Volume 2 Playing with the Tribe Chapter 363 The Lions Attack at Night
After the rice is harvested, all the grains are packed into bamboo baskets and transported to the warehouse for preservation, as long as the weather is fine for the two days, they can be pulled out to dry, and more water is removed before being stored in the warehouse.
The rice harvest was not much, and Ding Qi asked people to weigh it with a scale, about more than 500 catties. If you remove water and impurities, it is estimated that it can be about 450 catties, which is already a relatively high yield.
Why?
First of all, these rice seeds are collected from the wild and planted in the first generation without being selected, let alone hybridized. After receiving these seeds, Ding Qi cultivated, fertilized, irrigated, weeded, and killed insects in accordance with the planting methods of modern agriculture, which was much stronger than that of the ancient ancestors, but it was not as high as the high yield of modern agriculture, and basically reached half of the yield of modern agriculture in one season of rice.
Ding Qi took a closer look, these rice grains are relatively full, and the germination rate can reach more than 90% when planted in the coming year, and the rice planting area can be expanded to about 30 mu at that time. Coupled with the rice seeds brought back by Zhuang before and the rice seeds collected by various tribes this autumn, it is estimated that the rice planting area can reach about 50 acres, which is a very large number!
According to the calculation of 450 catties of dry millet per mu, the planting area of the next year can reach 1500 mu. At that time, Ding Qi can selectively eat some rice to satisfy his cravings! Moreover, with the improvement of rice planting technology, the yield per mu of rice will also rise
In the evening, the tribe held a small celebration with a sacrifice of the newly harvested rice.
And after the sacrificial event, a slogan "Glory to hygiene, shame to unhygiene" spread to the entire tribe.
Inside the city, the moonlight is like a wash. There are still a few days before the full moon, but today's moonlight is really bright. Some of the dogs in the city who had been transformed from wolves were howling at the moon in the sky, but they had not yet completely transformed into dogs, and some of the wolf's habits had not yet changed. However, this behavior was quickly stopped.
With the help of the moonlight, Tinch returned to his lodgings without a torch. Pushing open the courtyard door, Ding Qi saw a light on in the house, and a figure was busy in front of the lamp. Dingch knew, it was a deer.
Ever since the two of them broke through the last line of defense, the deer had moved his belongings from another yard to this side, apparently making this place his home.
Ding Qi's heart warmed, this is what it feels like to be at home! No matter how late it is, there will always be someone waiting for them to come home. Of course, there is also a cutie who never leaves!
No, before Ding Qi took a step, a figure rushed into his arms, stretched out his tongue and licked himself twice, it was the little cutie who had disappeared for two days!
I don't know if it was because the two of them didn't care about the little cutie when they were warm two days ago, it seemed to be angry, and it ran out alone for two days, and even Xiaojin ran out and didn't come back. This will come back, and it will seem more intimate than before, which also makes Ding Qi happier in his heart.
Looking up, Xiao Jin was also sleeping peacefully in his nest.
As before, Tinch rubbed the cutie's furry head, tickled its neck, patted it on the back and motioned for it to play on its own. Then he went straight to the house with his hands and feet.
Young people, after having had an experience, will always have more needs, especially in this night when there is nothing to do, and they can only find something to do. You know, they're in high school age when they're active and intellectually curious. Especially Ding Qi, he has a soul of nearly thirty years old, but the appearance is still some distance from youth!
Under the butter lamp, the deer seemed to be sewing something, and the serious and focused appearance made Ding Qi, who was secretly watching, couldn't help but pound in his heart. Just as he was about to lurk behind the deer with the help of the blind spot of the light, a violent barking of dogs suddenly sounded from outside the city.
Ding Qi's expression changed, and he rushed out of the door, startling the deer who was doing needlework, and almost fell off the stool.
Looking up at the head of the city, I found that there were already soldiers on duty standing on the east gate with torches, looking into the distance. Soon, a rapid warning gong sounded.
Outside the city, the sound of dogs and wild beasts fighting was faintly heard, and there seemed to be the shouts of people and the roars of wild boars. In a few moments, the sound of dogs echoing could be heard all over the city, and even two bears came out of their dens and listened intently, and their low roars reached the night sky.
The frightened deer came to Tinch's side and looked worriedly in the direction from which the sound came, trying to know what was going on there.
After listening to it for a while, the noisy sound there did not weaken, and seemed to become more and more intense.
Ding Qi turned around and went to the back room, put on his equipment, took out his treasured flashlight, put two batteries that had never been used, turned around and rushed outside.
"Deer, tell your father, let him take someone to appease the people in the city, don't run around."
When the voice came, Ding Qi had already run out of the hospital, including the little cutie.
There was a lot of movement outside the city, and I don't know if there were other beasts besides wild boars. On the side of the east city gate, there are all kinds of crops and vegetables planted by the tribe, especially the Chinese cabbage that has just been planted and has already emerged, which is what Ding Qi values the most.
In order to protect these vegetables and food crops, Ding Qi arranged for three people and ten dogs to be on duty outside the city gate, and when they heard the warnings from the dogs, they would go over to check on them. In addition, people have arranged for people to build simple fences around the fields to prevent animals from breaking in.
The sound of rumbling horses' hooves sounded, and two squads of warriors rushed out of the city with torches along the open gates. With a whistle, Xiaohong rushed quickly, and Ding Qi jumped on the horse with his bow and arrow, and his movements were as vigorous as flowing water.
Before rushing out of the city, the sound of the Elder Buck arranging for people to walk through the streets and alleys to pacify the people was faintly heard.
At this time, at the gate of the city, there were already more than two dozen other warriors waiting there. Not far away, the soldiers of the two squads had already rushed to the side of the cabbage field, where the noise was the loudest.
Ben, who was looking outside the city gate, saw Ding Qi coming and immediately leaned over.
"Chief, why did you alarm you? Don't worry, Cang has already brought two squads of fighters over, and Xiong and Zhuang have also followed. ”
Hearing this, Ding Qi nodded, lightly clamped the horse's belly, and rushed out with a bang. Ben saw Ding Qi rush into the darkness, and quickly called ten people to run with torches and weapons to follow. The other warriors were left in place by him, protecting the city gates.
"Woohoo!"
The barking of the dogs became clearer, and more than two dozen warriors circled around the field, and the torches whirred and illuminated the entrance. Coupled with the moon in the sky, you can basically see the two sides of the fight clearly.
Ten former wolves were pounced on a pack of wild boars, and two and a half large and three stout wild boars were lying on the ground, struggling there. He had a spear on his body, and the gurgling blood was flowing from the wound, and he was about to finish the last moment of his life.
Three warriors stood behind the group of dogs, directing the dogs to come forward and fight. One of the fighters was slightly crooked, possibly with a leg injury, and was unable to move.
Ding Qilai frowned slightly when he saw the approach, and seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the performance of the fighters. I wonder why they didn't kill these wild boars in a hurry, did they wait for them to have a meal?
Cang saw Ding Qi coming over, and hurriedly urged the horse to come out of the circle.
"Chief, it's some wild boars, who were found by our soldiers on duty and driven away. Now that five have been killed, the next step is to see if we can capture them alive and bring them back to raise. ”
"No, you don't! Hurry up and kill it, such a large group of wild boars can't run over for no reason, there must be other beasts behind them, they ran to us in a panic, but they also attracted the beasts. Therefore, kill them immediately and look for the beasts hiding in the shadows, so as not to have many dreams at night and cause more harm to the tribe! ”
Ding Qi was very worried, and he thought that the behavior of this group of wild boars came here very suddenly, so he was afraid that there were fierce beasts such as saber-toothed tigers lurking in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to hunt this group of wild boars. Now that the scene is so chaotic, maybe it will give those beasts lurking in the shadows a chance to take advantage of it.
Cang took the order and left, and waved his hand:
"Stop! Kill! ”
The order was crisp and neat, and the three warriors on the ground also hurried to call the dogs back to make room for the others so that they would not be injured by mistake.
Everyone quickly stopped in place, raised the bronze spear in their hands, and one person chose a wild boar and threw it!
"Whew!"
The remaining wild boars were all speared and tried to escape from the encirclement. But before he had run a few steps, he no longer had the strength to take a kick, and fell to the ground, screaming until he was silent again.
The strong smell of blood spread, which stimulated the people and beasts around them to be a little restless. The dogs were still barking at the boar carcass on the ground, and it seemed that they were still a little unstoppable. The other beast in the field, the little cutie, seemed to be a little uneasy, bowed down, faced the back of the crowd, and roared.
Even Xiao Hong, who was under Ding Qi's seat, actually showed a cramped and uneasy look, holding his head high, two small and pointed horse ears erected, facing the other direction, constantly snorting, and his four hooves were also kicking back and forth in place.
Ding Qi noticed the abnormality of Xiao Ke and Xiao Hong, and said again:
"Stay vigilant!"
When the leader heard this, they immediately drew the spear from the boar and lined up to face forward. The three warriors hurried to the dogs and calmed them down one by one. Before they had been quiet for a moment, they jumped up from where they were, got out of their horses' bellies, came in front of them, and barked wildly at the dark forest in the moonlight.
But before they could bark twice, a pair of huge eyes lit up in the forest, and they roared at this side.
"Roar~"
It was like the cry of a lion.
With the barking, the dogs fled to the city gate with their tails between their legs, and no matter how much the three warriors shouted, they did not dare to turn back. The horses under Tinchi's seat also stood up, and the neighing of the horses was full of fear. Only in Xiaohong's voice, there seemed to be some provocative meaning in it. As for the cutie, she was a little nervous, next to Xiaohong, and seemed to be afraid of the beast in front of her. However, it still guards Ding Qi tightly and resolutely fulfills its duty.
Everyone hurriedly stopped the horses, and Ding Qi drove Xiaohong to run two steps forward, came to everyone, turned on the flashlight into a concentrated beam on everyone's back, and shot the light at the beast in the distance. Holding a small flashlight between the middle and ring fingers of his left hand, he stretched his bow and set up the arrow, and when the light shone on the neck of the beast, his right hand quickly released the bronze arrow.
"Whoosh!"
The arrow sliced through the air, piercing the beast that roared like a lion in a breath.
"Roar!"
The beast that had been pierced into its neck by the sharp arrow roared wildly, and suddenly jumped up from the spot, flicked three feet high, and was about to rush towards the jungle behind it when it hit the ground. But who knew that it then weakened its feet, tilted its head and rushed to the side, crashed into a bush, and clawed wildly, as if trying to seize its own life, but in vain.
However, with this random collision, it forced out another beast hiding behind the bushes. A figure flashed, and the beast wanted to rush into the dark forest behind.
A beam of light followed, the sound of a bowstring sounded, and the sharp arrow pierced the beast's flesh again, followed by a beastly roar full of despair.
After this roar, a cloud of smoke and dust instantly rose from behind the bushes, and the dust flew up, and more than a dozen unknown beasts scattered in all directions, using the cover of bushes and trees, and picked themselves into the jungle.
In the light, Ding Qi could clearly see that it was a group of lions!