"Huh? What kind of animal is that? Looks so weird! At this moment, a group of children all exclaimed, pointing to an animal not far away.

"It's a seal, a freshwater seal." Li Hao turned his head and glanced at it, knowing what they were surprised about, and then explained with a smile. Even if he doesn't know, there is a system that can help you query.

There are a lot of fish on this side of the North Lake, and there are also a lot of economic fish. The Li Mansion's industry here is fishing, which is then processed and shipped to other parts of the Tang Dynasty. However, the working time here is very short, only a few months, after which you can only stay in the room and sit on the kang, it is too cold outside.

Li Hao and the others didn't stay here for long, and went to the Great Northern Wilderness before the first snowfall. That's what they're really going to be there this time, they're going to be there for a few months.

Not only does the Great Northern Wilderness have the property of the Li Mansion, but many officials of the Tang Dynasty have industry here, including the royal family. It is also an important grain producing area of Datang, and it is also an important place for the export of mountain and game resources. The wild mushrooms and fungus here are all good and delicious.

The manor of the Li Mansion on this side is very large, and the cut is very beautiful. There are only a few people working here, and the others are all slaves bought from Fusang, and there are some Hu slaves. It's not very tiring to work here, and life is guaranteed, which makes these people especially grateful to the Li Mansion.

Compared to what happened to those predecessors when they were just swallowed by the Tang Dynasty, they would die on a certain project from time to time, and now the fate of these slaves is much better, and their lives are better than their lives in their hometowns. can eat enough, don't have to be cold, and the place to live is comfortable, which makes their acceptance of Datang more and more high, and everyone can speak Datang fluently.

"Hello host!" When Li Hao arrived here, all the slaves in the manor here were gathered, and they lined up at the gate of the manor to welcome them over, all with respectful looks on their faces, because Li Hao was here, and they would have a few days to eat.

The manor on the Li Mansion side is on the side of the Great Northern Wilderness in the later generations, and the main purpose of reclamation here is to occupy the place for stability. The production of grain and the collection of all kinds of mountain treasures are only secondary, the grain here is mainly supplied to all the cities north of the Tang Dynasty, and according to Li Hao's plan, there will be a railway line here, which runs from the east to the westernmost side.

There must be people along the way, and there must be property, otherwise the railway will be a huge loss after it is repaired, and this kind of loss-making business will definitely not be done. In recent years, the population of Datang has increased significantly, and going out has become the choice of many people and families, and the north is also among them. This was originally a wild land, and the reclamation was organized by the imperial court, and then a group was formed to reclaim it.

The imperial court would also provide some armed protection against the loss of the population. The slaves captured in various parts of the Tang Dynasty will also be dispersed and sent here, and the original indigenous slaves in the northern region will be relocated to other places, such as several overseas weeks in the Tang Dynasty.

In later generations, the Great Northern Wilderness has the reputation of "pinching the black soil to make oil flowers, and inserting double chopsticks also sprouts". It is rich in water conservancy resources, with vertical and horizontal surface rivers, considerable groundwater and abundant atmospheric precipitation, which is extremely suitable for agricultural development. For Li Hao, it's just right to build a farm for himself here.

Although the growing season here is short, crops such as corn, spring wheat, soybeans, sugar beet, and sorghum can be grown, but it is necessary to pay attention to low temperature chilling injury. It is one of the three major black soil belts in the world, with fertile soil, and the organic matter content is mostly between 5% and 8%, and in some areas it is as high as more than 10%.

There are precious mineral resources here, such as coal, iron, copper, gold and oil. There are also extremely abundant wildlife resources, there are tigers, bears, roe deer, deer in the mountains and forests, red-crowned cranes and swans in the swamp area, and the eels in the rivers and lakes, sturgeon, salmon, and white fish, all of which are aquatic treasures, and ginseng, monkey's head, fungus, and mushrooms are also precious mountain treasures......

Bringing Li Ke's sons over is also to let them experience the situation of farms in different places, see the mineral development here, and by the way, also satisfy their appetite for happiness. Different places have different flavors, even ordinary snacks are different.

Li Hao: The first meal after they came over was all from their own farm, which was not expensive, but had its own style. Because of their arrival, the steward on the farm also deliberately killed a pig, including cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks.

"The chicken stewed potatoes and mushrooms seem to taste a little different from what we used to eat, the potatoes here are softer, the chickens are also very fragrant, the meat is very tender, and with this mushroom, it makes it delicious." The first thing Wu Shun ate was the dish of chicken, potatoes and mushrooms, which they had eaten before, and Li Hao had also made Northeast cuisine in Chang'an.

Now they are eating more authentic Northeast cuisine, all the ingredients are produced here, and the flavor of eating is even more different. The loaches and small crucian carp caught in the pond behind the farm are brought out on a large plate, which is quite delicious, with thick juice and fresh meat.

Cucumber and green onion dipping sauce, a true northern specialty. There are also salted duck eggs made here, wild duck eggs are pickled, the duck egg yolk is floury and sandy, not salty at all, and the duck eggs are not hard and tender.

Stir-fried fungus with shrimp, mushrooms in the Northeast are the most delicious, and the same is true for fungus. The fungus here is not toothy at all, the fungus is chewy, and the teeth are elastic, and it feels very crispy to eat.

Stewed with large carp in the river, eating the rice here makes you almost want to stay here, the fish has the taste of fish, and the grain and vegetables also have a primitive taste. Although this fish is big, the meat is tender and the soup is fresh.

Li Hao: When they came over, it was already snowing here. For most of the year, it is covered with snow, and the outdoors is a field of ice and snow, but the blue sky and white snow are so beautiful that people can't tell whether this is in the picture or reality.

For ancient people, they really didn't feel anything, or most of this beautiful scenery could be seen everywhere, so naturally they didn't feel anything, but for Li Hao, it was different. Every time he saw the beautiful scenery, he couldn't help but suffocate.

There are quite a few canals around the farm, as well as grass ponds. There is no shortage of water here, but unfortunately there is snow at this time, and it is a little difficult to get into the water to catch fish, and a group of children can only listen to the farm housekeeper talk about fishing after dinner.

In places with many blisters, there are so many fish that you can scoop up the fish with a spoonful of it, just like Li Hao said scooping fish. The bubble is a pond, and this kind of place is a place where fish and shrimp are concentrated. Looking at the aquatic plants floating on it, it is very calm, but there are a large number of fish active in the underground aquatic plants or blisters of naked water bubbles, if you don't fish, just watching this beautiful scenery is already suffocating, if you can go into the water to catch fish, it will be complete.

"You want to see scoop fish, even though it's snowing, but it's okay. When the snow stops, I'll show you how to scoop fish. Looking at the group of children in high spirits, he couldn't help but laugh and said, he really has a way to do this.

In fact, the roe deer scooped the fish, the pheasant flew into the rice pot Li Hao has never seen it, everything that can be eaten in the era when he was born is almost eaten, and the place where he can't eat has already built a house, and it is difficult to see this kind of grand scene. But it's different now, the Great Northern Wilderness at this time has just been developed, and there are many of these things.

"Master, when the snow stops and the water around us freezes, how can we catch fish?" A few older children didn't quite understand this, so they asked Li Hao curiously.

Want to know the answer? When the snow stops, I'll show you there. Li Hao did not explain the reason, but hung the appetite of a group of children.

You can catch fish on the frozen riverbed, and you can chisel the ice here, and the fish will come to the hole to breathe. At this time, only one person needs to go directly to the net, and in an instant, large and small fish will drill into the net, and only need to mention it forcefully, and a large number of fish will be caught.

In some areas where the water is frozen, sometimes the fish are frozen on the ice, and it is easy to find. As long as you look for fish-shaped ice cubes on the surface of the river, you will find a treasure. At this time, as long as you knock on the ice on the surface, the fish will be exposed, and it will feel like a harvest.

After the snow stopped, Li Hao took a group of children to catch fish in a relatively safe place in the surrounding waters, which truly realized the grand scene of scooping fish, which made a group of children happy and let them know some different knowledge. It turns out that you can catch fish in winter, and it turns out that fish can still be caught like this.

In addition to scooping fish, there are also rods and roe deer and pheasants flying to the rice pot, which they all want to see. Li Hao smiled when he found out, he also wanted to see these. However, the snow was still a little lighter, so wait and see.

As if to satisfy Li Hao's thoughts, after catching the fish and coming back, it began to snow heavily here. This snow has been raining six or seven swan feathers in a row, and the snow on the ground is not waist-deep.

On the morning when the snow stopped, Li Hao led a group of children to sweep a "nest" in the yard of the farm, scatter grains, and set up a sieve. Soon, the sparrows and chickadees, who were dizzy with hunger, flew like locusts and ate the grains of the ground without hesitation.

Li Hao and those children were about to pull the rope and pull the mechanism, when suddenly, there was a sound of "fluttering and pulling", and several big guys fell from the sky, it was a pheasant! The children almost screamed. After days of heavy snowfall, only the tips of trees and shrubs that cannot be eaten can be exposed in the mountains, and it is difficult for pheasants to eat a leaf or blade of grass! Some of the frail had fallen to their deaths in the snow urns, and those who could still fly were desperately hungry.

They brutally squeeze away the birds and swallow them up...... To the surprise of a group of children, they forgot to pull the rope, but it was a large male pheasant who scraped down the stick of the sieve and detained several pheasants inside...... A group of children were so happy that they kept three pheasants in their yard without leaving the house, which can also be called "pheasants getting into the sieve".