Traveling through ancient times to survive

Now that his strength has recovered a little, it's time to go to the valley. Carrying Zhao Chengchuan's usual hunting bow, broadsword, and water bag, Zhao Qing found the right direction and moved forward at full speed.

Half an hour later, they were not far from the destination. Zhao Qing stopped and leaned against a big tree that was so big that one person could hug it to rest and recover his strength.

After a cup of tea, Zhao Qing quietly walked to the valley entrance. She climbed a huge tree and looked into the distance. There were not many animals in the valley at this time.

There were only a few sika deer in sight, stopping by the pond to drink water, occasionally looking up and looking around vigilantly. Across the pond, two adult wild boars were leading four little wild boars, digging for food on the ground with their mouths.

This is a natural hunting ground, and Zhao Qing is certainly not the only one eyeing this group of fat meat. On the left, an adult leopard about 1.5 meters long lies motionless in the grass, lowering its body, quietly waiting for the best time to ambush.

Soon the opportunity came. The herd of deer finished drinking water and prepared to leave. The adult doe was in front, followed by six fawns.

When the mother deer walked out of the valley, a leopard with a round head, short ears, and a brown body covered with black spots rushed into the herd, cutting off the escape route of the last fawn.

The mother deer that had already left the valley led the remaining five fawns and quickly fled away, while the one whose way was blocked by the leopard turned around and rushed into the heart of the valley in panic, followed closely by the leopard. As expected, it could have a good meal today.

At the same time, Zhao Qing's eyes were closely following the herd of deer that had already left the valley. She quickly slid down from the big tree where she was hiding and chased in the direction where the herd of deer disappeared.

Following the traces on the ground, half an hour later, Zhao Qing indeed found a large group of sika deer. The five deer took Zhao Qing back to the base camp of the entire tribe.

Zhao Qing picked a male deer with fuzzy horns on its head and drew his bow to aim at the target. The three-stone bow that Zhao Chengchuan had specially customized for him was pulled into a full moon by Zhao Qing. After letting go, the arrow pierced the target's neck with the force of thunder, and the male deer weighing more than 80 kilograms rushed forward and nailed it to the ground.

The surrounding deer fled in panic, and after hitting the target, Zhao Qing's tense mind relaxed.

The herd of sika deer had disappeared. Zhao Qing walked over and pulled out the iron arrow that was stuck in the male deer's body. He dodged the spurting blood, poured out the unfinished water in the water bag, and caught the fresh deer blood flowing down.

After a while, he filled the pot, quickly cleaned up the bloodstains on the ground, tied the wound on the neck with a cloth, and carried the whole deer to the outside.

When they arrived at the shallow water where they usually ate wild food, Zhao Qing put down the deer carcass, cut off the antlers, peeled off a complete deerskin, and cut the deer meat into pieces, a total of about 60 pounds. He also cut the deer bones into sections, weighing about 50 pounds.

Leave some edible offal, and don't let go of the rest of the scraps, just put them in the trap to lure carnivorous prey.

After cleaning the prey and the blood-stained parts, Zhao Qing carefully wrapped the precious velvet antlers before he felt relieved. After all, he knew from memory that velvet antlers were a relatively precious medicinal material.

After leaving the stream, Zhao Qing hunted several pheasants and rabbits effortlessly and rearranged the trap.

There was not enough time left for Zhao Qing to rush to the county town. Before going home, Zhao Qing hid the antlers, venison, etc. in the backpack near the back of the house, wrapped them with broad leaves and hung them on the tree, and brought the remaining small prey home as today's harvest.

It was getting light, and Zhao Qing got up early. He had no time to check the traps. He left about ten kilograms of venison and ten kilograms of deer bones. Zhao Qing put the remaining antlers, deerskin, venison and bones into a backpack, picked up the rabbits and pheasants, and set off.

After arriving in the town, Zhao Qing earned 1,460 coins from selling rabbits and pheasants. After storing the cart, he reluctantly chartered an ox cart and headed for the county town.

By the time we saw the three-meter-high and thick ancient city wall in the distance, an hour had passed.

The uncle who was driving the cart parked the cart and said, "Young man, my cart won't go in. You have to pay to go in."

"Okay, uncle, please wait here. I'll be back soon."

Zhao Qing carried a backpack and lined up at the city gate to enter the city. The soldiers guarding the gate did not care about civilians like them who walked in. Only those who drove cars were stopped and charged a city fee.

Zhao Qing had already inquired about the three medical clinics in the county. One was located in the east of the center of the county, mainly serving dignitaries; one was located in the north of the city, where the rich families in the county lived; and the other was in the west of the city, which was the first choice for common people.

After entering the city, Zhao Qing decided to sell the deer antlers to a clinic in the west of the city. After asking for locations along the way, Zhao Qing stood at the door of a clinic called Jishidiang.

Zhao Qing strode into the clinic. A boy about sixteen or seventeen years old sat in front of the medicine cabinet and asked in a gentle voice, "Little brother, do you want to see a doctor or get medicine?"

"Hello, doctor. Does the clinic accept medicinal materials?"

"Yes, but I don't have enough medical knowledge to be called a doctor."

The boy smiled. Zhao Qing lifted the cloth covering the backpack, took out the antler and handed it to the boy. The boy took it and opened it. His face changed: "This medicinal material is quite rare. Come with me to the backyard to talk to the doctor in detail."

Zhao Qing carried the backpack and followed the young man to the inner courtyard. In the courtyard, a doctor in his fifties, wearing a long robe, was preparing herbal medicine.

"Master, we have some fresh deer antlers. Please take a look at them."

"Really? Bring it here quickly so I can have a look."

The doctor carefully took the antler from the disciple's hand and looked closely at it.

"The branches are obvious, the proportions are harmonious, the texture is tender, and the mouth is full. Not bad, not bad, it is a top-quality product. The price for a pair is 80 taels."

"Sure, I wonder if you will also accept the remaining materials from the deer?"

"Take it, bring it here so I can see how good it is."

The old doctor checked the things in the backpack one by one, and then nodded, "It's still fresh. Meat is 100 coins per pound, bones are 50 coins per pound, this pot of deer blood is 1 tael of silver, and the deer skin is relatively intact, 5 taels of silver."

"it is good."

"Ninety-three taels in total, brother. If there are more deer antlers of this quality in the future, our clinic will still purchase them at this price."

Zhao Qing has no plans to continue hunting deer in the near future. It's not because she cares about nature and doesn't want to kill any living things, but if she sells deer antlers many times in a short period of time, others will definitely think that her family has some secret method to find sika deer, and it would not be a good thing to be coveted by others.

Zhao Qing put on a bitter face and said, "It's probably difficult. My father was seriously injured while tracking this sika deer. Do you have any good medicine for the wound?"

Old doctor: "What's the specific situation?"

Zhao Qing: "My calf bone is broken and there is a laceration on my stomach."

The old doctor said, "I can treat the wound on your stomach. Doctor Liu from Gushengtang in the city is better at treating bone injuries. You can take your father there to try."

"Thank you, doctor."

"It's just a piece of cake, Xiao An. Go get this young man a bottle of top-quality wound medicine and intermittent ointment."