After seeing Chen Ziyan's slightly confused expression, Yingzi said helplessly: "Brother Chen, when I told you last time, didn't you listen carefully?"
If she remembered correctly, she had already told Chen Ziyan about the giant mastiff a long time ago.
"Ah?" Chen Ziyan blinked and said with an innocent face: "I heard it last time, but I just didn't think so much."
He also remembered this, but he didn't ask deeply. After all, the cultivation of giant mastiffs is a very cumbersome process, and the time span is calculated in years. With Yingzi as a capable helper in charge, he didn't put his mind at it at all.
on top.
Seeing Chen Ziyan's expression, Yingzi didn't say much, but patiently explained:
"Although the giant mastiffs passed down from our Oroqen ancestors have always been trained from pups of special mastiff dogs, in fact the inheritance of giant mastiffs is not continued through ordinary breeding methods."
As she spoke, she casually summoned the giant mastiff beside her in front of her, brushed aside the thick long hair that almost blocked her entire face, and motioned Chen Ziyan to take a look.
"Brother Chen, look, although they look similar, they are actually different."
After Chen Ziyan carefully observed the circle, he found that it was as Yingzi said. These giant mastiffs looked similar, but that was because they all had long hair. When he lifted up the hair, he found that they
They are actually from different dog breeds.
Like the strongest one, the facial contour is obviously that of a Tibetan Mastiff. The most amazing thing is that the face shape of one of the giant mastiffs actually looks a bit like a thin dog. This would have been possible if Yingzi hadn't lifted up his hair.
, Chen Ziyan really couldn’t find it.
"That is to say...the core of giant mastiffs lies in cultivating secret techniques, rather than their own dog breeds?" Chen Ziyan understood what Yingzi wanted to express and asked immediately.
"Yeah." Yingzi nodded lightly and said, "Brother Chen, don't look at them like this, but their puppies will not be giant mastiffs when they are born. At most, they will have better foundation than ordinary puppies. For example, in our village
Many of the hounds inside are the children of giant mastiffs."
After finishing speaking, Yingzi thought for a while and added: "Well... according to the book, giant mastiffs are the product of benign mutations during their growth, but their genetic makeup is not affected, so the offspring will return to their own species.
…That’s what it seems to be saying.”
Hearing Yingzi's words, Chen Ziyan couldn't help but think of the hounds he saw when he was at Ganggang Yingzi.
At that time, he noticed that these hounds were smarter and more ferocious than ordinary dogs, but he never expected that they were descendants of giant mastiffs.
After he fully understood what was going on, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he quickly looked at Yingzi and asked:
"Then if we use better puppies for training, will the giant mastiff we get in the end also be better?"
He has understood that the key to giant mastiff lies in the secret method of breeding, but the dog breed is not without its role.
To sum it up simply, the secret method of breeding guarantees the lower limit, while the dog breed provides the upper limit.
It's just that Chen Ziyan doesn't know much about giant mastiffs, so he has to ask Yingzi to be sure.
"Yes, I have picked out a lot of good dogs during this period, and I am just waiting for them to give birth to puppies." Yingzi nodded.
Then she told Chen Ziyan that if she wanted to cultivate a qualified giant mastiff, selecting cubs that met the standards was only the first step, and the next year-long careful cultivation was the highlight.
In this process, the special training methods are not the most critical. The really important core is the secret medicine improved by our ancestors.
In the past, the hunters of the Oroqen tribe would collect the required materials bit by bit from the deep mountains and old forests during the hunting process. After gathering enough amounts, they would start cultivating giant mastiffs.
It can be said that most of the giant mastiffs of their clan were saved by the previous generation for use by the next generation.
The ones around Yingzi are the work of her father for half his life.
If Chen Ziyan had not appeared, Yingzi would have continued the path of his ancestors after reaching middle age, using the materials he had accumulated to cultivate a new batch of giant mastiffs for his children.
But that was in the past. Now with Chen Ziyan's support, the tedious and expensive preparatory steps are no longer a problem. If the resources can keep up, she can produce a batch of giant mastiffs in two years.
It can be said that her family has never fought such a rich battle before!
Yingzi's words made Chen Ziyan realize that he had done nothing wrong in taking down the snake mine.
He was not sure whether the creatures in the snowy underground could contribute to the cultivation of giant mastiffs, but he was certain that adding the black-haired snake to the recipe was definitely a beneficial and harmless choice.
When he thought of this, Chen Ziyan's previous thoughts also changed drastically.
The whole transformation process was smooth and smooth, without even a trace of twists and turns.
Previously, Chen Ziyan was wary of Wu Laogou because it was unprofitable. No matter how you looked at it, it was a loss-making business, and it would also reveal his own secrets.
But now Chen Ziyan has changed his mind. Since the descendants of giant mastiffs are no longer giant mastiffs, what is he afraid of?
If he really cooperates with the Wu family, it will obviously be beneficial to him without any harm!
According to his understanding, the so-called secret method of breeding giant mastiffs can be regarded as a biological modification technology that is approaching maturity.
The core of this technology is to use specific drugs to guide benign mutations in puppies, so that they will eventually grow into giant mastiffs that exceed the limits of their own species.
Judging from Yingzi's story, this technology is basically mature. The only drawback is that in terms of success rate, success cannot be guaranteed every time, but this is not difficult for Chen Ziyan to accept.
Just kidding, if you already have such technology, who would bother with that little flaw!
In Chen Ziyan's view, in addition to being more resource-intensive, this technology actually also values the talent of the selected puppies.
From the few giant mastiffs around us, it is not difficult to see that the more outstanding the puppies are, the more outstanding the giant mastiffs they will eventually produce will be.
Although Yingzi has begun to collect high-quality seeds on a large scale, even with the support of the Chen family, it is difficult for her to obtain many high-quality products that are not circulated in the market. She is simply incomparable with the Wu family, which has been in this business for decades.
Others may not know it yet, but Chen Ziyan, who knows the future, knows very well that at this stage, Wu Laogou has successfully mastered the continuation of the dog king's bloodline.
This was the protective trump card he left behind for his wife, children, and children after his death.
If such cubs could be used for training, even Chen Ziyan could not imagine what kind of giant mastiff he would end up with.
In other words, Chen Ziyan, who had eliminated the threat, began to covet Wu Laogou's family fortune.
Who would have thought that in a short period of time, their roles would be reversed.