Chapter 427 A herd of bison!

There is movement over there in the pool!

Qiao Ran slowed down and approached the hot spring gently.

As she got closer, she hid behind a big tree, poked her head out, and saw a scene that made her feel distressed and happy at the same time.

A herd of bison! A group of bison, large and small, numbering more than a dozen!

They actually rolled out of a big mud puddle in the hot spring pool and rolled around in the mud puddle all covered in mud!

Her hot spring pool! Qiao Ran was heartbroken.

If the springs of the hot springs were blocked by these bison and they would no longer be able to leave the hot springs, then she would suffer a huge loss!

But looking at the group of bison rolling happily in the mud pit, she felt that it was worth exchanging one hot spring for so many cattle, right?

You know, in the Dai Viet Dynasty, cattle farming was strictly controlled by the government, and cattle also had to have a "hukou".

Anyone with a cow must report it to the government. If the cow dies, the cow must be reported to the government. The official will bring the cow to the door for inspection to make sure that the cow was not killed artificially before the cow can be "cancelled."

And if the cow was killed by someone maliciously, the official would have to arrest the person and take him to the Yamen to be tortured.

It can be said that cows are protected and cannot be slaughtered easily, so beef in this era is very precious. Generally, only cows that have died of old age or injury can be killed for meat. The ones who died of illness depend on the disease. It is harmless to the human body. You can also eat it.

There is also the bison. The bison meat hunted by hunters can be eaten, but the bison has rough skin and thick meat, and is not so easy to hunt because of its brute strength.

Therefore, beef was a rare commodity in the Dai Viet Dynasty and was very expensive. Only wealthy people could afford it.

As for ordinary cattle, not everyone can afford them.

A prime-age farm cow is generally sold for twenty or thirty taels, and a weaned calf is also sold for more than ten taels.

This is undoubtedly a huge sum of money for farmers who cannot save a few taels of silver a year.

Therefore, few families can afford to buy oxen, so when plowing and harrowing the land, they can only use human power to pull the plow.

In a village like Qingshui Village with more than 60 households, only three or four households had cattle. After hunting wild animals and selling their skins on the way to escape, only a few households bought cattle and cattle carts.

Nowadays, there are still dozens of households in the village without cattle!

Qiao Ran thought that if these bison were captured and distributed to everyone, it would be much easier to cultivate the land in the future.

Qiao Ran counted and found that there were ten large bison here, two semi-large bison that could pull a plow, and three smaller bison.

However, bison do not have fixed nests. They are in groups, eating wherever they go, and lying on the ground to rest at any time when they are tired.

If we don't catch these bison quickly, we won't know where to find them until they get into the woods or climb over the mountains.

Thinking of this, Qiao Ran looked around.

I saw many traces of bison activity on the grassland around the hot spring pool.

Grass that had been eaten and trampled, marks where bison had rested, and cow dung scattered everywhere.

The cow dung was either wet or dry. It seemed that the bison had been in this area for a long time.

Thinking about it, it should be that the hot spring pool radiates heat, so that the grass next to the pool has always been green, so the bison have stayed here since they discovered this treasure land.

However, now that the weather is getting warmer and the grasslands in other parts of the valley are starting to turn green, the bison are afraid that they will soon leave this place with rich water and grass and go elsewhere.

Qiao Ran immediately decided to notify the villagers and ask them to capture these bison and take them back to domesticate them as cattle.

However, there are so many bison here, and the bison are very powerful. It is difficult for ordinary people to control a crazy cow.

If you want to bring all these bison back, you will definitely not be able to rely on brute force alone.

Qiao Ran thought for a while, and her consciousness entered the space, trying to find something that could make these bison lose their resistance.

After searching around, there were only a few anesthetic needles and some medicinal powder that could make people lose their ability to resist.

After leaving the space, Qiao Ran had a headache. There were so many cows, and if they wanted to make them lose their ability to resist at the same time, they would have to be drugged all at once.

However, there is no wind now, how can we let the cows inhale or eat these medicinal powders without anyone noticing?

Qiao Ran observed for a while and saw some cows rolling in the mud for a while, then stood up and walked to a small puddle nearby to drink water.

The puddle seemed to have been rolled out by the cows. There was some turbid water in it, but there were no cows rolling in it anymore, so the cows drank water near the puddle.

Seeing this scene, Qiao Ran had a plan in mind.

After the two cows finished drinking the water and walked away, and there were no other cows near the water hole for the time being, Qiao Ran quietly walked around the woods nearby, and using the cover of the trees, she arrived only three or four meters away from the water hole. .

She took out the medicinal powder from the space that could make people feel paralyzed and lose their strength.

The medicinal powder is in a porcelain bottle. If you open the bottle and throw the whole bottle out, it may be spilled in mid-air. Even if it is not spilled, it will take some time for it to be completely dispersed in the water if it is thrown into a puddle.

Qiao Ran thought for a while, found a ball of cotton, made it into a bird's nest shape with her hands, poured the medicinal powder on the cotton nest, then picked up a small stone from the space, then wrapped the medicinal powder and stone into a ball. A cotton ball was gently thrown towards the small puddle.

The cotton ball wrapped with small stones fell into the puddle accurately, and because it was wrapped in cotton, it didn't stir up much water when it fell into the water, nor did it make any sound, and it slowly sank into the water.

Qiao Ran poked half of her head out from behind the tree and watched. Not long after, two more cows came to the puddle to drink water. After taking two sips, their legs weakened and they fell to the edge of the puddle.

The other cows didn't know why the two cows fell by the puddle. They probably just thought that the two cows were tired or just wanted to wallow in the puddle, and no cow paid them any attention.

Soon after, another cow came to the water hole to drink water, and without any surprise, they all fell down.

Some fell down immediately after just one or two drinks of water, while others took a few steps before falling down.

When she saw almost half of the fallen cows, Qiao Ran felt relieved and quietly left.

She quickly ran back to the construction site and dug the pond, told the villagers about it, and asked a young man in the village to tell the villagers who were building the road.

When everyone heard that there was a large group of bison, they couldn't help but look surprised.

Bull! Oxen that can be used to pull plows to plow fields! Oxen that can pull loads!

How much trouble can be saved by having cows!

"Everyone, bring the guy and the rope, and let's go catch the cow!"

Qiao Erhe shouted loudly, and everyone stopped what they were doing and looked for ropes everywhere.

When Cao Dashan and the craftsmen heard that people in Qingshui Village were going to catch bison, they also volunteered to help.

When the guards and servants sent by Prince Dingbei and the General's Palace heard that Miss Qiao/Cousin was going to catch the bison, they naturally went to help without hesitation.

And the dozens of helpers hired from other villages stopped what they were doing when they heard that there were bison to catch. Their eyes were bright and they wanted to follow them. Maybe they would be lucky enough to catch a cow back home?