Hares and boars were the main ingredients to be produced in the valley in the future. Hares were expensive because of their high reproductive ability, while boars were large enough to feed many people. When these wild animals were bred in large quantities, they could be sold to the restaurants and restaurants in Chang 'an City. With the spending power of the people in the capital, the demand would definitely exceed the supply. Even if there were ten more valleys, the wild animals produced would not be enough to satisfy the consumption. Naturally, the reward was also very high, which could definitely be several times the profit.
In any era, the rarer something was, the more valuable it was. Wild boars and hares were wild animals, and wild animals had become fewer and fewer in recent years. Naturally, the price of wild animals had risen. For example, farming wild animals could make a lot of money. As for wild chickens, because their reproductive ability was not very strong, their price was naturally not low. In the valley in front of them, the value of the Seven-colored Pheasants was even higher. In the entire Tang Empire, the total number of Seven-colored Pheasants was probably less than 100, which was the standard of endangered animals. As for the large number of Seven-colored Pheasants in America, they were also sold at a sky-high price after being transported. Therefore, when the number of Seven-colored Pheasants in the valley reached hundreds, they could be put into the market. Moreover, only the restaurants with the highest standards were qualified to buy this type of pheasant at an extremely high price.
In addition, in this valley, there were also Flying Dragon Pheasants from the Yingzhou area. They were also a very excellent pheasant species. After being made into dishes, they tasted very delicious and were simply the best in the world.
The reason why this kind of pheasant was called Flying Dragon was that its claws had scales, just like dragon claws, and its neck was long and curved, just like dragon bones. Therefore, it had such a beautiful name.
Of course, some people also said that this kind of pheasant was so delicious that eating it was like eating dragon meat. Moreover, this kind of pheasant could fly very high, so it was called Flying Dragon.
Unlike pheasants that liked to live in groups, Flying Dragon Pheasants preferred to live in pairs. They were inseparable and had the nickname of Mandarin Ducks in the forest. They liked to live in bushes or mixed forests with pine and birch trees. Their feathers were smoky gray with black tail stripes, and their eyes were chestnut red. The female was slightly brown with a brown throat. She often hid in the branches and was not easy to find. Her laying ability was average. She would lay less than 10 eggs in the spring, and they would hatch in less than a month. Their diet changed with the season. They mainly ate plants and some insects. In winter, they would burrow into the snow and spend the night. In terms of diet, they were not much different from other pheasants.
"Assistant Minister Li, this Rainbow Pheasant is actually a tribute from the Americas. It's too precious. Eating it means one less pheasant! How many Seven-colored Pheasants are there in this valley? "
. "Li Yu asked.
Ang Lee was not too sure, so he could only answer, "The five Seven-colored Pheasants at home, along with the eight chicks that haven't grown up, were all released into this valley. I really don't know how many are left. Maybe a few were eaten by wild boars, or maybe they laid eggs and hatched. It is also possible that there are a few more than before. In general, there are only a few big ones. It is not realistic to want to eat Seven-colored Pheasants now, so it is better to catch a few Flying Dragons to satisfy our cravings."
"This King did not say that he wanted to eat Seven-colored Pheasants. However, Flying Dragons seem to be very precious. Are there many in the valley?"
Li Yu asked.
"Not many, not many. I estimate that there are only about 20 Wyverns. They were bought from the capital. Eight of them are roosters, and they are now being raised here. Although there aren't many of them, there are still a lot of them in the forest around Yingzhou. The big taverns in the capital also serve Wyvern dishes."
Ang Lee said.
Although Flying Dragon Pheasants were very rare, there were many of them in the forests of Yingzhou. However, there were less than 100 Seven-colored Pheasants in the entire Tang Dynasty. The rest of the Seven-colored Pheasants were still in the dense forests of America. It was too difficult to obtain them. Therefore, in terms of rarity, Seven-colored Pheasants were at least 100 times more valuable than Flying Dragon Pheasants. One Seven-colored Pheasant for 100 Flying Dragon Pheasants was a great loss.
In the aristocratic class of the Tang Dynasty, there were many who had eaten Flying Dragon Pheasants. Even ordinary hunters had eaten them. However, Seven-colored Pheasants were different. Not to mention eating them, there were not many who had even seen them. There were only a few dozen in the Imperial Beast Park, and the rest were in the homes of influential people like Ang Lee. Moreover, because they were given by the Emperor and there were so few of them, no one dared to eat them. Perhaps no one in the entire Tang Dynasty had eaten Seven-colored Pheasants.
"Forget it. There are only a few of them. Let's keep them in the valley. We're not here to eat or drink. We're just here to take a look. "
Li Yu was not hungry. After saying that, he continued to walk forward.
It was very comfortable to walk in the suspended passage surrounded by pear trees. After passing through this pear forest, a forest of mixed fruits appeared in front of them. However, most of the fruit trees were relatively short. They were at the bottom of the suspended passage. Only a few branches reached the height of the railings on both sides of the passage. It was easy to move the branches with a gentle wave of the hand.
There were not only fruit trees here. There were also a few willow trees, tall pine trees, and some small shrubs. After all, the trees here were formed naturally. They were not man-made. It was impossible for them to be very neat. It was even more impossible for an area to be filled with the same type of trees. Otherwise, there would be traces of someone carving them.
"Ow ow ow …"
Just as the group was strolling slowly, a few large wild boars suddenly jumped out from under their feet, aggressively assuming a provocative posture.
Although these wild boars were at the bottom, they were about twenty feet away from the suspended passage. Even if these wild boars broke their legs, they would not be able to jump up to the suspended passage. In other words, although these wild boars were fierce, they were not a threat to Ang Lee and the others who were standing at a high altitude.
However, although the wild boars were not a threat to them, their fierce and ferocious aura was still quite frightening. In addition, the wild boars had an unpleasant smell. It was indeed a little choking.
"Assistant Minister Li, these wild boars look very fierce! If we were down there at this moment, it would be terrible. "
"Look at this aura. These wild boars can kill people."
"Such a ferocious wild boar, it must taste very delicious."
The imperial grandsons were not afraid. After all, the advantage of height was here. The wild boars could not threaten them.
Ang Lee said with a smile, "That's right. The wilder the wild boar, the more delicious it tastes. Only by raising wild boars like this can you get a real wild boar. If you put the wild boar in a cage, it will not be a pure wild boar. The meat is almost no different from domestic pigs."
However, the wild boar's wild nature was not necessarily a good thing. First of all, the danger was a problem that was not easy to solve. If these wild boars went crazy, they may destroy the buildings that were painstakingly built in the valley.
The few wild boars in front of them were obviously wild boars. Seeing Ang Lee and the others looking down on them, they suddenly went crazy and attacked the concrete pillar disguised as a tree. It seemed that they were trying to break the pillar so that Ang Lee and the others would fall down.
Although the concrete pillar was strong enough to break the pillar with the big fangs and body of the wild boar, the weight of the wild boar was very large. Every time it hit the pillar, it would cause a lot of vibration. Once the pillar shook, the suspended passage above would also shake. This really made Ang Lee and the others shocked.
"Aiyaya! Assistant Minister Li, this wild boar's temper is too bad! Will this pillar be broken by the wild boar? "
"It can't be broken. If the pillar is broken, won't we be miserable?"
"It's too dangerous here. Assistant Minister Li, let's get out of here quickly!"
Several Imperial Grandsons were a little scared. Their bodies involuntarily bent down to prevent themselves from being shaken down. If they really fell, they would really lose a layer of skin even if they didn't die.
Ang Lee also felt a little surprised. The character of these wild boars was too irritable. They actually attacked the concrete pillar desperately. What are they doing? They want to eat people!
However, Ang Lee had enough confidence in the concrete pillar he designed. No matter how these wild boars tossed around, it was absolutely impossible to break the pillar. No matter how big the movement was, it was not enough to make Ang Lee and the others fall down from the suspended passage. There was no need to worry.
"Don't worry! This pillar is made of concrete. Let alone wild boars, even if a rhinoceros rushed from a distance, it would be impossible to break this concrete pillar. Let's take a good look here and see how long these animals can hit it. "
Ang Lee said confidently.
After the initial panic, everyone became calmer and calmer. After all, everyone gradually saw that the ferocious wild boars below couldn't play any new tricks at all. In addition to using brute force to hit the concrete pillar, it made an unpleasant roar. No matter how the wild boars used brute force to hit the concrete pillar, it didn't cause the slightest damage to the concrete pillar. The vibration was not bad at first, but slowly it became weaker and weaker until it couldn't be felt.
After all, the wild boar was also made of meat. It must be very painful to hit the concrete pillar. After hitting it a few times, it found that there was no effect. Naturally, it lost its energy.
This ability of the wild boar still had some effect when dealing with trees that were not too thick. For example, when it saw a bird's nest on a branch, the wild boar would hit the trunk hard and make the bird's eggs in the nest fall to the ground. In this way, the wild boar could have a full meal.
At this time, the wild boar probably also wanted to eat meat. It actually attacked the concrete pillar under Ang Lee and the others.
After a continuous attack, the wild boar no longer had the strength to continue to attack. Its mouth made an unconvinced sound, but its body was much more honest and it didn't continue to attack.
Even a wild boar began to use its mouth to turn the leaves below, probably looking for food under the leaves!
"Look, these animals have no strength and are looking for food, haha!"
Li Yu said with a smile.
"What food is there under the leaves? I can't see what the wild boar is eating!"
"Yeah! I can see it moving around under the leaves, but I can't see what this wild boar is eating! "
Several Imperial Grandsons said.
The wild boar had a lot of food. Whether it was the fruit of plants, dried fruits, or various animals, they could all be eaten by the wild boar. It seemed that there was nothing that the wild boar couldn't eat. It felt that the wild boar was the same as humans. They were animals that could eat anything as long as the food was not poisonous. Everything that humans could eat, the wild boar could eat.
"Wild fruit, I saw the wild boar eating wild fruit. It looked like a date, but it didn't look like one. It was the size of a date."
"I saw it too. It turns out that wild boars eat these things in the wild."
Several Imperial Grandsons said.
Ang Lee smiled faintly and said, "The wild boar has a lot of food. As long as it's something that humans can eat, the wild boar can eat it. Do you have any food on you?"
After saying that, he looked at the Imperial Grandsons.
"Will pastries do?"
One of the Imperial Grandsons took out a few pieces of palace pastries.
"Haha! Of course, the wild boar has never eaten such delicious food. Feed it and see if the wild boar will eat it. "
Ang Lee said.
Since the wild boar was an omnivorous animal, it could eat anything, including processed human food. Moreover, it would be very delicious.
Hearing that, the Imperial Grandsons threw the pastries they wanted to eat next to the wild boar without hesitation.
When the wild boar saw the food in front of it, it was so scared that it shrank back a little and then stopped. After that, it moved its huge wild boar nose and took a few steps forward. It sniffed carefully in front of the food and looked at the people on the high ground. Then, it ate the pastries without hesitation.
After all, Ang Lee had stood on the high ground to feed the wild boar several times before. Therefore, the wild boar trusted this way of feeding and did not think that the food was poisonous. The wild boar did not have this concept. Even if it was poisonous, the wild boar would not be able to detect it.
"It ate it. It really ate it. Haha!"
"Why are you so happy? The delicious pastries of the Tang dynasty were eaten by the wild boar. I don't know if the wild boar can taste it. If it chews peony, it will be too wasteful."
"Haha! I still have some pastries. Give me a few more. "
The mood of the Imperial Grandsons suddenly brightened up. It felt good to feed animals.
"Assistant Minister Li, these wild boars are much more docile than before. They are all fighting for the pastries. They are so cute. "
"I understand now. It seems that these wild boars were angry that we didn't give them food, so they hit the pillar angrily. Now that there is food, the whole pig has become cute."
"Assistant Minister Li, do the craftsmen here often feed the wild boars like this?"
The Imperial Grandsons all talked at once.
Ang Lee said calmly, "If the wild boars want to maintain a high quality, how can they be fed every day? They mainly eat various animals and plants in the valley. Feeding them is only occasionally. Moreover, it is the servants in my mansion who feed them. The craftsmen don't have time to care about this."
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