Chapter 58: The Vegetable Patch

Australia was plagued by rabbits so much that ten rabbits could eat the equivalent of a sheep. At the same time, they also gnaw on a variety of shrubs and tree bark. During the dry season, they even climb onto the branches to eat the tender leaves, burrowing and gnawing on the roots, turning patches of bushes and woods into wilts.

At its peak, Australia had 10 billion rabbits and ate the equivalent of a billion sheep.

Poor Australia is known as the country that rides on the back of a sheep. The number of sheep is abundant, making it the most abundant in the world. That's only 160 million sheep. You can see what has become of the plague.

So much so that in Australian culture, the most evil animal is not the big bad wolf, let alone a lion or a tiger, but a lively and cute hare in the eyes of outsiders.

Although the number of rabbits is much lower now, it is still a lot compared to before.

Little Jack drove the plough, and Zhang Yun had already seen four or five rabbits escaping. So he brought Bei Bei over to hunt, which killed two birds with one stone, not only to exercise Bei Bei's courage and confidence, but also to obtain game.

After waiting for a while, a rabbit suddenly ran out from the front of the rotary tiller, and the speed was so fast that Zhang Yun didn't react, and had already let it run past it.

But Zhang Yun was not in a hurry, he whistled, so he didn't hurry to point at the rabbit and shout, "Beibei, up." ”

At this time, the rabbit ran out more than twenty meters early.

Hearing the shout, Beibei, who was lying on the ground lazily basking in the sun, suddenly jumped up and rushed straight over. Speed is like an arrow off the string.

The hare was fast enough, but not as fast as it was. The distance between the two sides was rapidly closing as they ran. Seeing that Bei Bei was about to catch the hare, suddenly the hare turned sharply and fled to the side.

Bei Bei didn't expect the hare to have this hand, and ran two steps forward before turning around to pursue, and the two sides had already opened up a distance of several meters.

Seeing that there were woods a few dozen meters away, the pursuit would fail if the hare escaped into it. Bei Bei suddenly chased after him, and the hare wanted to repeat the old trick, but he didn't expect Bei Bei to be caught before he had time to turn around.

I saw Bei Bei bite the hare and shake it a few times, and the hare stopped struggling, and was brought back by Bei Bei and placed at Zhang Yun's feet.

What a brave hound that looks more powerful than Craigie's bulldog. Thinking of it as a teddy, I really don't know how to train it.

Good training, good pedigree, and perseverance are indispensable.

Zhang Yun hates that iron does not become steel, why do you face the baby, you will be like that. Compared to the current performance, it is really two extremes.

Another hare appeared, and the baby rushed up to take it easily. The performance was impeccable.

Then an animal came out, Zhang Yun's eyes widened and he found that it was a fox. It made him wonder, not that there were no foxes in Australia. It was clearly written in the textbooks back then.

He looked it up on the Internet and found out that there were indeed no foxes in Australia before, which were introduced later.

It's all tears when I mention this.

Or is it related to hares. Since the hare has been raging in Australia, the relevant authorities have struggled to do their best.

According to statistics, there are dozens of extinct or near-extinct species of protozoa in Australia, mainly due to rabbits.

In order to eradicate rabbits, Australians have tried everything from the most traditional hunting, netting, and burrowing to the more "advanced" release of poison gas and poisoning carrots. But it didn't work, and the rabbit population continued to grow rapidly. It seriously threatens Australia's ecological balance.

Then the Australians came up with a primitive, but perhaps more effective, solution: to build a fence that would run through the continent and block the rabbits' path before they could continue to spread to the most fertile agricultural areas in the west.

In December 1901, with the approval of the Australian Government, the construction of the largest fence in human history began. After 7 years of hard work, the longest fence in the world was completed. It starts at the port of Stravesyn in Australia and runs north to Worral Downs.

Unfortunately, before the fence was completed, it was discovered that rabbits had already crossed the fence.

The Australians continued to work on the second and third fences. In 1908, all three fences were completed, adding up to a total length of more than 3,000 kilometers. In desperation, Australians have created a new wonder of the world.

The miracle proved to be useless, and the rabbit soon jumped over the fence and spread all over Australia.

In order to eradicate rabbits, desperate Australians even took advantage of another alien creature, the rabbit's natural predator, the fox. In the beginning, this approach worked.

But the fox soon discovered that the relatively slow native breed cherished the animals in order to catch the good tastes, so he changed his appetite and included them in his recipes.

In order not to make these precious species extinct, the sad Australians had to go back and eradicate the fox. This cannot but be said to be an irony.

The fox still couldn't escape Beibei's clutches and was put at Zhang Yun's feet by it.

The rotary tiller came to a stop in front of him, and little Jack fell from it, shouting, "Boss, I'm thirsty, wait until I'm done drinking water before plowing the field." ”

After saying that, he ran back to the villa and didn't show up for a long time.

Zhang Yun shook his head, what would this be said in the words of his hometown. "There is a lot of and urine on the lazy donkey."

He didn't wait for little Jack, he climbed up and started on his own. I don't know what model this rotary tiller is, but it's much more advanced. There are pears in front for deep ploughing, and there is also a rotary tiller in the back. By the time we walked over the land, there was already soft soil behind it.

Zhang Yun listened to the music and hummed a little song, and he was still very happy. Qixi and Coke flew through the sky and saw Zhang Yun flying down and asked him to play.

The cola falls on the roof of the rotary tiller. Seven Joy flew in, flapped her wings twice in front of him, stopped, and landed lightly on her arm. Rubbing his head against his arm.

Zhang Yun rubbed Qixi's head, Qixi closed his eyes in enjoyment, and made a pleasant sound in his mouth.

Coke flew down from the roof and landed on his arm, with a carrot in his mouth with dirt in his mouth. This is fresh out of the ground, and the farm is in a subtropical climate, which is not very cold even in winter.

Old York used to plant a few carrots, and after the harvest was over, a few still leaked. This time I turned it over, but I didn't expect to be found by Coke as food.

Standing on his arm and nibbling twice, it saw that Zhang Yun had not eaten, and kindly stuffed the carrot into his mouth.

Zhang Yun didn't notice that his mouth was covered with mud for a while, and he smiled and politely refused this kindness and pushed the carrot back. Not to mention that he doesn't eat raw carrots, even if he does, he has to wash them.

Coke didn't understand, and thought that Zhang Yun wanted to give it to eat, so he bit it and sent it to his mouth. Zhang Yun couldn't cry or laugh.

I gave Zhang Yun several times, and when I saw that he really didn't eat it, I shared the delicious food with Qixi.

With the two of them as a dispenser, Zhang Yun was in a happy mood and quickly finished ploughing the land.

It was only then that little Jack came out with the machine. The lower distance was adjusted, and as the compactor operated, the small clods in the field converged on both sides, leaving loose soil in the middle. Small clods form ridges on both sides, which form divided fields that can be used to grow vegetables in them.

It is also convenient for watering.

Looking at the ploughed land in front of him, Zhang Yun's heart was full of joy. This is his own work, if it is replaced by manual work, a few people will not be able to do it in a day. Now he has finished driving the machine for half a day.

Little Jack put the tools back in the warehouse and took out the seeds.

Zhang Yun's preparation is not very sufficient, there are only a few kinds of vegetables, but there are quite a few of them, each of which can be planted almost one acre.

Little Jack asked strangely, "Boss, what are you doing with so much planting, are you going to sell it, but isn't that a little less?" ”

"Of course, it's for parrots, they don't eat enough, how can they be sold."

Little Jack raised his hand exaggeratedly. "Isn't it! You serve too well, better than anyone else eats. ”

"Of course, at least it's better than what you eat."

Hit by this, little Jack hung his head and took a long time to recover. Grow vegetables with the planter on.

After planting vegetables, Zhang Yun took over the hose and watered it. Bei Bei ran to drink water, but she stepped into the field and got her feet covered in mud. It's not too dirty, play in the water inside.

Soon the field was full of footprints, and the vegetable seeds that had been sown were also obtained.

Zhang Yun whistled, let it come out, and if it continues like this, don't want to grow vegetables in the vegetable field.

As a result, Beibei, who has always been very obedient, went crazy, didn't even pay attention to him, but began to roll on the ground, and after two clicks, he was covered in mud, looking like a sling dog, and he no longer had a noble atmosphere.

Zhang Yun had no choice but to take off his shoes, pull up his trouser legs and go in to grab them. Not to mention stepping on the mud, it is not awkward, it is cold and very comfortable.