Chapter 286: Bamboo Forest, Flowing Balsam

Lan Yunxi sent someone to pick up Jiao Zhuo Minoru, the rainforest is difficult to walk, don't look at Tianyun Mountain is not far from Jiaojiazhai, the straight-line distance is only more than two hundred miles, but if you want to get here, it will take at least a few days, and it will be much more convenient with black hair.

Renault was not excited about the Jiaozhai master, he had a full meal, and let Lan Yunxi take him deep into the underground world of Tianyun Mountain, which was white and vast, and all Renault saw was natural asbestos, and he could kick out a piece of asbestos cloth with a few kicks.

The asbestos resources here are very abundant, just like Lan Yunxi said, even if it is enough to supply hundreds of thousands or millions of people to wear. Naturally, Renault doesn't use asbestos as a fabric, it's so much that it doesn't seem to be able to be used up at all.

Whether it is hot gas or airship, in fact, the need for asbestos cloth is not large, as long as there are a few meters of asbestos cloth near the heating port to prevent fire. The decision to set up a sub-base here was due to the fact that in the future it was possible to manufacture a large number of hot air balloons and airships, which could be used not only for transportation but also for combat, and the bomb load of the aircraft was too small, so it was better to say that in a small-scale battle, if it was a full-scale battle with the Austrians, even if there were thousands of planes, it would play a very small role.

It is said that in the heyday of airships, a zeppelin could transport hundreds of people at a time and carry dozens of tons of cargo. Of course, this is not comparable with the airships of later generations, when airships have long been replaced by airplanes, there are also countries that can build airships that can carry hundreds of tons.

Renault's requirements are not high, as long as it can fit a hundred people and a full airship of five to ten tons, it is enough. It doesn't matter if the cargo capacity is small, make up for it with quantity.

Of course, from the perspective of long-term interests, neither a hot air balloon nor an airship can be compared with an airplane, which is too affected by the weather and slightly stronger winds, and the airship cannot even guarantee its own safety.

After turning around, he found that there was nothing to be found here except asbestos, and the God of Wealth had extended the scanning depth to five hundred meters underground, and it was still white asbestos, and he was not interested in continuing to scan.

Jiao Zhuo Minoru is in his early forties, his skin is dark, he is not tall, although he is a woman, his body is very strong, and he is a peak martial artist of the ninth grade, in the Nanzhang area, it is enough to be the owner of a village.

The tone of his speech was a little weird, and he could barely understand it. Renaud communicated with her for a while, knowing that Jiaojiazhai had a hard time, there were more than 800 people in the village, young and strong men were only in their early 300s, and the rest were all old and weak, the staple food was fruit, and there were people hunting nearby all the year round.

As the owner of the village, he only had to be dressed in sackcloth, which was even worse than the dry toast he met when he first entered Nanzhang.

Not only that, the largest toast in this vicinity is Tong Mancang, which has to collect taxes twice a year, and the people of Jiaojiazhai can't even feed their stomachs, but they have to pay taxes, and their lives are even more miserable.

A few years ago, Jiao Zhuo Minoru discussed with the people in the village and wanted to join Liuyun, but Liuyun was unwilling to accept it, the area of Tianyun Mountain was too small, a thousand old and young were barely enough, and if you added 800 people from Jiaojiazhai, it would be too crowded.

As for accepting protection, Liuyun is also unhappy, his life is very good, but this kind of life not only requires the old and weak to farm in the Tianyun Valley, but also the soldiers to work hard outside.

That Tong Mancang's strength is not weak, only relying on the remaining soldiers, the strength is not as good as Tong Mancang, unless everyone stays at home, they can suppress each other.

All at home? It wasn't as good as it is now.

Besides, protecting Jiaojiazhai is no benefit to Liuyun, except for receiving thanks, what else can there be? Tong Mancang is the tax of all the small toasts within a thousand miles nearby, and the life is only similar to Tianyun Mountain, what can Jiaojiazhai give Liuyun?

Renault thought for a moment, or nodded and agreed to the merger of Jiaojiazhai into the Liuyun base, Nanzhang This place, not only is the resources insufficient, but even the population is insufficient, in the future, Renault needs enough manpower, can't expect all the Great Chu people, everything that can be used, must be used as much as possible.

"Master Jiaozhai, your Jiaojiazhai is too far away from Liuyun, and there are not so many people living in Tianyun Valley, so let's do it, you and Liuyun have some people, outside Tianyun Valley, build a new village, and live and work together in the future. Renault said that he did not have the extra manpower and time to rescue Jiaojiazhai, which was 200 miles away.

may have been bullied by Tong Mancang, Jiao Zhuo Minoru almost didn't hesitate, and nodded directly in agreement. I was thinking in my heart that how much food there was in the village, whether it was enough for everyone to consume on the way to Tianyun Mountain.

"Sir, you captured five warriors. Huya walked in and said.

"Captured five martial artists?" Renault and Lan Yunxi were both surprised, in this place of Nanzhang, there are only five martial artists, so they dare to run around?

Lan Yunxi was not surprised by this, but the nearby Tusi knew that the Liuyun soldiers were strong, and even if that Tong Mancang was full, he didn't dare to send someone here to collect taxes.

"Have you asked?" asked Renault.

"After asking, it was Tong Da Tusi who sent someone to deliver a message, so that Liuyun would surrender quickly. Huya grinned.

"Sir, I'll take a look, that Tong Mancang seems to be tired of life. "Lan Yunxi is not afraid of Tong Mancang, but it is not easy to get rid of Tong Mancang, that big toast has a lot of soldiers, the most important thing is that this is Nanzhang, there are rainforests everywhere, it is very difficult to destroy the other party, if you can't win the battle, it will be difficult to hunt him down.

That Tong Mancang is also ruthless, if he is really taken to the old nest, he will definitely harass Tianyun Mountain when he turns back, most of the soldiers in Liuyun are away all the year round, and the soldiers left behind are not enough to defeat Tong Mancang.

After a while, Lan Yunxi came back with a strange face: "Sir, it is indeed Tong Mancang's person, saying that Tong Mancang has already invested in the Hanging Temple of the Great Snow Mountain." ”

"Hanging Temple?" Renault was also confused, in the southwest, the name of the Hanging Temple of the Great Snow Mountain is not small, but in Nanzhang, few people have heard of the Hanging Temple.

You must know that the territory of Nanzhang is vast, and even Da Chu can only stare dryly, how many people are there in the Hanging Temple, and he actually wants to collect Nanzhang Tusi?

Besides, what's the use of collecting the strength of Nanzhang Tusi?

"Yes, it is said that there is a grandmaster from the Hanging Temple, who is the fifth disciple under the throne of the Wheel Ming, called Dong Xuanzi. Lan Yunxi said.

This Hanging Temple has a batch of cattle, in addition to Liu Jingming and Di Dingtian, there is actually a grandmaster?

It seems that Da Chu knows too little about the Hanging Temple, and when he was in the Liuyun Camp, it took Renault a long time and he didn't find the cold spring. Leng Quan's strength is quite strong, much higher than Song Zhe at the beginning, plus he is young and talented, the possibility of becoming an earth immortal is quite high.

"Old Song, I have to trouble you to go, I'm afraid that the fields and the first rui won't be able to catch people. Renault said.

"It's okay, Song will take a trip. "Knowing that the distance is not far, only five hundred miles, not to mention the black hair, even if he flies by himself, it won't take long. What's more, Renault has two secret masters by his side, as well as the needles that even he has to worry about, and his safety is guaranteed.

Renault sent a team of black-haired flying horses back to the convoy, asking Li Si to turn around, no longer having to come to Tianyun Mountain, and continuing to set off towards the forbidden land of death, avoiding a few hundred miles of detours, at least saving a few days.

When night falls, Renault walks by the small lake in the Tianyun Valley, can encounter such a lake in the rainforest, there are not many opportunities, walking in the rainforest for several months, making people feel bored, watching the small lake at night, the mood is immediately better.

There are several bamboo forests by the lake, which are green and pleasant, the thickness of an adult's wrist, dancing with the wind, making a 'rustling' sound. This is the first time Renault has seen bamboo since he arrived in Dachu.

Stretching out his hand and patting it, he felt that this bamboo was extremely tough, and he reached out and pulled out the machete on Huya's body, and slashed down, with his arm strength, he actually failed to cut it.

"Bamboo...... Asbestos ...... "Renault didn't continue to chop, Huya took the machete and continued to chop bamboo, he didn't know what Mr. was thinking, as if he wanted bamboo, then cut it."

After slashing more than a dozen knives in a row, the tiger tooth only cut off one, he had seen a bamboo forest, and such a tough bamboo was rare.

Renault beckoned, and two old men in the distance walked over, they were the Liuyun elders who Lan Yunxi arranged to follow Mr. to respond to Mr.'s inquiries at any time.

"What kind of bamboo is this?"

"Sir, we don't know that this bamboo forest existed a hundred years ago. ”

"Usually you burn firewood, but the branches in the forest?" Renault suddenly thought of this question, don't look at the rainforest is full of trees, but there is really not much firewood for fire, and the rainforest trees have a lot of water, so it is not easy to burn. Along the way, every time they fired, the firehead army had a terrible headache.

"Naturally not, rainforest trees are not easy to burn, damp and smoky, and they are not burned, so we usually use tree oil. Outside Tianyun Valley, there is a kind of flowing balm, which is an excellent fuel, and when burning, it is not only small and vigorous, but also has a fragrance. The old man said.

"Oh, bring it to me. Renault said, took the bamboo, looked at the break, snatched the knife in Huya's hand, slashed three times in a row, cut it in the same position, split the bamboo, it took a quarter of an hour, split into bamboo strips, tried it in his hand, and was overjoyed, good thing.

The old man had already brought someone to fetch the balsam, Renault took it, and looked closely at it by the light of the torch, which was a translucent and yellowish resin, very viscous, but not clumped like pine resin, and shaking the container, you could see that the balsam inside would flow slowly.

"Ignite me and see. Renault said.

The old man was a little embarrassed: "Sir, there are not many iron tools in Nanzhang, and they are easy to rust and be damaged, we use stone stoves, and the fire power of flowing balsam is very strong, and it is easy to cause a fire if it is ignited directly in the wood." ”

"Burn less. As he spoke, Renault took a small spoon from the barrel, dug a shallow pit in the ground with his knife, poured the balsam from the spoon into the pit, and lit it with a torch.

The moment the flame approached the balsam, it was ignited in an instant, and with the night wind, it burned more and more, and the burning was very stable.

It's done, Renault said secretly in his heart!