After a brief debriefing, Garland's emissary hesitated for a moment and continued:

"Grand Duke, this time I encountered a very tricky problem when collecting maple sugar on land over there......

"Oh, what's the problem?"

"There are bears stealing candy ......"

"What? Bear...... Stealing sugar? Marin was also stunned.

"Yes, there are big grey bears stealing oak barrels for maple juice. Or rather, they simply robbed it! Those greedy bears, who seem to like the sweetness of maple juice, ...... directly Just take the whole bucket of maple juice and take it away......"

"The whole ...... Take it away? "Very good and powerful, Marlin remembered at this time—it seems that bears do like sweetness. In order to steal honey, go directly to the tree to dig the honeycomb, and you are not afraid of being stung by bees. Of course, the bear skin is very thick, and if it was stung like an adult, it would have hung up a long time ago.

Although maple syrup is nowhere near as sweet as honey, it also has a sweet flavor. This is the time when the bear has just finished hibernation. The bear's nose is very smart, and it suddenly smells the smell of maple syrup, so it's no wonder that it's not greedy......

At this time, the messenger continued:

"Yes, when the bears saw the oak barrels hanging from the trees to collect maple juice, they hugged them all and drank wildly. If you can't finish drinking, you can take the whole bucket away. Moreover, there are greedy black bears who stick their mouths out of the tree cavity and suck violently...... The local natives stopped it, which seemed to anger the black bear, and two natives were slapped flat on the spot. But most were only injured, not fatal. Because, those bears generally hold the wooden barrel containing maple juice and refuse to let go, and they can't spare their hands to kill the natives...... Most of the injured people were kicked by the hind limbs of the bears......"

"Uh...... Wouldn't the natives shoot bears? Marin was a little speechless.

"It's difficult, the bows and arrows used by those natives are not powerful. Moreover, most of the arrowheads are made of stones, which makes it difficult to shoot through the thick skin of the bear. Even if you shoot through the bear's skin, most of them stay in the bear's skin, and it is difficult to hurt the vital point. Moreover, after being injured, the bear is very scary to go crazy. Therefore, the natives generally did not dare to provoke the bears......"

Marin thought about it, really. The Indians, who are currently in the Stone Age, do lack effective weapons to shoot black bears. Unlike Cape Breton Island, where every grizzly bear that can be found on the island is shot because of the use of a powerful large projectile musket such as the Mushkert musket. On the North American continent, it has always been the world of North American grizzly bears, and the local natives lack powerful weapons to shoot grizzly bears. Therefore, they could only watch as the bear took the sweet maple syrup in the bucket and did not dare to stop it......

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"That's not good, I can't let these bears affect my maple sugar business! We have to support the natives in hunting bears! Marin thought about it for a moment and said in a serious tone.

"You mean to give muskets to the natives?" The messenger asked.

Marin shook his head, muskets weren't so easy to provide. Marin didn't want the local natives to have it, not even an arquebus. After all, when the population is sufficient, Marin is going to let the colonists land and seize the land. If the natives had guns......

However, Marin could limit the combat effectiveness of the natives by controlling the supply of gunpowder. However, things are not set in stone. When Britain and France were competing in North America, they provided each other with muskets and gunpowder for each other's hostile natives. What if one day the French also set foot in North America and secretly supplied ammunition to the natives......

Therefore, it is safest not to give the natives muskets. At most, give them some of Europe's finest bows and arrows. Anyway, the Native Indians were also good at archery.

"Then give them heavy arrows to shoot the bears!" Marin thought for a moment and said.

"Heavy arrows?" The messenger was a little confused. But it quickly occurred to him that if he didn't kill with one blow, the bear that fought back before dying would be very terrifying......

The so-called heavy arrow is actually a triangular arrow similar to that used by Qin's crossbow, and the arrow is engraved with a blood groove. Triangular arrows are heavier, but because of their large kinetic energy, their armor-piercing ability is better than that of ordinary arrows. Generally speaking, the ancients used heavy arrows to shoot fierce beasts. And to shoot birds, use light arrows.

Heavy arrows have a large kinetic energy, but because of their weight, gravity is also large, and they are easy to fall, affecting the range. However, heavy arrows, because of their abundant kinetic energy, can often break through the thick skin defenses of fierce beasts; As for light arrows, because they are light, they tend to have a long range, but they are not powerful enough and are only suitable for shooting small animals such as birds.

Originally, the most suitable for shooting heavy arrows was actually a heavy crossbow. However, Marlin also can't guarantee that Heavy Arrow will be able to kill the Grizzlies in one hit. You know, those beasts can burst out with huge energy even if they are seriously injured. Their dying blow is much more terrifying than that of humans. If a heavy crossbow is used, the user's life is in danger if the shot fails. After all, grizzly bears run much faster than humans. If you fail to shoot a heavy crossbow user, you will definitely not escape the bear's claws.

So, Marin designed a plan for the natives to shoot the grizzly bear-

The plan was to provide the natives with a strong bow with a large pull to shoot three-edged arrows. The indigenous Indians were good at archery, and it was not difficult to find them with good marksmanship and strength. Then, let this warrior, with a strong bow and heavy arrows on his back, climb a big tree and ambush the grizzly bear. At the same time, they carry a short spear with a steel spearhead (more than a meter long)......

The grizzly bear must have been furious when it was shot by a heavy arrow. If it is shot at once, it is best to be shot, and if it is missed, the grizzly bear will definitely run under the big tree and plan to attack the shooter. In this case, the grizzly bear has two choices - either interrupt the tree or climb the tree to chase the shooter......

So, the tree that the shooter climbs must be thick enough. Otherwise, it may be interrupted by a grizzly bear or a "Lu Zhishen upside down weeping willows". You must know that the strength of the grizzly bear is no less than that of Lu Zhishen......

If the tree is thick enough and the grizzly bear doesn't move, then it has to climb the tree to chase and take revenge. At this time, however, the hunter was carrying a short spear with an iron head. When the grizzly bear climbs to a close position, the shooter can stab the grizzly with a short spear more than a meter long to the grizzly bear's head......

At this time, the grizzly bear was climbing the tree on all fours, and there was no way to cover it, so it either retreated or was stabbed in the head......

Moreover, before the grizzly bear climbs the tree, the archer can shoot multiple three-edged arrows. If you're lucky, you'll have shot the grizzly bear to death.

In addition, you can also engage in a multi-person linkage method. That is, there are other archers in ambush in the nearby trees, and everyone shoots three-edged heavy arrows at the grizzly bear together, which is more effective.

Not only that, but the shooters can also trap deep pits under the trees. Grizzly bears, after being enraged by a shot, apparently don't take a closer look at the trap. Once they are in a hurry to retaliate, it is easy to fall into a deep pit when they rush over. When the time comes, the grizzly bear that falls into the pit will be the fish on the chopping board, and it will be possible to do whatever you want...... You can be killed by arrows, stabbed with spears, stoned, or burned by throwing firewood......

In fact, at the bottom of this trap, you can actually set up a wooden stake in advance. If the grizzly bear falls, it will be strung directly by the wooden stake...... However, Marin feared that when he sent troops to land and invade in the future, he would be targeted by the natives with this method. Therefore, he was only willing to teach the natives to use ordinary pit traps...... In fact, there is no need to teach this, the natives themselves would have dug ordinary traps long ago......

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It's no wonder that Marlin is deliberately trying to kill those grizzly bears, because grizzly bears are too harmful to maple sugar collection. The maple sugar harvesting season is when grizzly bears wake up from hibernation. At this time, grizzly bears are the hungriest and will definitely snatch it when they see the sweet maple syrup they like to eat, and it will be fierce.

The only way to avoid being affected by grizzly bears is to kill them.

Grizzly bears are very harmful to humans, even in the future generations of animal protection, in order to prevent grizzly bears from hurting people, Canadian officials often encourage hunters to use high-powered shotguns to regularly clean up the overflowing grizzly bears to avoid human harm. Later generations of Canadians were, of course, more hypocritical – they demanded that high-powered shotgun bullets that could kill quickly and quickly prevent grizzly bears from suffering from being injured and not dying......

That's still in the later generations when the level of development was already very high, and there were actually not many grizzly bears left. But now, because the indigenous Indians lack the weapons to hunt grizzly bears, they generally dare not provoke grizzly bears. So, in this era, grizzly bears are more widespread in Canadian areas, with few natural predators (except for grizzly bear cubs) and a wider range. If you don't kill the grizzly bear, don't think about developing North America......

Therefore, Marlin would have a batch of strong bows and three-edged arrows with blood grooves made for the natives of Canada, and teach them the method of hunting grizzly bears that Marlin had deved. In this way, in the future maple sugar collection, it can also be as little as possible to be robbed and disturbed by grizzly bears......