Defeat natural disasters with farming

The rest of the journey was as calm as the first day. Although Ye Yu and the others were alert because they encountered wolf paw prints, they never saw similar traces along the way, which made them put their hearts back. Here, it is estimated that the pack of wolves passed by by chance and did not stop on the road.

As they got closer to the erupting mountain, the pungent smell in the air became more and more intense. Seeing this, Ye Yu quickly stopped the group in a mountain depression.

He looked at the white smoke from the crater of the volcano in the distance and pondered for a while, until he heard Father Ye call his name, he turned his head and said: "Let's tie the horse to the rock. It's not suitable for us to take horses when we go there. In case of accidents and need to escape, these three horses are a burden."

Although this possibility is unlikely, because the volcano is estimated to have entered a dormant period. As long as there are no major internal changes, it will not erupt again in recent years, but there is no big mistake in being careful.

"Success." Ye Zhong responded readily. He tied the reins to the stone and tied a strong knot by the way to ensure that the horses would not break free. Then he patted the heads of the three horses affectionately, " Stay well."

After everything was settled, Ye Yu looked at the nearby mountain and said, "Come on, let's climb to a higher place to have a look."

It is said that the high place is actually not as high as the volcano. It is just a stone mountain, but you can also see most of the situation near the volcano. They put on leather clothes, put on masks and glasses, and quickly climbed up the hillside, looking down from afar .

The so-called "the meeting will be at the top, and you will see all the mountains and small ones at a glance."

Ye Yu had a panoramic view of all the scenery below the mountain, and then his heart became heavy. The devastated ground was covered with dark brown marks one after another. If he guessed correctly, these should be traces left by the magma erupted from the volcano. He couldn't see any green vegetation on the ground and on the nearby hillside, not even dead trees, presumably it was burned by the sudden eruption of magma.

It took a while for someone to recover from the shock, and said with emotion: "This is really a deserted scene."

No, Ye Yu thinks so. Not only is this deserted place, but it is also very quiet. You can’t even hear the chirping of birds. It is estimated that all animals escaped before the volcano erupted. reduced to ashes.

However, Ye Yu squatted down slightly and looked at a rock under his feet. He saw an ant crawling down from the rock carrying white food. Since there are ants, this place will become lush one day.

After they came down from the mountain, they looked at each other and formed a formation of two people in front and two behind and began to approach the foot of the mountain.

The closer you get, the more surprised Ye Yu is. The ground nearby is full of potholes, and you can see all kinds of cooled stones from time to time. He can imagine the scene of these stones erupting from the crater with magma during the eruption. , if the power of the magma is strong enough, it can even punch a hole on the ground as deep as ten meters.

They walked a little further, and soon a deep pit came into view.

Ye Zhong stepped forward to take a look, and said in admiration, "How did you make such a deep hole?"

Ye Yu replied: "The magma erupted from the crater carries tremendous power, so the bigger the stone, the bigger the pit will be." After cooling, the magma will become magmatic rock.

He blinked after saying this, and then a drop of sweat hanging on his eyelashes slid down the tip of his nose and disappeared in the mask.

It was stuffy, hot and tired, with fur coats and masks covering the body tightly, and sometimes it was difficult to breathe smoothly, but they could not take off the masks, because the closer they were to the volcano, the more pungent the smell and the more harmful gases there would be.

When the group arrived at the foot of the mountain, it was already an hour later. When Ye Yu looked up, he felt that the mountain pass that was emitting white smoke was even more spectacular. Instead of rushing up the mountain, they wandered around the foot of the mountain for a while. There was still no grass growing on the ground. The ceiling is full of cracks, but fortunately it is not deep enough to fall into it directly.

But even so, Father Ye also warned: "Be careful, you would rather walk slowly than step on the cracks, no one knows whether these cracks will be stepped on or not."

Everyone nodded.

Strictly speaking, there is no road on this mountain. They could only climb up with each other's support. From time to time, they encountered rolling rocks, and Ye Zhong was hit. Fortunately, he was tall and strong, but a few pieces were smashed out of his arms. The bruises were not serious, but it would be different if these gravels fell on Ye Yu, so when they started climbing the mountain again, they were extra cautious, making sure that there would be no more falling rocks before proceeding.

After climbing halfway up the mountain, the white smoke from the top of the mountain had already drifted around them. If they were not so close, they might not be able to see the faces of others clearly. Ye Yu felt the effect of the mask, although he could still smell the strong sulfur It doesn't smell, but it's much better than not wearing it, at least he won't feel choked by the smell.

Just as Ye Yu was thinking secretly, Chu Xufeng patted him suddenly. He came back to his senses and looked over suspiciously. Seeing Chu Xufeng's eyes pointing to the side, he followed suit.

It was a yellow stone.

Ye Yu walked over to have a look. The stone didn't seem to grow here in the first place, it should have fallen from the top of the mountain.

He thought he had leather gloves on his hand, so he could pick up the stone and look at it carefully.

As a result, he was stopped by Father Ye just as he stretched out his hand. Although he couldn't hear what he was saying, Ye Yu knew that this meant that he disagreed. What kind of ore is it?

After this episode, the group of four climbed for another two hours and finally reached the top of the mountain. As soon as they went up, Ye Yu was choked by the thick smoke and coughed repeatedly, and finally stopped.

He coughed so much that his eye sockets were slightly red, and he managed to hold Chu Xufeng's arm to stand still, and slowly calmed down his breathing.

The top of the mountain is not flat, there are several craters and potholes on the ground. Through the smoky crater, you can vaguely see the dark red magma inside, and the edge of the crater is covered with the same color as before. Almost the same ore.

Ye Zhong was startled when he saw the magma, he almost jumped three feet high, and his voice was kept very low, as if he was afraid of waking up the magma.

"Will this volcano continue to erupt?"

Ye Yu frowned for a while, then loosened his brows and said, "No, if I'm not wrong, there will be no eruption in the next few years." The dark red magma is solidified in the crater. Unexpectedly, it will be temporarily dormant.

He wasn't curious about magma, but he was a little surprised by those yellow ores.

Volcanoes, magma, yellow ore...

These three words went through Ye Yu's mind, and after a while his eyes suddenly lit up, could these yellow stones be sulfur ore?

The most common mineral in the crater is sulfur ore, and there are many uses for sulfur.

After sulfur ore is refined, it can first be made into a kind of mineral medicine, which can detoxify, kill insects and relieve itching when used externally. This kind of medicine is added to sulfur soap, and the effect is obviously good. It can be used internally to replenish fire, help yang and laxative, that is, cure Constipation and dyspnea and other diseases.

Secondly, it can be processed into insecticides to prevent pests and diseases, especially sulfur is harmless to humans and animals, and will not cause harm to crops, which is much better than lime insecticides.

Finally, sulfur is the raw material for making fire/powder. Even though their village has not encountered any attacks, there is no guarantee that it will be smooth sailing in the future. If they can make powerful fire/powder, they will have a trump card in the face of powerful enemies. Somewhat self-preservation.

Ye Yu reckoned that there are sulfur mines under the volcano, so not to mention inexhaustible, but also rich in minerals.

"Ayu." Chu Xufeng called him again.

Ye Yu followed his fingertips to look over, and the scene on the other side of the volcano startled him. The first time he saw it, he thought of the scene here at that time. The magma roared and slid down, leaving one after another fire on the mountain. River, now that the magma has cooled, the dark brown traces are still vivid.

What is even more shocking is that there is a river flowing through this side. This is not an ordinary river, it should be an underground river, but after being heated by underground magma, the cold water becomes hot water, and the steaming heat blows towards the face. The deep pit smashed out by stones was filled with hot water because of the river passing by.

Ye Yu thought, this place should be the same as the valley they visited before, after the volcanic eruption, hot springs formed one after another, but the time is still short, and after a few years the ecological environment recovers, it will become a warm hot spring. Plant paradise.

In fact, their investigation would be over by this time. Before leaving, Ye Yu specially took a few pieces of sulfur ore and put them in the basket. He wanted to take them back to the village and try to refine them.

Although the other three people didn't know why Ye Yu was so interested in this yellow stone, they all trusted Ye Yu. They just heard him say that this kind of stone is useful, so they helped him knock the stone together.

In the end, they just put three medium-sized stones into the basket, and then they went down the mountain.

We all know that it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down. When going down the mountain, it is easy to fall due to gravity, and the mountain is very rough, so they were very cautious when going down the mountain. Ye Fu and Ye Zhong led the way, Ye Yu was in the middle, and Chu Xufeng broke the rear.

Fortunately, the journey was safe and sound. When he returned to the col, the first thing Ye Yu did was to take off his mask and take a deep breath. His face was covered with sweat, his cheeks were reddened by the heat, and even his eyelashes were dangling. Full of sweat.

After he took off the leather jacket, he could clearly see that the clothes inside were soaked, stuffy and hot.

Chu Xufeng took a coat and put it on him, "Be careful of catching a cold."

Then he handed him a water bag, which they brought to boil from a stream on the road. The stream was not polluted and was still clear, and many small animals were drinking water with their heads buried in the stream.

Ye Yu drank one-third of the water in the water bag in one go, and then felt that she had recovered.

"You can rest assured that this volcano will not erupt again. Even if it erupts, the magma will flow in the opposite direction from our village."

"That's good." Ye Zhong sighed, and he had already changed his wet clothes. "I see that there is no grass growing here now, and I don't know what it was like before the volcano erupted."

Ye Yu replied, "It should be beautiful."

After he finished speaking, he went to change his clothes, and Chu Xufeng helped him to block the wind. When changing clothes, Ye Yu felt that his body was so dirty that he could rub mud. He hadn't bathed for several days, and he didn't even wipe it along the way.

The author says:

I should be able to finish my work tomorrow, crying