Kai Fu Han

Chapter 229 Raptor Communication
"I'm getting older. Although I've been memorizing these days carefully and studying and understanding hard, I still only remember the superficial knowledge. Some knowledge can't be fully understood even if I look at the textbook." Xu Han sighed: "I understand your feelings. I understand your difficulties, but the country has raised us, and we should repay the kindness..."

"Mr. Xu, you don't need to say this. We are all sensible people. We can't tell whether it was Guochao who raised us or we raised Guochao. Please change your request. I won't let you take my talents there. In the south, our Xinghan League is now in a stage of rapid development, with a shortage of talents, and we can’t even have more than one person." Liu Xinqi once again clearly refused.

"Can you let me take some textbooks back?" Xu Han said.

This is Xu Han's real purpose, Liu Xinqi guessed.

However, primary school textbooks have been widely distributed throughout the county. Even if he is not allowed to take them away, he can easily obtain them from other channels. It cannot effectively block them. It is better to follow the trend and accept favors.

"Yes, if necessary, I can give you a few more textbooks, but only for elementary school textbooks." Liu Xinqi responded.

"Primary school textbooks are enough. I just want to bring these textbooks back to broaden the official's horizons, so that he will not be too limited to 'survival' and not be influenced by those sycophants." Xu Han replied.

The two chatted some more, and Xu Han stood up to say goodbye.

"Mr. Xu, have you ever thought about 'good birds choose trees to roost'?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"You may not be able to tell whether it is 'Guochao raised the people' or 'the people raised the Guochao', but for me, the courtiers of the Guochao, I always think that the Guochao raised me and fulfilled me. Although I was forced to resign later Officer, but after all, I have been given a stage to display my talents before, and I still want to continue to be loyal for the rest of my life." Xu Han understood Liu Xinqi's meaning and politely refused.

"During this period of time in your Xinghan League, I have really felt a kind of vitality, a kind of unique vitality. Sometimes I can vaguely see that in the future, the country will be healthy and the people will be prosperous. I know in my heart that you may be right. Yes, but I have been loyal to Zhao Guo all my life. It will be too difficult to change my family when I get old, so let me just let this old man persist in his obsession for once."

"However, when I return to the court, I will do my best to help you. Let me see how far you Xinghan Alliance can go in my lifetime."

Liu Xinqi forcibly resisted the urge to attach a general card to Xu Han, not only because there were restrictions on the success rate of using neutral forces, but he was now in short supply of fame and resources and could not waste them.Also because of Xu Han's last words, this is an old man worthy of respect, let him follow his own thoughts through the final stage of his life.

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After sending Xu Han away, Liu Xinqi asked Xu Zhong and Liu Xinbao to be called over.

"I have something to arrange for you two, and you need to do it as soon as possible. Go out and ask if anyone has tamed eagles or can capture live eagles. If you want long-lived eagle species, collect them. I'm going to build a team of raptors. The fast communication network enhances the intelligence transmission distance and speed of our Xinghan Alliance."

"I know there are hunters in the mountains taming eagles. I'll look for them later, and I'm sure I'll find them." Xu Zhong, who is a local, knows Penglai County better than Liu Xinbao, and replied directly.

"That would be best. If we can bring them here as soon as possible, these raptors can be used for the second thing I want you to do. I gave 'Diting' a batch of immortal talismans before. I think you, Diting, will not be short of high-end force for the time being. . Now that the muskets have been assembled in the [-]st and [-]nd Infantry Battalions, the role of the soldiers in these two infantry battalions will be greatly reduced. Liu Xinbao, take my transfer order and go to the [-]st and [-]nd Infantry Battalions to select a batch for the Military Intelligence Department. Good job, I have an important task for you."

"You said it." Liu Xinbao replied. "When you send people to the west, you must fully grasp the military maneuvers of the Jin Kingdom and the Puppet Qi State, and understand all aspects of the enemy. The more detailed the better, and it is best to increase the military intelligence warning time to more than ten days. In other words, as long as The Jin Kingdom plans to attack us, and our Xinghan Alliance must get the news ten days before they arrive in Dengzhou. Can it be done?" Liu Xinqi asked.

At present, the main forces of the Jin Kingdom to suppress the rebels are all to the west of Jingdong East Road. Jingdong East Road is temporarily under the governance of the puppet Qi. Except for Penglai, which is occupied by the Xinghan League, other prefectures and counties are relatively stable.

The infantry march time from Jingxi East Road to Dengzhou is about 20 days, so it is not too demanding to increase the military information to ten days. If there are raptors for communication, the military information will be transmitted even faster.

"Promise to fulfill the leader's orders!" Liu Xinbao stood up, clenched his fist with his right hand and hit his left chest with a military salute.

"Okay, let's go do the work and wait for your good news." Liu Xinqi stamped the written transfer order and handed it to Liu Xinbao, and the two of them exited the office.

I thought it would take a few days to see the collected eagles, but I didn't expect that Xu Zhong brought back a baby bird that night.Because he was too young, Liu Xinqi couldn't even tell what kind of bird it was, so he could only wait for Xu Zhong to explain.

"This is a young eagle. The wings of an adult eagle can be two meters long. It is considered a raptor among birds of prey. It is much more powerful than the eagle you asked for. Moreover, the old eagle has a long life span. It is said that the old eagle has been domesticated by the Mongols. Eagles can stay with their handlers for as long as their lives."

Adults train the eagle and then accompany it for life, which means that the lifespan of this old eagle can reach 50 to [-] years.

"How did you get this baby bird?" Liu Xinqi was curious.

"You are truly destined. Old eagles usually lay one to three eggs at a time, usually two. If there is insufficient food in the nest, and the adult old eagle cannot bring back food for a long time, the larger young will hatch first. It can peck at the young birds born after it. This young bird was pecked by the young bird born before it, and accidentally fell from the bird's nest while avoiding it. The eagle's nest is located in a big poplar tree at the entrance of Yaojiazhuang Village at the foot of Zhishan Mountain in the south of the city. On the road, a little bird that fell from its nest was picked up by several children in the village. I happened to see it when I went to hunt for the hunter in the village and asked for it," Xu Zhong explained.

Liu Xinqi took a closer look and found that the young bird was indeed missing a small piece of feather, which should have been taken away by its older brother or older sister.

"So, there are still baby birds in the nest?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"This..., if you even take out the baby bird, it would be too contrary to the harmony of nature." Xu Zhong replied.

"I don't want to eat it. I brought it here. After I perform the magic on it, it will become an immortal bird. This is its creation, how can it be considered against the harmony of nature. Go quickly, I will wait for you to come back."

Xu Zhong had no choice but to set off again. Zhishan was about ten miles away from Penglai County and should be back soon. Liu Xinqi waited excitedly in the room while playing with the baby bird on the table.

(End of this chapter)