Rebirth on the top of the mountain, my herding career

"Zifeng, is it troublesome to make silage?"

Gulidan immediately began to clean up the mess, and she asked while working.

"It's definitely not easy! But once the trial production is successful, a major problem of livestock overwintering can be solved. Why do livestock lose fat in winter? The main reason is that the nutrition cannot keep up. And by feeding silage and hay mixedly, livestock can also lose weight in winter.

Can grow very well..."

Qin Xifeng explained the benefits of silage to Gulidan in detail. Of course, silage also has disadvantages. For example, the dosage must be controlled and the livestock must not be fed more than the ration.

Otherwise, it may cause gastrointestinal diseases in livestock.

Therefore, combining silage and alfalfa hay is the best food composition for livestock to survive the winter.

"Well, since silage has so many benefits, we must find a way to successfully trial-produce it. I support you!"

Gu Lidan felt that Qin Xifeng would definitely succeed. In her eyes, there was no difficulty that could stump the man in front of her.

In fact, Qin Xifeng's luck has always been good.

The day after he and Yu Beichen had a phone call, Tang Wannian flew from the capital to the provincial capital, and transferred from the provincial capital to Kakun City.

Therefore, Qin Xifeng soon met Tang Wannian himself.

"Uncle Atik, Xifeng, this is researcher Tang Wannian from the Beijing Institute of Geography. He was originally going to come with the scientific expedition team, but someone asked him to bring something to Xifeng, so he came here in advance.

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The city sent people to send Tang Wannian to Atik's house, and it was Director Wang who led the way.

"Hello, Researcher Tang! We finally meet."

Tang Wannian is 62 years old this year, and his hair is already graying. He seems very energetic and does not have the temperament of an old scholar.

Atik and Qin Xifeng were very polite when they met them. After all, they were representatives of the "cooperating unit", not to mention that the other party sent the lactobacillus that Qin Xifeng urgently needed in advance.

"Atik, Xiao Qin, someone in the city already introduced you to me before I came here. I was very moved after hearing the stories of your father and son, and I want to see you as soon as possible."

Although Tang Wannian was engaged in research, he was very good at talking, and he drew closer to Atik and Qin Xifeng as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Nowhere, no where, we didn't do anything."

Atik said modestly, and then invited the guests to sit down and drink milk tea.

Tang Wannian was very talkative. He asked Qin Xifeng about meteorological data recording, and then talked about the Palpaha glacier.

While chatting, I lost track of time, and it was already afternoon before I knew it.

"Researcher Tang, don't leave tonight. You and Director Wang will stay here, stay overnight after dinner, and then leave tomorrow."

Atik signaled Qin Xifeng to slaughter the sheep. When guests come to the house, he must show proper etiquette. For herdsmen, slaughtering sheep and entertaining guests is the highest etiquette.

Tang Wannian didn't quite understand this, so he thought it was okay to stay for a meal. On the contrary, Director Wang was a little embarrassed and declined a few words.

"Director Wang, just listen to my father. You guys sit down first and I'll go out for a while."

Qin Xifeng immediately got up, went to the corral to select a fat sheep, then took it to the yurt and started slaughtering it.

This kind of work is very familiar to him, and he can do it quickly by himself.

"Atik, Xiao Qin, you are too polite!"

In the evening, grandma cooked finger meat and roasted lamb chops. It wasn't until the dishes were served that Tang Wannian realized that the owner had slaughtered a sheep specially to entertain him.

This made him very touched.

At the same time, he felt that the mutton here was really delicious and not smelly at all. He usually doesn't eat mutton very much, but he ate it a lot today.

After dinner, he gave Qin Xifeng the four kinds of lactic acid bacteria that Yu Beichen asked him to bring.

At the same time, he also took out a thick stack of information on silage production. These information were compiled by Yu Beichen himself and were of great reference value.

That night, Qin Xifeng arranged for Tang Wannian to stay in the yurt where Zalun once lived. After Zalun went to the countryside, the yurt became unused. Occasionally, Zarun and his wife would stay for one night when they came back, and sometimes they would also use it to entertain guests.

As a guest room.

Officer Wang went to the village. He was definitely not an outsider. He could find a place to live in any village.

The next morning.

Tang Wannian went to the countryside accompanied by Director Wang. He had to attend an academic conference in Kakun City and he would come back with the scientific expedition team in a few days.

Qin Xifeng started to get busy after the guests left.

First, he needs to build a silage cellar. In view of the relatively cold local climate, the silage cellar will be a cellar, which is buried deep underground.

There was still some leftover cement and red bricks used to build biogas digesters in the village. After he told Atik, he could use them freely.

Secondly, you also need some tools and auxiliary materials, such as guillotines, additives, plastic sheets, etc. These things need to be purchased outsourced.

Before making silage, corn platycodon needs to be crushed. The easier way is to use a crusher. However, this kind of machinery is relatively expensive and consumes a lot of electricity, so it is not suitable for local conditions.

Manpower is to use a guillotine to cut, which will be slower.

But this time Qin Xifeng only plans to trial-produce 10 tons of silage, so he will use manpower.

Finally, he needed raw materials for making silage. Corn and platycodon were very good. In the past, every time this time came, the village would go to the farming area to bring back a large amount of corn platycodon.

This thing is worthless and is often burned as waste in agricultural areas.

Qin Xifeng entrusted the purchase of tools and materials to his eldest brother Zaren. After everything was purchased, he could ask Wang Jianjun to help deliver them.

Atik was responsible for the matter of corn and platycodon. He used to store a large amount of corn and platycodon every year. This kind of thing was easy for him.

Qin Xifeng himself took Zhang Meng, Ladil and a group of young people from the village to dig a silage cellar. This matter had no technical content and was purely physical work.

When it comes to laying bricks and plastering cement, Zhang Meng and Qin Xifeng can do it without looking for a big contractor.

After Gulidan came back, she handed over the management of the herd to her elder brother and sister-in-law. She has not been busy at all recently, so she came here to help Qin Xifeng cook.

The young people who work are very capable, so we need to keep them well fed.

Three days later.

The silage cellar is all completed.

"Xifeng, I brought you what you asked for. Where do you think it is?"

Wang Jianjun brought the tools and materials Qin Xifeng needed. He also brought two helpers this time. The delivery was just a side trip, the focus was on purchasing live sheep.

"Just unload it over there, I'm going to use it right away."

Qin Xifeng asked Wang Jianjun to unload the materials next to the silage cellar to save the trouble of having to move them around when needed.

"Okay!"

Wang Jianjun then unloaded the supplies before going to eat.

Qin Xifeng couldn't care about him now and asked Mengzi to take him to buy live sheep. Anyway, that boy could talk to anyone.

afternoon.

The corn platycodon was also transported to the vicinity of the silage cellar, and Qin Xifeng led people to start cutting.

These corn platycodon should be cut into pieces of 3cm to 4cm length, and then loaded into the silage layer by layer and compacted.

At the same time, an appropriate amount of water should be sprayed to ensure the moisture content.