The zoo is located in the northwest corner of the palace, near the north gate.

This is the first time Fu Xuechen has seen an ancient zoo, but the zoo in this era belongs to the royal family and will not be open to the public, and the animals inside will not welcome a large number of tourists who specialize in watching them.

The Royal Zoo of the Darong Empire is also divided into five squares, namely the Poultry Workshop, the Elephant Workshop, the Leopard Workshop, the Eagle Workshop and the Strange Beast Workshop, in addition to the plantation garden, which is planted with many rare plants that are not common outside.

Among them, the poultry workshop is also divided into two large parts, one is next to the plantation, shrouded by a fine net, which is mainly a starling, thrush, parrot, peacock and other terrestrial birds that do not rely much on the lake water, a piece includes a large area of water, there are swans, cranes, mandarin ducks and other water birds, because of habits, this kind of water birds do not need to be restricted by net cages, and even do not need to be specially managed, they will also come to this water area every year to survive, come and go quite freely.

I heard that elephants were used as auspicious beasts in the previous dynasties, and they were often taken outside to participate in ceremonies on major festivals and festivals.

Leopard Fang is a place to raise beasts, not only leopards in the previous dynasty, but also tigers and bears, to Darong, Emperor Yuan An disliked raising beasts and always needed a lot of meat every day, too much internal consumption, ordered to slaughter and cook, a year down actually ate only a few leopards and two brown bears.

The tiger is full of treasures, the meat can be eaten, the parts can be pharmaceutical, the first to be all killed, the leopard is not much, the value of the meat is not as good as the tiger, this is left, the bear can also eat meat, the bear paw is a rare delicacy, after the tiger was also eaten to the left two, and not long after, it is estimated that even these two are estimated to be eaten.

Fu Xuechen heard Yu Zuo talk about the fate of these fierce beasts in the Rare Beast Garden, and everyone was speechless, I didn't expect it! Emperor Yuan An turned out to be a foodie, the emperor of the previous dynasty raised fierce beasts, probably to show off the royal status, but Emperor Yuan An did not have this string in his mind, compared to spending money to raise these fierce beasts, he preferred to kill and eat meat directly.

Leaving the lonely and empty Leopard Fang, the next one to go is the Eagle Fang, compared with the Leopard Fang, the Eagle Fang is much more lively, there are eagle owls, bald eagles, falcons, owls, and Haidongqing.

Emperor Yuan An did not have the idea of killing eagles and eating meat, in his opinion, the eagle is a good hand to assist in hunting, and can also be domesticated to pass information on behalf of the army, which is very useful, so he raised a lot of people who are proficient in eagle training, and specially trained eagles for him in the Eagle Fang, according to the person in charge of the Eagle Fang, there is a pair of fierce Haidongqing, which is the most loved by Emperor Yuan An, and they are also named "General Wei" and "Meng Shuai".

"My father has just allowed me to give me a young Haidongqing, but I will not be able to start training until it learns to fly and leaves the eagle's nest." Yu Zuo proudly stretched out his hand and pointed to an artificial eagle's nest built on a high place: "There are two young birds in that nest that have just come out of their shells, which are the species of Meng Shuai and General Wei!" ”

Two months! Fu Xuechen sighed secretly, two months later, she had to change her identity with Fu Yuchen again, so she would not have a chance to see how Yu Zuo established a dominant pet relationship with the young Hai Dongqing, and how to boil the eagle.

Sensing that Fu Xuechen seemed to be a little lost, Yu Zuo thought for a while and comforted: "If you want it too, I'll find a chance to ask my father for you later!" Two little Hai Dongqing, just one for me and one for you! ”

Fu Xuechen smiled and said, "Then I thank Your Highness!" ”

A bird of prey is a bird of prey after all, even if it is a domesticated eagle, it has a momentum that is not easy to get close to, and it will be cold to the scalp when it is stared at by the sharp eagle eyes for a few seconds.

In contrast, Fu Xuechen, a relatively small owl, is not afraid, and always feels that these little things with round eyes are called birds of prey, but they are cute.

In one of the bird cages, Fu Xuechen even saw a few snowy owls with a few brown spots.

Isn't this the Hedwig described in Harry Potter! Fu Xuechen suddenly seemed to have roots under his feet, and he didn't want to leave outside the birdcage, so he looked at it there.

The Arctic bird king, the snow owl, looks majestic at first glance, but after a while, when it "laughs", the whole expression is wrong, and it suddenly becomes extremely cute and funny, making people laugh.

Yu Zuo was a little surprised: "You like snow owls?" ”

Fu Xuechen said "um": "They look so fun!" ”

Yu Zuo shook his head: "Snow owls are not easy to raise, they like to eat voles and hare meat, I don't think it's suitable for girls, if it suddenly catches a mouse and gives it to your sister one day......"

Fu Xuechen's face changed suddenly, this can't be done!

Yu Zuo probably guessed, but in his previous life, there was really such news: because he was adopted by humans, the owl reciprocated, caught the mouse every other day and came back and killed it, put it on the side of the hostess's pillow, and "feed" the hostess, watching the news I felt crying and laughing, very interesting, but if it happened to me, I thought about sleeping well in the morning, and when I woke up and opened my eyes, I saw a mouse that died miserably against my head...... Oh, my God!

"Let's go! Hurry up! Fu Xuechen hurriedly turned around and left.

Yu Zuo was stunned for a moment, and instantly burst into laughter, Fu Xuechen's reaction was too funny.

The two finally went to the strange beast workshop, which is also divided into two large parts, one with relatively large unique animals such as rhinoceros, hippos, zebras, giraffes, etc., and the other with small animals, such as golden monkeys, red pandas, ferrets, rabbits, red foxes, etc., among which there are more cats and dogs.

There are a lot of cat breeds in this era, such as Angora cats, four-eared Jianzhou cats, lion cats, Maine cats, leopard cloud cats, etc., and dogs such as lady dogs, Tibetan mastiffs, and Shih Tzu......

As soon as Fu Xuechen came, he was caught by two lion cats with snow-white long hair, a green pupil and a blue and gold pupil! In this era, there is no common British short American short blue cat gradient in later generations, and the best-looking one is the lion cat, at first glance, it looks very similar to Napoleon's long hair in later generations, but the legs and feet are longer, not as short and stupid as the cats of later generations.

Seeing that Fu Xuechen was guarding the cattery and didn't want to leave, Yu Zuo called the eunuch in charge of the cattery, pointed to the two lion cats and asked, "Are these two cats adults?" ”

The eunuch in charge said respectfully: "Back to Your Highness, these two have just come of age, but they are ......."

"How?" Yu Zuo questioned.

The eunuch in charge said carefully: "These two cats already have owners, and they are both recorded in the names of the four highnesses. ”

Yu Zuo couldn't help but be surprised: "The fourth brother adopted a cat?" But why haven't I seen him with the cat? ”

"That's the case, the Fourth Highness came to the cattery two years ago and wanted to bring the two cats back to the palace, but the Queen Mother resolutely refused to allow it, and the Fourth Highness could only come over every other day to enjoy it."

The eunuch in charge pursed his lips and continued: "In the past two months, although the Fourth Highness has come relatively rarely, the cat has been recorded in the name of the Fourth Highness after all, and the slave and maid dare not transfer the cat to others. ”