Chapter Thirty-Eight: Tigers and Wolves

The sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and four horsemen rushed out of the forest, not only the men were wearing wooden armor, but even the horses were wearing wooden armor.

"Emperor, there are many beast nests within the first three miles, and there is also a large herd of deer." Murding jumped off his horse and got down on one knee to report.

"Have you spotted any tigers?" Wang Xu asked.

"Not yet, but there are a few prey remains, and the bite marks should be leopards or wolves." Mo Ding patted the somewhat restless war horse, "This area seems to be indeed the domain of the tiger, and even the war horse is so uneasy. ”

"Let's trim it for a while, it's best if you don't meet a tiger, and if you do, it's an extra tiger skin and a meal of tiger meat." The Zhu family chuckled.

Everyone else laughed in unison.

Wang Xu shook his head helplessly, and took Tu Shan Lady to check the wheels of the carriage.

"The emperor doesn't have to worry about this little matter personally, just leave it to us." Mo Lian said in a respectful voice.

"Idle is idle anyway." Wang Xu smiled and glanced at Mo Lian, who had changed into a men's short, "Did you find any crops nearby?" ”

"Found a lot of ghost grass, there is still a chestnut over there, but there is no fruit yet, but it can be retained, Mohai took someone to collect it, and the most important thing is to find the kind of thorny old bud you said before, it seems to have been found, is this the case?" Mo Lian took out a plant from the cloth bag around his waist and handed it to Wang Xu.

Wang Xu took it and looked at it, "That's right, but this one is not ripe, let the clansmen know about this plant, and don't let it go in the wild in the future." ”

"Okay." Mo Lian nodded, and took out another plant.

Wang Xu's task for Mo Lian was to collect various plants along the way, and wanted to find some crops that could be planted in them, mainly to find two types of wild crops, one for food and the other for raw materials.

In addition to wild soybeans, ghost grass, wild chestnuts, walnuts and other things that have been found to be lectured, the main reason is to find wild cabbage.

Many people feel that cabbage only appeared in the middle and late stages of China, but in fact, in the archaeological excavation, the Neolithic Banpo site has found cabbage seeds, indicating that cabbage was domesticated by the ancestors at least 10,000 years ago, but it may not be planted in a large area for some reasons, because cabbage itself is a warm-loving plant, and the Central Plains can only grow two variant plants, "Fen" and "Woong".

However, it does not mean that there are no wild cabbage wild seeds in the wild, and if wild cabbage seeds can be found, then half of the problem of food and clothing can be solved.

Looking at the more than a dozen kinds of plants collected by Mo Lian, in addition to the fact that there is not much harvest, but at least found the thorny old bud this kind of mountain treasure, the thorny old bud is known as a mountain treasure with higher nutritional value than ginseng, if it can be planted or collected in large quantities, it can improve the physical fitness of the clan in a short time.

Mo Lian is a qualified secretary, and she can successfully complete and solve any problem given to her by Wang Xu, which makes Wang Xu very satisfied, but I don't know why there is always a strange atmosphere when facing Mo Lian.

It may also be a psychological factor brought about by some sequelae.

After being paralyzed by the smell of the beast for half an hour, the horses seemed to have recovered, and a few strong horses had begun to eat in the forest, and the sun had begun to set, and the little afterglow was projected on the ground through the cracks in the forest.

"Do you want to walk at night?" Wang Li, who was full of wine and food, lay on the carriage and picked his teeth.

"Let's rest for the night, have a direction, start the journey at dawn tomorrow, and try to find your destination in the afternoon." Wang Xu calculated, this dense forest area should be in two hundred square kilometers, that is, to the end of more than two hundred kilometers, although the forest road is not easy to walk, but with the assistance of a carriage, you can find the hot spring fort in more than ten hours, although I don't know what the hot spring fort was like more than two thousand years ago, but as long as you can find the Tang River along the north, the end must be the hot spring fort area.

In order to prevent wild beasts from attacking at night, Wang Xu made a circle of forty carriages around the city into a simple 'camel city', and lit a bonfire in the middle, and the tribesmen slept on wooden beds chopped into firewood, so that the tribesmen could spend this special night with peace of mind.

Wang Xu also took out the solar lantern and hung it on the branches of the trees on a high place, and the bright incandescent lamps illuminated the whole area, like a white sun, and everyone knelt on the ground and worshiped reverently and excitedly.

There was no doubt that the divine light, which had never been seen before, dispelled all the fear in their hearts.

"The Light will watch over you, sleep." Wang Xu said to everyone like a magic stick, and accepted their gratitude.

A few emotional warriors also wanted to self-harm on the spot to hold some mysterious rituals, which were stopped by Wang Xu's order, and many previous crippling rituals were abolished.

Mo Kui tried to speak several times, but looked at the 'holy light' hanging above his head, and finally closed his mouth.

Because of the appearance of the holy light, the clansmen were excited for a while, and then they slowly calmed down and fell asleep one after another.

Wang Xu lay in the carriage and looked at the moon, ignoring Wang Lishen's self-talk next to him.

It's not that they are not sleepy, but there are too many mosquitoes in the forest at night, especially now this month, even if Mo Lian is fanning Wang Xu to repel mosquitoes, Wang Xu is still harassed and can't sleep.

And from time to time there was a wolf howl in the distance.

"Lao Tzu really wants to kill all those wolves." Equally irritable is naturally Wang Li.

His treatment is even better than Wang Xu, and he has two sisters who help him catch mosquitoes.

"It's too far, listen to the sound, it's two miles away." Wang Xu chuckled.

"This is not the territory of tigers, how can there be wolves?" Wang Li walked bare-chested next to Wang Xu, picked up a wild fruit and put it in his mouth unceremoniously, then frowned and spit it out.

Mo Lian also frowned, "Da Liang made, this astringent fruit is specially used to repel mosquitoes, not to eat." ”

"Didn't you say it sooner?" Wang Li's eyes widened, and he threw the fruit into the fire.

"You didn't ask, if you don't ask, you're a thief, friend." Wang Xu chuckled and said, "If you can fall asleep, go to sleep, I guess I'm hanging today." ”

"It's okay, the minister is not tired." Mo Lian smiled and shook her head, then brought some edible wild fruits from the carriage.

"Child, you said that you are a poor and remote wild girl, how can you learn the rules better than my eldest girl?" Wang Li quipped with a smile.

Mo Lian glanced at Wang Li with some displeasure and ignored him.

"Do you compare our Situ from the Lonely Bamboo Country with the big girl of your family?" Wang Xu chuckled and said, "Do you look down on me? ”

"Situ?" Wang Li raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Mo Lian and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a few days, and I am ranked as the third duke, disrespectful and disrespectful, but it's not that I look down on you, your Guzhu Country really doesn't have as many people as my stable." ”

"What's the use of having a lot of people? Under the punishment of heaven, there is no powder. Wang Xu chuckled.

"You, can you still launch Heavenly Punishment now?" Wang Li's eyes lit up and asked in a low voice.

"I'm just telling you this, people must be in awe." Wang Xu said with a smile.

"I'm in awe, I'm in awe." Wang Li straightened his waist and said perfunctorily: "When will I see it?" Wait until we find the Tiger Ministry? ”

"Heaven and earth give birth to all things because of order, and heaven and earth are derived from order." Wang Xu Zhengse said, "Naturally, the punishment of heaven is due to the violation of the rules of heaven, how can there be a reason to reduce the punishment at will?" ”

"It's boring." Wang Li pouted.

"Do you like to see people get punished for their mistakes?" Wang Xu looked at him with interest.

"I don't like stupid people, how can I like to see people make mistakes and be punished? I just want to see the power of heaven's punishment. Wang Li shrugged.

"A word for you." Wang Xu shook his head: "Curiosity kills the cat?" ”

Wang Li frowned, "What do you mean?" ”

"Understand for yourself." Wang Xu chuckled and waved his hand, and was about to drive Wang Li back to sleep, when suddenly a tiger roar from a distance made his smile freeze on his face.

The wooden fan in Mo Lian's hand turned into a dagger at some point, and his petite body stood in front of Wang Xu, looking vigilantly into the depths of the dense forest.

At the same time, the camp was also filled with the sound of clansmen's commotion.

"To the northeast, less than a mile, a wounded tiger." The Zhu family threw Wang Li's armor and bows and arrows, and commanded his subordinates to guard the camp in the shape of horns.

"Mo Ding, arrange the clansmen, everyone is wearing armor and shields, and it is best to divide a torch." Wang Xu took out the Luoyang shovel and calmly ordered, "It is very likely that there will be wolves." ”

As soon as Wang Xu finished speaking, a burst of wolf howls rang out again, disrupting the angry tiger roar.

"And guess if they're going to rush this way?" Wang Li put on his armor and looked at Wang Xu with a headache.

"A tiger is probably not enough for the wolves." Wang Xu sighed.

"I hope the wolves will feed us." Wang Li grinned, laughing cruelly.