Crooked Tooth walked out with the well-fed and well-fed Pig people.

Tianfeng looked at Ayi, who was leading a group of women to clean up the room, and smiled at Tianhao: "The people of the Pig Clan are really able to eat, this kind of appetite ...... Tut-tut, no wonder they can't support themselves, and the life of Gushanzhai is not easy! ”

Tianhao did not hide his opinion: "Those who can fight, have strength, and can do whatever they do as long as they stutter, they are the kind of people I need."

He lowered his voice, leaned closer to Tianfeng's ear, and lightly tapped the side of his forehead with his fingers: "The most important thing is that most of the pig people are not very smart."

Tianfeng glanced at him knowingly, and nodded approvingly: "This is a good thing for us."

For a moment, Tianfeng showed a thoughtful look on his face: "But I don't quite understand, why do you have to let them dig peat?" We don't need that much at all. ”

Tianhao smiled meaningfully: "Actually, peat is very valuable."

Tianfeng was stunned, he didn't believe this sentence at all: "How is this possible?"

"No matter what object, as long as it is recognized in this world and produces a relationship of demand and interest, it will have value."

Tianhao did not explain in detail: "Be patient, you will see."

……

The peat mine is not far from Panshi Village, and at the normal walking speed of the northern barbarians, it takes about 30 minutes each way.

Looking at the road in front of him, he raised his foot and stepped on it, stomped it a few times, and couldn't help but exclaim: "You specially built this road?" It's really flat enough, and the hardness doesn't have to be said. And also...... Why did you deliberately sweep the snow, look at this clean road, tsk tsk......"

The smooth mud (cement) road extends from the north exit of Panshi Village to the distance. There are clear marks of sweeping on the road, and snow is piled up high on both sides of the road. Xu Kun, who was in charge of leading them to the excavation site, laughed, raised his hand and pointed to the rolling mountains in the distance, his words full of pride: "This is what Ah Hao took us to repair. In the past, it was necessary to carry the peat back from the mountains on the shoulders, but now it is much easier, and it is directly loaded into the cart and pushed away. ”

The thick cracked tooth with his arm raised his foot and walked a few steps, and suddenly "huh", bent down, looked down at his feet carefully, and screamed as if he had discovered a new continent: "Uncle, Uncle Curved Tooth, you see that this road is full of ditches."

Strictly speaking, it cannot be regarded as a ditch, but a dense and neatly arranged horizontal groove along the road surface.

Looking at this group of people who stared down at the ground and stared at the ground, with surprised expressions on their faces, Xu Kun felt that he was too much better than them in terms of knowledge and experience, and his smile and explanation also carried a hint of spirit and arrogance: "With these ditches, it can be non-slip, and it is not easy to fall on the road." It can be drained on rainy days, and this road can be walked for a few more years. ”

This is the knowledge obtained from Tianhao. Not only Xukun, everyone in the rock village knows it.

Curved Tooth couldn't understand this, and he kept shaking his head: "It's too wasteful. If you have time to do this, why don't you go to the mountains and find more food to come back. ”

Different logics, diametrically opposed understandings of the same thing. But the curved teeth must admit: the road is indeed easy to walk, the feet are not slippery, and the speed is much faster than a foot deep and a shallow foot directly in the snow.

The excavation site is a large col. To the northwest are cliffs over 100 meters high, with deposits extending south along the edge of the cliff base. The vein was originally in an open-air form, and the Niu people of Panshi Village have been digging here for hundreds of years, and now the surface part has long been excavated, and six black holes like monster maws appear at the bottom of the cliff, and some black peat debris is scattered around it.

Twisting his teeth and checking the iron pickaxe in his hand, he was very satisfied with the metal tool that occasionally glowed with a dark blue light on the surface, and bent down to pick up a rattan basket more than a person high from the ground, stepped on the ice flowers scattered on the ground, and strode into the dark cave.

Led by him, all the Pig Clansmen picked up their tools, lined them up in order, and soon disappeared at the bottom of the cliff like the mouth of a monster.

The hazy sky was sprinkled with snowflakes, there was no wind, and the white substances formed in the low temperature environment felt cold on the face, not very cold, and it was rare for the winter god to have such a gentle time, just like a finger gently brushing his cheeks, like a lover's lips that had just drunk cold beer, but it contained the impending drunkenness, and I don't know when it was in the tyranny and madness, rough, wild, and illogical.

Tianhao walked slowly from the direction of Panshi Village, surrounded by a group of guards behind him as usual. It's not because I'm afraid of death being attacked by people or wild beasts, but because of my current status, some pomp and circumstance must be put on display even if I don't want to.

Physique enhancement is his own secret. Even a hard-working pig tribesman as strong as Crooked Tooth is no match for him.

"All down?" Looking at the black caves in the distance, Tianhao released a faint white mist from his mouth and nose, and his eyes were as sharp as knives with a smile.

"It's all down." Xu Kun nodded, took two steps forward and came to Tianhao, he hesitated, kept changing the shape of his lips in silence, hesitated for a long time, and then lowered his voice and asked: "Leader, why do you want to invite these pig people from Gushan Cottage all the way over?" In fact, there is no shortage of fuel in our village, and the peat dug up in summer and autumn is enough to use until next spring. ”

"You're right, we're enough." Tianhao was very calm, which made Xu Kun feel an indescribable fear, and there was a sense of mystery that could not be seen through.

"If you want to survive the cold winter, you need food, but also firewood and peat." Looking at Tianhao in the distance, his expression was focused, and the male voice with magnetic force was a little deep: "There are trees everywhere, as long as it takes effort, you can cut them back and chop them to make firewood." Firewood that has not been burned will smoke, and people will be very uncomfortable staying in the house, and they will even suffocate to death. Peat is different, this thing is very resistant to burning, and more importantly, for now, it is only available in the territory of our cattle clan. ”

Xu Kun felt that he had grasped the core of the problem, and cautiously, subconsciously used an honorific: "You mean, we can sell the peat they dug up?"

Tianhao never looked at Xu Kun's face, his smile was full of contempt, unknown arrogance, and more emotion to see through the world: "This peat excavation site has existed for many years, and the situation in the mine is very complicated, and only in the deepest part of the cave can the purest peat be dug up. Someone had to go down to find out the situation, and the old man and the child couldn't do such a stupid work, so ...... It's better to leave it to a professional. ”

Xu Kun felt that his brain was speeding up, and he could understand some of Tianhao's thoughts, but he didn't understand some special words in his words: "Leader, what do you mean...... Those pig people, they are very professional? ”

"They were born to eat this bowl of rice." Tianhao shrugged his shoulders: "You can't let our people do it!" It is said that the mine is very dangerous, and even if there is no movement now, something will happen sooner or later. The men in our rock village are very noble, and they are all skilled blacksmiths, and the people of the pig tribe are ...... Being a miner is always much better and safer than fighting on the battlefield. ”

To speak of an extremely dangerous thing as a great blessing comes from the wisdom of the rulers of civilized times.

"What's more, their asking price is not high, it is very cheap. A bowl of fish soup and a piece of mixed bread can make one person work for you, how cost-effective is this kind of thing? ”

He sighed faintly, sounding like a laugh and a faint hint of regret.

……

The first basket full of peat was sent out of the hole, and it was just the beginning.

The mode of transport is very primitive: several rattan hemp ropes with hooks are thrown down from the hole, and the fully loaded baskets are fastened, and the people on them pull up together with great force, and the whole process is like using a bucket to draw water from a well.

The Pig people do have amazing physical strength and stamina. In less than an afternoon, they unearthed huge quantities of peat. Xu Kun arranged for 20 people to be responsible for pulling baskets on the surface to respond, and they were soon exhausted and panting, and their hands and feet were sore, so they had to temporarily send people back to the village to ask for help, so that all the peat dug up was pulled out of the surface.

Stepping on a soft ladder made of steel frames and rattan ropes, the huge curved teeth climbed up step by step. The setting sun illuminated the front of his body, black, bare, tattered leather robes rolled up in a ball, tied with a rope with an iron pickaxe, and slanted behind him. He looked hot, sweating profusely, from his cheeks to his shoulders, arms and belly, black peat slag smeared all over his body, washed from top to bottom by the sweat oozing from his pores, and there were tiny pale marks like earthworms.

Not only him, but all the pig people who crawled out of the mine were like this, defenseless, and their dark faces could not distinguish between men and women, and they could only barely tell the gender from their physical features.

"Why don't you get dressed?" Tianhao asked with a smile. The crooked teeth in front of him suddenly made him feel a little jealous———— they are the real barbarians, in comparison, the Niu people in Panshi Village are more civilized.

Savage, crazy, these two words are actually not very different, and many times they can even be used interchangeably.

"It's hot when you work, and you can't wear it." Qu Tooth replied nonchalantly, took off the leather robe behind him with his backhand, wiped the dirt on his body like a rag, and then shook off the leather robe and put it on with a shaking head.

Tianhao smiled. The smile seemed to others to be full of enthusiasm, and only he knew how fake it was.

"Let's go! Go back and get some rest. He put his arms around the shoulders of the crooked teeth affectionately, like an old friend he hadn't seen in years.

……

Huge iron buckets filled with boiling water were steaming, and the building temporarily used to house the Pig people was shrouded in the depths of the rising mist.

Tianhao walked into a bathroom with curved teeth, and casually pointed to the giant wooden barrel filled with hot water in the middle of the room: "Go take a bath!"

Bathe?

The five big and three thick crooked teeth blinked their eyes, and they felt incomprehensible to this sentence.

"Why take a bath?" He shook his head and added, "It's winter, it's too cold, we all take a shower in the summer, it's cool to do that."

Tianhao thought for a few seconds: "It's tiring to dig peat in the hole, taking a hot bath will help relieve fatigue, and you will feel very comfortable."

The bent teeth frowned tightly, the huge head shook, and the attitude was very resolute: "No, I don't wash." This is the ...... of our pig people."

"It's okay if you don't wash it!" Tianhao unceremoniously interrupted his words, and his tone instantly became cold: "If you don't wash, you will be paid, anyway, you have already eaten today, so now I will take you out of the rock village!"

The crooked teeth couldn't help but shudder, this threat was more convincing than a steel knife directly on the neck.

He turned, and walked with the same fortitude and determination as if he were walking towards a cliff.

Looking at the rounded ass with crooked teeth and black faces, Tianhao suddenly felt that this guy was no different from a disobedient child. As long as you grasp the key points, it is not difficult to control.

……

The water boiled with snow is not as clean as expected. The color is a little dark and looks dirty. But compared to the pig people who have just come out of the mine, it can be described by the word "pure".

Curved Tooth had never imagined that soaking in hot water would feel so wonderful, so comfortable that he couldn't help but moan, his relaxed body could hardly become tense no matter what, and he even wanted to soak in the tub and sleep like this.

Why have I never found the simple act of taking a bath so enjoyable before?

The crooked teeth that rubbed the dirt on his body suddenly became suspicious of his past life experience.

Perhaps, something that should have been right in my opinion, is most likely wrong.

The door opened from the outside, and Tianhao walked in, holding a set of clean clothes and gently placing them on the chair next to the bathtub.

"I'll wear this when I'm done with it." His bland words sounded like a super disaster like a collapse of the sky to the teeth: "I made you burn that robe before."

"Huh?" The stunned crooked mouth opened wide, completely forgetting what to say, and his mind went blank.

"Your robe is so dirty." Tianhao stood by the barrel and looked down at him, "I'll give you a new one."

Gao Han's heart finally slowly fell back to its place. Crooked Tooth felt like he had walked on the edge of the cliff of death, and he felt that he could not see through the young leader of the bull clan more and more, and asked with trepidation, "What about ...... The others ......."

"They have it, all of them." Tianhao waved his hand impatiently: "After washing, get up quickly, waiting for you to eat!"

……

Dinner was equally generous.

Of course, this is according to the standard of understanding the word "abundance" by the pig people.

It's still the thick soup stewed from a large piece of fish at noon, the dough cake is replaced with steamed buns, and there is another pickled cabbage.

Tianhao likes spicy cabbage very much, but unfortunately the pepper cultivation of the Niu tribe is not large, this plant that was introduced from the territory of the lion tribe decades ago is difficult to grow in the north of the continent, and the main reason is that it is not food after all, in contrast, people would rather spend time carefully serving wheat than waste energy on a few peppers used for seasoning. I want to talk about "Host" with more like-minded people, " ", talk about life, and find a confidant~