Chapter 952: Feeding
Zhang Han watched with a smile on his face as the able-bodied slaves disembarked one by one.
"When you come back this time, what other things do you bring back besides slaves?"
The army led by Wang Li belonged to the imperial court, and the ships were also from the imperial court, so everything brought back from the ship should belong to the imperial court.
Before the slave could completely disembark, Zhang Han began to think about other things on the ship!
"There are a lot of valuable things on the island, but we don't have time to pick them, this time in addition to slaves, we also brought back some animals unique to Yizhou and Erzhou!"
Wang Li said with a smile.
"Animals? What are you doing with that? ”
As soon as he heard the word animal, Zhang Han's interest instantly disappeared.
What he wants is something that will fill the treasury.
For example, gemstones, spices, etc., can be sold for money!
What can animals do but kill and eat meat?
"This is what we explained when we left, Fusu Gongzi, if we have the opportunity, we will bring back some of the local unique animals and develop our native animal species in Daqin!"
Wang Li said it 1510.
It just so happened that this time he was in charge of transporting slaves, so he ordered people to catch a lot of animals in advance and brought them back with him!
"Forehead ......"
I heard that it was Fusu who made it, and Zhang Han couldn't say anything more.
But I feel very sorry in my heart.
Wouldn't it be nice to have the time to catch animals and bring back some of the island's wealth?
"What kind of animals are there in Erzhou?"
I heard that they also brought back a lot of animals that Daqin didn't have, and the other old goods curiously padd their feet and looked at the boat.
"We can't say what it's called, they look very strange, some look like sheep but not sheep, they are covered in white hair, and they will spit on people when they are annoyed!"
Wang Lixuan gave an interesting and simple introduction.
"Huh? Like a sheep is not a sheep? ”
Ying Feiyu imagined a little according to what he described, isn't that an alpaca?
When you get angry, you will spit on people!
"Hahaha! It's kind of funny, animals can spit too? ”
The old-fashioned ones burst into laughter.
After all the slaves were driven off the ship, it was the turn of the strange animals.
The larger and more ferocious-looking ones are housed in a separate cage.
And those who are a little smaller and don't seem to have any attack power, but many of them are just locked together and moved off the ship in a mighty way!
Zhang Han has no interest in these stinky animals, and even says that he dislikes them very much!
One by one, the cages were loaded onto the carriage and drove towards Xianyang City one by one.
Inside the city, these fresh animals have undoubtedly become the focal point of the city.
As long as the people who received the news, they all ran to the sides of the street to watch, and from time to time they exclaimed!
Subsequently, Wang Li took the soldiers to find Yingzheng to restore his life, saying that he had brought the slaves back safely!
"Good, good! Ha ha! ”
Ying Zheng's hearty laughter came from the imperial study.
After that, Yingzheng asked a lot about the situation in Yizhou and Erzhou, and Wang Li's report on 1510.
Until lunchtime, Ying Zheng still had a lot of questions to ask, so he simply left people to eat, and brought Ying Feiyu and the old goods all to accompany him!
"I heard that you came back this time and brought a lot of animals from the ear state?"
During the banquet, Fusu found a gap and asked Wang Li.
"That's right! There are hundreds of species, probably thousands! ”
Wang Li nodded firmly.
"Great, great! If they all survive, the number of animals in my Great Qin will be even greater in the future! ”
Fusu happily slapped his thigh.
"If they were to be put in the forest, they would probably die because they couldn't adapt to the environment! In addition, the number is scarce, it is difficult to reproduce, and it is estimated that it will take several years to keep it in captivity! ”
Ying Feiyu interjected.
After all, there are only a few of each animal, and if they are directly put into nature, the possibility of meeting each other again is extremely small, and they cannot reproduce at all!
"Hmmm! That's right! ”
Fusu nodded approvingly.
"In that case, let's keep it in my Zoo of Treasures!"
There is a place in the palace dedicated to raising exotic tribute animals, called the Zoo.
When Ying Feiyu first entered the palace, he ate a lot of animals inside and blew him up!
Now that you have these exotic animals, it's just right to keep them inside!
"Father, what's the point of being raised in the palace? It's better to be alone than to be happy! ”
Ying Feiyu spoke.
"Everyone's pleasure? What do you mean kid? ”
Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows.
He has a lot of ghost ideas all day long, and I don't know what he has in mind this time!
"With so many animals brought back by the navy this time, the people of Daqin have never heard of it, so it is better to build a zoo so that the people can also visit it!"
"Build a zoo?"
Ying Zheng stroked his beard and pondered.
"That's right! If you want these animals to reproduce, you must feed them carefully, and instead of spending manpower and material resources in the palace, it is better to let them go and let the people pay to visit, which can satisfy the curiosity of the people at the same time, and also subsidize the cost of raising! ”
Ying Feiyu gave a simple explanation of the zoo.
"Paid to visit? That's a great idea! ”
In the past, the zoo in the palace had to spend a lot of money to maintain it every year.
If it is open to the people, it can not only satisfy the curiosity of the people, but also use the collected fees to subsidize the cost of raising animals!
"Will anyone pay to see those animals?"
Zhang Han questioned.
"Of course! If it is an animal owned by Daqin, naturally no one will look at it! But these are all endemic species captured from Israel and Erzhou, and they are all raised together, and there must be a lot of people coming to watch! ”
Ying Feiyu nodded firmly.
With the improvement of people's quality of life, people began to pursue spiritually.
As long as the zoo is open to the public, there will be a lot of people visiting it every day!
"I don't know how much it costs?"
"Tickets don't have to be too high, just charge twenty or thirty yuan!"
"Won't it be too low? Is it enough to keep those animals? ”
"No problem at all!"
In this regard, Ying Feiyu is very confident.
Only by setting the price to a condition that everyone can meet, can we attract more people to come.
If the price is set at a high level, and a few people go sporadically every day, then you really can't make a lot of money!
After all, the most people in Daqin are still ordinary people now!
"Then it's decided......!"
After a little discussion, Ying Zheng made a decision on the matter, "Meng Aiqing, the matter of building the zoo will be handed over to you!" ”
"Yes!"
Meng Tian hurriedly surrendered his order.
After a meal, Meng Tian found Ying Feiyu alone and discussed with him how to build this zoo!
After all, this thing has never been done before in Great Qin!
With so many animals, how big of a space do you have to build to fit them all?
Finally, after Ying Feiyu's allocation, it was decided to build along the mountain, enclose the entire East Mountain, and then divide it into areas.
Antelopes, birds, and beasts of prey each have their own territory!
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
After listening to Ying Feiyu's suggestion, Meng Tian immediately gave a thumbs up.
Built on a hill, it won't take long to complete and give the animals a sense of natural belonging!