The Zoo is located in the northwest corner of the palace, near the north gate.

This is the first time Fu Xuechen has seen an ancient zoo. However, the zoo in this era was owned by the royal family and would not be open to the public. The animals inside would not receive a large number of tourists specifically to visit and watch them.

The Royal Rare Animal Park of the Darong Empire is also divided into five rooms, namely the Bird Room, the Elephant Room, the Leopard Room, the Eagle Room and the Strange Beast Room. In addition, there is also a plantation garden, where many rare plants that are not commonly seen outside are planted.

The poultry farm is divided into two parts. One is next to the plantation garden and is covered by a fine net. It contains mainly starlings, thrushes, parrots, peacocks and other terrestrial birds that do not rely much on the lake water. The other covers a large area.

There are swans, cranes, mandarin ducks and other water birds in the water area. Due to their habits, these water birds do not need to be restricted by cages or even specially managed. They will come to this water area every year to survive and come and go quite freely.

The elephant house houses elephants donated by the southern kingdoms. I heard that during the previous dynasty, elephants were regarded as auspicious giant beasts and were often draped in red and colorful and taken out to participate in ceremonies during major festivals and festivals.

Leopard House is a place where wild beasts are raised. In the previous dynasty, there were not only leopards, but also tigers and bears. When it came to Darong, Emperor Yuan'an felt that raising wild beasts required a lot of meat every day, which was too expensive, so he ordered them to be slaughtered and cooked.

, after a year, only a few leopards and two brown bears were left.

Tigers are full of treasures, their meat can be eaten, and their parts can be used to make medicine. They were all killed first. There were not many leopards in the first place, and their meat was not as valuable as tigers, so they were left. Bears can also eat meat, and bear paws are even more rare.

Delicious. After the tiger, only two were eaten. Soon, even these two will probably be eaten.

Fu Xuechen was speechless when she heard Yunzuo talking about the fate of these ferocious beasts in the rare beast garden. Unexpectedly! Emperor Yuan'an turned out to be a foodie. The previous emperor raised ferocious beasts, probably to show off his noble royal status. As a result, Emperor Yuan'an

There is no such thing in his mind. Rather than spending money to raise these beasts, he would rather kill them for meat.

After leaving the lonely and empty Bao Fang, the next place to go is Eagle Fang. Compared with Bao Fang, Ying Fang is much more lively. There are big eagles, bald eagles, falcons, owls, and sea turtles here.

Emperor Yuan'an no longer had the idea of ​​killing eagles for meat. In his opinion, eagles were good assistants in hunting and could be tamed to convey information to the army, which was very useful. So he raised many people who were proficient in falcon training.

They trained eagles for him in the Yingfang. According to the person in charge of the Yingfang, there was a pair of ferocious Haidongqings among them, who were most loved by Emperor Yuan'an and were named "Mighty General" and "Mengshuai" respectively.

"My father has just given me permission to give me a young Haidongqing, but I have to wait at least two months for it to learn to fly and leave the eagle's nest before training can begin." Yoong Zuo proudly stretched out his hand and pointed to the high-rise building.

There is an artificial eagle nest at the place: "There are two young birds in that nest that have just hatched. They are the species of a handsome man and a mighty general!"

Two months! Fu Xuechen sighed secretly. After two months, she and Fu Yuchen would have to change their identities. Then she would not have the chance to see how Yunzuo established a master-pet relationship with the young Haidongqing and how he survived the eagle.

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Realizing that Fu Xuechen seemed a little disappointed, Yun Zuo thought for a moment and comforted him: "If you want it too, I'll find a chance to ask my father for you later! There are two little sea turtles, one for me and one for you!"

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Fu Xuechen then smiled and said, "Then I'd like to thank you, Your Highness!"

Birds of prey are birds of prey after all. Even a domesticated eagle has an air of being unapproachable. Being stared at by that sharp eagle eye for a few seconds will make your scalp go cold.

In contrast, Fu Xuechen, a relatively small owl, is no longer afraid. He always thinks that these little things with round eyes are called birds of prey, but they are cute.

In one of the birdcages, Fu Xuechen even saw a few snowy owls with some brown spots on their bodies.

Isn't this the Hedwig described in "Harry Potter"! Fu Xuechen suddenly seemed to have roots under his feet, and he stayed outside the birdcage and didn't want to leave. His eyes lit up as he looked there.

The snowy owl, the king of Arctic birds, looks majestic at first, but after a while, when it starts to "laugh", its whole expression changes, and it suddenly becomes extremely cute and funny, making people laugh.

Yoong Zuo was a little surprised: "You like snow owls?"

Fu Xuechen said "Yeah": "They look so fun!"

But Yoong Zuo shook his head: "Snowy owls are not easy to raise. They like to eat field mice and hare meat. I don't think they are suitable for girls. If one day it suddenly catches a mouse and gives it to your sister..."

Fu Xuechen's face suddenly changed, this is not possible!

Yoong Zuo was probably guessing, but in his previous life, there was indeed news like this: Because he was adopted by humans, the owl reciprocated the favor by catching mice every now and then, killing them, and putting them next to the mistress's pillow for "feeding."

Hostess, I feel like I can’t laugh or cry when I watch the news. It’s very funny, but if it happens to me, think about how I slept well in the morning, and when I woke up and opened my eyes, I saw a tragically dead mouse next to my head... Oh my God!

"Let's go! Let's go quickly!" Fu Xuechen quickly turned around and left.

Yoong Zuo was stunned and burst out laughing. Fu Xuechen's reaction was too funny.

The two finally went to the Wonderful Beast Factory. The Wonderful Beast Factory is also divided into two parts. One part has relatively large and unique animals such as rhinos, hippopotamus, zebras, giraffes, etc., and the other part has small animals, such as golden monkeys, red pandas, and snowflakes.

There are minks, rabbits, red foxes, etc., the most common of which are cats and dogs.

Many cat breeds were developed during this era, including Angora cats, four-eared Jianzhou cats, lion cats, Maine Coon cats, leopard-patterned cloud cats, etc., and dogs include poodles, Tibetan mastiffs, and Shih Tzus...

As soon as Fu Xuechen arrived, he was caught by two lion cats with long snow-white hair, one green pupil, and one blue-gold pupil! In this era, there is no gradient of British short and American short blue cats that are common in later generations. The one with the best appearance is

It's a lion cat. At first glance, it looks like the long-haired Napoleon of later generations, but its legs and feet are longer, not as cute as the short-legged cats of later generations.

Seeing that Fu Xuechen was guarding the cattery and didn't want to leave, Yong Zuo called the eunuch in charge of the cattery, pointed to the two lion cats and asked, "Are these two cats adults?"

The eunuch in charge said respectfully: "Back to Your Highness, these two have just grown up, but..."

"What?" Yoong Zuo asked.

The eunuch in charge said carefully: "These two cats already have owners, and they are both recorded in the name of His Highness the Fourth Highness."

Yoong Zuo couldn't help but be surprised: "Fourth brother adopted a cat? But why haven't I seen him and the cat together?"

"It's like this. His Highness the Fourth Highness came to the cattery two years ago and wanted to take these two cats back to the palace. However, the Queen firmly refused. His Highness the Fourth Highness could only come here every now and then to enjoy them."
Chapter completed!