From Village Chief to Emperor of the Strongest Empire - Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Breeding Plan

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Early the next morning.

Bella had already started her procurement work at the hunter’s house in the town.

“Hey! Good morning, Mrs. Smith. How was yesterday’s harvest?”

“Oh! Good Morning, Mrs. Bella. I think you’ll be satisfied with these rabbits. Look! They’re so fat and lively. Their meat must be especially delicious!”

“Their fur is indeed very shiny. I can see that you’ve fed them very well!”

“Thank you for your praise. How about this one? It’s the biggest one. It’s the most edible one. If I don’t sell it soon, I won’t be able to keep it.”

Mrs. Smith joked with Bella with an exaggerated expression.

“You’re so funny. I’ll take this big one first. You can help bring the rest to the mayor’s castle when you’re free. I want it to be alive and kicking!”

“No problem, Ms. Bella. You asked for so much today. The mayor is going to receive guests, right?”

Aunt Bella smiled and did not answer. She took the bundled hares from Mrs. Smith and walked to another hunter’s house in the town. There were only two hunters in the town.

Similarly, Aunt Bella bought all the living prey of the hunter’s house and sent them to the castle when she was free. There were only a few pheasants, ducks, and hares.

Then, she visited all the farmers who had raised them, bought all their mature livestock, and asked them to send them to the castle.

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In the backyard of the castle, Maggie had fenced out a large area, which was about the size of two basketball courts, to serve as a central feeding place for livestock. Thick fishing nets were also raised around the fence to cover it, it was to prevent pheasants and ducks from flying out.

In the middle of the fence, there was a circle of wooden boards to separate the wild rabbits and livestock.

The workers were still building a large shabby awning. There were no gaps between the enclosed boards. The whole floor was covered with wooden boards to prevent the wild rabbits from digging holes and running away, they could easily get out through the gaps in the fence.

Su Chen, accompanied by Maggie, was inspecting the construction of the livestock breeding base. It was still very shabby and had the most basic functions. At the very least, it could ensure that the animals would not escape.

“The fence is good, but the animals still need to be fed by someone. Aunt Bella is experienced in this, so she can arrange someone to be responsible for it.”

“Don’t worry, master. I’ll make sure Bella makes the necessary arrangements. A total of thirteen hares, fifteen wild ducks, and twenty hens were sent to the town today. They’re all healthy and lively.”.

“This is already all the quantity in the town. The next batch of hens will not mature so quickly. Although there will be purchases of game every few days, the quantity is too small. It’s just a few.”

“The small amount of poultry in the town is mainly due to the small demand of the town. Every day, we will let Bella go to the town to buy things. Once the residents have a profit, they will naturally raise more and more. When that time comes, even if there families that have not raised poultry in the past, they will join in when they see that there is money to be made.” Su Chen already knew from the concept of his previous life, the best way to drive a person’s actions was through profit.

“We’ll try our best to let all kinds of poultry eggs hatch. Once they hatch, we can sell them to the residents for breeding. When they mature, we can buy them back. This way, not only can we increase the income of the town’s residents, but we can also continuously expand the scale of our breeding.”

Maggie listened carefully to Su Chen’s plan from the side. He was already deeply impressed by Su Chen’s wisdom. His master had changed a lot recently, and there were always strange ideas popping up, after he carefully thought about it, he felt that these plans were very feasible and called for miracles in his heart.

After inspecting the construction of the livestock pen, three skinny little boys ran toward them. They were about thirteen or fourteen years old, and first greeted Su Chen, one of them carefully ran to Maggie’s side and whispered something.

Maggie listened for a while and pulled him in front of Su Chen with a smile. She introduced him to Su Chen.

“This is a little assistant I trained. His name is Ram. He is very serious in his work, but he is a little timid. Please don’t mind him, Mayor.”

Su Chen smiled and patted Little Ram to show that he did not mind. “Ram, do you have any good news for me?”

“He said that he has already calculated the farming situation in the town. Ram, quickly tell the mayor about the specific situation!” Maggie gave Ram an encouraging look, indicating for him to show his support in front of Su Chen.

Ram nervously swallowed his saliva, turned over the broken notebook in his hand, and reported loudly with a trembling voice.

“The arable land in lake town is now divided into three large areas, all near the river. The upper drainage area has 13 hectares of arable land, for potatoes. The middle drainage area has 28 hectares, for wheat. The lower drainage area has 15 hectares, with seven hectares for corn and eight hectares for soybeans.

“This is what my little friend and I measured on the spot. It’s an accurate number!”

Su Chen nodded. 

Wheat and potatoes were the main sources of food for the town, so the planting area would be a little larger.

“It’s done very well! You must continue to work hard in the future.” Su Chen gave the child encouragement and affirmation. Margie, who was watching from the side, also smiled so much that wrinkles appeared on the corners of her eyes.

“The farmland of the town still needs to be expanded. It’s not the spring plowing season now. The serfs basically have nothing to do. We can order them to continue to cultivate the less fertile land.” Although the grain output of the town was not high, it was enough to support the needs of the entire town. 

“After the medical center is built, let the construction workers build a few public toilets in the town.”

“What is a public toilet, mayor?”

It was the first time Maggie heard this term, so he asked with some confusion.

“Build a house that is specially designed for excretion, and behind the house, dig a big pit to store excrement. In the future, the residents of the small town are not allowed to urinate and defecate on the ground. Those who violate this rule will be heavily punished. I’ll draw a blueprint for you, and you’ll build it according to the pattern I drew.

“In the future, the excrement produced by raising livestock will also be arranged to be collected and stored together.”

Maggie carefully recorded these things in his notebook.

The mayor had indeed arranged a lot of things recently. While he was increasingly busy, it also made him regain the passion that he had lost for a long time. He seemed to have returned to the enthusiasm that he had when he just became a government official.

In fact, the residents of the town felt the same as Maggie. After the death of the old mayor, the town was tired of resisting the invasion of monsters and the exploitation of the Karev family, and it had gradually become desperate.

In this short period of time, Su Chen led the guards to successfully resist the last monster invasion, and then wiped out the Karev family. Maggie told them a lot about the legendary deeds of the mayor, the residents of the town were more and more convinced of the new mayor.

In particular, the recent moves to reduce taxes and build a medical center had brought a lot of jobs, giving the residents of the town hope again..