Chapter Twenty-Four: Bear Fighting
Ou Xuzi stood at the edge of the forest and watched carefully, the spruce tree was characterized by drooping branches, and the whole tree was arranged in layers. The straight needle-like leaves spiral around the stems, while the canopy of the pine tree is pyramidal, and they are sandwiched among the ancient trees of various shapes, and the breeze passes, and the branches and leaves make a rustling sound, like the soft, helpless sigh of the forest.
Ou Xuzi and the China housekeeper walked into the forest with a few soldiers, and after going deep into dozens of meters, they quickly found the spruce and pine trees to be cut down, the pine trees that burned charcoal should not be very thick, cut down and remove the branches and leaves, and then cut the trees into sections and transported them back, ignited them in the charcoal kiln, burned to a certain extent, closed the charcoal kiln air entered, the waste heat continued to heat the wood for dry distillation, the water and wood tar were boiled out, and the wood was carbonized into charcoal. When the tree to be cut was found, the housekeeper gave an order, and more than a dozen craftsmen and soldiers immediately started to cut down the tree, which is also known as releasing the tree. Generally, in the designated felling area, the direction of the standing timber felling is first determined, the obstacles around it are cleared to open a safe path, and then the standing timber is felled.
Under the command of Ou Xuzi, the spruce trees were put down one by one, and the craftsmen used large axes to cut off the thick branches one by one, and then cut the original strip into a meter long wooden section, tied one end with a rope, and dragged out of the forest one by one to load it on the carriage. Because the wood of spruce is denser and denser during the growth process, the charcoal made will burn longer and the heat is also large, and it is the best charcoal for casting ironware.
The housekeeper was responsible for loading the car outside the forest, watching the pine wood being loaded into the car very smoothly, he breathed a sigh of relief, according to the speed of today's logging, it would not take them two days to go back, the altitude of Riyue Mountain is more than 3000 meters, the air is thin, the craftsmen and soldiers of the logging from time to time gasp for breath, the sound of cutting trees gradually thinned out, after filling a carriage, the soldiers came out one by one tired and listless, and the fire was burning.
Suddenly, there was a scream from inside the forest, and Ou Xuzi and the two craftsmen ran out, followed by a huge brown bear with angry eyes, roaring all the way and pounced.
Although brown bears have hibernation habits, but not all brown bears will hibernat, they will build their nests on the slopes of well-concealed mountains, or between the roots of large trees, the sound of logging just now obviously alarmed it, the territory that has never been visited by humans suddenly broke into a group of uninvited guests, the fallen tree hit its nest, can it not get angry.
When the Chi Na housekeeper saw this, he ran away in fright, and the rest of the soldiers were so panicked that they forgot to draw their swords.
The brown bear suddenly stood down in front of the campfire, the animals were afraid of fire, and the same was true of the ferocious animals, which gave Ou Xuzi a chance, he ran to a soldier and snatched the bow and arrow on his back, the bow was wound, the arrow was like lightning, and shot towards the brown bear, only to hear a muffled sound, the arrow pierced into the chest of the brown bear, and the brown bear screamed and fell to the ground, motionless.
A soldier walked over cautiously with a steel knife in his hand, Ou Xuzi had no time to stop it, the brown bear suddenly jumped up, the powerful bear paw slapped violently, the body of the fan soldier flew up, and he didn't even have time to scream, the person flew out of several meters and fell to the ground, the whole head had been shattered, blood and brains were mixed together, and it was miserable.
One of the soldiers fainted in fright.
More soldiers took off their bows and arrows and shot arrows desperately, regardless of whether they hit or not, and the unfortunate brown bear was hit by several arrows, although it did not reach the vital point again, it was enough for it to drink a pot.
The brown bear roared loudly and ran forward a few steps before falling headlong, this time failing to get up, and with a twitch on its legs, it died.
Ou Xuzi ran up and cut its belly with a knife and took out a green bear bile, this is a good thing, the old uncle has bad eyes, and he is using it, as for the dead soldier, he can only blame him for his bad luck, the brown bear is the most ferocious animal, and the strength of the dying struggle is even more amazing.
The butler of Chi Na had a gloomy face, since Ou Xuzi came to the Tusi Mansion, two soldiers had died, one was killed by Zhan Ludao, and the other died under the paws of the bear, he deeply knew that Ou Xuzi was powerful, killing people and invisibly, such an opponent was the most terrifying.
After burying the corpse of the soldiers, they sent someone to reconnoiter and confirm that there were no more ferocious beasts nearby, and the housekeeper of China breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to cut wood after eating, this time no one dared to be lazy anymore, and they all stepped up their work, striving to leave the land of right and wrong as soon as possible, the primeval forest was too terrifying after all.
Several carriages were full of logs, the logging work came to an end, the sky gradually darkened, today is not going back, Ou Xuzi and they camped on the edge of the forest, waiting for Renci and them, but there is no news.