My Deep-sea Fishery

Chapter 474: The Legend of Costin (Part 2)

Steller's sea eagles generally live in the sea.

The ocean is known as the cradle of life. It is abundant in kind. There are marine fish everywhere in the entire sea area. Why should it be so hungry?

Hungry for 20 days?

Not to mention twenty days. If a Steller's sea eagle cannot catch a single fish for three consecutive days in a sea where there are marine fish everywhere, then it deserves to starve to death, stupid.

And what kind of environment does Costin live in?

In the northern cold zone, either the endless prairie, the desert without grass, or the snow-covered snow-capped mountains.

Spring, summer and autumn are okay. There are many small and medium-sized beasts such as hares and rodents, and there is no ice on the water.

How about winter?

There is nothing in the desert in winter, and ice on the water. Animals on the grassland store food for the winter. In addition to preying on kittens, puppies and chicks in the village, Costin eats some carrion. Where are the food sources?

Not to mention that it has been hungry for 20 days. According to Darwin's theory of evolution, if it can't hibernate, it can only be considered that its evolution is not thorough enough.

In any case, people can occasionally see steller's sea eagles in the southern coastal areas today, but the figure of Hai Dongqing is not seen by many people who have lived on the grasslands for a lifetime.

Of course, Xiang Yang knows that the sharp decrease in the number of Costin has nothing to do with its ability to adapt to nature. Costin is not eliminated by the laws of nature. The main reason for the sharp decrease in the number of Costin is human capture.

Xiang Yang didn't know how much a live Costin could sell, because he had never heard of a live Costin deal.

Don't say I saw it, I have never heard of it.

But how much the dead Costin was worth Xiang Yang had heard of.

In 2017, in Western Siberia, a group of thieves hunted and killed a sea Dongqing. The sea Dongqing sold 19 million rubles on the black market, which was converted into domestic currency, which was about 1.8 million. yuan.

Later, the group of poachers was caught, and the police in West Siberia naturally followed the whereabouts of the scumbag. They found that the Costume had already been sold several times and sold to North America. The last transaction price traced was 4.4 million U.S. dollars, which was approximately 30 million yuan in domestic currency.

The price is against the sky, right?

In fact, it is not against the sky at all. Compared with Costin's historical value, this price is not even a fraction of a fraction.

In modern times, Costin's nickname is Jao Di Zuo Chuan Qing.

In the Qing Dynasty, Costin was also called Mianshiqing.

What does that mean? It means that a Costin is a gold medal for avoiding death.

In Costin, the pure white "Jade Claw" is the top grade, and there are other names such as autumn yellow, wave yellow, and three-year dragon.

In the Qing Dynasty, if a prisoner caught a sea Dongqing and offered it to the court, all capital crimes other than treason would be exempted.

In the Liao, Jin, Yuan, and Ming dynasties before the Qing Dynasty, institutions similar to Yingfang were set up in each dynasty to specialize in capturing and raising Costume.

Costin’s history and culture in our country are very far-reaching, and it has even been raised to the height of a totem.

Costin is not only a brave falcon, but also melted into the ancient culture of our country.

A poet in the Jin Dynasty described the scene of Costin attacking the swan as "fighting the wind and jade claws, glancing at the wind and falling snow and frost", which expressed his praise for Costin's determination and determination.

Modern archaeologists once unearthed the bone carving Haidongqingtou in Xingkai Lake E, about 6,000 years ago.

A gilt copper belt decorated with a flying swan captured by Hai Dongqing was found in the tombs of Dong Jurchen in the ancient city of Shangjing.

In addition, among the existing ancient music scores in our country, there is the pipa score of "Haitongqing takes the swan".

In the folk children's games, there is an activity of "Old Harriers Diao Chicks".

The nursery rhyme "Ama Has Only a Little Jia Fa" is circulating in Dunhua, Jilin nowadays.

Xiang Yang has never heard of that song, but once read the lyrics when watching Costin’s knowledge, “Ama has a little horned eagle. White wings, flying fast, red eyes, can see clearly. The rabbit can’t see it. When he could run, the swan was dumbfounded when he saw it. Zuo saw his eyes widened and called it a sea Dongqing. Tie silk and tie a bell, blow and beat it into Beijing. The emperor rewarded a yellow mantle, and Ama asked for a big iron bow. The iron bow and the iron arrow shoot far, and no eagle is needed to catch a swan."

This ballad vividly shows how precious Costin was in ancient times.

If anyone catches Costin, he has to lock it all the way, blow it up, beat the gongs and drums, and send it to Bauhinia City like a bride. I won’t talk about the manpower and material resources consumed during the period, just look at what the emperor gave. What's your reward.

Yellow jacket! ! !

In ancient times, from October to December every year, the imperial court sent people to Fuyuan County on both sides of the Duck River to catch sea Dongqing.

When catching the sea Dongqing, first set up a "∏"-shaped bracket with three stones on the hillside facing the sun, symbolizing the Jinlou Shentang on the Nine Heavens of the Eagle God, and put a rock inside to represent the sacred mountain where the Eagle God lives.

Then plant the grass for incense, and after the wine is used for the memorial ceremony, the net will be opened to catch the eagle.

The net for catching Costin is generally 3 meters long and 1 meter wide. A pigeon or dead chicken is tied to the net as bait. The falconer himself hides in a "shack" camouflaged with branches and waits for the arrival of the eagle.

Sometimes, the falconer has to squat for a few months before squatting down to a sea Dongqing, which is called "squatting grass", which is the original origin of the term squatting grass.

If Hai Dongqing hovered down from a high altitude, Pan would eat the bait and be caught.

Eagle catchers must first pay tribute to the **** of eagles very grandly, and then they can catch eagles.

If the eagle caught is Costin, it must be immediately sent to the Forbidden City for the emperor to enjoy, otherwise it will be a felony of the Yi tribe.

Emperor Kangxi once admired: "There are sixty out of three hundred feather worms, and the most handsome man is the best sea Dongqing."

After the Proteas was sent to the Forbidden City, there were special eagle trainers in the Forbidden City who placed Proteas on a special scaffold and kept it from sleeping for a few days~www.readwn.com~ to erase the wildness of Proteas, This is called "boiled eagle".

After the eagle is boiled, there are links such as "fisting" and "running the rope", so Costin can listen to people's shouts, and let it go wherever it goes.

In order to grasp the condition of the fat, the eagle trainer will let Costin swallow the twine ball wrapped in lean meat, it can't digest it, and then spit out the thread ball, which is called "spinning", also called "stretching the waist".

After a few times of "shaking", Costin can be hungry, let the muscles become stronger, and then can "load lightly" and fly to the sky.

It is documented that Costin who is over three years old can fight with foxes, and that Costin who is five years old can take cats and dogs away as real objects.

Of course, the exact dog that was taken away by Costin recorded in the literature remains to be discussed, and the literature does not record what kind of dog Costin took.

Teddy is also a dog, and Tibetan Mastiff is also a dog. Xiang Yang feels that the combat effectiveness of these two breeds of dogs is still a little different.

  

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