Chapter 151 Orchid Duozi
Chen Pao: "Say!"
"This autumn, I took brothers Xiaotao, Xiaowen and Xiaowu from our village up the mountain to fly kites to catch sand half Ji Feilong, you should know about selling money in the city!"
"Yes, I know! They are all good-natured! Children!”
When it comes to Brother Xiaotao, Xiaowen and Xiaowu, Chen Pao has a very good impression of them. The last time he brought pigs to Yue Feng’s house to thank them, these children were busy at Yue Feng’s house. He was busy working back and forth, as if he were at his own home, and he was not sneaking around at all.
Yue Feng smiled and nodded: "I'm thinking that next year, we will continue to expand the falconry team, find more markets for fresh game, and develop more members.
We can't go to the city to be workers. Villagers can also make money by feeding on the mountains. By flying eagles to hunt Xiaowei, they can not only support their families, but also make a fortune!
I leave all the skills of catching and training eagles to you. The village has a high reputation and is good at judging people. He helps to find suitable candidates and then selects suitable falcons.
When the time comes, we will not only be able to enjoy hunting by ourselves, but also enjoy the leisure time. You can make more money! Why not?"
Yue Feng told Chen Pao all his ideas.
Before getting the slow Taojian aircraft given by Yue Feng, Chen Pao's understanding of the benefits of flying eagles against Xiaowei was actually very limited.
This is also the current cognitive situation of most old hunters. How much meat can be obtained by catching a rabbit or pheasant? It is far less satisfying than going into the mountains with a shotgun to hunt roe deer and wild boar. The profit is also high. If you catch one, Mountain livestock can provide meat for several months.
But after letting go of the eagle, Chen Pao found that this idea was not objective.
A big eagle came out to guide those who didn't want to do it. They caught five or six rabbits and three to five pheasants in one day.
After deducting the meat for raising eagles, there is still a large amount of surplus. Regardless of whether you keep it for yourself or sell it for money, it is not a small sum accumulated over a whole hunting season.
In this era, the quantity of game such as pheasants, rabbits, chickens, dragons, and birds is very abundant. It is an exaggeration to say that the supply is inexhaustible. However, several members of the Yue Feng team have caught it all autumn at the mountain farms they frequent. , and now that the weather is good, we can go up the mountain again, and the harvest is still good.
If you organize potential manpower from the surrounding villages, fly eagles in the areas near the villages at the foot of the mountain to catch rabbits and pheasants, or go to other mountain ridges that you have not yet set foot on to catch sand chickens, flying dragons and other game. It is very feasible.
The craft of falconry, the threshold is more stuck in the skills of training and catching eagles. Once you really master these cores, the starting material threshold for falconry to hunt Xiaowei is very low.
Here in the Northeast, there is only one season of food grown throughout the year, and the winter is long. Farmers in the villages cannot be busy for long throughout the year, and they have a lot of time in their spare time.
If it is like what Yue Feng said, organize a falconry team, and then spread your hands to the surrounding villages, mountainside, and even the relatively safe mountains and forests around it, and then gather the prey caught every day and sell it Going to the city is a win-win situation.
"Aren't you afraid that the skill of falcon training will leak out and be learned by someone with ulterior motives?" Chen Pao thought for a few seconds and continued to ask.
“I’m sure I’m afraid, but there are many details inside that are difficult for outsiders to learn as long as they don’t want to teach them!
Most people in the dozen or so small and large villages around us are You know the basics. How much risk can you take if you have a little care?
Compared with the benefits, this risk is nothing!
Besides, it’s like letting an eagle catch its prey! It's easy to catch, but not everyone can bring live game into the city and exchange it for money!
If the quantity of game increases, I will expand more sales channels. Coal mines, lead-manganese mines, forest farms, food factories, and canteens of major government agencies around our villages and towns are all potential customers for these game!
When the time comes, I will find a way to hold all these sales channels in my hands. Isn’t it equivalent to adding an extra layer of insurance to further reduce risks! ”
Hearing that Yue Feng’s thinking was so divergent and he already had a clear understanding of the subsequent layout, Chen Pao was shocked.
With his perspective after living for more than fifty years , when I first heard about this, I only thought about the things in this one-third of an acre of land in front of my house, and I didn’t think about selling game to the city.
But. The young man in front of him, who was only twenty years old, had already taken these factors into consideration. This made Chen Pao sigh. Young people have ideas.
"Okay! I think the way you mentioned can work! If you put it like that, I can help you with it!"
Chen Pao is not a nagging person, I understand. After Yue Feng thought about it, he felt that he could do it, so he decisively agreed.
"Hey! It has to be me, Uncle Chen, who has enough courage! When the time comes, we will discuss the details carefully!"
Yue Feng chuckled, and a stone hanging in his heart fell. On the ground.
A person with business acumen must not always think like a small farmer.
Although it is low-risk to lead a few people to guard this way of making money, it is not easy for mistakes to happen.
But the power of a few people is limited after all. If the number of people in the falconry team expands, as long as their respective hunting mountains are arranged not to overlap, the number of wild game every day will naturally increase accordingly.
If you want to make big money, it is not enough to rely on yourself or a few people. You must make the plate bigger so that the profits will be higher.
None of the big laborers paid for it by working and saving money. Only with the organizational division of subordinate employees can Yue Feng himself be liberated.
In the Changbai Mountains around my doorstep, the density of wild animal resources is terrifying compared to later generations. We organized several hunting teams to separate the buffer zones, soil ridges, and secondary forests at the foot of the mountains around different villages. Suitable sites such as logging areas and selective logging areas are all included in the scope of hawking. There will definitely be many catches in the fall.
As for the statement that many people may question whether the prey on the mountain is refreshed at fixed points and cannot be caught no matter how hard it is, it is actually easy to explain.
The so-called mountain forest is not a mountainous area with a radius of several kilometers. You can go around the mountain in two steps.
The large and small branches and ridges at the foot of Changbai Mountain stretch for hundreds of thousands of kilometers, and there are only a few buffer zones with human activities close to the village gathering areas.
The land here is vast and sparsely populated. Spreading a few people into the mountain ridges that are dozens of miles apart is like grabbing a few salt grains and throwing them into the Heilongjiang River. You can still drink salty water downstream. Does it taste good?
As long as the breeding seasons of chickens, hares, and other animals do not excessively exploit the resource potential in spring and summer, the population density of grown-up pheasants, hares, dragons, and birds will not fluctuate greatly in a short period of time. This is a sustainable way to make money.
As for the falconry industry, the only things that can be released in spring and summer are pine nuts to catch sparrows and the like. The kites and big eagles have to molt, and they cannot go hunting on a large scale in the mountains. This just gives the game some breathing time during the breeding season. When the north wind blows in autumn and the leaves begin to rustle, the game that has been bred in spring and summer can be released again into the mountains to catch falconry. It can be said that falconry is a perfect fit with the sustainable development of nature.
... The two of them chatted for a while, and the sky outside slowly turned white.
The clock hanging on the east wall rang six times, and Yue Feng sat up from the bed.
Wear clothes, fold the quilt, roll up the quilt, put it away in the kang cabinet, pour water into the thermos and wash your face, then Yue Feng and Uncle Chen carry the satchel they brought when they came yesterday. Out of the house.
Winter has entered the northeastern villages. At this time in the morning, 99% of the people are still in their warm beds. The two of them strolled out of the village with steady steps. There were only a few dogs barking along the way.
“I don’t know if Slow Taojian has been caught!” Chen Pao was walking on the road, still a little nervous.
Yue Feng smiled: “Don’t be nervous! It’s probably because we can’t run away. , It shouldn’t be ours, there’s no point in being nervous! There was no wind last night and this morning, I guess there is a high chance that we can catch him!”
Wait for the two of you to leave. When we arrived at the small wooded area where the net was set, from a distance, we saw that the self-catching net was triggered last night.
It was Slow Taojian with a bell tied to his tail. At the moment, his body was wrapped in several layers of netting and he was struggling feebly on the ground.
Every time he struggled, the bell on his tail rang once or twice. The sound of the copper bell struck Chen Pao's heart one after another.
"Hey! Caught!" When Chen Pao saw that his big eagle was caught, he immediately quickened his pace and almost trotted towards the place where the net was lowered.
Yue Feng also raised his voice and quickly caught up.
After spending four consecutive nights outside, this slow Taojian has at least recovered about 70% of its wildness. Seeing Yue Feng and Chen Pao coming over, the big eagle that couldn't move started to cry jijiji. , with a big mouth and a face full of fear.
"Fuck! I still don't believe you when they say you're a flat-haired beast, but now I'm asking you to teach me a lesson! It's only been a few days and you don't recognize me anymore! What's my name? I'll take care of you when I get home! "
When Chen Pao saw the struggling and screaming Eagle on the ground, the anger he had accumulated over the past few days suddenly came back to him.
Yue Feng took out the eagle coat from his bag, put on the cowhide gloves, and then squatted down to pick up the net.
Looking at the traces on the ground, it seems that the big eagle has been out of the net for no more than 15 minutes at most. It must have been just after dawn when he found the pigeon decoy tied in the self-falling net and made a sneak attack from the east side of the forest. One round He was directly covered by the self-falling net.
Yue Feng first untied the rope from under the net, and then combed out the net wrapped around the eagle layer by layer. Finally, the eagle was taken out of the net. The eagle put a coat on its arms and drew a rope underneath. After a few tight circles, Da Ying Man Tao Jian, which had left everyone helpless yesterday, was back in Yue Feng's hands.
“Look, isn’t this enough! You hold the eagle first, and I will put away the net gear!”
Yue Feng handed the wrapped eagle back to Chen Pao, and carefully collected the pieces of net that had been caught, sorted them, and stuffed them into his satchel.
"There are specialties in the art, and when it comes to catching eagles, you are the one! Let's go home and have breakfast!"
Chen Pao was in a good mood after getting the slow peach-tip eagle again. In order to feel comfortable, he made a thumbs up gesture towards Yue Feng. The stone in his heart fell to the ground, and even his steps became much easier.
The two men walked out from the edge of the grove in a leisurely manner. About twenty meters away, Yue Feng suddenly spotted a blue-gray figure slightly larger than a swallow holding a small ball in his mouth. A sparrow flew quickly overhead and went straight into the small forest not far from the other side of the river.
“Hey! There is this thing over here!”
Yue Feng stood still and couldn't help but sigh after seeing clearly the shadow that had just been glimpsed.
Hearing the greeting, Chen Pao stopped, turned around and asked curiously: "What? What are you looking at again?"
Yue Feng kept staring at the blue-gray figure just now. He stood motionless in the forest and said: "Orchid stack! I didn't expect that there is such a rare thing in the small woods beside the village!"
"What is orchid stack? A kind of bird?" Chen Pao listened attentively. Fog, I don’t know what it refers to.
“A kind of eaglet, commonly known as Duozi, its scientific name is Merlin, the female is called Malian, the male is called Peach Blossom when it is young, and it is called Orchid after it changes into adult feathers!
I was right when I read it, it should be an orchid Duozi that has changed its fur!
This thing is a rare thing. Don’t you think it’s too slow to raise a large peach-tip eagle? If I don’t have anything else to do tomorrow, I’ll bring the eagle-catching net to take a look. Let’s see if we can catch this little eagle, and then we can keep it at home and play with it. There will also be a few house finches on the street outside our house and on the side of the production road!
If you have it, you won’t have to wait for the pine nuts at the end of April to feed the big eagles in spring! Although this little eagle is a raptor of the Falcon family, it does its job very skillfully!
The most important thing is that if you use the right techniques, this thing can be cooked! Last time I told you to use bait to swipe the falcon. You can also do this with the Merlin. Make a smaller fake bait and let the hawk recognize it. Then you can swipe the bait and fly outside every day, which can not only train the hawk. of physical fitness and exercise! "
"Can it be raised to maturity? What a great feeling! Are you sure it will still be here tomorrow? Otherwise, let's go home and eat first, and then come over after eating! ”
When Chen Pao heard that this little eagle was a rare breed and had many advantages, he immediately became interested.
Yue Feng shook his head: "Don't worry, the birds that can spend the winter here are all forest birds. The surrounding area is its activity territory. As long as it is not a special situation, it will not run around!< br>
I just saw it holding food in its mouth. If it is full, it will be strong enough to catch the eaglets today!
I didn’t bring a net for hunting eaglets, so I can’t catch them! I haven’t caught a few sparrows to use as bait. It’s too late to come here another day!”
“Okay, it’s up to you. Let’s go back and catch them tomorrow when we have time!”
After such an episode, Chen Pao became quite interested in the Merlin that Yue Feng mentioned.
Along the way, Chen Pao asked a lot of questions about the Merlin, and Yue Feng gave them a general explanation. Take it out of the eagle coat.
"Are you going to take this big eagle back first? Send it to me after you train it, or what?" Chen Pao asked.
Yue Feng smiled and shook his head: "The eagle is given to you, you can do it yourself! I will tell you the process, you just follow what I say!
This kind of reaction The eagle is so easy to play with. Even though it is now so frightened that it has its eyes open and its mouth open, it will start chirping at the slightest sign of trouble. It will return to its original shape in less than two nights!
When I tied up the eagle with my coat just now, I had already touched the fat on the tip of the slow peach. You are really willing to do it. It took less than a month for the eagle to be full of fat! "
"Didn't you tell me last time that you would catch this eagle alive and prepare its hair shaft every day? I followed your instructions!
When I was putting on fat, I also observed the performance of this eagle. After the weight became heavier, I found no obvious signs of growth, so I felt confident and put on the round fat!
Is it possible that you have to be cautious when you put on a round fat to let an eagle fly? ”
(End of this chapter)