Chapter 59: The Big Pie Falling from the Sky

For the people of the Yu clan who have been trapped on the beach for I don't know how many years, everything outside is new, and their range of activities is limited to a small range due to various factors.

They also know that there are trees and grasses, but most of them have not seen them with their own eyes, and the trees in the forest are taller and bigger than they imagined, and the flowers and plants are more beautiful, and occasionally they can see some insects that they find cute.

After watching marine animals all their lives, their aesthetics have long become deformed.

The only bad thing is that walking on the sandy land and rocky land, it is very unfriendly to the Yu clan people who have lived in the fine sand since childhood, just walked near the copper mountain, and before they walked into the mountain forest, many people's feet were cut.

Wang Xu saw the flesh and blood of the children's feet, and ordered to stop advancing.

"What's wrong?" The king asked puzzled.

"If you go on like this, you won't wait until you get to Chaoge, and they will be useless." Wang Xu shook his head, "You take people and horses back to the court, let Mo Ren drive, and the carriage comes with straw sandals and leather shoes." ”

Wang Li frowned, looked at the situation of the Yu clan, and nodded, "Wait for me." ”

After speaking, Wang Li took the Zhu family and a few cronies, and quickly disappeared into the dense forest.

"Tu Tan, you go and teach them to distinguish what is dangerous in the forest." Wang Xu frowned and watched a child grab an unknown plant from the ground and stuff it into his mouth, feeling that if it went on like this, these people would be poisoned or killed by themselves before they could reach Chaoge.

Not having common sense is a terrible thing.

At the same time, Wang Xu also lamented the greatness of human ancestors.

If it weren't for the experience accumulated by our ancestors, humanity would have become extinct long ago.

Wang Xu called Yu Chun over again, threw the military shovel to him, and asked him to start digging a pit at the foot of the mountain.

Regarding Wang Xu's order, Yu Chun naturally did not have any opinions, and began to work with a military shovel.

Wang Xu rode a horse around the copper mountain for half a circle, feeling that the mineral resources here were enough for him to squander for many years, and according to the topography, there should be coal or stone coal around the copper mountain.

Wang Xu took out the map and estimated the distance, it would take at least twenty kilometers to repair from Chaoge to this side, this big project is not something they can build in a short time now, but if they rely on horse-drawn carriage transportation and use all the animal power, they can transport at most three hundred kilograms a day, and it will take at least a month to complete the strategic reserve, and the time is too urgent.

After climbing the copper mountain and surveying the terrain with a telescope, Wang Xu decided to establish a base directly here, so that it was close to the sea, and he could take advantage of the autumn season to eat more crabs and shrimp.

After listening to Wang Xu's proposal, Tu Tan was a little worried, "According to Yu Chun, there are other tribes here, and casting iron smelting will cause thick smoke, and it is easy to startle the grass and snakes." ”

"That can't be helped." Wang Xu shook his head, "The transportation cost and consumption are too great, it is better to build the city directly." ”

"But this place is a plain, and there is no terrain to defend." Tu Tan pursed his lips, "It's okay to build a city, but the emperor can't sit here." ”

Wang Xu smiled and shook his head, "Don't worry, don't worry about my comfort, as long as you can subdue all the scattered tribes around in a short period of time, our side should sit back and relax, as for Lin Hu's restraints, since the Zhu family said that he can solve it, then leave it to him." ”

Tu Tan nodded, "By the way, the Emperor, according to what Yu Chun said, the beasts on the other side of the wetland will migrate away soon, and if we want to capture that group of horses, it may be as soon as possible." ”

"That's a lot going on." Wang Xu smiled and shook his head, "But it doesn't matter, step by step, as long as everyone is united, all problems will be solved." ”

"Together." Tu Tan smiled and arched his hand, greeted, and urged the horse to explore the terrain.

Wang Xu continued to climb up the copper mountain, the mine formed the day after tomorrow is less than 70 meters above sea level, but the mountain products are quite rich, while climbing up let Yu Chun and others dig some known plants, among which Wang Xu is the happiest is that there are a large number of jujube trees on the mountainside, at this time it is the fruit period, the unknown wild jujube the size of the longan taste is unusually sweet.

The people plucked all the jujube trees and distributed them to others to satisfy their hunger, and the remaining jujube trees were all dug up by roots and ready to be transplanted back to Chaoge.

The jujube tree is an important crop in Chinese civilization, and its status is even comparable to five grains during the Han Dynasty.

"Historical Records: The Biography of Goods" has "Anyi Thousand Tree Jujubes, which are all with thousands of households." ".

Operated 1,000 jujube trees, and the income at that time was equivalent to that of a thousand households.

The main reason is that jujube trees are easy to feed, and the yield is very large, and jujube can be used as food to satisfy hunger, even in later generations, jujube tree planting is also a key forest project.

Wang Xu had been looking for wild jujube trees in the forest before, but after searching for a radius of ten miles, he only found dozens of trees, but he didn't expect that there was a large area here, hundreds of trees.

In addition, Wang Xu also found that there were a large number of hedgehogs and rabbits on the mountain, each of which was fat and strong, and the hedgehog with the size of a basketball came out of the bushes, which was really scary.

After climbing to the top of the mountain, the sea breeze with moisture blows the face painfully, and the environment on all sides is unobstructed, Wang Xu carefully surveyed the map with a telescope and found that this side is indeed not a very suitable place to build a base, because this is actually a low-lying area, covered by dense forests within a radius of several miles, and the south is the seaside.

Wang Xu tried to find the future famous immortal estuary, but found that it was in vain, at this time the whole area was covered with mountains and forests, and nothing could be seen.

Regretfully putting away the binoculars, Wang Xu rubbed his face stiffened by the sea breeze and began to descend the mountain.

Many Yu women at the foot of the mountain have begun to learn to collect dry firewood and dig pits at the foot of the mountain, these women are the main labor force of the tribe, so they can easily get started with manual labor.

The picture of a group of unclothed women throwing off their arms and waving shovels is still quite shocking, in order not to leave a shadow in his heart, Wang Xu chose not to see it.

After waiting for a while, Tu Tan came back, and when he came back, his face was full of joy.

"Back to the Emperor, there is also a wetland in the southwest three miles, the water is abundant and it looks like a small river, but I don't know where it leads, if you build a city there, if something is not good, you can take a boat down the river." Tu Tan said overjoyed.

"It's easy to have a water source, take me to see it." Wang Xu got up and smiled.

Tu Tan's face was embarrassed, "Eh, don't be impatient, the emperor is a little restless, there are still a large number of giant beasts inhabiting there." ”

"Huh?" Wang Xu frowned, "What kind of giant beast." ”

"It should be a deer, but it is huge and strange-looking, like a bull's head but no horns, and it is not like a horse with a face." Tu Tan described it, "It's very weird anyway, but I always feel that it's a little familiar." ”

"How big can it be?" Wang Xu was also confused.

"I didn't dare to get closer, so I took a look from a distance, and I guess it was eight feet tall." Tu Tan blinked.

Wang Xu frowned: "Does it look similar to the hat that Mo Ren wears?" ”

Tu Tan was stunned for a moment, and patted his head: "It's really!" I said why is it so familiar and an eyesore! ”

Wang Xu grinned and said, "That's called a moose, those without horns are doe, there should be a lot of young deer around, how big is the deer herd?" ”

"Hmm.... It is estimated that there should be no less than 100 heads, because they did not dare to approach the wetland, so they can't be sure. Tu Tan said.

"Looks like we're going to get rich now." Wang Xu narrowed his eyes and smiled happily.

If a moose can be tamed, then this large creature with a strong body weight will become the best animal, even more than the buffalo.

And more importantly, if it can be cultivated well, Wang Xu wants to cultivate a moose cavalry.

After seeing the limitations of horses in the mountains and forests along the way, Wang Xu wondered if there were any mounts suitable for fighting in the mountains and forests, and there was no doubt that moose was the most suitable.

First of all, there is a speed limit for running in the mountains and forests, speed and agility are useless, the other is the endurance of long journeys, and the second is the explosive power when charging.

Although I have not seen the explosive power of the moose, from Wang Li's description, the explosive power of this giant beast should be very strong, and most importantly, the moose is huge in size and has a strong deterrent power.

It can be seen from the ink wolf's description of the moose that the nomads of Liaodong are in awe of this giant beast, and if they can tame this giant beast as a mount, then when they fight against Donghu or Su Shen, they will be superior in terms of momentum.

The moose cavalry has been tamed in history, and King Charles XI dared to use any new tricks, one of which was to train moose as cavalry.

It may sound a bit of a novelty, but in the northern regions of Europe, close to the Arctic, moose are hardy and have a strong weight-bearing capacity.

In the early years, the Siberian natives fought on moose, which ran faster than the Cossack cavalry.

For this reason, Tsar Ivan ordered a ban on moose breeding.

Until the 30s of the 20th century, the Soviet Union experimented with the use of moose troops in the mechanized era.

However, the Soviet-Finnish Winter War showed that this ancient animal could not resist the frightens of modern artillery fire, and the moose troops withdrew from the stage of war. This is a great blessing for the moose.

Therefore, as a mount, the reindeer is undoubtedly a weapon of war.

I thought that there were not too many moose in Liaodong, and I had to go farther to Heilongjiang or Changbai Mountain to catch them, but I didn't expect to meet a moose population here, which is really a big pie in the sky.

Tu Tan was very worried about Wang Xu's idea, because the moose was too big, much taller than the biggest horse he had ever seen, how could such a huge creature be tamed?

Tu Tan asked himself that his martial arts were not weak, even in the face of BMW or even Mustang, he was confident that he would be tamed alone.

But in the face of moose, he really didn't have any confidence at all.

Aside from the huge size of the moose, just the heavy fur, Tu Tan felt that the sword was difficult to hurt, if such a giant beast launched a madness, how to control and tame it?

However, looking at Wang Xu's excited expression, Tu Tan was inexplicably relieved.

After all, the facts along the way told him that the emperor could not be wrong.