Chapter 260 As a Specimen

"Xiping, hurry up and drag this guy to the cafeteria. There's a scale there. We'll weigh it and see how heavy it is."

This morning, I received a call from the bureau leader, saying that the higher-ups want to set up a Changbai Mountain museum or something, and they need a batch of animal specimens.

This thing looks alright to me, not too badly damaged. Perfect, let's weigh it and send it to the higher-ups, they'll pay you by weight."

Wang Jiachuan was overjoyed to see Sheng Xiping and the others dragging a large brown bear back, and hurriedly said...

"Huh? Make specimens? Secretary, is that even possible? We fired several shots, and we even cut some meat to eat while we were on the mountain."

Upon hearing this, Sheng Xiping was dumbfounded. They had no idea that the higher-ups wanted specimens. If they had known, they wouldn't have eaten them and would have just dragged them back.

"It's alright, it's alright. There's definitely a way to restore this thing if we make it into a specimen."

Besides, the specimen can't possibly be exactly the same as when it was alive; slight differences are fine.

Upon hearing this, Wang Jiachuan quickly waved his hand. He had just checked and the brown bear was still relatively intact; the few bullet holes and such didn't affect its appearance.

When Sheng Xiping cut the meat to eat, he did not damage the outer skin and fur.

When making specimens, the specimens will be filled with lime and other chemicals, so a little bit of meat won't make a difference.

"If you're worried, I'll call the bureau right now, okay?"

After saying that, Wang Jiachuan went back to his office and made a phone call to the bureau.

Sure enough, as soon as the other party heard that it was a large brown bear weighing seven or eight hundred pounds, they immediately said that they would send it over right away and would accept it no matter how much it cost.

Since that's what they've said, Sheng Xiping and his team have nothing to hesitate about.

Thankfully, they didn't remove the bear's nose or bellies while it was on the mountain; they only removed the gallbladder and internal organs. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to send it up there.

So a few people dragged the brown bear to the cafeteria, where there was a rather large floor scale.

The group placed a ladder and planks on the scale and then tried to roll the brown bear onto it.

Someone over there was adding weights to the scale. After weighing the gross weight, the weight of the ladder and plank was deducted, and that was the weight of the brown bear.

"Six hundred and twenty-one catties."

In the end, it was calculated that after removing the internal organs and the meat, the brown bear still weighed about 600 pounds.

You can imagine how old this guy must have been when he was alive.

"Xiping, I've already told the driver. You two can take the car to the station now, and they'll settle the bill for you there."

The weather isn't too hot right now, but we can't delay too long. We should send it over as soon as possible and make it into a specimen.

"Oh right, weren't there two wolves yesterday? Let's send them both over, don't worry about how much they pay, just consider it a contribution to the company."

Wang Jiachuan suddenly remembered the two wolves and gave them another instruction.

When I got back last night, I was so busy taking care of the pigs that I didn't have time to clean up the two wolves.

Luckily, the temperature was low at night, so I left it in a shady place and it didn't spoil.

Sheng Xiping thought for a moment, and figured the two wolves weren't worth much anyway, so he might as well give them to the station.

And so, Sheng Xiping and his men dragged the brown bear and the two wolves to the small train station.

The railway motorcycle truck was ready, and everyone carried the bear up. Then Wang Jianshe and Chen Weiguo accompanied Sheng Xiping to the bureau, while the others went home to rest.

It wasn't the peak season for forest transport, so there weren't many trains on the tracks, and the schedule was arranged in advance, so the journey was smooth.

More than an hour later, the motorcycle arrived at the Sen Tak train station.

"Hey, Xiping, you got out yourself? Where's Xiong? Is he in the car?"

As soon as he got out of the car, several people came up to greet him. The one leading them was Zhao Guangning. Needless to say, the bureau must have arranged for them to come and pick up Xiong.

"Brother Zhao, the bear is in the car, and there are two wolves too."

The main problem was that the bureau told us too late. If they had notified us in advance, I would have dragged that big running basket back yesterday no matter what. That thing weighs seven or eight hundred pounds.

"It's a pity that the wolves and bears have wreaked havoc on it." Sheng Xiping shook hands with Zhao Guangning and said with considerable regret.

That's just a polite way of putting it.

If we had known the news yesterday and dragged the big running basket back, there probably wouldn't be a brown bear today.

Wild boars are common, but brown bears are not.

Besides, bears have gallbladders, and such large bear gallbladders must be quite expensive.

This is equivalent to two sources of income, which is much more cost-effective than running around in a big basket.

"That's good enough, really."

The order came down too late. My dad was extremely anxious when he received the news and immediately started calling various forest farms.

"The other forest farms haven't made a move yet, but yours is the fastest, and you even sent such a big bear."

Zhao Guangning grasped Sheng Xiping's hand, extremely excited.

"Brother Xiping, I have to hurry up and take Da Xiong to the provincial capital. I don't have time to entertain you today."

This is a bonus from the bureau. Don't think it's too little, just take it.

"If you see any more wild boars, foxes, badgers, leopards, lynxes, or anything like that, just hunt them down. Bring them to the station; they'll all be taken."

As they were talking, Zhao Guangning took out a wad of cash and a stack of bills from his pocket and stuffed them into Sheng Xiping's hands.

Before Sheng Xiping could say anything, Zhao Guangning hurriedly called for help to get the bear off the motorcycle. They then set up a ramp on the car and together they lifted the bear onto the vehicle.

"Brother, I have to go now. I'll definitely treat you to a drink when I get back."

This task was assigned by the province to several forestry bureaus around Changbai Mountain.

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