Ang Lee's idea of a hybrid model of planting and breeding was very common in civilized society. It was also a very cost-effective method of production. It could maximize the use of resources and obtain more output, bringing more benefits to oneself.
However, the people of this era definitely did not understand this. As long as there was no real successful example in front of them, they would not easily choose to try it. This was especially so for businessmen with more stable incomes. They were even more unwilling to invest in unfamiliar fields. They were worried that if they failed, all their investments would go down the drain. No businessman was willing to bear the losses of failure.
Since no one was willing to try, then the first person to eat crabs had to be Ang Lee. Only when Ang Lee set the standard first would other businessmen and citizens be able to follow the trend and enter, allowing this industry to develop better and better.
Even though Ang Lee had his own work and responsibilities, breeding and planting did not consume much energy. These things were a complete pastime for Ang Lee. Ang Lee was very clear about the habits of many animals and how to breed them. He did not need to spend much energy at all. He only needed to follow the steps.
"It seems like Gwangbyeong Of Gojoseon also supports my idea. Since that's the case, then let me be the first person to eat crabs! There are many wild animals in Mount Li. Let's start with the most common wild boar and pheasant! "
Ang Lee opened his mouth to express his idea.
Previously, although Ang Lee had noticed that there were fewer wild animals around the capital and was very clear that the main culprit was human greed for food, he had not thought of breeding wild animals. This time, he had brought so many imperial grandchildren to play. Seeing how the children were enjoying the food, Ang Lee suddenly felt that it was necessary to breed wild animals. At the very least, more people had to be able to eat such delicious food.
"Sir, the wild boar is so fierce. Aren't you afraid that it will bite you?"
Li Shi asked curiously when he heard that Ang Lee wanted to breed wild boars. His words carried a hint of concern.
Ang Lee rubbed Li Shi's head and said confidently, "The wild boar won't dare to bite me. If any wild boar dares to bite me, I'll kill it and stew it."
"Mister, since you're raising wild boars, does that mean we can come here every day to eat wild boar meat?"
One of the imperial grandsons asked.
Ang Lee and Li Yu looked at each other and smiled. They nodded and said, "Eating wild boar meat is not a problem, but you won't have the chance to come to Mount Li every day. Also, if you eat wild boar meat every day, you will get sick of it very quickly. You won't be able to eat it anymore. Eating roasted wild boar meat once a month or half a month is enough, haha!"
Any food could be cooked into a very delicious dish. However, one could not eat too much of any kind of food. Otherwise, one would lose interest in this kind of food and gradually feel that this kind of food was not so delicious. This was the so-called eating injury.
These imperial grandsons were children after all. Eating roasted wild boar meat now made them feel that it was very delicious. They wanted to eat roasted wild boar meat every day. If they were given an even more delicious meal tomorrow, they would eat even more delicious food. Therefore, eating roasted wild boar every day was unrealistic. Moreover, it was not beneficial for the growth of children. They had to eat more vegetables and less meat. This kind of person was the healthiest.
"Father, I want to come to Mount Li every day to play. Is that okay?"
Li Shi looked at Li Yu lazily. He felt that his life was too unfree. He was locked up in the Baesun Courtyard every day and needed permission to go out. Moreover, there was always a large group of guards following behind him. It felt very awkward.
The other imperial grandsons also looked at Li Yu with the same expression. They were all children and yearned for a free and happy childhood. However, their current life was clearly not the life they wanted.
However, Li Yu was also in a difficult position. He was only an adult imperial grandson. He did not have any great authority. He could not do whatever he wanted. He did not have the ability to save these brothers.
"You have to study hard. As long as you perform well, you will naturally have the opportunity to come out and play. If you don't study hard, you will not have the opportunity to come to Mount Li in the future. Do you understand?"
Li Yu said loudly.
"Understood, Father."
Li Shi replied in disappointment. The other imperial grandsons also had disappointed expressions. They really wanted to leave the Baesun Courtyard and go out to enjoy the scenery.
Although the flowers and plants in the Baesun Courtyard were very exquisite and there was even a specially built artificial mountain, it was still very different from the scenery in the wilderness. The vast world was a place that children liked.
After eating and drinking, the sun was already setting in the west. However, because there was a car to pick them up, it did not matter if they played a little later. They just had to get on the car before dark.
In the beginning, the guards could only eat small portions of the roasted wild boar. After the imperial grandsons were all full, the remaining wild boar meat was distributed to the guards so that they could eat to their heart's content.
After eating and drinking, everyone followed Ang Lee to another place. It was also in Mount Li. However, it was in the depths of Mount Li. It was the limit of the cement road. Very few people would come here. Although the scenery was very good, it was too far away. Ordinary people had to walk to Mount Li to play. Only those who had a pass could drive into Mount Li. Therefore, there was no one who went too far and too deep.
"The scenery here is very good. It's just that there are too many trees and flowers. It seems a little unsafe. It will be very dangerous if there are wild beasts ambushing us."
Li Yu looked at the surroundings and said.
Ang Lee pointed at a relatively closed valley not far away and said, "Gwangbyeong Of Gojoseon, don't you think that this valley is too perfect?"
After saying that, he looked very excited.
"Perfect? The scenery in this valley is quite beautiful, but it can't be considered perfect! There are too many trees. There aren't many landscape trees. It can only be considered average! "
Li Yu did not think that the valley in front of him was perfect. He felt that it was just a very ordinary valley. There were many valleys like this in Mount Li.
When Ang Lee said that it was perfect, he was not referring to the scenery, but the terrain of the valley. Other than two areas that were relatively flat, the rest were cliffs that were difficult to climb. It was a relatively closed environment. This was very beneficial for the wild boar that Ang Lee envisioned.
"Gwangbyeong Of Gojoseon, don't you think that this valley is a little too closed? Moreover, the area is large enough to raise a few thousand wild boars. There is absolutely no pressure at all. There won't even be a need to feed them. The wild boars raised in the wild will definitely be of high quality. There shouldn't be much difference between them and wild boars. "
Ang Lee voiced his thoughts.
Li Yu heard that and carefully observed the terrain of the valley. He nodded in agreement and said, "Assistant Minister Li is right. The terrain of this valley is very steep. As long as a few areas are enclosed, it will become a closed valley. Assistant Minister Li, do you really want to raise wild boars here?"
"Let's start with wild boars, followed by pheasants. After that, we will raise more wild animals to satisfy the demand of the large number of restaurants in the capital. At the same time, we can also attract more people to join the business of raising wild animals and gradually eliminate the situation of hunting in the deep mountains."
Ang Lee opened his mouth and said.
Even though he felt that even if there were people raising wild animals, it would still be difficult to prevent people from hunting in the mountains. However, as long as there were more people raising wild animals, the cost and price of wild animals would be greatly reduced. Then, the benefits that could be obtained from hunting would be greatly suppressed. In this way, many people who saw no hope would change their profession to do other things. They would go to whichever industry that made more money. The remaining few people who insisted on hunting would naturally be able to reduce the damage that they could cause to wild animals.
Li Yu frowned as he looked at the huge valley and said, "There may be wild animals in such a large valley. Before we start raising them, we must drive out all the wild animals in this valley. Only then can we be at ease to raise them."
For wild boars, small wild animals were not worth mentioning at all. However, Ang Lee also wanted to raise small wild animals like pheasants in addition to large and ferocious animals like wild boars. Once there were wild animals like foxes in the valley, there would be fewer and fewer pheasants. Then, there would be no way to provide food for the capital's dining table.
How could Ang Lee not consider this problem? Before he decided to raise them, Ang Lee had already thought about this problem. He had to fully understand the situation of the breeding area. He could not be careless in the slightest to avoid disastrous consequences.
As for the construction of the valley, in addition to building walls at a slower location, he also needed to build a few monitoring points inside. They could also be understood as watchtowers. People could clearly see a large area nearby when standing on them. In this way, if anything happened, he could respond in time.
Of course, the breeding needed employees, and the employees needed to live in this area for a long time. Therefore, in a suitable location in the valley, he also needed to build a staff dormitory building. Other functional buildings could not be left out.
However, in order to maintain the scenery of Mount Li, these buildings had to be camouflaged to a certain extent. From afar, it would appear as if there were no buildings in the valley. Or rather, the buildings would blend well with the surrounding scenery. It would not be too dazzling, but it would make people feel that the buildings grew out of the valley.
In addition to building the necessary facilities, a certain amount of arable land needed to be cultivated in many places in the valley, mainly to plant sweet potatoes and corn. These high-yield crops from America had very low nutritional requirements for the land. Even if the land was very barren, they could still produce high yields of food. Moreover, the consumption of labor was very small. They only needed to plant the crops, remove the weeds occasionally, and manage it a little. It was definitely not like rice, which required a lot of labor.
"Of course, all the wild beasts have to be eliminated. In addition, not only do we raise wild boars and other wild animals here, but I also plan to build this place into a tourist and sightseeing area. Some wooden air corridors will be built inside. People who want to see the scenery can walk on the air corridors and look at the surrounding situation from above. It will definitely feel good to see wild boars eating grass below."
Ang Lee expressed his idea. This thing was very common in later generations. Even in the Tang Empire, there were such facilities in the imperial palace and Furong Garden.
"Building an air corridor is a good idea. However, the supporting pillars must be very strong. Otherwise, if the wild boars get angry and break the pillars, it will be troublesome."
Li Yu said.
Ang Lee had naturally thought of this problem long ago. He said, "There are many big trees in the valley. We can rely on the big trees and use the trunks of the big trees as pillars. In addition, places where there are no big trees, we can use reinforced concrete pillars to ensure that the wild boars will find their teeth on the ground after hitting them. Also, the color of the cement is not good. After the pillars are erected, we need to apply some materials on the surface to make the cement pillars look like tree trunks. This will make the pillars more beautiful and integrate into the valley."
In fact, it wasn't very difficult to make a simulated tree bark. There wasn't much technical difficulty. Anyway, it just needed to be made to be similar to the color of the tree bark. It just needed to look like real tree bark from afar. If it really couldn't be done, some climbing plants could be planted below it. After the climbing plants completely wrapped the tree trunk, naturally, there was no need to care about whether the tree bark looked like real tree bark or not.
The road of the air corridor must be made of wood. This kind of material was the most comfortable to walk on. The bottom of the wood could be supported by metal and steel beams. After all, metal was much stronger than wood. It was more convenient to connect them, so the construction could be carried out faster.
As for the guardrails on both sides, Ang Lee thought that ropes would be enough. This way, the cost would be lower. Moreover, it would greatly improve the construction progress. Anyway, as long as the road was stable, it did not matter whether the guardrails were hard or not. It would be fine as long as people would not fall down.
In other words, the breeding base built by Ang Lee was a comprehensive experimental area that integrated planting, breeding, education, viewing, and scientific research. It had very powerful functions and had a very high guiding value for the future development of the special breeding industry in the Tang Empire.
Listening to the blueprint built by Ang Lee, Li Yu's heart was full of longing. He supported Ang Lee's decision very much and was willing to help Ang Lee.
While Ang Lee and Li Yu were chatting, the children were playing nearby. They were in groups of three to five. Under the protection of the guards, they were moving in a limited area. No one was allowed to leave the absolutely safe area to avoid safety problems.
The scenery of Mount Li was really beautiful. The children were so happy that they almost forgot the time. As the sun gradually moved to the west, they were about to leave the beautiful Mount Li and return to the closed Baisun Courtyard.
"Father, are you going to raise pheasants in this valley? What if the pheasants fly away? "
The Tang Er was tired of playing. He ran to Ang Lee and asked coquettishly.
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