Chapter 98 A Crop That Can Replace Animal Meat as a Staple Food

"That's pretty good! Our gray wolf clan is even worse, fortunately, the number of people is smaller than that of the cold wolf clan, so it is barely passable, but when it comes to the cold season, there will be a lot of casualties. ”

Lan Qiao listened to it, but his face was still full of envy, which made Mo Lan also drunk!

"That's not bad? In my opinion, it's still far from food and clothing! No, you still need to stock up on food! ”

Mo Lan frowned secretly, wondering if there were any other places on the snowfield where Han Che could get more food later?

"But the only things that can be eaten on the snowy field, animal meat, small berries stored in the warm season, thatched heads, etc., and nothing else!"

Lan Qiao led the two to his crypt and sat them down on furs and began to talk. Thinking of the situation that would happen in the cold season clan, Lan Qiao sighed.

Hearing this, Han Che also nodded and said: "Most of the food in the tribes is mainly animal meat, but it is very difficult to hunt for food, so it is really not easy to get enough food for the cold season!" If you hadn't taught us how to hunt takin, we wouldn't have been able to hunt so much food in three or four days! ”

"But that's not enough, at least two or three more hunts will take you to get the full amount of food in the cold season. But this kind of hunting will definitely not work for a long time, because there are only so many takin, and after they are killed, there will be no more! ”

It is rare that Han Che still understands the truth of ecological balance.

"That's right! Hunting animals for food is not a long-term solution, let alone large-scale hunting, even if there are more wild beasts, sooner or later they will be killed. So, we had to find something that would replace animal meat as a staple food for people. ”

Mo Lan thought for a moment and asked, "Do you know if there are any crops on this snowfield?" If there is a crop, we can make grain, and if there is food, we will not worry about eating! Because general crops can grow in a large area, and the grain laid is also very considerable, which is many times more than animal meat! ”

"Crops? Grain? Lan Qiao and Han Che listened to Mo Lan's narration, and they were both a little puzzled.

"Oh, crops just grow...... It's like grass, but the fruit it produces is seed-like, and after harvesting, the seeds can be dried and stored, and then ground into flour to make pasta, and a crop can provide people with a year's living needs, which is what I mean by food! ”

Mo Lan gave a general explanation of the situation with food crops. But her narration surprised both Lan Qiao and Han Che.

"Mo Lan, you said that one crop can provide a year's needs? Is this true? ”

"It's true! But only if you can find crops to grow! Of course, wild ones can also be used, as long as they can produce food! ”

Mo Lan replied.

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be enough to eat even if you can't hunt wild beasts?"

Lan Qiao was in disbelief. Do the crops that Mo Lan said really exist in this world?

"Well, that's right! In our Yan tribe, we all use food crops as the main food, as for meat, eggs, and other foods are eaten together. ”

Mo Lan replied to Lan Qiao very affirmatively, and after speaking, he looked at Han Che with hope and said, "Han Che, you go to many places for hunting, do you think about the warm season, have you ever seen similar plants?" ”

Han Che frowned and thought for a while, but shook his head and said, "Even in the warm season, there are not many plants on the snow field. There are fruits, but I really haven't paid attention to the grains! Although the fruit can be satisfied, most of them cannot be stored for long. But if you can find the food you said, maybe the people really don't have to starve! ”

Mo Lan nodded. "It's true that it's hard to find food in the alpine snowfields, but it's not that there are no crops growing on the snowy plateau, most of them are because you don't know them, so they are left to fend for themselves."

"It's also possible! However, if you want to find crops, you have to wait until the warm season comes, when the grass is covered with heavy snow, and you will definitely not find it! ”

Han Che said.

Mo Lan sighed, "Okay! Let's talk about finding crops later. Let's eat the meat of the beast hunt now! Anyway, you can't finish hunting beasts for a while! When the cold season passes, the warm season comes, let's find crops again! ”

Han Che and Lan Qiao both nodded in agreement.

"Alright, let's talk about the situation of your gray wolf department first. Lan Qiao, you count it first, and report it to me when the statistics are ready. Han Che and I discussed the matter of merging the clan. ”

Lan Qiao nodded, and went out of the crypt to find the clansmen to count the situation in the clan, while Han Che Molan stayed in the crypt to discuss how to merge the clan.

It's easy to say, but it's troublesome to do. If there is enough food, it is not difficult to get up, but now that there is a shortage of food and supplies, once there are thousands of people, the burden will be heavy!

Not only is Han Che stressed, but she is also stressed. If you can't bring food and clothing to the clansmen, there will be a lot of sequelae after the clan, so in order to avoid riots, you must plan well.

"Han Che, I thought that the three clans could form three hundred-person predatory teams, which would be responsible for hunting and supplying the three clans. Hunt more food before the cold snap hits, and then divide the hunted food evenly among the three tribes according to the head, do you think? ”

Mo Lan thought about it, and after the merger, the population was large, and the hunting could not be interrupted until there was enough food to survive the cold season.

"Well, since you promised Lan Qiao that they would be divided equally, you should do this."

Han Che had no problem with Mo Lan's proposal.

"The food supply is up, and the problem of keeping out the cold has to be solved. Thatched huts and cotton clothes should be followed one after another. ”

Fortunately, the materials for making cotton clothes are stored in each tribe, and when the time comes, as long as someone is sent to teach them how to make them, it will be fine!

"I want Amai and Hanying to bring a technical team to the Horned Wolf Department and the Gray Wolf Department to teach them how to make cotton clothes and thatched huts, and try to build as many fortifications as possible to keep them warm and protect against the cold before the cold snap hits, so as to reduce the casualties of each department in the cold season."

"Yes, yes. After discussing it with Lan Qiao later, I will let Yan ride back first and pass on my orders. ”

"Yes! We're in a race against the cold! Fight for every second and every second! ”

"Points? Second? ”

As he spoke, another noun came out of Mo Lan's mouth, and Han Che immediately looked up and asked.

Mo Lan pursed her lips and smiled: "Hours, minutes, and seconds all represent time." One hour equals sixty minutes, and one minute equals sixty seconds. ”

"What about a second? How long was that? ”

Han Che asked.

"A second, like a breath. Or, put it this way...... One, two, three, four...... Every time a number is pronounced, it's about a second. ”

"Usually, we divide a day and a night into 24 hours. Twelve hours during the day and twelve hours at night. Twenty-four hours a day and a night is what is commonly referred to as a day! This is understandable, right? ”

Han Che nodded, "I usually only know day, night, midnight, morning, noon, and night, and I don't know that it is divided into time." With these detailed divisions, things can be recorded more clearly. ”

"Yes, time is always moving forward, and if you want to record the past, you need to know how to divide time. In this way, after we have had many years, we can look back and clearly know the trajectory we have walked. ”

Mo Lan stretched out his hand and grabbed Han Che and said, "In the future, I will teach you time and calendar, this is more important." When the time comes, you can record your achievements in a timeline. ”

When Han Che heard this, he shook his head with a light smile and said, "I don't care if my merit is not meritorious." But if we can record every day with Mo Lan, when we are old and can no longer go out to hunt for food, we can sit together and watch the past we have experienced, then it will make sense! ”

Melanchton felt heartwarming.

Han Che is a person who always makes people feel moved when he is inadvertent. Mo Lan felt that she was liking this man more and more!