Chapter 358: Training the head first when taming an animal
Gongye followed the old man to a large courtyard. In this large yard were flowers that never faded all year round, eight-segmented immortal grass, hundreds of flowers blooming, and hundreds of birds singing! Gongye felt like he was in Penglai Wonderland!
In the courtyard, there are green pines and green cypresses, birds singing and the fragrance of flowers, and there are countless bird cages. The birds inside have colorful feathers and chirp very pleasantly. The old man said: "Listen to what these birds say."
Gong Yechang shook his head and said, "I don't understand!"
The old man then told him what he said in a rough voice and what he said in a soft voice... Gongye stood under the tree for a long time, and the more he listened, the more interesting he became. He not only listened, but also imitated the sounds of birdsong. He listened continuously here.
A few days later, the old man taught him many tricks to learn the songs of birds. It didn’t take long for Chang Gongye to understand them all. From then on, Chang Gongye went to the mountains to collect firewood every morning. While collecting firewood, he listened to the birds singing.
say.
On this day, two old crows landed on the tree and screamed "cuckoo, cuckoo" at Mr. Gongye. Mr. Gongye understood it as soon as he heard it. The crows said: "Chang Gongye, Gongye
"Chief, the old sheep died in Nanshan. You eat the meat and I eat the intestines."
Gongye was dubious, so he went to Nanshan and saw that there was really a sheep! The sheep was killed by a vicious wolf, and its throat was bitten off. Maybe a passerby frightened the wolf away, and the dead sheep was thrown away.
When they arrived at Shanpo, Chang Gongye happily carried the sample back home.
After arriving home, Gongye's biological mother asked him: "Son, you can't take ill-gotten gains. Whose sheep is this that you stole back?"
Gong Yechang explained: "My son understands the language of birds. It was the crow that told me."
"Oh, that's good, that's good." Gongye's mother was very happy. They took off the sheep's skin and ate the meat for seven or eight days. After taking out the intestines, they threw it into the mountain stream, because Gongye's mother was very happy.
Ye Chang forgot what the crow said.
When Chang Gongye's mother found out, she complained to Chang Gongye: "Son, how could you break your promise?!"
"I'll remember it next time," Gongye said.
On this day, Gongye went up the mountain to collect firewood again, and the two crows started talking again. The two crows croaked: "Gongye, Gongye, an old goat died in Xishan. You eat the meat, and I eat the intestines."
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Gongye remembered it and apologized hurriedly: "Oh, brother Crow, I'm so sorry. I asked me to throw away the intestines of the sheep last time, but I forgot about it. I will remember it this time. Don't worry.
No matter what, I'll leave those intestines and stomach to you this time."
In order not to break his promise, Chief Gongye hurriedly ran to Xishan. From a distance, he saw two people standing there looking down at the ground. Chief Gongye thought someone had seen the dead goat and was afraid that others would take it away, so he shouted as he walked:
"It's mine, I beat him to death, I beat him to death!"
The two men heard this and asked from a distance: "Did you beat him to death?"
"Ah, I was the one who beat him to death." Chang Gongye responded.
"Okay then, you can fight this lawsuit!" The iron chain shook and locked up Chief Gongye. Chief Gongye was stunned for a moment. He lowered his head and looked, oh! There was a body lying on the ground.
The man's body was beaten to death. The two men were arrested by the Yamen to handle the case. They were worried that they could not find the murderer. Chief Gongye said that he was beaten to death, so he was taken to the Yamen.
This county magistrate was considered an upright official. After Chief Gongye was brought, the county magistrate asked Chief Gongye: "Why did you kill someone?"
Gongye couldn't recognize him and said, "I am a disciple of Confucius. How dare I kill someone? I didn't kill him."
The two police officers said, "He did it. If he stayed away, he would say he was the one who beat him to death. Why don't you admit it?"
The county magistrate nodded and asked: "Yes, then why did you say you were the one who killed him?"
Gongye said: "I thought it was an old goat."
The county magistrate asked again: "You were not at the scene, how did you know that the dead goat was an old goat?"
Gong Yechang replied: "Because I understand the language of birds. An old crow told me that there is an old goat in the Western Mountains."
The county magistrate heard this and was dubious. Because he was a Qing palace official, he wanted to test Gongye Chang to see if he really understood bird songs or was deceiving himself. When the county magistrate looked up, he saw a bird's nest under the eaves, and there were people living in it.
Lao Yan and Xiao Yan, Lao Yan went to get food.
The county magistrate thought: "I took out the little swallow and hid it. Let's see what the old swallow will call him when he comes back. Let's see if Mr. Gongye understands bird songs." The county magistrate thought about this, so he asked the messenger to take out the little swallow.
It was six little swallows. The county magistrate took the little swallows and locked them in the box. At this time, the two old swallows came back and couldn't find the little swallows. They were "chirping" in the yard. The little swallows were in the cabinet.
Also called, Lao Yan was so anxious when he heard it that he couldn't get it done.
The county magistrate asked someone to bring Mr. Gongye. It was not long before Mr. Gongye came. The county magistrate asked: "Chief Gongye, look, what did the old Yan on the eaves say? I'm right and I'll let you go."
If you say it’s not true, you are the one who killed this person.”
Chief Gongye was amused and said hurriedly: "Return to your lord, Lao Yan said, what is wrong with the county magistrate and the palace? Lock my six children in the cabinet?" When the county magistrate heard this, Gongye
Chang really understands the song of birds! So he took Xiaoyan out, put it back in the nest, rewarded Chang Gongye with two taels of silver, and let him go.
After the story was told, Lu Zhi said again: "Chief Gongye can understand the song of birds, can't you train this ox well and go into battle? My child, kung fu is not a loss, as long as you work hard, you can succeed."
After listening to what Lu Zhi said, Zuo Aoran nodded and thought to himself: "Yes, people can understand the language of birds, but can't I understand the language of animals? The calf that is born does not understand anything when it grows up.
After that, you can pull carts on arable land, which is also tame!" Thinking of this, Zuo Aoran said: "Master Lu, please remember this."
Zuo Aoran ordered Moriba to select 200 shrewd and capable Wuhuan warriors from more than 500 Wuhuan warriors and let them serve as cattle officers, because the cattle were raised by them, and in terms of closeness, let the Wuhuan people train them.
The yak is dominant.
He also asked his senior brother Gongsun Zan's general Yan Gang to invite the best blacksmith in the army. Yan Gang knew the seriousness of the matter and went to select it himself. After a while, he invited the best blacksmith in the city. This master blacksmith was more than 40 years old.
He is 2 years old and has a very good physique. His nickname is Li Jiagang.
When Li Gangang came in, he didn't understand etiquette and asked directly: "Generalissimo, do you want to make a knife or forge a sword?"
Zuo Aoran was not surprised and asked with a smile: "Master blacksmith, what's your last name?"
"My surname is Li, and I have a nickname called Li Jiagang!" Li Jiagang said in a rough voice.
"Oh, this is a good name!" After a pause, Zuo Aoran said: "You give me five hundred pairs of cow-ear sharp knives. You must remember them well. The steel mouth must be good. The lower end of the sharp knife must be made into a cylinder shape so that it can be sheathed on the cow.
You can measure the size on the corner of the chair yourself. If you can't get it from your home, call all the blacksmiths in the city to work. If the steel mouth is not good, I will not only not give you a penny, but I will also test it with you!
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Li Gangang was happy and said: "Generalissimo, don't worry, it's just a sharp knife! That's right, I will send you five pairs first, let you take a look and try it out, is it okay?
No, how about another five hundred?"
"Okay! Okay! That's it!" Zuo Aoran said.
Li Jiagang measured the size of the sharp knife drawn by Zuo Aoran, and then measured the size of the horns of the yak, and then left. Zuo Aoran asked someone to find the most famous paper maker, who was popular among the people in ancient times.
, what is called paper-making, car-making, cattle-making, treasury, silver-treasury, jade girl, golden boy, etc. There is one of the most famous people in the city named Zhang Qiaoshou.
Zhang Qiaoshou came, and Zuo Aoran said to him: "This time, don't fool the cow into the horse. You tie up the straw for me, and the paper man, you have to make it look special for me."
"Golden boy or jade girl?" Zhang Qiaoshou asked.
Zuo Aoran said: "Have you seen the soldiers of Xianbei and Xiongnu?"
"I've seen it before!" Zhang Qiaoshou said.
Zuo Aoran said: "By the way, make this paper man look like the Xianbei and Huns soldiers and generals. Put on the clothes and make them as tall as a real person. I want a hundred first. Remember, the belly
It needs to be empty and can be opened.”
Zhang Qiaoshou nodded and said: "Well, okay, I'll make a fool of myself first and let the marshal take a look at it first."
Zuo Aoran drew the pattern again, pointed out the dimensions, sent someone to buy the beans, fried them in a pot, rolled them into dough, rolled the grass into thin pieces, passed it through a sieve, and then used the bean flour
Mix it together, and the ingredients will be fragrant. Divide the two handfuls of grass into piles, and wrap each package with paper. There are more than a hundred packages wrapped.
Four days later, Li Gangang sent a hundred pairs of sharp-edged knives, put them in front of Zuo Aoran, and said, "Marshal, take a look, how is the steel mouth?"
Zuo Aoran took a look and thought: "Not bad!" He smiled and nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Okay, great, just like this, I want five hundred pairs, do you hear me."
"Okay, that's it." Li Gangang said.
Just as Li Jiangang was about to leave, Zuo Aoran stopped him and told him: "Li Jiangang, my bull's head looks like a dragon's horn. Please think about what kind of shape you should give it."
"Okay." Li Jiagang turned and left.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Qiaoshou delivered a hundred paper figures, pulled by a cart, for Zuo Aoran to take a look at. Zuo Aoran went outside to take a look. The pasted paper figures were standing in a long row in the distance.
The craftsmanship of the paper man is really good. He has a wooden frame and is tied with straw handles. The head is made of paper. He also has eyebrows, eyes, beard, hat, clothes, sword and bow.
, hanging an arrow, holding a weapon in his hand, grinning, just like the real thing.
Zuo Aoran looked quite satisfied and thought to himself: "It would be great if Jiang Yiqu was here. This paper man will definitely look more like a real person than a real person!" Zuo Aoran thought of Jiang Yiqu's fake sledgehammer.
But it was a surprise! Nodding, Zuo Aoran said: "Okay, just do this! I want five hundred, if I don't have enough, I'll ask you again!" Zhang Qiaoshou turned around and left.
The training of the oxen began. Zuo Aoran gave instructions from the side and called on the capable soldiers to open the belly of the grass man and put in the bag of fodder mixed with soybean flour. The outside was covered with cardboard.
The straw man stood in the yard and looked for something to hold up behind to prevent him from being knocked over. This was the time to train the oxen.
This is a hard skill! That old cow has a very stubborn temper and is not easy to train at all. Zuo Aoran commanded his soldiers in the courtyard and asked them to wear the military uniforms and armor of the Han Dynasty.
Let Lao Niu get to know him well, this is one of our own - Bie Ding. He also asked Lao Niu to get to know the straw men, who are the soldiers of Xianbei and Huns. Lao Niu didn't understand at first!? He kept shouting in the courtyard.
, not willing to do anything.
Zuo Aoran ordered each soldier to lead a cow and go to the grass man's side to butt it. He also asked the soldiers to be careful not to hurt the cow, and he also put the cow's ear-pointed knife on the cow's horns.
, first pull out ten cows, put sharp knives on them, and then lead them to the paper-made Xianbei and Huns soldiers. This means that these old cows use their horns to push the grass man's belly, and carry them with them on their horns.
, they were disemboweled as soon as they were opened, but these paper figures looked so real that even the old cow didn’t dare to go past them. He was so frightened that he pointed back and meditated on the slope.
