Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Originally, Li Long thought that Director Qian might decide not to fight, after all, the jeep could only carry so much.

"Xiao Li, which yellow sheep do you think have bad meat?" Director Qian suddenly asked Li Long.

"A big ram." Li Long said, "The meat of a big ram is very smelly and has a fishy smell. It is not as delicious as ewe meat."

"Okay, let's keep the biggest ram and throw away the other one. I calculated that this yellow sheep's horns are not enough. We have to move on and kill at least one more." Director Qian planned to have a good time before leaving.

Li Long was still a little hesitant. Isn't this a bit of a waste?

Xiao Si had already taken action over there. He kept the largest ram and picked up the other two rams and threw them directly to the side of the road.

"Okay, Xiao Li, I know you're reluctant to do so. Don't worry, in the end, except for the largest ram I will take away as a specimen, how about leaving the other ewes to you?" Director Qian said with a smile.

Li Long actually understood that people like Director Qian and even Li Xiangqian had no shortage of meat to eat. For them, eating wild game was just a taste of something new, and it was definitely the beef and mutton that were not raised.

This time was not like later times, when game was hard to find and people would secretly eat some, and it was still very novel and exciting.

At this time in the northern Xinjiang, there are really a lot of wild animals like this. Hunting yellow sheep here in winter is nothing. People with resources will drive jeeps and trucks to the sand pits in the north and hunt yellow sheep with submachine guns.

The desert in northern Xinjiang is different from that in southern Xinjiang. It is basically solidified sand dunes. There are many plants in the desert. Cars only need to avoid obstacles such as bushes when driving in it.

It is said that when the Corps first stationed here to open up new land, there was not enough food, so they really drove out to hunt, and after one trip, the trucks were filled with gazelles.

At that time, there were herds of dozens or even hundreds of gazelles.

Even in another twenty years, there will be large herds of gazelles from Kazakhstan and Mongolia running towards our side, because the management of our deserts and grasslands is different.

Since Director Qian had spoken, Li Long had no objection, but it was a pity for the two gazelles.

Of course, they can't be wasted, picked up by passing drivers, or eaten directly by carnivores.

The jeep continued to move forward, and only then did it reach the area of ​​Anjihai, but it was still quite far away from the area where people were active. Li Long, sitting behind the driver's seat, turned his head to look south, and Li Xiangqian was beside him looking to the north.

Li Long had good eyesight, and suddenly he saw a large cloud of snow being stirred up in the distance about a hundred meters away, and an animal was rushing towards this direction!
Because of the obstruction of snow and bushes, Li Long couldn't see what it was at first, but he could tell that it was quite a commotion!
"There's something in the south!" Li Long couldn't help but shout.

Xiao Si immediately stepped on the brakes and stopped the car steadily on the side of the road.

Everyone in the car looked to the south, and Li Long simply got out of the car with his gun.

More than a hundred meters away, there was a large area of ​​thirty to forty meters in radius where snowflakes were flying. Because it was in the south, the light was quite dazzling.

Director Qian couldn't see what was there, but he could see that there was definitely something there. He took out a telescope from the side of his seat and held it up to observe.

Li Xiangqian said enviously:

"The director is really amazing. He has great equipment like a telescope!"

"I borrowed it from the city's armed forces department."

Li Long knew that the armed forces department was transferred to the local area at this time and would not be in active service for a period of time, but he didn't know if it was now.

His eyesight was excellent and he finally saw it clearly.

There were seven wolves, forming a U-shape, besieging a group of more than a dozen gazelles from south to north!
The wolves were chasing behind, and the gazelles were running in front. Logically, the gazelles were much faster than the gray wolves, but the snow in the Gobi Desert was deep, and the gazelles had thin legs, so they were easily sunk when running.

This will have to slow down the speed.

A slow-running yellow sheep was caught by a nearby gray wolf, which pounced on it and pinned it to the ground. It bit the sheep's neck and then began to take gulps of its blood!
The gazelle struggled desperately, but due to its small size, it was no match for the wolf!
"A group of wolves are hunting gazelles!" Li Long shouted in a low voice.

"Xiao Li has very good eyesight!" Director Qian also saw it. He put the binoculars back and looked at the direction where the yellow sheep was running, which was about 20 to 30 meters west of the jeep. He picked up the hunting rifle and said:
"Come on, this time we're free to shoot, we can shoot wolves or gazelles, and then we'll call it a day and go home!"

It was worth the trip to see a pack of wolves preying on gazelles.

I can play it for at least half a year when I go back.

Li Long was planning to fight the wolf, of course, it would be even better if he could kill two birds with one stone.

Everyone raised their guns and looked for their targets. When they determined the targets, they would inform each other to avoid hitting the wrong target and wasting bullets.

"I'm shooting at the wolf at the back, it's biting a yellow sheep." Li Long said first. The wolf was about a hundred meters away from here, and a normal person would see a target of a hundred meters as a small dot. The gray wolf biting the yellow sheep in the snow, and the exposed part was not very large.

However, Li Long's eyesight was much better than that of ordinary people. He walked a few meters to the side of the road, half squatted down, aimed his gun at the wolf.

The wolf was still biting the gazelle, and the gazelle was still struggling, but the struggle was very weak.

The massive blood loss had taken away most of its strength, and it was clearly not going to survive.

The wolves felt the threat from the humans here and began to adjust their positions, preparing to drive the gazelles to the west, away from the cars and people on the road.

The wolves near the jeep sped up and attacked the northeast side of the gazelle like they were driving sheep, forcing the gazelle to change direction.

"This wolf is so damn cunning!" Director Qian had originally aimed at a big ram, but at this time the sheep was driven into the bushes by the wolf.

He cursed and readjusted his aim.

Li Long had taken aim, but he did not shoot.

The gray wolf was far away and did not care about the threat from humans. It was confident of victory and was not panicked at all.

The prey is right in its mouth. It just needs to wait quietly for the gazelle to bleed dry and then die. Then it can enjoy the delicious gazelle internal organs.

Li Longxuan's target was not good in the eyes of others, mainly because the distance was far, the wolf's exposed part in the snow was not large, and it was together with the gazelle, so it was really not easy to hit it.

He chose a difficult one, so naturally others were happy to choose a closer target.

Although they are all moving targets, because they are coming diagonally in this direction, you only need to slightly adjust the lead time and they can be easily hit.

This is different from running away in all directions. After all, it is difficult to fight against things that are coming towards you, so don't hunt.

At this time, another wolf pounced on a gazelle, and the herd of gazelles exploded. Three or four of them rushed directly towards the jeep!
"boom!"

Director Qian was the first to fire the shot. He used a single bullet from his shotgun to knock down a gray wolf that was following him.

In the end, he still killed the wolf, mainly because the wolf gave a very good position and just passed through his field of vision. Originally, he was aiming at a big male gazelle slightly in advance.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

As soon as Director Qian's gun fired, the guns of the other three people also fired, followed by another "bang".

This is Director Qian shooting the gray wolf again. After he shot it just now, the gray wolf fell to the ground in the snow. He thought it was dead, but unexpectedly the wolf got up again and struggled to run south. Fortunately, its speed was very slow, so Director Qian shot it again.

Li Long looked at the wolves and the herd of gazelles that were scared away by the gunshots and stopped shooting.

Anyway, you can’t take it back even if you beat it.

"Take your own." Director Qian was very happy. "I see everyone hit the target. Everyone's shooting skills are pretty good."

They were not pretentious people. Even if they gave in to their leaders, there were limits. It was not like the unlimited ones in later generations.

Since the leader said so, Li Long rushed over with his gun in hand, ran towards the gray wolf he had killed, and by the way, checked whether the little yellow sheep could be saved.

The reason why he was holding the gun was because he was afraid that the wolf might fight back if it was not dead. To be honest, with his strength, even if the wolf fought back, a solid kick would kill it.

But why bother when you have a gun in your hand?
When he ran up to it, he found that the wolf was already dead, but the yellow sheep was still twitching, and with each twitch, blood was oozing out from the hole in its neck that the wolf had bitten through.

Obviously he is not alive.

Li Long then put his gun on his back and drove towards the jeep with the wolf in one hand and the yellow sheep in the other.

Director Qian was dragging the gray wolf back by himself, and he refused Xiao Si's help.

"A wolf weighs 40 to 50 kilograms. I can carry it." Director Qian was very excited. "Take this wolf back and I'll find someone to make a nice specimen of it - not bad, not bad!"

Then he turned his head to look at the wolf that Li Long was holding and asked casually:
"Xiao Li, you wolf... where did the bullet hit?"

"neck."

"Neck?" Director Qian was stunned and hurried over:

"Let me take a look, let me take a look?" Then he took a look, and sure enough, there was a hole on his neck.

Li Long was patient at that time and kept waiting. On the one hand, he was waiting for Director Qian to shoot, and on the other hand, he was waiting for the wolf to raise its head.

As soon as the wolf raised its head, he pulled the trigger and shot it through the neck.

"Hey! You have a good shooting skill!" Director Qian looked at the wolf in Li Long's hand, then looked at his own wolf, "Switch?"

"That will definitely be no problem." Li Long thought to himself what a big deal this was, and as he spoke he handed the wolf over, but just as he handed it over he took it back.

Director Qian thought Li Long was unwilling, so he asked:
"Xiao Li, what are the conditions?"

Xiao Si, who came back with him, looked unhappy. He turned his head to look at Li Xiangqian and thought, look at who you are introducing.

Li Xiangqian was not in a hurry at all. Li Long was never a person without sense of propriety. Since he took it back, he must have had a purpose.

"It's been too cold along the way. Director, if you want to prepare a specimen, I think it's best to cut the wolf open first and remove its internal organs. I remember that when preparing a specimen, you have to fill it with something, so removing the internal organs won't affect anything, and it can also prevent it from becoming smelly."

"Okay, that's very thoughtful! Xiao Si, the two of you quickly empty the stomachs of these wolves!"

Director Qian became even happier.

Li Long acted quickly. He first took out a knife and cut a line on the wolf's belly. Then he took out the intestines and other parts and threw them on the side of the road. Someone or an animal would come to pick them up.

After dealing with the two wolves, he took care of the little yellow sheep. If they squeezed a little, the jeep should be able to fit them.

Li Xiangqian shot a ram. He didn't want the body of the ram, but asked Li Long to help him cut the ram's head off the neck and take it back with the horns to make a pendant.

This way, it can barely fit into the jeep.

"Alas, it's a pity that it was a wolf. It would have been better if it was a leopard, bear or tiger!" Director Qian sighed as he watched the wolf being processed and stuffed into the trunk of the jeep.

"I know there are snow leopards and bears here, but there can't be tigers, right?" Li Xiangqian shook his head and said, "Aren't those things only found in the Northeast?"

"We have them here too, but there are too few. It is said that there were quite a lot of them in southern Xinjiang a hundred years ago. A small number of them crossed the Tianshan Mountains and appeared here. Some people have seen them, but no one has got the skins." Director Qian said.

"That leopard skin is not easy to get either." Li Xiangqian turned his head and glanced at Li Long. He knew that Li Long got the bear skin, so he didn't mention bear.

"Snow leopards are rare wild animals in the Tianshan Mountains. They are almost always found at high altitudes." Director Qian got in the car, and Li Long and Li Xiangqian also got in quickly. Xiao Si started the car and turned around to go back.

"My herdsman friend once killed a snow leopard and asked me to sell its skin." Li Long said this casually. Anyway, Chen Hongjun knew about this and couldn't hide it. Chen Hongjun and Li Xiangqian had a good relationship.

"How much did you sell?" Director Qian turned his head and looked at Li Long seriously and asked.

"More than one thousand."

"So cheap? If so, I'll buy it for 3,000!" Director Qian sighed with regret, "That thing is so hard to come by. There are very few leathers available in the market."

Li Long didn't expect snow leopard skin to be so expensive.

He didn't think that Chen Hongjun had cheated him. This should be the difference between the official price and the private purchase price. The official price itself would not be very high, and it could not be set very high.

From this moment on, Li Long knew that he could sell ordinary leather to purchasing stations, but it would be better to find private buyers for precious leather.

"Xiao Li," Director Qian's tone became enthusiastic, "I know you have good friends in the mountains. They have guns and can get good stuff. How about this? When you have good leather, ask Section Chief Xiang to contact me. Don't worry, I will definitely give you a high price and will not let you suffer any loss!"

Li Long nodded and agreed.

Director Qian sighed and said:

"Good things are hard to find. We are in the city, so we can only ask. You often go into the mountains, so you have more chances to see them... By the way, Xiao Li, have you ever seen a tiger?"

"How could he see a tiger?" Li Xiangqian said with a smile, "How could there be such a thing in our mountain?" He turned his head and looked at Li Long, "Right?"

Li Long hesitated.

Director Qian was very perceptive. He immediately stared at Li Long and asked:

"Xiao Li, have you seen him? Where?"

Li Long glanced at Li Xiangqian, hesitating whether to speak or not.

"Why are you looking at me? Have you really seen him before?" Li Xiangqian also looked surprised.

"I... seem to have seen it." Li Long said truthfully.

The car suddenly turned, and Director Qian turned his head to look at Xiao Si:
"Xiao Si, drive steadily."

Xiao Si responded, blushing.

He was also a little surprised to hear this. Before this morning, he would have thought that Li Long was bragging.

But Li Long's marksmanship made him realize that the opponent's men were indeed capable.

So maybe it's true.

So he was also shocked: Are there really tigers in northern Xinjiang?

"It's not summer yet, but it's probably around that time." Li Long said:
"I have a cabin in the mountains. When I was packing up that morning, I saw something that looked like a tiger, carrying a roe deer in its mouth and running into the woods. It moved very quickly."

"What's it like?" Director Qian asked.

"Black stripes and yellow fur." ​​said Li Long.

"Is that a lynx?" Xiao Si couldn't help but say, "There are lynxes in this mountain, maybe you haven't seen them..."

Director Qian also suspected that Li Long had seen it wrong.

Li Xiangqian was unwilling to do so. Before Li Long could say anything, he defended Li Long:

"It's impossible for Xiao Li to not be able to tell the difference between a tiger and a lynx. He even killed a lynx and sold its skin. I also got a few bones. It is said that it is the same as a tiger and its bones can also be used to make wine."

"Hey! Xiao Li, I didn't expect you to be an old hunter!" This time Director Qian really believed that what Li Long saw must be a tiger.

He thought for a while and said:

"Tigers are animals that have their own sphere of influence. If they appear in one place, they usually won't move too much, and you can encounter them within a radius of dozens of miles... If I'm free next summer, Xiao Li, would you be willing to be my guide?"

"That will definitely be no problem." Li Long nodded.

"Tiger skin..." Director Qian sat back and muttered, "Tiger skins in our northern border are very valuable. If we can get one, there will be a lot of people who want it."

Li Long couldn't help but ask:
"Director, logically speaking, aren't the tigers in the Northeast bigger and more precious? There are more tigers there, so they should be easier to find. The Northern Xinjiang tiger is not very big, so it should be much smaller than the Northeast Tiger..."

"How can it be the same? We can kill several Siberian tigers every year, but we haven't heard of anyone killing a northern Xinjiang tiger in the past few decades. Scarcity makes things valuable."

Li Long stopped talking.

He was thinking that if calculated this way, the value of the tiger skin in his hand might be beyond his imagination.

He thought that if it was a complete skin, it should be no problem to sell it for eight or ten thousand.

But this leather has a lot of holes in it, so five thousand should be the maximum it can be sold for, right?
After hearing what Director Qian said, it seems that this tiger skin is really valuable.

While Li Long was stunned, Director Qian turned his head and took a look. He saw something.

When Li Long raised his head, he met Director Qian's eyes. Director Qian spoke:

"Xiao Li, let me tell you, if you can really get the tiger skin, you must give it to me. Just name the price when the time comes! I definitely won't bargain!"

Li Long didn't say anything. Li Xiangqian smiled and said:

"Director, what are you talking about? We are all family. If Xiao Li really has it, he will definitely give it to you!"

Director Qian shook his head and said:

"Xiang Qian, I'm speaking from the heart. If Xiao Li really gets tiger skins and sells them to me, it would be a huge honor for me. Do you know how many people in our state, including Wucheng, want such skins?"

He turned his head and looked at Li Long again:

"Xiao Li, let me tell you, if you can really get that leather, don't you like this jeep? I can give it to you! As long as you can sell me the leather... I tell you, even if you do this, you have helped me a lot, and I still owe you a big favor!" (End of this chapter)