Reborn in the 1980s: I made my fortune hunting wild game in Changbai Mountain
Chapter 493 North Pearl
Chapter 493 North Pearl
“What the hell? Is Da Puya chasing wild geese?” Hearing Xiao Tao’s reminder, Yue Feng next to him immediately raised his head and squinted his eyes to check.
Yue Feng had limited eyesight and could only vaguely see a black dot. As for where the wild geese were, Yue Feng tried for a long time but couldn’t see clearly.
Phew! !
Upon seeing this, Yue Feng blew the whistle decisively, showing the lure, trying to call the eagle back from the sky.
In the wild, common geese and other waterfowl are also on the peregrine falcon’s menu, but the size difference between the two is huge, and the peregrine falcon generally will not take the initiative to hunt such large birds unless it has no choice.
When the whistle sounded, the eagle in the sky showed no signs of descending immediately, and continued to circle upwards and increase its altitude.
“Xiao Tao, is the eagle still climbing up? I can’t see where it is!”
“Yeah! It’s still climbing! This eagle is a little out of control. Why doesn’t it listen to instructions when it sees its prey?!”
Xiao Tao had good eyesight and continued to stare at the sky, with a hint of worry in his tone.
Yue Feng’s face was tense: “I can’t say for sure, it’s a low probability event!
When this eagle was being trained before, it was much easier to climb to higher altitudes than the little pigeon tiger, so I didn’t take it seriously!
Don’t panic, keep observing. You have good eyesight, watch the eagle’s movements and tell me in time! ! “
“It’s still climbing up! The geese are starting to get frightened and scatter!
The eagle seemed to have identified one of the geese and was fighting with it!
Kick! Kick! Da Puya gained altitude, swooped down and kicked Dayan!
It fell down!!”
Every ten seconds or so, Xiao Tao described to Yue Feng what he saw. From what he said, it seemed that Da Puya had been fighting with the geese that were migrating during the autumn.
At first, Yue Feng just felt that there were some problems with the Eagle’s controllability, and didn’t think it was a big deal.
As long as it doesn’t escape and is still within sight, it is acceptable.
Hunting ability and controllability are two parallel dimensional parameters. The state of an ordinary eagle is that the parameters are in a relatively balanced state.
The hunting ability of this big Puya was even better, so the relative balance was broken and it got out of the control of the eagle handler during training.
Poor controllability is a bad thing, but daring to tackle big fish is a good thing. Well, there are gains and losses.
Yue Feng was helpless as his eyesight was not as good as Xiao Tao’s. He could only vaguely see a fuzzy black dot of the battle in the sky, and could not make out any other details.
However, when Xiao Tao shouted that he was falling, a black eagle in the sky became bigger and bigger, and finally a big one with a long neck fell from the sky.
The two brothers watched the big bird fall from the sky and land directly in the airport green belt about a hundred meters away. Then the big Puya landed on its prey and frantically pulled out the feathers on its neck.
“The eagle has also fallen down, brother!” Xiao Tao reminded him at the right time.
Without waiting for Xiao Tao to remind him, Yue Feng had already started to act, holding the lure in his hand, blowing the whistle, and running towards the landing point of the Puya duck.
When Xiao Tao saw his elder brother chasing the fallen eagle, he immediately followed. Soon, the “wild goose” on the ground and Da Puya appeared in front of the two of them.
“Brother! Is this a wild goose? Why does it look like one to me? Oh my god, its wingspan must be at least two meters.”
Xiao Tao was a little confused as he looked at the big white bird that fell to the ground, struggling hard but with a serious injury to its neck and vomiting blood.
Yue Feng shook his head: “This is not a wild goose, it is a swan, and a very rare whooper swan!!”
“Our Da Puya is so awesome! He even dares to attack a swan!!!” When Xiao Tao heard that it was a swan, his eyes lit up instantly.
Yue Feng was also somewhat excited.
In his previous life, he had seen netizens on a forum say that the peregrine falcon would not tolerate anyone in the sky. Yue Feng even thought that hunting swans was the exclusive domain of medium to large falcons such as the Saker Falcon.
I didn’t expect that this Puya duck falcon, which weighs only 2.23 jin, could fly high in the sky to hunt swans, and succeed.
“Don’t talk about anything else for now! The swan isn’t dead yet, let’s bleed it out before it dies!!”
Yue Feng called out, pulled out a small leg-spear from his waist, walked up to the man swiftly and gave him a finishing blow.
Yue Feng grabbed the huge swan by the neck with one hand and held it upside down by its feet with the other.
I have to say, this big guy weighs at least ten pounds and feels very heavy.
The swan’s neck was injured by Da Puya’s kick, and it was further injured when it fell to the ground. After being stabbed and bleeding by Yue Feng, it just struggled weakly with its wings twice, and soon died.
Da Puya, who landed nearby, stepped on Yue Feng’s bait and ate the meat, looking as if it had nothing to do with him. The scene was a bit funny for a while.
After all the blood had been drained and the eagle had almost eaten the meat on the lure, Yue Feng blew a whistle and put the hat on Da Puya.
Then he said hello to Xiao Tao, and the two brothers quickly left the airport runway with the eagle and the unexpected swan in their hands.
When they got back to the hotel, Xiao Tao asked, “Brother, what should we do with this thing? We have nothing to do at night, so why not stew it? Call Brother Jun, how about we cook it together? I haven’t eaten swan yet!”
Not to mention Xiao Tao has never eaten it, Yue Feng has never eaten it either.
Yue Feng was eager to try it when he came across it, without Xiao Tao telling him.
“Just stew it! But you can’t take this thing to the cafeteria with you. There will be too many people around and if something else happens, it will have a bad impact!
Go get some kettles of water, and we’ll pack it up and take it to the canteen! If someone asks, just say it’s a goose!”
“Okay, I’ll go get some water!” The two brothers quickly reached a consensus and got busy.
Yue Feng went to the front desk of the guesthouse and borrowed a large tin basin used for washing bed sheets and quilt covers. He poured boiling water into it and quickly plucked all the feathers of this big baby.
The hair was taken off with boiling water, and Yue Feng also cleaned up the internal organs.
The other things are not worth mentioning. When cleaning the crop of the swan, Yue Feng touched the bulging and hard object inside and felt a little curious.
Thinking it was a stone, Yue Feng cut it open with a knife and took a look at it, his face suddenly became serious.
They are not pebbles or stones, but three pearls, one big and two small, as bright and smooth as jade.
In an instant, Yue Feng’s head buzzed and the information deep in his memory came to mind.
According to historical records, during the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Liao people asked the Jurchens to pay tribute with northern pearls. The Jurchens discovered that swans ate river clams, and catching swans gave them a chance to obtain precious northern pearls.
Domesticating the Saker Falcon was more efficient in hunting swans and obtaining northern pearls, so the Liao people asked the Jurchens to pay tribute to them. The Jurchens could not bear the oppression and rose up in resistance, which eventually led to the demise of the Liao Dynasty.
This Northern Pearl is a legendary treasure and was the highest tribute as early as the Northern Song Dynasty.
In order to obtain these precious northern pearls, the Song Dynasty government expended enormous manpower and resources to collect pearls from clams. However, the output was extremely scarce, often only one pearl was found in a hundred clams. The round, full and large northern pearls were even rarer in the world. Every one that came to light was collected by the court and regarded as a rare treasure.
Legend has it that this precious and rare northern pearl has long since become extinct.
Is it possible that the Northern Pearl is not extinct yet?
There was a small mistake in Yue Feng’s falcon training, and the large Puya duck falcon accidentally captured the swan, which is a purely low-probability event.
A training session that went out of control yielded this precious pearl from the swan’s crop.
It can be said that it was a coincidence that Qiao’er’s mother opened the door for Qiao’er.
“Brother!! Brother? What are you thinking about? How are we going to cook this big goose deliciously?” Xiao Tao shouted when he saw Yue Feng sitting there motionless.
“what!!”
Yue Feng came back to his senses and rinsed the three beads in clean water for a few times, making their translucent texture even more beautiful.
“What are you holding in your hand? A stone?” Xiao Tao noticed the pearl in Yue Feng’s hand which was slightly smaller than a glass and asked casually.
Yue Feng did not answer, but turned around and said: “Xiao Tao, close the door and come over!”
“Oh! Why are you still so secretive? Lock the door!” Xiao Tao closed the door and came to Yue Feng.
Yue Feng spread out his palm, and three pearls, one big and two small, appeared in front of Xiao Tao.
“This…what is this?”
Xiao Tao didn’t recognize Zhenzhu. He looked at her from left to right with a puzzled look on his face.
“This is a pearl, taken out from the crop of the swan just now! If I remember correctly, this should be the precious northern pearl. Legend has it that it was a priceless treasure in the Song Dynasty!!” Yue Feng said in a low voice.
“What? Baby?” Xiao Tao immediately reached out and picked up one of the smaller ones and examined it carefully.
Northern pearls are freshwater pearls taken from freshwater river clams. They are white with a slight bluish tint. When viewed against the light, they have a very unique jewelry texture and are significantly different in appearance from common sea pearls.
Of these three beads, the largest one has the most beautiful color, feels very heavy in the hand, and has a relatively high density.
“I’m rich! How much is this thing worth?”
Xiao Tao held it in his hand and looked at it for a long time, and felt that the pearl was indeed very beautiful.
Yue Feng shook his head: “I don’t know how much it’s worth, but it must be a rare thing that can’t be bought even with money!
I didn’t expect that the legendary history is true. In the crop of this swan, you can actually get the northern pearl! !
This is a big deal, we need to discuss the follow-up plan!”
“Hmm? What do you want to discuss? I’ll listen to you!” Xiao Tao immediately expressed his opinion.
“With our current rank, even if we have Northern Pearls, it would be hard to sell them at a high price!
I am hesitating here, whether I should tell Junge that I can get the Northern Pearl from the swan’s crop! ! “
Yue Feng has lived two lives as a human being, so his knowledge is definitely far beyond that of ordinary people of his time. However, although his knowledge is high, as an ordinary mountain farmer, he is definitely not qualified to connect with high-end resources in his current state.
Ye Jianjun’s generosity had already been demonstrated when he was selling top-quality mink fur. The gap in the circles represented by this could not be made up by Yue Feng’s cognition.
The legendary tribute Dongzhu is even rarer than top-grade sable fur. Without a suitable sales channel, it may not be sold at a high price in the eyes of people who do not know the value of it.
However, there are certain risks in telling Jun Ge about this.
Human hearts are like the sun, which cannot be looked directly upon. When the profits behind a matter exceed one’s moral bottom line, one can no longer count on the conscience of the partner.
If Ye Jianjun knew that Great Swan could obtain intelligence information about Pearl, the other party would be able to kick the Yue Feng brothers out.
To say? Or not to say? That is the question!!
(End of this chapter)