Chapter 16: The Ideal of Three Generations (1)
In June of the twentieth year of Yanxi, Fuling County, a large mountain in the northwest of Fuling County.
The temperature below the mountain has begun to rise, and the valley area has become even more sweltering. But deep in the mountains, with an average altitude of more than 1,500 meters, there is still a deep coolness.
In a knee-deep bush, there was no wind, but there was still a slight sway. In an open area in front of the grass, a poor sika deer struggled with a stake.
"Taishou, the big worm is coming."
"Well, partridge call, let the brothers in the tree prepare."
It has been more than two months since Guan Yi took office in Fuling County's vigorous large-scale production campaign. In the past two months, Fuling County has quietly begun to undergo some changes.
First of all, the whole county, but wherever humans can reach, all kinds of ferns have fallen into bad luck: although Guan Yi clearly stated that only the roots of bracken can be used to grind flour to make fern baba. But the people of Fuling County, who have been struggling with food and clothing for a long time, can't manage so much. After someone responded to Taishou's call to make a fern and really filled his stomach. The people who heard the news went crazy: it turns out that there is such something to fill our stomachs under our land! Then everyone turned all the related, plant-like roots out and recreated them in a self-exerting way – the result was, of course, tragic. How can there be so many rhizomes that can be eaten directly? After a lot of food poisoning incidents, the common people gradually accepted Guan Yi's explanation: for the time being, this kind of rhizome is edible. If there are any new discoveries in the future, wait for Lao Tzu's notice.
For Guan Yi, he also once again expressed his amazement at the creativity of the people of his own nation: it has only been two months, and there are already many kinds of bracken baba, mixed rice bracken ba, mixed wheat bracken ba, etc., and even fern root powder has appeared: Sure enough, our nation is the world's first talent in eating this aspect.
Now Guan Taishou's prestige in Fuling County is unparalleled for a while, and the accompanying order to eliminate evil water has also been thoroughly implemented, which has brought about a rapid reduction in abdominal pain patients and a large number of extinction of various parasitic diseases, which has further improved Guan Taishou's prestige among the people. In just two months, there have been sporadic folk rumors that Guan Taishou is the reincarnation of Prime Minister Zhuge or something.
The common people of this world are so satisfied.
But Guan Yi knew very well that the fern root was just emergency food. The root system of this thing grows slowly, and it seems that no one has seen it edible for thousands of years, so it looks like there are a lot of them now. If you really want the whole people to dig for a long time, sooner or later the supply will exceed demand. And this thing can provide too little energy, and the side effects really don't have too many. So, this thing is just a replacement item before your potato count has accumulated to a certain level.
Well, next year, next spring, Lao Tzu will probably have tens of thousands of potato seedlings, and at that time, it can be planted in a large area in Fuling County.
But planting potatoes is to solve the problem of food and clothing, and potatoes are the staple food...... Well, although the Ministry of Agriculture of China in the 21st century has also repeatedly advocated the staple food of potatoes. But for the stomach of the Chinese people, if this thing is not to eat, it is okay to eat it as a vegetable, and it is also okay to eat it as a vegetable when there is food. But as a staple food like rice and wheat, well, it's better to shake your head a little faster.
All the time-travelers are proud, because their knowledge crushes the entire era. Even a guy like Guan Yi who has no ambitions and wants to save his life, when he is in charge of the party. Its focus has never been limited to the word "food and clothing".
In order to enable the common people under their rule to break through food and clothing and become well-off, some things must be taken precautions and done in advance.
For example, hunting.
As an agricultural student, Guan Yi knows very well that the production efficiency of fishing and hunting is the lowest, and a hunter needs at least 10~15 square kilometers of forest or larger grassland to be able to obtain prey all year round. And if the same area of grassland is used for nomadic herding, it is no problem to feed a large family of dozens of people. As for the same area of arable land? That's enough to feed thousands of people.
Therefore, Guan Yi never expected hunting to help the people under his rule to be fed.
On the one hand, he mobilized official forces to carry out large-scale hunting, on the one hand, it was indeed to reduce the number of predators that were overly thriving, and to strive for more safe production space for humans. On the other hand, for his next plan, he needs a large number of wild boar cubs.
A gust of fishy wind came to his nose, causing Guan Yi, who was still outside the world just now, to quickly regain his mind. Slightly raising the helmet covered with various weeds, Guan Yi saw a huge black and yellow figure.
It is an adult South China tiger, about two meters long. It followed the call of the sika deer to this place, and when the figure of the sika deer appeared in its sight, it stopped vigilantly.
Recently, for some reason, human beings have suddenly entered the mountains on a large scale, and many of their kind have died under the bows, arrows, knives and guns of human beings. This South China tiger has also encountered humans a few times, and with its alertness and luck, it has escaped from human pursuit many times.
It seems that this tethered sika deer should also be a trap. Could there be a human presence nearby?
It sniffed hard, and there seemed to be no pesky fishy smell that is unique to humans. Are these people already gone?
The sika deer tied to the stake had sensed its arrival and began to struggle frantically. The wooden stake that went deep into the ground was shaky, and it looked like it was about to be pulled up by the sika deer.
The South China tiger did not hesitate any longer, quickly jumped out of the grass cage, and then rushed towards the sika deer. And then...... Crash! A piece of ground suddenly collapsed, and the South China Tiger's entire body began to fall.
However, it has already learned these human tricks, and it did not use all its strength when it pounced forward at first, but at this time its hind legs kicked hard again, and its whole body jumped high again, approaching the position of the sika deer again.
"Poof." A huge net fell from the sky, announcing the perfect success of the hunt.
"Whew~~~ Finally caught this cunning guy. Sure enough, a single trap didn't work for it. Lifting the camouflage of a large number of weeds on his head and body, Guan Yi revealed his face that was unrecognizable by a large amount of plant juice: "Be careful, shoot from the eyes." A complete tiger skin sells for 1,500 yuan on the CD, and it costs 10 stone of grain! If it is broken, it will be at least halved. ”
"No! Please rest assured! ”
The large-scale official hunt has been going on for more than two months. The various skills and cooperation of the hunting team are also becoming more and more proficient, the harvest is getting bigger and bigger, and the loss is getting smaller and smaller.
When Guan Yi led the team into the mountains for the first time, he hired two local old hunters to lead the team, but he encountered a group of wild boars. After shooting down a boar, the rest of the wild boars went berserk en masse, crushing them like tanks, killing three of the team members on the spot, and two of the team members were too injured to survive the night. Later, there were those who were slapped to death by a black bear and bitten by a tiger. In the first month, Guan Yi's hunting team successively lost more than 20 people.
Although he bears the name of Brother Gongzi, he actually does not have the strength of Brother Gongzi, and the traversers who basically obey the old Orion are like this. The two teams led by Zhang Zun and Zhao Yi, the two real gentlemen, suffered even heavier losses. Zhang Zun was once chased by a wild boar and had no way to go to the sky and no way to go to the ground, and jumped into a quagmire with a ruthless heart, and was almost buried alive. And Zhao Yi was not much better, he couldn't pierce the black bear with a shot, but he was slapped by the black bear and his internal organs were bleeding, and he almost burped.
The good thing is that everyone is young, and well-educated young people. There are still qualities and everything, and they all know how to sum up experience and learn lessons. By the second month, the losses were basically reduced rapidly, and the corresponding prey was more and more caught.
"Master, today is the eighth day, and we should go back no matter what."
"Well, of course. If it weren't for the fact that this beast had escaped our pursuit many times, I would have wanted to close the team the day before yesterday, master. Xiao Qi, how much did we gain this time? ”
"Back to the head of the family, including this tiger and this sika deer, this trip, we have a total of one bear, one tiger, four adult wild boars, six wolves, five deer, and more than 30 badgers, ferrets, and birds. Fifteen live piglets. ”
"Good, this time it should be able to surpass Zhang Lingxing's house."
"Family master, in fact, it's not very good for us to surpass Zhang Lingxing's team."
"Huh? That's the same thing. But forget it, does the master still have to hide the harvest? I will reprimand him well for his affairs, and if it doesn't work, I will suspend his qualification to lead the team. ”
Speaking of which, among these families, Zhang Zun perfectly inherited all the advantages and disadvantages of Zhang Fei: brave, loyal, and many ideas, and in the same way, he did not take the lives of his subordinates seriously. His hunting team has never had a shortage of prey, but the casualties are also the largest.
"Taishou! Seki Taishou~! ”
"Huh? What's the matter? ”
"My subordinates found two tiger cubs in the grass not far away, which should be less than a month old."
"Huh? Hey, I see. No wonder this tigress knows it's a trap and wants to fight hard. ”
After shaking his head and driving away the untimely emotions of Mother S, Guan Yi ordered: "Bring the two little tigers back." ”
"Head of the house? Do you want to ......"
Yes, when the old man crossed over to make diao silk, he was very envious of those local tyrants in the Middle East who could raise tigers and lions.