Rebirth on the top of the mountain, my herding career

Growing alfalfa is both difficult and difficult to say easy.

The reason why Qin Xifeng chose an extensive planting model was mainly to consider the cost-effectiveness. The forage is consumed at home and is not sold externally, so the cost does not need to be calculated too carefully.

Another important aspect is that land in pastoral areas is not valuable. When he grows alfalfa, apart from seeds, labor costs, and irrigation costs, organic fertilizer, land, water resources, etc. cost almost nothing.

In this case, let's do whatever it takes to save trouble.

On the day of sowing, many young people in the village came to help, and even many aunties came over after hearing the news.

Qin Xifeng and Atik discussed it. Although everyone said that they would help voluntarily without any reward, they must take care of the food.

Then let's slaughter the sheep. It just so happened that Qin Xifeng recently bought a lot of flour and clear oil, and asked his grandma to take people to pack more bags. He must make sure everyone is full and well-fed.

At noon, everyone had a simple snack, naan cakes, and milk tea to finish their lunch.

In the evening, Atik slaughtered two sheep himself, stewed the mutton soup, roasted the mutton, and served it with delicious butter naan bread. It was like a festival.

"It's so luxurious... Atik, everyone come and help. It would be great if you have butter naan bread and milk tea. If you pour it well, you can kill two sheep in one go. It's really..."

Aunt Feiruzi is not being polite, she is really embarrassed.

"Firuz, everyone can eat. You're welcome!"

Atik was a very generous person. He helped everyone but refused to ask for reward. He had to express his feelings, otherwise he would feel uneasy.

Qin Xifeng had the same idea. After everyone had eaten and drank, there were a lot of butter naan cakes and cooked finger meat left, which he distributed among everyone and took them back.

There was still some unused fresh meat, so the two of them took it home.

After the alfalfa is planted, Qin Xifeng will come over to take a look if he has time, and the usual care will be left to Zhang Meng and Radil.

Alfalfa is a plant that likes drought and fears waterlogging. The land he chose is close to the Tar River, and pumping water for flood irrigation can eliminate the need for watering for many days.

There is a water pump in the village, but it needs to burn oil, and he needs to pay for the oil himself.

The investment is not big. You can ask Zaren to help you buy oil. He is only responsible for paying and you don’t have to worry about anything else.

In fact, people in the village are also watching. They have never done this before. As herdsmen, they are good at grazing, but not at planting.

But now looking at Qin Xifeng's approach, it doesn't seem difficult at all.

It's rare that someone is willing to try it first. The people in the village plan to see the effect when the time comes. If the effect is good, people will naturally follow.

From now to autumn, alfalfa can grow three to five crops, so there is absolutely no time.

"Abba, how about saying that the power of example is infinite? If I persuade everyone to plant alfalfa, most people will definitely refuse. But now I plant it first. If the harvest is good, I don't need to say that everyone will rush to plant it...

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The excitement of sowing gradually subsided. After a while, Atik found that Qin Xifeng didn't care much about planting alfalfa, so he asked about it while he was out grazing.

He felt that his son should be more careful. Since he was capable and educated, wouldn't it be better to manage things more carefully?

But in fact, Qin Xifeng didn't care at all.

Qin Xifeng also wanted to talk to Atik about this matter, but when the other party asked, he expressed his thoughts.

After all, he still wants to set an example to the people in the village and lead them to gradually change their original grazing methods.

However, as far as planting alfalfa is concerned, most herdsmen are only suitable for the extensive model, so his demonstration is simple and crude, ensuring that you can understand it and learn it at a glance.

"Well, what you said makes sense."

Atik smiled to himself and nodded, feeling that his younger son was really sensible. He was now bringing more and more surprises to himself, and was even slowly changing the people in the village.

"By the way, West Wind, the previous 10 ewes have all been confirmed to be pregnant. Can we continue to promote your method?"

Atik was in a very good mood recently. Qin Xifeng's experiment had the final result. All 10 ewes were pregnant, and the pregnancy rate was 100%.

If all the ewes in the family can produce two lambs a year, this year's harvest will be greatly increased.

"Abba, I'm already doing the preliminary work. I'll be able to give medicine to the other ewes in two days, don't worry."

Qin Xifeng is confident, and his plan is becoming reality step by step.

The technology of artificial intervention in livestock is basically mature. Even if he does not use the drugs rewarded by the system and only uses the drugs available on the market, he is still confident that the ewes can reproduce twice a year.

The only difference is that there may be some differences in the success rate.

From this day on, the ewes in Qin Xifeng's family started to come into heat one after another. Thanks to the efforts of the two Kirk sheep, the pregnancy rate reached over 90%.

A total of 36 ewes were pregnant.

After more than four months, 142 days to be precise, the family's flock will grow rapidly, and the total number will exceed 135 at least.

Of course, there is a prerequisite for this, that is, the survival rate of the lambs must exceed 95%.

This problem is nothing in his eyes, and he is confident that he can solve it.

"Xifeng, someone from the county is here, come with me."

These days, when Qin Xifeng is busy working in the stable, Gulidan will often come to help him.

Under his guidance, Gulidan also learned a lot of veterinary knowledge and basically mastered the technology of artificial intervention in livestock reproduction.

This morning, the two of them were recording relevant data in the corral when Atik suddenly ran over.

"Okay, Abba Gulidan, just continue taking notes as I said. I'll come back later."

Qin Xifeng handed everything in his hands to Gulidan, and then followed Atik to his father's and mother's yurt.

On the way, Atik told his son that Wu Simai was here.

"Xifeng, everyone was busy with the follow-up of the case a while ago and didn't have time to come over to see your father and you. Don't be surprised.

Now that the case is basically over, the district and county are planning to jointly hold a commendation meeting, which will be held on time at ten o'clock in the morning at the county auditorium the day after tomorrow, and you both have to attend."

Wu Simai said that Adil's gang had captured and smuggled dozens of hunting falcons in the past two years. The case was serious, so the standards of the commendation meeting would be very high.

This time, many people, including Wu Simai, will receive awards for their meritorious service.

So he came here at everyone's request. On the one hand, he notified Atik and Qin Xifeng to attend the meeting, and on the other hand, he also expressed his gratitude to them.

"No problem, we will definitely go when the time comes."

The father and son looked at each other and made a decision immediately.

Atik immediately smiled and agreed happily. For him, he had participated in commendation meetings of all sizes, but for Qin Xifeng, this was the second time.

"Okay, let's meet in the county the day after tomorrow! Atik, Xifeng, on behalf of the task force, I salute you again! I didn't bring anything with me this time, so please accept your thoughts."

After Wu Simai finished speaking, he stood up and led the two of them out of the yurt.