The three thousand sheep were near the Tian Huo Army's camp.
They were freely grazing on the wasteland, while the soldiers of Zhang Tian's regiment were busy building simple sheep pens around them with wooden stakes.
This sheep pen was only temporary; it wouldn't be placed near the house in the end, as the smell would be too strong.
Da Jiao became excited when it was still a hundred meters away from the sheep.
Shaking its head and wagging its tail, it kept bleating in its mouth.
The ewes in heat in the flock turned their heads in unison towards Da Jiao upon hearing its calls.
After watching for a while, they charged towards Da Jiao.
Da Jiao also tried its best to charge forward, its chain clanking loudly.
Xi Gua Bu Tian could barely hold back the over two-hundred-pound Da Jiao: "My Lord, what should we do?"
"What do you mean, what to do? Call people to help, one by one, how else would we remember which patch of land its offspring came from? Read books."
"Then, My Lord, you hold Da Jiao, and I'll go call for people?"
"Can Fang Er hold it? Definitely not!"
Who knew if Da Jiao would go mad and butt him again? This damn thing, it always wanted to butt him when it saw him!
He wasn't a brick in Super Mario that hid mushrooms for it to butt!
"Stay put, I'll go call people! Hold it tight, don't let this fellow succeed!"
"Its precious seed must be carefully recorded in which land it was planted!"
Fang Er turned and walked towards the Tian Huo soldiers who were working.
Seeing Fang Er, one of the working Tian Huo soldiers immediately stood at attention and saluted.
"Third Company, Second Platoon, First Battalion, Fourth Regiment, I am your platoon leader, Ge Ya. Leading soldiers of this platoon are building a temporary sheep pen. Please instruct me, My Lord."
"Put down the work you're doing and come over here for a moment."
"Yes, My Lord."
A platoon of forty-five men, they all dropped what they were holding, wiped their hands on their pants, and followed Fang Er to Da Jiao's side.
"Form a circle and pen this fellow in."
Fang Er gestured with his hand.
"Yes, My Lord!"
Ge Ya led his soldiers and directly encircled Da Jiao.
Then Fang Er drove out the other ewes, leaving only one.
He grabbed the remaining ewe, concealed it with his pocket, and took out an ear tag plier and a yellow ear tag from his space.
He directly punched the ear tag into the ewe's ear.
Then he sent the ewe to Da Jiao's side.
"Let it go."
Xi Gua Bu Tian loosened the chain in his hand. Da Jiao, freed, instantly transformed into a sheep meat pile driver, though only for less than ten seconds.
"What are you doing! What are you doing!"
Just then, a rough voice came from outside the circle. Xi Gua Bu Tian glanced through the gaps in the people.
"My Lord, it's the shepherd."
After speaking to Fang Er, he turned to the person who spoke: "What are you yelling about! My Lord is handling business, come help quickly!"
"Ah, My Lord is here, your subordinate greets you, My Lord!"
Fang Er's mouth twitched. Fine, the shepherd of rank nine that he casually mentioned, this guy really climbed up the ladder.
"Alright, grab one of the ewes surrounded outside and bring it in!"
"Yes, My Lord."
Shepherds are indeed shepherds, excellent at herding and catching sheep.
Soon, one was caught.
Like this, catch one, tag its ear, and after finishing, release it and switch to the next one.
However, after six consecutive ewes, Da Jiao was exhausted. It lowered its head, not even glancing at the ewe sent to it again.
"Uh, My Lord, this big fellow seems to be tired!"
The shepherd said, looking at Da Jiao with some heartache.
"I heard from Yelü Tianying before that My Lord had a large sheep. Seeing it today, it is indeed large!"
Fang Er was a bit troubled. So many ewes were still waiting, and it was already closing shop?
"Alright, take it back to the mansion first. Let me think about how to proceed."
"Keep an eye on those with marked ears, don't let other sheep injure them."
After giving a simple instruction, he left with his hands behind his back.
Ge Ya led his subordinates back to continue their work.
Xi Gua Bu Tian, leading the exhausted Da Jiao, followed Fang Er towards the mansion.
He instructed Xing'er, who was sitting in the courtyard, to feed Da Jiao, and then Fang Er turned and went to the front hall.
He found books on animal husbandry and searched through them. There must be a solution!
He remembered the old man who raised sheep in his past life saying that for easy management, his sheep were bred and bred synchronously.
Moreover, he only had one stud ram. If there was no other way to solve this problem, his sheep could not achieve synchronous breeding.
As he flipped through, Fang Er came across the content of artificial insemination.
Semen collection, dilution, artificial insemination?
It seemed so simple?
And several methods were provided for preparing the diluent.
Saline.
Cow's or sheep's milk.
Glucose.
These were all acceptable.
The only things to pay attention to were the preservation method, sterilization of utensils, and temperature.
Preservation method was not a consideration. One required liquid nitrogen for low-temperature storage, which was not feasible now, nor was it necessary.
It was barely enough for immediate use, so Fang Er directly ignored it.
Sterilization of utensils was also easy; first with alcohol, then with boiling water, and there would be no major problems.
The only thing to pay attention to was the temperature, which was even easier. He had obtained a mercury thermometer when exchanging medicines before.
He opened the system warehouse and began to search for the items he needed.
Syringes.
Glass bottles.
Alcohol.
Speculum.
While searching for items, he saw something thrown in a corner, which had been neglected all along.
A masturbation cup.
Seeing this thing, Fang Er chuckled. He had found it!
He would use this to collect Da Jiao's seed.
He took out all the usable tools, and also took out a green plastic washbasin. He only had six of these, as they were not unlocked.
He poured alcohol into the washbasin and then threw all the tools into it to soak.
"Give Da Jiao a day to recover. Tomorrow, heh heh, let's make soy milk!"
The tools were ready, only the diluent was missing. Saline and glucose needed to be prepared by himself, so cow's or sheep's milk became Fang Er's first choice.
He asked someone to bring back a lactating ewe from the city and tie it aside, also for use tomorrow.
When Fang Er returned to the backyard, Da Jiao was lying on the ground, eating eggs from the basin in front of it.
Chai Yue sat beside it, looking at Da Jiao's listless appearance, her face filled with concern.
"My Yue'er, why are you only feeding it eggs? You only need to feed it two or three a day."
Fang Er looked at the full plate of peeled white eggs and walked over to take the basin away.
When Da Jiao looked up, it was immediately displeased.
The egg thief was back!
It perked up, jumped up from the ground, lowered its head, and charged towards Fang Er.
"What the hell! Are you faking it?"
Fang Er was almost butted and quickly retreated two steps, patting his chest with lingering fear.
"My Lord~~!"
Chai Yue, who was beside him, was startled and quickly rushed over.
"My Lord, are you injured?"
"Injured me? How could that be?"
Fang Er placed the wooden basin where Da Jiao could not reach it, spread his hands in a circle, indicating he was fine.