Chapter 14: King Wei who is not doing his job properly
There is no wrong way, it is the way.
To today's Tang Dynasty, things that seemed extremely ordinary in the past life are all treasures in the Tang Dynasty more than a thousand years ago.
Sow postpartum care is like this.
"Top Ten Techniques for Castrating Pigs" is like this.
The same is true for "Earthworm Breeding Technology" and "Chicken and Duck Hatching Technology".
Today, more than a thousand years ago, and it is still the early Tang Dynasty, the lives of the people of the entire Tang Dynasty can be said to be extremely difficult, and the entire Tang Dynasty society is undergoing reconstruction after the war.
Any improvement will be extremely obvious for the improvement of the Tang Dynasty's national power.
These seemingly insignificant existences could play a role in this era beyond his imagination.
And these are still things he can do currently.
And there is a decision.
The first thing is to take action.
"Chicken and Duck Hatching Technology" is one of the oldest hatching techniques, called fire kang hatching.
There is even a complete fire pit construction technology.
On the same day, Li Ming invited some masons from Chang'an City to start building the fire pit.
Most of the masons were at a loss regarding the fire kang that had never appeared in this era, but "Chicken and Duck Hatching Technology" had complete drawings, and they built it according to the drawings, which was not too difficult.
After all, this is not about technical content.
It took almost two days to build a standard fire pit.
The next step is to build the stall.
The stall is a place where eggs are placed during the middle and late stages of incubation to continue hatching and hatching. It is generally located above the kang, that is, a scaffold is built with wooden pillars about 1 meter away from the kang surface. The stall can be built with 1 to 3 floors.
2 or 3 layers. The distance between the two layers is suitable so that the work does not touch each other. The stall is spread with wheat straw, then straw or wheat straw is spread, and reed mats or quilts are spread on top. The fence is made of wooden boards around the stall.
Prevent embryonated eggs from rolling down. The stall frame should be firm to prevent shaking.
When these were completed, seven days had passed.
In seven days, Li Ming spent all his time on this after studying.
So much so that sometimes when he is studying, he becomes a little distracted. Kong Yingda can't help but sometimes angrily rebuke "rotten wood cannot be carved."
But Li Ming didn't care at all.
All his thoughts were focused on hatching.
On the day when the construction was just completed, he even skipped class and went to buy eggs and duck eggs.
Today, eggs and duck eggs are still relatively scarce supplies.
But as King Wei, he quickly purchased a large amount through the palace.
There were hundreds of eggs and fifty duck eggs.
Once the eggs and duck eggs are obtained, the majestic hatching begins immediately.
"Before incubation, heat the kang to 40-41℃. The temperature of the kang surface should be uniform and the room temperature should reach 25-27℃. After the eggs are selected and disinfected, they can be soaked in 40℃ warm water for 5 minutes before being put on the kang for incubation."
"How to place the eggs: Blunt ends can face up or they can be laid flat. Arrange them in 2 layers. They should be arranged neatly and close together. Cover them with a quilt and they can be incubated."
The self-talking voice spoke and began to proceed gradually according to the method of writing in the book.
As for the thermometer, he made one directly.
Using the ice-water compound as zero degree and boiling water as one hundred degrees, a simple thermometer was made. Although it may not be very accurate, it can at least be used.
And with these.
In addition, a large number of servants in the entire Prince Wei's Mansion were mobilized by him.
Everything undoubtedly seemed to be going smoothly.
You must know that the number of servants in Prince Wei's palace has doubled compared to before, and there are more than thirty maids alone.
In this way, he only needs to direct.
But these maids in Prince Wei's Mansion are undoubtedly in bad luck.
I don’t know why His Highness is so crazy.
Good duck eggs, if you don’t eat eggs, you have to make them like this.
But this was an order from His Highness King Wei, and they did not dare to neglect it at all, so they had no choice but to obey it.
And there are more than thirty people who are fully capable of commanding.
His incubation plan is undoubtedly extremely smooth.
"Remember, I'll turn the eggs every hour or so today. Don't be careless!"
"Starting tomorrow, turn the eggs every two hours!"
"Whoever does a good job will be rewarded by His Highness once it is completed. If anyone is careless, you can take care of it yourself!"
In the incubation room, Li Ming gave instructions to a number of maids, and every maid listened attentively, not daring to show any slights.
Some maids were punished before, but they didn’t want to be punished themselves.
In the following time, Li Ming would come over every day to check and remind these maids what to do next.
And the effect is extremely obvious.
Only the fifth day.
When you hold an egg and place it under the sun, you can vaguely see the appearance of an embryo.
And such a scene couldn't help but make Li Ming overjoyed.
He even rewarded all the maids with a huge sum of money with a wave of his hand.
And this undoubtedly made these maids even more energetic.
Even if I still don’t know what His Highness is going to do, with the reward, I will naturally work harder.
And with these attentive maids taking care of you.
The hatching progress of chickens and ducks can be said to be extremely smooth.
Even after ten days, there were only about twenty necrotic eggs and duck eggs, which means that more than one hundred and thirty embryos had been produced.
When the embryo is produced, it is close enough to hatching.
However, in Chang'an City, as Li Ming continued to tinker, the reputation of King Wei began to rise in rumors.
There is no airtight wall in the world.
King Wei was tinkering with eggs and duck eggs all day long.
In addition, some people added fuel to the flames, and for a while, some information that King Wei was abnormal was flowing out.
If it weren't for Li Er's face, rumors would have been flying all over the sky.
But even so, it's only a little better.
"Have you heard that King Wei seems to be a little out of his mind?"
"Yes, yes, I heard about it. I remember that King Wei dug a lot of holes in this courtyard a few days ago!"
"Do you know that your news is out of date?"
"I recently heard that His Royal Highness, King Wei, took a bunch of eggs and duck eggs and wanted to replace the hens and the hens to hatch the chicks and ducklings!"
"Pfft, it's true or false!"
"This is still false. According to the son of my second uncle's third aunt's fourth aunt, the son of my second uncle's third aunt's fourth aunt is working as an errand in Prince Wei's Mansion!"
"This is impossible!"
"How is it impossible? I heard it with my own ears!"
.......
Rumors are circulating in Chang'an, and most of them focus on the existence of princes and noble families.
But even so, King Wei's reputation quickly began to deteriorate.
East Palace.
"Li Ming, Li Ming, I didn't expect you to be so stupid!"
Prince Li Chengqian sneered, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve.
Looking at this person, Hou Junji couldn't help but tilt his head and opened his mouth to say something, but halfway through the words, he finally stopped talking.
Chapter completed!