After seeing Chen Ziyan's slightly confused look, Yingzi said helplessly: "Brother Chen, did you not listen carefully when I told you last time?"
If she remembered correctly , She had already told Chen Ziyan about the giant mastiff a long time ago.
"Huh?" Chen Ziyan blinked and said with an innocent face: "I heard it last time, but I just didn't think so much."
He also remembered this time. But he didn't ask in depth. After all, the cultivation of giant mastiffs is a very tedious process, and the time span is calculated in years. With Yingzi as his right-hand man in charge, he didn't pay attention to it at all.
Seeing Chen Ziyan’s expression, Yingzi didn’t say much, but patiently explained:
"Although the giant mastiffs passed down from our Oroqen ancestors have always been trained from pups of special mastiff dogs, in fact the inheritance of giant mastiffs is not continued through ordinary breeding methods."
As she spoke, she casually summoned the giant mastiff beside her in front of her, brushed aside the thick long hair that almost blocked her entire face, and motioned Chen Ziyan to take a look.
"Brother Chen, look, although they look similar, they are actually different."
After Chen Ziyan looked around carefully, he found that it was exactly what Yingzi said. , these giant mastiffs look similar, but that’s because they all have long hair. When you lift up the hair, you find that they are actually from different dog breeds.
Like the strongest one, the facial contour is obviously that of a Tibetan Mastiff. The most amazing thing is that one of the giant mastiffs has a face that looks a bit like a thin dog. If it weren’t for Yingzi Chen Ziyan really couldn't notice it when he lifted up his hair.
"That is to say...the core of giant mastiffs lies in cultivating secret techniques, rather than their own dog breeds?" Chen Ziyan understood what Yingzi wanted to express and asked immediately.
"Yes." Yingzi nodded lightly and said: "Brother Chen, don't look at them like this, but their cubs will not be giant mastiffs when they are born. At most, they have better foundation than ordinary dog cubs. Just like the hounds in our village, many of them are the children of giant mastiffs."
After finishing speaking, Yingzi thought for a moment and added: "Well...according to the book, Giant mastiffs are the product of benign mutations during growth, but their genetic makeup has not been affected, so the offspring will return to their own species... It seems like this."
Hearing Yingzi's words, Chen Ziyan couldn't help but think of it. I remember the hounds I saw when I was in Ganggang camp.
At that time, he noticed that these hounds were smarter and more ferocious than ordinary dogs, but he never expected that they were descendants of giant mastiffs.
After he fully understood what was going on, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind. He quickly looked at Yingzi and asked:
"Then if we use better puppies to train, will we get the final result?" Are giant mastiffs better?”
He has understood that the key to giant mastiffs lies in the secret method of breeding, but the dog breed is not useless.
To put it simply, the secret method of breeding guarantees the lower limit, while the dog breed provides the upper limit.
It’s just that Chen Ziyan doesn’t know much about giant mastiffs, so he has to ask Yingzi to be sure.
"Yes, I have picked out a lot of good dogs during this period, and I am just waiting for them to give birth to puppies." Yingzi nodded.
She then told Chen Ziyan that if she wanted to cultivate a qualified giant mastiff, selecting cubs that met the standards was only the first step, and the next year-long careful cultivation was the highlight.
In this process, the special training method is not the most critical point. The really important core is the secret medicine improved by our ancestors.
In the past, the hunters of the Oroqen tribe would collect the required materials bit by bit from the deep mountains and old forests during the hunting process. After gathering enough amounts, they would start cultivating giant mastiffs. It can be said that most of the giant mastiffs in their clan were saved by the previous generation for use by the next generation.
The ones around Yingzi are the work of her father for half his life.
If Chen Ziyan had not appeared, Yingzi would have continued the trajectory of his ancestors after he passed middle age, using the materials he had accumulated to cultivate a new batch of giant mastiffs for his children.
But that was in the past. Now with Chen Ziyan’s support, the tedious and expensive preparatory steps are no longer a problem. If the resources can keep up, she can produce a batch of giant mastiffs in two years.
It can be said that her ancestors have never fought such a rich battle!
Yingzi's words made Chen Ziyan realize that he had done nothing wrong in taking down the snake mine.
He was not sure whether the creatures in the snowy underground could contribute to the cultivation of giant mastiffs, but he was sure that adding the black-haired snake to the recipe was definitely a beneficial and harmless choice.
While thinking of this, Chen Ziyan's previous thoughts also changed drastically.
The whole transformation process was smooth and smooth, without even a trace of twists and turns.
Previously, Chen Ziyan was wary of Wu Laogou because it was unprofitable. No matter how you looked at it, it was a loss-making business and it would also reveal his own secrets.
But now Chen Ziyan has changed his mind. Since the descendants of giant mastiffs are no longer giant mastiffs, what else is he afraid of!
If he really cooperates with the Wu family, it will obviously be beneficial to him!
According to his understanding, the so-called secret method of breeding giant mastiffs can be regarded as a biological modification technology that is approaching maturity.
The core of this technology is to use specific drugs to guide benign mutations in puppies, so that they will eventually grow into giant mastiffs that exceed the limits of their own species.
Judging from Yingzi’s story, this technology is basically mature. The only drawback is the success rate. It cannot guarantee success every time, but this is not difficult for Chen Ziyan to accept.
Just kidding, if you already have such technology, who would bother with that little flaw!
In Chen Ziyan's view, in addition to being more resource-intensive, this technology actually also values the talent of the selected puppies.
It is not difficult to see from the giant mastiffs around us that the more outstanding the puppies are, the more outstanding the giant mastiffs they will eventually produce will be.
Although Yingzi has begun to collect fine varieties on a large scale, even with the support of the Chen family, it is difficult for her to obtain many high-quality goods that are not circulated in the market. She has no way to compare with the Wu family, which has been in this business for decades. There's no comparison.
Others may not know it yet, but Chen Ziyan, who knows the future, knows very well that at this stage, Wu Laogou has successfully mastered the continuation of the dog king's bloodline.
This is the protective card he left behind for his wife, children, and children after his death.
If such cubs could be used for training, even Chen Ziyan could not imagine what kind of giant mastiff he would end up with.
In other words, Chen Ziyan, who had eliminated the threat, began to covet Wu Laogou's family fortune.
Who would have thought that in a short period of time, their roles would be reversed. (End of this chapter)