Mr. Gao led the hippo team, crossed the Jinsha Ridge, and marched to the destination by the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. To the left, you can see the white snow-capped tops of the Tien Shan Mountains, which bring a touch of refreshment in the somewhat sultry weather of early summer.

To the west, the terrain is soothing, and the snow from the Tianshan Mountains moistens many flat and open meadows. There are also small herds in the valley far away, and when they see the horses of Jiaohe Mu, they hide far away in the valley.

Feng Zheng said that the last time he went to Laoyou, he went all the way to the west, and the terrain was full of valleys and meadows, which was extremely suitable for horse grazing. "Maybe we can build another ranch here, and we won't have to run around every time...... It's called Tianshan Muhow. ”

Lirong followed the people of Lord Gao, and after listening to Lord Gao's words, she said, "This name seems to be a little too big, and besides, aren't your Jiaohe Ranch and Liuzhong Ranch all built on the Tianshan Mountains?" It is not appropriate to call this place Tianshan Mu. ”

When Master Gao heard this, he turned his head and asked her, "Miss Elirong's opinion, I don't know what name is it?" ”

Lirong said, "We went to the Poplar River this time, and it is called Poplar Mu." If the poplar pasture is built, the pastures under the jurisdiction of the tall people will be called Tianshan herding. ”

Lirong's words seemed to arouse the interest of the tall man, and he wanted to ask her something more, but he stopped.

Thinking that it was getting late, the tall man asked the horses to slow down and spread out on the open grass, so that the horses who had traveled a long way could relax and nibble on some grass to replenish their strength. By the time it was dark, the horses had eaten their bellies, and the caravan camped on the spot.

Feng Zheng and many more people took people to choose a station, cut down trees and build fences. Because there were not many people, the shepherds had to devote most of their energy to guarding the horses, and only ten people were selected to do this with the shepherds. Gao Daren also threw himself into it and worked with everyone.

The tall man has an oolong knife, and he is responsible for cutting trees and cutting branches alone. People watched the tall man carry an oolong knife and make a pine tree, walked under the tree and shouted to everyone, "Look at it, the tree has fallen!" ”

Because the trees here are sheltered from the shadow of the Tien Shan Mountains all year round, they strive to grow straight and tall upwards, and only stretch their branches and leaves to soak up the sun at the highest point, and this kind of tree is the best to produce trees.

Lirong stood in the distance, looking at the tree as thick as a sea bowl and two feet high, wondering how he would not easily cut it down. But the onlookers immediately stepped back when they heard Lord Gao's words, and she also retreated.

She had just stood still in the distance, and the tall man's knife was already slashing towards the roots of the pine tree. There was no movement in the ears of ordinary knives and wood encountering, and the black knives had already slashed through the trunk of the tree and returned to the hands of the tall man.

He cut down a tree with a single sword, then cut it a few times, removed the branches and leaves, and then broke the trunk into logs of normal length. The tall man's knife is fast and heavy, and the speed is simply incredible.

Then two more shepherds ran over to help, and together they put the log up and jumped away. The tall man did not wait for the log to fall, and then split it in half with a knife. Someone shouted, "Neat, usually fifteen or sixteen people have to do it!" ”

Then there are these two shepherds, who no longer need to work together, one person is about to erect half of the log, and the tall man is still splitting it in half with a knife. After splitting this, the half piece has just been erected. For a while, Lirong only heard the "clatter" sound of busy and chaotic black knives breaking wood and the sound of wooden stakes falling to the ground.

At last the tall man picked up each stake and cut a diagonal tip at one end, so that the rest of the shepherds could take it and drive it into the ground. For a while, the sound of smashing wood came and went, and it came far away.

Lirong used to be with her parents, where have she seen such a hot scene in front of her, and she felt fun and novel for a while. Especially the tall man cutting down trees and breaking trees, which brought her a lot of shock.

This is different from her impression that the felling is done. He had seen his father chopping wood before, and every time he was solemn and tried his best, he was sweating profusely after the end. It was like he was playing, and the two shepherds were holding logs and picking stakes on the side, and the tall men were waiting there with their waists straight.

It was enough for Master Gao to cut down a total of three pine trees, and Lirong couldn't help with these things at all, but she couldn't be idle. She picked up the thin pine branches that were easy to light from the branches cut down by the tall man, and carried them back to the camp that was beginning to take shape, and there were already groups of people digging stoves and supporting pots, ready to make a fire for cooking.

When she wanted to go over to help, a group of people stopped her, "Miss Lirong, no." ”

Lirong asked why, and the leader of the group said that this Yemu River practice would take an unknown number of days. In order to travel lightly, the horse team not only did not bring enough pots and stoves in the tents, but I was afraid that they could not even wash their faces. If you do such dirty work with us rough people, I'm afraid that in two days you will be unkempt and sloppy, so how can you do it?

When Lirong heard this, she couldn't help but think of what Master Gao did when he was in the Wentang Hostel, could it be that his indecent actions were all cultivated when he was a wild herd? Thinking about it like this, I feel a little relieved.

Many of them took more than 20 people, armed with sabers, bows and crossbows, and hunted in the mountains and forests in the distance, and when they returned, they dragged back more than a dozen wild sheep, and hung pheasants and hares on their heads. So some people were busy setting up bonfires and roasting the prey, and after a while, bursts of pear smell filled the mountains.

Lirong frightened the leader, so he paid attention to his clothes, and found that only two pine needles had been hung when he had just picked up pine branches, and the rest of the place was quite clean. She thought that it would not be good if she went back in a few days and let her sister see her sloppy appearance.

As soon as the camp was entrenched, a few long ropes and stakes were combined to enclose all the horses, and five or six tents had been set up, when someone beckoned to eat.

Master Gao gathered around Feng Zheng, Duoduo and eight group heads, and while discussing things, he used a small blade to grab the roasted whole sheep and eat it with his hands. Lirong sat down with them, and saw that they even started to eat tall adults, and some of the group leaders even held a roast leg of lamb in both hands to gnaw, and after a while, their paws were full of greasy, and she hesitated.

Feng Zheng was still thinking about the things during the day, and asked Lord Gao, "My lord, what do you think when you let the pheasant go?" I thought he would come to us for trouble when he returned, but now it was very quiet. ”

Master Gao looked at Lirong first, and said to Feng Zheng, "Let's go and make a few pairs of signatures first." Feng Zheng understood, went out and sharpened a dozen one-and-a-half-foot-long wooden skewers and brought them back. Master Gao used the knife he carried with him to cut small pieces of meat on the whole sheep's body, skewered them with a wooden skewer, held them in front of Lirong, and asked her to take them before saying:

"I've never been here before, but this time, I found a problem along the way."

The crowd hurriedly asked, "What's the problem?" ”

(To be continued.) )