Artificial insemination of a female deer is a technical task that no one has done before, not even Tianhao. The barbarians could only follow the orders of the young leader, follow the normal practice between men and women, clumsily and go through the whole process on the hind in an artificial way.

The poor animals who have learned to obey must be miserable, but humans will never care about their feelings.

More than 200 hinds have been successfully conceived, and the rest of the pregnancies will continue to undergo a fixed rough process.

The capture of wild deer continues. Tianhao assigned 200 people to the ranch, and Tongbiao's eldest son, Yuan Kai, became the ranch director. He did it so carefully that the hunting team was able to bring back a certain number of wild deer every day. When there are few, there are five or six, and when there are more, there are dozens. Yuan Kai kept in mind Tianhao's order: catch more female deer, and be sure to keep the ratio of male deer to female deer at about 1:100.

As the size of the pasture grows, this percentage will decrease even further.

The first pregnant females give birth before the snow falls. If nothing else, they will remain breastfeeding for long periods of time.

Killing deer for meat is the lowest practice. Before the success of large-scale domestication, it was difficult for pastures to provide large quantities of meat and form a stable and orderly livestock slaughtering process. In contrast, dairy products are much simpler to obtain. As the number of lactating female deer increases, Panshizhai can get fresh deer milk, as well as a certain amount of cheese.

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The road to the sea was widened, and people cut down trees and removed large rocks from the ground. The work of smashing small stones with a hammer was left to the women and children who came in from the village. The stones were spread out in an orderly manner, and the strong men dragged the large stone mills back and forth several times, and a wide new road appeared.

In the same way as the Panshi Village, towers and houses were built on high ground not far from the beach. There are now as many as four towers, and the new houses can accommodate at least 600 people. The warehouses are full of fishing nets and peat, and the number of people who fetch water and boiled salt has grown, from a few dozen at the beginning to more than 200 now.

The shipbuilding technology of the northern barbarians is very simple, and the current population of Panshi Village is not enough to sustain the idea of marching into the deep sea. Tianhao positioned the newly built village as a "fishing village", with a simple dock that had spent months cutting down trees and following his instructions to build four small flat-bottomed boats.

These boats can only cruise along the shore and catch marine fish. If you row farther away and encounter a little wind and waves, it will be the result of the ship's destruction and death.

Zhenhui was appointed head of the fishery, which became a food supply base for the growing number of new people in Panshi Village, more important than the Bighorn Deer Ranch to the north.

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The Celestial Maniac has returned from the City of Red Hooves.

He locked himself in the house, and Tianfeng and Tianshuang couldn't open it no matter how much they knocked it. Tianhao went to the fishing ground early in the morning, and took Zhenhui and others to observe the terrain along the seaside, looking for large-scale fish tracks...... He didn't hear about it until he came back in the evening.

Perhaps it was the long hours of thinking during the day that made Tianmad's mind calm, and he did not continue to confine himself. The door opened a crack, he lowered his head, with a tense expression of muscles, without saying a word, turned sideways to let Tianhao and the others who were waiting outside in, and silently walked to the fire with only a few embers left and sat down.

Tianfeng was just about to open his mouth to speak, but was blocked by Tianhao raising his hand. He instructed his sister Tianshuang, who was sitting next to him, "Go get some firewood and make the fire prosperous." Get some more food, the second child hasn't eaten all day. ”

A few very simple words gradually warmed the heart of Tianmad that seemed to be frozen by the cold. He lifted his head a little lower, and watched his sister Tianshuang busy in front of the fire.

Soon, the aroma of broth wafted through the room. Tianhao picked up a piece of baked dough and handed it to Tianmad along with a bowl of steaming thick soup: "No matter what, you can't treat yourself badly. Even if there is a big thing, there is a big brother in this family, and me. ”

Tianfeng sat cross-legged, his hands on his knees, and nodded calmly: "Second brother, what happened?" ”

The aroma of broth penetrated into his nostrils, his usual favorite food, but at this moment there was no temptation for him, and the dull thoughts in his brain prevented him from having an appetite: "...... Gillian is dead. ”

Tianshuang, who was adding firewood to the fire, stopped moving, raised his head, and looked at Tianfang with a stunned gaze.

Tianfeng was stunned for a moment, and then quickly asked, "What's going on?" ”

Tianhao frowned slightly, and asked more directly: "Who did it?" ”

"A guy named Chang Mao. He is the steward of Qinglong Village. Tian Mad picked up the dough in front of him, opened his mouth and took a bite hard, chewing very hard, every bite of his teeth would affect the strong masseter muscles on both sides of the cheeks, as if food was the enemy of the sky.

Gillian is a widow whose husband was killed in the battle of Suolong Pass. According to the rules common to all the barbarian tribes of the north, the widows of warriors were given preferential treatment in terms of taxes and annual rations. But Gillian is a woman after all, and in this barbaric world where men are respected, she must obey her father's arrangement.

Changmao is the steward of Qinglongzhai, and he proposed to Gillian as the "head of a hundred people", which can be regarded as a good match. Gillian actually didn't like Changmao, but Gillian's father took a fancy to the rich bride price, and forcibly married her off despite Gillian's objections.

It's too late, and Gillian was married by Changmao a few months ago.

Barbarian women rarely have an autonomous say in marriage.

"Changmao ...... of Qinglong Village" Tianhao pondered for a moment, broke a branch in his hand, and asked seriously: "Why did he marry Gillian?" Is it out of genuine love, or is it something else? ”

"He has his eye on Gillian's property." Tian Mad's eyes were red, and he swallowed the chewed food in his mouth fiercely: "Gillian's inn in Red Hoof City is very profitable, and I heard from people in the city that Changmao had an idea in this regard from the beginning. Gillian's father was a black-hearted man and asked for a large bride price from Changmao. He bought off a steward in Red Hoof City in advance, and after the two got married, he forcibly took away all her property under the pretext that Gillian followed her husband's family. What's even more hateful is that he didn't give Gillian a dowry, not even a piece of meat, a bag of grain, or a piece of skin. ”

There was a long silence in the room, save for the "crackling" of burning firewood.

"Gillian was abused to death by Changmao." Tianfang's breathing became heavy, and muffled voices popped out from between his teeth one by one: "He didn't get any benefits from Gillian, and on the first day of marriage, he beat Gillian so much that he couldn't get out of bed." ”