When Shao Xuan arrived, he saw a group of people gathered there, all concentrated at the bottom of the mountain where he lived, and did not go up the mountain, the place below the mountain was more spacious, and the birds brought back needed to be further processed, and it was too noisy to bring up the mountain.

Before he got close to Shao Xuan, he heard all kinds of bird calls, and the iconic feather costumes of the Yu tribesmen could be seen from afar.

Many Yu tribesmen hold large and small bird cages in their hands, woven with rattan or straw poles, and different bird species use different cages, and the shape of the bird cages is also different.

This is the first time that the Flamehorn people have seen so many fancy birdcages.

I have to admit that the people of the Yu tribe seem to care about the appearance, and the woven birdcage is also decorated, which is very angry.

"Are they all back?" Shao Xuan asked a soldier over there who was looking in with his neck extended.

The man turned around and saw that it was Shao Xuan, and hurriedly said, "Yes, the big boss of the tower has all returned, but the big boss they brought back are all bird eggs, unlike the people of the Yu tribe, in addition to bird eggs, they also brought back adult birds." ”

Do you only bring back eggs? Are you going to hatch yourself?

Because when they saw Shao Xuan coming, the people crowded there all got out of the way.

Shao Xuan saw that the people of the Yu tribe were showing the birds they had caught, and some of them were released directly, which should have begun domestication, and most of them were just shown through cages.

The birds caught by the feather tribe basically have beautiful feathers, either gorgeous tail feathers, or bizarre crown feathers, or other parts of the body have characteristic feathers.

As soon as he saw the birds caught by those people of the Yu tribe, Shao Xuan was worried that they were recommending flashy bird species to the tower, although he had said before that he did not seek appearance, only practicality, but before seeing the results, no one could guarantee it.

I didn't look at the birds brought back by the Feather tribe. Shao Xuan went directly to the tower.

They were already there, standing there listening to the tower.

"The people of the Feather tribe say that the dead leaf birds can be active during the day and night, especially at dawn and dusk, and the night is a little longer than the daytime, so I thought, we mainly need to be on guard at night. After all, there are not many people now, and the restrictions at night are also great, so if you can, try domesticating these dead leaf birds. ”

Ta was holding a scroll of animal skin in his hand, Shao Xuan looked over to see it, and there was a painting on it, which should have been drawn by someone from the Yu tribe, although the painting was still very abstract. But the main features are drawn, and you can see them at a glance.

Seeing Shao Xuan coming, Ta directly handed over the animal skin roll in his hand and asked Shao Xuan to take a good look, after all, whether he could leave the eggs of these dead leaf birds, Shao Xuan was only one of the main decision-makers.

"Why is it called a dead leaf bird?" asked Shao Xuan. This name must have been given by the people of the Yu tribe.

"They say the bird looks like a pile of dead leaves, and. When it hatches, the eggs are also buried in dead leaves. Ta doesn't remember what the Yu tribesmen said. So just a rough talk.

Although it was not complete, Shao Xuan also understood.

In general, because of the color of the dead leaf bird and the way of hatching, the people of the Feather tribe gave it such a name.

Compared to other birds, the hatching method of dead leaf birds is relatively rare. Closer to the hatching of reptiles. They bury their eggs in a bag of dead leaves that are used to hatch their eggs when they decay and ferment.

It can adapt to this method and the hatchability rate is still very high. At least this bird is not too stupid, which makes the people of Yanjiao slightly satisfied. It's good not to be stupid, they don't mind if they look ugly.

Shao Xuan looked at the painting on the animal skin scroll again, and the painting showed a few circles of concentric circles around the bird's eyes, which looked like radar, and "What is on its head?" erected like an antenna.

The dead leaf bird in the painting has a thin long hair on its head, which is more than half the length of its body.

"Oh, this is the crown feather of the dead leaf bird, and the people of the feather tribe don't look down on this crown feather, so they haven't raised it again except for it hundreds of years ago. However, they say that the birds are very vigilant and will stand up on their heads when they perceive danger. In addition, there are many kinds of calls of dead leaf birds, and the calls made in different situations are also different, which is easy to distinguish, and it is not suitable for long-distance flight, so it is basically only active in a certain area, so you don't have to worry about them flying away. So the people of the Feather tribe suggested that we raise dead leaf birds, and I thought we could try it first. ”

Ta Jiang Yu tribesmen said to explain again, he is not so easy to be fooled by the Yu tribesmen, but it is really the reason that the people of the Yu tribe said, and he agrees.

"Why don't the people of the Yu tribe raise it themselves? Is it really just because it's not good-looking?" someone asked.

"Not really. Ta went on to explain, "The people of the Feather tribe say that the dead leaf birds are noisy, not that they are noisy themselves, but that they tend to quarrel with other birds, so once they start, the Feather tribe will fall into a quarrel. ”

The Feather tribe has raised so many birds, just imagine the situation when all those birds are calling......

"Isn't there no other flock of birds in our tribe? Gui Gully and Chirp, definitely won't quarrel with them, those ducks, now basically won't leave the lake around, if we domesticate dead leaf birds, we should be able to." ”

"You can indeed try, by the way, how big can the withered leaf bird grow?" Shao Xuan asked.

"It's not big, that's it. The tower raised his hand and gestured, and it was only about two palms long, not as long as the ducks.

However, I heard that many of the dead leaf birds are in groups, and the tower brought back forty or fifty eggs, even if the final hatching rate is only half, it is enough. You can try it first.

It's a pity that it's not big enough to carry people, but if the dead leaf bird is really like what the Yu tribesmen say, it can also satisfy everyone. Hopefully, when there are fewer people, they can start to work.

"I told the people of the Yu tribe to let them leave a few people to help hatch the eggs, after all, they have experience, and I heard that even if the eggs are buried in the soil bag, they have to take care of them every day, and it will always be better to give them them. ”

In fact, the eggs were all dug up from the dirt bags where the dead branches and leaves were buried, and not all of them came from the same dirt bag, but each of the several dirt bags took five to ten of them. If it weren't for the people of the Yu tribe who had their own skills to protect them, none of the eggs they brought back after digging up might not hatch.

"They said it would hatch in about 10 days. ”

Since the hatching needs to be watched by the people of the Feather Tribe, the people of the Feather Tribe over there also need a few days to stay here to observe the adaptation of the birds they caught, so they did not leave for the time being.

After the forty or so dead leaf bird eggs hatched, the people of the Feather tribe left.

The chicks of the dead leaf bird are early adults, and they can walk and forage for food on their own when they come out of the shell, which saves a lot of work, which is one of the reasons why the tower decided to choose the dead leaf bird in the first place.

People with rich breeding experience were selected from the animal pen to take care of these newly hatched dead leaf birds, because the keeper saw them after they broke the shell, and they saw them the most, and fed them, so these chicks were very dependent on the breeder, and sometimes lined up to follow the breeder.

When Shao Xuan went, he saw the forty-two gray-brown hairy dumplings following the keeper to the trough. It probably took a short time to emerge from the shell, and although I was able to walk, I couldn't fly freely.

"Why don't you look energetic?" asked Shao Xuan. The chicks all had their eyes half-open, and they staggered as if they hadn't woken up.

The keeper smiled and explained, "No, they are usually like this, but they are more energetic when they eat." ”

Sure enough, as soon as I got to the trough, the chicks who didn't seem to have woken up began to fight for me.

Seeing that these chicks looked so energetic from the fragile appearance when they broke their shells, the keeper was still very proud, and those bird food was also taught to him by the people of the Feather tribe, and sure enough, these dead leaf birds grew well.

But the keeper was not complacent for two days, and the chicks dumped him.

The reason is that the pterosaur threw half a fish into the bird pile when it was idle, and at first the keeper was worried that the birds would not get used to it, but unexpectedly, these dead leaf birds were quite adaptable, and not only that, but later the pterosaur threw some small beasts, and every time he threw food, he would lie on the side and watch.

Later, the chicks got closer to the pterosaur than to follow the keeper.

However, the people in the tribe saw that there was nothing wrong with those dead leaf birds, but they were more active, so they didn't care, and even thought that it would be good if those dead leaf birds could follow the pterodactyl to learn some commands, after all, the skills of taming birds, the people of the Feather tribe would not teach them, everything had to be thought of by themselves, but on the contrary, these dead leaf birds were not suitable for engraving.

So, the people of Yanjiao thought, just take your time, and when these dead leaf birds grow up, maybe they will be able to understand some commands.

However, Shao Xuan always felt that the pterosaur seemed to have other thoughts in mind.

The reason why that pterosaur has been so bold recently is because Shao Xuan hasn't had time to stare at it all day recently, because the artificial river channel in the Yanhe trading area is almost complete. The bridge that needed to be built was also built, and Seiro had recently discussed the matter with him about the floodgates.

They will set up two sluices at the two confluences of the river and the Yan River, mainly to block some dangerous fish or river beasts along the river.

The completion of the artificial river means that the upstream and downstream will not be cut off by the obstruction of the Yanhe Bridge in the future, and the boats can bypass the stone bridge through the artificial river, but they must pass under the nose of Yanjiao, and it is impossible to avoid the eyes and ears of Yanjiao. (To be continued.) )

PS: There are two more.

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