The Original Vampire

  Sonny’s manor is located south of Winter Spring Town.

  A simple wooden fence surrounded a large area of ​​land, but it was basically farmland and pasture, with no luxurious buildings.

  After entering the manor, Harrison and Judy shouted to ride horses. Sonny and Bachelor asked Hans, his son, to take them to the racecourse. Colin and Vera came to a field under the leadership of Sonny.

  ”Sonny, these farmers are growing sweet potatoes?” Colin asked in surprise.

  Even if he is not proficient in farming, Colin also knows that the staple foods in this world are barley and wheat, and there is also some rice. Although people know that sweet potatoes can also be eaten, they are not considered mainstream food.

  ”That’s right, Lord Viscount, the main crop grown on my farm is sweet potatoes,” Bachelor Sunny explained patiently.

  ”You may not know that sweet potatoes have many advantages. One acre of land can grow a hundred 6,000 pounds of sweet potatoes that can be harvested next year! Its yield is one to sixty, while barley’s yield is one to twenty. This is already three times the difference in yield per mu!

  In addition, sweet potatoes grow underground; yes, their fruits will not be pecked by birds. But in ordinary wheat fields, no matter how tightly the farmers guard them, one or two percent of the wheat will be destroyed by birds every year.

  But these sweet potatoes do not need to be looked after, and farmers only need to water them regularly. Just water and fertilize.”

  ”The yield of sweet potatoes is so high!” Vera said in surprise with her eyes widened.

  Now that she has become the Duke of the North, Vera naturally begins to worry about the North, and the biggest crisis in the North right now is the food problem.

  So after hearing that the yield per acre of sweet potatoes was so high, Vera immediately became interested.

  Although she also knew that the taste of sweet potatoes was definitely not as good as bread, for the civilians in famine, as long as they could fill their stomachs, they didn’t care about the taste at all.

  However, Colin was not that excited. Of course, he had heard that the yield of sweet potatoes was higher than that of wheat, but even on Earth, sweet potatoes have not been able to replace rice and wheat as the staple food. Therefore, there must be a problem with some link.

  ”Sonny, don’t sweet potatoes have any shortcomings?” Colin asked calmly.

  ”Of course.” Bachelor Sonny nodded and said frankly, “Sweet potatoes are slightly toxic and are not suitable for long-term human consumption. They can easily cause diarrhea. Moreover, sweet potatoes do great damage to soil fertility, so they need enough Fertilizer.

  However, these shortcomings of sweet potatoes are nothing compared to their advantages of high yield and labor savings.

  Especially given the current situation in the north, as long as the planting of sweet potatoes is promoted, the famine will definitely be eliminated in the shortest time. Get it under control!”

  A blush of excitement appeared on Vera’s pretty face, and she seemed to have felt that promoting sweet potatoes in the north was an extremely feasible measure.

  But when she saw Colin, who was frowning, she gradually calmed down and realized that there might be problems that she hadn’t noticed.

  Seeing this, Bachelor Sonny did not continue to explain but said, “Your Majesty the Duke, Sir Viscount, I will take you to a place.”

  Vera and Colin then followed Bachelor Sonny and continued to move forward, and they arrived not long after in front of a large shed.

  Before he even got close, Colin heard the grunting of a wild boar coming from the shed.

  ”Please forgive me, my dear guests; the taste is a bit strong,” Bachelor Sonny warned carefully.

  Sure enough, an unspeakable stench hit their faces, almost making Vera and Colin faint.

  Fortunately, they are not pampered people and endured the stench to come to the shed.

  ”Are you raising wild boars in captivity?” Colin was even more surprised.

  The meat in this world is mainly beef and sheep. Pork has a fishy smell, and because the pigs themselves have poor habits, their hygienic conditions are completely inferior to those of cattle and sheep. Therefore, pork is generally only eaten by common people. Nobles do not look down on this dirty thing. Dirty animals.

  However, Ke Lin, who came from China, was already accustomed to pork. After traveling to this world, he was a little regretful that he could no longer eat delicacies such as braised pork from his previous life.

  Although he didn’t know it specifically, Colin also knew that wild boars were not even specially domesticated in this world. After all, nobles did not eat them, and ordinary civilians did not have extra food to feed pigs. At most, they wanted to eat meat. When the time comes, go to the wild to hunt some wild boars and improve your food.

  But now, the former Imperial Minister of Agriculture has actually begun to consciously raise wild boars in captivity, which made Colin couldn’t help but take a high look at him.

  ”Yes, Lord Viscount.” Bachelor Sonny nodded. “Wild boars are not as valuable as cattle and sheep, but they are very easy to feed and will eat almost anything.

  For example, you can get the sweet potato leaves from the sweet potato fields you saw before. Feed pigs.

  Raising a wild boar can produce about 500 pounds of meat a year, while a sheep can provide up to about 100 pounds of mutton. As for cattle, it takes three years to slaughter, but it can only provide 1,000 pounds. About a pound of meat.

  Do you think it is cost-effective to raise pigs?”

  Before Colin could speak, Vera had already shaken her head and said, “But the nobles will not eat such lowly animals. Could it be that you want to sell the pork? to the common people?

  Bachelor Sonny, with all due respect, the common people will probably not buy your pork. After all, wild boars are everywhere. They would rather hunt by themselves or buy them at low prices from hunters.

  Moreover, although cattle and sheep produce little meat, cowhide, beef tendon, sheepskin, and wool are very valuable and have many uses. Not to mention that cattle and sheep also produce milk. As for wild boar, its only advantage seems to be that it produces a lot of meat. However, pork is dry and fishy. Not to mention the nobility, even the common people are unwilling to eat it for a long time.”

  ”Who said the nobility cannot accept pork?” Bachelor Sunny argued, “If you are willing, please allow me to prepare a dish for you with pork as the main ingredient. lunch, I believe you will be very surprised to find that you may have missed a delicious food!”

  Vera wanted to say that she had tasted wild boar and the taste was not good, but Colin nodded directly and agreed to Sonny’s suggestion: “Okay, I’ll trouble you!”

  Bachelor Sonny immediately invited me excitedly: “Please come with me, two distinguished guests!”

  It was still a little early for lunch, but in order to recommend his farming and animal husbandry system to Vera and Colin, Bachelor Sonny went to the kitchen in person and urged the chefs to prepare a big pork dish. meal.

  Not long after, the attendants brought lunch to the table.

  Vera twitched her nose a few times and found that there was no fishy smell as expected, but an alluring aroma.

  ”Your Majesty the Duke, Your Majesty the Viscount, please look! These are lemon-fried pork chops, charcoal-grilled pork knuckles, smoked back pork, mashed potatoes, and red wine. Please try it.”

  Vera was still hesitant, but Colin had already started cutting it. A piece of pork chop was imported.

  Crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, mellow and delicious, without the expected dryness or fishy smell at all. Colin’s eyes lit up, and he seemed to understand something. He asked, “Bachelor Sonny, are the wild boars you keep in captivity castrated?

  ” Bachelor Ni was slightly startled, then smiled and said, “I admire your profound knowledge, Lord Viscount! Yes, these wild boars are indeed castrated.” At this time, Vera also tasted the pork feast in front of her and immediately noticed that it was completely different from the wild boar he had eaten a long time ago, so he asked curiously:

  ”Does castrated wild boar taste better?”

  ”Yes, Your Majesty the Duke!” Bachelor Sunny explained, “Castrated wild boar will taste better.” Afterward, not only will the pork taste better, but the temperament of the wild boar will also become gentler, making it easier to keep in captivity.”

  Colin nodded repeatedly. He also knew that the castrated wild boar would evolve more into the domestic pig in his impression. It is estimated that there will be more In a few generations, we will be able to see in this world the white and fat domestic pigs that were trained in the previous life.

  Bachelor Sonny explained again: “Your Majesty, the planting of sweet potatoes and the raising of wild boars that I recommend are actually a new farming and animal husbandry system that relies on each other and promotes each other!

  Sweet potato leaves can be used to feed wild boars, and the excrement of wild boars is a very good fertilizer that can solve the problem of sweet potatoes destroying soil fertility. The two are interdependent.

  The output of this new farming and animal husbandry system will definitely surprise you. It can even completely change the diet structure of the entire empire’s civilian class and even change their health status. !

  You may look down on these wild boars, but please don’t forget how luxurious meat is to civilians. If you can make them consider pork as part of their daily diet, then I can guarantee that the people under your rule will be the strongest citizens in the entire empire!

  Your army will also have the best source of soldiers!”

  Bachelor Sonny became more and more excited as he spoke. It was a kind of glory and fanaticism that could only come from transforming the world in his own way.

  After Vera tasted Bachelor Sonny’s pork feast, she began to realize that, as time went by, even the nobles would gradually accept this new type of pork. Even if it could not replace the status of beef and sheep in the noble banquets, it would make a lump of excellent supplemental meat.

  For civilians, this kind of pork is simply a gift from God!

  Since beef and sheep don’t produce much meat, their prices are extremely high. Few civilians can eat beef and mutton in their daily diet. But it’s different with pork. If we really follow Bachelor Sonny’s method to promote his new farming and animal husbandry system, it is really possible to enrich the common people’s dining table.

  Thinking of this, Vera couldn’t help but feel excited. She subconsciously looked at Colin, but saw her husband frowning instead.

  Colin put down his knife and fork, wiped his mouth with a napkin, looked at Bachelor Sonny solemnly, and asked in a deep voice:

  ”Sister Sonny, now it’s time for you to tell us the truth. If your new farming and animal husbandry system is really like this, why was it so strongly resisted in Yulong City?”