The first year of the establishment of the rattan tribe, on July 26th.

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

In the bamboo house, Uncaria stood in front of Jiang Xuan and was very excited to report to him.

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

In fact, when the Teng tribe opened up the farmland, they had already left a road about three meters wide in the center of the farmland, and now they just continue to open up along this road.

The reason for opening a road to the river is because with the increase of the population, the consumption of food is also great, and the fish catch in the creek is no longer enough to meet the demand.

After the road is opened, the Vine tribe can try to fish by the river in the future.

This river is more than 20 meters wide and the water is very deep. Because it has not been fished, the fish resources in the river are very rich.

If the fishing industry can be successfully developed, the fish in this river alone can feed many people.

After Jiang Xuan's order was given, Uncaria took five or six people and used methods such as digging, chopping, and burning. It took a month and a half to finally open up this road.

"Thank you for your hard work, let's go and show me."

Jiang Xuan walked outside, followed by Uncaria.

Where the bamboo house is located, the terrain is relatively high, and the terrain of the open area is relatively low. From the front of the bamboo house, you can see most of the open area at a glance.

Jiang Xuan looked around, and the first thing he saw was a large pond, and then it was arranged in a step-like manner, and it was spread all the way to the open field. It looks very pleasing.

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

In the middle of the crop fields and open fields, there is a road about three meters wide, starting from the front of the bamboo house and extending for several hundred meters straight to the river.

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

When the people of the Vine tribe think of the river, they don't have to go all the way and spend a lot of time, just walk along the road.

As the saying goes, if you want to get rich, you need to build roads first. This principle is also applicable here.

After Jiang Xuan read it, he took Uncaria to this road.

He walked past the pond, past the crop fields, and followed the road into a large open field.

The surrounding vegetation was very tall and the road was bumpy and not smooth. There were still many tree stumps on the ground, but Jiang Xuan was still very excited.

"Crash"

After walking through hundreds of meters of open space and through tall reeds, Jiang Xuan and Uncaria finally came to the gravel-covered river beach.

In front is a small river more than 20 meters wide. The river water is running non-stop. The river water is relatively clear, and countless fish swim in it.

Not far away, there is a group of water birds swimming in the shallow water. From time to time, they burrow into the water to eat small fish and shrimp, and they don't run away when people come.

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

The mouth of this water bird is flat like that of ducks, and the feathers on its body are colorful. It is very large and looks fat.

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

"Duck is..."

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

"Oh." Uncaria scratched his head and instinctively felt that it was not that simple, but he did not continue to ask.

Jiang Xuan looked at this waterfowl, which was much larger than a duck, and his eyes were shining.

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

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

After the food is sufficient, the Vine tribe will have the conditions to develop aquaculture.

Jiang Xuan has been pondering which animals should be domesticated by the rattan tribe.

Animals, he first thought of a large bamboo rat on the mountain, because the bamboo rat is vegetarian and has a very mixed diet.

It not only eats bamboo, but also reeds, small shrubs, various plant tubers, leaves, vines, etc., and its food sources are extremely wide.

In addition, the giant bamboo rat is less likely to get sick, it is easy to feed, has a strong reproductive ability, and has a lot of meat, so it is a very good breeding object.

As for poultry, Jiang Xuan first chose a pheasant in the bamboo forest, and some time ago he also caught a few cubs back to raise.

But what is embarrassing is that after the cubs were separated from the mother bird, they were very fragile, and they were accidentally raised to death, which also announced the first failure of the vine tribe to breed.

Now, Jiang Xuan is eyeing this water bird that looks like a large wild duck.

Compared with pheasants, water birds have a wider range of diets, stronger disease resistance, and can autonomously go to the water for food.

As long as the water is wide enough, they don't even need to feed them much food, and they can feed themselves in the water.

"Find a way, catch a few and go back to try breeding!"

Jiang Xuan licked his lips, if this water bird really has similar habits to ducks, he is very sure that he can tame it.

Even if the first generation cannot be tamed, lock them up and let them breed the second generation, which can be tamed into poultry by feeding them from childhood.

Of course, in this process, there must be difficulties, which need to be overcome with patience.

"Whoa..."

There was a ferocious big fish in the water that approached the group of water birds unknowingly, and suddenly rushed out of the water, opening its **** mouth, trying to bite one of them.

"Quack quack..."

These water birds were very vigilant. When the big fish rushed out of the water, they had already flew up and made a panicked cry.

The big fish took a bite, flicked its tail, and quickly swam into the deep water, while the duck-like water birds fled into the reeds, obviously surprised.

Their voices were really like ducks, and their feet were also webbed, which made Jiang Xuan even more excited.

"Go, go back."

Jiang Xuan planned to go back and call Chishao. It would be difficult to catch this kind of waterfowl alive. In this respect, Chishao is relatively familiar.

Jiang Xuan and Uncaria immediately returned to the Teng tribe. After that, Jiang Xuan told Chi Shao about the idea of catching the waterfowl alive.

"Since the waterfowl got into the reeds, it means that they usually live there."

Chishao thought for a while, and said, "Ordinary birds eat worms, so let's go to Dajiao and ask for some worms. Let's go to the reeds and set up some lasso traps to see if we can catch them alive."

Uncaria was very interested in catching waterfowl, he said excitedly, "I'll go ask for bugs."

After saying that, Uncaria swiftly ran to the place where Dajiao kept insects.

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

Soon, Uncaria came back with a dozen plump white bugs, while Chishao prepared some ropes woven from bark and tough branches.

Bringing these things, the group came to the river again, ready to set up lasso traps and catch those duck-like water birds alive.

Chishao walked along the sand and gravel beach to the outside of the reed where the waterfowl were hiding.

She observed on the ground and found a lot of footprints and feces, and under the reeds, there were also some paths often drilled by water birds.

"The reeds are too dense to put a lasso, but we can put it where water birds often move, and the effect is the same."

Next to the red peony reeds, outside the path often drilled by waterfowl, a thick and tough branch was first inserted, then tied with a rope, and a lasso trap was carefully arranged.

Then, she placed two large pinched bugs in the middle of the lasso trap.

To be on the safe side, Chishao set up three lasso traps, all on the path that the waterfowl often walk.

"Okay, now let's hide aside and wait for these water birds to come out."

Chi Shao, Jiang Xuan, and Uncaria returned to the other side of the road and waited quietly.

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

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

Then, the noose trap might have caught the waterfowl by the neck, hoisting the waterfowl up, and by the time they came, the waterfowl was either 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. They were swimming in the river from time to time, and only a large black shadow could be seen from the water.

These big fish are very ferocious. They not only eat small fish in the river, but even birds that forage by the water are sometimes eaten by big fish.

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

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

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

Chishao said: "It may be because the forest is relatively large and the beasts are scattered. The fish and aquatic beasts in these rivers have a relatively small range of activities, and they seem to be more numerous."

"It makes sense."

Jiang Xuan agrees with Chishao's statement. In the final analysis, it is because the fish in the river has a relatively small living space. If they are in the sea, the situation will be different.

Uncaria asked, "Boss, are we going to fish in the river in the future?"

"You can set up some fishing traps on the beach to attract fish. The river is too dangerous to go into the water without a strong enough boat."

"What is a ship?"

Uncle Teng found that Jiang Xuan said words that he had never heard before.

Chi Shao also looked at Jiang Xuan, hoping that he would explain.

Since Jiang Xuan made up a story of a mysterious witch who imparted knowledge to him through dreams, Chishao would not feel strange no matter what he said.

Jiang Xuan thought for a while, pointed to a piece of driftwood by the river, and said, "Did you see that piece of wood?"

"I see." Uncaria nodded.

"A boat is a water tool made of many pieces of wood. It can float on the water, and people can sit on it and paddle the water to control the direction of the boat."

Jiang Xuan used a small wooden stick to draw a simple boat with oars on the ground, so that Chishao and Uncaria could understand what the boat might look like.

"With the boat, we can fish in the water, and we can go further along the river."

Uncaria's eyes lit up and said, "Boss, will our tribe have ships in the future?"

Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "Yes, as long as the tribe grows and develops, everything will be there."

Just as Jiang Xuan was describing the prospect of the tribe, suddenly, there was a sound of flapping wings from the reeds.

"It's set!"

Chi Shao immediately ran towards the noose trap, followed by Jiang Xuan and Uncaria.

Soon, they saw a water bird that triggered a trap and flapped its wings desperately to escape.

The waterfowl apparently stretched its neck to eat the worm in the middle of the trap, then triggered the trap, got a rope around its neck, and the tough branches bounced and hung it up.

But the more it struggled, the tighter the rope around its neck became, and the throat couldn't even make a sound.

Chishao walked over and grabbed the waterfowl's wings with both hands, preventing it from flapping.

"Boss, tie its feet quickly."

"it is good!"

Jiang Xuan took out a rope from the animal skin bag he carried with him and tied the waterfowl's two webbed feet together so that it could no longer walk.

Uncaria untied the noose on the neck of the waterfowl to prevent the waterfowl from suffocating to death.

Afterwards, the water bird was put into the big animal skin bag brought by Chishao.

The water bird was very panicked in the animal skin bag, but its feet were tied and its wings could not be spread, so it could only dig its head into the corner.

Chi Shao tied the mouth of the animal skin bag, and said happily, "I'm lucky, I caught one alive so quickly."

Jiang Xuan lifted the animal skin bag and estimated that this water bird should weigh more than ten pounds.

In addition to being relatively large, this water bird is really like a duck in other aspects.

Jiang Xuan noticed that the feathers on this water bird are intertwined with various colors, which is very beautiful.

He thought about it for a while~www.mtlnovel.com~ and said, "Since I brought it back to domesticate it, I must have a name. Its feathers are colorful, so I'll call it the colorful duck in the future."

"Five-colored duck, this name is not bad." Chi Shao felt that Jiang Xuan's name was very appropriate.

Uncaria also agreed.

Chishao looked at the colorful ducks in the animal skin bag and said, "I caught one today. Those colorful ducks shouldn't come out from here. Let's go back first, and set up traps tomorrow."

"it is good."

Jiang Xuan and the three temporarily removed the other two lasso traps, and then returned to the tribe with the captured colorful ducks.

After returning to the tribe, the first thing Jiang Xuan did was to weave a large rectangular cage with rattan, spread some hay in it, and then tied one foot of the colorful duck with rope and kept it in the cage. on.

In the next few days, Chishao caught three more colorful ducks one after another, and they were all raised by Jiang Xuanguan in the same cage. They were usually fed some bugs, small fish, shrimps and water plants.

Strange to say.

When there was only one multicolored duck in the cage, it was obviously depressed, had a low appetite, was also very lethargic, and was always quacking.

But when the four colorful ducks were kept together, although they were barking, their spirits were obviously much better and their appetites were stronger.

Sure enough, social animals all need company.

This made Jiang Xuan heave a sigh of relief, and finally he no longer had to worry about not being able to support himself.

The next step is the patient domestication process.

Because all the adult multicolored ducks were caught, it was impossible to tame them directly. Jiang Xuan could only pin his hopes on their next generation.

As long as these four colorful ducks are raised well, when they lay eggs, hatch ducklings, and contact people from childhood, they can gradually be domesticated into poultry.