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

Li Lihua glanced at Zhang Junhong: "So, is this matter just going to fizzle out like this? Should we look for an opportunity to add fuel to the fire?"

Zhang Junhong frowned slightly, paused for two seconds, and then shook his head slightly: "There are no good opportunities for the time being. Adding fuel to the fire won't do any good. At most, it will only intensify the conflict between the Zhou family and Yue Feng!"
To achieve our goal, we need sufficient leverage!

Since Yue Feng didn't protect his hunting team members, we don't have any decent leverage against him!

Adding fuel to the fire has only made the other side more cautious!

Let's leave it at that for now and talk about it again when Zhou Xueqiang comes out. There'll be a chance eventually!

"So, what about the village purchasing station's plans? Are they going to stay put?" the village accountant asked, joining in at this point.

Yue Feng's business of purchasing mountain products has grown bigger and bigger. From the beginning of spring until the snow closes the mountain, he is almost always busy.

Initially, the main ingredients were wild vegetables, mushrooms, and pine nuts, but later various medicinal herbs from the mountains were added.

Not only did the villagers of Xing'an Village make money, but villagers from surrounding villages also delivered goods here, making it a lively place with people coming and going every day.

Now, trucks depart from the recycling station every day, transporting various goods to be exchanged for money; it's a daily cash windfall.

The village chief, Zhang Junhong, dared to secretly regard Yue Feng as a potential enemy even though he knew that Yue Feng had a powerful background. A large part of the reason was that he was greedy for the profits from the village's mountain products purchasing station.

Think about it, if we can bring down this young Party Secretary Yue Feng, then the village's mountain products purchasing station will fall into Zhang Junhong's hands. After all, the mountain products purchasing station is nominally a village enterprise.

Zhang Junhong shook his head: "The time isn't right yet, let's keep an eye on it!"
Any progress with Li Yinhua? That old woman's position is crucial!

The women's director shook her head: "I've talked to her more than once, using every possible hint and suggestion! She just pretends to be stupid and won't give me any openings!"

I suspect her goal is simply to remain neutral; she won't budge as long as Yue Feng doesn't fall! Only after we bring down the Party Secretary will she possibly switch sides!

Hearing this, Zhang Junhong sighed: "Forget it, let's keep an eye on it! Come on, everyone, have a drink!"

Everyone at the kang table raised their glasses together, quickly took a sip of baijiu, and ate the dishes on the table. The atmosphere was slightly subdued.

The people present were all smart people in the village, but even Zhang Junhong couldn't understand why Yue Feng, a young village cadre with little experience, was so firmly supported by his subordinates.

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The farce sparked by the "protecting autumn" incident has come to an end after Zhou Xueqiang was detained for 15 days.

During a meeting in the township, Yue Feng heard similar news from the secretaries of other neighboring villages.

During a bumper harvest on the mountain, almost every administrative village near the foot of the mountain has news of livestock coming down the mountain to fatten up for winter and ruining the crop.

However, these villagers have been fighting wild animals in the mountains for decades and have long had mature plans for protecting the autumn harvest, so this wave of gaining weight for winter did not cause any waves.

Before we knew it, almost another month had passed.

With the autumn breeze blowing gently, it's harvest season. This year's abundant rainfall has resulted in a very promising crop growth.

Every household in the village began their autumn harvest preparations, with everyone working together to pick corn, bundle stalks, transport corn home, peel corn husks, and dry it.

In just over ten days, every household had almost finished processing their autumn grain.

Walking along the village streets, golden ears of corn are woven and laid out to dry on racks, ready to be threshed and bagged after they are completely dry. After each household has paid their grain tax, the remaining corn can be kept for their own use or sold for cash.

During this busy autumn harvest season, Yue Feng's family is one of the few in the village who doesn't have to work. Yue Feng has leased out all the land allocated to his family, so they don't need the harvest from the land.

Wang Xiaona tries to make her son happy, and occasionally lends a hand to the neighbors by doing whatever chores she can. Yue Feng is basically never home; he's either in the city or at the farm on the mountain, and you can't see him all day long.

This year has also been a year of expanding breeding stock at the mountain farm, with various rare birds and animals gradually spreading and taking shape.

That day, Yue Feng had just returned from the restaurant in the city when he received a call from BJ looking for him.

Yue Feng answered the phone and greeted the caller as usual.

"Hello? This is the Xing'an Village office. This is Yue Feng. Who are you looking for?"

"Xiao Yue, it's me! Ye Xiaojun!" A familiar voice came from the phone.

"Xiao Jun! What are the instructions?" Yue Feng relaxed slightly and greeted him familiarly.

"Did Jinlong talk to you about this? There's something I don't know, have you heard about it?"

"What's up? I haven't been in touch with Young Master Jin for a while!"

"Zhang Chaochao's club imported two pairs of raptors from abroad through special channels!"

Upon hearing this news, Yue Feng was slightly taken aback: "What the heck?"
"It hasn't been that long, isn't it incredibly difficult to import birds of prey from abroad?"

It's only been a few months since spring, around May or June, and Zhang Chaochao's club has already imported breeding birds from abroad.
This news was completely unexpected to Yue Feng; the efficiency in handling the matter was simply outrageous.

It should be noted that, according to the relevant management practices for the introduction of live animals into China, the quarantine and observation period for animals introduced from abroad alone can take several months.

Moreover, when Yue Feng went to Beijing last time, he discussed this information with Jin Long and Ye Jianjun. Even with connections and resources, it would be very difficult to make progress, since many aspects were unprecedented and opening up channels would require relevant personnel to take on considerable risks.

"Let's not worry about the difficulty for now! The point is, they brought back breeding birds from abroad during their breeding season! They also brought back advanced breeding techniques from overseas!"
My brother has already gone to check it out himself; the one with the closed leg band on the exposed shaft is definitely a breeding bird!

"What kind of eagle? A goshawk?" Yue Feng continued to ask.

Ye Xiaojun: "A pair of goshawks and a pair of falcons! I heard that they're already negotiating a second batch of two-year-old gyrfalcons that are ready to be raised! Things aren't looking good!"

Yue Feng took a deep breath and calmly asked, "The situation is indeed a bit tricky. What does Brother Jianjun mean by this?"

"Zhang Chaochao has brought over breeding birds, so we're at a disadvantage in terms of breeding progress, starting from the eaglets!"

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, there is a high probability that we will be able to obtain local eaglets bred by the club next breeding season!

My brother is already contacting friends to help inquire. There's nothing new in this circle. Once we get started, if they can get it, we can definitely get it too!

"It's just that we've lost the initial advantage in breeding stock, which might put us at a slight disadvantage!" Yue Feng replied, "Well, there's really no need to worry too much about that. At worst, I can transfer the breeding eagles from my family's breeding farm to the club. At most, our breeding progress will just be on par! We won't fall too far behind!"

"That's only one aspect; there's another one too!"
Many of the outsiders who were initially observing have wavered in their stance after seeing the results on Zhang Chaochao's side!
My brother's idea is to find a way to make a scene during the autumn hunting season!

Yue Feng wasn't an expert on the ins and outs of things in the capital, but he understood the intricacies of the situation.

As a new phenomenon, the Falconry Club is bound to attract a lot of attention and observation. Every move it makes now could influence the assessments of those watching.

"What exactly does Brother Jianjun mean, and what can I do to help?" Yue Feng continued to ask.

Things are done by people. Yue Feng isn't good at cultivating relationships with higher-ups, but projects like raptor domestication and breeding are his comfort zone.

As long as Ye Jianjun and his team have ideas, Yue Feng can provide sufficient technical support.

"My brother's idea is to take advantage of the early autumn eagle season and hold a prestigious eagle auction at the club to showcase our club's absolute advantage in raptor resources!"

As you know, breeding eagles is just one of the tasks assigned to our superiors. If we want to advance the development of birds of prey, we have to take this step!
However, the club's development doesn't have to be entirely linked to raptor breeding; we have our own advantages!

Upon hearing the words "Zai Mingying Zhan," Yue Feng's heart skipped a beat.

Well, Ye Xiaojun called me personally and talked for a long time. Turns out he was waiting for me here.

The raptor resources in Yue Feng's possession are the main attraction of the famous eagle exhibition. Whether it is the black mutated gyrfalcon, the white grey-backed falcon, the iron-backed red eagle, the great blue dragon, or even the rare Altai falcon, they are all rare and precious hunting eagles.

Yue Feng replied in a somewhat somber tone, "I have no objection to holding this famous eagle exhibition, but these breeding birds I have are fine for display, but they can't be auctioned! Not to mention the parent birds, I plan to keep even the offspring for breeding purposes, they can't be circulated freely!"

"Hehe, don't overreact. You're overthinking it. That's not what my brother meant!"

Ye Xiaojun also realized Yue Feng's reaction to the news and hurriedly tried to make amends.

"Hmm? What does that mean?" Yue Feng continued to press.

"My brother was thinking of taking advantage of the autumn hawking season and using all his connections to get some wild hawks caught in the fall! What we're auctioning and trading are these hawks, not our family's old stock!"

At worst, you might just bring your top-of-the-line Falcon to the BJ Club to show off. I guarantee no one can take it away from you!

Hearing this, Yue Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

Eagle is Yue Feng's lifeblood and the source of his confidence. If someone were to steal it away, Yue Feng would be devastated.

If it's just about helping to get some large eagles in good condition, that's a different story. Yue Feng is definitely a seasoned veteran and a practical expert when it comes to eagle catching, and his skills are absolutely top-notch.

To put it more arrogantly, when it comes to eagle-catching skills, if he dares to say he's second, then no one dares to say they're first.

"Okay, I got it! Let's find a way to get some decent Autumn Eagles to showcase our club's strength and capabilities, right?"

Ye Xiaojun replied, "That's right, when it comes to catching eagles, you're definitely the leader! I have absolute confidence in you! It'll just be a bit of a hassle for you for a while!"

Yue Feng said confidently, "I can do this! But I have to warn you in advance, if you just want to catch a few eagles, we can find a decent spot on the back mountain of our house!"

However, if we want to select the best of the best, screening a large number of high-quality eagles, the resources here aren't enough. We need to go elsewhere!

"Huh? You can even occasionally run into gyrfalcons on the mountains near your home. Do you have to go to other places to catch eagles?" Ye Xiaojun asked uncertainly after hearing the answer.

Yue Feng grinned: "Didn't I just say that it doesn't matter if we catch a few eagles here and there? We can catch eagles right here in the back mountain of our house!"

However, if you want to select the best from the best, you need a large enough sample size!
The mountains around here are just a branch route for raptors during their autumn migration, at most including some raptors that breed locally.

Compared to the main raptor migration routes, this part accounts for a very small percentage in terms of numbers!

As for the gyrfalcon, such a rare species is extremely rare! I've lived in this village all my life, and the only eagles I've ever seen are these two!

"So where do you plan to catch eagles? Where is the main raptor migration route you mentioned?" Ye Xiaojun asked again.

Yue Feng answered truthfully: "As far as I know, there are several raptor migration routes in China."

One route is from the Liaodong Peninsula to the Bohai Strait, such as the one near Dalian.

The second route is through North China, the Taihang Mountains, and the surrounding areas of the Baiwang Mountains, Xishan Mountains, and Yanshan Mountains near the capital, all of which are strategic locations for raptor migration.

The third route is the passage from the Shandong Peninsula to the East China Sea, including areas such as Qingdao Rongcheng Island.

The last one is the Southwest-Indochina Peninsula Corridor, which involves the Hengduan Mountains-Chongqing Corridor and its surrounding areas.

As for the Tianshan Mountains, they also exist there, but they're too far away to discuss!

Hearing Yue Feng rattle off a string of geographical terms as if they were his own, Ye Xiaojun visibly paused and hesitated for a moment.

A few seconds later he muttered, "Damn, you're pretty good at geography! I've never even heard of many of these places!"

Yue Feng pursed his lips: "You only study things if you like them. A lot of the information here is from what my elders told me!"

So where exactly are you planning to go?

Yue Feng replied, "The nearest place is over in Jishi, on the west bank of the Songhua River!"
There's a place over there called Dayulou! It's on the eastern migratory route for birds of prey in Northeast China. During peak eagle season, the bird of prey resources there are far richer than around the hill behind my house!

"Hmm! This place name sounds familiar!"

"Hehe, the fishing tower has quite a history! During the Qing Dynasty, it was a place where fish were caught and eagles were sent as tribute to the royal family!"
Think about it, our ancestors considered paying tribute to the royal family to be of utmost importance hundreds of years ago. The location they chose must have been carefully considered!

"You're right, are there mountains over there too?"

There aren't many decent mountains, but the waterways are very well-developed!

You have some misconceptions about bird migration! Birds of prey don't only migrate through mountains; waterways and coastlines are also important migratory routes!
The aquatic wetland resources along the Songhua River provide a habitat for a large number of birds, and these migratory birds provide ample food sources for birds of prey!

There are plenty of eagles! (End of Chapter)