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That’s right, Wang Shouzhe doesn’t understand the livestock industry.

However, he clearly knows the essence of the livestock industry is converting plants into meat, milk, wool, leather, draft horses, warhorses, and so on! Therefore, he only needs to focus on improving the quality of feed and reducing its cost.

The rest can naturally be managed by the clan members and the veteran herdsmen.

To Wang Shouzhe, he began suspecting ten years ago that the disaster back then had the involvement of Celestial Human families.

Thus, while he was investigating, he had also started to specifically study the industrial characteristics and weaknesses of the Celestial Human Huangfu Family and the Celestial Human Lei Family.

The best way to deal with the Huangfu Family is to start from the bottom of the livestock industry, which is the most crucial feed in the industry——alfalfa purple flower grass. Even an increase of ten percent in yield would greatly impact the livestock industry.

Moreover, over the years, Wang Shouzhe, in his spare time, has been selectively breeding alfalfa purple flower grass, gradually increasing its yield by seventy percent, and improving its palatability.

If dealing with the Lei Family, naturally there are means to address them. However, now that the truth is uncovered and the past incident has nothing to do with the Lei Family, those methods for the Lei Family can only be reserved.

"Zongwei, don’t be too happy too soon," Wang Luotong said seriously, "A centipede dies but never falls, not to mention that the Huangfu Family is currently only restrained by Ancestor Hua Ye’s injuries. Their five-hundred-year accumulation is still there, this battle will undoubtedly be a prolonged one."

"The current patriarch of the Huangfu Family, Huangfu Jinhuan, has no great skills, but plenty of devious tricks," Wang Luotong said with a mixture of disdain and gravity, "Recently, there have been many small moves in our several pastures in Qianma."

"Fourth Aunt is right." Wang Zongwei sighed deeply at the mention of this, "Since the beginning of spring, the growth of our new alfalfa has been extraordinarily vigorous, which has attracted many jackals. They are a group of rogue loose cultivators, all acting separately, scattering a toxic powder called ’Paraquat’ in our fields. This powder is extremely vicious, once spread, the grass withers and nothing grows for years."

This matter has already come to Wang Shouzhe’s attention. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Qianma Town is at a great geographical position, serving as a thoroughfare between Changning Guard and An Yuan Guard. To the north lies An Yuan Pass, to the south is Qianma Castle. Crossing a mountain range to the east is the territory of the East Sea Guard.

Only to the west does it border the Huangfu Ranch of the Huangfu Family, with no barriers in between. Moreover, the boundary extends twenty or thirty miles, making it impossible to prevent infiltration from that side.

In this world, loose cultivators are least valuable, willing to take risks for a tiny profit. As long as the Huangfu Family is willing to spend money, they can hire countless desperados.

These people move secretly, fleeing after each act of spreading paraquat. By the time Wang Luotong and other experts hear about it, they have long disappeared.

The Guangtianhong Ranch has a full thirty thousand acres of pasture land, how could it be defended?

Losing several dozen acres of pasture every now and then is undoubtedly an extremely vexing matter. Over the years, not only would it cause tremendous losses to the Wang Family, but it would also unsettle the ranch people and plunge them into a gloom.

The Wang Family has also dispatched clan soldier patrol teams to patrol the edges of the pasture. Each patrol team consists of ten fully armed individuals equipped with crossbow arrows.

However, most of the loose cultivators are very cunning, and those daring to venture are seasoned practitioners with excellent body techniques. Patrol teams, being of low strength, often fail to match their dazzling body techniques, often missing with their crossbow arrows.

To deal with them, only household generals and capable clan members, or by employing a large number of loose cultivators themselves, can work. Wang Shouzhe has always been wary of loose cultivators, fearing the situation where they are easy to summon but difficult to send away.

And with already insufficient numbers of household generals and clan members, if they were fully redeployed to Qianma Town, there would be a manpower shortage elsewhere.

"Fourth Uncle~" Wang Zongwei cautiously suggested, "I’ve thought about this problem too, and at present, there are only two solutions. One is to borrow household generals and clan members from other families, but this faces a long-term confrontation, perhaps lasting ten or twenty years, and is ultimately not a permanent solution."

"Second, could we rather appropriately absorb some loose cultivators? I know, Fourth Uncle, you are wary of loose cultivators due to past experiences. However, we just need to maintain a profit relationship with them."

"Fourth Brother, Zongwei is right." Wang Ruotong also advised, "Indeed, most loose cultivators are opportunistic old hands. But given ample price and opportunity, they are still willing to take risks. Besides, we can also recruit loose cultivators extensively for work, thereby conducting long-term observations and assessments of them. If there are really those with solid character, they can still be gradually incorporated into the household generals or the foreign minister system."

Wang Shouzhe sipped his tea while lost in thought. Both Ruotong and Zongwei’s suggestions were practical. The situation currently faced by the Wang Family involves rapid expansion of territory and wealth, but the clan members and household generals are not keeping pace.

Due to past experiences with the Liu Family and the Zhao Family, Wang Shouzhe harbors distrust towards loose cultivators. However, taking a large-scale employment approach with loose cultivators and selecting high-quality individuals as foreign ministers is still feasible.

"Ruotong, let’s have you try to manage this," Wang Shouzhe said after pondering for a moment, "Even if it’s a profit collaboration with loose cultivators, we must not let just any Tom, Dick, or Harry in. We have a solution for the current crisis facing the Wang Family. Behold~ This is a new weapon developed by our Tech Innovation Lab some time ago — the Shotgun!"