Chapter 193, the people attracted by the toki

Time is like flowing water, and it is more than a year in a flash, and it is time to harvest rice.

For more than a year, each family has planted their own land, and Li Yuanshan and the two have more time to rest. Naturally, their work is not comparable to others, and every farm work is completed two or three days ahead of others.

"This year's manure is too much, this rice ear is heavy, I am afraid that there are 700 catties per mu!" When Li Yuanshan arrived at the edge of the field, Zhai Fanghong's family had already started to cut it, and said on the edge of the field.

"Yes! Such a good rice, I couldn't have imagined it before. Zhai Fanghong sighed, "I have planted all my life, and I have never seen such good rice." Last year's yield per mu was more than 640 catties, which was already beyond imagination, but I didn't expect this year to be better!"

"It will be better in the future. Li Yuanshan said with a smile, "I heard that there is a rice dry seedling raising technology, if this technology is used in the future, the yield will have to be increased." ”

"I don't know when I'll use it. Forget it, don't ask for extravagance, just keep the current output. Zhai Fanghong said.

"Hehe! Dreams still have to be had, what if they can really be realized?" Li Yuanshan said with a smile, "At that time, if the yield per mu can be eight or nine hundred catties, it will be double the output of previous years, which is a great achievement." ”

As he spoke, Li Yuanshan also went down to the field and began to cut rice.

Li Yuanshan cut it on the road to the edge of the field, and Jiang Mingyue pulled it to the threshing floor with a board cart, and by noon, it had already cut more than half of it.

He put down his sickle and was about to go home for lunch, when a group of eight or nine people appeared on the way into the village.

Li Yuanshan saw that there were two people who were very familiar, one was the current director, and the other was transferred from the director of the commune and the community to the district head, and at this time the district head was talking to a middle-aged man in his forties with a very dark face.

Since someone was coming, Li Yuanshan was waiting on the side of the road. After getting closer, Li Yuanshan smiled and said, "District head, director, have you come to inspect the work again?"

"This is not an inspection. The district chief said, "Let me introduce you, this is expert Liu from the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and they are here to confirm what kind of bird your crested ibis here is." He knew that he had a conflict with the other production team when they came to hunt and kill the ibis, and he was the one who solved it.

"Hello Expert Liu. Li Yuanshan greeted. At this time, the experts are really talented and learned, and they will not fool the people, and they are real experts.

"Xiaotong, Zhi, what does your crested ibis look like here?" asked Expert Liu eagerly.

"Hehe, it's hard to explain. Li Yuanshan said with a smile, "You go home with me, there is a nest of crested ibises on the tree in front of my house, you can see it clearly at a glance." ”

While walking, Li Yuanshan learned that there were three animal researchers in this group of people, and there was also a leader of the county forestry department. Li Yuanshan also learned the cause of the incident from the mouth of a researcher.

This is because of Yang Mingjin, who took the university exam this year. When he first entered the university, he read a report about the crested ibis and found that the crested ibis looked the same as the crested ibis in the village, so he told the teacher, who reported to the school leaders, and the school notified the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Sciences.

"Mingyue, a guest is coming. Before he walked into the open dam, Li Yuanshan shouted.

Jiang Mingyue came out to greet him, and Expert Liu couldn't wait to see the appearance of the crested ibis, and pointed to a tall cedar tree about twenty meters outside the open dam and said, "That kind of bird is on it, right?"

"Yes, you see, the nest is there. Li Yuanshan pointed to the top of the cedar tree and said. Expert Liu looked at it, more than a meter away from the treetops, under the green shade, there was indeed a bird's nest.

"Eat lunch first, and then look at it later. Li Yuanshan greeted.

They will not shirk eating, every time they go to the countryside, they will bring food stamps and money, and give as much food as they want. Unlike in a later period, a bad atmosphere of eating and drinking for nothing was developed.

"There aren't many cold noodles, so eat some first, and the noodles will be fine. Li Yuanshan said as he walked into the living room with cold noodles. This is still what the two of them are going to eat at noon and in the evening, otherwise there will be no one and a half bowls.

After eating, Li Yuanshan learned two bird calls, and Liu Expert and a few people heard two bird calls from the fir tree, and then two figures flew over and fell into the open dam.

The director of the company said in surprise: "You have this ability in Yuanshan! This really coaxes the finches in the trees down." ”

"Director, this is not the same thing. I'm an honest man. Li Yuanshan said with a smile, "This pair of crested ibis nests is at the door, I often feed some small miscellaneous fish, and gradually become familiar with it, so I will fly down." "To describe a person who can coax down a finch in a tree is to say that he is very eloquent.

"Hehe, your eloquence is still good. The director said.

Li Yuanshan was just about to answer, and the district chief called Expert Liu twice, and then everyone found that the three of them were looking at the two birds in a daze.

The cry alarmed the three of them, and when they came to their senses, the two young researchers excitedly shouted: "This is the crested ibis! It's really a crested ibis!" Hahaha...... "The crested ibis was finally found in Yangxian County a few months ago, and when they found it again, how could the two not be excited."

Fortunately, the pair of crested ibises and Li Yuanshan have been together for a long time, so they were not startled by laughter.

"Is this the crested ibis you're looking for?" said the district chief, "The members of the club have been calling the crested ibis for many years, but it turns out that it is called the wrong one." ”

"Originally, it was called Toki. Li Yuanshan said, "There is another name called the red crested ibis. ”

"Xiao Li Tong, Zhi is right, in ancient times, people couldn't classify clearly, thinking that it was a kind of heron. "When we were looking for it in Yangxian in May, the locals called the crested ibis a flamingo. ”

"How many crested ibises do you have here?" asked one of the researchers.

"Around the production team, plus the back mountain, there are about 200 of them, and I often see them when hunting. Li Yuanshan thought for a while and said, "There were more than 100 of them a few years ago, and there are many ibises that have hatched in recent years, but the number has not changed much. ”

"There are about 200 of them, which is great!" Expert Liu also became excited. You know, after searching for three years, walking tens of thousands of miles from south to north and from east to west, they finally found three adults and four chicks in Yangxian County, so they were already very happy. But after all, there are only seven of them, and if you don't pay attention to them, they will really go extinct. There is now a large population of about 200 birds, and it is very stable, and as long as it is carefully protected, the population will soon expand and pull the crested ibis back from the brink of extinction.

The two crested ibises were pacified, leaving a few people to study in the open dam, and the two continued to go to the fields to harvest rice.

At half past six in the afternoon, Jiang Mingyue went home to cook, and Li Yuanshan continued to cut until after seven o'clock, when he was harvested and pulled to the threshing floor.

When I got home, the meal wasn't ready. The district chief and others left in the afternoon, and only the three experts Liu stayed.

"What are you going to do next? Do you want to catch a few and bring them back for study or stay here?" Li Yuanshan sat in the open dam with the three of them and chatted, and asked.

"I'm going to have to grab a few and take them away. Expert Liu said, "There are still seven in Yangxian County, bring a few from here to ensure that the crested ibises there can breed normally." Birds, like other animals, can develop defects after a few generations of breeding if they have too few parents. As for here, a protected area will definitely be established. ”

"Are there any requirements for the establishment of a protected area?" asked Li Yuanshan.

"Of course, there are requirements, but you have protected the crested ibis very well, and the establishment of a protected area will not affect you. Expert Liu said.

"It looks good now, but you still have to prepare in advance. Li Yuanshan shook his head and said, "Now we don't use chemical fertilizers to grow rice, so there are many small fish and shrimp in the field, and the crested ibis is easy to hunt." But what if chemical fertilizers are used? Will there be fewer fish and shrimp? Will there still be water storage in the fields in winter? The most important thing is whether chemical pesticides can be used? Chemical pesticides are very toxic, and they are difficult to dissolve, and they will even accumulate in living organisms, how much impact will this have on the crested ibis?"

"Hey, Xiao Li, you have a lot of insights!" Expert Liu praised, "What you said, we will definitely take it into account at that time." After all, this is the only large population of crested ibises found so far, and it must be protected before the crested ibis population grows. ”

Listening to Expert Liu's words, Li Yuanshan nodded, even if there was no compensation, he hoped to establish a protected area. In this way, the prohibition of the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides is easier than doing the work one by one.

"Of course, the establishment of a protected area must also take into account the production and life of the members, such as the prohibition of the use of chemical fertilizers in agriculture, the storage of water in rice fields in winter, etc., and some compensation must be given. ”

The news of the crested ibis spread in the village, and everyone sighed with emotion that the birds they saw every day were so rare! In addition to this, only seven were found in the whole country.

"This crested ibis, there are no other places, are they also like those who caught birds in the past few years?" Zhai Fangming said, "Such a beautiful finch, they can also do it!"

"Hehe! When you're hungry, there's nothing you can't do, no matter how good-looking you are, you can't eat it!" Yang Dezhang shook his head and said. In difficult times, they almost did it.

"Actually, it's mainly about the change of the environment. Li Yuanshan passed by and heard the words of the two old men, and said, "In the past few decades, the domestic population has become more and more, and many swamp ponds have been opened. Of course, there must have been a lot of people who were caught. ”

The review and approval of the crested ibis reserve was very fast, and it came down soon after the three experts Liu completed the rough survey. The production team sorted out a few houses to serve as their dormitories and offices, and as soon as a sign was hung in front of the door, the reserve was established.

The crested ibis, whether it is foraging or flying, is very clumsy and not fast, and the three experts easily caught more than a dozen, and then selected seven to be sent away by expert Liu. These seven are just to be sent to Yangxian, and the gender is determined according to the seven birds over there.