Chapter 196: The pig that escaped from low-level taste
"Quick, quick, catch the piglet!"
In the woods, Uncaria put down his horn and ran excitedly towards the nearest trap.
This trap is actually a rectangular pit, which is very flat. After the little wild boar stumbles and falls, it cannot even turn around, and there is not much room to move forward or back.
However, don't underestimate the giant wild boar, even if it is just a cub that is close to being weaned.
"Whoosh!"
A young wild boar jumped up from the pit and tried to escape.
However, just as it jumped up, a large net shrouded it, directly covering the young wild boar that jumped out of the pit.
To catch wild boar cubs, traps only separate them from the herd. Rope nets are the best way to capture them.
After being caught in the net, the wild boar cub struggled and howled desperately. However, the giant wild boar herd had already run away, and it was impossible for any adult giant wild boar to come back to rescue it.
Wild beasts generally judge their opponents by the strength of their roars. Just now, a hunting team used more than a dozen horns to blow at the same time. Those giant wild boars must have thought they encountered a group of ferocious beasts, and they ran away without even caring about the piglets. p>
Uncaria grabbed the little wild boar's hind legs from the rope net, lifted it up, looked at it over and over, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Yes, this wild boar cub is strong and has a loud bark. I will definitely be able to feed it when I take it back."
The fur of adult giant wild boars is dark brown or black, while the fur of wild boar cubs is indeed khaki and dark brown. They have small ears, a small tail, and a short beak, and they look cuter.
Uncaria put the little wild boar into an animal skin bag. This kind of animal skin bag has relatively large needle holes and is not airtight, so there is no need to worry about the little wild boar being suffocated to death.
Afterwards, he moved on and continued to capture small wild boars with other soldiers in the hunting team.
After catching them, Uncaria put together the small wild boars caught by the hunting team and counted them twice carefully.
"We caught twenty-one in total. Not bad. Let's catch some more prey and bring them back with these wild boar cubs."
The capture of giant wild boar cubs was a success, without any accidents, and Uncaria was in a good mood.
They spent another half day hunting before returning to the tribe with the piglets.
After returning to the tribe, the wild boar cubs caught by the first and second hunting teams were put together.
The first hunting team caught twenty-one, the second hunting team caught eighteen, and the Teng tribe captured a total of thirty-nine wild boar cubs.
Jiang Xuan felt very good when he saw these wild boar cubs. If they can be successfully domesticated, the Teng tribe will definitely have a large group of pigs.
By then, the problem of no oil for cooking will be solved.
"Let's go, send these little wild boars to the breeding team."
Jiang Xuan personally led people to deliver the thirty-nine wild boars to the breeding area and handed them over to Dajiao.
"These little wild boars have not yet been completely weaned. The food they are given should be finer, so it is easier to digest."
"Don't be stingy with food. The tribe is not short of food now. Let's feed these little wild boars first."
"Don't worry, chief, I will take good care of these little wild boars."
Dajiao carefully remembered everything Jiang Xuan said, and then assured Jiang Xuan.
"Well, it's not difficult to raise wild boars. You have accumulated a lot of domestication experience. I believe you will succeed."
Jiang Xuan patted Dajiao on the shoulder, then turned and left.
Dajiao led people to quickly clean out an empty pen, then spread softer hay on the ground, and then put all the little wild boars inside.
After that, he chopped some vegetable leaves and round potatoes, mixed them together, and put them into a wooden trough.
The wooden trough is made of a whole piece of large wood that is hollowed out. The breeding team now uses the wooden trough to feed livestock.
One is because the wooden trough is strong, and the other is because when food is put into the trough, it will not be scattered everywhere and is not easily wasted.
At first, those little wild boars were very scared. They all huddled up and hid in the corner, not daring to eat at all.
But they have been hungry for most of the day, and there are many piglets. There are always one or two who are bolder, or more stupid.
After Dajiao closed the pen door and left, the smell of food kept entering the little wild boar's nostrils.
The first bold little wild boar finally couldn't bear it any longer. It twitched its nose and looked around with its big eyes, and then listened carefully to what was going on outside.
After it felt safer, it walked little by little towards the wooden trough containing the food.
When it walked into the wooden trough, it still found no danger around it, so it tried to eat a small piece of round potato.
Young wild boars are born with teeth, and chewing crispy round potatoes is nothing to them.
The taste of round potatoes is sweet, which is a huge temptation for the little wild boar.
After taking a bite, it couldn't stop anymore and immediately started eating.
The other little wild boars were also very hungry. When they saw the little wild boar eating without being in danger, a few more little wild boars couldn't help it anymore.
Animals that live in groups generally have a herd mentality, and the same goes for small wild boars.
Soon, one after another, the little wild boars ran toward the wooden trough, and then started to eat one after another.
After Dajiao left for a while, he quietly returned. He lay outside the pen and saw the little wild boars eating through the gaps in the wooden wall.
This made him relieved.
The most troublesome situation for any cub caught in the mountains is that it will not eat or drink after leaving the mother.
Because if you don’t eat or drink, you will starve to death.
As long as they eat, take good care of them, and don't feed them random food, most of them can grow up smoothly.
Dajiao has tamed many small beasts. He has rich experience in this and is very confident.
Ten days later, under Dajiao's careful care, these little wild boars survived smoothly. There were some little wild boars that were injured during capture. Dajiao also applied medicine to them to help them recover from their injuries.
In the meantime, Jiang Xuan also came to visit several times and was very satisfied with the results of Dajiao's domestication.
On the fifteenth day, Jiang Xuan came again. Not only did he come, he also brought two sharp bronze knives.
Jiang Xuan handed the bronze knife to Dajiao.
"Chief, what is this?"
As the leader of the breeding team, Dajiao naturally knew about bronzes, but he didn't understand what Jiang Xuan meant by giving him two knives, because the two knives were too small.
"This is for castrating pigs."
"Grown?"
Dajiao feels a little confused. This is an area he has never heard of and has never been involved in.
"That's right, it's a castrated pig."
Jiang Xuan explained: "If you want these little wild boars to curb their wild nature, sleep more, and grow more meat in the future, you must get them out of vulgar tastes, that is, castrate them."
Jiang Xuan pointed to a small wild boar and said, "Did you see those two eggs?"
"Look...I saw..."
"Use a knife to cut it off, and then apply healing medicine on it."
"In this way, they will become more docile and will not always want to run outside."
"Don't worry about the sows either. We will keep two little boars as breeding pigs and castrate all the other little boars."
After listening to Jiang Xuan's words, Dajiao said calmly: "Chief, I have never done this kind of work!"
"I haven't done it before, but I've seen others do it, so I can teach you. Let's test it with one little boar first. If it succeeds, we will continue to castrate other little boars."
"This... okay..."
I don’t know why, but when Dajiao looked at those little boars, his eyes were filled with pity unconsciously.
Under Jiang Xuan's guidance, Dajiao tied a small wild boar to a pillar outside. Then he picked up a bronze knife and cut off the two eggs.
The little wild boar opened its mouth and howled desperately, but to no avail. It soon became a little wild boar that had escaped from its vulgar taste.
The members of the breeding team came over to watch. When many men saw this scene, they felt a chill in their crotches and felt a little awkward.
Although Dajiao has never done this kind of work, the tribesmen have been dealing with various prey for a long time, and they are no strangers to the body structure of giant wild boars.
After cutting it, he immediately applied healing medicine to the little wild boar's wound, and then put the little wild boar back into the pen.
After the little wild boar returned to the pen, he ran to the corner with a "ouch" sound, trembling because of pain and fear.
The other little wild boars also crowded together in panic, fearing that they would become the next wild boar to escape from the low-level taste.
However, Dajiao did not continue to catch the next one. He had to wait for a while to see if there would be any problems with the little wild boar that had escaped from the low-level taste.
In this way, time passed day by day.
Every day, Dajiao would apply healing medicine to the little wild boar.
Maybe it’s because the little wild boar itself is relatively strong, or maybe it’s because the big horns are well cut and the wounds are small.
After only five days, the wounds on the little wild boar's body were basically healed, and he seemed to be eating and sleeping normally.
After another five days, everything went as usual with the little wild boar, which made Dajiao breathe a sigh of relief.
This shows that there is nothing wrong with the leader’s method!
Dajiao recruited two more members of the breeding team to help. Except for the two little boars, he helped the other little boars out of their vulgar tastes and applied medicine.
In order to prevent the wounds from bleeding due to being squeezed, these castrated boars were all placed in another pen and kept in separate pens.
Perhaps because of good luck, perhaps because the techniques and healing medicine were pretty good, none of these little wild boars died because of being castrated.
This made Dajiao breathe a sigh of relief.
As the little wild boar grew up day by day, Dajiao soon saw the difference between castrated and uncastrated pigs.
Young wild boars that have been castrated are obviously much calmer than those that have not been castrated. Although they also like to play, they will not always go to the wooden door to escape.
This greatly increased Dajiao's confidence, and it opened his mind: Since wild boars are easier to raise after castration, what about other livestock, even poultry?
With this question, Dajiao found Jiang Xuan and told Jiang Xuan his question.
After Jiang Xuan heard this, he affirmed: "Other livestock and poultry can naturally be castrated. However, there is no need to castrate some, and some may die after being castrated. This is not what I understand.
A lot."
Jiang Xuan added: "You can try it yourself. Don't be afraid of mistakes or failures. If you try more and accumulate experience, you will naturally have the answer."
Dajiao nodded solemnly, and he planned to try it with a larger number of livestock after he went back.
"One more thing, try to castrate them when they are relatively small. The bigger they are, the higher the risk, but it cannot be too small. You have to master this thing yourself."
"Yes!"
After Dajiao received Jiang Xuan's answer, he returned to the breeding area in a happy mood, and then took the two bronze knives with him every day, trying to see which kind of livestock he wanted to try.
Even the members of the breeding team sometimes subconsciously avoid him because his gaze is so scary and he always looks down at people.
……
Vine Tribe Shipyard.
Since the possession of bronze tools, shipyards have been opened. However, because the people of the Vine tribe are not familiar with carpentry and cannot even make wooden boards, everything has to be started from scratch.
Tools such as bronze saws, bronze chisels, and bronze planes all require a certain amount of experience to be used skillfully.
Because of this, the progress of the shipyard is very slow.
They must first learn to use tools, then plan out pieces of wood and make the skeleton of the ship, then learn the mortise and tenon structure to join the boards together, and finally fill the gaps with isinglass or gum.
This is a relatively long process. Even if Jiang Xuan selects people who are relatively talented in carpentry, they still have to spend a lot of time studying and learning.
On September 20th, Jiang Xuan came to the shipyard again.
"Scratch scrape..."
In the shipyard, the six soldiers were busy working on their own, and they had a lot of sawdust on them.
Some of them are responsible for sawing wood, some are responsible for planing boards, and some are trying to carve out mortise and tenon structures with chisels...
At present, the number of people in the shipyard is still very small. When they figure out how to make wooden ships, Jiang Xuan will send them more people.
"Hello, chief."
The man who was sawing wood hurriedly put down the saw when he saw Jiang Xuan coming, and said hello to him nervously.
"I just came over to take a look, you are busy with your business, don't worry about me."
"Yes!"
Jiang Xuan waved his hand to him, and the soldier lowered his head and started sawing again, but because Jiang Xuan was there, his movements were not natural.
Although Jiang Xuan looks very young, no one dares to look down upon the strength of the five-color warriors and his status as a leader, and the people of the Teng tribe even worship him fanatically.
Jiang Xuan looked at it for a while and felt that this warrior was already quite proficient in using a bronze saw. At least he could cut straight and would not see it crookedly.
He walked towards the center of the shipyard again.
The skeleton of a wooden ship more than five meters long lies here quietly.
There is a curved keel at the bottom of the wooden boat from beginning to end, and on both sides of the keel are densely packed curved ribs.
The structure of the wooden boat actually imitates the body structure of snakes.
The complete snake bones and the ship's skeleton are similar, except that one is longer and the other is shorter.
It can be imagined as a huge snake, turned over, with its two ends tightened, its belly widened, and placed on the water.
Although the skeleton has been made, many areas are not up to standard and require constant improvement and repair.
It will take a long time to really build a wooden boat completely, or even launch it into the water for trial sea trials.