The next morning, Fang Er first went to the Tianhu military camp and drove out an armored vehicle.
He then drove the vehicle far away from the camp to a deserted place, and inside the armored vehicle's cargo hold, he released nine stud rams.
Returning to the temporary sheep pen, he called a group of soldiers and had these nine sheep tied up with chains.
Xi Gu Bu Tian and Yelü Tian Ying also came over when they saw the commotion.
Upon seeing nine stud rams identical to Big Horn appear all at once, the two of them, with their four eyes, emitted the green glow of hungry wolves.
"Duke, you've hidden so many. How about you give one to Tian Ying County? For twenty thousand heads, I, your humble servant, will personally take twenty thousand sheep in exchange!"
Xi Gu Bu Tian sidled up, hugged one of the sheep, and began to kiss it incessantly.
Fang Er, watching this, started to doubt if the young man had any issues with his sexual orientation.
"Don't even think about it. We'll talk about it after they've had offspring!"
"Hehehe, alright! Duke, whatever you say, I'll do!"
Xi Gu Bu Tian said with a fawning expression.
"Go to the manor, find Su Feng, bring over the basins from the front hall, and also lead Big Horn over."
"Yes, Duke, I'll go do it now!"
After Xi Gu Bu Tian left, Fang Er returned to the armored vehicle and retrieved a pressure cooker.
He had someone dig a pit for a stove on the ground, and after lighting the fire, he filled the pressure cooker with water and placed it on top to heat.
The other, still lactating ewe was also led over. After being disinfected, she was ready to be milked for semen dilution.
With the rams, ewes, and tools all prepared, Fang Er was ready to begin his first semen collection attempt.
He had someone lead Big Horn and a ewe over.
Fang Er took out two pairs of rubber gloves, put on one pair, and then handed the other pair to Xi Gu Bu Tian.
"Put this on, and don't touch anything randomly!"
"Oh, okay!"
Xi Gu Bu Tian didn't know what these were for, but he obediently put them on his hands, curiously examining the soft, thin layer of gloves.
"So soft, so slippery!"
"So smooth~"
"Stop dawdling, hold this, and later, you'll do this and this!"
Listening to Fang Er's instructions, Xi Gu Bu Tian looked at him with disbelief: "Duke, are we really going to do this?"
"Let's try first, otherwise, we won't have enough rams!"
Fang Er himself was also a bit unsure if such a simple method would actually work.
However, the system had only given him 99 heads in total, and he couldn't take them all out at once.
Improvement had to be a gradual process, generation by generation. If he released them all, the stud rams would likely die of old age before the breed could be improved.
What if the system stopped providing them later?
Besides, these weren't rams he could just go to South Africa and capture. After all, these were improved stud rams from a later era.
Xi Gu Bu Tian looked apprehensive. A ram weighing over two hundred pounds, if provoked by this method, and unable to be beaten, would likely send him flying with a single kick.
On the side, Yelü Tian Ying, the cloth strip wrapped around his head had been removed, and he no longer limped, but his arm was still in a sling.
Xi Gu Bu Tian had him lead the ewe next to Big Horn, then he held the artificial vagina in his right hand, ready for collection at any moment.
Big Horn, having rested all night, could no longer contain himself upon smelling the overwhelming scent of female hormones.
He instantly moved to the ewe's side, nudged her mouth with his head, and then decisively mounted her.
Xi Gu Bu Tian quickly squatted down beside him, reached under Big Horn's belly with his left hand, gave a direct pull, and then attached the artificial vagina in his right hand.
Seeing his actions, Yelü Tian Ying curiously leaned over to take a look.
"What the hell are you doing?"
Xi Gu Bu Tian's right hand was experiencing an astonishing impact force at that moment, and he had no time to pay attention to Yelü Tian Ying.
Fortunately, it didn't take long. After seven or eight seconds, Big Horn stepped back with his hind legs and jumped down.
Xi Gu Bu Tian rubbed his slightly sore right wrist and brought the artificial vagina to Fang Er.
"Duke, it's done."
"Hold onto this for now. Yelü Tian Ying, take this and go milk a bottle of sheep's milk."
Fang Er took out another pair of gloves and handed them over. Then, he retrieved a 20-milliliter glass bottle with markings from the pressure cooker.
This bottle was originally a bottle for alcohol he had redeemed. Because it had markings, Fang Er had kept it very well.
After being sterilized by high-pressure steam, the glass bottle had been kept warm in the pressure cooker.
The mercury thermometer showed the current temperature as 37 degrees.
Yelü Tian Ying looked at his arm that was still in a sling and said with a wronged expression.
"Duke, I can't do it!"
Alright, Fang Er forgot that he was still disabled. He took the artificial vagina from Xi Gu Bu Tian and handed the bottle to him.
"You go milk it, half a bottle is enough."
"Yes, Duke."
After half a bottle of sheep's milk was milked, the ram's semen in the artificial vagina was carefully poured into the bottle.
It must be said, Big Horn was truly formidable. The milk, originally only ten milliliters, became twelve milliliters after adding the ram's semen.
He immersed the bottle in 37-degree warm water in the pot, shaking it gently until it was evenly mixed. Then, he drew one milliliter with a syringe, and fearing it wouldn't be enough, drew another half milliliter.
After lubricating the outer wall of the speculum with a lubricant, Fang Er had Yelü Tian Ying lead over the same ewe.
Using the speculum, he spread open the ewe's reproductive organ, took out a mobile phone, turned on the flashlight mode, and saw a structure very similar to what was depicted in the book. He then injected the diluted semen with the syringe.
Afterward, he removed the speculum and said to Xi Gu Bu Tian, "Lift up its hind legs, don't waste it!"
"Yes, Duke!"
Xi Gu Bu Tian obediently lifted the ewe's hind legs.
To the people around, Fang Er's actions seemed utterly insane!
"What the heck, you can do it like this?"
However, the few shepherds looked at Fang Er with admiration.
Having dealt with livestock for half their lives, if what Fang Er was doing today could indeed get the ewe pregnant, then this method of breeding would be incredibly important!
Good breeds were hard to find!
This method could make one ram act as ten, which was of profound significance for breeding superior livestock!
The first one was bred, and the equipment was sterilized.
Then the second, the third...
The semen provided by Big Horn was used to breed eight ewes!
After ear-tagging all the ewes that had been implanted with seeds, they were returned to the flock.
Then, the same process was repeated.
Counting Big Horn, ten rams, each collected twice, in one day, they managed to process more than half of the ewes that were eager for seeds.
After a busy day, Fang Er handed all the tools to Xi Gu Bu Tian.
"You all remember how to do it now, right?"
Xi Gu Bu Tian felt like his right hand was about to be crippled! He said with a grimace, "I've noted it down."
"Alright, these things are all for you. Keep them safe, and then send the rams back to the manor. Tomorrow, continue with the rest, any problems?"
"Reporting to Duke, no problems!"