I spent a day playing at home with my children, and the next day, the brothers gathered at the farm as promised.
Several people called Raymond together and first visited the nearby wild goose farms, sika deer farms, black bee farms and wood frog farms.
After a whole year of hands-on breeding management last year, even Zhou Cuifen, Zhou Fangjing, Big Nose and others who could not read a single word already knew what to do when and how to do it, and things were taken care of quite well.
This year’s breeding focus is on flying dragons.
Most of the wyverns pair up successfully, except for a few who are alone. There are still differences in the proportions. Some male bachelors are single, and more female bachelors are there.
During the days of pairing, the male flying dragons fought a lot and got some injuries. During that time, Liu Bao and others who were in charge of protecting this place were frightened.
In the small woven wicker baskets set up in the breeding farm, many flying dragon eggs were laid, some as few as eight, and many as many as ten.
After hatching, the entire breeding farm suddenly became lively, and the number of animals increased from more than 800 to more than 4,000.
After these little flying dragons had adapted for a period of time, Lu Lu specially asked Wang Dalong, Bai Goucheng and others to expand the scope of some venues and separate areas. The male and female little flying dragons born this year were managed in separate areas and prepared for artificial matching next year.
Prevent this year's battles between males over mate rights from occurring and avoid casualties.
When the time comes to sell them, they will be sold in packages of male and female pairs, so that these mandarin ducks in the forest will not be alone.
"The most troublesome time is coming. The rainy season is about to begin. Big flying dragons are easy to talk about, but small flying dragons are still too fragile. If there is a sudden heavy rain, hail, or the weather suddenly cools or warms, these flying dragon seedlings will be affected.
There is a big threat.
You must always pay attention to weather changes and deal with them in time.
The area of the breeding farm needs to continue to expand, the density of flying dragons should be reduced, and the sanitation must be maintained. The feces must be cleaned and disinfected in time to prevent sudden outbreaks of plague and the like. If they die in large numbers, the losses will be huge!"
While Lu Lu was checking the situation, he explained the precautions to Liu Bao and Lin Yujuan.
As the scale of breeding continues to expand, Lin Yujuan has no time to spare every day. She is busy running around, fearing that she will be negligent and suffer from serious illness and cause losses.
Fortunately, these flying dragons can quickly form habits after being fed, and management is not particularly troublesome. They can run and fly and are in good condition.
The situation in the forest frog breeding farm is also very good. Before winter last year, a lot of male forest frogs were caught. Even though the female frogs have grown up a lot, the mud ditch environment still has enough carrying capacity.
Lu Lu specially asked people to prepare a few more rotten piles of vegetation inside to attract more insects and satisfy the forest frog's feeding needs.
Finally, several people went to the pasture where Zhao Tuanqing was guarding it alone.
When he got there, he saw him tying a horse to a wooden stake specially planted in front of the shed and leading a stallion for breeding.
The stallion is not young, but he is also quite stupid. Zhao Tuanqing can only help him manually.
The Oroqen horse is a very peculiar horse breed, and it is difficult to be affected genetically. Otherwise, Lu Lu really wants his Zhui Feng to come here to show off his talents.
Zhao Tuanqing was much better than Lu Lu in managing the Oroqen horses. With only a dozen horses, Zhao Tuanqing could easily do it alone, so Lu Lu didn't need to say anything.
Lu Lu had indeed been thinking about the problem of Oroqen horses on their way out.
We have to take advantage of their ability to travel through mountains and forests. Over the past few years, it seems that they can play a good role in tourism. Riding Oroqen horses through mountains and forests must be a feeling that many people like to experience. Forestry inspections also have some experience with Oroqen horses.
The needs of horses and hunting grounds.
Lu Lu immediately thought of the Taoshan Hunting Ground that was approved for construction this year. It had Oroqen style. How could it not include Oroqen horses? He was going to find an opportunity to ask.
It is easy to say things, but to actually implement them, every step is difficult, and there are still many things that need to be done.
A group of people came here, and the most important thing was to chat with Zhao Tuanqing. He liked the life here very much, and only went back every three to five to see his grandchildren.
As for the bee farm, it was all left to Meng Zhaohua and Pu Guiying.
When to add honeycombs to the beehives, and how to manage pests and diseases, both of them have no big problems. They really don’t understand, and Chen Xiuyu is at home.
With Lu Lu personally teaching her, Chen Xiuyu was able to take charge of beekeeping on her own, but her ability to learn words was really difficult.
He obviously looked very smart and showed a lot of interest in character recognition, but after such a long time, he still couldn't master pinyin, which gave Lu Lu a headache. He had time to teach him in the evening.
"Ah oh uh", but the overall recognition and pronunciation of syllables, front nasal rhymes and back nasal rhymes are confused.
Maybe there were a lot of complicated things at home, but she was still too distracted, so Lu Lu could only let her take her time.
After the inspection, Lu Lu arranged a lot of things to be done and rectified for a group of people.
Raymond even used a special notebook to record it.
Returning to the deer farm, Lu Lu patted him on the shoulder: "Brother, we will set off tomorrow, and you will take care of the rest of the farm. Whatever gains the brothers get, you will have a share when they come back.
Thanks for your hard work."
Raymond smiled: "Don't worry, leave it to me, I will manage the farm well."
They had already told Raymond about their plans to go into the mountains to pan for gold. Although Raymond also wanted to go, he also knew that even if the people on the farm were honest and reliable, the person in charge could not be left out.
Also very important.
Moreover, Wang Dalong is building a wooden fence for him.
Zhang Shaofeng left the construction of the house to the end, but it is expected to be completed before the end of the year.
The matter was clearly explained. In the afternoon, a few people went to the district to buy some pastries and candies for Tomulun, mainly for the dark and skinny children. By the way, they went to the district to see Meng Zhaohua.
My brother-in-law and another driver asked them to help with this trip.
Five people, five horses, six dogs, plus tents and other tools, and two cars can definitely fit in.
The proof of travel was made by Zhang Shaofeng on a special trip, which was easy to prepare.
Early the next morning, several people gathered at Lu Lu's place. After having breakfast together, they loaded the horses and luggage into the car and began the journey to find gold.
All the way from Tunli, when passing through Bei'an, Lu Lu shouted to stop Meng Zhaohua and his brother-in-law. Instead of continuing to Wudalianchi and Nenjiang direction, he turned to Sun Wu.
This made Zhang Shaofeng, who was sitting in the carriage with Lu Lu and wanted to hear more knowledge and anecdotes about gold mining from Lu Lu, couldn't help but ask: "Aren't we going to Wulileng in Lawagantuolun? How can we change the route?"
Already."
"We must go to Tuomulun's house, go in the direction of Sunwu, pass through Aihui, and then go to Xinglonggou in Jinshan Township, Huma. We will go there first to learn gold panning, and then we will go to Tuomulun's house, and go in two directions.
The distance traveled is not much different.
We are not going hunting, we are going to pan for gold, and the route we have chosen now is equivalent to going up the river, mostly in the border areas, where the most gold is produced, and we can also take a look at the situation along the way."
Lu Lu briefly explained his intention.
Zhang Shaofeng and Zhao Yongke, who also always liked to stay with Lu Lu, understood immediately.
"There are two ways to find gold. One is to go to a place and ask the locals if there are any clues about finding gold nearby, and then use the clues provided by the locals to find it.
Another point, you will definitely not expect that many of the places named with the word "gold" are places where gold mines have been found. This is similar to many of our places named after tigers, such as Huju Ridge and Shouhu Mountain.
It’s the same kind of place where big claws once roamed!”
Lu Lu said with a smile: "The two sides of the HLJ are lined with gold. Walking along the river, looking at the surrounding mountains and water veins, you can better grasp the direction and location, and judge where gold may be found. Although you are looking for gold, it is not
Plunging headlong into the mountains and wandering around, we have to pay attention to methods.
From ancient times to the present, there have been many abandoned gold mine sites along the way. Don’t underestimate these places when looking for gold. These old sites can also be used as a basis. If gold is found in one place, there may be gold in nearby places.
, this trip will be of great significance in the future, so pay attention and read more."
Both of them nodded slightly. Along the way, the three of them mostly lifted the tarpaulin of the car and looked at the mountains, rivers and villages passing by on both sides of the road.
After a day of running around, we didn't arrive at Sun Wu until nightfall.
Unlike in winter when heavy snow blocks roads and makes driving difficult for cars, it is summer now and the speed of cars along the way is not comparable to that in winter.
If we continue like this, we will leave early tomorrow and arrive at Huma Jinshan Township in the evening.
Along the way, Lu Lu was actually deeply impressed.
In my previous life, when I was reselling mountain goods, I often went to places close to the border. Several ports were later opened along the way to do business with Lao Maozi.
What impressed Lu Lu the most was the journey from Morgan to Mohe. Along the way there were a series of place names arranged by numbers, twelve stops, eighteen stops, twenty stops...
In fact, these place names are linked together by a northern post road in the Qing Dynasty, and the place names evolved from it. They are a landscape of the place name culture in Dahuangli.
This post road was originally opened to suppress the old Maozi entrenched in Yaksa.
From Aihui to Yaksa, we have been taking the waterway upstream along the HLJ.
After the Yaksa Counterattack, this post road gradually fell into disuse. It was not until the Mohe Gold Mine was prepared that the post road was expanded westward to the Luogu River, and finally to Inner Mongolia, which was the former Badao Ka. Eight more post stations were added.
, the entire line has been increased from the previous twenty-five to thirty-three, becoming the famous "Golden Road" in history.
Huma, where Lu Lu is going, is a famous gold-producing county in the country. The placer gold has high grade and large reserves. The proven gold reserves alone account for half of the province's total. Therefore, it has the reputation of "Hometown of Gold".
The first place they want to go is Xinglonggou in Huma County, which is one of the large gold mines currently being developed.
As for Baoxing Valley, it is right between Xinglong Valley and Tahe River, not too far apart.
We stayed one night on the edge of Sunwu County. The car started early the next day as usual and arrived at Jinshan Township in the evening as Lu Lu expected.
We arranged for the two drivers to stay overnight in a guest house and paid for the trip. They should return tomorrow.
Lu Lu and others stayed outside Jinshan Township. Before dark, they went to the village to buy some grain and food to take into the mountains. After a good night's sleep, they tied the things to the horse's back the next morning.
With the people on their backs, they also rode directly to Xinglonggou.
From what he saw along the way, Zhang Shaofeng finally understood why Lu Lu acted so seriously.
This is a place full of rivers and lakes atmosphere.
Carrying a stick, what places have you visited while hunting, and what things have you experienced?
In broad daylight, in full view of the public, I saw a few fights and even knives being used along the way.
That is to say, there are a few people riding horses, carrying guns, leading dogs, and carrying Haidongqing, dressed as hunters. Otherwise, just the stares from around them, openly and covertly, can scratch a layer of skin from these people.
I have just arrived here, and if I have gold dust on my body, I am afraid it will be difficult to get out of this place.