Upon hearing Su Tang's words, a glint of light flashed in Hu Shen's eyes.
This is indeed a good method.
Perhaps the wild animals they raised before were not suitable for domestication, and the lambs they are raising now are more suitable.
Moreover, he trusted Ah Tang and believed she wouldn't do anything meaningless.
"Okay, let's do as A-Tang says and take these sheep back to Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain to raise them."
Yingjie was quick-witted and soon understood what Su Tang meant.
As long as they can survive the snow season, the sheep will reproduce, and there will be countless lambs. Even if they don't survive the snow season, these sheep can be stored as food.
The dejection on his face vanished instantly, replaced by excitement. He knew that Ah Tang was the lucky star of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain!
Otherwise, why didn't other orcs find suitable wild animals for domestication, but Tang did?
"My king, with these sheep, we can go to the griffin tribe without worry!"
Yingjie was overjoyed.
After hearing Su Tang's explanation, the beasts would also think of the wild animals they had captured and kept in captivity before.
Lions and tigers need to eat meat, but they don't even have enough meat for themselves, and eventually they starve to death.
Black bulls, these grass-eating animals, are stronger than them. They can charge around recklessly if you're not careful, even knocking them flying. In the end, they couldn't be raised anymore and were killed prematurely.
Mice and rabbits are not very dangerous, but they dig holes everywhere and disappear within a few days of returning.
They didn't even get a bite to eat; all their efforts were wasted...
There are countless examples of failure.
Thinking of this, the beasts felt a strange sense of shame. They were all embarrassed to tell Ah Tang that they had also kept wild animals.
In comparison, these docile, grass-eating lambs seem to be more suitable for domestication.
In an instant, the beasts showed Su Tang even more respect.
No wonder the king is so fond of such an intelligent female.
Hu Shen ordered the beastmen to drive the sheep back to the Mountain of Ten Thousand Beasts.
Upon returning to the Beast Mountain, Su Tang and her flock of sheep immediately attracted the attention of the beastmen.
"These are all lambs. Why did the king bring all the lambs back?"
"You don't understand! These are animals the king wants to raise. I heard it's a method that Atang brought from her tribe, something she doesn't usually tell orcs!"
"Can this feed them?" one of the orcs wondered.
"If Ah Tang can even raise the old beast king's unweaned cubs, how could he not raise this one?"
The orc thought it made some sense.
For a time, countless versions of the legend about Su Tang and the farm circulated in Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.
Hu Sha was both angry and resentful upon hearing the news.
She wanted to eat wild animal cubs but couldn't get any, yet Brother Hu Shen actually caught so many wild animal cubs for that female!
She didn't believe that female could find so many sheep!
This must be a lie fabricated by Brother Hu Shen for the sake of the females.
That damned female, I don't know what method she used to make Brother Hu Shen so obedient to her.
A malice gleamed in Hu Sha's eyes. Just wait and see, this female will soon disappear completely from Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, and then all of this will be hers!
After bringing the sheep back to Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, Yingjie soon encountered another problem.
"Your Majesty, where should we raise these sheep? We don't have a cave that can accommodate so many sheep."
The orcs of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain all live in caves and keep wild animals in captivity, so they naturally feel that they should be kept in caves.
What if they run away?
"No need for a cave. Isn't there a grassland next to the Beast Mountain? We can just graze the sheep there."
Su Tang introduced her breeding plan.
“Build a sheepfold, let the sheep out to graze during the day, and drive them back into the sheepfold before dark. This way, you only need to send a few orcs to guard the sheepfold at night, and you don’t have to worry about the sheep being attacked by wild animals.”
“These lambs are very docile. As long as the mother sheep is kept in check, the lambs will follow her and won’t run away when they are let out.”
This is what Su Tang observed on the way back.
"Tang, you're so clever! You actually managed to do that!"
Eagle was amazed.
How come he never thought of that before!
"Yingjie, build a sheep pen as Ah Tang said," Hu Shen said almost without hesitation.
“However,” Su Tang paused, “these sheep are not yet able to reproduce.”
"Why?" Hu Shen asked instinctively.
Su Tang pointed to the large sheep, "These are all ewes. The lambs will take several more months to grow. If we want the flock to reproduce quickly, we'll have to catch some rams."
This is a loophole she discovered on the ranch.
Only ewes can give birth, so when harvesting sheep from the pasture, all adult sheep are ewes, while the young sheep can be either male or female.
Upon hearing this, Hu Shen merely gave Ying Jie a look, and Ying Jie immediately understood.
"I'll have them build sheep pens and catch rams right away!"
A ewe can give birth to three or four lambs at a time. Even if only half of these lambs are ewes, they can still produce three or four hundred lambs next year.
It will multiply several times over the year after next...
Yingjie seemed to see countless lambs running towards him.
What he didn't know was that these sheep had been genetically modified on the ranch, and it wasn't a problem for ewes with superior genes to give birth to seven or eight lambs at a time.
As long as these lambs grow up, the future flock size will increase at an immeasurable rate.
only.
Although the lambs are docile, the orcs of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain are not so adept at herding them.
The sheep wouldn't listen to them at all; it took them several hours just to get them onto the grassland.
This gave Hu Shen a real headache.
He sent Niu Li to find an orc who could take care of the sheep.
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