Chapter 2216: Strengthening and Production (10)

Zhao Chi pondered for a moment.

The number of Feathered Oxen had already grown this large.

New Feathered Oxen would also grow up in batches, and before long the numbers would truly explode.

Now he could also estimate the daily number of newly matured Feathered Oxen.

That would be more intuitive.

Zhao Chi said: "Based on the data, in about 20 days, all these female Feathered Oxen will be able to give birth to another 90,000 new calves, right?"

Gu Qing shook her head:

"It won't take that long. Some of the Feathered Oxen have already been pregnant for a while and will give birth very soon.

"And there are also some young cows about to mature, who can also start getting pregnant and having calves.

"If you're only calculating a rough figure, you can estimate it this way for now.

"But I suggest you calculate based on a 5-day rest period after calving, plus a 20-day gestation period.

"After all, each cow needs 3 days to recover after giving birth, and getting pregnant also takes 1-2 days.

"Calculating based on 25 days would be more accurate."

Gu Qing was quite professional.

Zhao Chi smiled and said: "You're the one who knows best. So that means in 25 days, 90,000 calves will be born, and after another 40 days the calves will grow up. In other words, in another 65 days, at least 90,000 new oxen will have matured."

Gu Qing shook her head: "This figure is seriously too low, but... forget it, calculating it this way for now is fine."

Zhao Chi smiled and said: "I'm just calculating a rough estimate. So on average, that means nearly 1,400 oxen will mature every day, right?"

Gu Qing smiled and said: "Right. But this number is only valid for now. In a few days, this figure will skyrocket."

Zhao Chi said: "It doesn't matter. So we can slaughter a few more every day—let's kill 50 oxen. Send some to Su Qin, and send some to the slave laborers as well. After all, those slave laborers were previously the wolfmen's slaves, not our enemies, and we'll be converting them into soldiers later."

Gu Qing nodded: "My lord's benevolence will surely move them. Being your slave laborers, they actually eat better than the soldiers of most lords. I'll go arrange it right away."

What Gu Qing said was correct.

Slaughtering 50 Feathered Oxen every day would not only ensure the women of Taoyuan could eat their fill, but also let Su Qin's side eat to their heart's content, and allow all the slave laborers to eat half a jin of beef as well.

With rice, vegetables, and meat, plus the Carefree Spring, and a safe environment.

Where could you find slave laborers living such a comfortable life?

It was simply too blissful.

After finishing with matters here, Zhao Chi headed toward the fertilizer workshop.

The fertilizer captain, Gan Jing, was worrying.

She gazed at the raw material pits filling the courtyard, sighing nonstop.

The original raw material pits had a capacity of 10 tons, but now they were completely insufficient.

After discussing with Fang Li later, they had built quite a few large pits capable of holding 1,000 tons of raw materials.

20 meters long, 20 meters wide, and 2.5 meters deep.

They looked quite sizable.

Originally, the 10-ton capacity was designed to make it easier to ferment and compost the raw materials in batches.

If everything was piled together, the raw materials put in first would have already finished fermenting while those put in later hadn't even started, making the efficiency quite low.

But Zhao Chi could no longer wait for fermentation and composting.

He always used Quick-Growth Talismans.

So there was no need to separate them every 10 tons; they could just be stored directly in 1,000-ton raw material pits.

Now... they were full again.

Although there was no foul smell—in fact, there was an inexplicably strange fragrance—the piles really had accumulated too much.

Gan Jing was considering whether to go find Fang Li to continue building, when she suddenly spotted Zhao Chi.

As if seeing a dear relative, she excitedly rushed out of the fertilizer workshop's main courtyard.

She grabbed Zhao Chi directly and wouldn't let go.

"My lord, you've finally come. Those raw material pits are all full. Are you here this time... to make fertilizer?"

Zhao Chi smiled and said: "You don't have to hold me so tight, I'm not running away. Of course I came here to make fertilizer. Let's go, let's go take a look."

"Yes, yes, yes, come quickly."

Gan Jing pulled Zhao Chi all the way into the main courtyard.

The raw materials were indeed plentiful...

Wherever the eye could see, there were large material storage pits—dozens of them—and they were all truly full.

"How much is there in total?"

Gan Jing said: "The 6 pits over there have 5,200 tons of gold-block fertilizer raw materials, and the 35 pits in front have 35,000 tons of gold-juice fertilizer raw materials. It's really a lot."

Zhao Chi smiled and said: "Stop holding onto me, I'm really not leaving."

Gan Jing said: "My lord, do you find me disgusting? My hands are clean, and after you improved our genes, these raw materials don't have any foul smell at all."

Zhao Chi said: "Yes, not only is there no foul smell, there's even a fragrance. I don't look down on your profession—it's a glorious one. I'm about to start working now. If you keep holding onto me, how am I supposed to work?"

Hurry, hurry, let go: "Xiaoli, Xiaomei, quick, quick, quick, bring the tools over. My lord is about to start working."

"Coming!"

The female fertilizer workers nearby nimbly and quickly brought the tools over.

The remaining fertilizer workers also gathered around to watch Zhao Chi.

It seemed they were truly troubled.

Zhao Chi smiled lightly and took out the Quick-Growth Talismans.

There were only 23 of them.

Not enough...

Far from enough.

This is a little awkward.

Gan Jing and the fertilizer-making women crowded around Zhao Chi, watching him with eager eyes.

Zhao Chi scratched his head: "Hehe..."