Chapter 730: Attempting to Resolve Contradictions

On this matter, the people of the Ministry of Agriculture only have the power to participate and advise, not the power to make decisions. Baifeng has already decided on this matter; now, it is merely a matter of notifying them how this should be done.

What the people of the Ministry of Agriculture need to do is to compile statistics on the species, quantity, sex, and size of all the livestock they have domesticated, and then report them. Afterward, Baifeng will design the construction of the Breeding Farm based on this.

Baifeng must draw the sketches himself because only he understands these things. As for the construction, there are no high requirements for the livestock enclosures. With the current Brick and Cement, it is entirely possible to build a large factory building that can shelter from the wind and rain; comfort does not need to be overly considered.

Baifeng only needs to plan the facilities inside, such as how to divide the pens, railings, troughs, sewage outlets, and so on; it is not a difficult task to build.

The problem of ventilation is also easy to solve; open sheds will do. Excluding the necessary load-bearing supports, the factory building does not need fully enclosed walls, so lighting is naturally not a problem.

For Winter, according to Baifeng's concept, straw will be used to block most areas to achieve a heat-preservation effect. At the same time, some movable door panels with Glass will be manufactured and simply covered on the outside to ensure lighting.

But this also means that more manpower is needed to carry out the breeding work. The herders can continue to feed the livestock with food and water, but for daily cleaning, more manpower will be required. At the same time, this also drives the need for more people to work on cutting forage, which can also solve the employment of some tenant farmers, and it is a long-term job.

There must also be veterinarians. Currently, the only person who can be called a veterinarian is Changzhi. Baifeng had long ago asked him to teach the herdsmen some simple rescue methods, but after large-scale breeding, more and more professional people will definitely be needed. Huaxia lacks doctors, but in the current situation, a portion must be separated to become veterinarians, and they must even explore and perfect the discipline of veterinary medicine themselves.

In a country that is poor and blank, built from nothing, the lack of talent is inevitable. Furthermore, Baifeng has created many industries that should not have belonged to this era, so there is an even greater lack of highly professional talent.

The people of the Ministry of Works are doing construction in various places and are never idle throughout the year, but they have also trained many Workers. They cannot be called Artisans; they can only be called Workers. They understand some architectural principles, and doing some simple construction work is no problem.

Work like building various enclosures can be completely handed over to them. In this way, the construction of the Breeding Farm does not need to be delayed too much, and work can begin this year. Otherwise, with only those few Artisans, there is a project here and a new plan there; if they wait for a few more years, there might be new changes in the national situation of Huaxia.

The increase in grain reserves is not only for Huaxia, but the same is true for the Xuanyuan Tribe. Now, it is no longer a big problem for the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe to be full. They do not have as many projects to do as Huaxia, and not as many plans. They only need to build themselves a house to live in, and then clear wasteland and farm.

Coupled with the fact that they have been developing for a very long time and their population is in a very balanced state, they do not have the worry of having too much grain; they only think about how to eat better after they are full.

But if Huaxia wants to continue to hire Laborers in the Xuanyuan Tribe, it will be a bit difficult. The labor force of the Xuanyuan Tribe can at most be hired by Baifeng for about ten thousand people, and this includes women.

The Xuanyuan Tribe will not keep so many idle people, but after being hired out, the income will be higher than in the Xuanyuan Tribe. By comparison, the Xuanyuan Tribe will certainly be willing to hire them out. But if too many people are hired out and it affects the development of the Xuanyuan Tribe itself, they will definitely stop this transaction.

There are no small tribes around Huaxia that can be annexed, so there is no way to expand their labor force mechanically at the fastest speed. Perhaps there are more small tribes, but Huaxia has not found where they are, and it is too uneconomical to send out Soldiers to search for them for no reason.

However, fortunately, this year Huaxia can set off again for the Golden Autumn Gathering to investigate the situation in the distance and see what it looks like now after a major earthquake, and what changes have occurred in the distribution of tribal forces in the entire region.

However, what they are worried about is that since the Jiangshui Tribe has been destroyed, will those people still hold the gathering there? Perhaps seeing that the Jiangshui Tribe has become unrecognizable, they will leave directly, and the Golden Autumn Gathering will disappear.

Therefore, Baifeng has also formulated a plan for this, which is to make the scale of people going to the gathering larger this year. If there are no overly powerful forces in the local area, then Huaxia will take over the initiation and management of the Golden Autumn Gathering. Although it is very far away, Huaxia has sufficient strength.

The composition of the team and personnel setting off for the gathering has not been fully determined yet, but this year it is planned to advance entirely by riding. There are already enough cattle in Huaxia; besides those used as labor, there are even more cattle that can be ridden.

Besides the Cavalry, many ordinary people can ride cattle. It is entirely possible to form such a cattle team, choosing cattle for all travel and cargo transport. In this way, the amount of cargo that can be transported will increase, and the speed of advancement will also be faster.

The Ministry of War also has plans to send a portion of the Cavalry, horse-mounted Cavalry, to follow the team. Baifeng is still considering it because Huaxia's Cavalry has finally developed to nearly a hundred riders and is very precious, so losses must be avoided. Therefore, this matter has not been fully decided yet, but under the pressure of time, Baifeng has to weigh the pros and cons and make a decision sooner.

But there are really too many things in Huaxia. If he is idle for a period of time, countless things will suddenly surge for Baifeng to do. The Breeding Farm has just been put on the agenda, and he also has to consider the matter of the gathering.

The construction progress on the Xuanyuan Tribe side is very good, and Changle's research has also had great results. However, he sent a letter last time saying that he would come back for a while and then return to the Xuanyuan Tribe. He did not say why he was coming back, and Baifeng is too lazy to guess.

In order to consume grain and increase the labor force, they used their old tricks again, going to the Suiren Tribe to find Baoxi to see if they could hire some labor from the Suiren Tribe. Because considering that the population of the Suiren Tribe is relatively small now and is in a period of rapid recovery and development, plus they mainly rely on hunting and gathering, they are lacking in grain.

If they were to hire their strong labor at a low price like the Xuanyuan Tribe, they might be refused, so Baifeng is willing to give a relatively high price. As for the specifics, he will only know after actually talking to Baoxi. Baoxi is also not very familiar with the Huaxia model, so whether they can accept the employment may be a problem.