Chapter 611: Pigeon Farm

Everyone did not rest for long, because the nap time had already passed a long while ago; everyone was just sitting there to help their digestion and ease their fatigue a little.

Afterwards, at Baifeng's invitation, they went together to visit various places in Huaxia. Of course, some confidential areas naturally had to be avoided; after all, even one's own people could not enter them at will, let alone allies.

Baifeng only took them to visit the farmland, vegetable gardens, orchards, and the like, introducing to the group the crops they were currently planting. Because they were not yet mature, there was no need to worry about anyone secretly taking the seeds; furthermore, just taking a few would not cause any qualitative change.

If one were in an unconscious state and planted them too close to their own crops, it would instead lead to the degeneration of the seeds, so there was naturally no need to worry about this aspect.

The people of the Xuanyuan Tribe also witnessed Huaxia's abundant crop varieties, and at the same time, they learned the method of transforming mountainous land into terraced fields. This made Xuanyuan feel he had benefited greatly; in this way, mountainous land that originally seemed unsuitable for planting, or even if it could be planted, was quite difficult, could also be turned into farmland.

Afterwards, the variety of rich vegetables in Huaxia also shocked them. They had only considered planting food crops and had never paid attention to things like vegetables, because they thought these were just wild Grass; if they wanted to eat them, they could just go outside and dig some up. They had never thought about planting them specifically, let alone cultivating them. Huaxia's approach could be said to have opened up a new line of thinking for them.

As for the orchards, apart from concentrated planting, there was nothing much to say. After all, fruit trees now looked no different from wild ones; besides Huaxia applying fertilizer, watering, and pruning branches, no special breeding could be done.

Baifeng's special cultivation method for fruit trees was only grafting; those of the same Phylum and Genus could be grafted. In this way, it was possible to obtain larger fruits, or shorten their growth cycle to let them bear fruit earlier; as for other things, he could be said to understand nothing at all.

Plus, most fruits were not yet mature and were in a green, unripe state, no different from those of the Xuanyuan Tribe, so the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe were also uninterested. The Xuanyuan Tribe could also produce such orchards at any time, and could make them larger and with more abundant varieties.

However, the mulberry-fish-pond system truly gave Leizu a big surprise. Leizu had always been very curious about the situation of Huaxia's silkworms, because she had not let the silkworm seeds leak out; she finally got the answer today as to how Huaxia's silkworm seeds came about.

Hearing Baifeng say that it was just a wild insect he had suddenly discovered, Leizu felt a mix of emotions, but still firmly believed that the Heavenly Worm was a gift from Heaven, and that Huaxia was merely someone who understood the "Dao," so they were likewise favored.

However, Huaxia's care for the silkworms was indeed not as good as Leizu's; after all, the Xiling experience was more sufficient. With the two tribes allied, and given that Huaxia had provided so much help to the Xuanyuan Tribe, Leizu also unreservedly taught her experience to the Huaxia Zhiniang.

At the same time, she also learned some tools Huaxia used for sericulture and cocooning. Although she had her own, Huaxia's were better, and she could let her own people make some improvements.

Because the matter of sericulture was entirely controlled by Leizu, Xuanyuan did not interfere much. Leizu and the Huaxia silkworm room had some discussions and cooperation, which Xuanyuan also supported, but there were no further supplements or contracts signed; the general content was nothing more than sending people to each other for learning and guidance.

Leizu did, however, ask Baifeng for some Zhinu at the end, saying she wanted to take them to the Xuanyuan Tribe to teach their people tailoring. Huaxia's cutting and clothing-making techniques were much better than the Xuanyuan Tribe's. The price was that half of the Zhiniang trained could be sent over to work for Huaxia for free for one year.

For this matter, which had almost no impact on Huaxia, Baifeng agreed without hesitation. The matter of Weaving Department was currently managed by Sui; after all, as the mistress of Huaxia, she felt she also needed something to do. Previously she managed the vegetable garden, but unfortunately, the technical difficulty of breeding and such later became high, so it could only be handed over to the Agriculture Department.

As for Chinv, she was the person in charge of the silkworm room, including the mulberry forest; it was she who was responsible, not the Agriculture Department. However, the Agriculture Department also had officials in charge of mulberry forest matters, and Chinv was their direct superior.

The Xuanyuan Tribe had many swamps, so building fish ponds was unnecessary for them, but they could appropriately transform some mulberry-fish-ponds. The Xuanyuan Tribe's Silk would gradually change from being used for Ritual Vessels and decorations toward the direction of clothing fabric. They had always valued Silk too much, and instead ignored the most important function of Silk.

Finally, Xuanyuan made a request to Baifeng: he wanted to see that eccentric person who liked to be friends with birds. Baifeng felt bad in his heart, but in order to avoid Xuanyuan becoming suspicious, he readily agreed. The people of the Secretariat immediately understood what to do, and someone quickly went ahead of the team to find Changxu, telling him to release the falcons and carrier pigeons with Bamboo Tubes, and only keep the ordinary pigeons.

By the time Xuanyuan and his group arrived at the place, the surroundings were full of the noisy calls of pigeons, as well as pigeon droppings all over the ground and a lingering stench. However, Xuanyuan did not mind, and saw Changxu waiting there at a glance.

Xuanyuan did not chat with Changxu, but only observed the huge number of pigeon cages, or rather, pigeon boxes. Most of the pigeons had already left their nests, and only a small portion were still lying in the pigeon cages.

Xuanyuan was still a bit surprised to see the pigeons that were not afraid of people. He asked Changxu: "Can you catch a pigeon and bring it over for me to see?"

Changxu glanced at Baifeng to seek his opinion. After Baifeng nodded to signal, Changxu picked one at random and caught it out of the pigeon cage. The pigeon did not resist, and until it was handed to Xuanyuan, Xuanyuan was still exclaiming: "How strange, it actually isn't afraid of people."

"Are these all your bird friends?" Xuanyuan scanned the pigeon cages and asked.

Changxu smiled and shook his head: "No, how could I have so many friends? These are all for eating; my friends are not just pigeons." Afterwards, Changxu imitated several kinds of bird calls in his mouth. After a while, several different kinds of birds flew over, either landing on Changxu's shoulders or arms, or circling around Changxu.

Xuanyuan wanted to get closer to look, but the birds flew away very quickly, and even the one in his hand struggled and flew into the sky.

Baifeng laughed: "Most birds cannot be tamed. Changxu likes birds, so that's why he was allowed to do this job, letting him accompany his bird friends while domesticating some birds for us in Huaxia to eat for meat."

Xuanyuan was still praising, but in his heart, he was also thinking about checking if his own tribe had such talent after returning; perhaps they could also raise some birds for them, needing to feed them nothing, and still having meat to eat.

Xuanyuan's interest also dissipated quickly; after all, he was only interested in Changxu, and now that he had seen him, there was nothing else. However, when leaving, Baifeng gave him a few pairs of pigeons; whether Xuanyuan went back to raise them or eat them, it was all up to him.

Doing this was very simple—the darkest place is under the lamp. Only with pigeons flying everywhere in both tribes, even if the people Huaxia had in the Xuanyuan Tribe also raised pigeons to pass messages, the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe would not discover anything unusual.