Chapter Eighty-Six: Treading the Snow Without a Trace
There is no moon and stars in the sky, and there are more than ten degrees during the day, and it is cold at night, but fortunately, they bring a lot of things in Wushan, and they are very well prepared for everyone, just to cope with the cold.
The cold wind whined, it must have come from the Arctic Ocean, and the skin instantly tensed.
The direction of these days, all the way to the north. At the beginning, there were still a lot of plants, and the less they went, the more they went, and at night in the sleeping bag, Nina had to hug Wushan tightly, and her teeth were still crying from the cold.
She was wearing a thick down jacket now, and she still seemed to feel cold, and her body was sticking up, eager to get into her man's body.
As the only woman, she was born so beautiful that she inevitably became the focus of men.
Hearing the swallowing sound in the throats of these Manchurians, Wushan also felt a little proud.
The sky is getting darker and the temperature is getting colder, and the stars in the sky are looking brighter.
Although under the same starry sky, Wu Shan glanced at it casually, but he couldn't find the direction of the familiar stars at all.
"Giggles, how long are you going to wait? Cluck! "The Cossacks liked to go straight, and Guv had no good face for others except to be respectful in front of his master.
He tried his best to speak coherently, but he was too cold to speak.
"I'll have to wait a little bit," Hubuqi patiently explained, "and here used to be flat ground, but you couldn't walk at all, because it was covered by swamps. โ
"And," he said very slowly, as if to reduce the expenditure of energy, or perhaps his Russian was not pure: "It is coldest near the morning, and we can't just walk there." โ
"And how did you get there?" The local was young, and Huttuman couldn't help but ask.
"This. Hehe," Hubuqi's laughter was as ugly as a night owl's because of his hoarse voice, "It's just a boat." Every time I quickly hold it up, it's so cold. โ
Apparently. He didn't want to expose more, so he deliberately stopped the topic.
"Huttoman, shut up!" Turdi's voice was low, and he stopped his words in time: "Mr. Wu didn't speak, what do you all talk like?" โ
This time, not only blamed the Tatar boys, but also the number of Cossacks by the way.
Nima, you have called the master, but the master did not speak. Are you next to the sรจ chicken feather wow? Could it be that the Cossacks farted when they spoke? On the one hand, he thinks that others are the master, and on the other hand, he does not take him seriously.
"Say a few words," Wushan didn't really think about anything, and the Cossacks were now much more restrained: "You sleep in the sleeping bag for a while, and when they are leaving, I will call you again!" โ
The Cossacks are one of the most beautiful and disciplined races in the world, and after Gufu has forgotten the pain after healing his scars, he has long wanted to get into his sleeping bag, and his movements are a little stiff. Still quickly got in.
The other two Turkic descendants looked at each other and silently entered their sleeping bags.
"Husband, giggles, aren't you cold?" Nina didn't move. Hug Wushan tighter.
"I'm fine." He was still wearing a single shirt, and his sleeves were rolled up, revealing his strong muscles. It's a pity that the expression is wrong, even if it is close at hand, you can't see it clearly.
"Okay then." Nina seemed to be reluctant: "If you can't stand it, remember to call me!" โ
Wu Shan didn't speak, and gently kissed her on the forehead. He took the sleeping bag out of her backpack and knocked her in.
He also took out four towels from his travel bag and wrapped each of his exposed heads in towels, leaving only his nostrils to breathe, and it was estimated that when he woke up in the morning, his nose would be as red as a few days ago.
After doing this, he didn't look at the group of Manchurians, and sat up and sat down on his own.
Releasing his own perception, Wushan believed in the reins and went all the way north.
Ooh! It's also plains over there. However, there is a fortress there, which is estimated to have been built by the Manchurians, and may be the place where Gufu's ancestors fought against the Jiannu in the past.
It was almost two hundred kilometers from here to the fortress at that end.
Huh, two hundred kilometers? Even Wushan himself was surprised, when did he become so capable?
After breaking through outside the small farm that day, it had not been so casually probed.
I used to be in the city, and the farthest place was about 50 kilometers, and I had to sweat profusely and be dizzy.
Along the way, it was indeed inaccessible, and he also found the carcasses of several animals, skeletons to be precise, lying in the swamp.
Didn't you say that you can't go into the swamp? How did their bones end up here? Wushan was puzzled.
After exploring the surrounding area, I found some scattered pieces of wood, presumably jumping forward.
Animals are the most sensitive to the dangers of the natural world, and may never dare to move forward again at the end of the day, but they do not want to turn back.
Such an animal, such patience, made Wushan suddenly think of a wolf. Only wolves can have such patience and starve to death there until the last moment of their lives.
A picture emerges of the wolves in the spring when they can't find food in the groves here, and not even a few squirrels are found along the way.
I don't know where the wolves came from, but they actually came to this swamp.
Wrong! Wushan was taken aback, not far in front of the animal skeleton, about a zhang or so away, several holes were very smooth, could it be an otter?
Oh my God, how can there be such an animal here? There should be an opening in the otter hole.
After exploring for a long time, he found no signs of other life, so he had to retreat his senses.
He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, just now he actually forgot about the Manchurians not far away beside him.
After just a while, I don't know where Jikun took out a few thick animal skins and draped them on their bodies.
Could it be that they hid these furs near the left, and just secretly found them while they were not paying attention? There may be only one explanation, because the stupid-mouthed Atay walked lightly with three or four more animal skins.
Very interesting! Wushan didn't think long before he discovered what Hu Buqi had just hidden.
It was a raft that looked like a raft and was touched with a thick layer of something that could be felt shiny in the dark, which should be animal or vegetable oil.
It must be said that the Manchus did not believe in the wolf god of the Mongols. Or has the tenacious character of a wolf.
They are close to the Arctic Circle, taking advantage of the thaw period of less than two months. Hunting or whatever, preparing food for the long winter.
There are a lot of gold mines waiting for you. Otherwise, it would not have been possible for the power of a single flag to hold on for three centuries.
Another problem arises, here, their food is limited, and the population must not be able to multiply as in the Northeast.
In other words, the Manchus would not have more than 100,000 people left in this icy and snowy place, no matter how wide the range of hunting was. After all, there is also its own natural enemy, the Inuit, who are eyeing it from the side.
Thinking of this, Wushan couldn't help but smile bitterly, thanks to Jikun's tone of speech, he thought that they had 500,000 people, what to eat and drink? I seem to have walked into a misunderstanding earlier.
Then he watched with interest as Artey gently pushed the small transporter into the swamp.
In the process of pushing, Wushan discovered the mystery of this thing, and there was a groove underneath. Whether it's pig iron or something on both sides, it's not lost anyway.
When Atai took out something like a paddle, it dawned on people.
As soon as the paddles pressed against the swamp surface, the raft sped forward. The speed must be quite fast, otherwise with the weight of the people on the raft, they can quickly break through the frozen surface and sink.
The remaining four Manchus. I had been sneaking around for a long time, trying not to make a little noise and walking to the edge of the swamp.
"Master!" It wasn't until they reached the edge of the raft that Hubqi asked softly, "Aren't you interested in that woman anymore?" The most beautiful woman in our clan can't compare to a single hair of her! โ
"Aiqing. It's not that I'm lonely! Approaching his own tribe, he took out the prince's pie: "That surnamed Wu is so powerful." There's no way we're going to fool his woman out right under his nose. โ
"Hubuqi, don't look for trouble!" Izumi finally fought back with a chance.
In the clan, he has long been extremely dissatisfied with the guy who claims to be the first wise man of the Manchus.
"Yes," Mingshan vaguely formed an alliance with him: "In case the outburst of the surname Wu hurts people, who will resist?" Are you or me or the master himself? โ
"Atai, you tell everyone the maximum that this raft can bear!" Hubqili also ignored the alliance and asked himself.
"Our highest ever recorded was nine, and nine adults!" Atay said angrily, "So we can bring three more people, and that's the limit." โ
"Well," said Hubuqi, waving his hand, "and we'll take two more people away, one is our mistress, and the other is the old man who spoke first." โ
"Isn't it a bad thing for the old man to go?" Mingshan thinks he has a plan.
"Humph!" Hubuqi didn't want to deal with him at all.
Such an idiot still dares to compete with himself for the first think tank in front of his master?
"Old Ming," Yi Quan sighed, "Then the old man should cooperate, otherwise we will leave him in the swamp." โ
"Then why don't we come back to pick up the remaining three?" Atai's head was confused, and he hadn't turned a corner yet.
"Atai, what are we doing here to pick them up?" Yi Quan has always been very fond of this new master's iron follower: "There is actually only one person we need, and that is the future master mother!" โ
Ji Kun didn't speak, smiling and listening to everyone's debate, he suddenly interjected: "Atai, let's hold the raft over, how can we have the strength to come and pick up people again?" โ
"That old man has a lot of strength!" Ah Tai didn't think it was wrong, and said angrily: "He can still help us walk!" โ
"It's good!" Hubuqi touched his beard, which didn't exist at all: "Then let him help us row, and when we get to the ground, we don't have the final say?" โ
After a few people finished discussing, they didn't expect that there was no opposition from Wushan's side at all.
Looking at Ji Kun on the raft, he didn't look back at all, holding something like a miner's lamp shining ahead, and the raft let the string fly out like an arrow.
"Mr. Wu, what if they don't come back to pick us up?" Turdi gave the color a few times at first, but unfortunately Wushan didn't know if he didn't pay attention or couldn't see clearly in the night.
Seeing that he was confident, it was not good to ask too much.
Although he is not a servant now, he still puts himself in that position. What the master decides, it's better not to talk too much.
Pushkin is such a difficult person, he can easily move around that person, and strong execution is a very distinctive characteristic.
Don't talk and do more at all times, don't oppose your boss, this is the basic principle of his life.
"Come," Wu Shan didn't say much, threw out two pairs of gloves for them to put on, and tied them to his shoulders with ropes, one on each side: "Let's go up and have a look!" โ
When it was too late, it was too late, and I saw a heavy figure fly into the swamp.
"Treading snow without a trace?!" Turdi was horrified, he had heard Chinese kung fu stories.
But when I saw it with my own eyes, I couldn't help but scream. (To be continued......)