The Rise of the European Emperor

Once, Marin thought that the natural enemy of homing pigeons was humans. This is the view brought by his later generations. After all, the extinction of birds in later generations has a lot to do with human beings. But in fact, in this era, humans' ability to kill birds is still limited. The most important thing is because of the bullets. \u003cr/\u003e

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In later generations, there are mainly three types of shotgun bullets used by human hunting guns-bird bullets, deer bullets, and slug bullets. Among them, birdshot is the smallest single grain shot. The warhead of the bird bomb is not a single bullet, but a lump of lead, and there are many of them. After the shotgun shoots, it will hit a scattered surface, which is a range strike. \u003cr/\u003e

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Under the impact of a pile of lead, even a small sparrow cannot escape death. Because, where the target is, there is a net of lead arrays, it is difficult to dodge. \u003cr/\u003e

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It is precisely because of the appearance of shot that birds have suffered a catastrophe. Because no matter how small a bird is or how agile it is, it is difficult for a bird to avoid the range of shotgun bullets. \u003cr/\u003e

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Because the effect of shooting birds is so good, after the arquebus was introduced into the Ming Dynasty along with the shotgun in the middle and late 16th century, the people of the Ming Dynasty simply called it the bird gun. \u003cr/\u003e

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However, that was in the middle and late 16th century. Now, the rudiment of the shotgun - the grape shot has not yet appeared, so naturally there is no shotgun that is very restrained against birds. Therefore, there are still many birds at the moment, and it is not too dangerous for homing pigeons to fly over human-inhabited areas. \u003cr/\u003e

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What? You said shooting birds with a bow and arrow? Do not make jokes! Shoot the birds in flight with a bow and arrow, that's an absolute marksman. There may be many such people in the ancient northern part of China, which focused on bows and arrows, but they are definitely not many in Europe. Moreover, when shooting birds with bows and arrows, most of them are large birds like geese and swans, and small birds like carrier pigeons are difficult to shoot. The one who can shoot a flying sparrow is definitely the Arrow God. \u003cr/\u003e

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Because of the appearance of plate armor, the role of bows and arrows on the battlefield has been greatly reduced, and bows and arrows have almost become synonymous with uselessness. Therefore, apart from England, which has a tradition in this area, few people in other countries practice archery. Even for archery, Europeans generally use crossbows more than bows. Because it takes a long time to practice archery with a bow, and it is not easy to practice well. But with a crossbow, it is very easy to get out of the army. After all, the crossbow has an aiming device, which is convenient for ordinary people who don't know how to use archery. \u003cr/\u003e

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The problem is that crossbows are much slower to reload than using bows. If you saw a carrier pigeon flying across the sky, and then went to find the crossbow to reload and aim, the carrier pigeon would have flown far, far away. \u003cr/\u003e

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Therefore, before the advent of shotgun, birds were relatively safe to fly over populated areas of Europe. On the contrary, it is easy to be eaten by eagles and falcons after passing through deep mountains and old forests. \u003cr/\u003e

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"In this case, I still want to establish a traditional communication system!" Marin sighed, and could only continue to count on the station system and the flying shear ship. After all, although these two methods are slow, they are much safer than carrier pigeons that are easily eaten by falcons...\u003cr/\u003e

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Marin thought of using a condor like Haidongqing to send a message (because the eagle itself is not afraid of being attacked by a falcon), and Su Ha and his brothers have also demonstrated the unique skill of using Haidongqing to send a message. But the problem is that Hai Dongqing is wild and unruly, and they may be able to accept the master and his family. For strangers, you try to move it? I can't catch you...\u003cr/\u003e

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And only Suha and his brothers,

Because it is a family, Hai Dongqing is also familiar with each other. When sending a letter, you can untie the note on the eagle's claw. It is absolutely impossible to change to an unfamiliar one. \u003cr/\u003e

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It is precisely because of this that although there are also eagle messages, they are rare and cannot be popularized. If people want to send messages, they can only rely on carrier pigeons. The big deal is to release a few more pigeons at a time. Even if they were unlucky enough to encounter falcons, they would only be eaten one at a time, and the others would still be able to escape. As long as one of them brought the information, the mission would be considered complete. \u003cr/\u003e

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This depressing situation made Marin so depressed that he wanted to invent wireless telegraphy. However, after thinking about it, he found helplessly—there was no knowledge of radio in his mind. \u003cr/\u003e

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In the physics books of middle and high schools, the principle of radio is introduced, but the introduction is extremely simple, and how to make it is deliberately not mentioned. why? Only because there is radio regulation in later generations. Therefore, related technologies are not disclosed. If it is not disclosed, Marin will naturally not be able to obtain the technology to make radios, so he can only stare blankly. \u003cr/\u003e

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Fortunately, pigeons are not difficult to raise, at most raise more, and be prepared to be eaten by hawks halfway, there will always be pigeons that will survive to send the information...\u003cr/\u003e

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But this is not a solution. As far as Marin knows, it is probably because pigeons are delicious, and falcons especially like to eat pigeons. In later generations, there will be many falcons sneaking into the pigeon coop on the roof to eat pigeons, just like weasels sneaking into the chicken coop to steal chickens. \u003cr/\u003e

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Regardless of the large number of birds, falcons love to eat pigeons, which is extremely harmful to carrier pigeons. Therefore, to ensure air safety, those falcons must be killed...\u003cr/\u003e

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For this reason, Marin issued an order to form a hunting team to patrol the flight path of carrier pigeons and hunt falcons without doing anything else. \u003cr/\u003e

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Marin hesitated for a long time about what weapons the falconers used, but decided to let the hunters use bows and arrows. Because the falcon has a larger wingspan and can reach about one meter, and bows and arrows can also hurt it. \u003cr/\u003e

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Moreover, Marin can organize hunters with strong archery skills to hunt falcons in an organized manner. It will be more convenient if you bring a telescope. \u003cr/\u003e

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Besides, Marin didn't want to exterminate the falcons, that's unrealistic. What he wants is actually a safe and smooth route for the pigeons. \u003cr/\u003e

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Therefore, his falcon troop would actually only operate on the carrier pigeon route, and would not go to other places to find trouble with falcons. Cleaning up the falcons on the pigeon route can also make the pigeons much safer. \u003cr/\u003e

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In fact, the best weapon for shooting a falcon is a shotgun. No matter how flexible you fly, no matter how fast you are, the shotgun will fly past with a very high hit rate. \u003cr/\u003e

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However, Marin worried that after the promotion of shotguns, others would think of grape bullets and use them for artillery to endanger themselves, so they did not launch shotguns. Moreover, the falcon is so big that bows and arrows are enough. \u003cr/\u003e

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Even, Marin planned to let the falcon troops poison the dead pigeons, hang the poisoned pigeon corpses on the branches and let the falcons eat them. After eating, the falcon will naturally die. \u003cr/\u003e

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Under Marin's attention, a group of old hunters who were good at hunting birds with bows and arrows were selected. Marin equipped them with horses, bows and arrows, and asked them to patrol the carrier pigeon route and hunt falcons. Kill one and reward one gold coin, which is 60 pfennigs, which is equivalent to a month's salary of an ordinary person. Of course, it is limited to the falcons on the flight path of the carrier pigeons, and the falcons in other places are not counted. \u003cr/\u003e

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Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man. Sure enough, after Marin issued the reward, the hunters of the falcon unit screamed around looking for falcons to shoot. As long as they hear that there are hawks near the pigeon route, this group of people will rush to hunt and kill them. Even the falcon's old nest was not spared, because Marin also rewarded the destruction of the falcon's nest. \u003cr/\u003e

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Because of these measures, the flight routes of homing pigeons in Beihai are much safer. The falcons were so frightened that they didn't dare to approach the pigeon route. Because, as long as they dare to get close, a group of hunters who want to reward money and go crazy will pounce on them and shoot them. In the eyes of the hunters of the Falcon Force, these falcons are flying gold coins...\u003cr/\u003e

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