The 250-acre manor actually has a forest with an area of 200 acres, standing on the edge of the forest, Yang Nianzhong looked up, the forest trees are very mixed, most of them are native to the United Kingdom.

But this forest is not a primeval forest, that is to say, this forest is an artificial forest, the trees are planted in a very orderly manner, and the outermost layer of the forest looks particularly dense, if you pass through this layer, after the wall formed by the trees, you will see the interior of the forest.

As we all know, if the forest is dense, it will block the sun, and there will be few grass plants growing in the forest, and the main thing that herbivores eat is grass, if there is no grass growing in the forest, then what do herbivores eat? How do those sika deer survive?

Therefore, after passing through the forest of the outermost circle, what catches your eye is a very neat arrangement of trees, shrubs and grasses, and the replacement of these three ecological environments is bounded by trees, with bushes on both sides, and grass on the edge of the bushes are distributed in a belt.

We don't need to talk about trees, they are taller and have fallen leaves and some do not fall off their leaves, there are pine trees and poplars, let's talk about the shrubs in this forest, the height of these shrubs generally does not exceed two meters, and there are long spikes and no spikes.

But these shrubs are basically berries, for example, there are blueberries and there are attached pots, and these berries are hanging on the branches one by one, and now you can see some red and blue, all of which are ripe.

In addition to these nuts, there are also nuts, such as hazelnuts, which have a lot of them, as well as walnuts and those that are shorter. But the trees are followed by large pine towers, and both wild berries and nuts are a rare delicacy for forest animals.

These berries are eaten by birds, small mammals, and herbivores, and the grass that grows on the edge of trees and bushes is basically composed of alfalfa and ryegrass, which are fast-growing and nutritious pastures.

Walking through the forests of these estates, you can see a rabbit scurrying out of the grass from time to time, some wild goats, although not a precious breed, but they are vigorous, jumping through the bushes, and the most numerous are actually sika deer, as many as 25 of them form three small groups.

Just now, Alexander has introduced to Yang Nianzhong that in order to satisfy his hunting hobby and his hobby of food, Abu has stocked 25 sika deer in the manor forest.

Europeans originally had the custom of hunting deer, you go to the ancient castle in Europe to visit, you can see the owner of the ancient castle, generation after generation is very obsessed with hunting, the hunting back to those roads, wild boars, the head of the specimen hung on the wall to show off their strength.

Sika deer was not originally a native breed of Europe, but was brought back from Asia by the British, although this land passenger animal is very small, but the growth is very rapid, the meat is delicious and very nourishing, so the sika deer actually took root in the British mainland.

Although it is a captive-bred sika deer herd in the forest, Abu selects two sika deer from these sika deer groups to hunt every year.

At that time, Abu, the kid, was the most excited, carrying a shotgun and a hunting dog on a horse on the manor with his assistant, he came to the forest in a mighty way, picked out the sika deer and began to chase and then hunt the sika deer.

So the sika deer in the manor were scared like mice when they saw the human guy, don't look at the size of the sika deer, but the speed of running and the height of the jump are not comparable to those bulky other cervids, and they are gone in a flash.

In order to ensure the breeding of 25 sika deer in the estate, only two sika deer were selected and sacrificed every year during the continuous hunting, although the number of sika deer hunted was small, the number of sika deer increased rapidly.

But you can't stand the small forest area of the manor, only 200 acres of area, that's how big it is, plus a dozen wild goats, a lot of rabbits can guarantee a herd of 25 is already good.

In addition to these herbivores, the largest number of squirrels, birds, and even some small predators are used to control the number of herbivores.

These little ones, following their parents' buttocks, ran away from the forest when they saw humans, fearing that they would trouble them and ruin their stable and prosperous lives.

After all, the manor is a closed environment, surrounded by stone walls several meters high, and herbivores can't escape. If it just rots slowly in the forest, it must not cause infectious diseases.

So these foxes are essential scavengers, and only when these foxes breed to a certain number that threatens the balance of forests and herbivores, will some be hunted by hunting dogs, and now the number of foxes is just right, and they will not need to be hunted in a few years.

Yang Nianzhong followed Alexander's butler and walked straight to the middle of the forest, when he saw a small pond with an area of 10 acres, and said that the pond was almost as big as a small lake.

The pond is artificially built, and many aquatic plants are planted around it, such as the fragrant lotus flower, and a lot of fish, shrimp and crabs are stocked, forming an independent freshwater ecosystem of its own.

The lake was built artificially, with a deep well pumped fresh water from the ground to form a lake that was used to meet the fresh water needs of the entire estate.

Because the temperature of the water pumped out of the ground can still be controlled, the lake will not freeze even in winter, and will not threaten the aquatic animals and plants living in the lake, which can meet the water needs of the animals in the forest.

After circling around this small lake twice, Yang Nianzhong couldn't help but nodded, and looked at the smiling butler Alexander on the side and said in admiration. "I didn't expect Abu to be so lively, I even saw turtles and turtles on the edge of the lake, is there a lot of aquatic animals and plants in the lake?"

Butler Alexander laughed, stood on the stones by the lake with his hands behind his back, and pointed to the small lake with lush water and grass and said.

"Of course, there are not only turtles and turtles in the water, but also crabs and crayfish, because it is an independent water source closed environment, in other places these turtles, crabs and crayfish are harmful animals, but in the manor they can't run out, you can rest assured that they can be raised."

"Now the manor belongs to Mr. Yang, when you have nothing to do, you can come to the lake to fish, you can also catch fish, shrimp and crabs, and the soft-shelled turtles in the lake have been stocked for five or six years, and there are a considerable number of breeding every year, and the size is quite large."

"For us Europeans, this soft-shelled turtle looks ugly, but for you Chinese, soft-shelled turtle is quite a nourishing top delicacy."

"When the salt turtles were first released, there were as many as 20 turtles, and there were small beaches where turtles and turtles breed, and now the number of soft-shelled turtles will definitely exceed 100, Mr. Yang, you can have a mouth."