The Queen's Engineering Army

Chapter 16 Nansha Lake

Chen Fu's village originally had no name. After moving here, it was called Orion Village for easy identification. They didn't care about the name and just lived together as a group.

The village in Su Lin is called Dahan Village.

Several hunters in Orion Village saw that the short bows in Dahan Village were well made and could also make bows and arrows. They must know that these hunters could not make bows and arrows. Although bows and arrows could be reused, they could not help but consume them all year round. They went to Nanzheng City every month to exchange them. If there are no supplies in the district, you have to buy some bows and arrows.

Seeing the bows and arrows made in Dahan Village, he was very jealous and wondered if they could be exchanged with prey, so he sent Chen Lu to ask.

Chen Lu accepted the task with appreciation, and came to the village center to meet Su Lin.

After coming in.

Seeing that Su Lin was frowning tightly, he asked the reason, and realized that he was worried about food, so he told Su Lin that there was a very large lake ten miles to the south, and there were a lot of fish to catch in the lake, so he didn't have to worry about food in winter question.

"You mean there is a very big lake to the east?" Su Lin looked at Chen Lu in surprise.

"Well, it's just a detour. It's almost an hour and a half after walking." Chen Lu nodded.

"Great, does your village also go fishing in the lake in winter?" Su Lin was very excited.

"I only go there occasionally. There are few people in our village, and the prey we hunt and the fruits we collect are enough to survive the winter. We only go fishing when there is not enough food for the winter." Chen Lu was embarrassed to say that the people in the village were too lazy and didn't want to travel so far. .

There are a lot of prey in the mountains. Going out to hunt prey once is enough to eat for two days. If you take the head of a wild boar, it can last for ten and a half months.

"Great, there are more people in the village now, and the prey hunted is not enough to consume. If there is such a big lake, it can solve the food shortage in the village."

Su Lin can't wait to investigate now.

"It's just that the road is a bit far away. I don't know if people in your village know how to fish. This is different from catching fish in the small river next to it."

Chen Lu did not expect Su Lin to be so interested in that lake.

Be warned, the lake is very deep, not as shallow as the creek.

"It's okay." Su Lin smiled.

The recruited militiamen are good at fishing, and when the time comes, they will weave fishing nets and fish in the lake.

Thinking of the grand occasion of winter fishing by fishermen in Chagan Lake in the previous life documentary, 10,000+ catties of fish were caught in one net, and it is exciting to think about it.

But this is not the country of Yan. Without continuous cold, it is impossible for the ice layer to be so thick.

"That's right." Chen Lu slapped his head and almost forgot about the important matter, "A few hunters in the village asked me to ask if they can sell us some of the bows and arrows you made. We are willing to trade them with prey."

"Not for sale." Su Lin was categorical.

"Uh, okay, excuse me." Chen Lu didn't expect Su Lin to refuse so simply, and was a little disappointed. He thought maybe it was not easy to make bows and arrows, so he had to keep them for use.

"Not for sale, but it can be given away for free." Su Lin said with a smile.

"Really?"

Chen Lu's eyes widened. Did you hear that right? Free?
Do I have such a big face?
Chen Lu stroked his messy hair inadvertently, feeling good about himself.

"Two villages live together and have to help each other. I will give you 500 bows and arrows. Are 20 pairs of short bows enough?" Su Lin thought that equipping them would help them if there was any danger.

"It's enough, it's enough." Chen Lu almost jumped up excitedly. He thought that he could buy at most one or two hundred bows and arrows, but he didn't expect to give so many.

"Miss Su, if you need help, just say a word."

Chen Lu was a little embarrassed. After receiving such a big gift, he had to express it.

"The two villages live together, and they depend on each other, so why bother to see each other." Su Lin waved his hand and said with a smile. Weapons will be produced continuously, so it doesn't hurt to give them away.

"hey-hey."

Chen Lu was told that he didn't know how to answer, so he scratched his head and smirked.

"In the afternoon, I will take some people to have a look, can you help guide the way?"

Su Lin is a man of action, and he couldn't wait to see it when he found out.

After all, with so many people under management, if the food cannot keep up, the loyalty of the villagers will drop, which will lead to betrayal.

Be prepared for danger.

Su Lin must take precautions.

"Uh...Okay." Chen Lu didn't expect Su Lin to be so anxious.

Had lunch at noon.

Su Lin ordered three people, Ma Yun and two militiamen, all carrying short bows and thirty bows and arrows. The weapons could effectively deal with wild beasts or emergencies.

Just pack up and set off.

Chen Lu led the way, but he didn't need to lead the way to find it. He just needed to go down the river to find the lake.

Tens of thousands of currents flow into the sea, and no matter where each river flows, it will pass through a large river to form a lake, and then flow into the sea.

Through Chen Lu, I learned that the lake was called Nansha Lake, and it was the largest lake in the northern part of Shu Kingdom.

Su Lin didn't know how big Chen Lu was talking about, but when he saw it, he realized it was really big.

After spending more than three hours, we finally arrived at Nansha Lake.

Everywhere you look is water. If you see this place for the first time, you will really think it is the sea.

"It's really big."

Su Lin sighed, if this lake can build fishing boats for fishing, it will be no problem to feed 1 people.

"It's just that the journey is a bit long, and it takes half a day to go back and forth." Chen Lu said.

This is the problem. The road is too far. There is no way to go back after fishing, unless a village is built here.

But the terrain here is very complicated. There are mountains next to it and only the entrance to the river is a forest, which is still flat land.

"I don't know if there are people living near here?" Su Lin felt that this is really a treasure land, and an idea came into his mind.

"Not here, but there are a few villages in the north of the lake, but they are very far away from here, but very close to Nanzheng City." Chen Lu said.

"So it is."

Su Lin nodded. If no one happens to be there, he can find an open space suitable for living and move some people here to fish full-time.

But as soon as he finished speaking, a dilapidated small fishing boat appeared in front of everyone.

It seems that it appeared at this time on purpose, specifically to slap the face.

On the boat, a woman in green was paddling and singing a little tune, like a ditty from the country of Yue.

Su Lin is from Jiangnan, so you can still hear some of this tone.

Seeing someone here, the boat slowly rowed over.

"Are you from the nearby village?" The woman was not afraid of strangers, and was very happy to see people.

The woman spoke with a Yue accent. Chen Lu was from the Shu country. If he spoke slower, he could still hear her clearly. However, the woman in green spoke too fast, and she was so whimpering that she had no idea what she was saying.

"This is the first time I've come here, dare to ask the girl's name?"

Su Lin smiled and saluted, speaking Jiangnan dialect.

After hearing that, the girl said excitedly, "Are you from Yue?"

"That's it."

Su Lin thought that he was from the south of the Yangtze River, so he should be from the Yue Kingdom in ancient times.

"It's great, I can finally meet people from my homeland." The woman said excitedly to herself, and then bowed and saluted, "My name is Fan Siyue, and I live on the east side of the lake. If you don't mind, please come and sit at home. I will be very happy to know that there are people from my homeland.”

The people of the Warring States Period were really hospitable.

"It's annoying."

Su Lin didn't refuse either, and happened to take Miss Yue'er's boat to get to know Nansha Lake.

Fan Siyue saw that Su Lin's height of 1.7 meters was not considered low among men in this era, let alone women.

Although Su Lin was wearing men's clothes, a fur vest and leather boots, she could tell it was a girl's body at a glance, and her chest was too obvious.

It was because Su Lin was a woman that Fan Siyue dared to invite her to her home as a guest.

If they were all men, Fan Siyue might have chatted for a few words from a distance and then left.

(End of this chapter)