Chapter 294: 294
However, as the boars back then suffered from deaths and injuries, they also learned to be afraid when hearing gunshots, running off in the process . Therefore, the villagers would employ sparrow warfare . They would throw live firecrackers into buckets, hit gongs and shout, lighting up fire torches at the same time . This typically could stop the attacks of the boars .
But later, firearms were banned across the country . Be it self-made or anything else, they were repossessed . Without guns in the village, the boars immediately became abhorrent . They were a little afraid against the firecrackers, fire torches, gongs, and scare crows in the beginning but later on, they realized that those did them no harm . Once they got used to the strategies in place, the herd of boars would treat the foot of the mountain as their own grain warehouse . They came in spring, summer and autumn, causing great destruction and distress to the locals .
Therefore, people began setting up traps and using poison to deal with the boars .
But later, the wild boars were stipulated as protected animals . If one wanted to hunt them? That could be done, but a request had to be made . And after obtaining a hunting license, one could hunt only a limited number of boars . Furthermore, this license was typically difficult to obtain . Getting a few of them was utterly inadequate towards the massive board herd .
Most importantly, the boars did not have any natural predators, and they were very reproductive . Their reproductive rate far exceeded the imaginations of the people .
Every spring, the boars that had survived the harsh winter in the mountains would collectively descend the mountain after having starved for a long time . This meant that trouble would befall the villagers, with large swaths of farmland coming at risk . The saplings would have just grown out and had yet to produce grain, but the boars would ignore them . They would storm across them like they were ploughing the land .
Every year, there would be people injured because of the wild boars . There were even fatalities in earlier years .
Now, people were truly helpless against the boars . The striking of the gongs and the releasing of firecrackers were only actions that had their outcomes left to fate . People could only watch helplessly and sadly as the boars caused destruction to their compounds .
"Abbot, I see the shadows of the boars," said Lone Wolf as he licked his tongue across his mouth . The moment he thought of boars, he would think of their fat asses . Those were filled with meat! The only problem was that their hide was thicker, making it difficult to bite through them .
Fangzheng sighed, "These beasts have caused a lot of harm to the villagers over the years . Let's go down and take a look . "
Fangzheng did not have any abilities in the past, but he did now . He naturally was not going to sit idly by the side and ignore the situation . The problem was how he was to help . Take action to kill all the boars? Or should he negotiate with them? But with their pig brains, would he be able to communicate with them?
As he briskly ran down the mountain, the boar horde had already retreated, leaving behind two unlucky ones who had been tied up in rope . A few villagers had captured them alive .
Wang Yougui and Tan Juguo stood by the side in dismay . Yang Ping was going around, calculating the damages .
"Patrons, the boars came again?" asked Fangzheng when he ran over .
Wang Yougui sighed, "That's right . They are here again . They wreak havoc around this time every year . This is the first wave for the year . There will be more in the future . Sigh . The people that were allocated this piece of land sure were unlucky . "
Tan Juguo added, "There's nothing we can do . All we can do is apply for a permit to kill them . Only the spilling of blood can stop these gluttons . If not, all other methods are useless!"
"It will be difficult . It's not only our village . Several villages have suffered the wrath of the boars . They have all applied for license permits . The higher-ups are also having a headache . If they give out too many, there will be some who will try to profit from secret hunting . If they give too few, it would not be effective," said Wang Yougui .
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