Primal Orc 23 Taming the Beast
The long-tailed beast has the speed of the wind and the soft fur of a sheep, but its personality is like that of a rabbit, who likes to dig holes everywhere.
Xie Yunsui thought of several ways to catch the cunning rabbit. He looked around but couldn't find any water source, so he couldn't pump water into the cave.
"The burrows dug by the long-tailed beasts are not very far apart. Let's look for other similar burrows nearby."
In order to prevent the long-tailed beast from coming out of the cave again, Xie Yunsui found a stone to block the entrance.
After a while, Xier and Langfeng found the other two cave entrances.
It's not difficult to find. Just look in the direction of the gray patch among the green, and you'll find it quickly.
"That should be these two."
Hu Zhao lay on the ground and listened for a while: "They are still underground, they haven't run far."
"Okay, you guys guard the cave entrance while I go find some vines."
Xie Yunsui assigned the two of them a guarding task, and he pulled a lot of flexible vines from a nearby tree and quickly weaved a rough rope cage.
There are several long-tailed beasts underground. If you catch them, they will slip away if you are not careful. It is better to make a cage and put them in it to be safe.
The rope cage has a flexible opening. You can catch the long-tailed beast and throw it into the cage, then tighten the opening and prepare to catch the next one.
The holes in the cage are not big, just enough for ventilation but not allowing the long-tailed beast to escape.
Xie Yunsui planned to use fire attack, or more precisely, to use smoke to force the long-tailed beast out of the underground cave.
"Are you ready?" Xie Yunsui asked loudly.
Xier and Hu Zhao responded from two directions respectively. They stared at the cave entrance. The huge beast was full of power. Even a long-tailed beast could not get away under their noses.
Xie Yunsui lit a fire at the entrance of the cave and used a wide blade as a fan to blow the smoke into the cave. He could faintly hear squeaking sounds coming from underground.
"Got it!"
First, Xier shouted loudly, and then good news came from Hu Zhao.
The long-tailed beasts underground couldn't stand the smoke, and the big one took the small one to escape to other cave entrances, and they bumped into the arms of two big cats one after another.
Xie Yunsui pointed out that they wanted to catch the prey alive, so Xier and Hu Zhao tried not to bite the jumping prey to death. They stuffed every one that jumped out into the wicker cage, and the small wicker cage was filled to the brim.
There are six long-tailed beasts in this litter, three big ones, one male and two females, and the young one was born not long ago. It is obvious that they are a family.
When they brought it back to the valley, the demihumans gathered around curiously.
It is very rare to bring back prey alive.
Luo Bai ran over and looked at the vine cage. "Not bad. It would be bright and beautiful to make a fur coat. It's perfect for Priest Yun!"
Obviously, he had already figured out what to do.
Xie Yunsui smiled and said, "We won't kill these ones. We'll keep them alive."
"Raise them? How can we get so much food for them?"
"They eat everything. We throw the grass and leaves we don't eat to them. Their fur is our real treasure."
As the weather gets warmer, even the orcs have to shed their thick fur and replace it with new fur, and the long-tailed beasts' fur is no less thick.
However, it was difficult to keep untamed long-tailed beasts in captivity, so Xie Yunsui had a leash made and put around the necks of the long-tailed beasts, and also cleared a cave for them to live in.
"They are very good at digging the soil. If they live in a valley, they can finish all the work in one night. If they are placed in a cave, surrounded by stone walls, they will not be able to dig."
Xie Yunsui explained a few words, and the people following him nodded to show their understanding.
The long-tailed beasts were very alert and vigilant. Anyone who came close would be beaten, especially Xier and Huzhao who had captured them before. They were merciless, with their fur standing on end and an attitude of destroying themselves together with the enemy.
Xie Yunsui asked someone to pick up a bunch of wild grass that was seen and trampled everywhere in the valley and spread it in front of the long-tailed beasts.
The long-tailed beast, without yet retracting its bared teeth, pounced on the pile of fresh weeds and started chewing them. After taking a couple of bites, it remembered the fear of being dominated by the hateful two-legged beasts, bared its teeth again, and then smelled the fragrance of the weeds and buried its head in eating again.
"...This long-tailed beast is quite cute looking at it this way."
The demi-humans were laughing happily, and some had already gone to pick more weeds to feed the animals.
The orcs and demihumans who were bored working outside knew that the Cloud Priest had raised several long-tailed beasts that ate all kinds of grass and leaves, so they picked some green leaves and brought them back.
"Why don't you eat these grass leaves? Don't you like them?" Hou Shu went in and out of the cave again, took out a handful of yellowed grass leaves, and was confused.
Since you don’t understand, go ask Priest Yun.
Xie Yunsui looked at it, sniffed it, and said, "It seems to be some kind of poisonous grass leaf. Eating it will cause blisters in the mouth."
Hou Shu nodded in sudden realization: "So this is Bubble Grass. These little guys are amazing. They can even recognize this."
Zuyang passed by and asked: "Didn't your tribe say that Bubble Grass can't be eaten? Why are people still picking it and feeding it to the Long-tailed Beast?"
"The priests said before that we can't eat bubble grass, but none of us has ever seen it."
Zuyang: “…”
You only remember not to eat this poisonous weed, but you don’t remember what it looks like?
Zuyang's mouth twitched. The priest of the Golden Tiger tribe was really bold.
This did serve as a reminder to Xie Yunsui that there was now plenty of food inside and outside the valley, and the Asians only needed to pick up fruits and grass leaves that they were familiar with to eat. In addition, the ancestral sheep were knowledgeable, so no accidents occurred.
But just because there are no accidents now doesn’t mean there won’t be any accidents in the future.
There was a fox cub in their valley. It was very curious and often picked up food from the ground to eat. It might pick up unfamiliar grass leaves brought back by others.
It just so happened that the long-tailed beast had the skill to identify poison, so all kinds of grass leaves in the wild were brought back for the long-tailed beast to look at. Then all the poisonous species were picked out and printed on the stone wall, so that everyone would remember what the poisonous grass leaves looked like and be alert at all times to prevent accidental ingestion.
The endless supply of food gradually eroded the long-tailed beast's character, and it no longer bared its teeth at humans. With more frequent feeding, it knew they wouldn't harm it, and would occasionally give it a friendly look, hoping for more feeding. Seeing the bare cave was cold and hard, it began to pluck its own fur to build a nest.
They built their nests very quickly, and Xie Yunsui would go in every other day to see if they were done.
After the nest was built, they would secretly dismantle half of it and let them continue to build it, and then they would accumulate the long-tailed beast hair they took away.
Since the long-tailed beast was domesticated so quickly, Xie Yunsui thought about raising some small animals that could be eaten as meat, or wild beasts that could produce milk like cows and sheep.
"The Luo Luo beast is too big and ferocious, and difficult to control, so forget it."
"Moomon? It looks like a cow, tastes like a cow, and is medium sized. You can try it."
"The wood sparrow? It's not very big, but it can lay eggs even without sperm, just like a chicken. Let's catch a few and take a look..."
Xie Yunsui carefully counted the types of wild animals near the abandoned valley and finally determined that they were moo beasts and forest sparrows.
Xier and Langfeng took their men out to hunt in the wild, and also called their good friend Yusheng and Yulie.
The few of them didn't cooperate well, but with the use of force, they quickly captured a Moo Beast that had just given birth, and brought the cub back with it.
Moo Beast is an omnivorous animal and can eat anything. Xie Yunsui fed it some unwanted fish intestines mixed with bitter wild vegetables, and Moo Beast ate it with relish.
Well, there is an extra kitchen waste bin, which is good.
After being weaned for a few days due to stress, Moomon started producing milk again after being comforted by abundant food.
Xie Yunsui squeezed a small can of animal milk and boiled it. He found that apart from being a little fishy, it had no other shortcomings. The nutritional value was quite high and all the animals in the valley, young and old, could drink it.
With the help of the eagle beastmen, a lot of forest sparrows were caught and brought back. Xie Yunsui carefully made several bird nests, and these foolish little sparrows settled down there peacefully. After eating insects for a few days, they began to lay eggs in clusters.
The eggs of the wood sparrow are not big, but they lay eggs frequently, and soon there is no shortage of eggs in the valley.
Cook a pot of bird eggs at a time, and anyone who goes out can take a handful of bird eggs with them as a snack.
The recipes became more and more diverse.
The ice melt season was halfway over, and the people in the valley had added spinning long-tailed beast plush yarn to their evening crafts.
Xie Yunsui had seen and personally experienced the ancient weaving method in the scenic area, but he was not very familiar with the processes before weaving. For several nights in a row, he secretly went into the Wanjie Shop to look for relevant books to read, and then came back to pretend to be confident and teach everyone.
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When the day came to go to the Red Fox Tribe to exchange things, the entire valley sorted out the things to be exchanged a few days in advance.
This time, they not only had to bring products to trade with the Scaled Snake Tribe, but also what they wanted to exchange for themselves. There were ten large bamboo baskets of charcoal alone.
The pottery jars were made by putting small jars inside large ones to save space as much as possible, but they also held ten large bamboo baskets.
The largest pottery jar could not fit into the bamboo basket and had to be carried by the orcs.
Not to mention other items, there are not enough for the orcs in the valley.
Xie Yunsui went to the Black Hawk Tribe to borrow a lot of orcs, and then set off as promised.
Hu Yue, the chief of the Red Fox Tribe, finally waited for the arrival of Xie Yunsui and others, and had been waiting at the entrance of the tribe.
Xier and Langfeng, who were in the lead, were stronger than they were in the snow season. All the giant wolves following behind them had smooth fur and strong bodies. Even the eagle orcs flying in the sky looked more energetic than those seen before.
Wait, Eagle Orcs?
Hadn't they changed the salt a long time ago?
Hu Yue suddenly looked up and happened to see the familiar Yu Lie slowly put down the bamboo basket he was holding with his two claws, and turned into a human form, turning into an even more familiar face.
Hu Yue: "You...you guys still want to change the salt?"
Yu Lie paused and said, "No, we were called here by Priest Yun to help carry things."
Hu Yue was once again shocked as he looked at the bamboo baskets set down by the group of Eagle Beastmen behind him. No, Priest Yun and his men actually had so many things to exchange?!
The Scaled Snake Tribe, who had arrived a day earlier, heard the noise at the entrance of the tribe and rushed out one after another to see what was going on.
"Are these the clay jars and pots we want to replace?"
"Wow, it's really big."
"Are these all ours?"
…
This time, the Scaled Snake Tribe sent forty people, twenty more than before in the salt exchange team. There were not only strong orcs, but also sturdy subhumans.
The pottery jar is bigger than I imagined, and it looks like it can hold a lot of water.
They leaned over the pottery jar and looked inside, as if they had already figured out how to use it.
The Red Fox tribe members shouted anxiously: "No! We still have ours!!!"
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