Chapter 687: Preparing for the Harvest
Approaching the busiest time of the harvest, Shao Xuan did not go to the Yanhe trading area, but stayed here in the Yanjiao headquarters, eating and sleeping in the cultivated house every day.
For those snoopers in the sky, Shao Xuan knows that Yanjiao has never relaxed the monitoring in the air, but for Yanjiao, the air power is still too weak, and now Yanjiao can only serve as two birds to monitor the air mission, one is the snow falcon in the gully, and the other is chirping, because the leader bat stayed nearby, the chirp did not go to the headquarters, but went to the trading area, and on the headquarters side, the snow falcon mainly only stayed in the core area, that is, the mountain where everyone lived.
In the Yanjiao Headquarters, in addition to those two, there is also a group of green ducks that can fly, not to mention whether they will be obedient to fight, just their combat effectiveness...... They have been raised by insects in the cultivated fields to be fat, and they are not at all as weak as when they first migrated, and they are not very agile in their movements.
There are not as many mountain peak giant eagles as the Hui tribe, nor as many domesticated birds as the Feather tribe, of course, it is impossible to let the birds attack as soon as they see a suspicious character.
Shao Xuan asked the people on the watchtower to monitor those people with binoculars, and once those people made any abnormal movements, they would fly directly to Yanjiao, and then draw their bows and shoot them.
If the purpose is bright, if you want to come to the Yanjiao headquarters, you can directly walk the Yanhe Bridge, and just fly in secretly, you are not a good person at first glance, and you are a virtue with "stealing".
In the Yanjiao tribe, there was a sense of tension everywhere, and there was no expected joy of harvest at all.
"How is it?" Shao Xuan asked as he looked at Ao, who was sweating profusely.
"It's almost all arranged, and the tourists have warned them to stay at home for the past two days and not to come out, and they won't come here to take care of the Qiqi who take care of the fields, and all the cultivated land is under martial law. Ao took out the kettle hanging from his waist and poured a few sips of water. After a busy morning, my throat was about to smoke.
As the maturity period of Thousand Grains of Gold approached, the Yanjiao tribesmen, who had already placed their main target on this cultivated land, suddenly found that the crops in the other fields around them also had a tendency to mature in the past two days.
Those were the seeds of crops brought back from the other side of the sea. It was also the first time they planted, and they didn't know if there would be other changes if they didn't harvest it in time, because some crops had an optimal time to harvest, after which the quality of the fruit would deteriorate severely.
There are still not enough people in Yanjiao, and there are people on the other side of the trading area, and people are also needed here, especially when the peak harvest season is approaching. It's even busier.
And this year, the situation was special, they did not dare to let those young warriors who were not strong enough to come to the cultivated land here, but arranged for them to be on the edge of the cultivated land.
They also found two hundred people from the Cha tribe to come and help with the harvest. Although the people of the Shan tribe look very fierce, their character is still trustworthy and they will not take the opportunity to steal when they are busy.
Many people in the Yu tribe don't have much to do during the day, and since Yanjiao needs manpower and is paid, of course they are happy. However, Shao Xuan also told them in advance. There will be certain risks when harvesting, and there may be some difficulties and crises. You need to be prepared and don't panic when the time comes.
The people of the Zong tribe who are in crisis are not afraid, they used to encounter crises when they harvested the Water Moon Stone every year, so those people led by Fanmu, the leader of the Shui tribe, didn't care. They feel that they can cope with anything that happens.
Of course, Yanjiao's main target was still the cultivated land of a thousand grains of gold, and that was what they valued the most.
"Is it coming?" asked Shao Xuan in a low voice. The matter of the leader bat was not made public, and Ao also privately informed the people who guarded the Thousand Grains of Gold Cultivated Land that he could send someone to guard the Thousand Grains of Gold Land. They can all be trusted, and they won't talk much.
Shao Xuan understood who Ao was referring to by "it", "It's here, it's already within the range of Yanjiao, just over there in the mountains." As he spoke, Shao Xuan raised his finger and pointed.
Ao looked over, there was a stone mountain used by soldiers to train in the past, there were no plants, it looked bare, but there were also some stone caves formed by natural erosion, and the leader bat should be in the stone cave on the mountain over there. Now the warriors have a lot of tasks every day, and there is little time to go to the mountains to practice beating stones, and the smell of people has long since dispersed, and sometimes some birds can be seen running to build nests. Now, the leader bat is also on the hill over there.
As the maturity of the thousand grains of gold approached, the leader bat did not run far, but stayed on the mountain, and would still go around the field on time every night.
"No wonder I heard from the patrolmen that there were fewer flying squirrels over there, it turned out to be because of it. Ao sighed. The leader bat actually came.
Not only those stone flying squirrels, but also fewer beasts within the scope of the Yanjiao headquarters, although there are certainly not many beasts in the place where people live, but after all, the Yanjiao side is large, including several mountains, and there are many stone flying squirrels or other small beasts on the hills where tourists live, stealing something from time to time, and fighting wits and courage with tourists. But lately, there have been fewer of those.
Even if they are not natural enemies, the coercion of high-level beasts will still affect them. Even the beasts engraved in the tribe were only on the mountain where they lived, not near the cultivated fields.
The tourists were told to stay at home for two days, wondering if Yanjiao was guarding against them, in case they were going to steal grain, and some muttered dissatisfiedly. But soon, they found that not only the tourists who were attached to the life of Yanjiao, but also the people of the Yanjiao tribe who took care of the cultivated land every day were also taken away, and it was difficult to see anyone except those murderous Yanjiao warriors.
"I saw the patrol of Yanjiao passing by just now, and those people looked serious, as if they were ready to go to battle. A man who had just gone out to boo returned to the cave and talked to the others, "Something must have happened." ”
"Isn't it for the grain in the field?" puzzled an old man.
"Surely not, what tribe can put on such a face when harvesting grain? The young man said.
Come to think of it, those people in Yanjiao have indeed been too serious lately, and they don't even laugh anymore.
"Could it be that the king beast is coming?!" the woman sitting inside with the skin of the animal trembled in fright.
"No...... No...... Right?"
After all, this place is similar to the Fierce Beast Mountain Forest, and even more dangerous than the Fierce Beast Mountain Forest, at least when they were on the other side of the Fierce Beast Mountain and Forest, they have not encountered a king beast. And the king beast, if you have one, you can't have another one?
"Probably not. If so, the people of Flamehorn would definitely let the children of the tribe hide first. But as far as I know, the people of Yanjiao did not do this, but only put the cultivated area under martial law. A middle-aged man who looked quite steady tapped his fingers and said.
As he was talking, he suddenly heard footsteps outside. The people inside the cave were instantly silenced.
"Two-headed. Is there something wrong with such a hurry?" the middle-aged man who looked steady hurriedly got up to greet him.
The person who came was Heer, and the Jiaowu and others in Yanjiao had a good relationship, and after the tourists were placed here, three people were assigned to be in charge, and the position of the second and the second was also exactly the second, and now everyone calls him "Ertouer".
He Er didn't talk nonsense, there was no hint of laughter on his face, and he advised: "I just got the news, Yanjiao asked us to listen to some movement." If you hear two hurried wooden whistles, close the door. ”
The middle-aged man handed over a bowl of Shang Wen's broth to Heer, and asked in a low voice, "Ertouer, but what's wrong......?"
Heer was not hypocritical, took the pottery bowl and drank it in a big gulp, and notified him door to door. He was also tired. After drinking, his complexion softened a little and he thought about it. Said: "I don't know what happened, but it's definitely not a king beast, as for the notice just now, it was said by Shao Xuan, the Great Elder of Yanjiao." ”
As soon as he heard what Shao Xuan meant, the faces of the people in the cave changed in unison. Shao Xuan, who is that? The only Great Elder of Yanjiao, his status is higher than that of the leader of Yanjiao and Wu. The founder of the Yanhe Trading Zone, even the Yanhe Bridge was made by him "driven" by the king beast, can his words be false?
The people who were still complaining have no mind at this time, just do it anyway. The words of the Great Elder must be true.
"By the way, the windows should be sealed at that time, just leave some small holes for ventilation, and don't open the door unless you hear a whistle again. Before leaving, Kazuji told again.
"Hey, okay!" the middle-aged man hurriedly replied.
After Kazuji left, he continued to the next house to inform that there were many holes dug in the mountain and many tourists living there, so he had to hurry up and finish notifying.
And the people in the cave, although they still didn't understand what was going on, still prepared according to the notice they received.
Preparations are also being made everywhere on the mountain where the Yanjiao people live, and Lao Ke has also set up a lot of traps in front of the house, "I heard that there will be a lot of birds when the time comes, so let them come and go!"
Caesar was there to help, but from time to time he would still look in the direction of the leader bat with a wary look in his eyes.
Soon, another two days passed.
Early in the morning, Shao Xuan informed Ao and them, "Prepare, a thousand grains of gold will ripen today." It was about noon. ”
Suddenly, the atmosphere in the Yanjiao tribe became even more solemn.
Shao Xuan stood next to the Thousand Grains of Gold, looking at the Thousand Grains of Gold that had turned golden, this time the Thousand Grains of Gold plants were taller than the other side of the sea, and there were more ears of grain on each tree, and the heavy ears of grain swayed slightly in the wind, glowing with golden luster.
A wooden stick standing on the ground, the shadow getting shorter and shorter.
In the distance, some birds have flown from the mountains and forests.
Approaching the ripening time of the thousand grains of gold, there are fewer insects, because there are many predators in them. Some birds are omnivores and eat grains and insects, and they come here without those flying insects.
If it's just three or two birds, there's no need to panic, but what if it's a big flock?
Shao Xuan blew the whistle, and two rapid whistles rang out.
The person who hears the signal reacts instantly.
Visitors who were told to stay quietly in their houses heard the sound of flapping their wings outside, and some curiously looked out through the closed wooden door, and the big and small birds were resting outside their doors, listening to the sound and more around them.
Some people wanted to go out and catch one, but when they heard the whistle, they quickly blocked the door, closed the chiseled windows, and looked out through the gaps left, and more and more birds landed, and there were birds fighting outside.
High in the sky, Wuhe and the other seven people also looked down from the back of the long-winged bird.
"What's wrong?"
"How so?"
"Good...... A lot!"
Because they are flying high, they are able to see more widely.
In the field of vision, from the side of the mountain forest, flocks of birds came towards Yanjiao, to be exact, towards the direction of Yanjiao's cultivated land, perhaps the target was the golden land that Yanjiao was strictly guarding!
The long-winged birds they enslaved were purely meat-eating, not vegetarian at all, and never ate grains, so they didn't have much interest in those things in the Flamehorn Field, and perhaps they also noticed that the crops in the Flamehorn Fields were special, but they were not as crazy as the birds that flew here one after another.
"The best, it must be the best!" said one of them excitedly, his eyes fiery.
"I heard that some Yanjiao people once haunted the Golden Valley Grange outside the royal city, and the Golden Valley Jiju gave them some gifts. Wuhe said.
Wuhe had made a special effort to inquire and learned something that surprised him too, otherwise he would not have set the first target after crossing the sea at Yanjiao.
Hearing this, the gaze that burst out of the other people's eyes became hotter and hotter.
"Could it be that the field below was planted from the seeds that I got from the Golden Valley Habitat?"
"Perhaps, it's those good things that are secretly grown in the Golden Valley Grange?"
"Okay!
The seven people of Changle couldn't help but rub their hands, eager to go over and sweep them up immediately.
What kind of place is Golden Valley Grange? It is the land of the famous Jidwelling, and the grain produced is related to the entire royal city nobles, and the guards are carefully selected, not the ordinary guards in the royal city. The most difficult to enter the Grange outside the royal city is the Golden Valley Grange, if you break in or sneak in, it is very likely that you will not be able to get out, and there will not even be a complete corpse, all of which will be made into fertilizer.
But Yanjiao is different here, and it is definitely not as well-guarded as Jingu Grange.
Opportunity!
"Hahaha, I didn't expect such a harvest this time!"
"Do you see those flocks of birds?" Wuhe pointed to the birds that were approaching the Yanjiao tribe and said to the others, "Let's take advantage of the fact that those birds are causing trouble for Yanjiao!"
"Do you want to say this?"
With those birds around, they can also reduce their sense of presence and take advantage of the gap to catch more.
However, unlike the excitement of the Changle people, all seven long-winged birds were nervous, and even looked at the flock of birds that flew to Yanjiao, with pity in their eyes.
Thousands of grains of gold cultivated land, Shao Xuan stared at the golden land in front of him wholeheartedly, in all directions of the cultivated land, there were warriors with sickles and other harvesting tools, just waiting for Shao Xuan's order to start moving. (To be continued.) )