The first year of the establishment of the Fuji Tribe, July 26th.

"Chief, the road to the river has been opened."

In the bamboo house, Uncaria stood in front of Jiang Xuan, and reported to him very excitedly.

More than a month ago, Jiang Xuan asked them to open a road directly to the river and clean up all the shrubs, reeds, weeds, etc. on the road.

In fact, when the vine tribe opened up the cultivated land, it had already left a road about three meters wide in the center of the cultivated land. Now it is just a road that continues to be opened along this road.

The reason for opening a road to the river is that with the increase of population, food consumption is also very high, and the fishing catches in the stream are no longer enough to meet the demand.

After the road is opened, the Vine Tribe can try fishing by the river.

This river is more than 20 meters wide and has a deep water. Because it has not been caught, the river has a lot of fish resources.

If the fishing industry can be developed smoothly, the fish in this river alone can feed a lot of people.

After Jiang Xuan's order was issued, Uncaria led five or six people and used excavation, chopping, burning and other methods to finally open up the road.

"Thank you for your hard work, let's take me to see."

Jiang Xuan walked outside, and Uncaria followed closely behind.

The place where the bamboo house is located has a relatively high terrain and the open land is relatively low. You can see the situation of most of the open land at a glance from the front of the bamboo house.

When Jiang Xuan looked around, the first thing he saw was a large pond, which was arranged downward in a step-like shape, spread all the way to the open fields, about 30 acres. The crops in the fields had grown lushly and looked very gratifying.

Further ahead is a large open land in the shape of a half-moon, with a large number of shrubs, reeds, and weeds, lush and green.

In the center of the croplands and open land, there is a road about three meters wide, starting from the front of the bamboo house and extending forward for hundreds of meters to the riverside.

Although this road is not big, and even many places are blocked by tall plants and trees, it connects the bamboo house and the river, which is of great significance.

When people from the Vine Tribe think of the river, they don’t have to overcome all obstacles and spend a lot of time walking along the way.

As the saying goes, to get rich, build roads first. This principle applies here.

After Jiang Xuan finished reading it, he took Uncared on this road.

He walked past the pond, through the fields, and followed the road into a large open area.

The surrounding plants are very tall, the road is bumpy, not flat, and there are many tree stumps on the ground, but Jiang Xuan is still very excited.

"Crazy"

Walking through hundreds of meters of open land and through the tall reeds, Jiang Xuan and Uncaria finally arrived on the gravel-covered river beach.

In front of me is a small river more than 20 meters wide. The river water is constantly rushing, and the river water is relatively clear, and countless fish are swimming around.

Not far away, a group of water birds were swimming in shallow water, and from time to time they got into the water to eat small fish and shrimps, and they didn't run away when people came.

"Hey, that water bird looks a bit like a duck!" Jiang Xuan exclaimed.

The beaks of this kind of water bird are flat like ducks, with colorful feathers on their bodies, large in size, and look fatter.

"Chief, what is a duck?" Uncaria never heard of the word.

"The duck is..."

Jiang Xuan suddenly didn't know how to explain, so he said vaguely: "It's just a water bird with better meat and can lay eggs."

"Oh." Uncarina scratched his head, instinctively feeling that it was not that simple, but he did not continue to ask.

Jiang Xuan looked at this water bird that was much larger than a duck, and his eyes were shining.

After July, although the weather is still hot, the world is entering autumn, as more than 30 acres of crops planted in the fields are gradually beginning to mature.

At the same time, the caves dug by Dajiao are getting bigger and bigger, and more bugs are growing.

After sufficient food, the vine tribe has the conditions to start aquaculture.

Jiang Xuan has been thinking about what animals should be better for the vine tribe to tame.

For animals, he first thought of a big bamboo rat on the mountain, because bamboo rats are vegetarian and have very mixed foods.

It not only eats bamboo, but also reeds, small shrubs, various plant tuber, leaves, vines, etc. It has an extremely wide source of food.

In addition, big bamboo rats are less likely to get sick, are easy to feed, have strong reproductive ability, and have a lot of meat, making them very good breeding targets.

As for birds, Jiang Xuan initially chose a kind of pheasant in the bamboo forest, and some time ago he caught a few cubs to raise them.

But what is embarrassing is that the cubs were very fragile after they left the female bird and were accidentally raised to death, which also declared that the first breeding of the vine tribe failed.

Now, Jiang Xuan has set his sights on this kind of water bird that looks like a large wild duck again.

Compared with pheasants, water birds have obvious wider food properties, stronger disease resistance, and can independently go to the water to feed.

As long as the waters are wide enough, they don’t even have to feed them much food, they can eat enough in the water themselves.

"Let me find a way to catch a few and try breeding!"

Jiang Xuan licked his lips. If this water bird really has a similar habit to a duck, he is very sure to tame it.

Even if the first generation cannot be tamed, lock them up and let them breed the second generation and feed them from childhood, they can still be tamed into poultry.

Of course, there are certain difficulties in this process and need to be overcome patiently.

"Crazy..."

A ferocious big fish in the water approached the group of water birds without realizing it, and suddenly rushed out of the water, opened its bloody mouth, trying to bite one of them.

“Gagaha…”

These water birds were very alert. When the big fish rushed out of the water, they had already flew up and made panic screams.

The big fish bit the empty handed, swung its tail, and swam quickly to the deep water area. The duck-like water birds escaped into the reeds, obviously being surprised.

Their sounds really look like ducks calling, and their feet are also webbed feet, which makes Jiang Xuan even more excited.

"Go back."

Jiang Xuan planned to go back and call Chishao. It would be difficult to catch the alive water bird. In this regard, Chishao is more mature.

Jiang Xuan and Uncaria immediately returned to the Vine Tribe. Then, Jiang Xuan told Chishao about the idea of ​​catching the water bird alive.

"Since that the water birds have crawled into the reeds, it means they usually live in that place."

Chishao thought for a while and said, "Overyone eats insects, let's do it. Go find big horns and ask for some insects. We go to the reeds to set up some lasso traps to try to catch them alive."

Uncaria was very interested in catching water birds, and he said excitedly: "I'll go and ask for bugs."

After saying that, Uncaria ran to the place where the big horns were raising insects.

Chishao said, "I'll get some ropes and branches."

Soon, Uncaria came back with a dozen fat white insects, while Red Peony prepared some bark-woven ropes and tough branches.

Bringing these things with them, the group came to the river again, preparing to set up a lasso trap and capture the water birds that looked like ducks alive.

Red peony walks along the river beach covered with mud and sand and gravel to the outside of the reed where the water birds hide.

She observed the ground and found a lot of footprints and feces, under the reeds, and some paths that water birds often drilled.

"The reeds are too dense and it is difficult to put lassoes, but we can put them in places where water birds often move, and the effect is the same."

Next to the red peony reed bushes, outside the path that water birds often drill, they first inserted a thick and tough branch, then tied a rope, and carefully arranged a lasso trap.

Then, she placed two large worms killed in the middle of the lasso trap.

To be on the safe side, Chishao put three lasso traps in total, all on the paths that water birds often walk on.

"Okay, now we'll hide next to you and wait for these water birds to come out."

Chishao, Jiang Xuan and Gou Ni returned to the other side of the road and waited quietly.

Hunting is a life that requires patience. If you want to catch prey alive, you need enough patience.

If they don't stay here, they choose to go back and wait.

Then, the lasso trap may hit the water bird's neck and hang it up. By the time they come, the water bird will either be dead or eaten by other predators.

Therefore, they can only wait patiently.

While waiting, Jiang Xuan continued to observe the river. He found that some fish in the river were ridiculously large and swam in the river from time to time. Only a large black shadow could be seen from the water surface.

These big fish are very ferocious. They not only eat small fish in the river, but also birds that are foraging by the water are often eaten by the big fish.

In addition to these big fish, Jiang Xuan also saw a water beast chasing the small fish in the river.

In the water, the water beast looks very large, with limbs and a long tail, and looks a bit like an otter.

Jiang Xuan sighed: "There seems to be more prey in this river than in the forest."

Chishao said: "Maybe it's because the forest is larger and the wild beasts are more scattered. The fish and water beasts in these rivers have a smaller range of movement, so it seems that there are more people."

“It makes sense.”

Jiang Xuan agrees with Chishao's statement. After all, it is because the fish in the river have relatively small space for movement. If they are in the sea, the situation will be different.

Uncaria asked, "Chief, will we fish in the river in the future?"

"You can set up some fishing traps on the river beach to lure the fish over. The river is too dangerous and you cannot go into the water until there is no strong enough boat."

"What is a ship?"
To be continued...