Chapter 293: Nature's Gift

In addition to the need to prepare for disasters such as floods caused by sudden climate changes, the forest site hopes that the weather will warm.

When the weather warms up, there will be more suitable areas for cultivation in the Chinese territory, the pastoral areas of the grasslands will become more extensive, and everyone's outdoor activities will be longer. If the temperature can reach the level of the next generation, and double cropping can be achieved in one year, it will also be able to greatly reduce the proportion of the agricultural population and increase the population for other construction.

As for the problems of short-haired rhinos, short-haired rhinos, and crocodiles, it is not a big deal. This may not be a phenomenon that has only emerged in the past few years.

In terms of the combat power of Huaxia's current hunters and the popularity of various metal tools, as long as there is a little preparation to eliminate the psychological panic, these creatures themselves are just delivering food. These beasts that invaded the north came one after another, and no matter how large the scale was, it was impossible to compare with the scale of hunting. Even tens of thousands of mammoths were almost wiped out in China, so what are these animals that invaded the north on a small scale?

Lin Ji remembered that when he first arrived, the thief Pigface had intimidated him with a similar phenomenon. This means that on the other side of the Yangtze River, these creatures may have appeared at that time.

Over the years, in order to promote integration, the kingdom has transferred many people from the north bank of the Yangtze River and even north of the Yellow River to the south bank of the Yangtze River.

For example, they may have seen a mammoth and spread that it was wrong to cut the mammoth's hair, which would annoy an unknown god and cause the elephant to have no hair to cut.

The short-haired rhinoceros may also have a place under the same speculation.

The crocodile may wonder if the kingdom's ships are occupying the waters of the river god, so the river god has come up with such monsters to take revenge on the humans, etc.

In later generations, when most people are literate, there may be all kinds of panic or all kinds of unfounded rumors when something new appears. In this era of diverse totems and rampant myths, it will naturally be more normal.

Of course, these rumors are nothing. Lin Ji only needs to let the people in the Propaganda Department give some correct guidance, and these panics will naturally dissipate quickly.

The Ministry of Propaganda is one of the most powerful departments in the Kingdom. As long as Lin Ji has any instructions, it will not be long before the Propaganda Department will convey his instructions to the grassroots level through various forms. Because of these, Qiao Huan can get praise from Lin Rui every year.

As long as the forest traces were to get an explanation of the habits and forms of these animals, with his prestige in the kingdom and the scientific spirit that was now more widely spread, the people should soon be able to accept them.

Lin Ji asked Chen Li to help him write down this matter, and after arriving in Tiger Forest, he used the radio to contact Chao Lin Cheng. When I was on the road, I also talked about my understanding of these animals: "The short-haired mammoth should be an Asian elephant, and the short-haired rhinoceros is generally called a rhinoceros, and there are several subspecies, with double horns and single horns. They live in places with little or no snow in the south, so they do not grow long hairs. and the mammoths or woolly rhinoceros that we see belong to different subspecies of the same species. They have short fur and like to roll in the mud to keep mosquitoes out......"

"As for the crocodile, it should be the Chinese alligator, which is not very large, but it is also very dangerous. It is better not to get into the water to deal with them. They will bite people underwater and roll desperately, and can tear the flesh off quickly. This kind of tumbling is generally called a death tumbling, and it can tumble ten times per second...... They burrow in the winter to survive the winter. Its meat can be eaten and used in medicine, and the tail part is the most delicious, and the skin is very good, and it will become smoother and smoother the more you use it......"

Because many times books from later generations are used, Lin Ji tries to use more common names when introducing new things. lest they not understand the books when they touch them.

When it came to crocodile skin, Lin Ji also pulled out his belt for everyone to see. This is made from the skin of a bay crocodile caught by the vermilion monkey in the early years. After a few years of use, instead of peeling, it became brighter and brighter.

"It's a good thing for us that these things are here, and you don't have some to eat?" Lin Ji asked? The man who had brought it laughed. Eating them is naturally hunted and eaten. It's just that I was a little scared when I ate it.

"It's okay, these things are bold to eat. If it's in the reserve, don't hunt it. Lin Ji encouraged.

The kingdom has several protected areas that stretch for thousands of kilometers from south to north. Hunting is not allowed inside these reserves. On the periphery, it is possible to hunt all kinds of adult and non-pregnant herbivores, but it is also not allowed to burn the wasteland and cut down trees for farming.

Due to the lack of regulation, the current term for such protected areas is still only symbolic, but it is better to have this regulation than not to have it at all. Otherwise, with the current force of the Chinese people, it will not take a few years to make most of the beasts endangered. There are some restrictions guaranteed by the laws of the Kingdom, and this can be regarded as a small contribution of the forest to future generations.

"We caught a few live crocodiles after the beginning of autumn, and now they are freezing." ”

The surrounding tiger forest spotted people also smiled flatteringly.

"Only crocodiles?" Lin Ji asked casually.

Wu Dehan laughed twice: "I also caught a few short mammoths." ”

"How's it going?"

"We were thinking about getting it back and taming it. And mammoths. They can be trained, too. But I'm just too afraid of the cold. Now you have to stay in the house in this weather, and you can't get out much. So......" said Wude, pausing with some hesitation. I don't seem to know whether to say the rest or not.

Asian elephants are not low in intelligence, and they can be tamed directly.

"How?" Lin Ji was a little looking forward to it.

"So we mated these mammoths with mammoths. There are now two short-haired female elephants pregnant, and one may be about to give birth, according to the time estimate. Wu gritted his teeth and said it regardless of it.

"Scare?" This operation made Lin Ji a little unable to react when he heard it, but he didn't expect that now the kingdom claims to spread the news quickly, and Wu has to hide this hand.

And here he feels that there seems to be a problem. The mammoth is a mammoth, and the mammoth should be an Asian elephant, and the gap between the two is relatively large, and it should be the same as the Asian elephant and the African elephant in later generations, and it cannot give birth to offspring...... Right? Although Lin Ji is not very confused about the genus and species, he knows that the gap between the two species should be as big as that of humans and chimpanzees, how can they have offspring?

Wu had to start explaining this for the sake of the forest trails: "When I went to the forest, I heard from them that donkeys and horses could be crossed to make mules, and that they were better than donkeys. The Ministry of Agriculture is also doing experiments on breeding between different dogs, cats, sheep and deer. I saw that these two elephants were quite similar in size except for the hairy and hairless, so I wanted to give them a try...... I have reported to Minister Lin Miao'er ......"

Lin Ji came back to his senses from the entanglement of different genera and species, and quickly grasped a key piece of information: "You said that this mammoth and mammoth look similar?" Are their teeth crooked? Also have high shoulder bones? Does it look like this? ”

As Lin Ji spoke, he pointed to the mammoths in the team, and asked questions one by one.

"Yes...... Be...... It's ......," he nodded one by one.

The more Lin Ji confirmed, the happier he became. He felt that his previous perception might be wrong. A short-mammoth is not necessarily an Asian elephant.

There is a big difference between the posture of Asian elephants and mammoths. First of all, Asian elephants are tooth-shaped and knife-shaped, without the obvious curl of mammoths. Secondly, Asian elephants have long necks, while mammoths have short necks. Mammoths have a humpback-like bulging shoulder bone, while Asian elephants do not, etc. It is also because there are so many differences between the two that Lin Xi feels that it is impossible for the two to give birth to offspring.

But if the mammoths that invaded north weren't Asian, that wasn't necessarily the case.

The forest trail vaguely remembered that mammoths were a type of mammoth, but mammoths were not the only species. Under the species of mammoths, there are short-haired mammoths. However, he did not study paleontology in his previous life, nor even studied biology systematically, so he naturally couldn't remember these things at all for a while, so he judged the mammoth to be a common Asian elephant in later generations.

If these mammoths were a type of mammoth, then they might be as different from mammoths as donkeys and horses, lions and tigers, and they might have given birth to offspring. Although the mules bred by donkeys and horses are infertile, they are more docile and easy to use precisely because they do not have estrus. If a new species were to be bred between two different mammoths, even if they were as infertile as mules, it would be enough to change the history of mahout and probably give humans a new breed of livestock.

What will this new elephant look like? Are they hairy or not? Are you afraid of the cold? What is the temperament? Can it be used as labor?

For a while, Lin Ji's heart was full of curiosity, and he just wanted to hurry up and take a look at the tiger forest grouper.

This may be the first successful elephant hybridization in human history. And it's certainly unprecedented...... Nor did the Hereafter do it. It's also thanks to the abundance of living things now that this situation has occurred.

Lin Miao'er may not know the meaning of this matter, but only as if it were a cross between another livestock; It may also be that she wants to hold back this big move and wait until the time is ripe to surprise Lin Ji, so as to cover up Qiao Huan's limelight. So I didn't even report to Lin Ji. Judging from the expression on the face of the vulture, the latter is more likely.

Of course, this is not the time to dwell on these, Lin Ji just wants to rush to Tiger Lynd as soon as possible to see what is going on.

The white horse felt the joy of the forest trails, lifted his hooves and stepped over, and immediately rushed to the front of the group.

"We're almost in time to get to Tiger Forester, so be careful not to be left behind." Lin Ji shouted in front, still holding on to the reins to control the speed of the white horse.

But this speed was enough for the rest of the animals to drink a pot, and the others hurried to drive their mounts to full speed, barely keeping up.

Hulinban is the first place to change the county, and it is also the second city built in Huaxia outside of Chaolin.

The county town is built by the water, and the momentum of Wuqing is extraordinary. Outside the city, on the snow, countless sailboats, large and small, were erected on huge wooden shelves, with masts like a forest.

Tiger Lynbald has lit a huge fire outside the city by the residents, warming up and roasting while waiting for the forest traces that may not appear until the evening. Nearly 10,000 people roasted a fire by the roadside, and the scene was also extremely spectacular.

It was almost noon, and suddenly someone heard the sound of hooves in the west, and someone exclaimed, and suddenly there was silence, and at the same time looked up at the west - this situation has happened more than the first time, although many times before it was a false alarm, and everyone also knew that the king would not arrive until evening, but everyone would still look to the west at the first time, lest they miss something.

This time, the sound of hooves was quite urgent, and after the audience fell silent, it became clearer.

Suddenly, a white shadow appeared in the snow and ice, and rushed towards the city gate like lightning.

Everyone has already seen the image of the white horse knight in various promotional pictures, and when they saw it at this time, they immediately screamed. When the white horse arrived in front of the people, the dragon groaned and the people stood up, and the knights on the horses were flying, who was not the king of the kingdom?

Everyone recognized the forest traces, and the mountains and the sea shouted, and at the same time, everyone unconsciously rushed forward, only to feel that the king was really mighty.