The three of them happily ate and chatted, and it took more than an hour to finish, the time was still early, and it was okay to be idle, Uncle Niu took Wu Shixiang to see his baby fighting insects with great interest.

"Boy! No other uncle! But when it comes to fighting crickets, there is definitely confidence. Inquire around here, who doesn't know the fame of my bullfighting! "Uncle Niu is happy today, he has drunk a lot of wine, and he stutters a little when he speaks.

"That's it! Uncle, you've been playing worms for more than 30 years, haven't you? Professional-level, which one is stronger in fighting insect technology? Skewer alley looking for bullfighting! Ha ha! Wu Shixiang also drank a lot, and his tongue was a little big.

"Definitely! Don't underestimate the fighting insects, it's small, but the doorway is deep! From catching insects, raising insects, training insects, practicing fighting, fighting, and recuperating injuries, each item is knowledge. Their food, tanks, water, and environment must be the most suitable in order to raise a truly good general, and there is no sloppiness! Uncle Niu began to tell Wu Shixiang about his experience over the years.

"Take this family heirloom cricket jar as an example, it doesn't matter if it is made by Zhao Ziyu or not, it is difficult for you to find it now with a layer of old pulp. The jargon is called boiling black pots! It's a craft, the new jar just came out of the kiln, and the fire is big, and the insects can't be raised, just like putting people in a high-temperature house, and they will get sick if they can't live for a few days, so they have to go to the fire. "Generally, it is soaked in water for half a year, but the time is too long, and the effect is not good. A true connoisseur will boil it with his own potion! Not to mention that it can remove the fire a few times, it can also make the jar produce a layer of slurry, making the insects feel more natural and comfortable. Uncle Niu took the family heirloom jar and showed it to Wu Shixiang under the light, and sure enough, there was a layer of oil on it, which was a bit similar to the pulp of wood.

"How do you cook it?" Wu Shixiang was very interested and asked.

"To boil a black pot, you need to prepare several raw materials, one is insect tea, the other is bait tea, the third is pomegranate skin, and silkworm sand. The latter three are easy to find, but insect tea is difficult to get, in recent years, some old players in T City and Jinan have accepted this thing, so it is difficult to find it in the market. But this thing is the most critical medicine, because the insect brown color is mainly black and the main is bright. Insect tea is cold in traditional Chinese medicine, and it is the first choice to treat jars with this thing. The ratio is half of insect tea, a little catechu, a little pomegranate skin, and an appropriate amount of silkworm sand. First boil these raw materials in a large pot, then filter them with gauze, put the filtered pure soup in the pot and boil it with an appropriate amount of water, then put on the dry jar, boil, take the pot down after two hours, stuff it for a day, take out the jar, and dry it. The black shines. Repeat it over and over again, what comes out is absolutely awesome. To cover the lid to cook, so that the treated jar you raise insects to try, not only good-looking, but also special pots, the effort to raise the worm to the home to old age and death look very tender, there is no oil and gas. ”

Uncle Niu taught his experience in a serious way, this is where the background of old players lies.

"Crickets are born and raised, and their lives are a word fight! Foraging, protecting territory, courtship, laying eggs, and not resting until death. Small in size, but big in ambition! That's what we players love! Fight with the sky! Fight with people! Connoisseurs have their own set of secret recipes, whether it is the treatment of utensils, or insect food and water, insect fighting training, combat tactics, without more than ten years of exploration and research, even the door can not enter! Each insect has its own temperament, eating, drinking, and Lazar are different, and it is a master to be able to tailor food, clothing, shelter and transportation for each insect to keep them in the best condition! ”

Wu Shixiang nodded secretly, it seems that the interlacing is like a mountain, he can be regarded as an eye-opener, and he has not paid attention to these before, he only knows that a good fighting insect is worth a lot, and some people charge it at a high price. When I heard Uncle Niu's words today, this industry is also unfathomable!

"Come on! I'll let you see Uncle's latest results! Uncle Niu took Wu Shixiang to the small yard, he originally had a unit in the city, but then the place was too small to raise insects, so he simply sold it and bought this bungalow with a small yard farther away, and planted some flowers and plants in the yard, and there were jars and insects everywhere.

"Look at this one, when a cricket is placed in front of you, the first end we can see is the whiskers of the cricket, and the last end is the tail of the cricket. A cricket runs through all parts of the body from whisker to tail, in which the length, shortness, structure, requirements, coordination, and proportions of each part are carried out. In many cases, we must first learn to look at them separately, and then gather them together to observe them as a whole. "The most distal point of the cricket's body centerline is the softest and weakest link of the cricket. In fact, crickets come from themselves, there is a debate about which is more important than the color. It's just that we're used to looking at crickets as a whole. When we look at each part of the cricket separately, the shape and color are immediately simplified. For example, the various parts of the cricket---- whiskers, head, teeth, silk, neck, and wings. Uncle Niu picked up a jar and pointed to a worm to explain to Wu Shixiang in detail how to deal with insects.

The whisker of the cricket is the most delicate place at the front end of the cricket, and its main role is reconnaissance, detection, and feedback information, and it is also an integral part of the cricket's self-defense. Its shape and thickness reflect the development of the cricket, and its color most of the time reflects the variety. Blue and purple crickets are required to be thicker, darker, and brighter. The whiskers of yellow and red crickets are usually a dark and shiny color that we rarely see. A lot of times it's brown, brown, dark red, and of course black. At this time, our morphological requirements are consistent coarse. ”

"The crickets are still bruised?" Wu Shixiang said a little freshly.

"Hmmm! Fighting crickets are recorded to have begun during the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, around 742 to 755 AD. After the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, until the Republic of China, it was very popular. According to the color used in ancient times: blue. Yellow. Purple. Red. White. Black several categories. But mostly green. Yellow. There are three major categories of purple. "The color of the insect king level is mainly: true blue. True Yellow. True purple. True red. True White. True black, which represents the purest color of each color. The color of the first-class grade begins to be a little variegated, such as heavy blue. Black and yellow. Grass purple yellow. Black and blue. Green hemp head. Red hemp head. Generally speaking, the purer the color, the healthier the crickets are, and the stronger their combat effectiveness. ”

"Oh? It's as oily as the density of wood! The longer the vintage, the more delicate and refined the wood becomes. Wu Shixiang understood a little and drew inferences.

"That's right! It's all the same thing! The ultimate goal of every player is to find the Worm King! A general who has won all battles! Therefore, it is very important to choose insects, and we call them phase insects in our jargon! Just like the human face, it is to see the potential of this insect through the details. The biggest difference between an experienced player and a beginner is here! ”

"Uncle, how did you choose worms?" Wu Shixiang knew that the point was coming, and listened attentively.

"That's when you kid asks me! Replace it with someone else, and no one will say anything! I have several criteria: first, the head is big and the teeth are big; Second, the number of centimeters is sufficient, and the body of each part is relatively well-proportioned; 3. Six legs are stout and have a good body; Fourth, the color is pure; Fifth, the teeth are small but hard enough; Finally, there is a high-grade bucket silk! This is just a standard, not absolute, it depends on the difference of each worm, you see a good worm I just made! ”

Uncle Niu picked up a jar, and there was a small insect in it, the cricket was day and night, and it was very energetic at night, and when it saw someone, the insect began to raise its whiskers, and a pair of big teeth bit demonstratively, and its wings squeaked and rubbed, swearing the sovereignty of this place.

"This insect is from Ningcheng, Shandong, and Shandong has produced good insects since ancient times! Water and soil are fertile, and insects are also powerful, don't look at this insect is not big, but it is flexible and combative, and in the jargon it is the spirit! If you look at the head shape, according to the cricket spectrum, it is big and round, and then blooming, strong and fierce, and the world is long! Rare combativeness! If you train well, you have the potential to become a worm general! ”

"Worm general? What do you mean? Wu Shixiang heard this term for the first time.

"The level standard among players is the same as that of the army and the military industry, there are second lieutenants, majors, colonels, and generals. Insects are also divided into four levels: soldiers, generals, kings, and emperors according to their battle records and experience! You can level up every ten games you win at the same level, and only when you become a soldier can you really get started! ”

"There are so many doorways! Uncle, what is your record? Wu Shixiang asked with great interest.

"Hey, hey! Now your uncle's best bug is the Great General of the Six Wars! All it takes is four more wins to become king! I've put a lot of effort into it! Uncle Niu took out a jar and let Wu Shixiang see his most powerful general.

"What a big one! Do you have any other organization for fighting insects? How do you determine who is at what level? ”

"There is no official organization, but the circle of fighting insects is very fixed, and whoever has a good insect fight and wins will be known to the whole city in a few days! No one will talk nonsense about this kind of thing, you brag that you are a general, but you were killed by a small soldier, then you are ashamed, and your reputation will stink in the future! The real king level is in the hands of a number of people, and they generally don't fight, and they all know the roots of the same level, and they won't waste fighting, and it's not appropriate to win or lose! A full-product king will have to start at least hundreds of thousands! ”

Uncle Niu yearned for a yearning, when he had a recognized king worm, it would really be a death without regrets.

"In fact, even if all the above characteristics are concentrated on the same cricket, the level of this insect can only stop at the general, and it will never reach the king of insects! In the kingdom of crickets, the hierarchical distinction between male insects is quite strict and important, just like the various classes in a feudal society, there is only one emperor, just like there is always only one insect king. "The above six points can completely ensure that a cricket has a strong physique and fierce fighting nature, but it lacks the most important one that can make it the king of insects, that is, aura! An energy that can deter all opponents! This kind of power is not a strong support force of six legs, nor is it a fierce fighting force and a super strong bite force, it is an energy field carried by the cricket itself and radiated into the surrounding environment, which is the true embodiment of the cricket's level. ”

Uncle Niu said an even more magical theory, which made Wu Shixiang realize the charm of fighting insects.

"Boy, you should have seen some crickets with their teeth and wings but they never dared to import them; What's more, when they hear the other party's scream, they hang their beards on the ground, or they jump into the pot and run away frantically, refusing to open their teeth again, just like the people in feudal society don't even dare to raise their heads when they see the emperor. It is always the general who can't hear its insect cry in breeding, and the one who makes it dare not listen to its own call is the real king. "I always think that crickets fight is the level, not who is stronger, often see a lot of entry-level insect friends quarrel over the weight of a few grams, or weigh and go, in short, always refuse to match, it's ridiculous to think about, when I remove insects, never size, never weigh, big fight small can be, small pull big can also be, let the level of crickets to determine the final victory."

At this time, Uncle Niu looked confident, in the field he was good at, he just had the confidence to say this!

"I generally don't spend thousands to collect what so-called famous insects, the crickets in my hands are generally very small, but the results have not been bad for a few years, five centimeters to win more than seven centimeters of insects are common, and there are more people who can't win variegated crickets with a positive skin. The victory of a cricket must be in the level, and the stronger this energy, the higher the level of the cricket. What is Worm King? The one who drives people without a fight is the Worm King! ”

"I'm a little bit of a general! You see, its whiskers are not hard, its teeth are not the largest, and it rarely has wings! But several times its whiskers are on other insects, why is the other party afraid? "The cricket's wings can't hit the other person, but why does the sound it makes make the other person scared? Whether it was the loud noise that scared the other person away, or whether the cry conveyed some kind of deterrent message. Why do crickets never see through? It is because this kind of energy is invisible and intangible, no matter how good the bone is, no matter how pure the color is, it can't be the king after all. "Thousands of generals can be selected, the insect king does not know", which year and month to seek the real insect king? ”

Uncle Niu couldn't put it down in his hand and stroked the general's jar, imagining the kind of kingly bearing of "my crickets don't open their mouths, and no insects dare to make the first sound"!

"I really didn't expect the little worm to be so big? Listening to my uncle's words today is better than reading a book for ten years! It's so interesting! Wu Shixiang was excited, the level of the insect was the same as the practice level in the novel! There is really the spirit of a king, the so-called tiger body is shocked, and the domineering beauty stripping!

"Interesting! It's even more fun to get started! Now fighting insects is not just a plaything, many people are engaged in this industry, and there are more than 100,000 people in the country, selling insects, raising insects, training insects, fighting insects, and not counting the people who develop peripheral products. In fact, there are many places in Kyoto where gambling insects are located, and like dog and fighting, hundreds of thousands or millions of running water can easily run water in one night! Boy, you want to go slowly! ”

Uncle Niu woke up about the same and began to serve his babies to eat, Wu Shixiang watched from the side, and he was also interested in insects, and he had to get one to raise himself. By the way, I don't know if my big player system has a project to fight insects? I'm looking forward to it!