Chapter 56 The Business of Training the Eagle
The Zhu family had a fight with the Yue family, and the news that old Zhu got slapped in the face by the second son of the Yue family soon spread in the village.

Originally, the fact that Yue Feng’s family had just bought a bicycle was the top news in the village. Now, the Yue family had fought with the old Zhu family and won a great victory. The status of the Yue family in the eyes of the villagers has become even higher.

Even the Zhu family, the bully in the village, was dealt with. This second young man from the Yue family is really capable.

In the next few days, Yue Feng went up the mountain with everyone to hunt as usual in the morning, and after coming back in the afternoon, he rode his bike to the city to deliver game.

Every day he went to the city, brought back the money from the sales, and shared it with his brothers. Every now and then he would cook a few dishes and have a drink on the kang, and he lived a happy life.

On the other side, Zhu Erhai felt a little uncomfortable. His father’s beating made Zhu Erhai unable to get off the bed for three days.

Zhu Jianshe has been busy these days. Although his son has rested, he cannot give up the task of training the eagle. So he and his wife no longer go to the mountains to collect mountain products, but take turns to train the eagle.

About a week has passed since the big eagle was put in the net two days ago. For five or six days in a row, the eagle hardly closed its eyes while flying around the man, but at this moment it still showed no sign of giving in.

Older falcon trainers know that a falcon is yellow after one year and dragon after three years. This refers to the age of the falcon.

What Sannianlong said was not only that the eagle was very capable, but also that this old guy was not so easy to serve. The sub-adult yellow eagle that had just left the nest had a good temper and was less wild, so it was relatively easy to tame.

The eagle that has lived in the wild for three years has grown from a subadult to a mature one. Not only is it unruly in temperament, but it also has extraordinary energy.

If Yue Feng were to take care of this eagle at this moment, in addition to raising the frame to train the eagle, he would definitely cooperate with continuous lowering of the axis, controlling food and reducing weight to reduce the eagle’s physical reserves.

But Zhu Jianshe didn’t understand the ins and outs of this. In order to feed the eagle, Zhu Kaishan set mousetraps in the soybean fields to catch mice. Although the eagle was starved, it could have a full meal every day after it started to be fed by humans.

There was still food in the eagle’s stomach, and its weight did not decrease. Instead, it was a little heavier than when it was first put into the net. In this situation, it would be impossible to make the eagle surrender by just keeping it awake for a few nights.

Judging from an outsider’s objective perspective, it would take at least ten nights to wear down the eagle’s temper.

Of course, even if the eagle’s temperament has been tamed, it still has a long way to go before it can go hunting. These things are already determined when this eagle is chosen.

In a flash, a week passed.

That day, Yue Feng rode his bicycle to the second canteen in the evening to deliver goods. After counting the quantity and paying the money, he was pulled by Niu Fusheng to the lounge.

“Brother Niu, is there something wrong?” Yue Feng glanced at Niu Fusheng, not knowing what it was.

“Xiao Yue, can you do me a favor?”

“Ah? If you say I can do it, I will definitely do it!”

“Recently, things have been a bit chaotic in our cafeteria, and I’m feeling a bit stressed!” Niu Fusheng said vaguely.

“Hmm? What do you mean? Just speak frankly. There’s no need to beat around the bush with our friendship!”

“Old Fu from the First Canteen has brought in a lot of game from somewhere! Now the position of our Second Canteen is a little unstable!
These leaders have been eating Feilong and Shabanji all day, and they seem to be a little tired! Can you help me think of some other game to make it more varied? “Niu Fusheng said a little embarrassedly.

Niu Fusheng knew that Yue Feng was just a hawk hunter, so it was a bit unreasonable to ask Yue Feng to help him catch other game.

Hearing this, Yue Feng was not too surprised. No matter how delicious the food is, there will come a time when you get tired of it.

“What do they have over there?” “There are pheasants, rabbits, and occasionally roe deer and yellow-haired wild boar meat! There are also flying dragons and sand chickens, but very few of them are alive, most of them are dead!” Niu Fusheng counted on his fingers, listing them all.

“They are all spicy, right?” After hearing this, Yue Feng raised the corners of his mouth slightly and guessed with a smile.

“How do you know it?”

“What’s so hard about this? You don’t need heavy materials. It’s hard to suppress the earthy smell of prey that hasn’t bled!” Yue Feng explained.

“That’s true! Can you get these things? If you can, consider it as a favor to your brother. The purchase price is negotiable!”

Yue Feng nodded and asked, “Okay! I’ll study it! In addition to the previous sand chicken and flying dragon, the subsequent demand will mainly be pheasants and rabbits, right?”

“Yes! Mainly pheasants and rabbits. I can occasionally buy roe deer and wild boar meat from the ghost market. It is best if the pheasants and rabbits are fresh. I want to let them know what real craftsmanship is!” Niu Fusheng said very confidently.

“Okay, I’ll find a solution as soon as possible. If everything goes well, it will take about ten days to half a month!”

“It takes so long?”

Yue Feng nodded and explained: “Well, it’s easier to catch a dead one than a living one!
If you want to catch pheasants and rabbits reliably, the eagles at home can’t do the job. You have to go up the mountain to catch big eagles. It takes at least seven to ten days from the time a new eagle is netted to the time it is released from the enclosure!”

“Okay, I’ll endure it for a few more days! I’ll wait for your good news!”

“Then I’ll go back first!”

……

After leaving the second canteen, Yue Feng got on his bicycle and headed home.

Along the way, Yue Feng thought about a lot of problems. The current business model of releasing hawks and pheasants and selling them for money is still a bit too simple.

It is not impossible to make money by catching flying dragons with these few kites at home, but due to the limitations of the falcon’s ability, the types of prey are a little limited.

No matter how powerful the kite at home is, the largest prey it can catch is a pheasant. Moreover, every time a pheasant is released, it is an adventure that can be said to be a risk for the entire hunting season. If you are not careful, there is a risk of losing or even injuring the eagle.

If you want to expand your falconry business, you need to continue to expand your categories.

The original plan was to save enough money to buy guns and dogs and switch to hunting. But now it seems that this idea is a bit idealistic. If he wants to keep the cash cow business of delivering game to coal mine canteens, he still cannot avoid training eagles.

The big eagle mentioned here is the female goshawk. According to the saying passed down by the older generation of falconers, the female goshawk is called a big eagle, also known as a rabbit eagle, which mainly catches prey as large as rabbits, pheasants and bobcats.

The male goshawk is called chicken hawk, and its main prey is as large as sand half chicken, flying dragon and pheasant. Conventional chicken hawk basically does the work of a kite, the difference is that it is larger in size, so it will not suffer any loss when catching pheasants, unlike kites which catch pheasants beyond their scope and with great risks.

Seeing this, some people may ask, since Yue Feng is good at training eagles, and since there is a demand in the market, why not just do it? Why does he seem hesitant and not willing to give his hand?

Yue Feng really didn’t want to train the eagle because it was too tiring.

(End of this chapter)