Chapter Eighty-Nine: Thousands of Miles Away
Everyone has a different opinion on what is called majesty.
Some people want to be the best in the world, but some people only need to do a few things that others can't do, and some people are afraid that they only need a satisfactory praise from their wives at home.
Those who are content are always happy.
After Yinshan, there are very few days of spring flowers in a year, and most of the time it is a winter when snow is flying and dripping into ice.
It's just that the Wushi people have their own way of survival, and in many valleys, there are many hidden winter pastures.
Some pastures have a very special microclimate, when the snow is outside, it is warm and lush because of the geothermal underground, while some winter pastures are because of the tenacious growth of some hardy plants under the snow, which grow very slowly, but provide higher nutrients than ordinary grasses.
In many of the winter pastures of Wushi, some of them have a large number of "cold maca" growing in the frozen soil, this unique tuber can not only greatly improve the cold tolerance of livestock, can make the livestock have a unique sense of satiety, and can even greatly stimulate reproductive ability.
At certain times, the Ushi people will drive a large number of livestock to these pastures.
The rate at which the livestock reproduce and the hunters hunt determine not only the source of food, but also the population of the Ushi.
The population of the Wu clan is pitifully small compared to the dynasty in the Central Plains, and almost every adult male of the Wu clan is a warrior, in the previous battle with the Great Qin Dynasty, the Wu clan paid a terrible price, although the number of troops lost is even less than that of the Great Qin Dynasty, but the soldiers of the Great Qin Dynasty are purely sergeants, and they are only responsible for conquest in the entire dynasty, but the warriors of the Wu clan take on a variety of roles in the entire clan, they are sometimes both herdsmen and hunters, and may even be a caravan to the more bitter cold regions。
The same death of one person in the battle will have a greater impact on the Wu clan.
The army was not well numbered, and when it was scattered to escort large numbers of livestock to different pastures, some of them were vulnerable to raids by some barbarian tribal clans.
Wu Shi's situation at this time was much more difficult than before.
However, as long as certain established traditions remain unchanged, such a kingdom will always be able to sustain itself.
In a few days it will be Thornton Day.
In some of the warm pastures of Wushi, a beautiful flower will bloom, this flower called the secret flower by the Wushi people is one of the secret medicine of Wushi, which can relieve the fatigue of the army's forced march, and the most important effect is that it can dispel rheumatism.
At the same time, this is also the time when Woo is hoarding dairy products in large quantities. Dried cheese and yogurt products, as well as air-dried meat, were the only foods that the U-Thi army was accustomed to, but were reliable. This food does not carry much weight, but it can allow a cavalry army to fight for a long time in the field for a long time.
In a ravine where the flowers of the secret realm are blooming, there are some women of the Wu clan harvesting these colorful flowers.
They carefully tread among the flowers, collecting as few flowers as possible, not trampling on any vegetation in the land, and they did not destroy even the most ordinary mosses as much as possible.
Behind them was a ravine that had been harvested.
In the ravine, beside a clear stream formed by the flow of glacial water, there are several snow-topped tents, and the edges of the tents are embroidered with golden silk threads with the pattern of secret flowers.
Before such an important festival, such a tent only represented the royal residence of the Wu clan.
At this moment, only one of these snow-white tents had a single old woman.
If Xie Changsheng said, then this old woman is truly majestic in Wushi.
Because she is the Empress Dowager of the Wu Clan, she has been in charge of this large territory since many years ago, and because of the problem of faith, in the minds of the Wu people, she is the kind of person who is closest to the gods, or rather, the spokesperson of the gods in the minds of the vast majority of them.
The ravine is sunny and sunny, and although the most colorful Secret Realm flowers have been harvested, there are still many unknown flowers blooming on both sides of the flat stream, some of which are even unique colors that are not found in the outside world.
The place was almost the same as many people imagined, it was very quiet, there were no livestock around, and only a young maid by the stream was drying some unfinished air-dried meat.
This simple work without any poetic sense is as beautiful as the picture scroll drawn by the best painter in the world.
The slope on one side of the ravine stretches to the north, and the snow line is not far away.
In this quiet and serenity, somewhere under the snow line, there were a few black spots that appeared incoherently.
These are some travelers who have come from afar, carrying the dust of many snow-capped mountains.
These travelers did not seem to have the reverence that the Wu royal family should have, and the thick black leather boots on their feet trampled on the cherished vegetation of the Wu people, and the soles of their feet brought up patches of wet soil that were glued to the vegetation residues.
The Empress Dowager Wu did not come out of the account, the side curtain facing these travelers was blown open by a wisp of breeze twisted by her fingertips, she had never seen these travelers, but she had seen the faces of some of them in some picture books, although she was very old, but her memory had always been amazingly good, so she had already recognized the identities of these travelers just by looking at them.
These people were not guests, but in her dim eyes, there was not even a trace of surprise and shock.
A dark cloud drifted over and covered the ravine.
This dark cloud is strange, not only obscuring the sun, but also resting on the ravine, as if it were alive.
The travelers approached the snow-roofed tents, and long before they approached, they had already sensed her presence, so they all had relieved expressions on their faces.
At the same time, these travelers are also vigilant.
At a distance of dozens of zhang, a traveler had even released a flying sword, wanting to completely cut the tent where the Empress Dowager of the Wu clan was.
When the sword light just flashed, the Empress Dowager of the Wu clan sighed softly.
She stepped out of the tent.
The sword light paused as she moved.
The shadow of the dark clouds fell on her, and everyone could clearly see the expression on her face.
She was just a little distressed about the brand-new tent, but she didn't panic at all.
One of the travelers at the head was suddenly a little uneasy and frowned.
"Duanmu Hou?"
She looked at the traveler who was the leader and asked seriously: "Didn't you get beaten into several pieces of your spine by Baili Suxue in the Minshan Sword Sect, why did you heal so quickly?"
Her tone was very sincere, but the other party could not bear such a question, and there was anger in her eyes.
"Is it because of Zheng Sleeve's Spirit Lotus Seed?"
Seeing that the other party did not have the desire to answer, she was the answer to the seeker's question, and she guessed again.
Her guess was not too wrong, and the faces of these travelers who came from afar gradually became solemn, and even Duanmu Hou, whose eyes were burning with anger, narrowed his eyes slightly.
Princes naturally have the bearing of princes.
Just as his eyes narrowed slightly, his anger vanished, and only the cold was as cold as a cold mountain in the distance.
"Shouldn't you be more concerned about what we want to get by coming to you?"