Original War

Chapter 715

When Shao Xuan arrived, he saw a group of people gathered at the foot of the mountain where he lived. They did not go up the mountain. The place under the mountain was a bit more spacious. Moreover, the birds that he brought back needed further treatment, and it was too noisy to bring the mountain up.

Before I got close to Shao Xuan, I heard all kinds of bird calls, and the feathers of the Yu tribe people can be seen from far away.

Many Yu tribes hold large and small bird cages in their hands. They are woven with rattan or straw. Different bird species use different cages, and the shape of the bird cage is also different.

This is the first time that Yanjiao Ren has seen so many birdcages.

I have to admit that the people of the Yu tribe seem to care more about the appearance, the woven bird cage is decorated, and it is very angry.

“Are you all back?” Shao Xuan asked a soldier over there who was craned his neck and looked in.

The man turned around and saw that it was Shao Xuan and quickly said, “Yes, the big bosses of the tower have all returned, but the big bosses brought back eggs, unlike the people of the Yu tribe, except for the eggs. An adult bird.”

Only bring back bird eggs? Is this going to incubate by yourself?

Because when Shao Xuan came over, everyone who was crowded there gave way.

Shao Xuan saw that the people of the Yu tribe were showing the birds they caught. Some of them were released directly. It should have already begun to be domesticated, and most of them were only shown through cages.

Most of the birds caught by the feather tribe have beautiful feathers, either with gorgeous tail feathers, or strange crest feathers, or other parts of the body with distinctive feathers.

As soon as he saw the birds caught by the people of the Yu tribe, Shao Xuan worried that the bird species they recommended to the tower were flashy. can not guarantee.

Without seeing the birds brought back by the Yu tribe, Shao Xuan went straight to the tower.

Guihe and they are already there, and they are standing there listening to the tower.

“People from the Yu tribe said that the dead leaf bird can be active during the day and night, especially at dawn and dusk. The active time at night is a bit longer compared to the daytime. I thought, we mainly need some precautions at night, after all. There are not many people now, and the restrictions at night are also big, so if you can, try domesticating these dead-leaf birds.”

Holding a scroll of animal skin in the pagoda, Shao Xuan went over and looked at it. It was a painting, which should have been painted by a member of the Yu tribe. Although the painting is still very abstract, the main features are drawn. It’s clear at a glance.

Seeing Shao Xuan coming, the tower directly rolled over the animal skin in his hand and let Shao Xuan take a good look. After all, Shao Xuan was only one of the main decision makers if he could leave these dead leaf bird eggs.

“Why is it called Dead Leaf Bird?” Shao Xuan asked. This name must have been given by the Yu tribe.

“They said this bird looks like a pile of dead leaves, and when it hatches, they bury their eggs in the dead leaves.” Ta can’t remember the original words of the Yu tribe, so he just said roughly Said.

Although not complete, Shao Xuan also understood.

In general, due to the color of the dead leaf bird and the way of incubation, the Yu tribe gave it such a name.

Compared with other birds, the hatching method of dead leaf bird is relatively rare, and it is closer to the hatching method of reptiles. They will bury the bird’s eggs in a soil bag that has been prepared for a long time. There are dead branches and fallen leaves inside. When those things rot and ferment, they will generate heat. The dead-leaf bird uses the heat of fermentation to incubate the bird eggs.

Can adapt to this method, and the hatching rate is still very high, at least this bird is not too stupid, which makes Yanjiao people slightly satisfied. Not stupid, they don’t mind if they look ugly.

Shao Xuan looked at the painting on the animal skin scroll again, and painted a few concentric circles around the bird’s eyes. It looked like a radar, and, “What’s on its head?” It stood up to the antenna. Similar.

The dead leaf bird on the painting has a thin long hair on the bird’s head, which is more than one-half of the length of the body.

“Oh, this is the crest feather of the dead leaf bird. The people of the Yu tribe don’t like this crest feather, so except for raising it hundreds of years ago, they have never raised it. However, they say this Birds have a strong sense of vigilance. When they perceive danger, the crown feathers on their heads will stand up. In addition, there are many kinds of dead leaf bird calls, and the calls made in different situations are different, which is easy to distinguish. It’s not suitable for long-distance flight. Basically, it only moves in a certain area, so you don’t have to worry about them flying away. So people from the Yu tribe suggested that we raise dead leaf birds. I also think we can try it first.”

Tajiang Yu tribe people explained once again, he is not so easy to be fooled by the Yu tribe people, but it is the reason that the Yu tribe people said, and he agrees.

“Why don’t the people of the Yu tribe raise it by themselves? Is it really just because it doesn’t look good?” someone asked.

“No.” Ta continued to explain, “People from the Feather Tribe said that dead leaf birds are noisy. Actually, they are noisy, but they are easy to quarrel with other birds, so once they start , The Yu tribe will be caught in a quarrel.”

The feather tribe has so many birds, just imagine the situation where all the birds scream…

“Aren’t there other flocks of birds in our tribe? The chirping bird will definitely not quarrel with them. That flock of ducks will basically not leave the lake around now. If we are domesticating dead leaf birds, it should be possible. ”

“You can really try it. By the way, how big can a dead leaf bird grow?” Shao Xuan asked.

“Not big, that’s it.” The tower raised his hand and gestured, probably only two palms long, not as good as those ducks.

However, I heard that many dead-leaf birds are in groups, and there are forty or fifty bird eggs brought back from the tower. Even if the final hatching rate is only half, it is enough. You can try first.

It’s small, so naturally it can’t carry people. This is a pity, but if the dead leaf bird is really like the feather tribe people say, it will also make everyone satisfied. I hope that when there are fewer people, they can start to work.

“I told the people of the Yu tribe, let them leave a few people to help hatch the eggs. After all, they have experience. I heard that even after burying the eggs in the soil, they have to look after them every day. It would be better to leave them to them. .”

In fact, these eggs were dug out from soil packs with dead branches and fallen leaves. Not all of them came from the same soil pack, but five to ten in each of the several soil packs. If it weren’t for the people of the Yu tribe to have their own skills to protect, these bird eggs that were brought back after being dug out, maybe none of them would hatch.

“They said that it will probably hatch in ten days.”

Since the incubation needs the people of the feather tribe to watch, the people of the feather tribe there will also need a few days to stay here to observe the adaptation of the birds they caught, so they haven’t left for the time being.

After the more than forty dead leaf bird eggs hatched, the Feather tribe’s talents left.

The chicks of the dead-leaf bird are early-formed birds, and can walk on their own for food when they are out of the shell, which saves a lot of things. This is one of the reasons why the tower decided to choose the dead-leaf bird.

People with rich breeding experience were selected from the animal pen to look after the dead leaf birds that just came out of their shells, because the breeder saw them after they broke their shells, and saw them the most times, and they fed them, so These chicks are very dependent on the breeder, and sometimes line up to follow the breeder.

When Shao Xuan went, he saw the forty-two gray-brown hair dumplings following the breeder toward the trough. Probably the time to get out of the shell is still short. Although I can walk, I can’t fly freely.

“Why don’t you seem to have much energy?” Shao Xuan asked. All of the chicks had their eyes half-opened, and they walked staggering, as if they were not awake.

The breeder explained with a smile: “No, they are like that, but they are more energetic when they eat.”

Sure enough, as soon as you got to the food trough, the chicks that seemed to be awake started fighting for you.

Seeing these chicks grow so spirited from the fragile appearance when they broke their shells, the breeder is still very proud. Those bird foods were taught to him by people from the Feather Tribe. Sure enough, these dead leaf birds are growing well.

But the breeder was not proud for two days, and these chicks dumped him.

The reason is that the pterosaur threw half a fish into the bird pile in idle time. At first the breeder was worried that these birds would not be used to it. Unexpectedly, these dead-leaf birds were quite adaptable. Not only that, but later The pterodactyl threw some small beasts again, and every time it threw food, it lay on its sides and watched.

Later, the chicks got closer to the pterodactyl instead of following the breeder.

However, the people in the tribe saw that the dead-leaf birds were nothing wrong, and they were more active, so they didn’t care. They even thought, if the dead-leaf birds could follow the pterosaurs to learn some instructions, after all, tame the birds. The people of the Feather tribe would not teach them the skills. They had to think about everything on their own, but unfortunately, these dead leaf birds were not suitable for engraving.

Therefore, the people in Yanjiao thought, just take your time. When these dead-leaf birds grow up, they may be able to understand some instructions.

However, Shao Xuan always felt that the pterosaur did this, and seemed to have other thoughts.

The reason why the pterodactyl has been so brave recently is because Shao Xuan hasn’t had time to stare at it all day recently, because the artificial river channel in the Yanhe trading area has almost been completed. The bridge that needs to be built is also completed, Zheng Luo recently discussed with him about the gate.

They will set up two sluices at the two junctions of the river and the Yan River, mainly to block some dangerous fish or beasts along the river.

The completion of the artificial river means that the upstream and downstream will not be blocked by the Yanhe Bridge in the future. Ships can bypass the stone bridge through the artificial river, but they must pass under the eyelids of Yanjiao. It is impossible. Avoid the eyes and ears of Yanjiao.