mixed feed carefully prepared by experts from Denmark, Netherlands, Britain and the United States, and is refining the dietary plan: which diet formula is used at each stage after birth.

Pig feed generally includes bean cakes pressed with residual residue after oil pressing... rough feed mixed with various coarse grains and plant fibers, and concentrated feed made of grain and bone meal.

The purpose is also clear: accelerate the slaughter.

Zheng Yu has allocated a large amount of funds to be responsible for breeding by the imperial family and demonstration breeding of carnivorous pigs. At the same time, he promotes industrial breeding in various Farms and Northern Military and Ancient Military Reclamation organizations, and gradually drives private capital investment.

However, Song Duan and others had a keen sense of smell, and were deeply admired by the emperor... They also decided to invest and form several breeding companies for parents and pigs, and began to make arrangements: the Song family is in Annan, Guangdong, Sichuan... Fujian, Jiangxi, Hefei Li family is in Jiangsu, Henan, Shandong, Beijing and Tianjin, and the uncle Li family is not willing to fall behind and has begun to set up stations in Taiwan and Nanyang first.

Similar breeding strategies... have been applied to breeding poultry, cattle, sheep, etc. Although this is a systematic project... it is also a matter of slow work and meticulous work, Zheng Yu can afford to wait: he has time, patience, and enough money.

Illinois, USA.

Edward East stared at the yellow-skinned visitor opposite him, and after a long time of breath, he asked in disbelief: "You mean... one million dollars, five thousand acres of experimental fields?"

"Yes, you are right." Guo Mingli launched a check and a contract. "As long as you sign this contract and serve the company for fifteen years, you can get one million US dollars in funding every year, own 5,000 acres of experimental fields, your annual salary is no less than 50,000 US dollars, and the right to share future results."

East took over the contract and murmured to himself: "Why haven't you heard of this company in the Avant-garde Seed Industry?"

"This company was founded in China half a year ago and is committed to scientifically breeding good agricultural products." Guo Mingli smiled, "I have read your paper. The company is very optimistic about your experiments and is ready to provide you with better experimental conditions. The price is that you can provide services as an employee of our company during this period."

East also took a breath at this time and asked suspiciously: "Brother, is it worth it? My experiment has just begun, and now it can prove it at best..."

"At least you proved that self-incest is harmful, right?" Guo Mingli pushed his glasses. "Darwin said that plant self-incest is harmful, hybridization is beneficial. You also have many explanations of Mendel's biological genetics in your paper. I believe your research direction is correct."

"But I only prove that Limin corn is under strict isolation, self-brokenness has caused a decline in yield." East shrugged, "Brother, I research this only out of hobbies, and you are a company... I'm frankly speaking, this is a risk.

Guo Mingli smiled: "You are also taking risks... Since we all like to take risks and are very interested in this interesting career, why can't we do it together?"

East's eyes lit up, looking at the Chinese.

"Although we are a company, our purpose is to achieve something greater." Guo Mingli said slowly, "For example, keep the people of the world's largest population country away from hunger... Mr. Easter, if we succeed, we will be an indelible existence in the history of world agriculture, and this will also be recognized by God. This is a matter of immeasurable merit."

Edward = Easter was moved intentionally.

"To be honest, we are also conducting experiments." Guo Mingli smiled. "We are not only preparing to conduct self-breeding experiments, but also preparing to conduct hybridization experiments, and then secondary hybridization, or even three times... We have done this in livestock breeding. The effect is amazing. Aide... This cause is of great importance. We hope that more good people will join us, such as you. How about it? Sufficient research funds, generous treatment, and enough experimental land. My God, what are you waiting for?"

Of course, Edward Easter didn't know that he would make his discoveries at the American Breeding Association in two years, and inspired by another New York breeder Schal, he began to study secondary hybridization, and finally successfully bred a new type of secondary hybrid corn seed that could be produced ten years later, with a 30% increase in yield, triggering the seed revolution in American agriculture.

Guo Mingli didn't know either.

He was only assigned by the royal industry to look for agricultural experts in hybrid breeding research in the United States.

In this era when genetics is still in a ignorant stage, hybridization is still a guess that lacks specific theoretical basis. And secondary hybridization, a big killer that truly increases yield... has not been fully understood.

But Zheng Yu is different.

Zheng Yu, who suffered from high prices in the era of inflation in later agricultural products and had a personal understanding of industrial investment, knew what purebred breeding and ternary hybridization meant: the agricultural revolution, and accelerated industrialization.

In the United States, in England... in Wales, in the Netherlands, in Denmark, in South Africa, in Canada, in China, scholars from universities, and specialists from economic intelligence agencies, knocked on the doors of many agricultural and animal husbandry experts... talked in various ways and submitted cooperation intentions. There were employment contracts, joint ventures, patents purchased, and invitations to lecture... There were various things.

Some of their requests were rejected, while others achieved results.

Zheng Yu's planned purebred breeding combinations are being spliced ​​together with second and third hybridization, as well as a wider and long-term long-term breeding experimental map, which are being spliced ​​together piece by piece.

From cold Siberia to hot erectile mud, the expedition team collected a variety of animal and plant specimens, especially various wild crops from distant areas, and sent them to various research institutions for hybridization and comparison.

Various seed companies...breeding centers... are working hard to speed up research and development, ready to seize the initiative in this revolution.

Agriculture and animal husbandry geneticists... planting experts, breeding experts, disease experts, with thick information, the seeds and even herds of cultivated came to China and joined the seed companies, Agricultural Research Institute, University Agricultural College, Agricultural University.

They yearn for success, for a bigger stage, and for rich material rewards.

And all this can be provided by this Eastern country.

They live here with superior conditions and have nearly unlimited resource control in research. They also believe that they are engaged in an unprecedented career: helping a world's largest country to escape famine from then on.

The yellow-skinned and dark-eyed assistants are diligent and smart, and are very friendly to them. They always complete the work in their hands silently, and they will not be stingy in asking questions when they encounter any questions. They are full of knowledge about all knowledge, are full of pride in their own country, and everyone is full of vitality.

This is a magical country.

The basis of industrialization lies in the improvement of agricultural productivity.

Zheng Yu is not unfamiliar with this sentence.

Without the improvement of agricultural productivity, there is no surplus accumulation and surplus labor. Naturally, it cannot provide sufficient labor and sufficient food for industrialization, nor can it support too many agricultural professionals.

The rapid industrial development of the United States in the second half of the 19th century was inseparable from the United States' development westward development, promoting the use of agricultural machinery and fertilizers, and accumulating industrial capital through huge amounts of agricultural product exports. The United States maintained its advantages in agricultural breeding, animal husbandry, agricultural machinery, pesticides, fertilizers and other fields for a long time, and even continued until later generations. This was also one of the main foundations for the United States to maintain its dominant position and then manipulate the world's commodity pricing and monetary system.

China is still an important country with a large population in this era and is also a traditionally important country in agriculture.

Whether it is the need to promote industrialization, the need to ensure the security of the country's agricultural and even social stability, Zheng Yu cannot sacrifice agriculture for industrialization.

Agriculture is the foundation of people's livelihood, and farmers are the main body of the people. Without rural areas and rural areas, all national development is just a castle in the air. If you ignore rural areas and rural areas, you will inevitably pay a heavy price.

Zheng Yu is not worried that the grain is low and hurts the farmers.

On the one hand, the fallow system of large farms has been in operation for many years, and Zheng Yu is also promoting the Ministry of Agriculture to formulate a national fallow bill, preparing to launch a comprehensive forced fallow system at an appropriate time to save the land power.

On the other hand, the rapidly developing aquaculture industry, even the winemaking industry, and the rapidly improving urbanization and industrialization, will consume a lot of food.

On the other hand, more arable land can be used to grow cash crops.

Zheng Yu had no doubt that he chose the path: changing the land situation through legislation and tax adjustments, combining rich peasant small landlords with more land, family farms and mechanized agricultural companies;

Vigorously develop industry and commerce, immigrate to border areas and areas to be developed, and absorb rural population;

Implement the social security system, gradually cultivate the middle class, promote the development of consumer services, absorb rural population, improve the happiness of the people, and promote urbanization;

Breed high-yield varieties through hybridization, promote planting, and cooperate with fallow and organic fertilizer to ensure urbanization with sufficient yields while avoiding low grain damage to farmers and land degradation;

Comprehensively develop the breeding industry, realize grain-meat interaction, and comprehensive development;

Vigorously develop economic crops and improve nutritional structure.

He believes that in the future, the Chinese people's dining tables will become more and more abundant, the people's physical development will become healthier, and the whole country will gradually move towards a well-off society, and industrialization and urbanization will also be promoted smoothly in this process.

With institutional guarantees, science and technology, comprehensively taking into account long-term and short-term interests, we think and solve problems systematically from the interests of the people. Social development can be achieved in this coordination method, rather than sacrificing some people in a simple and crude coercive way, enslaving some people, and conducting social experiments at the cost of several generations, leaving eternal pain and lingering ghosts to future generations.
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