Chapter 327 Birds and Whereabouts
On the day before Zhao Zhen returned, Zhao Zhen ordered Ji Qingwan to pack the things he wanted to bring back to the fantasy world, and asked Tian Lei who came to deliver the goods to bring back hundreds of things. Willow Village.
After breakfast on the second day, Zhao Zhen, Chu Yuan, and Chu Yan, accompanied by Ji Minghan, Ji Minglian and the three sisters Black Ant, returned to Bailiu Village to tidy up a little. Zhao Zhen and others returned to the fantasy world.
The tea was packed into the warehouse and the ore was sent to the blacksmith shop. Zhao Zhen asked people to call Zhao Shiqilang. After seeing the ceremony, Zhao Zhen pointed to several cages and said: "Seventeenth Lang, this Let’s see if the three birds of prey can be tamed, and let’s see if these pairs of parrots can be taught to speak.”
Zhao Shiqilang looked at them first and said, “Master, these two swallows. The falcon can at most hunt tits and the like, but it cannot be used as a falcon. This eagle owl is useless at night, but at most it can recognize its home. It can guard vegetable gardens and orchards and hunt mice at night. "
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen's eyes lit up. He originally thought that the eagle owl was of little use, but after hearing what Zhao Shiqilang said, the eagle owl could make its home in Baishi Valley. There were many rats in the spiritual field.
Zhao Zhen said: "Then train it. This eagle owl will call Baishi Valley its home. It will be good to go to the spiritual field to hunt mice at night. Don't waste this falcon. After training, if it can catch cicadas It’s the best, the one who screams is annoying.”
“This is the first time for young Yan Falcon to be trained. I will go down and choose a location in the manor to build an eagle’s nest.”
Zhao Zhen nodded, pointed at three pairs of parrots and said, "If you look at these parrots again, maybe they can teach you how to speak?"
"These two pairs are Debye parrots, parrots from Sichuan and Sichuan. Look at their size. , less than one foot, not yet mature, and can grow up to one and a half feet in length. The whole body is green, with a light blue-purple head; the chest, abdomen, underside of the wings and thighs are light gray-blue-purple, and the color is bright, but it cannot speak. "< br>
"The remaining four pairs of Alexander Parrot and Brother Myna can be trained, and they all have good tongue-learning abilities. Although Brother Myna is all black and not bright enough, he is good at singing and can imitate and produce various melodies. Learning tongue The ability is much better than Alexander's parrot."
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen smiled and felt that Ji Qingwan's visit to the palace was worthwhile. Two pairs of each type of parrot are prepared, and half of them will be given away after they are trained.
“I was about to report it to the high officials. Li Ji caught a Crested Bee Eagle two days ago. I don’t know what to do with it?”
Zhao Zhen asked strangely: “Can’t it be tamed?”
Zhao Shiqilang said: "What the officials don't know is that this Crested Bee Eagle is also called the Honey Eagle. Although it also preys on snakes and rats, its most preferred food is bees, wasps, wasps, and bees. Anyone who comes is welcome. This one was caught by a net in Dongxi Village. Tang Ding, the manager of the apiary, reported that this honey eagle hunted bees. Mr. Xiao asked Li Ji to capture it and saw that it looked ferocious, so he sent it to me. Here it comes.”
"Can't you train it to only hunt snakes and rats?"
Zhao Shiqilang said: "The big officials don't know the little people, so they can only try their best. After all, to tame a raptor, most of them have to comply with its nature and use it. Food induces it. It’s not easy to prevent it from eating bees.”
Zhao Zhen said: “It doesn’t hurt to try.”
Zhao Qilang nodded in agreement. Before leaving, Zhao Zhen asked how the training of the homing pigeons was going. Zhao Shiqilang replied: "Don't worry, officials, the homing pigeons have begun to be trained at a close distance and will be released two kilometers apart. After another twenty days of training, the black tigers will be removed." After they are released in Miao Town, they can be sent to Dulonggang, Jingyang Town, and Shijie Village further away."
"When these pigeons are trained, I will have a reward here." He sent Zhao. Seventeen Lang went down to house the birds, and Zhao Zhen did not forget to promise benefits. Zhao Zhen sat in the hall and thought about it. The most important thing in Liangshan County now is to pay attention to the birthday plan. I am not short of this money. If I get it, it is just the icing on the cake. However, this birthday guide is now more like a test Gongsun Sheng gave himself. Now, I can't see Gongsun Sheng's attributes, so I know that Gongsun Sheng hasn't made up his mind to defect yet.
Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen sent people to invite Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng. After seeing the ceremony, Zhao Zhen asked: "Xuetuo, what's going on at Huangnigang?"
Wu Yong shook his feather fan and said: "Don't worry, senior officials, Lai Yong'er and his party have concealed themselves very well. No clues were revealed. News came from Shi Qian's route that a total of twenty-one Taiping cars had been shipped, each with a guard guarding the car, and a yellow flag on each car. With the "Congratulations on Grand Master's Birthday", fifty more cavalry troops were sent to follow. I guess they were on the way secretly, but they sent many spies, but their whereabouts were not discovered."
Zhao Zhen said: "Did you secretly take a small road?"
Wu Yong shook his head: "These two hundred thousand gold and jewelry shells are indispensable for employees. The small road is difficult to travel, and there are bandits who rob it, so it is better to use the same road as Ming's If you take the main road, as long as you are not far apart, you can still take care of them.”
Zhao Zhen nodded and saw that it was already lunch time, so he asked the kitchen to deliver the meal to the living room, and the three of them sat together and ate.
After the meal, Zhao Zhen let the tea be served. While eating the tea, Zhao Zhen said: "This time I purchased a lot of new tea from outside. I asked Zhao Yuanli to pack it up. [Centennial Huangshan Mao] Give all the brothers one or two pounds of [Huangshan Maofeng], and even drinking it for a month can strengthen your spirit."
Wu Yongdao: "I drank it last year. , the color of the soup is clear and slightly yellow, the aroma is like orchid, and the taste is mellow. I have never forgotten it. I don’t want to taste it again this year.”
After hearing this, Gongsun Sheng said: “You should try it.” As he spoke, he raised his glass and took a sip.
Just as Gongsun Sheng was about to speak, Zhao Yuanli led Duan Jingzhu in. When he saw the gift, Duan Jingzhu said, "Official, the secret road has been found."
Wu Yong heard the words and asked hurriedly: "Which road were you taking?"
Duan Jingzhu said: "We were taking the Huangnigang Road. I only saw this dark road after five days out of the city. There was also a mistress Ten people, all dressed as porters, came out of the town the next day, only one day's journey away from Qian Tou Ming's journey, but Brother Shi Qian was careful and insisted on stopping for one more day, but they still couldn't find this group of people. "
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen looked at the two Xuexue Wus.
Wu Yongdao: "It's good. Now we have discovered this group of people. We just need someone to reveal the news to Lai Yong'er and others, so that they can make preparations in advance to avoid mistakes."
Wu Yong nodded. It was not appropriate for the brothers to come forward in this matter. They found two spies, pretending to be merchants, and stopped by his hotel to rest and inadvertently leaked the information about the caravan.
Then Yong'er will definitely send Huangfu Xiong, who is good at running, to investigate. As long as he bites this group of people, Yong'er must have a countermeasure.
Zhao Zhen said: "If the people coming to Yong'er are successful, how can we get this batch of treasures from the hands of Yong'er and his party?"
(End of this chapter)