Chapter 48: There are fish from far away, even if they are far away, they will be caught
Long wooden boats float on the water, and fishermen spin and cast out their fishing nets. For the fish, this is undoubtedly an overwhelming shadow.
The fish are struggling in the net, but the fishermen will not feel sympathy for it. The big fish eats the small fish. This principle applies everywhere.
However, they will still screen out fish that are too young from the net and put them back.
The act of extermination is still not allowed.
The people of the Lu family held harpoons, wooden knives, and bows in their hands to accurately capture some big fish. That was another activity area, and Yu Zai saw that not a single member of the Lu family had at least three fish hanging on their waists.
Big gourd.
A member of the Lu clan jumped into the swamp!
The gourd around his waist floated up, lifting his whole body up. Yuzai was extremely surprised to see this scene.
A lifebuoy from ancient times?
People with the Lu family are good at water, and gourds help them float better.
"In ancient times, the Huaxu family planted gourds on the east side of the river, and they gave birth to Fuxi and Nuwa. At that time, there was a flood between heaven and earth, so Fuxi killed giant turtles to support the four poles, and Nuwa refined five-color stones to mend the sky.
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"At the time of Zhuanxu, the Gonggong clan raised troops because their ancestors had been honored by the Emperor of Heaven. They refused to obey Zhuanxu's command. Kang Hui, the leader of the Gonggong clan, fought with Emperor Zhuanxu from west to east, from Dahe to Yaoshan, past the Queen Mother of the West, and fought to the hills of Xuanyuan
, stayed for a long time, and stopped without Zhou, Kang returned to defeat, and angered Bu Zhou's negative son's mountain, causing the Western Sea to pour, the water shook the clouds and the sky, and the fertile soil of thousands of miles was turned into quicksand..."
The Lu family's shaman tells the story of two hundred years ago, and the big gourd is the water-crossing treasure left by the Huaxu family. Therefore, the Lu family's totem is an invisible figure, holding a reed on the left and a big gourd on the right.
The humanoid god of gourd.
In other words, he is the "god of evil spirits".
"There may be a fish tide coming soon."
The old wizard of the Lu family looked at the flow of water around him, then looked at the sky, then asked for a big fish from a warrior, and suddenly came to this conclusion.
Fish tide is the fish flood season, and the fish flood season for each type of fish is different. The old wizard Lu has a perfect grasp of the flood seasons for the five kinds of fish here.
"There will be changes in the tail water and edge water. The water levels in Shaxi, Wulangshui, Baimei, and Sanshui will also rise sharply. Tell the tribesmen to be prepared for fishing. In at least seven or eight days, the spring flood will come!
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"The big guys who traveled to the East China Sea are coming back!"
Lu's old wizard looked a little excited. This year's spring floods were earlier than in previous years. It seemed that it was due to floods in the southwest before spring plowing.
The fish misjudged the time to return to their nests, and before the momentum of the flood completely subsided, they started a fish flood!
But Lu's warriors were all in high spirits, howling and screaming, and banging the gourds around their waists loudly!
They are very confident about the arrival of the spring floods. This time, it will be another bumper harvest!
Yu Zai was surprised: "Can Mr. Lu accurately judge the fish flood time just by looking at the trajectory of the fish?"
The old wizard of the Lu family smiled and said: "After looking at something over and over again for hundreds of years, you can always find some experience."
"It's just like what you said to tiller buds and jinghua before, just go with the flow."
Yuzai was speechless, and then sincerely asked the old wizard for advice.
Go with heaven, this is the true truth that the old man said through his own words.
"Although celestial phenomena cannot be predicted in full, the behavior of fish can reflect many things. Fish will not gather in large numbers for no reason..."
The old wizard of the Lu family smiled like an old yellow flower lamenting the passing of time under the setting sun.
"Spring is here, everything is sprouting, men are plowing, women are planting crops, and the mountains and fields are full of sight...the same goes for fish."
The tone seemed somewhat meaningful.
Yu Zai was stunned for a moment, and then his expression was very exciting, a bit like he couldn't laugh or cry.
Senior, you are driving a little too fast! I almost got thrown off!
"The intercourse between fish and fish is like grains bearing ears, a clan has a new son, people gather together to form a tribe, and fish gather to form a fish tide..."
The Lu family has been fishing and hunting for hundreds of years, and has developed a complete set of fishing gear. Ruan Zai looked at the location of the water veins, and the old wizard of the Lu family said: "This is the edge water, and the water level is higher than before."
Ruanzai led several wizards around this branch of Bianshui and walked along the shore for a long time. The reeds swayed gently, and the people with big gourds hanging on their bodies, as well as the Lu warriors in small boats, occasionally
It will go back and forth under the gaze of several wizards.
Yuzai turned her head and looked into the distance.
He stretched out his hand and grabbed a reed pole. He shook it vigorously, showing a hint of joy.
"The reed poles here are as strong as bamboo?"
The old wizard said: "The Wilderness of Zaoli is a good place. There used to be a god here, and then he left, and it was our ancestor god."
"It is said that the ancestors like reeds the most. Perhaps these reeds have also been deified... But who knows, but it is quite sturdy when used to make houses and stand in the mud."
Yu Zai pointed to the riverside: "I know what to do!"
"South of the Bianshui, we can build a fish beam!"
"You can build a rice house north of the Bianshui!"
The old wizard's eyes lit up, Baili Mao and Huang Kanshan couldn't wait to say: "Wuzai made it clear that the rice house is easy to understand, but I dare to ask what is a fish beam?"
Yu Zai said: "Put earth and stone as the foundation, cut off the water in the center, build a weir of wood and stone, leave a water gate, and place a bamboo raft or bamboo frame at the water gate."
"Use wooden piles, firewood branches, and rattan nets to make fences or fences, and place them at the intersection of water veins, where fish must pass."
"When the water rises, the weir beam runs diagonally through the center of the water, and a group of fish jumps and falls on the bamboo frame. The beam is the way for people to cross the river, and the weir beam is where the fish land!"
In the Shanhai era, there was no such thing as a bridge. The earliest bridge was a beam. Floating beams were a kind of wisdom of the ancients. Later, the Ba Bridge built during the Qin Mugong period should be the first real bridge in recorded history, not called a "beam".
's bridge.
The scene described by Yu Zai would move anyone's face. The old wizard Lu was even more surprised: "Thousands of fish caught? Is it really so powerful?"
Yu Zai said: "It also needs fish traps to supplement it. This thing is made of bamboo and reed poles. It has a large mouth, a thin neck, a large and long belly. It is shaped like a snare. It is placed in the water. When the flood season comes, fish will swim in.
, enter the fish trap. There are inverted bamboo pieces in the trap. It is easy to get in but not easy to get out. The small fish cannot be trapped here and the big fish cannot escape."
"There is a fish coming from afar!"
"Even if it's far away, I'll catch it!"
Yuzai said it like a joke!
The old wizard of the Lu family was shocked, and he smiled: "I would like to learn fishing and hunting from the old man, but I can give you these two things in exchange for it!"
The old wizard looked a little moved and said: "If it is true, when the flood season comes, if not tens of thousands of fish can be caught, but thousands can be caught at one time, I will use my skills to find the pulse of the water, observe the fish's behavior, and avoid the fish.
I’ll teach you how to look forward to floods when the tide is high!”