Chapter 795: Hunting
Animals live in a place for a long time, and the climate of this place must be very familiar, so that they have the ability to avoid rain, after all, no kind of land-based animals will like to be drenched in the rain, unless there is no way to avoid it, they will be forced to choose the rain, as long as there is a glimmer of possibility, they will not choose to take the initiative to rain.
Of course, hippos, buffaloes, capybaras that are often soaked in the water, are naturally not afraid of rain, they should not escape the rain, but like the feeling of rain, which is related to the type of animal, in addition, from the fur of the animal, it can also be seen whether an animal likes rain, such as the hippopotamus's body is smooth, very suitable for soaking in the water, and no matter how long it is soaked in the water, the skin will not change much, and the lion is an animal, the fur on the body is very unsuitable for soaking in the water, So it's an animal that doesn't like to get drenched in the rain.
The human body is also relatively smooth, but people need to wear clothes, and the long-term civilization has led to the human body is far less strong than that of animals, so that human beings also do not like the rain very much, if you accidentally get wet in the rain and fail to dry the clothes in time, it is easy to have a cold, causing great damage to the human body.
The animals that live in the neighborhood can choose to settle in other valleys, and then take advantage of the time when it is not raining to forage in this valley, where there are better leaves and grass, and there are a lot of bugs.
When I passed through the valley just now, I didn't find a bird, but I saw the insects on the leaves, and as long as there are insects, theoretically there will be birds, the reason why I didn't find the birds, it was entirely because the birds knew when it would rain, and ran to other valleys in advance, the wings of birds were the most afraid of rain, no birds like to rain, if the rain was terrible, the birds would also get sick, and after the wings were wet, the resistance to flight would also become correspondingly larger, which was very unfavorable to flight. It can even cause the bird to get tired prematurely, which can reduce the time it takes to fly.
The rainstorm hit the ground, setting off a great smell of earth, Li An could smell the strong smell of earth from more than ten meters away, of course, among them, there was also the smell of grass and leaves, and even, there was a hint of floral fragrance, which made people very relaxed.
With the rainstorm, the temperature in the valley has dropped a lot, and the wind blowing is cold, which makes people very comfortable.
In this case, it would be perfect if there was a pavilion in the valley that sheltered from the rain, and a little maid who was scented by his side sat and played the harp.
Li An closed his eyes slightly, imagining that there was a pavilion in the valley in front of him, and he was sitting in the pavilion, listening to the sound of the rainstorm outside, gently stroking the qin, and there were several people next to Yun'er who were in charge of serving, one rubbed his shoulders, one rubbed his legs, one was making tea, and the last one was dancing in the pavilion to his own tune.
Such a wonderful picture scroll made Ang Lee feel intoxicated for a while, and this wonderful picture scroll is not too difficult to realize, as long as Ang Lee is willing, it is easy to achieve.
In the valley, it is very easy to build a gazebo, it only takes a day or two to complete, the xylophone and the maid are ready-made, as for the rain and the beautiful scenery, there is never a shortage in the valley, so Li An can naturally enjoy it.
"Big brother, several people and horses have returned, there are a lot of prey in the woods in front of you, and it is very suitable for hunting, the soldiers are surrounded and driven on three sides, and the prey has only one escape route, and we can hunt as much as we like on this escape route and hunt more prey."
Li Feiyu began to speak, breaking Ang Lee's dream.
"Okay, let the soldiers get ready, immediately go to the woods to drive the prey, and we will go to the hunting point to ambush."
Li An stood up, took Li Feiyu, and rode his horse towards the hunting spot.
The valley for hunting is chosen at random, as long as there is prey in it, it is sufficient, however, with the method of hunting, all that can be caught is larger prey, that is, land animals without burrows, and they cannot fly.
Hunting has no effect on birds, because birds can fly far away, and it has no effect on rats and rabbits, squirrels, etc., because rabbits hide in burrows, and squirrels hide in tree cavities, and no matter how much you try to do so, they will not drive them to a fixed place.
Larger animals such as goats, foxes, and deer foraging in the jungle are the easiest to drive away and the easiest to hunt.
Li An asked his subordinates to drive a forest, just to hunt and kill a larger animal, so that it would be enough to take it back and make it delicious.
Wild animals are very superior in taste due to the large amount of exercise, the same animals, such as wild goats, must be much more fragrant than domestic goats, and the taste of pheasants is definitely better than domestic chickens, far more than the broilers produced in the farm.
The quality of the broiler chickens produced in the farms of later generations is simply so bad that it is difficult to swallow, and the feeling of eating those chickens is similar to eating cotton, which is simply a sin, and even if a lot of condiments are put in, it is difficult to change the bad taste of this chicken.
No matter what kind of food, as long as it is high-yielding, it must taste bad, this is almost a law, the broiler chickens on the farm, the high-yield rice and soybeans, are simply unpalatable to death.
Not only animal and plant products, but even people are the same, and the ability of high-yield college students is greatly reduced, which is simply a waste of national resources.
Ang Lee doesn't like anything that is high-yielding, and artificially cultivated products will inevitably be high-yielding, so what is delicious will always be wild.
This time, in addition to wanting to relax, there is also a very important purpose, which is to hunt some game to improve the diet.
Of course, it is possible to buy game directly from the port town, but the game bought from the market is far less interesting than the one obtained by hunting yourself, and it is much fresher.
A hundred soldiers, divided into multiple groups, surrounded an entire forest and frightened all kinds of prey, causing them to flee in one direction so that Li An could hunt them.
Li An and Li Feiyu, as well as a small number of soldiers, blocked the only way for the prey to escape, and as soon as the driven prey appeared, they would immediately start hunting.
The sound of the horns of the soldiers was everywhere, and these sounds formed a wall, so that the surrounded prey did not dare to cross over, and could only choose to break through from the direction where there was no horn sound, and this happened to crash in front of Li An and the others.
"Big brother, the prey is coming, and there are quite a few? There are two communities, and a few scattered. ”
Li Feiyu saw the prey with a telescope and spoke.
"Bring it, let me see."
Ang Lee snatched the binoculars and carefully observed the prey that was approaching in a panic.
"A herd of antelopes, about thirty or more, and a herd of goats, more than twenty, the fox saw two, and three jackals, haha! That's a lot! ”
Ang Lee is very excited, so many prey, if all of them are hunted, it will be a great gain, of course, Ang Lee will not be so ruthless, if all the animals of a community are hunted, then, this community does not exist, this is not in line with the sustainable development of wildlife resources, it is okay to hunt some prey.
"Hunt six goats, ten antelopes, don't hunt the young, take all the foxes, and all the jackals."
Li An opened his mouth to arrange.
"Big brother, this prey is in front of you, why do you want to let go of most of it, wouldn't it be better to hunt them all."
Li Feiyu said.
Li An opened his mouth to educate: "We don't need to hunt so many prey, if we wipe out the entire tribe in one go, this group will not be able to continue to reproduce, and there will be no more such prey in this valley, and the lives of the nearby hunters will not be easy." ”
"The eldest brother is really benevolent, and he also thinks about the life of the nearby Orions, okay! A few of you hunt two antelopes per person, and a few of you have two goats per person, remember, specializing in hunting adults, big brothers, foxes and jackals are the most difficult to hunt, let's do it together! ”
Li Feiyu opened his mouth to arrange the task.
Li An nodded and said, "Get ready, the prey is about to be sent to the door." ”
Soon, a large group of driven prey rushed into the escape mountain road in a panic, preparing to flee to another valley, and Li An and the others had already bent their bows and arrows to aim at them.
"Let's go our separate ways, quick!"
Li An gave a loud order, telling the soldiers to move separately, and then quickly crossed out and ran towards the two foxes.
Among all the prey, foxes are the most difficult to hunt, because compared to antelopes and goats, foxes are too small, and the probability of shooting at large targets is naturally different from shooting at small targets, and the difference is still very large.
In addition, the fox's reaction speed and cunning are also much higher than that of grazing goats and antelopes, and much more powerful than jackals, so it is one of the most difficult prey to hunt, and Ang Lee likes to hunt this most difficult prey.
Sure enough, Li An had just rushed over, and the other prey had not yet reacted, and the two snow-white foxes immediately turned around and fled, and the speed of reaction surprised Li An.
However, no matter how fast the fox runs, it is impossible to outrun the arrows, so Li An made a quick decision and aimed at the fox and released the arrows directly.
Because it was too late to aim, the arrow did not hit the fox, but shot in front of the fox's escape route, causing the fox to stop in fright.
However, a fox is a fox, very cunning, just after being forced to stop, he immediately changed the direction of escape, and the agility of his movements surprised Li An.
However, Ang Lee's archery skills have been practiced for a long time, and they are not ordinarily powerful, so how can he worry about not being able to shoot the fox? Another arrow was fired, and this time with good luck, it hit the one that fell behind.
A fox running in front of him stopped hesitantly when he saw his companion being shot, but after only a moment of hesitation, he turned around and fled, but unfortunately, this moment of hesitation allowed Li An to seize the opportunity and shoot the fox at the moment of escape.
In this way, the two foxes all became the prey of Ang Lee, although the whole hunting process was wonderful, but the time spent was very short, and the results of the rest of the people were equally brilliant, all of them completed their tasks, and successfully obtained six goats, ten antelopes, and three jackals.
"Yes, everyone has completed the task well, come, everyone has worked hard, kill an antelope, eat enough and go back."
Li An said happily.
All the soldiers were very happy, but it took a certain amount of time to cook, not only to slaughter and cut the antelope, but also to find dry wood and dry grass, and to cook the antelope meat, it would take at least half an hour to be enough.
Li An is tired of playing and needs to take a good rest, but there are still many soldiers who have not had fun, especially the soldiers who are responsible for driving away the prey, and not a single prey has been hit.
"If you want to hunt, go hunting within five miles of a group of five, and you must return within an hour, go!"
Li An gave the order to move freely, and let the soldiers go to the forest to relax and relax, and also to live the addiction of hunting.
Of the 100 soldiers, 60 or 70 all left, leaving only twenty or thirty people to guard and work, and the slaughter and division of the antelope was also time-consuming, and it took many soldiers to complete it.
Ang Lee tied a set of nets between two trees, and he himself entered the net, lying in the net and resting with his eyes closed, which was very common in later generations and was an essential artifact for daily leisure and field exploration.
Because there will be a threat of wild beasts in the wild, if you sleep directly on the ground, you are likely to be attacked by wild beasts, and people cannot sleep on trees like birds, so sleeping in a suspended web is the safest, which is like a spider, sleeping on a web, which is quite safe.
"Big brother, are you really comfortable sleeping in this rope? It looks like a silkworm cocoon. ”
Li Feiyu stood next to him and spoke.
"Comfortable, of course comfortable, this is shaky, but it's comfortable, it's okay to help me shake it a few times."
Li An compared his eyes and sniffed the aroma of antelope meat with his disadvantages.
When I set off, I was already thinking about eating in the wilderness, so I brought enough basic condiments, and even brought a lot of snacks to prevent hunger and nothing to eat on the road.
The offal is fried with chili peppers, the meat of the limbs is cooked in a large pot with enough seasoning, and the ribs are grilled directly on the bonfire, and oil and seasoning are added while grilling. You can smell the fragrance from a long distance.
The soldiers who went out to hunt soon returned, some picked some wild fruits, some caught some game, such as rabbits and pheasants, and a few soldiers shot the eagle owl, and the harvest was still very good.