Chapter 247 The old cow and the horse(2/4)
What impressed Zhou Jimin the most was that every winter, when it snows, he has to go to the livestock stables to clean up cow dung.
The cow dung is accumulated in the dung room next door for retting, and the mixture of conditioned straw and dung will be spread back to the fields until next summer. This way, a lot of fertilizer can be saved.
The second method of burning straw is indeed very convenient, but it can easily cause fires and will not have much fertility.
Burning straw needs to be like burning charcoal to obtain straw fertilizer full of potassium fertilizer, otherwise it will be wasted.
Therefore, there are so many ways to accumulate fertility in space, and it can basically achieve self-sufficiency.
In addition, the current space is no longer what it used to be.
When we were in the Fergana Basin, the space had expanded rapidly to an area of 220,000 acres.
What about now?
After hundreds of thousands of years of collection of ancient cultural relics from the Fog City Museum, castles around the Fog City, etc., the space at this time has expanded to a huge space of one million acres.
It can almost turn into a small world.
You know, the area of one million acres is equal to 666 square kilometers, which is larger than half of the island with an area of 1,113 square kilometers.
Such a large space is enough to build a miniature ecosystem.
Of course, tigers, black bears, wild boars and other big animals still need to be separated. Otherwise, cattle, sheep, horses and other herbivorous animals will definitely be wiped out before long.
Like a tiger in space, it is almost the size of a saber-toothed tiger from ancient times.
After all, the ancient saber-toothed tiger could reach more than 400 kilograms and nearly three meters in length.
Zhou Jimin has measured one of the largest tigers, which is also a mutated black tiger. It is more than 2.8 meters long and weighs 428 kilograms. It is a giant.
The King of Tigers exists.
I guess if Wang Zhen, a master of cat masturbation, knew about this tiger, he might not be able to help but ask for it from him, right?
Even the wild boars in the space are larger than those in the outside world. Wild boars weighing 400 kilograms are everywhere.
One of the king wild boars that has been kept has now reached more than 600 kilograms.
Of course, this is a wild boar, and its fighting power is still very terrifying.
In later generations, Zhou Jimin learned that someone once raised a pig king weighing one ton.
He was raised in Lianfeng Zen Temple for nine years, and finally passed away, which can be regarded as the peak of pig life.
Regarding the increase in size of these poultry and livestock, Zhou Jimin guessed that it has something to do with the increase in space.
After all, there is enough energy in space, just like in the age of the dinosaurs. As the oxygen content in the air increases, various animals and plants will become much larger.
Fortunately, this is still a giant thing within the normal range, not too exaggerated.
"Boss Hua, the price is still the same as before. In this case, aren't you losing money?"
A vendor suddenly spoke, bringing Zhou Jimin back to reality.
At the stall, the tuna was neatly stacked. The price of 300 kilograms was 300 yuan a piece, and the price of 200 kilograms was 200 yuan. There was no difference from last time.
But the tuna last time was 300 kilograms of tuna, which was not a lot.
Unlike this time, there are only seven or eight items on the stall, and there are many more behind.
And most of these 300 kilograms of tuna exceed this weight, and some are close to 360 kilograms, not to mention the weight after removing the internal organs.
Boss Hua, who is full of sincerity!
"Yes, it's still the same price as before, but this is not the price I set."
Zhou Jimin explained with a smile, but didn't say much.
Queuing up, paying money, and picking up the goods, the whole transaction process is very simple and orderly, without any panic at all.
Since they are sold according to the number of items, there is no need to worry about weighing or calculating, so the speed is very fast.
After all, the computing power of vendors varies, so if you buy by the number of items, Zhou Jimin may lose some money, but so what?
Zhou Jimin suffered a loss by selling the seafood himself, because he quickly caught the seafood using space energy.
No matter what it is, it is probably not as valuable as the space energy.
In the whole process, the most time-consuming part is probably loading these giant objects weighing hundreds of kilograms onto the bullock cart.
But it doesn’t matter. Zhou Jimin has prepared pulleys and other equipment. He only needs the vendor to pull the oxcart to the stall, and the pulley can easily transport the tuna to the oxcart.
However, when the transaction was halfway through, one of the grandfather and grandsons paid the money and transferred two 280 kilograms of tuna to the bullock cart. The old bull suddenly became unsteady.
Looking at that old cow, he is probably the same as a human being in his 80s or 90s. He walks very slowly, let alone hauling so much cargo?
Grandpa and grandson are in such a hurry.
The two of them pointed to the tuna this time and made a lot of money so that they could buy a cow in the county town.
Unexpectedly, this old cow is so weak.
The old cow lying on the ground whined and looked back at his grandfather and grandson. There was a hint of human sadness and guilt in his muddy eyes.
It seems that I am saying again: Master, I am old and can no longer help you. I am sorry for you.
Other vendors whispered, making the grandfather and grandson feel ashamed.
"Comrade, you are not honest. You still know how to be grateful. I have worked hard for your family all your life, and you have to bear more burdens when you are old?"
"Alas, the world is so difficult, people are not as good as cows!"
"Why not divide it into two times? Don't you know how to do it according to your ability?"
Zhou Jimin looked on without speaking.
Then I saw the grandfather and grandson arguing. The old man wanted to buy some trash fish instead of big fish like tuna.
But his grandson believed that the opportunity was rare, so he bought the goods in batches, which was not a big problem.
The grandfather and grandson quarreled endlessly because of this. The sound was not loud, but it was fierce enough.
The people behind me were anxious and hurriedly said to drag them to the side first so as not to disturb others.
After saying that, without waiting for the grandfather and grandson to respond, several people stepped forward to help pull the bullock cart aside.
The liberated old cow walked to the bullock cart with a slight trembling and yelled at the old man, indicating that it was still OK and could still pull.
The vendors couldn't bear to see this scene.
This old cow is so sensible, but it’s a pity that he has the wrong owner.
If the old cow didn't age, there must be a merchant who would buy it.
After all, such hard-working and uncomplaining old cows are rare.
The little grandson came over and asked Zhou Jimin for help. He temporarily stored the other tuna on the oxcart in the courtyard until they came back to take it away later.
However, Zhou Jimin shook his head and expressed his refusal.
Are you kidding? Wait until they come back?
At the speed of this old cow, I'm afraid it will delay his return home.
Seeing this, the little grandson looked disappointed, and when he looked back at the ox cart, his face was filled with unwillingness.
"However, I can borrow a horse to help you pull the goods, but you need to mortgage the old cow and fifty yuan with me."
After hearing Zhou Jimin's last words, the grandfather and grandson were very grateful.
But then they awkwardly said that they only had ten dollars with them, and the remaining money was used to buy tuna.
"Then pledge these ten dollars. Remember to go back quickly and be back before five o'clock. Do you understand?"
Naturally, the grandfather and grandson nodded in agreement.
Then, Zhou Jimin opened the gate to the backyard and pulled out a horse.
This is the most ordinary wild horse, but even though it is ordinary, in the eyes of all the traders, this horse is very handsome.
Not only is he tall and powerful, he also looks good.
"Boss Hua, do you still have horses like this? I would like to buy two. Would you mind?"
Some vendors spoke directly, and other vendors repeatedly expressed that if there were more, they would also like to buy.
Zhou Jimin raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said:
"Only seafood is sold today, not horses!"
There are still many horses in the space, but he has never thought about selling them.
Even if you want to sell it, you will have to sell more cattle.
After all, in this era, cattle are still very scarce, and so are horses.
There are many types of horses, including the short yin horses in the south and the tall war horses in the north. Their functions are very prominent.
The horses raised in the space are enough to defeat many war horses.
In the northwest, Zhou Jimin had seen those war horses raised in the Qilian Mountains. No matter in terms of speed, endurance, appearance, etc., they could not compare with the horses in space.
Therefore, putting these horses on the market can easily cause unnecessary trouble.
In this case, selling horses is naturally nonsense.
However, many places in the mainland are short of cattle.
There is a shortage of buffaloes, cattle for farming, and dairy cows for meat.
Many supply and marketing cooperatives do not supply milk at all because they are sold out as soon as it arrives.
This reflects the fact that the mainland is short of dairy cows.
To be continued...