Wolf King

The temperature during the snow melting period is lower than when it is snowing. The glass-tube mercury thermometer produced by Balck Laboratory was taken outside at noon, and the scale was minus [-] degrees casually, and it was even more minus [-] degrees at night. degree to go.

After all, Xiao Yun is not a devil. He didn't force everyone to start work in such a cold weather. Anyway, there is enough manpower this year, and there is still time to do it after the snow melts...

Sit cross-legged on the hot kang. On the kang table, there is a pot of stewed pork with sauerkraut, a pot of hot and spicy lamb soup, a bowl of rice noodles with red oil and oil residue, and a plate with pickled vegetables and radishes. A bottle of thawed canned fruit was placed along the side, and this little day was so beautiful that no one could have imagined it—even the picky green dragon Balk, who would squint his eyes into a half-moon shape after sipping rice noodles and throwing a chopstick of sour radish into his mouth.

"Is your stewed pork with sauerkraut the latest to come out of the pot or something? It's softer than the pot I ate just now?" Xiao Yun grabbed Balke's chopsticks, picked up a piece of square pork belly, and loosened it in his mouth. The taste that melts in fragrance but not greasy makes him immediately notice the difference.

Balk dipped the steamed cakes into the Hu spicy soup and raised his eyebrows triumphantly: "I helped Dahe grind the rice noodles, and she helped me to stew my portion for a longer time~ This meat is to be stewed until the skin can be picked up with chopsticks." It tastes only when it’s broken~”

Xiao Yun was a little funny and a little relieved, he didn't know whether to dislike her for not being motivated or to be glad that this guy has learned to behave, and he knows how to engage in labor transactions for the sake of stuttering: "I said why the canteen made rice noodles in the morning, and the feeling is You ran to help."

Rice noodles, also known as vermicelli, cold skin, rice rolls, traditional Chinese folk food, the production methods are similar in different places. After soaking the rice overnight, grind it into rice milk, scoop it up and pour it into a dustpan or a steamer made of any material coated with vegetable oil. Spread and shake flat , Put it in a large boiling pot and steam for 3 minutes, then take it out to cool in the shade, and the thin noodle skin that comes off is rice noodles.

Depending on the tastes of different places, there are also those who add salt to the rice milk, add colored flower juice, or even add sweet potato starch; the thickness of the rice and the way of eating are also slightly different.There are not many tricks to eat this thing in the tribe. Cut it into two-finger-wide strips with scissors and treat it with sweet potato flour... It’s just that you don’t need to cook it thoroughly like sweet potato flour. You can eat it after boiling it in hot water. , Cold salad is also fine when the weather is hot.

The storage time of this thing is very short, so it can only be made and eaten by oneself. Anyway, there is not much rice, so Xiao Yun has no plan to sell it.Now Xiao Yun came to talk to Balk about the dried vermicelli business in the tribe.

"Sweet potatoes and potatoes, these two things have high yields and low prices. This year's expansion of arable land area, the amount of output is definitely not enough for tribes to eat. There are more than 200 million catties left from last year's production, and the greenhouse produced another one in winter. There are about 200 catties." Returning the chopsticks to Balk, Xiao Yun moved the pot of vegetables and began to fool with Balk... er, mobilization, "My idea is to take [-] million catties of potatoes and sweet potatoes Come to test the water, make dried vermicelli, and sell it to see how the market responds... Now I want to set up the team of this flour mill, I checked, and you are the most suitable for this job, Balk, you Are you interested in carrying this girder?"

Commodities that are not in circulation are just garbage that takes up space. There are abundant farming resources on the grasslands that can be tapped, but how to sell the crops is a problem.Considering the logistics level of waste in this world, the food products to be sold must have the advantage of a long shelf life. Xiao Yun, who is a native of southern China and a fan of noodles, naturally thought of potato vermicelli and sweet potato vermicelli. The shelf life is calculated on a yearly basis when sealed and stored. When you want to eat, grab a ball (handle) and throw it into boiling water to cook until it is soft and cooked. It is a must-have dry food for home travel, and it can also help Carlisle's spice business.

Balk froze for a moment, pointed to his nose: "Me? I'll take care of the powder making?"

"Yes~" Xiao Yun nodded in affirmation, "Twenty people will be drawn for you, and there are five old people among them. You have to bring the beginners yourself. Are you confident?"

"This... can I do it?" Balk was a little excited and a little bit unbelievable. He had been in the tribe for so long and he still didn't know Xiao Yun's peeing. You, think that you are not worth anything, so there is nothing else but being obedient... Now that Xiao Yun let him stand alone, doesn't it mean that his trust in him is at least at the level of a ball?

Hmm... It took two years for Balke to see through Xiao Yun's true nature, no matter which aspect it was, it was not easy...

"Why not? I've considered all the people in the tribe. You, Balk, are the most suitable for this important task." Xiao Yun smiled heart-warmingly, showing all his big white teeth, 100% Sincerely, "We have manpower to expand the planting area this year. I calculated that the planting scale of sweet potatoes can be increased tenfold. Then the first batch will be harvested in the middle of the year, and the output will not be small. There are so many sweet potatoes Potatoes can’t be eaten up. If you don’t want to process them into vermicelli and sell them, wouldn’t everyone’s hard work in farming be in vain? It’s a pity to waste so much food, so we must build this flour mill , if you are willing to come and lead this team, it will be a great help to me and the tribe."

Balke was so moved that he straightened his chest: "Okay, Ayun, leave this matter to me!"

Xiao Yun's smile is warmer and more kind...

There is actually no way to choose Balk. Yu is the core of the warrior team and cannot be moved. Hongye and Languo are cultivated according to the all-round talents who lead the overall situation. Their time is not enough to bind the physical strength of making powder In terms of work, grassroots, autumn, Qingyan, Qingcao, and Dashui have things in their hands that they can't get away from.

Except for this batch that should be used now, the wool is too small, although it is sensible, it is not mature after all; the fish bones are stable but it is stable, but unfortunately the brain is too stubborn, so I have to teach it again; what about Rosemary... Speaking of this guy Xiao Yun is also a little angry, she has a good quality, but unfortunately she has the same problem as Dahe, she is a little lazy when she is not interested in things, and she is better than Dahe... Counting and counting, there is only "" "Scientific research" work has come to an end for the time being, and Balk is dawdling and eating?

This guy has to eat well every meal, and the portion is comparable to that of an adult snow werewolf. Can Xiao Yun bear this guy eating free rice?

When the project of the Balk Flour Mill was established, personnel were assigned to set up a team for him, and at the same time, auxiliary equipment was also prepared. If it was busy for a few days, when the snow had almost melted, the site was selected next to the woolen mill, and the warehouse of the woolen mill was temporarily borrowed. The flour mill that was the factory building started work.

The production process that Xiao Yun chose is a leaking scoop process. The first steps are assisted by simple equipment, and the next few steps, such as condensation and freeze-drying, are assisted by Balk’s magic—it’s a magic apprentice to take out the moisture in the vermicelli vermicelli. They can do it all, but the only problem is that magic apprentices don't have that much mental power; for dragons, is the amount of mental power a problem?nonexistent!

In terms of consumption, the Dragon Clan can be said to be the leader. Although Xiao Yun doesn't know how much energy Balk can consume in battle, but in terms of "scientific research", this product is indeed very capable of being squeezed...

This performance is to make the best use of everything, and to make the best use of the dragon~

A few days after he started working on the horse, Balke vaguely felt as if he had fallen into a pit. Draining thousands of catties of fans in one breath could not damage the fans. A few batches tossed him enough.So this guy ran back with a dark face and prepared to settle accounts with Xiao Yun, but... the guy found out that Xiao Yun was not in the tribe at all. The warrior team of Yu and Yu and the dwarves and goblins went to open up wasteland in a mighty way.

Balk thought about it seriously for a few minutes, weighing his chances of trying to reason with Ayun under the circumstance that the production progress of the mill was delayed... Then he went back to work in desperation.

If you can't win, you won't be able to win Ayun in this life.

Not only will he fail to win, but he may also be sprayed with blood and ridiculed by him so that he can't lift his head. Smart people in Balk don't do such stupid things...

This year's spring plowing work has 430 more people than last year, of which 220 people are from the snow wolf clan, and most of them are adult laborers. It stands to reason that it should be easier than last year... But it is obviously not very capable , because Xiao Yun reclaimed more than 6000 mu of land on the basis of the original 4000 mu of land, and opened up a new wasteland of 1600 inclines and [-] square kilometers along the banks of the river.

It takes less than half an hour for such a large area to go from the beginning to the end. Even the Snowwolves have to walk for less than half an hour. Hundreds of strong curved-horn cattle were brought out to do the hard work; in order to ensure that the arable land is connected together for cultivation and sowing, two low mountains were leveled...

This kind of labor intensity can undoubtedly drive people crazy, no matter how strong the Snow Werewolf is, he can't bear such a waste.

Fortunately, not long after the snow melted, the two tribes who hadn't made up their minds to migrate last year shyly dragged their families over. There were more than 160 people, and the strong laborers (adults) accounted for the majority.

Xiao Yun rushed back to meet the patriarchs of the two tribes, without a place to rest... He threw the oldest and youngest twenty or so of the newcomers to Dahe's cafeteria, and the others, even cubs, were taken to open up wasteland.

More than 760 people eat three meals a day, and work in the cafeteria has become hard work. If you don't add people, Xiao Yun guesses that Dahe is going to call the door and come and roll around...

At this time, the weather was gradually getting warmer, Xiao Yun was in a hurry to sow the seeds, so he simply pulled out half of Qingyan's second-level labor force and rushed them to the land reclamation site; Can't pull the plow, burn wasteland and weed, and lift the plow to pick up stones?

Hurry up, stay up all night and drive out the wasteland on both sides of the river. No matter if they came last autumn or this spring, all the newcomers are so tired that they peeled off their skins... If they didn’t eat every meal, some people might regret it I want to run away.

Of course, rest is not enough to rest. No one can rest until the busy farming is over. Turning the land is only the first step. The next step is to fertilize, water, sow, sow and dig ditches. Everything is a big project—the temperature during the day It's about [-] or [-] degrees. If you don't plant the seeds, so many mouths will have to wait to starve in the second half of the year!

Xiao Yun held a one-hour mobilization meeting with the loudspeaker cast by the gray dwarves in copper water, and then mercilessly drove all the fuzzies paralyzed by the river bank to work... Life is not eternal, But work must be eternal!

Life lies in creation, farming is the creation with the lowest threshold!

The barren land did not grow grain in the first year, Xiao Yun would not waste rice and wheat seeds anyway, he did not pay much attention to such things as alfalfa, soybeans, potatoes and sweet potatoes; on the opposite side of the tribe, on the South Bank, the "cooked land" that had been planted for two years, only wheat and rice Can plant with peace of mind—this land of more than 600 mu is bordered by rivers on the left and right sides, the soil quality is good, and it is all irrigated with high-quality water. Xiao Yun feels guilty if he does not use it to grow grain.

During the long winter on the prairie, the forest elves naturally wouldn't foolishly guard the port where they would be frozen to the point of freezing, and would pack up and go back to the forest for the winter before it snowed.

Now that the weather is getting warmer, Elf General Kleist, who has enjoyed a leisurely winter day, selects manpower to return to duty. Before departure, he summons two good friends, Kai and Heilene, and arranges a mission for them.

"Go to the Flame Tribe and confirm the quantity of sauce cans and porcelain they have prepared." General Kleist sat in home clothes in the warm reception room where the temperature-controlled magic circle was placed, and his long golden hair, which was slightly relaxed and curly, was curled up. It's a little bit fierce, and the original pointy chin has become a little rounder... At first glance, I can tell that this winter has been really comfortable.

"Yes, General."

"Hmm... ask the Flame Tribe again if they have other goods for trade. We forest elves don't mind expanding the scale of the trade." General Kleist thought for a while and said again.

"Yes, General." Hailin and Kai's eyes were a little subtle, but they didn't dare to show it, and responded respectfully.

The straight-line distance from Anas City to the Huoyan Tribe is about [-] to [-] kilometers. Only two people travel lightly and don’t need to bring live trees that cannot be put into space props. Hailin and Kai don’t have to go out of the forest first. Take a detour from the grassland and just walk in a straight line.

Two nimble figures shuttled and jumped between the mountains and forests, covering one-third of the distance in one morning.In the afternoon, the hungry two found a place with a stream to rest, grabbed two rabbits, peeled them and roasted them, brushed them with the sauce bought from the Huoyan Tribe, sprinkled them with spices, and gnawed on each until their mouths were full of oil. .

Dig a pit for the leftover bones and put out the fire with water. Hailin took out the canned food she hadn't finished eating in her backpack, poured out half of it for Kai, sat down on the rock and burped comfortably.

"Kai, what do you mean by the general? How can the snow wolf clan sell us so many products?" Hailin said, "Could it be that the sauces bought last year are all used up? It's unlikely, I think There are not many soy sauce and vinegar sold in the shops in the city, and we can’t eat so much sauce... Could it be that the rumor we heard last time is true, the Council of Elders sells most of the soy sauce and vinegar to other places? the city?"

The cunning snow werewolf cub instantly appeared in Kai's mind, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he said stiffly, "How do I know?"

Hailin turned her head away and said dissatisfiedly, "Why are you so weird? You used to be full of nonsense, but now you just ignore me."

Kai snorted, and arrogantly ignored him... and he didn't allow people to be a little emotional.

Hailin blinked her eyes and approached Kai: "Kay, my friend, I did think you were very noisy and boastful before, but compared with the current you, I think you are better than the old you, you still change back, I am more I like the energetic Kai from before."

Kai was stunned for a moment, and silently turned his face away... He was a little shy when Heileen said that suddenly.

Hai Lin bumped him with her shoulder: "Okay, Kai, at least tell me why you suddenly became awkward. Even if I can't help you solve the problem, at least I can help you share it."

Kai...Kay silently swallowed the canned food that Helene gave him in one gulp, and stood up: "Let's go!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Hailin to react, she jumped out...

"You are really not likable at all!" Hai Lin scolded angrily behind her.

Kai kept his hair down and ran wildly... What could he say, saying that he realized that he had been fooled by the snow werewolf cub, Ayun, and was treated as a fool by that cunning cub, so he didn't understand?

Kay was sure and sure that if he really said it, Helene would laugh at him for decades...

The two elves spent the night on the big tree in the forest, and they arrived at the edge of the forest near the Huoyan Tribe in the afternoon of the next day.

Before they got out of the forest range, the two elves were a little dazed... they kept looking at the ground under their feet and the surrounding surface.

"Why... how does this floor seem to have been shoveled off?" Hai Lin's entire elf was in a daze, her ears were pricked up.

Kai also looked inexplicably, looking around in a daze.

No wonder the two of them are confused. No one is more familiar with the ground in the forest than the forest elves. No one cleans up the fallen leaves. It's light to go down and cover the humus layer over the instep. It can be exaggerated. calf position.But in this area... the ground seems to have been neatly shoveled away, the ground under the shoes is mud, the ground is still a little new, and even the old mud is gone.

The two elf warriors were completely confused. In fact, the forest elves didn't care much about logging and reducing the forest area. In such a situation... the trees are all there, and the forest coverage area is not too small, but the ground has been shoveled away, which is very strange.

The two looked at each other for a while, and didn't rush out of the forest. They turned around, and then...they found that not only the place where they came out, but also the surrounding land was shoveled clean, very refreshing...

"The only ones closest to here are the Huoyan Tribe. Could it be that they did it?" Hailin couldn't laugh or cry, "What's the matter with these snow werewolves, and they even went to the forest to tidy up the surface? But I haven't seen them move to the forest. ah!"

After discussing for a long time, they couldn't come to a conclusion. The two had no choice but to press their curiosity and continue on their way. After walking for about an hour, there were rows of pits dug out neatly in front of them...

It is not standard to say that it is a trap, because these large pits seem to be full of things inside, and the surface is covered with a cover that should be made of reed poles. The grass cover is pressed with stones, so it is impossible to dig a pit. human trap.

Hai Lin approached one of the big pits in a daze, lifted the grass cover and took a look inside... Then he knew where the shoveled land in the forest had gone.

Two elves: "..." What's wrong with your snow wolf clan? !

Before they could get out of the strangely large pit area, a group of people pushing carts to transport soil and fertilizer bumped into them.

"Huh, Helene? And Kay?"

A dark-skinned cat recognized the two elves, greeted them unexpectedly, and waved at them: "Why are you here, it's just you two?"

"Qingyan." Hailin also waved her hand, "Kai and I are here to carry out the mission. Are you...?"

"I just opened up wasteland, and I'm applying base fertilizer to the field." Qingyan wiped his sweat, "I have to go to work, time waits for no one. Ayun's current situation... should be in the tribe, he came back to distribute the seeds , find it yourself."

"Uh... okay." Hai Lin was full of questions, but seeing Qing Yan stopped to say a few words, he looked nervous, so it was not easy to pull people to ask.

Then the two of them silently watched as Qingyan led the people to lift the grass cover on the top of a large pit, and used shovels and pitchforks to shovel the black humus and soil in the pit onto the trolley, and then pushed it without touching the ground. run away...

Hailin & Kai: "..." What's wrong with your snow wolf clan? !

When the two of them came to the Huoyan Tribe last year, there was only a single-plank bridge made of wood on the artificial river and the river. It took only half a year to pass, and when they came to the same place again, the two elves were surprised to find that there was an extra stone bridge on the river. arch bridge.

"Hey, this doesn't seem to be a stone..." Walking on the arch bridge, Hailin squatted down and touched the bridge deck, "The texture is like the houses and squares they built. Can that kind of building material be used to build bridges?"

"Could it be that this bridge just looks good, but it's actually not strong." Kai frowned, and stepped on the bridge deck hard. This guy didn't like Xiao Yun very much, and he didn't even trust the Snow Wolf Clan very much.

Not long after Kai finished speaking, when they crossed the fields on the south bank that hadn't had time to sow, and came to the river, they saw... two giant white-haired wolves were carrying a load that didn't look light, at least in tons. The huge triangular steel plow ran across the river through the bridge on the river, turned its head north, and galloped away...

"Hmm... this bridge seems to be very strong." Hailin squinted.

Kai: "..."

After crossing the bridge over the river and walking a little further, people began to increase.It’s just that these prairie people seem to be very busy, either running all the way with big bags on their shoulders, or walking like flying with baskets full of them. Even cubs or cats, no one is empty-handed and slows down, as if there is a fire burning in their buttocks in a hurry.

In addition, the two elves also found that the area of ​​the Flaming Tribe Square was wider, the paved smooth road was longer, and there were more buildings...