vstars Chapter 101 The work of collecting specimens in the forest farm is quite lucrative.
Chapter 101 The work of collecting specimens in the forest farm is quite lucrative.
Li Ju'an looked at Lao Qin and laughed, while Lao Qin gritted his teeth and glared at him.
Old Qin was concerned about his image, and with so many beautiful female colleagues surrounding him, he was happy to say a few more words to satisfy the pretty nurses.
He started by talking about the snares made with steel wire, a popular method in Changbai Mountain, and how the wire slides freely through the binding holes to create hunting snares. He then went on to explain the size of the snares and how to place them.
Li Ju'an listened carefully, and when it came to the crucial part, he even took out a wire from his cloth bag and asked him to demonstrate.
Old Qin's face hardened, displeased: "How can your wire loop compare to a steel wire snare? Steel wire rope has grease inside, which is much stronger than wire. You need to burn it a lot, burn off the grease first, then rub it in the dirt four or five times, and you can make a snare to catch wild boars, roe deer, and gazelles. If you're lucky, you might even be able to try catching black bears, bears, and tigers."
Black bear is a black bear, brown bear is a brown bear, and tiger king is a Siberian tiger.
Old Qin blinked, his eyes gleaming with slickness. Li Ju'an suddenly stood up and cursed, "You old Qin, you always leave half of what you say unsaid, who are you trying to fool? If this trick can catch a bear, I'll change my surname to yours."
Old Qin was also a little guilty, but he still spoke toughly, saying, "If you can't catch the bear, it's because you lack experience. Why blame me? I've taught you everything I should. The master leads you through the door, but the cultivation is up to you."
Li Ju'an was not happy to hear this. The experience of the King of Snares in Changbai Mountain was definitely not just about the superficial skills described. He must have some skills that others did not know, so that he could catch his prey without carrying a hunting rifle or helping dogs, just by using snares.
He looked up, his 18-year-old face clean and fresh, his smile full of youthful energy, and he clung to the head nurse with a pitiful look: "Pretty sister, Brother Qin is just coaxing us, he doesn't tell us a single truth."
The head nurse was amused and spoke up for Li Ju'an: "Qin Pao, why don't you tell us? The child wants to hear it."
Old Qin glared at Li Ju'an, scolding him for being cunning. Li Ju'an had no choice but to patiently explain his experience with handling large livestock, bit by bit. He also mentioned the art of training hawks.
“There are very few people who use hawks in our mountain village of Dagouwei. If you are interested, after the beginning of winter, you can go over the mountains to Muhuguan to buy a hawk. There are skilled hawk catchers there who catch young hawks to sell every year.”
After buying the eagle from the eagle handler, the first step was to train the eagle day and night. When it got thin, he would give it some meat as a treat. As long as the eagle opened its mouth to eat, it had lost.
Young golden hawks should not exceed 1.8 jin (approximately 0.8 kg), and goshawks should not exceed 3.2 jin (approximately 1.1 kg), otherwise they will not be able to catch prey. Hawks can only catch prey when they are hungry. If a hawk is overweight, it cannot be starved; it must be given "weight support."
The "lower axis" involves feeding eagles fatty meat that has been soaked in cold water, wrapped in a thin layer of old cotton. This causes the eagles to excrete golden-yellow intestinal fat, leading to rapid weight loss.
Young yellow eagles can catch rabbits and pheasants. Goshawks can catch foxes and gazelles. With the help of eagles, hunters are extremely efficient at hunting.
Old Qin, seeing that Li Ju'an was listening attentively, chuckled and said, "You don't even have a dog, yet you're thinking of playing with eagles? Eagles are very expensive. A small yellow eagle costs 400 yuan, and a small goshawk will cost 800 yuan if you buy it from an eagle handler. With this free time, you might as well buy a few more dogs to help you get jobs at the forest farm making specimens."
Li Ju'an paused for a moment, then asked, "Does the forestry station leadership need someone to help prepare the specimens?"
In the forest farms of the Xingan Mountains, taking specimens is a common practice.
Because the forestry farm leaders needed to attend meetings in the city, there were many social obligations involved, including sending off some wild game from the mountains. City dwellers, lacking in oil and fat, loved the fresh wild game sent from the mountains. However, the forestry farm leaders couldn't hunt themselves, so they had to hire renowned hunters from the surrounding area to hunt the game.
This job was a lucrative one, a chance to make a good living. Many people working in the forestry station eagerly wanted to be selected for specimen hunting. The leaders would give them a month of paid leave, during which they would still receive their regular pay for hunting, plus the extra money from the leaders for specimen hunting—it was a bargain no matter how you looked at it. Moreover, the leaders would usually be provided with a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle and ammunition. They could keep any extra ammunition for themselves.
But everyone in the forest farm is shrewd. If the leader gave them a month's leave to collect specimens, they would never hand over the game on the first or second day. No one is that honest. Even if they had already killed the game, gutted and bled it, they would bury it in the snow to freeze it, and only hand it over on the last day. So handing over frozen game is also called collecting specimens.
Old Qin scoffed at his serious expression and said, "Not just anyone can do specimen collection. Leader Chen of the forest farm wants top-notch specimens, the famous ones. Even Old Zhang from the forest farm's security department is beneath Leader Chen's notice. Even if your name, Little Li, gets on Leader Chen's radar, you only have one dog and no other dogs. Why would he give you the job?"
Li Ju'an fell silent.
Even the old hunter Lao Zhang from the security department doesn't think much of the forest farm leaders, so their standards must be very high. He just organized a group to go into the mountains to hunt bears, and this time he hunted wolves in Niubei Village. You could say that Niu Jianghe calls him "Li Pao" (Li the Cannon) only because he saved someone's life. He's still far from being a real "cannon fodder." Just take dogs for example; he only has one tiger, which is far inferior to Sun Jia's dog-hunting gang.
Seeing the change in his expression, Lao Qin felt pleased and sighed contentedly, saying sarcastically, "Hey, Leader Chen's demands are really not high. He only wants three gazelles and two wild boars a month, plus a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle and plenty of bullets. Add to that a hundred or so yuan in kickbacks, and who wouldn't be tempted?"
He lifted the cast on his injured leg with a sigh of regret. If it weren't for the fact that he needed a hundred days to recover from his injury, he would have really wanted to take on the specimen-taking job. The regular salary for a forestry worker was only 37 yuan, but he could earn 5 yuan a month, plus a free Type 56 semi-automatic rifle and bullets. As long as he went into the mountains to set traps, he could spend the rest of the time at home lying on the kang (heated brick bed) playing cards and chatting. Wasn't that a good job?
Li Ju'an slapped his thigh and stood up: "I'm going to buy a bunch of dogs. Brother Qin, help me pull some strings with the forestry station leaders later."
Old Qin cursed, "You little bastard, why are you asking me for favors? You're trying to get back at me, aren't you?"
Li Ju'an grinned and stuck close to him, saying, "Brother Qin, if we succeed, you can have 20%. We'll use the method you taught us to set up the steel wire rope snare, and then we'll split the profits. We won't let the good stuff go to outsiders."
Two percent, not two shares, but two percent of the benefits the forest farm gave him for collecting specimens, considered as a referral fee.
Old Qin looked at him and laughed, scolding, "You little rascal, you're so cunning. Steel wire rope is in high demand. You can't buy it even if you have the money. If you want to use steel wire rope to set a trap, you'll need at least six sections of steel wire rope, which is 2 meters long."
Li Ju'an smiled and pressed closer to him, whispering, "Don't we have connections at the forest farm? The forest farm will give us two more yuan bills and two packs of good cigarettes for 8 cents each, and we'll buy it through their connections."
Old Qin paused for a moment, then raised his hand to slap him: "You little rascal! You had to use my connections to get this specimen-carrying job, and you even had to use my connections to buy the steel wire rope. You've taken all the benefits, you sly little brat!"