Nowadays, little boars are wandering around outside because no one likes them and almost no one wants them.
But recently, the palace has purchased a large number of boars and gilts, which has allowed many people to see opportunities to make money.
After this, the pigs around Xuchang were almost sold out. Pigs that were usually seen everywhere on the streets were now rare, and anyone who dared to show up would be immediately arrested.
A few days later, batches of castrated talents who had learned and practiced appeared, and a large number of castrated pigs began to grow.
These guys are very dirty. The place where the pigs are raised is so smelly that no one wants to go there.
In order to persist in this matter, Zhao Feng decided to subsidize the pig raising.
Especially those who raised pigs every day were rewarded heavily by Zhao Feng.
Three months later, the piglet has grown to half its size, and Zhao Feng can’t wait to eat a pot of twice-cooked pork!
Thanks to improvements in iron smelting technology, today's iron pots are of good quality and can be used for cooking.
However, no one has thought that this iron pot has such wonderful functions!
However, in order to increase people's enthusiasm for raising pigs, Zhao Feng did not eat alone, but chose to hold a feast on the street outside the palace!
"The emperor invites everyone to eat meat!"
The eunuchs were shouting in the streets one after another, and many people came here.
In fact, under Zhao Feng's deliberate arrangement, some people came looking for it after smelling the fragrant smell of cooking.
Everyone who smelled this unprecedented fragrance couldn't help drooling. It was so fragrant, it was simply unimaginable!
Even Na Jushu showed up on the street regardless of his image.
"Your Majesty, why is it so fragrant? The meat looks shiny. Is it oiled? I wonder if it will be delicious?" Jushou was very curious and even wanted to take a bite.
Zhao Feng immediately stopped him and said, "Don't fight with the people. Come here, share this meat with me and give each person a piece. If anyone wants to eat it, come here tomorrow and I will give you a piglet and let you raise it by yourself."
And, I will teach you how to make this dish tomorrow!"
Afterwards, the fried meat was distributed. After everyone ate it, their eyes widened with disbelief!
"Why is this meat so delicious?"
"Your Majesty, what kind of meat is this? I heard that there is dragon meat on top and donkey meat on the bottom. Could it be that this is dragon meat?"
When Zhao Feng saw that people had almost eaten, he smiled from a high place and said: "This is pork! I raised the piglet myself."
As he spoke, he grabbed a few pieces of pork and ate them all in one go.
"Delicious! Don't you think so?"
Many people responded below, but there were still many people who found it difficult to accept the pork and immediately shook their heads and sighed.
"Since most people think pork is delicious, who wants to raise piglets?"
Many nobles kept their own cattle, sheep and horses just to make it easier for them to eat.
Now, if they think pork is delicious, they will definitely raise pigs too.
If the upper class nobles start raising pigs, then the people below will naturally raise pigs.
Many people around him were nobles. Seeing how hard Zhao Feng promoted pork, they immediately decided to help Zhao Feng in exchange for the emperor's favor.
Immediately, many people shouted loudly, saying they wanted to feed him.
In the crowd, many steady ministers asked: "Your Majesty wants to promote this, which is understandable, but your Majesty, not every piece of this pork is so delicious! Male pork is smelly, and female pork is not cooked well. Everyone knows that this is
Isn’t it a waste of time to kill a pig?”
Zhao Feng immediately burst out laughing: "That's why I want you to come here tomorrow. I will tell you all my magic tricks then. As long as you do it seriously, the pigs you raise in the end will be as delicious as mine!"
Hearing what Zhao Feng said, more people immediately shouted: "Your Majesty, I want it too..."
Seeing such a scene, Zhao Feng asked the eunuch to handle the matter, and ordered Jushou to immediately release the news, saying that the imperial court would purchase piglets at a certain price every year!
As soon as this news comes out, people all over the country will definitely like raising pigs even more. By then, people all over the country will be raising pigs, and every household will have meat to eat. The extra piglets can be purchased directly and used by the army to supply the army!
After Zhao Feng's personal experience, the wealthy families in Xuchang even praised pork. However, a wealthy family is a wealthy family and a wealthy family is a wealthy family. In the eyes of most people, eating pork is still a symbol of lack of money and low status.
Therefore, wealthy and powerful families still would not choose to raise pigs.
This situation was quickly learned by Jushou, who immediately went to the court to report: "Your Majesty, almost no one in the Xuchang family raises pigs. They still believe that eating cattle and sheep is worthy of their status. This pig raising matter may be a serious matter."
Stranded."
Zhao Feng immediately laughed: "Let me ask you, are there more rich people or poor people in the world?"
Jushou immediately said: "Of course there are many people who have no money."
"That's it. There may not be one rich person in a thousand people. There may not be one person in a hundred thousand who can eat cattle and sheep every day. You can't judge the world by looking at Xuchang. There are many rich people in Xuchang
, those who have no money will not lower their stature to eat pork because they are around me, but it is different in other places. The rich will not be too concentrated. There will be many people who eat pork in the future, especially the common people!
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Jushou was suddenly stunned.
As Zhao Feng said, Xuchang was the most prosperous place in the entire Wei Empire. Some officials who were in the middle and lower classes would rather not eat meat or go out to buy or raise pigs to avoid being laughed at by their colleagues in order to maintain their dignity.
Jushou went to nearby Luoyang. Although it was deserted, people came to settle here one after another.
In addition to some wealthy local people who lived here before, there are also many refugees.
However, under the organization of the county magistrate and the massive financial support of Zhao Feng, the place has now regained some vitality.
As soon as he entered the city, Jushou saw pigs running around on the streets. There was a stench all over the streets. If he looked carefully, he saw that they were all pigs.
Jushou immediately frowned: "Go away, let this Luoyang order organize manpower to clean the streets every day. It is really embarrassing to the emperor."
However, even so, it also proves that pigs are active here.
He walked to a newly built courtyard. The walls of the courtyard were surrounded by fences. Inside, two couples over fifty years old were happily feeding a few piglets.
"Even if we don't eat them, we still have to feed them. After they are fed, we will sell them to our sons to get a wife in the future!" the old woman said happily.
The old man hummed, but then said: "Perhaps I will be starved to death by then, and will not have time to marry my son, so I will have to be buried first."
"That's nonsense. We harvested a lot of sweet potatoes last year, and the remaining ones are almost enough. We will harvest more this fall, and we won't starve to death." The old woman scolded her immediately.
The old man looked troubled: "There are sweet potatoes, but you have to feed them to me. It's just feeding the pigs. I'm starving for the hungry old man."
"Feeding pigs will make them grow meat, but feeding you? I can only pull them out and eat them half full. It's really greedy."
"Oh, I'm not as good as a little pig..."
The old woman immediately became furious: "Don't you want to give your son a wife?"
