Chapter 783

Now that he had the Feathered Oxen, those twelve normal oxen were actually useless.

If he slaughtered them for meat, it would be too wasteful.

Zhao Chi thought for a moment, then contacted Zhao Cang again.

He wanted to return the oxen.

As a result, Zhao Cang very readily agreed, and refunded them at the original price, even covering the tax for Zhao Chi.

The gold coins in Zhao Chi's hands once again reached 36.

The territory currently had no herders specifically responsible for raising them; he'd wait until tomorrow morning and transfer a few from the newly arrived subjects.

These 60 Feathered Oxen would be temporarily entrusted to Yang Lu to look after.

She was a hunter, and also had a certain ability to raise animals.

Moreover, the ground was now covered in green grass, so the Feathered Oxen could just eat freely.

Yang Lu would lead the hunter squad to ensure their safety, making sure they weren't attacked by wild beasts.

Yang Lu gladly accepted this task.

Although these Feathered Oxen might seem a bit unapproachable at first glance,

once familiar, they actually felt fluffy, a bit like oversized plush toys.

Although Feathered Oxen differed greatly from normal oxen, they were still essentially bovines.

Zhao Chi took out the "Bovine Improvement Tome" and the "Bovine Super Improvement Tome," activating and using them in sequence.

Soon, a screen appeared before his eyes.

The oxen in the screen were still normal oxen, but the corresponding improvements should also apply to the Feathered Oxen.

The interface was already very familiar.

But what he saw before him were two oxen.

One bull, one cow.

Their improvement interfaces were actually separate.

That was fine too.

Zhao Chi first clicked on the bull.

【Please select improvement direction】

【Bull Improvement Points】 20 points

【1. Stamina +10%】 10 points

【2. Movement Speed +10%】 10 points

【3. Weight +10%】 10 points

【4. Traction +20%】 5 points

【5. Obedience +20%】 1 point

【6. Health +20%】 1 point

Every option was useful.

The first two were stamina and movement speed, both common sub-attributes.

After all, oxen were draft animals, and could be used to assist with work.

If stamina increased, their working time could also increase.

Increasing stamina was indeed a good option.

As for increasing movement speed… forget it.

After all, he wasn't going to ride oxen into battle.

As for pulling carts, there was no need for the oxen to pull them very fast for now.

If he got improvement points for horses later, he could consider increasing movement speed then.

For oxen, he wouldn't consider it, since there were better options.

The third option was excellent.

Increasing the oxen's weight seemed like a single metric, but it was actually a comprehensive improvement.

Increased weight meant increased meat yield, and also increased hide and fur yield.

The meat yield and hide/fur yield went without saying.

Zhao Chi had wanted these oxen in the first place to use as meat oxen.

Being able to increase meat yield was basically a must-add.

Hide and fur yield was also good.

After all, this ox hide had already become a fine new breed of ox hide.

More was better.

At the same time, it could also increase the content of down and feathers.

Although these women's load-bearing capacity had already been greatly enhanced, and they would basically all be wearing iron armor later,

they still needed leather for inner linings, or clothing, and so on — they ultimately still needed quite a lot.

This option was definitely a must-add.

Traction was also very good.

Traction was pulling power.

It was somewhat similar to strength and load-bearing capacity, but not exactly the same; however, it could be roughly regarded as the oxen's load-bearing capacity and strength.

Plowing fields, pulling carts — all required traction.

Stamina could increase the oxen's working time, and traction could increase the oxen's work intensity.

Also need to add some.

As for obedience, there's no need to add it at all.

These Feathered Cattle were already as obedient as regular cattle to begin with; even if they suddenly went berserk, they'd only be facing those Taoyuan women.

They'd probably be torn apart and eaten within minutes.

Skip this option entirely.

The last one is increasing health — that has some use.

But actually it doesn't matter much either.

After all, Feathered Cattle grow as fast as chickens; a few dying of illness is no big deal.

So now Zhao Chi has three target options in mind: "Strength," "Weight," and "Pulling Force."

After much thought, he ultimately gave up on "Strength."

The reason is the same as before.

Feathered Cattle grow very quickly, so their numbers are bound to become enormous later on.

If one ox gets tired from work, just swap in the next one — this isn't a problem at all.

Decision made — transfer the data!

Transfer the improvement points originally meant for obedience and health over to weight and pulling force.

〖Current data compatibility — transfer success rate is 68%. Confirm? 〗

Consume 3 racial improvement points. Click confirm.

〖Data transfer successful〗

Then max them all out.

【Your improvements are as follows】:

【Weight +10%】×10

【Pulling Force +20%】×10

【Confirm?】

Confirm!

In an instant, the 30 bull Feathered Cattle beside him swelled up like balloons.

Their weight all became 2,000 kilograms.

Yang Lu and the others were all startled, staring blankly at those bull Feathered Cattle, completely unsure what had just happened.

Standing beside them, it was practically a real-life "beauty and the beast."

From then on, each of these bull Feathered Cattle yielded a whopping 1,400 kilograms — 1.4 tons — of meat.

Even more than those Snow Bears killed earlier.