Chapter 785

This stumped everyone present.

"Where would Great Qin get so much meat?"

"The number of Great Qin soldiers is too high; I reckon it's impossible for everyone to have meat to eat."

"In the past, the dry rations Great Qin soldiers ate were only slightly softer than stones."

"Now that we have sweet potatoes and potatoes, I originally thought things would be much better."

"But in His Highness's eyes, it is still far from enough."

"Being able to eat one's fill and having strength is already good; there's just no way around the lack of meat."

The ministers discussed it one after another; they could eat meat often.

That was because they had money, but there were not many people who could eat meat every day.

Now, wanting every soldier in Great Qin to have meat to eat was a problem too difficult to solve.

They had no solution.

Eating meat occasionally was one thing, but eating it every day was something they didn't even dare to imagine.

But for Ying Ying Zi Ye, this matter was not a major problem.

It was not that he hadn't thought about this issue, but the timing had not been ripe before.

But now, the timing was already ripe.

Whether a person eats meat or not makes no difference in the short term.

But over a long period, those who eat meat will be much stronger than those who do not.

This is the nutritional value of meat.

"If there isn't enough meat, we can farm it!"

"Where would we get so much mutton, beef, and horse meat to eat?"

"If the soldiers could eat meat every day like you all do, they would be invincible."

Ying Ying Zi Ye cast a sideways glance at the crowd, annoyed.

The civil and military officials felt somewhat awkward and didn't know what to say.

They had heard a word: farming.

The Qin people had only engaged in small-scale farming before.

One must know that in the past, people couldn't even get enough to eat; how could they have the leisure to farm?

But now, things seemed different; farming was not impossible.

"If we farm, what do we raise? What will they eat?"

Ying Zheng looked at Ying Ying Zi Ye with curiosity.

They couldn't possibly eat grain, could they?

He certainly couldn't agree to that.

One must know that Great Qin had a massive population.

If something went wrong, a natural disaster might occur at any time.

Grain and fodder must be stored; those beasts must not be allowed to waste it.

"Father Emperor, I have already thought about this; let's raise mountain boars."

Mountain boars are pigs.

In Great Qin, there had not yet been large-scale farming of them.

Because the pork had a strong, pungent, gamey odor.

Great Qin didn't have many seasonings, so they couldn't remove the fishy smell; ordinary people simply couldn't swallow this pork.

Therefore, few people raised these pigs; they were too unpalatable.

Moreover, it was only the commoners who ate this pork.

The nobles didn't eat this meat; they generally ate mutton, fish, and the like.

Mountain boar meat was also called "cheap meat" by Brother Zheng and the others; how could they possibly eat it?

Upon hearing that they were to raise mountain boars, Ying Zheng was immediately displeased.

Such cheap meat was so unpalatable; why raise it?

"Let's forget about raising mountain boars."

"I've heard the meat of this thing is very hard to eat."

"Even if we raise it, I reckon no one would be willing to eat it."

Ying Zheng shook his head slowly, and the rest of the officials thought the same.

None of them approved of raising these mountain boars; the meat was too unpalatable.

Let alone them, I reckon the soldiers wouldn't like to eat it either.

"Father Emperor, that is only because you don't know how to farm them."

"Mountain boar meat is actually delicious, and one litter can produce over a dozen piglets."

"It is the best species for farming; the reason you can't eat it is because of the gamey smell."

"But this is not a problem; I have a method to resolve this issue."

Ying Ying Zi Ye did not want to give up on pig farming; if they farmed pigs for a year, perhaps everyone in Great Qin could eat pork.

Mountain boars have an inherent gamey odor; only improved mountain boars would not have it.

And only by improving them into domesticated ones could that gamey odor be removed.

Only then would the pork taste fragrant; as it happens, he knows how to improve these mountain boars. ===== CHAPTER 787 =====