Chapter 46: Military Farming System, Planning to Build a Pig Farm

Hearing Li Xiuning's words, Ning Fan was stunned. It turned out that a villain who had been doing evil for a long time would really become a good person after doing a good deed!

My predecessor had been causing trouble in Beijing for many years and was already notorious. I didn't expect that just by killing a group of corrupt officials, I would become famous among the people and even become a great hero in the eyes of the people. I was really flattered!

"I still reluctantly accept the praise from everyone, but offering me up as an offering to burn incense is a bit too much!"

Ning Fan also had a wry smile on his face, and Li Xiuning on the side said playfully: "I heard that even the girls from several brothels in Beijing are full of praise for His Highness. There are also rumors that as long as you go, the brothel will You can choose any girl here, no charge!”

"Ahem!!"

"Princess, I can't believe the rumors in the market!"

"I have always kept myself clean, and I have never been to such romantic places!"

"It's just a few words that common people talk about before tea and after dinner. I can't believe it!"

"Yeah?"

Seeing the teasing look in Li Xiuning's beautiful eyes, Ning Fan quickly changed the subject: "Princess, how is the training of the army officers and men?"

"Now that you are the boss, I will personally take over the Qilin Camp. I will never lose in the big competition in three months!"

"With the princess personally taking part, there will be no problem. How is the training effect?"

"Your Highness, I am here to discuss something with you!"

"Um?"

"In the past two days, the training volume of the officers and soldiers has increased day by day, and their morale has been unprecedentedly high. However, the lieutenant officers and soldiers in the army have two meals a day, and the food is very light, and their physical strength cannot keep up!"

Li Xiuning had a look of embarrassment on his face and said softly: "It's fine if it lasts only three or two days, but if it lasts for a long time, I'm afraid it will break down the soldiers' bodies!"

Ning Fan frowned slightly when he heard this. He also realized the seriousness of this problem, and it was also a problem that had to be faced squarely. In this era, it was not like Ning Fan's previous life, where everyone had three meals a day and warm tea. Full of food!

In this era of strict class structure, only the royal family can have four meals a day, officials can have three meals a day, ordinary people and military officers can only have two meals a day, and even some poor people can't even eat a hot meal all day long. miss a meal!

"I'll figure this out!"

"The training plan cannot be disrupted. Not only must the soldiers be well fed, but they must also be well fed!"

"Your Highness, why don't we go into the palace to meet the Holy Spirit together?"

"No, there is no need to trouble Father with this little thing!"

Ning Fan pondered for a moment, looked at Lin Yong and said, "Uncle Lin, go and buy some young pigs with the thousand taels of gold your father just rewarded!"

"Porpoise?"

Lin Yong had a look of doubt on his face: "Second Master, why do you want to buy those pickled things? We have cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks in our house..."

"Follow the king's instructions!"

"yes!"

Seeing the firm look on his second master's face, Lin Yong stopped retorting and asked softly: "Second master, will you buy all the thousand taels of gold into dolphins?"

"That's right, they all need young dolphins, preferably breeder dolphins!"

"As you command!"

Lin Yong strode away. Li Xiuning, who was standing beside him, had a puzzled look on his face. He only heard Ning Fan whisper: "Princess, from now on, one hundred thousand soldiers will be training in the morning and reclaiming wasteland and planting in the afternoon!"

"Reclamation?"

There was a look of surprise on Li Xiuning's face, and she asked in confusion: "Why do you want to reclaim wasteland?"

"Self-reliance!" Ning Fan said with a chuckle: "Nowadays, all my soldiers, Dayu, eat two meals a day, even the frontier troops!"

"If we rashly ask my father to give extra meals to the soldiers in Gyeonggi Province, what will our colleagues in the border army think when they find out?"

"And if you want all the soldiers of Dayu to have three meals a day, I'm afraid we can't do it with our current national strength!"

"So, if you want to maintain training and keep the soldiers full, you have to do it yourself!"

Ning Fan spoke leisurely, and Li Xiuning nodded in agreement. What His Highness said makes sense!

Those soldiers fighting at the border still have two meals a day. If the soldiers trained in Gyeonggi Province change to three meals a day, I am afraid the soldiers in the border army will not be willing!

Why are we working so hard outside and you guys have never even been on the battlefield and yet you have better food than us?

As the saying goes, don’t worry about scarcity but inequality!

"But Your Highness, if our soldiers cultivate the land on their own, when will they be able to eat the food they grow?"

"So, I plan to borrow food from the imperial court in the name of the Western Camp!"

"Borrow food?"

"Um!"

Ning Fan nodded with a smile and said softly: "I am a man of one hundred thousand sons in the capital. Even if I cultivate ten thousand acres of fields every day, even if I don't grow it myself, I can still fill my stomach by selling it!"

"Of course my father will not refuse!"

"In this way, our soldiers will make extra meals for themselves. Even if the border troops know about it, they will have nothing to say!"

After hearing Ning Fan's words, Li Xiuning's face was filled with recognition, and then she asked doubtfully: "But why did His Highness ask Butler Lin to buy a baby dolphin?"

"Baby dolphins are sour and smelly, so they are cheap and only poor people eat them!"

"I have a method that can get rid of the fishy smell of dolphin and make the meat extremely delicious, even more delicious than beef and sheep!"

"So, I'm going to order someone to build a pig farm!"

Ning Fan's face was full of smiles. The common people of this era did not know that castrated pigs had no appetite, and the dignitaries regarded pigs as a mean and dirty thing. They have been despised by scholars since ancient times!

Ordinary people can't stand that kind of food, so cattle and sheep are the mainstream of this era!

But cattle are important farming tools. Dayu's law prohibits the killing of oxen without authorization, which leads to excessively high meat prices. Ordinary people may not be able to eat meat a few times a year!

Therefore, Ning Fan is ready to open up the pig market and bring down Dayu's meat prices so that people can eat meat several times a year!

[Boom! Release system task: Build a pig farm]

[Task time limit: seven days]

[Task requirements: The scale of the pig farm reaches 1,000 heads]

[Task rewards: potatoes*1000, sweet potatoes*1000, farming artifact curved plow blueprint! ]

"Hiss!"

Hearing the prompt sound of the system in his mind, Ning Fan trembled all over. Potatoes and sweet potatoes finally came out. This is an artifact of the era!

It is no exaggeration to say that the value of any of these two things far exceeds that of ten peerless civil and military officials!

Seeing Ning Fan's face suddenly become extremely excited, Li Xiuning beside him was puzzled: "Your Highness, why are you so surprised?"

"Hahaha!"

Ning Fan had an unconcealed smile on his face and said softly: "Nothing, I just thought of something funny!"

"Princess, you return to the army immediately and send someone to survey the wasteland near the West Camp!"

"I will go to see my father and ask the Ministry of Works to prepare a batch of farm tools!"

"Starting tomorrow, the entire army will reclaim wasteland..."

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