Chapter 879
Let's Do Something Big
Xiao Tao's plan has already been verified in practice and has a certain degree of feasibility!
However, this wild boar herd was too large, and Yue Feng felt that doing it this way was a bit risky.
It's not that we're worried about wild boars hurting people or anything. The firepower of the hunting team in Xing'an Village is almost as good as that of the township's armed forces department. Taking down a bunch of wild boars is nothing.
Yue Feng's idea was to eliminate all the wild boars at once, once and for all.
The old method of building platforms in trees is more effective for dealing with scattered prey such as black bears. However, when facing large groups of wild boars, it is easy to kill some of them, causing the rest of the herd to scatter and escape.
These mountain animals, who had finally found plenty of food after a long period of hunger and thirst in the mountains, will certainly not let this go unpunished. Once the herd stabilizes a bit, they will most likely come back for more.
It's hard to say how long it will take to completely eliminate this wild boar scourge.
Yue Feng frowned slightly and shook his head: "If it were just a few scattered wild boars, this method would be the most suitable! But now that it's a large herd, we can't fight them like this anymore. We need to think of another way!"
"Why? A large group is fine, just fire a few bursts, who cares if it's thirty or fifty!" Xiao Tao scratched his head, feeling that the firepower was sufficient, and his older brother's concerns were a bit unnecessary.
“They’re alive, not stationary targets! Right now, the foot of the north slope is covered in tall, green crops! If you fire and scare the pigs, they’ll run around in a panic. Are you sure you can catch any?”
Yue Feng looked at his brother with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot.
Hearing this, Xiao Tao scratched his head: "Uh, okay! What should we do then? I was thinking that we could just use a gun on the platform and sweep them away, easy and fun! If the pigs scatter and escape, we really can't stop them!"
Xiaowen then said, "Brother Feng, we can use the old method we used in the village to protect the pigs during the autumn harvest! We'll find the routes the pigs take in and out of the mountains, drive them away, and then choose a suitable spot to ambush them!"
Yue Feng nodded: "That's what I'm planning too! The north slope is undulating and covers a huge area. We definitely can't surround it with just a few people!"
We need to get all the villagers in position to ensure the pigs are driven to the designated spot as we intend!
“Yes, the crops have all been damaged, and everyone, young and old, must be furious! You’ll see, they’ll all be here soon!” Xiaowen said.
Just as Xiaowen had predicted, in less than fifteen minutes, almost all the able-bodied men and women in the village who had heard the broadcast had arrived.
The small square outside the village office was packed with people.
Aunt Ma, who was the first to discover the wild boar herd, described the encounter and the damage to the autumn seedlings caused by the wild boars to several villagers she knew.
Yue Feng walked to the entrance of the village office and stretched out his arm to press down.
"Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me!"
Soon, the crowd quieted down.
Yue Feng said, "The slope on the north side of the mountain at the foot of our village has been ravaged by a herd of wild boars! Aunt Ma and I just came back from the scene! The situation is very serious!"
Aunt Ma saw with her own eyes that there were at least forty or fifty wild boars in a large group, so we can't use the method of building a platform in the trees to eliminate them.
I plan to use the same method I used in previous years—large-scale troop movement followed by ambushes—to wipe out these wild boars!
Now, let's assign positions for everyone, young and old!
Over the next few days, everyone needs to put aside everything else; we must first ensure that we can harvest the autumn crops!
Upon hearing Yue Feng's words, villagers below immediately began to shout.
"Secretary Yue, with so many of us, are we all going to guard the foot of the mountain? Should we arrange shifts and take turns? Guarding it all the time won't be enough for everyone!"
The suggestion made some sense, but Yue Feng shook his head.
"No, we have a limited number of able-bodied men. The battle line is too long in this area from the north slope to the foot of the mountain! If we take turns guarding it, we won't be able to keep an eye on the key points if there aren't enough people!"
If we want a permanent solution, we can't take shortcuts. Otherwise, if the wild boars come down the mountain, they'll be scared away, and the back-and-forth will cause them to slip and fall. This will drag on and everyone will find it unbearable!
"Then let's do as Secretary Yue says, you make the arrangements for everyone!" The villager who had interrupted earlier immediately responded.
Yue Feng nodded and then said, "Everyone, line up in groups of five, and choose a temporary group leader. I'll assign positions to everyone!"
The villagers quickly became agitated, each finding friends to form teams of five and electing a team leader.
Relying on his memory of the area at the foot of the North Slope, Yue Feng drew a simple map on the ground and then assigned tasks to key locations such as passes and chokepoints.
"Wang Maoyong, you are at position number one on the map. The remaining four people in your group are responsible for an area fifty meters east of your position!"
People should not gather in groups; they should spread out to ensure that wild boars do not escape from your area when they arrive!
Lee Hyo-jung, you are at position number two on the map, and your group is also fifty meters to the east!
Zhang Dalei, you…
Yue Feng acted like a general deploying troops, assigning areas on a map and making arrangements for the villagers.
After the allocation process, most villagers had their own designated area to be responsible for.
Under Yue Feng's deliberate arrangement, several villagers who were recognized as having good marksmanship stayed behind.
The core team of Yuefeng Hunting Team consists of four people.
Xiao Tao's father is Li Wentong.
Zhao Hongbo, son of Grandpa Zhao.
These six people are Yue Feng's core team in the village, and they can be absolutely relied upon at any time.
Yue Feng continued, "The rest of you, come with me to get your guns. Xiao Tao, Xiao Wen, and Xiao Wu, you come with me and are in charge of setting up an ambush!"
Uncle Li, you and Brother Zhao, you two are responsible for covering and covering for yourselves!
After the final personnel arrangements were completed, the villagers, who had just quieted down, started shouting again.
Seeing that Yue Feng had left behind only his core team and assigned the duty of patrolling to others, Zhang Laosan felt a little uncomfortable.
"Secretary Yue! The work has been arranged, but there's something I'd like to ask in advance!"
Yue Feng glanced at Zhang Laosan and said, "Third Brother, what's up?"
Zhang Laosan glanced at the two Zhang clansmen beside him and said, "You've left the shooting to the hunting team and your relatives!"
How will the hunted prey be distributed?
It's fine for the men and women, young and old, to contribute their efforts in protecting the autumn harvest, but shouldn't we discuss the distribution of the spoils beforehand? Everyone agrees, right?
When Zhang Laosan started making a fuss, several acquaintances nearby knew what was going on and immediately joined in the commotion.
"That's right! There are forty or fifty wild boars! We'll have to give the villagers plenty of pork to eat!" "At the very least, we can take them to the purchasing point, exchange them for money, and distribute the money among everyone!"
Yue Feng glanced at the group of people who were making a fuss, and knew that they were trying to take advantage of the situation.
With the help of his father-in-law Wang Jianguo, Yue Feng has firmly secured his position as village secretary, but there are still some villagers who are at odds with him.
These few examples are very clear 'representatives'.
Yue Feng grinned: "It's my fault! I was so busy assigning tasks that I forgot to mention it!"
Now, I'll officially answer your question!
All game harvested by the autumn protection team, regardless of quantity or value, is settled at the village office!
First, deduct the cost of ammunition, then deduct the actual losses suffered by Aunt Ma due to the disaster. The remaining value of the game, if small, will be sold and the money divided! If large, it will be prepared and distributed among everyone!
The distribution is calculated based on the number of people contributing labor! If a family contributes one strong laborer, that counts as one share! If they contribute two people, that counts as two shares!
Does anyone have any opinions? If you have different ideas or other questions, please raise them now!
Upon hearing Yue Feng's very fair answer, the crowd that had been making a fuss immediately fell silent.
Zhang Laosan rubbed his nose: "This is a good idea. Then I'll follow the secretary's arrangements. I have no problem with it!"
Yue Feng nodded, his gaze sweeping over the others, and no one else stepped forward to ask a question.
Yue Feng waited a full minute before saying, "Since everyone is okay with it, let's go back and get ready!"
There are many mosquitoes at night, and the dew is heavy in the latter half of the night, so everyone should wear more clothes!
Everyone must be in place by 4 PM. I will personally go through the area, and those who are absent or not in their assigned positions will be publicly criticized over the loudspeaker!
Disband! ! "
With a dismissal notice, the able-bodied men who had been assigned their responsibilities quickly dispersed and went home to prepare.
Protecting farmland in the fall is no easy task; it requires a lot of preparation.
We need to gather some mugwort to repel mosquitoes, and also prepare our clothes, as the mountain breeze can be quite chilly in the latter half of the night, and people may not be able to withstand it if they are not dressed warmly enough.
After most of the villagers had left, Zhao Hongbo and Li Wentong did not rush to leave, but followed Yue Feng into the village office meeting room.
"Xiaofeng, should we use our own gun or the village's gun?" Li Wentong asked first.
Yue Feng grinned and took out two brand-new Type 56 semi-automatic rifles from the gun cabinet, then pulled out a sealed box of 1,000 rounds of ammunition.
"These two guns, Brother Zhao and Uncle Li, you two each take one! Xiao Tao and I will use the hunting team's own guns!"
With six guns—four Type 56 semi-automatic rifles and two AK automatic rifles—our firepower is definitely enough!
Zhao Hongbo took the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle assigned to him, inspected it very skillfully, and then nodded: "The gun is fine! There's something going on these days; wild boars coming down from the mountain can actually gather into such a large group!"
Yue Feng looked at Zhao Hongbo and said, "It should be the Lunar New Year, right?"
"Yes, there was little rain in the past two years, but there has been a lot of rain this year. I've heard my dad mention this before!"
"Where should we meet? Should we go together, or what's the arrangement?" Zhao Hongbo continued to ask.
Yue Feng said, "No rush, let's distribute the bullets first! Just meet at my house at 3:30 this afternoon!"
As he spoke, Yue Feng laboriously opened the unopened ammunition box and took out the brand-new bullets wrapped in kraft paper.
One pack contains 25 packets, and each person should have at least two packs.
Li Wentong then said, "Xiao Tao, if you can't do it, you can cover for your brother Zhao and fill in the gaps. I'll take care of playing as the main player."
Old Li is also a gun enthusiast and hunter. He's not good at talking to others, but if he were in his own son's shoes, no one could find fault with him.
Xiao Tao shrank back, somewhat reluctantly saying, "Dad! My marksmanship is amazing now! Don't try to take my spot as the main striker!"
"You're so great! Last time you missed the target with five bullets, wasn't that you?" Li Wentong didn't tolerate his son at all.
"I'm not trading! That's a whole bunch of wild boars! I have to have some fun!" Xiao Tao pouted and turned his head away, not daring to meet his father's gaze.
"You've gone too far! Believe me or not, I'll teach you a lesson!" Li Wentong reached out to grab his son.
Despite his usual bravery and skill in battle, Xiao Tao never dared to show off to his father. When his arm was grabbed, he immediately let out a howl and his face turned red.
Seeing Xiao Tao's discomfiture, Yue Feng said, "Alright, Xiao Tao, your marksmanship is always a bit lacking. It's fine to let Uncle Li have some fun. We have plenty of opportunities to go hunting in the mountains every day!"
Seeing that his older brother had spoken, Xiao Tao nodded with a pout: "Alright, then I'll be the substitute!"
"A father beating his son is unreasonable! Who dares to mess with me outside?!"
Before he could finish saying the last two words, Li Wentong tightened his grip on Xiao Tao's hand, causing Xiao Tao to gasp and beg for mercy in pain.
"Ouch, that hurts! Dad, I was wrong, so wrong!"
"You've gone too far! No matter when I deal with you, it'll be like an old plaster! Just stay quiet and doze off!" Li Wentong said with a smile.
"Hahaha!" Everyone burst into laughter.
After distributing the guns and ammunition, Yue Feng personally went to the convenience store and returned carrying a bag full of large, white firecrackers.
The firecrackers are a real treasure. Everyone gets half a string of them, and if you light them in an emergency, they can scare away wild boars.
Once the wild boar herd has come down the mountain and been discovered, you can run and drive them away. You can also use firecrackers to restrict their escape route, making it a great way to get a lot done with a little money.
Once they got home, Yue Feng and the others quickly ate lunch and then rested for a while.
At 3 p.m., the six-person team assembled, and Yue Feng and the others, fully armed, set off from their homes, heading straight for the northern slope of the mountain outside the village.
When we arrived at the location, there was less than half an hour left before four o'clock.
Many villagers had already arrived ahead of time.
Everyone was dressed similarly, each carrying a stool or bench, a spear or stick, and a lot of dried mugwort. The rest of the items included water bottles, dry food, cigarettes, and other necessities.
Yue Feng led the main force to re-survey the site at the edge of the field. When the time was almost up, they started to move forward from the edge of the field. When they encountered villagers, they fired firecrackers and briefly assigned tasks to the personnel and agreed on signal conditions.
A herd of forty or fifty wild boars could yield a substantial reward if the hunt were successful, so the villagers were enthusiastic and no one was late.
Along the way, Yue Feng distributed all the firecrackers in his bag, and then led Xiao Tao and the others, striding towards the path where the wild boar herd had come down the mountain.
With the basic preparations complete, the rest is up to the main hunters! (End of Chapter)