In a place like the Western Regions, it is simply impossible to move an inch without horses and camels.

A bright moon hangs high in the night sky, and the Gobi Desert is breezy.

There was no spring in this place in the north courtyard at all, and when the snow had just melted and the willows on the riverside had just pulled out new shoots, it had only been more than ten days in a blink of an eye, and by noon the weather was already very hot.

But at night, it can still be chilly in the wild.

The Hu guide who led the team, Ati, yawned a lot, and accompanied the gang of people from the original to find bitter vegetables on the Gobi Desert for a day, and he was already very tired.

These Han people don't know what it is, they are very interested in these bitter herbs that cattle and sheep don't want to eat more, digging all the way, comparing and discussing enthusiastically from time to time, and with excitement on their faces.

"Your Majesty is right, let's go west, the higher the amount of latex contained in this dandelion rhizome, which roughly estimates that the rubber content of the varieties in this area should exceed six percent, which is almost able to meet the needs of rubber raw materials." Guan Zhiming's hands were stained with sticky juice, but he said to Li Lin with excitement on his face.

"If we continue to look west, we may be able to find a better variety." Li Lin said, "Is this Yangbala the farthest Tuntian District in Beiting at present?" ”

"Yes, but we heard from the caravan that there is a big lake further west, and the Beiting Tunwei Mansion plans to open a new Tuntian area there next year." Captain Yang, who was in charge of the team's guards, replied.

With the advent of the steam engine, more and more places where rubber is used, and the need for transportation, Li Qi's desire for rubber has never been as strong as it is now.

Therefore, a botanical expedition team was specially sent to Beiting to investigate and promote the selection and planting of the gum-producing dandelion, that is, the green gum grass.

There are more than 2,000 kinds of plants on the ball that can extract latex, this latex extracted from different plants is actually natural rubber, even in later generations, rubber plants with economic value mainly include clover rubber tree, eucommia tree, dandelion grass and silver gum chrysanthemum, staghorn vine these five main varieties.

Native to the Americas, there is no need to think about the clover and silver gum chrysanthemum, leaving only three options: eucommia, dandelion grass and staghorn vine, which is a specialty of Hainan and grows slowly, making it unsuitable for large-scale cultivation.

Datang is the origin of Eucommia ulmoides, and the gum content of Eucommia ulmoides bark is considerable, but Eucommia ulmoides gum is a kind of hard rubber, which is similar to plastic.

With the current technology and technical level of Datang, it is extremely unlikely that this cross-assembly method will be used to produce Eucommia ulmoides rubber, and the only thing that can be done is to plant this green gum dandelion grass native to the Yili area.

This dandelion rubber is extracted from the latex tube tissue of the root of dandelion rubber grass native to the Tianshan valley of China. The production of natural rubber from dandelion roots is far less climate-dependent than extracting natural rubber from rubber trees. In addition, this green gum dandelion itself is a mountain plant, and the planting requirements are very low, with a yield of about 100 kilograms per mu, which is conducive to reducing planting and production costs.

Although the raw material of dandelion rubber in later generations had defects of poor heat resistance and ductility compared with gum, it encountered many problems in the promotion of planting. But now, in the case of not being able to get rubber, it can only be the only way.

In another time and space, Brother Mao relied on the tires made by this thing to overturn Deer.

To this end, Li Qi sent a total of three such expedition teams to Beiting, and Li Lin led one of them.

Suddenly, the guide, Ati, sat up sharply, and then pointed to the Gobi Desert in the distance, whispering something to several of the guards.

Li Lin hurriedly turned his head when he heard the sound, only to find that at some point, on the dark wilderness in the distance, there were more green eyes, and he didn't know when he appeared there quietly.

"Shhhh Captain Yang whispered.

With a wave of his hand, more than thirty of the guards approached his steed, then raised their crossbows and aimed them at the eyes that flashed green in the darkness.

"Ready, shoot!" Captain Yang shouted the command and took the lead in shooting the feather arrow in his hand.

Baste! Tense ......

There was a sound of bowstrings, and a few "plopping" sounds of beasts falling to the ground and a panicked sound of sheep's hooves were heard dozens of meters away.

"Get on the horse, chase!" Captain Yang shouted, turned on his horse, and galloped out.

Ati shouted: "Just enough to eat, you have to leave some for the wolves!" ”

Li Lin wanted to laugh a little after hearing this, the thinking of the grassland people was really different from that of the Central Plains.

Captain Yang and the others rode their horses and chased them on the grassland for a while, then returned to the campfire and brought back seven yellow sheep with arrows, two of which were still dead, and their legs and feet had been struggling.

The rider on the horse laughed, drew his short blade from the boot, and slashed their throats.

One of them still struggled to his feet, gurgling from his severed throat, and spun around twice in a daze, before falling headlong to the ground again.

Captain Yang laughed: "Everyone is blessed, the yellow sheep on the Gobi Desert rarely see people, their alertness is very poor, and they like to go to the fire at night." The year before last in Dahuangshan, nearly 200 yellow sheep were hit at one time. ”

Guan Zhiming also smiled after hearing this: "I heard the Khitan people say, the same is true for the roe deer in the old forest outside the pass, sometimes an arrow misses, and that thing will come over to see what is going on, and it will not hide from people at all." But now in the mainland, all the wild beasts have become thieves, and they have long since fled away when they smell the smell of people. ”

These men went to the river to strip the sheep and divide the meat, and then cleaned the entrails in the river, and the smell of blood filled the air.

After a while, the smell of barbecue wafted around the campfire.

The night in the Gobi Desert is exceptionally quiet, and the starry sky is exceptionally bright.

"Whew......"

Suddenly, a shrill howl pierced the night sky, alarming the crowd that was sitting around the campfire and laughing.

"Wolves! It's a wolf! A member of the expedition named Wang Zheng screamed in surprise and stretched out his hand to the dark wilderness in the distance.

"It's too far, these steppe wolves are very cunning, they don't dare to come over, don't pay attention to them!" Captain Yang glanced at the distance, didn't even bother to move, and continued to gnaw on the sheep bone in his hand.

The smell of blood in the wasteland just now attracted more than a dozen wolves, and the horses were also a little frightened, constantly snorting, and the horses' hooves were constantly beating on the ground.

These members of the scientific expedition team from the mainland were also very nervous in their hearts, and those guards seemed to be used to this scene and did not care at all......

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