Chapter 227 The Legendary Blood Swallow
During the contracting process, Liang Ziqiang and his two sons never mentioned anything about the Artemia.
Of course, as long as shrimp farming officially begins, the fact that shrimp are fed with Artemia worms will be made public and it is no longer a secret that can be kept hidden.
But it's better to be known later than now.
There are still a lot of Artemia in other normal salt fields. Maybe some villagers will follow Liang Ziqiang's example after seeing his success in shrimp farming. However, he will not easily reveal some important techniques of shrimp farming for the time being.
It sounds right to say that the rich first help the poor, but the prerequisite is that he has to be rich first...
Even now, we are still a long way from achieving our goal.
After settling the contracting issue, he returned home and told his wife about the shrimp farming in detail.
Such a big thing is about to start. What is the most important thing to do at the beginning? Money! Get money!
No matter how much he cuts costs, he will still need a lot of initial start-up capital.
The moment he picked the bird's nests at Longjuling, the first thought that came to his mind was that he finally had money again, and he would quickly use the money from the bird's nests to pave all the wooden boards on the second floor of his house.
It now seems that the second floor will remain empty for a long time. We cannot rush to build the floor with the money we have, so we have to invest it in the shrimp pond first.
The next day he went to the town to find a blacksmith shop and made the iron claws that same day.
Another day passed, and seeing that the weather was good, he ran to call Deng Zhaocai and headed for Longjuling.
As the saying goes, whoever sees it takes a share. Since the bird's nest on Longju Island was discovered by two people together, they should collect it together. There is no reason for anyone to keep it all to themselves.
When it comes to grouper from Wuming Island, he always calls Lin Baixian along, and the same principle applies.
This is a tacit understanding between friends, and it's natural.
After arriving at Longjuling, Liang Ziqiang still wandered around the reef belt to see if the expected spring flood would appear.
Just like last time, nothing was found and the spring flood had obviously not arrived yet.
The two turned to the channel and came to the small island on the left side of the channel again. This time they were familiar with the route and quickly cut through the thorns with a shovel and came to the cave entrance.
As soon as you enter the cave, you will smell the familiar recipe and taste.
But money can improve the tolerance of the nose. With the considerable income from the last sale of bird's nests, the two are no longer so sensitive to the pungent stench in the cave.
This time they brought flashlights and head-mounted mining lamps with them. They found that the number of swifts in the cave was still the same, almost the same as last time.
Apparently, the swifts did not impulsively leave the island because of their previous robbery.
They are quite stubborn in nature. Once they have finally found an island or a cave, they will not leave easily because of human disturbance.
Otherwise, there would be no distinction between white swallows, hairy swallows and black swallows.
This is because every time the first round of white bird's nests are picked up, the swifts will continue to make lower quality feather + saliva mixed bird's nests nearby. Then the second round of hairy bird's nests are picked up by greedy swift pickers, so the quality has to be lowered again, and another round of nests are made in the same place...
It is said that the stubborn swifts will keep on vomiting, and because they don't have enough saliva, they will vomit blood, thus the legendary "blood swifts" came into being.
But more information shows that the blood swallow does not contain blood, but a lot of swift feces, but some rich people buy it at a very high price and eat it with gusto. That's another story...
Liang Ziqiang obviously did not intend to pick the raw bird's nests. He only planned to pick all the top-quality white bird's nests in the first round and then stop there.
Last time, the two of them collected more than 40, close to 50 bird's nests. It is estimated that there are only a few dozen white bird's nests left in the cave.
Deng Zhaocai seemed to be confident this time, and he took out a big wooden stick from his snakeskin bag. It seemed that he came prepared, and the wooden stick was so thick that it should not be broken by his heavy body.
Seeing Liang Ziqiang's surprised look, Deng Zhaocai felt quite pleased with himself. He patted the thick wooden stick in his hand and said with a bit of boasting: "I have considered it carefully enough. This thick stick is much safer than yours!"
Liang Ziqiang followed up with a compliment: "Such a big head, it's not in vain!"
The next second, he slowly took out an extremely strong iron claw from his snakeskin bag.
The iron claw was connected to a thick rope. Liang Ziqiang shook his hand and threw it towards the steep wall of the cave next to him. There was a loud "bang".
There was no need to swing it a second time before the iron claw firmly hooked onto a crevice in the rock.
It is much better than swinging a wooden stick, and Liang Ziqiang's skillful net-casting ability has finally been put to use.
Deng Zhaocai was beaming with joy, but his expression froze in an instant:
"In just these two days, you actually went out to fight an iron claw and came back?!"
"Yes!" Liang Ziqiang tied the rope on the other end of the iron claw to his waist, "I'll climb up first to collect the bird's nests, and you can throw the stick slowly from below, it's good for practicing arm strength!"
Deng Zhaocai: “…”
I didn't want the thick wooden stick in my hand anymore.
Liang Ziqiang quickly tied the rope around his waist tightly and was about to tie the snakeskin bag around his waist. At this time, he glanced at Deng Zhaocai who was standing there with a look of despair on his face and asked:
"I accidentally hit one more time. Do you want to try it?"
"Damn it, why didn't you say so earlier!"
Deng Zhaocai immediately snatched his snakeskin bag and took out another iron claw from it.
In fact, it didn't cost much to ask a blacksmith to make a pair of iron claws, so Liang Ziqiang made an extra pair yesterday.
"Brother Qiang, you are my real brother!" Deng Zhaocai tied the rope around his body with a smile on his face.
"Don't be too happy yet. I can't guarantee that these iron claws can withstand a fat guy like you! If you fall down again this time, remember to fall somewhere with less bird droppings!"
Deng Zhaocai's face froze for a moment: I take back what I said before! Is it too late? ?
Liang Ziqiang hung the empty snakeskin bag around his waist and began to climb up nimbly with the help of the iron claws.
When you reach a height of one person, pull out the iron claw from the crack in the rock and throw it a little higher. After it is hooked firmly, climb a little higher.
This step-by-step approach was much faster than last time, and the whole person seemed more agile.
At the same time, because he was wearing a headlamp this time, it was much easier for him to find the distribution location of the bird's nest than last time.
I climbed to a high place and worked quickly. Soon I found two or three white bird's nests, picked them up and threw them into a snakeskin bag.
The fourth one, upon closer inspection, is still under construction, and is grey-black in colour, with feathers and leaves as the main components.
Obviously, this was a pair of swifts that had been harmed by Liang Ziqiang last time. They were now rushing to make progress and build a second round of nests.
Seeing Liang Ziqiang coming back, the two swifts thought he was going to rob them again, and they became so angry that they almost died from screaming.
Liang Ziqiang wondered if they were planning to perform a blood-burping show in front of him and give him a blood swallow.
The two swifts were calling out in grief and anger, when suddenly they opened their eyes and saw that they were gone?
Liang Ziqiang was not interested in raw bird's nest. He turned around and continued looking for the best gray-white bird's nest.
Four, five...
He climbed walls and climbed roofs, and his imagination ran wild, as he happily pulled the groves.
In a blink of an eye, he had picked about ten. He turned around and looked down at Deng Zhaocai and was surprised.
Wow, the bird's nest hasn't even been picked yet, but it's still shaking its iron claws!
With the iron claws that Liang Ziqiang used so skillfully, Deng Zhaocai actually fell off the stone wall after being swung once, and fell again after being swung again...
If he can't master the technique of swinging the iron claw, Liang Ziqiang will really be of no help to him.
Just as he turned his head and looked for a while, Deng Zhaocai finally figured out the technique, slowly climbed up, and started collecting bird's nests.
However, his sturdy and fat body was not suitable for the job of collecting bird's nests, and his movements on the stone wall were much slower than Liang Ziqiang's.
The two of them went in different directions, each mining deeper.
Liang Ziqiang walked farther and farther on the stone wall, and the bird's nests in the snakeskin bag kept increasing. The speed of this harvest was much faster than the last time...
Burst
(End of this chapter)
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