"What a beautiful creature... The eagle is the bird of the gods, and the falcon is the same. Even if the falcon is raised from a young age, it will yearn for freedom instead of being a loyal dog."
Elkeson looked at the peregrine falcon on the window sill, and was amazed.
Dou Sen, who was chained outside the castle, suddenly sneezed for some reason.
"You mean, it's impossible for the falcon to obey orders?" Liszt frowned. His idea was to train the peregrine falcon to be as loyal and obedient as Dou Sen.
"They can get close to the person who raised it, but there is no way to force them to recognize their master except to surrender. Domesticating a falcon is actually forcing it to change its habit of being a falcon by constantly exerting external force."
"How to change, how to train?"
"boil!"
"boil?"
"Yes, boiling the eagle is the most important point to subdue the arrogant character of the falcon. It can't sleep, and keep it hungry. Only by crushing its mind can it change its habits. Let it hunt prey, And after flying out, it won't run away."
Elkerson has many years of experience in falconry, and he can speak eloquently in front of Liszt.
Including the tools and steps used to train the falcon, and the different coping methods of different falcons, and then later, he plans to spend forty days to summarize the training methods of the peregrine falcon, trying to defeat the peregrine falcon's mind and make it a The falconer's marionette, and thus utterly subdued.
After listening to his words, Liszt felt inexplicably awkward.
Especially the means of domestication.
Boil the hawk so that the hawk cannot sleep, so that the mind loses its guard; the hungry hawk keeps wrapping hemp with meat, let the hawk eat and clean the stomach, and then draw out the numbing to keep the hawk hungry; the sleepy hawk puts the shackle on the hawk A hat, so that it will not dare to escape even if the rope is loosened; a tripping eagle, tie a rope to the falcon's legs so that it cannot stretch its legs to hunt.
The whole training process is the process of repeatedly torturing the falcon.
He couldn't help asking: "Mr. Elkeson, is the falcon trained in this way still a falcon?"
Elkeson, who was eloquent, was obviously taken aback, and then smiled and said: "Baron Lister, falcons are just beasts. Humans domesticate wild beasts, either to eat, ride, or plow the fields, all of which are used as tools. Falcon taming , just a more complex tool to use.”
"Is there no other relatively mild way?"
Liszt thought that he was not a benevolent woman, and it was very cruel to treat the native women. But Juanfu is different from Tu Po, Juanfu is raised by himself little by little, not an ordinary monster.
Besides, it can be regarded as a reward for the smog mission, which is quite impressive.
"Unfortunately, my lord." Elkeson said calmly, "I understand your thoughts. It is true that taming falcons is cruel, but compared with the harvest, this cruelty is nothing. The peregrine falcon is just a monster , if you don’t tame it, it will resist and escape sooner or later, which will only bring you trouble.”
Think about it too, after a moment.
Liszt put away the kindness in his heart, and replied: "Okay, starting tomorrow, Juanfu will be trained by you."
"I still need your cooperation. It's best to spare five hours a day to train it with me. Only in this way can it surrender to you."
Curly Fortune was still rattling on the window sill.
Little did he know that his fate was about to sink.
Liszt took a deep breath, and suddenly changed his mind: "Mr. Elkeson, why don't you wait two more days and help me make the crystal lamps first. It is difficult for Mr. Granny to complete the crystal lamps in a short time. .”
Half of him hoped that Curly Fortune could enjoy another two days, and half of him hoped to speed up the progress of the Thornworm serial mission.
"If you really need it, I will be happy to help you."
…
in the evening.
Elkeson met with Granny.
Greeted warmly: "Granny, it's a pleasure to meet you again. It's been half a year since we last met. I wanted to visit Moss Town several times, but I was delayed by things."
Granny said with a cold face, "If Baron Lister didn't need a falconer, I wouldn't have written to you at all."
"It seems that you have a deep prejudice against me. It's a pity. Baron Liszt hopes that we can work together to make all the crystal lamps as soon as possible."
"Working with you? Are you kidding me!"
Liszt has been asking the two magicians to say hello by himself, and seeing that there is going to be an unpleasant quarrel, he said: "Mr. Granny, don't worry, your reward will not be less. I just hope that I can be promoted as soon as possible." The production speed of crystal lamps and black pearl magic equipment must be produced as soon as possible."
"I don't think working with him can speed up the progress of the work. He is not a magician, and he knows how to make magic equipment."
Elkeson kept smiling: "Your Excellency Granny, I agree that your skills are very good, but please don't belittle me like this. Even if my skills are not good enough, it's just making crystal lamps. It's normal for two people to cooperate. Besides, Li Si Baron Te has already said that he will pay my salary separately and will not steal your business."
Look at Granny still talking.
Liszt said impatiently: "Okay, this matter is settled like this. Now, let's start the dinner and welcome Mr. Elkeson. I hope he will have a happy life in Huahua Town in the next few days."
Elkeson saluted with a smile: "Thank you for your hospitality. I walked around Huahua Town and fell in love with the beautiful scenery and people here, as well as its thriving style."
look.
What this scene said made Liszt blush a little.
He originally thought that all magicians were people like Granny, but now he realized that among magicians, there are also people who are as elegant as nobles.
By the time the dinner began, town officials joined.
The atmosphere became more lively, Elkeson's wit, humor and erudition quickly won everyone's unanimous favor. Granny, on the other hand, kept a cold face the whole time, only caring about eating and drinking, and was out of tune with the banquet.
…
For the next two days.
With Elkeson's joining, the production of crystal lamps really accelerated, and on the morning of the third day, ten crystal lamps were successfully produced.
All crystal lamps have been installed in the castle.
"Mr. Granny, next, let's make black pearl magic equipment as soon as possible." Liszt actually regretted choosing him to make magic equipment. However, the basic integrity of a person is a must, and he did not show too much emotional change towards Granny.
Granny still had that indifferent expression, with pride in his eyes: "What name do you plan to give it, it must be a sophisticated piece of magical equipment, and it must have a name that fits its temperament, so that it will not be in vain. Magic equipment production technology!"
"Ding Haizhu, I've already made up my mind."
"Dinghaizhu?" Granny savored it for a moment, and said bluntly, "How about calling it the eye of the storm, which is more imposing than Dinghaizhu, and more in line with its positioning."
Eye of the storm
Ding Haizhu
Liszt had to admit from the bottom of his heart that the name he chose was indeed not as compelling as Granny's name. But Granny's attitude made him very unhappy: "It's called Dinghaizhu, no, it's called Dinghaishenzhu!"