Tianhao glanced at him with a light smile: "Is that necessary?" ”

Niu Weibang was observing all the way, but he didn't find any flaws in Tianhao. He waved his hand generously: "You go to the front and let your people open the gate." ”

Tianhao nodded, pinched the horse's belly with his legs, came to the front of the cavalry array, opened the backpack, took out a piece of black cloth half a meter square, borrowed the spear in the hand of the cavalryman next to him, put the cloth on the top of the spear, and shook it a few times.

The dyes of the barbarians are derived from nature. The villagers caught some squid on the beach and dyed some black cloth with their ink.

"Second from left, third from right." Wu Peng watched Tianhao's movements and muttered, "This is the signal they agreed on? ”

The gate is not visible from this location. A few minutes later, Chang Lin and a few people hurriedly ran from the direction of the guard tower, and saw Tianhao riding on a horse from a distance, and they all showed relieved smiles on their faces.

The brigade of cavalry continued to advance.

Wu Peng stared at the approaching tower. Six, seven, eight...... The closer you get to the Rock Village, the more towers come into view. The gray-white tower body blends in with the surrounding environment, surrounded by large and small masonry buildings.

When I got closer, I still didn't see the walled gate.

Approaching the outermost tower, Wu Peng signaled to pause. He jumped off his horse, walked to the base of the tower, reached out and touched the hard wall, and found that it was a whole rock as he had thought.

Niu Weibang rode forward from the back of the team, came closer, leaned down from the horse and asked, "Great Master, what's wrong?" ”

"Nothing." Wu Peng patted the dust on his hands, and his gaze in the distance was like a torch: "Don't ride a horse, come down and walk with me." ”

Looking at all this, Tianhao did not interject and walked far behind the line.

Along the way, the buildings of varying heights made Wu Peng stop many times to take a closer look. He was puzzled by the layout of the houses, and the roads, although wide, were very complicated to turn around. Many of the main roads that should have been straight to the road were cut off by a house, and they had to walk hundreds of meters around the outer wall of the building to reach the other side of the road.

Niu Weibang felt very confused: "It's strange, when I'm outside, I don't think this rock village is big!" Why did you come in and walk around so far? What the hell is going on? ”

"It's a labyrinth." The experienced Wu Peng said lightly: "All the buildings here are built to deal with the war. Narrow areas can effectively disperse troops, as long as you are familiar with the terrain, the enemy attacking from outside will be isolated into small pieces, no matter how many of them are dead. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the nearest tower: "Above there are archers, and heavy ballistas, and you look at the houses down here, they are flat and neat, and there are no eaves." And the door is open in the direction of the inside of the stockade. I don't know the terrain conditions, and I can't get out alive if I attack it recklessly. ”

Niu Weibang had a thoughtful expression on his face: "The house here is a brick and stone structure, and this construction method is very time-consuming and requires a lot of people. I don't understand, where do they get so much energy to do this? Don't farm anymore? Skipping a meal? ”

Wu Peng straightened the leather robe on his body: "Let's go in first!" I have a hunch that this young man in charge of Panshi Village will bring us more surprises. ”

……

A third of the timber wall has been demolished, and the remainder is connected to the tower and the outskirts to form an irregular barrier. The gate was open, and in addition to the sentinels in charge of guarding the tower, the old priest Wu Xing and the hunting captain Yonggang led everyone along both sides of the road to welcome the guests from afar.

"Great Teacher!" Seeing Wu Peng walking from the end of the road from a distance, the old priest quickly knelt down with his forehead pressed against the ground.

Behind him, everyone knelt down.

"It's the king."

"And the national teacher."

Whether it is Niu Weibang or Wu Peng, they are extremely noble to the people of Panshizhai. The latter, in particular, is more able to communicate with the gods, and his prestige even exceeds that of the king of the Niu clan.

Wu Peng has been through a lot of similar situations, and he knows how to deal with them. But the dense crowd in front of him who fell to the ground still startled him———— Tianhao didn't lie, and the number of people here was at least more than two thousand.

He slowly walked up to the old priest, stared at the head covered with white hair, and let out a soft sigh of inexplicable meaning: "Witch walk? ”

The old priest looked up tremblingly, his trembling lips unable to utter a word.

"I didn't expect you to be alive. In Thunderhorn City, when I first heard the name "Rock Village", I felt a little familiar. Later, on the way, I remembered that you were a priest here. ”

The national teacher stretched out his hand and helped the old priest: "Get up, walk with me." ”

The old priest hurriedly stood up and cautiously led the way in front of the side.

Several personal guards kept those who wanted to come in at the outside, separated from them by a distance of about ten meters.

For more than three hours, the old priest took Wu Peng to visit the village, and no one knew what they talked about. By the time I finish reading them one by one, it's already meal time.

Flat-bottomed fishing boats can only sail along the coast, but they can bring in more fresh catch. Cod are huge, as long as an adult's arm. Ah Ju and several women operated in front of the guests, and they cleaned the whole cod and cut it flat from the tail part of the fish with a knife, revealing a large piece of pink and white meat.

Cut the meat into small pieces, sprinkle with salt and seasonings, add a mixture of flour and eggs, and fry in a pan.

Wu Peng takes a bite of the golden-coloured deep-fried fish, the crispy crust bouncing between his teeth, and the tender and ripe fibers of the fish dripping with a delicious and thick juice that leaves a pleasant aftertaste on the surface of the tongue.

It is indeed delicious, and Niu Weibang and others are full of praise.

Wu Peng looked serious and slowly frowned.

Such food is too extravagant.

Oils and fats are expensive. Normally, people would rather exchange oil for grain.

As soon as this thought popped into his mind, Wu Peng subconsciously thought of the villagers of Panshi Village who greeted him in front of the gate of the village. They're robust, and all of them are. His face was flushed, and his tall, sturdy body looked well nourished. Especially those children, whose round cheeks look cute, are significantly different from the children in other walled cities.

Forked on the iron drill are chickens that have plucked out their feathers and cleared their internal organs. They have been kneaded with salt beforehand and propped up from the inside with shelves, which is no stranger to Niu Weibang and Wu Peng. What they were really interested in was the omelette, watching the women bring pots of eggs, beat the eggs in front of them, and turn them into poached eggs in the hot oil, and their surprise gradually expanded in the depths of their hearts and turned into shock.

There are too many eggs. According to rough estimates, according to the scale of this banquet, at least a thousand eggs will be consumed.

Wu Peng couldn't help but think of the bungalows that the old priest had seen on the east side of the stockade. Walking inside, hundreds of wooden cages are arranged along the walls, and as far as the eye can see, the cages are densely packed with chickens with messy coats.

The wooden cage is exquisitely made, with a sloping ramp on the inside, along which fresh eggs slowly roll to the next level. The distance is too far for egg-loving hens to peck at, and the person who manages the chicken shed walks in and picks up the ripe fruit as if they were picking ripe fruit in the field.

A group of children bounced into the chicken coop with rattan dustpans. They grabbed a handful of feed from the dustpan and put it in the trough. The hen eats happily, and her head with a red crest is bounced up and down. Wu Peng was very curious, called a child, picked up a little feed from the dustpan and spread it out on the palm of his hand, and found that some of it was crushed chaff, and some of it smelled fishy, and the color was gray, he looked at it for a long time, but still could not tell what it was.

"It's fish bones, animal bones, and some sun-dried small fish and shrimp." Wu Xing explained: "The children's daily work is to smash the bones with stones and hammers and crush them into powder. Every time I came back from fishing, there were some loose fish and shrimp. Ah Hao said, nothing can be wasted. We can't digest these things, but they are good feed for hens. Mix them with water and make them into small pieces. ”

"Stocking" is out of the question. Both roosters and hens have a strong wild nature. Even if they cut off the feathers, they still can't stop their madness of yearning for freedom. The local chickens raised in the mountains and forests in the civilized world were fresh and tender, and the environment at that time was very different from now, and Tianhao never thought of releasing these chickens from the beginning. All they have to do every day is to eat, lay eggs, and keep them shut for decades from generation to generation.

An enclosed environment with a lack of space to move around helps the hens become obese. Animal cruelty, noisy voices about aging meat and not being able to chew it go unanswered here. The convenience and benefits of large-scale breeding are emerging, and the number of hens has increased to 100,000 in the short term, which is the goal set by Tianhao for Panshizhai farm.

The chicken is cooked, and the surface of the cooked chicken worn on the iron drill is "sizzling" and oily. Ah Ju took the chicken off the grill, put it on a tray, skillfully cut a few cuts on the surface of the chicken with a knife, sprinkled it with salt, and respectfully served it to the national teacher.

The aroma of cooked meat stimulates the nostrils and stimulates the secretion of a large amount of saliva in the mouth. Wu Peng reached out and unscrewed the chicken wings, took a bite, the crispy skin mixed with the tender meat was torn by the teeth, and the indescribable deliciousness was immediately smeared on the tongue.

This is the way of eating for the aristocracy. The best parts of a chicken are the wings and neck, where the meat is tender. If it's a civilian, the first target they aim at is a chicken leg, or a chicken breast. The reason is simple, these parts are fatty and filling.

The women walked up to the guest table with several jars of wine and filled the empty bowls one by one. Wu Peng took a sip, the taste was very sweet, not grain brewing.

Although the alcohol content of fruit wine is low, it will get better if you drink too much. Niu Weibang, who was in a happy mood, drank the wine in the dry bowl in one gulp, grabbed the wrist of the woman who was pouring wine for himself next to him, pulled it into his arms, and kissed her on her round face, which immediately caused laughter.

Wu Peng glanced in the direction of the bustling focus, without saying a word, chewing slowly, slowly devouring his share of chicken.

The woman in Panshi Village is very beautiful.

There are more than a dozen charcoal basins burning in the banquet hall, and it is very warm here, and it will feel hot in a leather robe. The women in charge of hospitality wore cotton clothes, which were very thin, unlike the barbarian women in other places who deliberately wrapped animal skins around their waists to appear thick and attract the attention of men. Their arms are muscles, the sleek arc looks very comfortable, and the red cheeks seem to be ripe apples, no wonder Niu Weibang, who has drunk too much and is slightly drunk, is so excited that he makes that kind of move in front of everyone.

As the patriarch of the ruling clan, what has the Thunder Bull King never seen? Men like beautiful girls, if you change to a skinny, yellow-skinned woman, don't say it's a kiss, it is estimated that Niu Weibang will only feel unappetizing, and he can't even eat the food in front of him.

In this wild world, nutrition is everything.

There is really no shortage of food in Panshi Village!

……

In the evening, the wine feast was dispersed.

Wu Peng sat at the head of the room, next to the young Thunder Cow Clan Chief. The fire pit separated Tianhao from the opposite side, and he sat there with a calm expression, very quiet.

"I was going to stay here a few more days and have a good look. But the situation has changed, and we have to leave tomorrow. Wu Peng's voice was very calm, full of kindness that had never been felt before: "Young man, you have done a good job. ”

As a national teacher, Wu Peng rarely praises someone like he does now.

As soon as he entered the Rock Village, his men immediately dispersed. He had his own set of methods to find out the situation on the ground, and hundreds of cavalry guards each looked for their target, and through conversation, they quickly gathered information in just a few hours.

The elderly, the woman, the child, the young and the strong...... Leaving Thunder Point City and coming to Panshi Village was Wu Peng's temporary idea, and along the way, he ordered people to keep an eye on Tianhao to make sure that the other party did not leave the team, or communicate with his subordinates to return to the village in advance to make arrangements. In other words, the villagers of Panshi Village did not know that they were coming, and when they greeted them in front of the gate of the village, Wu Peng saw the shock and respect on the faces of the villagers, as well as the undisguised overwhelm...... He was very happy with it.

All the feedback shows that Tianhao is not lying. He had close contacts with several small villages in the surrounding area, and the relationship was normal, so he fought with Huanche Village, captured the leader of the village alive, and swallowed the villagers there.

He used novel and special methods to obtain large quantities of venison.

He led the villagers to kill the monsters in the sea and get salt.

All in all, he did a good job.

"There's one thing I don't understand." Wu Peng smiled, and the old man's face showed crossed wrinkles: "As far as I know, all the villages of the Lei Niu tribe have paid more than 50 percent of the annual grain share, but Panshi Village has only paid 30 percent this year. Why is that? ”

Tianhao replied logically: "This is the payment amount promised by the king himself." ”

"I know." Wu Peng lightly tapped his right knee with his finger: "This is the normal amount to be handed over." But why don't you pay more? You know, everybody does. ”