I'm involved in poverty alleviation in a primitive tribe.

Rabbits are hard to raise, but Reeves' pheasants must be easy, right?

Jiang Ning plans to enclose an area for free-range breeding, since they can't fly high or dig burrows anyway.

This time we don't have to chop ironwood, which makes things much easier.

Jiang Ning led the hunting team back to the arduous task of chopping wood.

Fortunately, it's already late spring, and the planting work is almost finished, so it's not too busy.

Now, besides the daily watering and fertilizing, all that's needed is for someone to occasionally turn over and prune the sweet potato vines. The tribe members can also eat the harvested sweet potato leaves.

She selected thin, long logs that were not only easy to cut but also suitable for building fences.

They found a spot on the hill behind the tribe's residence where the weeds didn't need to be cleared, as they provided shelter and a place for the Reeves's Pheasant to roost.

Jiang Ning led her team to begin building the fence. She first drove the selected timber into the ground, then fixed other timbers onto it, creating a crisscrossing pattern to form wooden walls.

Although Reeves' pheasants can't fly very high, they can still fly. To prevent them from escaping, Jiang Ning also used vines. She cleverly wove the vines into a net and fixed it to the top of the wooden fence to ensure the enclosure was stable and sturdy.

Looking at the fence, Jiang Ning wondered if she could just plant yams here. That would save on climbing frames and would even provide some food for the Reeves's pheasants. The only thing to be careful about was that the yams didn't grow too fast and collapse the fence.

They built a fence and a simple shelter for the Reeves's Pheasant to escape the rain, then put it in a water trough and a food trough. They left only one door for the tribe members to enter and exit.

Jiang Ning led a group of people to catch Reeves's Pheasants again, this time with a larger group.

Everyone in the tribe who had free time participated. They were divided into several groups, each choosing a spot and forming a circle.

They then slowly moved towards the center of the circle, forming an encirclement.

As the encirclement tightened, the Reeves' pheasants began to feel uneasy.

They scattered and fled, flapping their wings and flying about, trying to escape this dangerous place.

However, Jiang Ning and her team were prepared. They moved quickly and blocked the Reeves's pheasant's retreat.

In the end, all the Reeves's Pheasants in the enclosure were driven together.

The soldiers carried one long-tailed pheasant in each hand and placed them into the enclosure.

Jiang Ning looked at the Reeves's pheasants in the enclosure with satisfaction. They had caught more than thirty this time. In such a large area, and with them free-range, they couldn't possibly kill any more of them.

The next day, history repeated itself, and Jiang Ning, full of anticipation, harvested more than a dozen dead Reeves' pheasants.

The system's voice rang in her ears, "...Have you ever thought about how it manages to evade its natural enemies, since it can't fly and runs so slowly?"

Jiang Ning took a dejected bite of a roasted chicken, saying, "I saw its claws and beak yesterday, but since no soldiers were injured, I overlooked it..."

These long-tailed pheasants have incredibly sharp claws, like meticulously sharpened blades. They can easily dig through the soil surface to unearth insects and seeds underground.

The long-tailed pheasant's beak is incredibly powerful, shaped like a cone, much like a small drill. This beak shape allows the long-tailed pheasant to easily peck through the hard shells of food, and it can also be used to attack opponents.

These dead long-tailed pheasants died from fighting each other, their feathers all ruffled and torn.

"Although your tribe's warriors are a bit weak, they are still level one warriors after all," the system joked. "If you can get injured even catching a long-tailed pheasant, then it will indeed be very difficult for your tribe to survive on this continent."

Jiang Ning let out a long sigh, "My ancestors really had it tough!"

She couldn't help but recall the days when, as long as she had money, she could enjoy all kinds of delicious food.

Whether it flies in the sky, runs on the ground, or swims in the water, as long as she has money, she can taste almost anything.

Behind these delicacies lies the hard work and wisdom of our ancestors, generation after generation.

By domesticating and raising various animals, they ushered in a new era of harmonious coexistence between humankind and nature.

They not only domesticated poultry and livestock, but also cultivated various crops and vegetables, making it easier for humans to obtain food.

Now that it's her turn to be the matriarch, she realizes just how difficult it all was.

"System, I want to write a book sometime in the future. Could you help me publish it in my previous world?" Jiang Ning took another bite of roast chicken.

"What do you want to write?" The system didn't understand how the topic had shifted to writing a book.

Jiang Ning said quietly, "Those years when farming novels deceived me."

"...I didn't know you had this skill. Keep it up! Maybe the wheels of fate will turn again!"

"..."

"You know quite a lot..."

"You flatter me," the system said modestly.

After a while, the system asked Jiang Ning in a very relaxed tone, "There's a simple way, would you like to hear it?"

"What method?" Jiang Ning was drawn in by its tone.

"There are many tribes on this continent, and most of them have their own specialties."

"For example, your Sirius tribe can command wolf packs, and the nearby Lotus tribe can grow lotus roots. Naturally, other tribes might raise chickens. If you just subdue more tribes, wouldn't these problems be solved?"

Jiang Ning felt a little tired. She sighed deeply, "What makes you think that subduing other tribes is easier than subduing the long-tailed pheasant?"

"On this continent, the strong are respected," the system replied nonchalantly. "There are many large tribes, and each of them has some subordinate tribes."

"As long as you are strong enough, it will not be a problem to make other tribes obey you. At that time, even if you don't want to, small tribes will come to you wanting your protection."

Jiang Ning was puzzled. "How can they guarantee their loyalty?"

"Let the shaman swear allegiance by totem, and no one can betray him."

……

After Jiang Ning finished eating the roast chicken, she wrapped up the chicken bones and threw them into the composting area.

Then we went to check on the Reeves' pheasants; there were still more than a dozen left.

Seeing these long-tailed pheasants, Jiang Ning frowned. The remaining long-tailed pheasants stopped fighting and gathered together, not eating. They probably wouldn't live for more than a few days.

"It seems that not only rabbits need to be raised from baby rabbits, but Reeves' pheasants also need to be raised this way."

Jiang Ning went to catch more baby rabbits. It was late spring, and many baby rabbits had just been born.

I found a mother rabbit with her baby rabbits grazing. This kind of rabbit has already been weaned, and the mother rabbit will bring her baby rabbits out to eat some tender grass to help them adapt to the outside environment.

The mother rabbit had eight baby rabbits. Jiang Ning added a partition in the middle of the rabbit cage to separate the mother rabbit from the baby rabbits.

She also lined the rabbit cage with lots of hay, sprinkled some wood ash, and specially found some newly sprouted tender grass to feed the little rabbits. Now they finally had something to eat.