Former Zhou Qingguo territory.

The territory of this country can be summed up very simply, as "two plains and mountains." ”

In addition to the two plains, the entire Zhouqing country is composed of many low, gentle mountains.

In the summer, there are many wild beasts living on these mountains, and they are mainly cold-resistant beasts.

So they can always survive the silence - through hibernation or suspended animation.

This brought a lot of convenience to the Zhou Qing people who originally lived here, after all, the Zhou Qing people did not produce, did not dig fields, and they fed on the meat of animals they hunted and the melons and fruits produced in the honey fruit groves.

Of course, these are not enough for them to live a life without lack of food.

The carapace of the insectodont tribe in the west is hard, and the body is full of sour pus, where is the Taicang people in the east delicious?

In some eras, Taicang was indeed reduced to the poultry raised by the Zhou Qing people, and the Zhou Qing people used the delicious flesh of the Taicang people to survive the cold sun.

It's just that now, Zhou Qing has become desolate, because of that heavenly punishment, that turmoil, and that massacre from Taicang.

To be precise, Zhou Qing has been wiped out!

The few Zhou Qing people who fled to the mountains to avoid death will definitely not be able to survive this silence.

The lack of food in the mountains, the freezing temperatures, and the howling winds will rob them of their lives.

And at this moment, Zhou Qingguo, who was supposed to be uninhabited, a team of about four or five thousand people was stationed in a forest.

Of course, this forest is not the most important honey fruit forest in Zhou Qing, just an ordinary woodland.

The purpose for which these soldiers came here was very simple.

The royal court issued an order, ordering the two generals Ronglu and Chujiao to lead 2,000 troops and 3,000 Taicang and strong people to take advantage of the fact that the sun had just entered and the weather was not very cold, and went to the original Zhou Qing country to collect and cut down trees.

It is used for heating and building houses for the people of Ether.

There weren't enough trees in the Taicang's stockpile, and with the construction of houses for the newly migrated Magonians, the stock of wood was almost at the bottom.

If a large amount of timber cannot be replenished, within three or five days, Taicang's timber inventory will be exhausted, and a large number of people will be frozen to death.

So even if the road is far away, these Taicang Erlang have no complaints.

Anyway, the sun has just fallen, and it is almost impossible for the sturdy children who have enough food to be frozen to death, as long as they don't die, what are you afraid of if you work hard?

And if there is really not enough wood, even if they fight to the death, they will come to cut down trees and collect wood.

Because if they don't work hard, their wives, children, and parents at home will have no way to live.

With this simple mentality, coupled with the edict issued by the royal court, they set off in a mighty way, crossing the green mountains and coming to this forest.

They are almost blindly obedient to the royal court, because after this generation of the lord Ji Xia succeeded to the throne, Taicang ushered in earth-shaking changes, and many things that they never dreamed of before became a reality.

But at this moment, more than ten leaders among the three thousand young men still couldn't help but doubt the words of the two generals Ronglu and Chujiao.

"General Ronglu, the trees are almost cut down, and they are all tied up according to your request, but there is no news of your so-called strange soldiers until now, what can I do?"

"That's right, General, we didn't even bring a cart on this trip, so how can we bring so much wood back to Taicang?"

"What is the use of the cart? Have you forgotten that when we came, we would not have been able to go so far in the snow if it weren't for the advanced sergeants and adults who were cultivating in front of us, and how many carts would it take to have so much wood? And the carts couldn't go a lot of difficult roads!"

"What's more, we have obeyed the general's order and tied a large amount of timber together with tough rattans, and the countless timbers have only been bundled into one hundred and twenty bundles, where can the cart hold such a large bundle of timber!"

Ronglu and Chu Jiao heard the gossip of many young leaders, and their expressions couldn't help but be a little gloomy.

Ronglu frowned and said: "Since I said that there is a strange soldier coming, there will really be! You are questioning here, are you questioning me, or questioning the royal court?"

His words were full of bitter meaning, making the young people around him shut up and glance at each other.

One of the young leaders saluted Ronglu and said, "General, we are not suspicious of you, let alone the royal court, we are just worried that under such a heavy snowfall, there is so much wood, even if the Taicang Yinwei is dispatched, there is no way to transport this wood back." ”

"Please don't blame us for talking too much, we are just worried that the trees that have been cut down so hard and the timber collected will not be transported back to Taicang! For this reason, it is a pity that it is a trivial matter, if there is not enough timber in Taicang, how can it be good? Where can our wives and children and parents survive the silence?"

Ronglu's face became more and more gloomy, but he also had a little doubt in his heart.

He couldn't help but think of a scroll that was still hidden in his arms.

Remembering that before leaving, the lord of Ji Xia did not answer his many worries, so he handed him the scroll at random, and said to him: "When the wood is collected, you will carefully tie it up, and the bigger the bundle, the better, and finally just open this scroll, and then you will know what to do." ”

Even if the reverence for the lord of the country in his heart is like a surging river, endless, but can such a picture scroll really solve such a major matter?

If it can't be solved, then what should they do?

What should I do if I don't have wood to burn for heating?

He couldn't help but feel apprehensive in his heart, and when the storage friend on the side saw his pretended gloomy face, he knew his true feelings.

I only heard Chu Jiao laugh and said: "Why are you worried, why has the lord of the country ever disappointed us?"

Ronglu shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't believe in the lord of the country, it's just that if this thing can't be done, the consequences will be too serious. ”

"The last bundle of timber will be tied up at once, and the tenacity vines in this forest will be almost exhausted, and then you can try it, if it really doesn't work, it's not too late to be worried......"

Before the general could finish speaking, a young man came to report that the last bundle of timber had been tied.

Ronglu took a deep breath and led more than a dozen young and strong leaders out of the makeshift tent.

The forest in front of the tent had been almost completely cut down, leaving only huge tree stumps.

Originally, according to Taicang's regulations, a forest could not be cut down on such a large scale, and seedlings should be planted at the same time as the felling, so that the forest would not die completely.

But at this time, it was already the end of the day, and the situation was a little urgent, and Taicang could no longer care about the reason for sustainable development, so he could only wait for the death of the sun and then make up for it.

In the open area, more than 100 huge bundles of timber were neatly placed.

There are many trees in each bundle of wood, each of which is six or seven feet long, and they are connected or neatly arranged end to end.

If it weren't for the tenacity vines that are a specialty of this forest, and the strength of a thousand defenders to weave these tenacities so strongly, I am afraid that so many trees would not be able to bind so many trees into one bundle.

In other words, most of the trees in this forest are in these one hundred and twenty bundles of wood.

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