In the next few days, when there was nothing to do, An He and Lin Yishan went to Mangshan every day to hunt and chop wood, and An He also learned a lot of hunting knowledge from Lin Yishan. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

For example, where wild boars often forage, where pheasants often rest on trees in which woods, and which grasses often hare haunt, An He also knows a rough idea.

When it was almost dark, An He and Lin Yishan would go to the side of the big pit on time to close the stall, push the wooden cart, pull the bamboo basket, and take the big hair home.

The rubble in the old county is decreasing day by day, and the rubble in the big pit is increasing day by day.

As the number of times he went hunting and chopping wood increased, Anhe's physique became stronger and stronger, and the muscles in his arms and legs gradually became harder.

The fine white skin has also been tanned by the spring sun, and there is a bit more masculinity in the handsomeness.

Considering that he followed the customs of the locals and sang what songs on what mountain, since he came to Datang, he had to follow the rules of Datang, and Anhe didn't want others to treat him as an outlier.

So he grew long hair, although his hair is not long enough, but now he looks like a modern literary youth, if he is in modern times, wearing clothes with many pockets, it is estimated that few people will not believe him if he is a director.

Although hunting and chopping wood have an income of dozens of copper plates every day, which is usually enough for the expenses of the two of them, An He is very unsure.

Anhe knew that Yongcheng County belonged to Shangqiu City, Henan Province in modern times, which was the place where the Shang Dynasty arose. However, in the Tang Dynasty, it belonged to Bozhou, that is, the modern Bozhou City of Anwei Province, and in short, the capital belonged to the Central Plains of the Yellow River Valley, which was the birthplace of Chinese civilization.

In addition to Mangshan, this area is full of plains.

Coupled with the long-term irrigation of the Yellow River, the fertile fields are suitable for the growth of a variety of crops, and people have already developed from the original "slash-and-burn" and "crop rotation and abandonment" to the "intensive cultivation" of the Tang Dynasty according to these factors.

People are connected with cultivated land, and they have been born, grown, and old for a long time. Therefore, the people here "do not seek the expansion of space, but the extension of time". I only hope that "the world will last forever, and the blessings will never end".

The peasants' agricultural production is fixed, there is a ration, the annual income of one mu of land is basically fixed, there are few new and exciting things, and it is endless, endless, more stable and peaceful than the nomadic civilization, so people's lives are often satisfied and rich.

Anhe's hometown is also in the countryside of eastern Henan, and his family relied on farming to support him to go to college, although the family is not rich, but he has land in his hands and grain in the warehouse, and he is not panicked.

Therefore, land is incomparably precious in Anhe's mind, and when he thinks of Lin Yishan's dozens of acres of barren land, Anhe feels very distressed.

During the Gaozong period, there were only 3.8 million households in the country, but the territory of the Tang Dynasty reached its peak during his reign, reaching 12,511,900 square kilometers, which can really be called "vast and sparsely populated".

According to the rent modulation at that time, 100 acres of land per capita, 20 acres of Yongye land, which can be passed on to children and grandchildren after death, do not have to be handed over to the state, 80 acres of mouth, handed over to the state after death, and then redistributed by the state.

Lin Yishan was still young at the time, and only his father got 100 acres of land in the family, and later because he couldn't pay the rent, he sold 60 acres to the royal family of the family, and there were 40 acres left, of which 20 acres were sold by Lin Yishan's father to the official family for taking soil, which big pit and which 20 acres are now the horse market.

Now do not farm, every day by firewood and hunting for a living, so long-term is tantamount to nomads, and the work of chopping firewood and hunting, also requires you to have enough time to do it, unlike planting crops, people's leisure and busyness, with the change of seasons, between planting crops and harvesting crops, in addition to hoeing, there is also free time to do a lot of things.

Lin Yishan didn't think about it so much, he was a child after all, but for An He, who was only fifteen years old physically, but psychologically close to thirty years old, it was a problem that had to be faced.

Next year, no matter what kind of land will be planted, An He thought to himself.

One day, after the chopped firewood was taken to the Yuelai Hotel to replace it with a copper plate, An He and Lin Yishan were on the street in Yongcheng County, and saw a vendor selling rhinoceros skin and rhino horn.

In ancient times, rhino horn cups were also loved by princes and nobles. There are several reasons for this:

First, the material is precious. There are no rhinoceros in China, and the rhino horns are all imported from abroad, which is still a foreign product, and it is a natural curiosity.

Second, the carving is excellent. As far as these rhino horn carvings are handed down, or flower themes, or antique themes, or elephant themes, all of them are finely carved, and each piece of treasure is lovely.

The third is to make cups and other things from rhino horn, which is said to be used to drink wine and tea, which can prolong life, be energetic, prevent all diseases, and also have the effect of anti-poison and detoxification.

The reason why this is especially valuable now is that countries have banded together to resist the hunting of this endangered rhinoceros in order to protect it. A gram of rhino horn is now about three times the price of gold.

An He stopped and talked with the trader, and the horse trader saw that An He was interested in his things, so he boasted, saying that this rhinoceros skin and rhinoceros horn were sold from the country of Tianzhu through the Silk Road, and this rhino horn has the function of clearing heat, cooling blood, calming shock, and detoxifying, and is an excellent medicinal material.

In the Han Dynasty, some people "got more than three inches of rhino horns, carved them as fish, and took them into the water, and the water was often opened for people." It can be seen that rhino horn also has the function of avoiding water.

The skin of this rhinoceros is thick and tough, and it is an excellent material for whipping and shields, especially for making armor, which has great invulnerability skills.

Which rhinoceros skin is known as the strongest leather, a very thin one, and it is pulled by eight horses.

There is a way to sell what to drink, this vendor knows the way of marketing, and the value, function, and legend of these two things are also the first to say.

Carpenter Tan said that after Zhuge Lian's crossbow was made, he still needed a strong leather as a string, so An He discussed with which trader to see if he could cut a small piece of rhinoceros skin and sell it to him.

Which trader saw that Anhe only had a small piece of rhinoceros skin, and suddenly lost interest, at first he was unwilling, and he couldn't stand Anhe's soft grinding, and finally cut it with a cow ear knife for a long time before cutting a finger wide and three feet long rhinoceros skin to sell to Anhe.

Although it was so short, it still cost Lin Yishan more than forty copper plates, which was more expensive than four bundles of firewood.

But at this time, Lin Yishan was completely convinced of An He, thinking that what he did was right, since An He wanted it, he naturally had the reason he wanted, and he didn't say anything, and he paid the vendor very smoothly.

An He took the rhinoceros skin and came to Carpenter Tan's place.

Carpenter Tan had spent three full days making this Zhuge repeater according to the picture, and there was a string missing to match it.

Anhe will take the Zhuge repeater in his hand to play, this Zhuge crossbow is slightly shorter than the general bow and arrow, every part of the crossbow body is finely cut, very exquisite, the two ends of the crossbow are also carved into my plum blossom shape, it is simply a full handicraft, worthy of the work of Tan carpenter.

Seeing that An He took a rhinoceros skin, which was just right to match, which Tan carpenter cut which rhinoceros skin into three bowstrings, put one of them on the just-made Zhuge repeater, pulled the slider, and used the principle of the benchmark to automatically pull the string up without too much force.

Pull the trigger below, which string flicked back with a "boom", and the sound of "buzzing" did not stop for a long time, which showed the great strength.

It's just that which crossbow bolt has not yet been made, and it is a pity that it cannot be shot on the spot.

Carpenter Tan said: "The crossbow arrow is being handed to one of his apprentices, and it is being made according to the length of the arrow, and it will be ready in a few days." ”

The two of them left the carpenter's shop, walked to the old county office, and saw that the mountain of Leli had been taken away by the crazy people who threw one-third of it, and it took four or five days, and if it went on like this, it would take less than twenty days to complete the mission.