Chapter 164: Planning to catch pigs

Teng Snake Tribe.

After more than half a month of busy work, the 100 acres of rice were finally recovered from the granary.

Although there are more than 100 acres, the harvest is not very much, only a full five grain cellars are piled up, and the excess Song Xuan is for everyone to use jars to pack, after all, there are only about 200 catties left, and it is a bit of a waste to put it in the grain cellar, anyway, it is all to eat, and it is more convenient to put it outside.

As for the seeds that were selected individually, they were placed in the center of the grain cellar by Song Xuan in a jar, so that they could basically be foolproof, unless the flood and earthquake washed away the entire tribe, otherwise they would not be injured.

Although Song Xuan gave a task to everyone later, but after all, good seeds are still a minority, even if they are selected by everyone, Song Xuan will also sift them, and they are still divided into two levels according to their quality, one is particularly good, of course, most of them are not so perfect, and as for the ones that are similar to ordinary rice, they are all sprinkled back on the grain field.

However, it is unlikely that these seeds alone will be planted in all the fields, not to mention that they will definitely be expanded again next year, Song Xuan's temporary goal is to come to another hundred acres, so that he can basically meet the staple food of Teng Snake, and if he needs it, he can completely turn meat into a dish.

However, the re-cultivation of the land and the pressure of reclaiming the existing more than 100 acres must be not small, and Song Xuan does not expect to be able to fully reach this amount, as long as he can get more than half, it is quite good.

After the harvest, the biggest task is to dry, so it's not too busy, and finally have time to scoop some more new rice out, in the past, the tribe was mainly to drink porridge, and the simple rice was full and had not been experienced, and now the food is abundant, and it can be squandered a little, which can be regarded as a reward for the hard work of the past half a month.

Although Song Xuan ate it quite sweetly, even if it was dry, it was a little dry for the rest of the tribe.

It seems that the speed of the change is still a little too fast, and everyone has not yet fully adapted to it, so if you want to make rice a staple food, you still have to take it slowly.

As for the method, you can also put more meat in it like the pilaf in later generations, so that the fat is richer, and it is more suitable for everyone's usual eating habits.

But even so, everyone still eats a wolf, after all, this is something that has been obtained after so many days of hard work, although it is not delicious, but it is also a real thing to fill the stomach.

After all the rice was harvested, not only Song Xuan, but everyone in the tribe seemed to be much more relaxed for a while, plus the food accumulated from hunting and gathering outside in the past half a year, it was not a problem to eat for more than half a year, even if he only ate these rice, one person could eat seven or eight taels a day for more than three months.

Although food was still a little scarce at the beginning of spring, Teng Snake at this time has completely gotten rid of the food crisis, and even if he doesn't do anything now, he can still plant rice until next year.

But now the weather is just right, although there is no shortage of food in the tribe, but no one wants to give up this good opportunity, the two months before the winter, it is the time when the beasts are crazy to accumulate fat, one by one can be described as very fat.

And since the food is sufficient, it is time for the tribe's breeding industry to start to expand the scale, although the existing livestock seems to be a lot, but if you really want to eat, it will not last for a few days, and it will be eaten in ten days and half a month.

Therefore, the next hunting operation will be very targeted, mainly to catch more prey that can be fed back.

In addition to the existing sheep and deer, Song Xuan was also very interested in the wild boars in the mountains.

Although the deer are relatively easy to feed, the only drawback is that there are not many around the tribe, and can only be seen in places where the trees are relatively sparse, and the tribe is surrounded by this kind of bighorn deer, although the size is relatively large, which makes people very rare.

But the big Song Xuan was a little reluctant to kill them, and letting them work in the tribe was the best way to use it, if they were eaten directly as meat, it would be a bit of a waste, and with Uncle Deer as the leader of the deer herd here, as long as they were raised well, it was not a problem to pull goods and cultivate the land, although it was not as good as a cow, but it was already the best livestock that Teng Snake could use.

Although the cow is good, the channel for obtaining it is still too single, and it is not found near the Teng snake, even if Song Xuan asks Shi Meng and them to go downstream, they can't find any trace of the cow, it seems that only the cattle tribe has it, after all, from the meat exchanged by other tribes, Song Xuan did not find anything similar in taste.

Therefore, if you want to increase the number in a large amount in a short period of time, the difficulty is not small, the strength of the Niu tribe is here, there can be two or three heads a year, which is a very good thing, such a behemoth, it is very difficult for each tribe to capture, just a collision, no one can resist it.

Compared with these two animals, sheep are easier to catch and raised, and the number is much more, but the number is also limited.

In the case that the number of a single animal is difficult to grow rapidly, it is very necessary to increase the types of livestock, although the number and variety of beasts in the forest are relatively large, but there are not many suitable for large-scale breeding, most of them are still too fierce, Song Xuan can only follow the experience of later generations, after all, it is screened layer by layer, it may not be the best, but it must be the most suitable for raising.

Of course, the meat pigs of later generations are still very different from the big wild boars that like to roll in the mud in the forest, but they are also domesticated from wild boars, and the breeding prospects are still very broad.

And the weight of each wild boar is not small, most of the adult wild boars hunted back from the tribe are more than 200 catties, and the weight is very considerable, which is worth three sheep or two deer

Although Song Xuan always felt a little sassy when he ate it, he also knew that this was the result of no castration, and the meat quality alone was still quite good, as long as it was stewed, it was very popular.

And even wild boars, now there is a thick layer of oil in this season, not to mention if it is raised in the tribe, then the Teng snake can have a relatively fixed meat oil, unlike now all kinds of animals mixed together, although the taste is good, but the quantity and quality can not be guaranteed.

However, it is not so easy to raise wild boars, and it is not that the tribe has not tried to catch them, and the chance of success is small, and they have not survived ten days even if they have caught both of them.

Wild boars are quite irritable, and like to be in groups, usually at least five or six, more than twenty or thirty, Shi Meng They have also encountered such a team, even if it is a hunting team, they can only take a detour, they are targeted, but it is not so easy to get out.

These weapons in the tribe are not a problem for hunting ordinary beasts, even if it is a giant tiger, the bow and arrow can penetrate its fur, but when facing the wild boar, the bow and arrow are basically useless.

The thick mane was usually covered with a lot of dried mud, and the pigskin was not at all penetrated by the bow and arrows polished from these bones.

Even the spear is not so effective, even if it can barely pierce it, the wear is quite large, and sometimes it will be directly broken.

In the face of the wild boar's clumsy weapons, it is better to use, although the stone axe cannot break the defense, but the damage caused by hitting it is quite good, especially if it hits the head, with the strength of the stone fierce and the lower side can be solved.

But close proximity means a huge risk, and the boar is a serious omnivore, and with sharp fangs, it is as fierce as other beasts.

Most of the time, the tribe caught them by traps, or they were caught by a lone person, and by virtue of their numerical superiority, they risked injury with their shields and forcibly hunted them.

Therefore, although the number of wild boars in the forest is not small, the number of wild boars that have really been eliminated is not much, even if it is near the Teng snake, it is mainly driven away.

As long as they don't threaten the safety of the tribe.

After listening to Song Xuan's idea of breeding wild boars, everyone did not approve of it, although the wild boars also appeared in groups, and there were quite a few of them, indicating that the reproductive ability was not a problem at all.

Not to mention the aspect of eating, except that the skin is more difficult to clean, there are no other drawbacks.

But the hardest part is in the capture aspect:

"Divine Messenger, isn't it too dangerous to catch a pig?"

Although Shi Meng followed Song Xuan's decision most of the time, and even if he had doubts, he would follow what Song Xuan said, but this time he directly put forward a different opinion, obviously not wanting to take someone to take this risk.

After all, the wild boar is too dangerous to catch, and the hundreds of people in the tribe are really not bad enough, even if it is scraped slightly, it will have to be slightly injured, and the minor injuries in the tribe will be at least bloody.

If it is a frontal push, or a bite, it is not to mention, whether the small life can be saved is a question.

So although he knew the many benefits of raising wild boars, Shi Meng still didn't approve of it, after all, Song Xuan didn't have much time to go out to participate in hunting, and most of the time he was protected by Tuan Tuan, and he didn't know the danger and pressure when facing these beasts.

"How's the trap in the tribe?"

After all, most of the wild boars were caught through traps, and needless to say, the traps in the tribe were the best in terms of power and arrangement, and the hundreds of people from the Wuyu tribe could come over to testify, which added a lot of difficulty to them at that time.

"Yes, but you can only try your ...... luck"

Most of the traps, although they are placed on the route passed by the beasts, as for whether they can be stepped on, it can only depend on luck, maybe a shake will bypass it, and even if you are hit, there is a chance to escape.

It was even more difficult to use traps to catch herds of wild boars, and if Song Xuan only wanted one or two, it would not be difficult for Shi Meng and them.

As long as it is properly arranged, you should be able to bring it back after a trip, but if you want to capture and raise them on a large scale, one or two obviously will not play a role, let alone risk breeding failure.

Although the experience of breeding in the tribe is not rich, but it has lasted for more than a year, and dozens of large and small beasts have been caught.

Of course, Uncle Lu is an exception after all, Song Xuan has not yet found a beast that is more psychic than him, even if it is prosperous, it is much worse.

However, most of the sheep in the tribe are caught by Teng Snake itself, although the character is relatively docile, but the survival rate of a single sheep is obviously lower than that of two or three caught together.

Even so, the mortality rate is above seventy or eighty.

If you want to make sure that the wild boar survives, you have to reach a certain size quickly, and a small fight is useless.

The trap in the face of herds of wild boars, the effect is not good, one is once a wild boar is recruited, they will quickly change the route, even if there are a lot of traps arranged on the same line, only one or two can play a role, and the arrangement is too little, it is even less effective, once it is not triggered, it is basically equivalent to no arrangement.

And the herd of wild boars opposite, they will even cooperate with each other, trapping a kind of pit is okay, if it is a lasso, it will even bite the rope directly, and there is no such ferocious trap in the tribe as in later generations, these traditional traps can only deal with the lonely.

So while the trap is useful, the effect is quite limited.

Shi Meng knew that Song Xuan would definitely not give up easily, so as a professional hunter, he also analyzed all the situations clearly with Song Xuan.

When the others learned that Song Xuan wanted to attack the wild boar, they also stepped forward to help Song Xuan retreat, not that everyone was not brave enough, but in the face of the wild boar, they still wanted to catch it alive, and the difficulty was too great.

Song Xuan refuted his idea for the first time that everyone was so united, not only did he not feel uncomfortable in his heart, but he was very happy, and everyone could even be said to be blindly following the things arranged by Song Xuan.

Even if it is burning forests to open up wasteland, this kind of thing seems absurd in this era. Everyone still did it, although they knew that they might not be able to gain anything in the end of their busy work, but out of belief in Song Xuan, everyone worked quite hard, and the final result did not treat everyone badly.

But now let them catch the wild boar, Song Xuan also knew that if he must let them catch it, Shi Meng and they would also go, but in the end, everyone may not be able to bear it, so they still have to come up with the best plan.

Seeing that everyone retorted, this also shows that everyone is finally no longer blindly obedient, although they are all very simple, but if the tribe wants to develop, it can't rely on Song Xuan alone, everyone has to participate, this kind of participation does not mean that they usually work hard, but they have their own ideas when they work.

Otherwise, he can fill his stomach with just an ancient set of hunting and gathering, but in that case, it is almost impossible to take revenge, not to mention that Song Xuan also wants to create a more powerful tribe, since God gave him this adventure, naturally he can't waste it, if all of it is used in the small tribe of more than 100 people, it will be in vain.

Although Song Xuan had a rough arrangement in his heart, his understanding of the habits of wild boars was not as good as Shi Meng's.

So although everyone didn't support it, Song Xuan still asked for the information he needed.

If you want to capture a wild boar, as Shi Meng said, you can't do it with brute force alone, this will only cause other losses, relying on human lives to exchange wild boars, Song Xuan will definitely not do such a stupid thing.

Since the trap was indeed useful, Song Xuan's idea at this time had basically taken shape.

Waving to signal everyone to be quiet:

"Net, catch with net!"

Wow~

"Nets? Aren't nets used for fishing? ”

"How can such a thin net catch a wild boar, and it will rot with a slight arch!"

"yes......"

……

At this time, the eyes of the legendary people looking at Song Xuan finally changed, as if they finally felt that there was finally something that the divine envoy did not know.

Song Xuan naturally knew what everyone thought, of course, it was definitely unrealistic for the fishing nets in the tribe to catch wild boars, only a finger wide strip of animal skin, even big fish could sometimes be broken, not to mention these two or three hundred catties of wild boars, I was afraid that a collision would be able to easily break through.

The net that Song Xuan said naturally had to be remade, woven with wider animal skins, and at the same time, there was no need to think about fishing, so the size of the mesh had to be taken into account, as long as the wild boar could not pass through.

The only requirement is to be tough enough.

Since everyone didn't believe it, Song Xuan went directly to Shihua to ask for a few animal skin strips, which were no more than half a meter long, but more than three fingers wide.

Directly threw it to Shi Yong, who had the loudest voice just now:

"Yong, can you try to rip it off?"

Although Shi Yong's brain is relatively simple, his strength is also speechless, and he has a huge strength, and he can even lift two or three hundred catties of prey above his head.

It couldn't be better if he was experimenting.

Although his strength was infinite, seeing that the strip of animal skin that Song Xuan handed him was so wide, he also smiled awkwardly and said:

"Divine envoy, how can this be torn off......"

Saying that it was impossible, Shi Yong tried it unbelievingly, but saw that his face was flushed, and he couldn't pull it off.

"Can a net made of such hides trap a wild boar?"

(o)!

Can it still be like this?

Hearing Song Xuan's idea, everyone's eyes widened all of a sudden.

Shi Meng slapped his thigh even harder, and his teeth grinned with such force that even he himself hurt.

Only then did I remember that what Song Xuan was talking about just now was a net, but it was not the fishing net they imagined, if the net was woven with such a wide animal skin, then there was no need to worry about the strength at all.

As long as you can find a way to get the wild boar into it, you will definitely not be able to escape in a short time.

And the animal skin tribe does not say how much or how much, that is also to use if you want, a room full of animal skins can be placed there, the difficulty of making pig nets is much simpler than fishing nets, even Shi Meng They can make it, anyway, there is no need to pursue beauty, the only appeal is to be strong enough.

All the opposition disappeared at once.

The reason why everyone disagrees is that there is no way to compete with wild boars face to face with manpower, and the trap is difficult to play a role, unless all the mountains and fields are dug out of the pits, it is better to catch some other beasts back with that strength, the cost is too great, it is estimated that it may not be able to succeed in a month or two, and you have to bear the risk of breeding failure.

But if it is according to Song Xuan's idea, it can be completely like fishing, whether it is arranging a pocket array, or opening the net in the face of the wild boar's collision, it can play a good interception role, and even directly trap the wild boar in the net.

Everyone's minds were suddenly opened.

Seeing everyone, he finally stopped questioning, and Song Xuan saw that the time was not early:

"Okay, let's go back and rest first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow!"

As soon as his appetite was raised, Song Xuan was like this, which naturally caused a lot of wolves to howl, and even Wangcai, who was teasing the baby at the door, was alarmed, and hurriedly ran in to look, and the wolves entered the tribe.

Although he was happy to see that everyone had their own ideas, Song Xuan still felt a little uncomfortable with everyone, regardless of everyone's wailing, got up and patted his ass and walked to his room.

Although his heart was very itchy, since Song Xuan was about to rest, everyone naturally would not force it, so they could only watch Song Xuan go away helplessly.

But it was indeed not early at this time, and with a stomach full of thoughts, everyone got up and returned to their residences, and everyone was destined to have a sleepless night tonight.

"Wangcai, you're back!"

Hearing Song Xuan's call, Wangcai and the she-wolf ran directly towards Song Xuan, followed by the three little wolves behind them.

The three little wolves no longer need to lie in the wolf's den to suck milk, because the life in the tribe is not bad, the she-wolf milk is very sufficient, the three little wolves grow up very fast, and they can spread joy everywhere in more than a month, and they all grew up from the tribe, and they are not afraid of people at all.

Although the she-wolf will not be as close to everyone as Wangcai, she will not show a fierce expression when facing other people, and even when the children want to touch the little wolf, they will not do anything to block it, and occasionally take advantage of it.

It's just that after all, the time is short, and there is still some resistance to human beings, most of the time they are either in the nest, and they are all carried by Wangcai when they come out and walk, but Song Xuan believes that in another month or two, the she-wolf will be able to fully adapt to the life of Teng Snake, after all, such a place where food and clothing are not so easy to find.

The little wolf is still much cuter than Wangcai, and Song Xuan also named each of them, namely Fu Yi, Fu II, and Fu San.

It can also be seen from Wangcai's name that Song Xuan is not a player in this regard, but the untouchables are easy to feed, anyway, it is just a title, at least the three little ones have no opinion, and when they heard Song Xuan call their names, they all ran to Song Xuan's feet and rolled.

And the wolf blazing who waited for two days in the kite tribe finally saw the return of the kite:

"Old wolf, why are you here, the exchange conference hasn't started yet?"

When the two met, it was a hug, after all, they were old friends who hadn't seen each other for half a year, Iris looked very excited, and Wolf Chi was a little dodgy because he had a ghost in his heart.

"Haha, go back and talk ......"