Reborn in the 1980s: I made my fortune hunting wild game in Changbai Mountain

"A greyhound racing track?"

Jinlong looked completely bewildered when Yue Feng asked this seemingly unrelated question.

Yue Feng nodded: "Yes, it's a dog racing track!"

Each player trains their own hunting dog, then releases it into an enclosed area with prey such as hares! Players can place bets or choose their assigned hunting dog!
This format is similar to horse racing in Hong Kong, but with subtle differences!

After listening to Yue Feng's explanation, Jin Long said, "I've never played horse racing, but I've heard friends mention it! Why are you suddenly asking about this?"

Yue Feng grinned: "When we were discussing the prize for releasing eagles earlier, I was thinking, is it possible that we could organize an eagle racing event similar to dog racing!"

The site of Dayakeng in the south of the city is quite unique. It is large and has a distinctive terrain. With a small investment, we can make good use of this place!
Look, when it comes to falconry and falconry training, Uncle Li, Grandpa Liu, and I are definitely among the top tier in the domestic circle!

From a business perspective, our technology is sufficiently advanced!

In terms of connections and social relationships, you and your childhood friends are definitely qualified to organize such an event!

If all else fails, we can always bring over Young Master Ye and my Tiger Brother!

By joining forces, we can provide technical support, as well as connections and venue support! Who knows, we might just be able to organize this eagle-catching competition!
The profession of raising and training eagles has been a symbol of status and prestige since ancient times, and it has always had a sufficient mass base in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region!

If we can create a successful example, besides making more friends, we can also generate substantial income if it's run well!

To put it more grandly, if it develops well, it might expand to a wider area in the future, perhaps even becoming an international event—who knows!

Yue Feng spoke at a moderate pace, very logically. Before he had even finished speaking, Jinlong's eyes grew brighter and brighter, and after listening to everything, his breathing became rapid.

Jinlong nodded repeatedly: "That's a good idea, I think we should give it a try! You don't know, there are so few things to do in our spare time these days!"

If these falconry competitions or events could be held regularly, those idle rich kids would definitely be quite enthusiastic!

"Try?"

Jinlong nodded heavily: "We have to give it a try!"

Otherwise, I'll bring it up with Jianjun. He has a lot of friends, and he'll definitely be interested in this stuff!

If it really gets going, we'll need to find some influential people to invest in it to keep things under control!

Yue Feng continued, "This isn't urgent. I only have a preliminary idea. We can work on it slowly over the night!"

Otherwise, let's not leak the news for now and organize a small-scale eagle-catching activity first before talking about anything else!
Uncle Li and Grandpa Liu have been whispering to each other for a while now, they're really thinking about getting some good wine to drink!

"Okay! I'll go find some people to arrange meeting opportunities first. We can think about the rest after this event is over!"

Besides raising and training eagles, don't you also have gyrfalcon cubs in your possession?

If it really works out, you can send your top generals to oversee things, and then nobody can stand up to you!"

As Jinlong talked, his thoughts became increasingly divergent, and he even considered the conditions and factors that Yuefeng needed to consider for breeding birds of prey.

"Haha, if I really have that chance, I'll definitely give it my all!"

Jinlong became more and more excited as he thought about it. After sitting for a short while, he stood up again: "No, no, I can't stand it anymore! I need to go back and call for people! Your idea is so avant-garde, you're a genius!"
My dad always criticizes me at home for not doing anything productive and just loafing around. If I can get this business going, I'll finally have some business of my own in the future!

Seeing Jinlong's excited state, Yue Feng naturally wouldn't stop him.

The two share the same stance and have a good emotional foundation. If this matter can really come to fruition, it will be beneficial to Yue Feng's personal development on a small scale, and on a larger scale, it will also promote the inheritance and even commercialization of falconry culture.

After all, there will be more attention if there are benefits, and at the same time, more policy support can be attracted!

Regardless, for Yue Feng, a seasoned inheritor of falconry culture, this is a win-win situation.

Yue Feng got up, saw Jinlong into the car and drove away, before strolling back to his own north-facing room.

At noon, Yue Feng also drank more than half a jin of strong liquor, but he was still far from being drunk.

Yue Feng turned and went into the house, untied the five-foot-long Altai falcon that was tied there, and then strolled over to the stove.

A person can leisurely enjoy hawking and drinking tea.

Feeling the touch and caress of its new owner, the Altai falcon with its hat on quickly adapted to being held on its perch.

It suddenly tightened its feathers, then fluffed up its feathers like a rooster shaking its feathers, and then shook them off in a flurry.

The Altai falcon's high-quality flight feathers rub against each other, making a rustling sound.

Yue Feng glanced at the eagle's crop; the fresh mutton he had fed it that morning had all been digested.

The next second, Yue Feng turned to the side, lowered his head, bit the drawstring of his hat to loosen the restraint, and then pinched the tassel to take off his hat.

Upon seeing the light again, the Altai falcon briefly adjusted to the light, and then the short hairs around its eyelids all fluffed up.

The meaning is simple: I know you, and I know you won't hurt me.

Seeing the falcon's subtle reaction, Yue Feng grinned.

This guy has an amazing personality, and he's much bolder than the Black Hawk. He seems to have an innate gene for being outgoing and friendly.

When Yue Feng went to Hebei to buy the falcon a few days ago, he asked carefully whether the falcon had been properly trained after it was caught. He also mentioned that the falcon had not been handled or trained with a spool, a spotlight, or any other training procedures.

As for the hawk, it was only briefly held up for a few hours on the first day after it was brought back from the mountain. From the second day onwards, it was mostly tied to the hawk bar in the side room.

Even feeding the eagle was effortless; it ate right there the first time it was fed, and it didn't seem afraid when other potential buyers came to see the eagle.

Watching the falcon's behavior, Yue Feng even had a momentary illusion that this guy was so good-tempered that if he let it recognize a lure, maybe if it lost a little weight, he could easily win it over!
Fear is the most critical factor influencing the development of raptor-eagle bond.

If eagles are no longer afraid of humans, then the progress and efficiency of all-round training will be significantly improved.

This is the underlying logic behind why the first thing to do when a live eagle is caught in a net is to raise the eagle and train it.

Thinking of this, Yue Feng quickly got up from his seat, went back to his room, and started rummaging through his backpack.

He quickly found a medium-sized falcon lure.

This thing was brought to Little Eagle Liu, because there are few people training falcons in Yanjing, and even fewer who have used this kind of artificial lure training method.

Yue Feng's original intention was that if the old man was interested, he could test the lure with the grey-backed falcon he had. If the lure could be successfully marketed, the old man could produce and sell falconry gear, adding another type to his product line. However, due to the Altai falcon, his plans changed in the last few days, and he hadn't had time to discuss these minor details with the old man yet.

The medium-sized lure is a little too small for training an Altai falcon, but that's no problem for crafting expert Yue Feng.

He rummaged through his backpack again and found a pair of pheasant wings that had already been dried and processed.

Disassemble the edge line of a medium-sized falcon lure, then simply modify the pheasant wings and fix them to the sides. In this way, a medium-sized falcon training lure becomes a large-sized one.

It's more than enough for my Altai falcon, which weighs only about 2.9 pounds.

While Yue Feng was modifying and making the falcon lure, the Altai falcon obediently perched on Yue Feng's knees, allowing Yue Feng to free his hands to handle the trivial details such as unraveling and sewing.

After finishing, Yue Feng put on a leash, weighed the lure in his hand, and was very satisfied with its feel.

"From now on, this will be your dining table! Later in the afternoon, I'll feed you some meat to help you recognize the food!"

Yue Feng placed the lure on the table and then muttered something to the gray falcon.

Around 3 p.m., Yue Feng drank a large pot of tea, and the slight dizziness in his head completely subsided.

He held the eagle with one hand, turned around and went to the side room in the courtyard near the kitchen, where he took another piece of fresh mutton from the bowl.

The grey falcon was very excited to see the meat.

Its eyes were fixed on the piece of meat, as if it wished it could jump up and swallow it whole in the next second.

In front of the eagle, Yue Feng pierced a hole in the middle of the meat piece, then tied it to the upper center of the lure. After confirming it was secure enough, he tied a slipknot to fix it.

"What, you want to eat? Come on, let's eat in the yard!"

With one hand supporting the eagle and the other holding the fake meat bait, Yue Feng arrived at the open-air spot in the courtyard. He placed the bait on the ground, whistled to indicate that he was eating, and then loosened a large section of the five-foot rope wrapped around his hand.

The five-foot rope loosened, and upon hearing the whistle, the gray falcon immediately jumped from his hand onto the meat-tethered lure, stepping on the main body of the lure and pecking fiercely at the mutton tied to it.

It was bold and didn't care about eating meat at all. In no time, it finished its extra meal of bait, and the originally flat crop area bulged slightly again.

"You have quite an appetite! I'll give you a good meal today, but starting tomorrow, you'll have to lose a little weight before I can feed you hairy hair!"

Yue Feng put the eagle back on its perch and casually touched the gray falcon's tail feathers.

The grey falcon had eaten meat and was in very good condition. When it was petted and "intruded," it only symbolically tightened its feathers and quickly returned to a relaxed state.

Boldness, resilience, and a stable temperament—these are all very important traits in the domestication of birds of prey, and the grey falcon embodies them all.

Yue Feng grew increasingly fond of this eagle.

We carried the hawk back into the house, played with it for a while, and then it slowly got dark.

There were no other plans for tonight. Before five o'clock, the aunt came to ask about dinner. Yuefeng decided to eat at his own home, so he asked the aunt to cook as usual.

To be honest, my aunt's cooking skills are quite good. She makes four dishes and a soup for the two of us to eat dinner together.

Yue Feng ate slowly, holding the eagle with one hand. After eating and drinking his fill, he went back to his room early to warm himself by the fire and drink tea. When he felt a little sleepy, he tied the eagle up and climbed onto the kang (heated brick bed) to go to sleep early.

That night, Yue Feng had a dream.

Jin Shao, together with several capable second-generation rich kids, formed the Eagle Hunting Alliance and took over the entire kiln area in the south of the city.

Eagle hunting enthusiasts from all over the country come here to gather and compete, and even enthusiasts from abroad are attracted.

Yue Feng, as an inheritor of China's intangible cultural heritage of falconry, has also found his place in the alliance, turning his hobby into a career.

……

The next morning, Yue Feng was woken up by the urge to urinate just as dawn broke. He had drunk a lot of tea the night before and hadn't gotten up to go to the toilet, and now he was showing signs of completely losing control.

I quickly put on my coat, got up, went to the bathroom, and when I got back to bed, I couldn't fall back asleep.

After tossing and turning several times, Yue Feng still couldn't find his footing, so he simply got dressed and got out of bed.

Inside the side room, the aunt got up to prepare breakfast. After Yue Feng finished washing up, he rode his hawk around the yard for a while. Before he could finish making breakfast, the sound of a car engine came from the doorway.

Two cars turned off one after the other, followed by a loud banging from the gate.

"Who is it?" Yue Feng asked casually.

"Xiaofeng, open the door! It's me, your brother Jun!"

Upon hearing Ye Jianjun's voice, Yue Feng, with one hand supporting the eagle, strolled to the door and opened it.

"Brother Jun, you're here so early. Have you had breakfast?" Yue Feng asked casually.

"I haven't had breakfast yet. I rushed back overnight after receiving a call from Jinlong!"
"He said you gave him the idea to set up a whole eagle-catching operation in the Dayakeng area south of the city!" Ye Jianjun asked, speaking slightly faster.

Upon hearing this, Yue Feng grinned and said, "This guy can't keep a secret. He's already telling you guys before anything's even started!"

"I think this has potential!" Ye Jianjun said solemnly.

Yue Feng stroked the gray falcon's breast: "If this is promising, let's discuss how to do it!"

My original intention was to test the waters with some people in the industry before making any further decisions!

"If this job goes through, you won't have to worry about selling the gyrfalcons you breed!"

"You need to be mentally prepared. At the very least, you have to leave me a pair of breeding birds!" Ye Jianjun continued.

One has to admire Ye Jianjun's vision; he sees much further than Jinlong.

Before anything had even started to develop, Ye Jianjun had already envisioned a possible future development model and considered the advantages Yue Feng possessed.

No matter the competition format or gameplay, a good eagle is fundamental!
The gyrfalcon in Yue Feng's possession is currently in a class of its own in China. If he were to acquire a pair of breeding birds, many possibilities would arise.

"The eaglets bred last year and this year at the breeding farm on the mountain are all doing very well! If you want one, I can save a pair for you later!"
However, one thing must be made clear beforehand: Black Spear cannot show himself easily, so please don't make things difficult for me! (End of Chapter)