When the time came to August, the corn flowers had fallen, and the bales were wrapped in bulging golden grains. The sweet potato field is blue, and the soil also hides the thick stems.

After harvesting some of the forest traces in a small area for everyone to taste, Ji Lin's men, women, and children would stay around these fields as soon as they had free time, killing all the flying insects, birds and beasts that dared to come to grab food outside the fields and turning them into another food for themselves.

Before the large-scale autumn harvest arrived, Lu Qiao came to Ji Lin again with the wolf. This time they came along the newly opened road, and it took only two days.

However, after they arrived at Ji Lin, their faces were not very good-looking.

Lin Ji saw the wolf coming, and took out the brewed bayberry wine. He said that he would invite the wolf to drink, and there were naturally all kinds of drinks in the town, but Lin Ji still felt that it was more desirable to brew it with his own hands.

The bayberry was picked by the women before, washed and covered with sugar, sprinkled with a little yeast and fermented in a jar for more than ten days.

It's been almost two months now, and as soon as I open the jar, the wine is fragrant and fruity. That kind of fragrant smell is the green Qiao who does not spread his brows, and his tongue is full of relish, and his index finger moves.

After straining the pomace, Lin Xi poured the wine into a clay bowl, and what he saw was even more amber, which was extremely tempting. Fu Wolf couldn't help but take a sip first, and then he couldn't stop.

Lin Ji steamed corn cobs and sweet potatoes to entertain the guests, and sent the wine out for everyone to taste. It didn't take long for Dahime to come over and bring a few jars to the side to share the lees. Luo Que and Xiao Yue'er have already brought the bowl of Lin Ji over. Fu Wolf drank a few bowls, although he was very reluctant, the last bowl was served to Xiao Yue'er. Of course, most of this bowl went into Luo Qi's mouth.

After that, the first batch of drunks appeared in Ji Lin. It made Shou Li, who is a doctor, busy for a while.

The wine was not enough to eat, and Lin Ji asked Lu Qiao, whose face was red: "What is the bad thing about coming this time?" ”

Lu Qiao glanced at the people around him drunkenly, and said, "I didn't want to publicize this matter loudly, but if I told you, you will tell them too." Seeing you like this is to tell you that you should not be afraid. Then I'll get straight to the point. ”

Lu Qiao let out a sigh and said: "Human and Jilu have started a war, less than ten days ago, on the edge of the Gou Lake you said. As a result, the tiger was defeated. ”

"What?" As soon as these words came out, it really dropped a jaw on the ground. Lin Ji was only a little surprised, and the old women who came with Daji to grab wine and drink were all terrified, as if the sky had fallen.

Lin Ji deduced from various information that Human is a big tribe, and it can cultivate a fierce person like a barbarian, and even Huyi'er, a girl, is brave and powerful, and her strength is obviously not weak. Its failure was indeed an unexpected surprise to the forest trail. Such a powerful tiger barbarian will be defeated, what kind of tribe is that fast deer?

For Da Ji and the old women around him, even if the tiger is not the sky, it is also an existence like an optimus pillar. Now that I hear that even it has failed, it is really a collapse of faith, a bolt from the blue. Some of the women were even helpless and wept out.

Lu Qiao smiled bitterly, did not speak, and seemed to know that this was the result.

Lin Ji saw that the scene was about to get out of control, and immediately said in a deep voice: "There is something to say that victory and defeat are common things in the tribe, let's not panic first, let's first find out how the loss of the tiger is and whether the deer will affect us." ”

When the women heard this, they remembered that their current situation was different from the past, and they slowly eased their emotions. Some people saw Lin Ji's calmness, and suddenly felt in their hearts that it seemed that this form was different from usual, as if no matter how Tiger Man was, it would have no effect in front of Qizi. They said no more, and listened to what followed.

Lin Ji turned to Lu Qiao and said, "What do you know?" How many people were dispatched from both sides? How many people were killed or injured? After the defeat of the tigers, what measures did the deer take? ”

Lin Ji's questions are the habitual thoughts of later generations. In his mind, a battle naturally knows how many people are dispatched, and since there is a defeat and retreat, there must be a count of casualties later. And as the winning side, the deer should also pursue the land compensation or something.

But these questions confused Lu Qiao. She herself doesn't have much concept of ten hundred thousand, how do you know how many people there are? If counting is not popular, there is naturally no way to count the casualties. As for what the deer has done, no one has seen it.

Lin Ji found himself posing with another oolong and asked about the others: "What do you know?" It can be said from beginning to end. ”

A man who was traveling with Lu Qiao said: "I was hunting over there, and then I met a tiger man who said that he was going to fight a deer, so we went. It turned out to be met by the lake. The first to fight, I'm still behind. Later, the men said that they were defeated, and everyone ran back to the tribe. I'll go back. ”

"Did the people of the deer chase it?"

"I didn't chase much. Behind is the tiger barbarian or our territory, they dare not chase it. ”

Hearing this answer, Lin Ji felt a lot more relieved, and the fact that the deer did not pursue meant that his side would not be affected for the time being. Ji Lin's current state can be maintained for a while.

"Are there many dead?" Lin Ji asked patiently.

"Many. Probably more than people from our tribe. It was a large area. The man recalled.

The forest trail was silent. He now knew that after Youda had swallowed up the eagles, there were about seven hundred of them. If there were 700 dead, if the tiger barbarians were defeated in the battle, then there should be 2,000 people who participated in the battle. This scale can be regarded as a big war in later generations.

"Did they say why they were fighting?" Lin Ji asked.

"Nope."

"No?" With such a large-scale war, if there is no reason for Lin Ji to really not believe it. Lin Ji suddenly thought of something and asked, "Do you know if Hu Yi'er has come back?" ”

Lin Ji asked this question, and felt a little bad in his heart. It stands to reason, or according to the time, Hu Yi'er has been out for three months and should be back. But if she came back, the tiger barbarians should have salt, why should they still clash with this deer?

Lu Qiao thought for a moment and said, "There is no news of her. ”

Lin Ji put aside his worries about Hu Yi'er and said to everyone: "Everyone has nothing to worry about, Hu Man should be out of salt to fight against the deer." People who eat salt will be in poor health if they don't eat salt for a long time, so it's nothing if the tiger is defeated. At this time, since the tiger is short of salt, we can send a little salt to them to replenish a little. Everything will be the same. ”

Lin Ji turned his head to Lu Qiao and said, "I will contact the savages who sell salt in the next few days and ask them to get more salt, how about you help me send it to Human when the time comes?" At this time, it is almost time to organize a hunt, you can see what they mean, and see how many people we should produce. Their casualties in manpower, what we can make up for in the hunting, we must make up for some, and the province's hunting is not good this time. ”

Human can't fall at this time, Lin Ji hasn't figured out what this hunting is going on, and he doesn't have the ability to resist this fast deer in the north at this time, if Human falls at this time, the current Ji Lin may have to finish playing.

Of course, help also depends on the situation. A little bit of salt forest can be taken out at any time, but if you take it too quickly, it will make people suspicious, and even evil thoughts. Pretending to be painstakingly earned should avoid a lot of problems, so it's necessary to put it off.