Chapter 431: The Eagle Hunting Team is Established
Facing Uncle Chen’s question, Yue Feng smiled slightly. He did not give a direct answer, but asked back: “Uncle, have you ever heard of the older generation of Taoists mentioning a practice called Bigu?

It means consciously taking some time off to drink only water and not eat anything! “

“Bigu? I’ve actually heard of this term before! But what does this have to do with caged eagles? I’m asking you, what is the purpose of stretching these small and large snacks?”

“Hehe, if the eagle is in a cage, it will be more active and can fly around freely, so it naturally doesn’t need to be fed with large or small food.

But aren’t our ordinary caged eagles placed in relatively narrow spaces? Even if you clear out a separate warehouse, it’s only about ten square meters, and the eagles still can’t move freely!

At this time, the food supply during the cage period cannot be continuously sufficient, and it needs to fluctuate a bit!
In this way, the eagle will always have a little hunger pressure, and its body metabolism will be more vigorous and maintain a healthier state.

If an eagle is too fat and has a low metabolism, its old feathers will not fall off its body easily!
After all, this is a compromise behavior under the premise of being unable to ensure a large amount of activity!
The Taoist fasting is somewhat similar in principle to stretching the big and small foods.

If you live a good life on weekdays and intentionally go hungry for a few days, the functions of your organs will be stimulated. If you eat too much and become too bloated and unwilling to move, you will be more likely to get sick!”

After listening to Yue Feng’s explanation, Uncle Chen nodded: “I understand what you said! Anyway, the meaning is to make the eagle molt better!”

“Right!! If this eagle eats meat from other birds all summer to molt, then the quality of its feathers will definitely not be bad. Just try the method I told you, and there will be no problem!”

“Okay, I’ll listen to you. Every three or four days, I’ll just reduce the food by half for one day! How’s the molting progress of your Ironback Red?”

“I sent the Iron-backed Red Eagle to the breeding farm on the mountain. My uncle Zhao is helping to take care of it!
The cages for the hawks over there are about the same size as the warehouse, and the hawks eat some dead and frozen sand chickens and other birds that have been stored away. Once Songzier finishes the work, they will be able to eat fresh blood!
By the way, Big Black Eagle and Little White Spear laid five eggs. I took the time to use a flashlight to look at them. The eggs have already hatched. They will probably hatch in another half month. I’ll give you one then.”

If it were someone else, Yue Feng would really be reluctant to give away the first generation of gyrfalcon chicks.

But Uncle Chen is not an outsider, and he will have to help organize the falconry hunting team later. When the eagles at home hatch chicks, he has to mention them, otherwise, he would seem stingy.

However, after listening to Yue Feng’s question, Uncle Chen did not express his intention to buy it. Instead, he shook his head very wisely and said, “This gyrfalcon is indeed good, but I can’t play with it even if you give it to me!
If you catch a pheasant or a cat at your doorstep, a big eagle is enough to take care of it! If you catch more, you won’t be able to take care of them.

Besides, didn’t you tell me before that a young child who has been raised since childhood is prone to various problems? You can tinker with it, but I am not proficient in these things, so I won’t lend a hand! “

“Okay then! You keep this slow-growing peach tree first, and when the big eagles come out in the fall, I’ll find time to go up the mountain and catch some. It won’t be too late to exchange them if I find a good one!” Yue Feng took advantage of the situation.

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The grandfather and the daughter drank tea and chatted, and before they knew it, it was time for lunch. When they got home, Uncle Chen would definitely not let Yue Feng go home for lunch, so Aunt Chen started preparing lunch in advance.

At noon, they prepared four main dishes, two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes. The grandfather and the other had a few drinks. After eating and drinking, Yue Feng stayed at Uncle Chen’s house until about three o’clock in the afternoon before riding his tricycle back home.

In the next few days, Yue Feng basically maintained a relatively stable schedule.

Early in the morning and evening, I would go to the place where the hawk nets were set up to inspect the nets. If there were any hawks that hit the nets and could be used, I would tie them up with hawk coats and tie them to the hawk pole when I got home.

After six days of fishing with nets, Yue Feng caught a total of 14 pine nuts and 9 whitebait.

The total number is 23, which is almost the same as the previous prediction.

In addition, under Yue Feng’s continuous guidance, the first batch of young eagles in training, Xiao Tao and the Zhang brothers, all successfully grew into eagles and caught their first bird.

Now, the number of the first batch of working falcons reached six (two for Yue Feng, one for Xiao Tao, two for Xiao Wen, and one for Xiao Wu).

When you just go hunting and the pine nuts have not yet completely gained weight, you have to be careful with them when working with them. Once you have caught a certain amount, you need to add some weight and take a break.

Now there are six trained eaglets at home. Except for the top-quality pure-hair pine eagle in Yue Feng’s hand, which becomes harder and harder as it works more efficiently, the other eaglets will be rotated more or less.

For example, they would get up at dawn in the morning, and then each of them would choose a direction, and then go their separate ways at the entrance of the village to catch birds on their own.

When it was around eight or nine o’clock and the weather got hot, we took the new recruits to find a place to continue their training.

Before dark in the evening, another eagle will be released for a circle, so that as many new eagles as possible can get more practical training while ensuring their physical strength and health.

It must be said that the actual combat performance of the Pure Hair Pine Barrel in Yue Feng’s hand once again confirmed the insights summed up by the older generation of winning hunters.

Choice is more important than hard work. The young eagle is of good appearance and well trained. Its performance when working in the fields is much better than that of ordinary eagles.

The other people had to take turns watching the two little eagles in the morning and evening. On average, they could only catch about ten to twenty birds after going out for three or four hours.

Yue Feng could accomplish the same result in just half a morning using this small pine nut as would take others a whole day.

It happened to rain a little in the spring, so the sun wasn’t too strong and both people and eagles felt comfortable.

Yue Feng flattened his little bird and strolled back and forth between the neighboring Xinghua Village and the production road. He caught 41 birds of all sizes in one day. When he returned home, the little guy still showed no signs of fatigue.

By mid-May, Yue Feng had about 15 working eaglets.

There was a row of eagles tied neatly on the pole in the yard, which looked quite spectacular.

There are only a few substitute eagles left, of slightly inferior appearance and average physique. They will struggle symbolically when they see people.

Just as the guys in the Yuefeng Hunting Team were making steady progress in releasing and training hawks, the results of the formation of the hawk hunting team led by Uncle Chen also began to show.

The day after Yue Feng delivered the little eagles, the old man took Song Zier, whose coats were tied tightly around the two eagles, to the market and squatted down near the chess stall.

With the experience of fiddling with the big eagle and the small orchid, it was no problem for Grandpa Chen to fiddle with the small pine nut.

When the two little eagles unbuttoned their jackets and tried to get rid of the water, they were noticed by some old acquaintances, who immediately started asking about them.

The old man was neither humble nor arrogant, and he briefly mentioned the abilities of Xiao Songzi and the income from his work.

When they heard that a young eagle had done a good job and could catch twenty or thirty birds a day, and that they could get as many as they wanted at just two cents and a half per bird, several people immediately wanted to join in.

Uncle Chen did not rush to agree, but witnessed the general process of the new eagle from encountering the face to picking food, training the eagle and then going hunting with the first batch of acquaintances and friends he developed.

The specific technical points of eagle training were not revealed, but several people noticed the effort that Uncle Chen put into these little eagles, and they were mentally prepared.

After Song Zier in Grandpa Chen’s hand was trained, several people followed the old man to walk around the streets and released two more eagles. This job of releasing eagles and catching birds was both fun and profitable, and it completely fascinated them.

Soon, the other three pine nuts in Uncle Chen’s house, which were also capable of working as hawks, were taken away by an acquaintance who paid a deposit and reacted the fastest.

The old man used a similar method to the Yuefeng Hunting Team. The eaglets were the team’s assets. They would come to his house every morning to pick them up, and after releasing the eagles, they would be sent back in the evening. The old man would pay out corresponding cash according to the amount of their respective harvests.

For a time, on Yue Feng’s side, the brothers caught dozens of birds a day, and on Uncle Chen’s side, the four eagles could catch hundreds of sparrows, goldfinches and other small birds.

The falconry team began to operate according to the model Yue Feng had envisioned before. Now, they can provide a stable supply of live birds as food to the second canteen.

Master Niu was also fair in his decision. He would buy all the live birds that Yue Feng sent him at the lowest price of five cents per bird.

In the hands of Chef Niu, this thing is a delicious dish no matter whether it is fried, stir-fried or deep-fried. For a time, the response from the leaders and diners of all sizes in the small canteen was very good.

With a supply of one to two hundred sparrows a day, it takes more than ten to twenty sparrows to make a plate of fried sparrows. This supply is far from meeting the needs of diners.

After the first wave of team members developed by Uncle Chen made money, the number of their relatives and friends soon began to surge.

This kind of good thing is not easy to find. At most, there would be four or five groups of people coming to Uncle Chen’s house every day, all of whom were here to “look for jobs” through various connections.

After all, they were all acquaintances, and Uncle Chen was very familiar with the qualities of different people. He carefully selected and developed the second round of candidates for the falcon hunting team.

In less than twenty days, all the young eagles caught by Yue Feng around the summer solstice, except for two as reserves, were snatched up by the falconers organized by Uncle Chen.

All of a sudden, the number of various birds harvested every day soared again, more than doubling from the initial one hundred or so.

Now, Yue Feng also started to get busy.

Every evening, they would ride their iconic military motorcycle tricycle to Uncle Chen’s house to collect the goods, count the quantity one by one, and calculate the delivery payment.

The best quality part is selected and sent to the second canteen to earn the profit difference.

Yue Feng would select some dead, disabled or small birds and send them to the forest farm on the mountain to be used as food for the caged hawks and sables on the mountain.

Overall, the establishment of Yuefeng’s eagle hunting team has had a much better effect than expected.

Ordinary farmers who don’t have much farm work to do can earn at least fifty cents a day or even more in cash by following the falconry. These people are very motivated.

As time went by, the daily receiving and delivery of goods by the Eagle Hunting Team was back on track, and Yue Feng gradually relaxed from his initial busy state.

On May 21st, just as Yue Feng was returning home from his routine delivery of goods and checking the eagle house at his new home, he heard the cries of little birds in the black eagle’s nest.

Yue Feng’s heart skipped a beat when he heard the noise. The chick of the gyrfalcon had hatched! !

(End of this chapter)