God of Technology: Creating the Internet in Another World - Chapter 274: Four Extra Ribs
The Goddess of Agriculture waved Her hand, and suddenly a pigās phantom appeared before them. However, it had some differences from the pigs Roster knew. šš£ššš°ššš§š¼ššš.š°šØš¦
Its biggest characteristic was that it seemed... longer.
"This is?"
Though he had some vague guesses in his heart, Viscount Roster still asked.
"A new breed of pig we cultivated."
The Goddess of Agriculture had no habit of keeping people in suspense and spoke directly. "According to our observations, this new breed of pig grows rapidly. It only needs 180 days to grow over 200 pounds. For every pound gained, feed consumption is around 3 pounds. After slaughter, about 70% is edible."
"Additionally, each litter can produce 11 to 13 piglets. Environmental requirements arenāt very high eitherācold-resistant and heat-tolerant, basically eats anything..."
"Aside from the body being longer, which resulted in four extra ribs compared to ordinary pigs, we havenāt discovered any obvious drawbacks."
"Whoaā"
Viscount Rosterās expression as he looked at this pig became incredibly intense.
Very early on, heād been paying attention to his territoryās agricultural situation. The noble on the entire continent most knowledgeable about this should be him.
As the main meat source for commoners, he knew pigs inside and out.
But precisely because he understood, he found this terrifying!
The traditional black-haired pigs currently being raised could also reach around 200 pounds, but they needed about 300 to 400 daysāover double this new breed. Yet they ate no less, needing over 5 pounds of food daily.
Calculated out, it took about 10 pounds of feed to gain 1 pound of meat...
Just this comparison alone made the terrifying difference even more obvious. Only needing one-third the feed and half the time to harvest the same weight of meat.
The key was, according to the Goddess of Agriculture, this pig was also perfectly suited for their concentrated feeding method...
As for the only so-called drawback of having four extra ribsāwhat kind of drawback was that?
Who cared about a few extra ribs?!
These days, many minor nobles couldnāt manage to eat meat every day, never mind ordinary people. Being able to eat meat was what mattered most.
Just be careful when butchering!
Once this spread, this would be the real pig. What were those things with fewer ribs?
"I wonder how many breeding pigs youāve cultivated? Do we need to pray to you in the mortal realm to bestow these divine pigs?"
Taking a deep breath and trying his best to calm down, Viscount Roster asked.
"Weāve already cultivated 1,000 breeding pigs. If nothing unexpected happens, after sending them to the mortal realm, theyāll increase to 10,000 in a short time. I plan to have the Church of Agriculture directly receive this batch of breeding pigs."
"Then why did you call me here?"
Though Roster vaguely had a guess, he didnāt say it directly.
"Youāre a smart man. Youāve already thought of it." The Goddess of Agriculture said with a smile.
"You want the Church of Agriculture to use this new breeding stock to invest in our livestock farms?" Viscount Roster had clearly figured it out but still spoke to confirm.
"Yes."
The Goddess of Agriculture nodded slightly. "We still know something about recent changes in the mortal realm. The Church of Agriculture isnāt very popular in this version. I have to help them establish themselves as much as possible in this new era. I believe you can understand."
Never mind anything elseājust take the recent Magic Net Videos and Magic Net Video Classroom. Other churches could promote their divine artsā special characteristics and teach people how to receive divine power and become the lowest level of cleric. But what about the Church of Agriculture?
Their low-level divine arts were mainly for watering and farming, with absolutely no appeal.
As time passed, this gap would grow larger and larger.
Agricultureāsomething almost no one in this world could escape. To live, you had to have agriculture.
But those engaged in agriculture mostly werenāt respected, unless they became a super-large lord in the agricultural field. But such lords almost never converted to faith.
Against this backdrop, the Goddess of Agriculture felt increasingly urgent. Even though because of the seeds, there might be an ultra-large-scale prayer ceremony every year in the future, it wasnāt enough to dilute Her worry.
Watching other deitiesā faith power continuously surge, watching other deitiesā believers grab hold of the Magic Netās changesāthat envy and urgency was just too oppressive, pressing so hard She could barely breathe.
The new pig breed made Her feelāthe opportunity had come!
As long as they held in their hands the possibility of almost everyone in the world eating meat, then the situation would definitely improve.
After pondering briefly, Viscount Roster finally spoke. "I plan to use Dawn Southern Development Companyās name to gradually establish ten large-scale livestock farms in the Southern Territory. Through these large farms, weāll satisfy the Southern Territory populationās meat-eating needs."
"Besides that, these large livestock farms will have another functionācultivating enough breeding pigs. Once numbers go up, weāll export young pigs of this breed. Whether nobles elsewhere want to raise them and how manyāthatās not for us to decide."
"This is good." The Goddess of Agriculture nodded slightly. "I only have one additional requirement: let everyone know these pigs come from the Goddess of Agriculture."
"Of course."
Viscount Roster didnāt hesitate at all.
Based on peopleās current understanding, if these pigs with four extra ribs werenāt bestowed by a deity, then theyād be demonsā incarnations and cause problems. Even if the Goddess of Agriculture didnāt say so, heād definitely let people know this. Heād even have clerics from the Church of Agriculture cooperate with promotion.
But waitādidnāt this have anything to do with the God of Nature? Why didnāt they need to promote that the God of Nature was also involved?
If it had nothing to do with Him, why would He appear here?
"Of course it relates to me."
The God of Nature smiled at Viscount Roster. "I developed this pig together with the Goddess of Agriculture. But I donāt care about the pig itself, because I developed this..."
A tiny blue bottle of potion appeared before Viscount Roster. This bottle was only about one-tenth the size of the previous plant potions, not even enough for an ordinary person to take one gulp.
Viscount Roster immediately had a bad feeling. "This is?"
"Nature Animal No. 1."
"...Just as I thought." Viscount Roster was somewhat helpless. All these Nature No. 1sāpromoting them was really going to be tough on him.
"This Animal No. 1 is different. Itās for animals to consumeājust one bottle per animal is enough." The God of Nature said with a smile.
"Newborn young ones who drink it will have their mortality rate greatly reduced. Theyāll be almost impossible to kill through external environmental interference. Additionally, it provides some basic nutritional substances to ensure healthier growth... The cost is only 3 to 5 copper coins."
The God of Nature basically dropped a bombshell. In just one sentence, he shocked Viscount Roster so much that for a moment, he didnāt know what to say.
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