Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

What connection could chickens and basketball possibly have?

Before he transmigrated, he could connect basketball with chickens, but that was just a stale meme that had been played out for years.

Now, after so many years in Great Jing, if Li Yuanzhao hadn't mentioned it, he wouldn't have even remembered it.

Fang Zheng felt a slight sense of melancholy.

He wondered what the Earth was like now. Maybe the originator of that stale meme had already become the master of the Chinese music scene...

Emperor Jing pondered for a long time, but ultimately shook his head.

His son's imagination was truly beyond his comprehension.

Seeing that neither Fang Zheng nor Emperor Jing could guess, Li Yuanzhao crossed his arms and smiled smugly: "You'd never guess! Follow me."

With that, he took the lead and walked into the chicken coop.

Emperor Jing and Fang Zheng exchanged glances, both with great疑惑 in their eyes.

Emperor Jing whispered, "Zheng Yi, what's the relationship between chickens and basketball?"

"Maybe... chickens play basketball? I can't figure it out either."

"Forget it, let's go in and take a look...."

Once inside the chicken coop, the stench was even stronger, but Li Yuanzhao's expression remained unchanged.

He casually stood next to a chicken cage and pointed at it: "I said, to make chickens grow meat quickly, we need to minimize their activity."

"I don't understand much about medical matters, but I can achieve the same goal by modifying the design of the chicken coop."

"The bottom of this chicken coop has a pull-out tray specifically for collecting chicken droppings, making it easy to clean. However, even so, people still need to regularly clean the chicken coop on a large scale to maintain a higher level of cleanliness."

"Daily ventilation is also insufficient. With so many chickens gathered together, simply opening doors and windows is not enough to circulate the air."

"Most importantly, chickens, like people, will have problems if they're cooped up for too long. In short, they still need to be frequently placed in outdoor areas to roam freely."

Li Yuanzhao placed his hand on the chicken coop: "But once the free-range time is too long, it will inevitably increase the chicken's energy consumption and slow down the rate of gaining weight."

"To solve this problem, I racked my brains and finally had an inspiration one day when I saw someone playing basketball outside. So, I specially designed this chicken coop, which I named the Basketball Chicken Coop!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yuanzhao grabbed the chicken coop, twisted and pulled, and a separate spherical cage was actually removed from the frame.

The chicken inside flapped its wings a couple of times and cried out 'gege' as if it was about to lay an egg...

Fang Zheng was dumbfounded.

When he came in earlier and saw this row of chicken coops, he felt something was not quite right, and now he finally realized what it was.

The chicken coop is round! Not only is it round, but it's also movable and can be taken off the chicken rack!

Li Yuanzhao casually threw the chicken coop on the ground, and the chicken inside poked its head out and cautiously stepped on the cage, starting to move forward.

The spherical cage, like a basketball, slowly rolled forward......

This is a method of raising chickens in another world. Please do not apply it literally.

"This small invention can reduce the chicken's activity, prevent the chickens from running around randomly, facilitate personnel management, and most importantly, prevent wild animals from stealing chickens in the suburbs! Once the chicks grow to a certain size, they will be put into the cage, and from then on, their lives will be spent here!"

"I've calculated that using my method of raising chickens from start to finish can at least get the chickens out of the cage ten days earlier!" Li Yuanzhao smiled slightly, "What does Your Majesty think?"

So that's how basketball and chicken are combined!

Emperor Jing pondered: "I understand the ventilation and cleanliness you mentioned, and the pull-out tray you mentioned is also good, but this cage doesn't seem to be very necessary."

"It's just to prevent the chickens from running around and reduce activity, wouldn't it be possible to just build a courtyard wall outside the chicken farm?"

Li Yuanzhao shook his head: "What Your Majesty said does make sense, but you haven't considered that my method needs to be universally applicable and easily promoted to others."

"Building a courtyard wall is certainly feasible, but it will undoubtedly increase the cost. In addition, raising hundreds of chickens at high density is completely different from raising chickens by ordinary people! Chickens can fly, run, and even fight each other, and the cage can perfectly solve these problems."

"Using this basketball chicken coop can perfectly solve these problems, and the most important thing is that the management cost will be greatly reduced. In addition to the above benefits, it can also facilitate poultry farmers to quickly put the chickens into the coop and reduce labor costs."

So that's how it is... Is there so much knowledge in raising chickens?

Emperor Jing seemed a little confused.

Li Yuanzhao tentatively asked: "I've said everything I need to say, what does Your Majesty think?"

Emperor Jing slowly nodded. Although there were some problems he hadn't figured out, what Li Yuanzhao said seemed to be generally correct.

"Very good! If more people follow your method, then the meat supply in my Great Jing will undoubtedly have a huge increase. You deserve the credit for this."

Li Yuanzhao laughed and put his hands on his hips: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Emperor Jing was originally smiling, feeling very satisfied, but seeing that his tail was about to wag in the sky, he immediately put on a straight face and said: "This is just the first step, what about the next step?"

Li Yuanzhao also felt that he was being a little too arrogant, and stretched his hand out towards the outside of the chicken coop: "Okay, I'll take Father to see the second step."

The three of them left the chicken coop and arrived at another house not far away.

Li Yuanzhao pushed open the door, only to see that it was a kitchen, empty and filled with stoves.

The house was not big, and sunlight filled the room. Various words were clearly written on the wall.

Li Yuanzhao preemptively said: "Father, this is the house where I train my employees in advance before opening the store."

"Your Majesty should be able to see that the hamburgers sold in the restaurant are different from ordinary stir-fried dishes, they are just combined from some simple ingredients."

"But although it looks simple, it also contains a lot of knowledge."

Emperor Jing didn't respond, but looked at the words on the wall with his hands behind his back.

Seeing that he was not amused, Li Yuanzhao quickly explained: "Years ago, Lao Fang took me to a textile factory. The textile factory used a new working method at the time, called the assembly line."

"Now, many factories in the capital have adopted the assembly line method, dividing all production processes, with each person responsible for a part. This kitchen of mine also uses a similar division of labor method."

"However, after my long-term research and improvement, the previous division of labor and streamline operation method has a brand new approach!"

Li Yuanzhao said confidently: "The previous division of labor was just a rough division of the process, but I have put forward a further requirement! Not only is there a division of labor and collaboration, but employees must also put forward more detailed division of labor requirements in their respective divisions!"

"For example, each small step of cooking, stipulating the movements between the waves of the hand, the operating time of each movement, and finally, after a long period of high-intensity training, this set of methods can be ingrained in the bone marrow. In this way, after the training is successful, the efficiency of producing food will increase by 20%!"

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