"I still hope you'll stay, Amante." The old patriarch's voice turned into his ears like tiny flying insects.

"I, I just can't look at my fellows anymore—" Amante paused, "and left me." ”

"Amante, you've never lost a partner, do you remember Mannie? The little girl who used to follow you all along, after you ran away, she looked for you in the snow for days before she came back. The old patriarch doesn't seem to have given up yet, "And Rudy, who is willing to give up his little wolf to your children." Can't you fight for these partners? ”

"Fighting?" Amante repeated it like a hymn.

"Amante, there was something you didn't take with you when you left, and we kept it for you."

It was his father's bronze axe, and he remembered the past again.

He picked up his father's bronze axe from the red flame orchid bush, but he couldn't lift it above his head. The horses under their feet were decapitated, the red blood aggravated the fire of the red orchid bushes, and the white man's war horse seemed to be a divine beast with four hooves and a fire, bringing the fire wherever it went, as if the raging flames were their herd. The cavalry, carrying long spears and spears, drove the people through the bodies in an instant, burned the wooden houses with torches, galloped among the flowers, crushed the wails of the Ainu women and children with the sound of heavy horses' hooves, they could not leave their relatives to abandon the wilderness, but they could not withstand the sharp spears. The spear was raised again, the scimitar was like a crimson crescent, the sword was like the claws of a demon growing from hell, and the sound of the horse's hooves once again overflowed the flowers of the red orchid. The bronze axe was too heavy, dragging him straight towards the red flame orchid bushes everywhere.

"Why are they burning down our houses, don't they have a place to live?"

"No, the white man's kingdom has a vast land. It is said that it is larger than the land of the Great Qianchao. ”

"So why are they here?"

"They are insatiable people, who have lived far away on the west side, and who have come here for the purpose of plundering the land, and they want the cattle, the sheep, and the wild beasts of the land. Furs, grain, minerals, trees, everything. ”

"Then we can wait for them to leave."

"They won't leave, they're going to stay here forever, and they're going to drive out all of us who have been here for generations......"

"Go!" The father pushed the child to the ground, "We don't have much food in stock, you have to go back and tell everyone quickly." Otherwise we'll all -", the father watched silently as the child rose from the ground, rushed out, and disappeared into the shadows of the trees......

Mannie stepped aside, the drink nearly spilled on her, the "gray fangs" bared her teeth behind her back, and Amante jumped to her feet and waved away the bronze axe that the old man had handed her. Even the old patriarch was startled, and Rudy stepped forward and stabbed Amante again. Pointing to the hunched gray-haired male wolf, "Hey, boy, don't do that, it doesn't seem to like your dancing moves." ”

The old patriarch once again handed the bronze axe to Amante, and he looked at the hideous beast face carved in relief on the axe. Shook his head.

"No, you can't go to war......"

"Amante, go and see the red flame orchid bushes outside the forest, they expand every year. Every time they came, they would set fire to the forest and plant grass for grazing. But when they left, all that grew out of the ashes was Chi Yanlan. ”

"Amante, you understand the tactics of the whites, and if a battle breaks out, you will be our leader."

"Dance of the Bears—Dance of the Bears—Dance of the Bears—" The surrounding Ainu stood up at the same time, raising their long bayonet spears and shouting.

Amante was unaware of the old patriarch's words, and his thoughts returned to that day again......

……

Only one Ainu man was left on the battlefield.

Amante once asked to fight, but his father said, "Are you not an adult?" ”

"I'm getting old, it's just—" The kid still wanted to resist.

"As long as you haven't gone through the coming-of-age ceremony, you are still a child according to our customs."

The white cavalry raised their spears high and prepared them for another charge, and they rode on their horses, raising the tips of their spears just enough to aim at the throats of the Ainu who were fighting on foot, and in addition to the swift movement of their horses and the sharp tips of their spears, many of the Ainu, who were only wearing leather armor, could not withstand a single charge, and fell under the hooves of their horses. Another round of charge, the father's arm holding the bronze axe splattered with blood. The cavalry reined in the horses, set up their spears, the horse's hooves lifted the petals of the red orchid, several ashes converged to one point, the wooden handle of the bronze axe was cut off by the scimitar, and the father's body leaned forward, and immediately reined in castration. The white cavalry was again assembled, and the spears were raised.

Amante weaves through the red orchid bushes, his body is too tall for them to easily spot him, and if he arrives before the sun rises, there may be a chance that reinforcements may be called.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! "The whites finally lost their patience and used muskets.

Bullets whizzed past him, the first time Amante had seen the power of such weapons, Amante raised his hand to dodge them, but they bit through his arm, blood flowed, and as in his father's last moments, he only shook a few times before steady. His father had been riddled with many bullets and was riddled with blood, but instead of falling, he rushed towards the cavalry, raising half of the wooden handle in his hand......

……

"Dance of the Bears—Dance of the Bears—Dance of the Bears—" Amante struggled to dodge the shout, "Dance of the Bears, Dance of the Bears, Dance of the Bears—", but could not dodge it, "Dance of the Bears, Dance of the Bears—Dance of the Bears—" The voice seemed to come from his heart.

"Can I go to war?"

"Hehe, after you kill that bear."

Many years later, he killed his first bear.

Hidehiko Sato crouched on the table, although the journey was tiring, but he saw a lot of situations that he had never seen before, and he didn't finish writing for a night, and his eyelids couldn't be raised.

Suddenly there was a commotion outside the tent, and an Ainu man rushed in, "Mr. Sato, have you seen Lily?" ”

"I gave her a sedative potion, she should be asleep."

"But she's not in her tent right now."

Lily slowly looked at the fire in the woods. The pace of softening quickened again, and the tiredness seemed to be thrown behind it.

"White Fang" was a little hungry, but she still kept her post for her partner, if only Lily had noticed that the two fires were green earlier, and now "White Fang" was baring her teeth at her, forcing her to retreat.

"White Fang!" A roar came from the woods. "White Fang" retreated obediently and lay on the ground. It was the hunter who rescued her from the red orchid bushes.

Although the old patriarch said that he was an Ainu of the Black Bear Tribe, Lily felt that he was a little different from everyone else.

He was unusually tall, taller than any Ainu she had ever seen. And his hunting skills are different from everyone else.

He walked over to White Fang and dropped a leg of mutton, "Eat, I'll watch for you here." ”

"White Fang" picked up the leg of lamb and ran away.

"Say whatever you want." White Fang is a good wolf." As he spoke, he turned his face to look at her, the expression on his face froze there, as if trying to maintain his composure.

"I-I just want to say thank you to you, they're - they don't know about you, I-I know you're different from everybody, you and everybody can -- can we be together? There are bears in the woods, and everyone needs your help. ”

"Bear? Hahahaha, it's gone forever. Let's go. Otherwise, your parents will be worried. ”

"That'...... Can you send me back? ”

"Okay."

Sent the little girl away. When Amante returned to his cabin in the woods, he noticed that there was one more person.

The man was looking at the large bronze axe with a broken handle that he hung on the wall.

Amante recognized him as a member of the Japanese clan and couldn't help frowning.

Seeing Amante return, Hidehiko Sato turned around and smiled at him.

"I'm the one who healed Lily, and her father said she was gone. I guessed she might come looking for you, so here we are. ”

"I've already sent her back to the village." Amante said coldly, "She shouldn't have come here, and you shouldn't have come." ”

Listening to Amante's cold words, Hidehiko Sato didn't care. Instead, he turned around and his eyes fell on the bronze axe again.

"I heard about the daytime, and the old patriarch returned your father's relics to you." Hidehiko Sato asked, "Why didn't you agree to the old patriarch's request?" ”

"Because I don't want to do things I can't do." Amante said in a deep voice, "I can't protect everyone, even if I have this axe, I can't do it." ”

He stared at the people in front of him, "I think you have seen the cavalry of the Lucians, and I heard that you fought with them, so please tell me, how can you defeat them without horses, muskets, and cannons?" ”

"If you want to defeat the enemy, you must rely not only on weapons, but also on a firm will, a fearless spirit, and the courage to sacrifice." Hidehiko Sato turned around and looked at the hunter in front of him, "To tell you the truth, I have fought with the Lucia more than once and killed many of them, and the vast majority of the Lucia I killed were without muskets and cannons. ”

Listening to Hidehiko Sato's answer, Amante's eyes flashed with surprise.

"And I'm here to give the people here the strength to resist the barbaric and brutal Lucia!" Hidehiko Sato said, his face full of determination.

"You ...... What to do? Amante seemed to guess something from his words.

"I will get everything you think is missing, and you still refuse to be everyone's dependence? Do you want to watch Mannie and Lily being brutalized by the Lucia? ”

"If there are muskets and horses...... I'll say yes! ”

"That's good! Deal! ”

Fuzhou, Harbour Administration.

"My lord, this is a letter from Hokkaido." A ninja presented a letter to Lin Yiqing.

When Lin Yiqing heard the letter from Hokkaido, he immediately took it, couldn't wait to open it, and read it.

Since that day's "cosplay", he has been eager to hear about the subordinates who planted the fire in Hokkaido.

"My lord: I thank you very much for the wine you have received. In return, I am more than happy to answer the questions you raised in your letter about the situation of the indigenous people of Hokkaido. ”

"Now that we're talking about wine, let's start with the local people's winemaking. I remember you saying that there are three different brewing methods in Middle-earth, but the main brewing process has something in common. Winemaking starts with the sake mother, and each famous sake has its own sake mother that has been passed down from generation to generation, so to speak. The mother of wine is the soul of wine. But one of the interesting discoveries I made among the indigenous people of Hokkaido is that the earliest sake may have been made like theirs, and they didn't use the mother at all, but only fermented the fruit in the shade of the forest, so that the taste of the sake was slightly different each time. By making a new sake brewery from the leftover sake brewing each time, the flavor of the sake is guaranteed to remain the same. Different ingredients and manufacturing times give the mother a different color and flavor. They soak the raw materials of the sake brewing thoroughly. There are two main types of raw materials for winemaking: grains and fruits. Personally, I think their fruit wine is more palatable. Grains are also steamed and cooked before soaking. The water used in this process is also very important, it must be clean and sweet. In a large clean vat, the brewing mother is added to the soaked ingredients, water is added, and the vat is sealed with mud to begin the real brewing process. Generally, it takes a month to seal the tank during this process, but the sealing time of the stronger wine is generally longer. The vat can be opened after brewing. All the sake and lees in the vat are poured into a wooden trough and pressed, so that the juice flows out and the lees remain. Then add the flowers and spices. Put them in the barrels so that their aromas disperse into the wine, and also allow the impurities in the wine to settle. Finally, the sake is strained through a cloth and heated slightly over low heat so that it does not spoil in the future, and it becomes a good wine. ”

"In order to make them better able to withstand the cold, I passed on to them the method of making spirits, because the Lucians also drank them. I taught them to distill the resulting liquor, and they got the purest liquor. As this distilled spirit is extremely pure and strong. It is especially loved by the aborigines. Their shamans believed that the wine was the soul of the wine, representing the violent spirit of their people. Newborns are even bathed with this liquor to keep them strong. However, I still prefer the taste of fruit wine. The wine you sent us is enough for all of us to drink slowly for another year, hehe. ”

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