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Chapter 146
Chapter 146
Emperor Liang was speechless for a moment. He didn't know what to say to Qin Yu.
This unfilial son spent a fortune in brothels, but he didn't care about a few eggs and insisted that Yuwen Chengqing pick them up for him.
"Father! Eggs are a good thing. Not only are they nutritious, they also taste great. Moreover, one egg is worth only three cents. This is absolutely a huge profit!"
Qin Yu said in a deep voice.
"Haha! An egg is only three cents. How can this be considered a huge profit? However, Your Highness the Crown Prince has solved the locust plague in Ganzhou. This is a great achievement!"
"Your Majesty! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is extremely resourceful and wise! We admire him!"
Chen Zhong and others laughed and said.
"One egg is indeed worthless, but if you have a lot of eggs, then they are valuable!"
Qin Yu said.
"How can there be only a few eggs? At most, it's worth a hundred taels of silver."
Chen Zhong said.
"General Yuwen, tell everyone how many eggs there are!"
Qin Yu said.
"Because the situation was urgent, I followed the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and purchased chickens at a high price. We spent 100,000 taels on over 500,000 chickens. After these 500,000 chickens ate the locusts in Ganzhou, they laid at least five eggs every day, and some even laid ten. Afterwards, I mobilized the people to collect the eggs, removing those that were damaged or hidden by the people. In total, we collected over 10 million eggs!"
Yu Wenqing said in a deep voice.
When he said this number, Yu Wenqingqing let out a long sigh and looked at Qin Yu with eyes full of admiration!
At first she didn't expect there would be so many eggs, but when the people handed over the eggs they picked up, Yuwen Chengqing was completely shocked.
Moreover, she couldn't understand why these chickens couldn't lay so many eggs normally, but they could lay so many eggs after eating locusts!
"An egg costs three cents, and with over ten million eggs, that's a full thirty thousand taels of silver! Although it's not as much as I spent on buying chickens, it's still a considerable income!"
"Besides, after those chickens eat the locusts, their egg production will remain high for the next few days. In ten days at most, the 100,000 taels of silver will be recouped!"
Qin Yu said loudly.
hiss!
All the officials present gasped, especially Chen Zhong and others, who felt as if they were slapped in the face!
Just now he said that those eggs were worth at most one hundred taels of silver, but I didn’t expect it to be worth thirty thousand taels!
"Your Majesty! Your Highness is talking nonsense. Common people raise chickens, but they only lay one egg a day at most. Sometimes, there won't be an egg for three to five days. How can Your Highness's chickens lay so many eggs?"
Shangguan Xiong didn't believe it.
"Your Majesty! We also don't believe it. A chicken lays ten eggs a day. Could it be that all these eggs appear out of thin air in the chicken's stomach?"
The officials said one after another.
"Yu'er, I also want to know why chickens lay so many eggs after eating locusts."
Emperor Liang asked in a deep voice.
Eggs are definitely good things. If soldiers can eat an egg every day, they will definitely be healthy and have enough energy to fight!
Therefore, Emperor Liang had to ask clearly. If he could understand the principle, he might be able to think of other ways to increase the egg production of chickens.
"Replying to Father! Locusts are rich in protein and calcium! Eggs require these nutrients. Therefore, chickens can produce such high egg production by eating locusts!"
"However, this kind of high-protein, high-calcium insect is hard to come by. That's why I say it's an auspicious sign!"
Qin Yu said loudly.
Anyway, Liang Huang and others don’t know what protein and calcium are, so his explanation will only increase the sense of mystery!