Chapter 534: Rare Species - Green Turtle
Zhou Rui couldn't help but nod when he heard Xiao You's words.
"Xiaoyou, you mean to say, I don't have to worry about danger."
"Yes, it's not necessary at all", Xiao Yu nodded very seriously.
"That's good, since that's the case, then the bloodthirsty vine will be kept first", Zhou Rui put the bloodthirsty vine aside, and it was not the time to take it out.
Then, Zhou Rui clicked on a red envelope of life again.
What Zhou Rui didn't expect was that a rare thing appeared.
And he'd only heard of it, but he'd never seen it.
This thing is none other than the legendary "green-haired turtle".
The green-haired turtle may feel familiar and unfamiliar to many people.
The green turtle is a very rare creature, and it is a very rare treasure among turtles.
Therefore, many people do not know about this tortoise, but because this tortoise is quite precious, most of them have heard of this name.
Especially some people who like turtles.
It is full of covetousness for this "green turtle".
The green turtle is a freshwater turtle with basal algae on its back.
It is a creature that skillfully blends animals and aquatic plants.
It is named because the algae on the turtle's back are green filaments.
However, the formation of this green turtle is very rare, so it is rare and expensive, and it is very rare.
The green-haired turtle was called the turtle in ancient times, it is the treasure of China, and has always enjoyed the reputation of "living jade", "green-clothed elf", "green-haired turtle", "thousand-year-old turtle", it is called the four rare turtles of China together with the white jade turtle, the snake turtle and the double-headed turtle.
During the Han and Tang dynasties, turtle breeding was prevalent, and many documents have detailed records of the green-haired turtle, such as: "The turtle is too turtle to have hair in the Yin Dynasty", "The turtle has hair for thousands of years, and it is an unobtainable thing." "In the Tang Dynasty, the green turtle was listed as one of the five treasures in the palace, and it was a rare aquatic animal of great value and an excellent ornamental animal.
The author of Chen Haozi is very fond of green turtles.
According to reports, green turtles are commonly found in Henan, Hebei and Hubei. The earliest record of the green-haired turtle is seen in the fact that when it is said that Yin Xuan, there is a big turtle with hair, which is the appearance of the soldier's armor, so far it has opened the indissoluble bond between the green-haired turtle and the Chinese people.
Until the Northern Song Dynasty, the green turtle was still a novelty.
According to rumors, a green-haired turtle in Bianjing City can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, someone offered a green-haired turtle to Taizong, Taizong saw it, he was very worried, and he said to Prime Minister Lu Duan: "Good and dignified, this turtle has hair, isn't it a warning from God to me?"
Who knew that two hundred years later, the green turtle was all over the streets and alleys, from dignitaries to cloth clothes, and they couldn't put it down.
When Qin Hui celebrated his birthday, Shang Shulang Sun Wei once wrote a poem to celebrate his birthday, using the hair of the green turtle as a metaphor for Qin Hui's beard, and the poem said: "The face is like a crested crane, and the mustache is like a green turtle." ”
At that time, the green turtle and the red-crowned crane were the famous pets that everyone wanted, and Qin Hui was very happy.
During the Southern Song Dynasty, the green turtle was able to be artificially bred. They are mostly bred in low-lying areas where sunlight is scarce and aquatic plants grow.
Lu You took a boat into Shu and traveled to Wuhu, Anhui Province, where he saw countless green turtle traders.
The popularity of the green turtle led to the emergence of counterfeit dyed green turtles at that time.
In the Song Dynasty alone, there were literati such as Wang Zhen, Xu Jizhi, Hong Shi, Yu Liangneng, and Zeng Ji who wrote poems for the green turtle.
The green turtle could have so many crazy fans in the Song Dynasty, this scene was unimaginable to Song Taizong, who was terrified when he first saw the green turtle.
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For this green-haired turtle, Zhou Rui is also well aware of its reputation.
So after seeing that it was a green-haired turtle, Zhou Rui's face couldn't help but smile.
The green turtle has a sweet taste and has high medicinal value. Li Shizhen said: "This ancient turtle prescription is useless, and the tonic prescription in modern times is often used. "Neng" can pass through the pulse, help the yang way, replenish yin and blood, benefit the essence and qi, and cure impotence and weakness. "It has the function of treating kidney yang insufficiency, hemorrhoids, hemoptysis, blood in the urine, etc.
According to the description, the Burning Turtle Plate can pass through the pulse, help the Yang Dao, replenish the Yin and blood, and benefit the essence and qi. The green turtle also has the effect of inhibiting cancer cells, and is known to be ranked as the number one anti-cancer food.
Because of its high value, the green turtle once became an endangered animal.
Most of it goes into the human stomach.
Zhou Rui once saw a news that an old man had caught a green-haired turtle, and later a wealthy businessman got the news and sent someone to come.
In order to get the green turtle, the wealthy businessman directly offered a price of 1 million.
Some people may think that only a million is not much.
But also look at the age.
You must know that the sum of Zhou Rui's family's money at that time was less than 100,000 deposits.
When someone buys a green-haired turtle, they spend the "sky-high price" that his family can't make up for selling everything.
Since then, Zhou Rui has remembered the name "Green Turtle".
Later, Zhou Rui also checked the information of the green turtle on the Internet.
Because it is different from other turtles, the green turtle is very popular with the upper class, and its medicinal value has led many people to buy the green turtle.
By the time of the Qing Dynasty, the number of green turtles was quite scarce.
Emperor Qianlong likes to play the world, and life is quite luxurious, so he has always wanted to taste and see the green turtle.
Later, Emperor Qianlong asked the head of the imperial dining room to find ingredients for himself.
The manager of the imperial dining room also did his best, holding the token given to him by Emperor Qianlong, and traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers to set foot in those sparsely populated places.
Climbed over mountains, slept over meadows.
With the efforts of the officials below, not to mention, the living habitat of the green turtle was really found.
It's precious.
The head of the imperial dining room immediately reported it to Emperor Qianlong.
Emperor Qianlong was also very happy, he didn't expect that there would be such a magical place where the green turtle lived.
So, Emperor Qianlong issued an order to protect this place.
Let the green turtle breed.
And Emperor Qianlong also got his wish to taste the food made of "green turtles".
Later, the place where the green turtle lived became the current green turtle county.
It's a pity that a hundred years have passed.
After years of baptism, the devastation of war, the edification of beacon smoke, artillery attacks, environmental changes, and the number of green turtles has also decreased sharply, and now, it can be said that it is almost extinct.
The reputation of Green Turtle County has only become history.
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In Zhou Rui's red envelope, there are a total of twelve green-haired turtles.
Zhou Rui took them out one by one, and then put the twelve green-haired turtles into the mountain stream of "Mountains and Rivers Pearl".
Zhou Rui believes that it doesn't take too long for these green-haired turtles to reproduce and grow in mountain streams, forming a huge population.
When the time comes, Zhou Rui can let the group of green turtles return to the land of China.
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