Wolf King

The area behind the wool spinning factory and between the swamp has been operated for several years, and a large-scale orchard has been planted for the snow wolves.

How big is this orchard... to the extent that it "invades" the swamp.

There used to be at least a dozen or so square kilometers of swampland, but the Ministry of Fire and Fire has been dredging mud and soil over the years and filling it with sand, gravel and yellow mud dug out when building houses and roads, and nearly half of it has been "eliminated"... …

The remaining half is also shrinking visibly every year—the natural river channel that brings water flow and sediment through this place, and most of the river water is diverted by the canal, and there is no chance of flooding.

When the snow stopped and the thick snow on the grassland began to melt, a group of semi-large snow wolf cubs passed through the orchard covering an area of ​​about 800 hectares and appeared at the junction of the orchard and the shrinking swamp.

"Start work!" A cub raised a shovel and shouted loudly.

"Aww~~" The other cubs rushed into the snow-flooded swamp with iron fiber hammer, pickaxe and other tools.

What these half-children have to do is to shovel away the snow that has accumulated in the swamp throughout the winter, so as not to leave the swamp with a chance to increase water after the snow melts...

Under the continuous brainwashing and indoctrination of Xiao Yun for eight years, the fighting spirit of "removing mountains and filling the sea, man conquering the sky" has gradually been understood and accepted by the clansmen; How can it be called a thing to reorganize the land for orchards?

While the kids were tossing the swamp, the grown-ups weren't idle either.

The biggest impact of the popularization and application of agricultural machinery on the Huoyan Department is that agricultural practitioners are no longer tied tightly together. It used to be that a farm can handle at least 200 people, but now only a hundred people can manage it properly.

With the two agricultural production bases of the Snake Clan and the Cat Clan, Xiao Yun can be more calm in opening up wasteland and land, and does not need to rush to expand the scale and number of farms.

As a result, he was able to draw 3000 people to work on the big project he had long wanted to finish—the diversion of the upper tributaries of the River of the Earth.

I have been frantically testing on the verge of floods every year. Although my luck has been good these years and there has been no irreparable flooding, I can't count on God to always be reasonable, right?

On the southwestern border of the grassland, the terrain is concave. On the left is the elf forest where the forest elves live, and on the right is the slowly rising terrain leading to the middle.

The oldest aborigines of the prairie, the Tauren, either lived in the east or the middle, or lived in the easternmost part of the southwestern border, where the terrain began to climb... In other words, although there are no "historical records", Xiao Yun has enough There are reasons to believe that there have been major floods on the cliffs of this place, and there must have been many times.

Four years ago, Xiao Yun went to the northwest area to observe it. It originated from the upper reaches of the river of the earth in Samar Snow Mountain. One of the tributaries flowed to the southwest area along the concave terrain, following the natural river course formed for thousands of years. Divide into several strands to moisten and irrigate the entire southwest region.

This is also the source of hidden dangers in the Southwest—from north to south and east, it all depends on the mood of God~!

If there is a lot of rain in any year, or the summer is particularly hot, the tributary rivers diverted from the river of the earth cannot be supported by the natural terrain alone, then these waters will be free...

Then people living in the Southwest will be miserable... Take a bath in mud soup to find out.

Facing the more piercingly cold wind during the snowmelt, a group of densely packed snow werewolves appeared in the upper reaches of the River of the Northwest.Standing on the side of a naturally formed short mountain range that stretches for dozens of miles and has an altitude of no more than 200 meters, looking down, a large natural river with an ice surface like a mirror that has been washed out by thousands of years of river water appears in front of you. .

"It's so big and wide!" Ah Yue, the leader of the engineering team, exclaimed. What is the concept of a river more than [-] meters wide?Compared with the upper reaches of the river of the earth, the small river that flows before the tribe and the artificial canal built by the family are just like small ditches.

"It's okay, the Brai River we saw in the middle is almost as wide." The soldier Ah Tian ran a lot outside, and he didn't make such a fuss like Ah Yue. Well, you can’t even see the other side.”

A Jiang, a surveying and mapping technician of the engineering team and a golden cat cub, said: "That's different. The river bed in the central part of the earth is relatively deep, and it's safe to live near the river. Here..." The age and The golden cat cub, which was about the size of its wool, pointed to the short mountain range under their feet, "This mountain range is the security line for the northwest and southwest regions."

"As you can see from the measurement just now, the terrain behind us is lower than the river in front of us."

Ah Tian stopped talking, and Ah Yue's expression was also a little dignified.

After Lan Guo went to take charge of the sugar beet planting area, the engineering team also handed over to Ah Yue.Ah Yue has a dull and old-fashioned personality, and always has a skeptical and critical attitude towards anything new. Such a personality is more suitable to be the leader of the engineering team. Any whimsical "good idea" cannot convince If he can't start the implementation, he can avoid many intangible risks.

People who are too adventurous in construction and engineering are not suitable for decision-making positions. The more secure the better in this regard...

A group of people walked east along the low mountain ridges, observed and measured the river banks and river beds in this place, and judged the changes in water level from the vegetation density and moss height on the river banks.

After running for a whole day, Ah Yue and others returned to the campsite of the large army, and studied the contour topographic map drawn by themselves until midnight, and finally Ah Yue made a final decision: "I will reject any ideas that are too rash, and we will be safe." Dig a big canal by yourself and get it out safely. Drain the water from the mouth of the canyon at the end of the mountain range, dig it to the northeast of the tribe, bypass it, and lead to a place near the middle to divert it into the sea. The land on both sides of the strait irrigated can be reclaimed in the future, and it is suitable for housing the cat clan."

Some people in the tent nodded, some shook their heads... The main reason is that the amount of work involved is too large. Even with three thousand snow werewolves and relatively complete logistical support, it may take two years to get in and it may not be able to get it done.

"Manpower is a bit tight, but it's better than taking risks." Ah Yue definitely didn't agree with a strategy that was not safe enough, and immediately said, "At worst, we will borrow people from the Qiuling New District, and the cats who are not willing to farm will also be brought here. Help. Digging mud, picking sand and gravel, transporting cement, anyway, you don’t need to use your brain, anyone who comes can do it.”

Those who opposed this stupid method had no choice but to turn their attention to A Jiang, the golden cat.

A Jiang is a member of Chief Arthur's tribe. Unlike the golden cat brothers in the tribe who raise pigs and become fat, this golden cat cub is a young genius with strong self-management ability; The nature of the cat tribe is occasionally a little skinny, such as when Evelyn came to show off... But it is still quite reliable in business.

Others were thinking about the shortage of manpower, the project was too big and the construction period was too long, but A Jiang's eyes lit up after hearing A Yue's words.

That's right, Ah Yue is a diehard who doesn't know how to adapt, but Ah Yue does take a long-term view than others, and has already considered the issue of cat clan resettlement-Yu and Xiaohua have already led a large army of soldiers to the original Tiger Clan royal court to collect cats I went to see the development process of the two cat farms. I know with my knees that these recovered cats may not be willing to farm honestly; For a good training ground.

After the domestication and training are completed, it can be directly placed on both sides of the Grand Canal to farm on the spot, isn't it very stable?

"In this case, we need to measure the entire route as soon as possible." A Jiang said with piercing eyes, "Well, I suggest that we start the construction from the lower part of the canyon, follow the trend of the mountains along the way to the southeast, and use the natural terrain as much as possible , can save at least [-] to [-]% of the force..."

Although the terrain in the southwestern region is concave, it is relatively flat on the whole, without the jaw-dropping engineering difficulty in the karst landform environment; with A Jiang's statement, basically no one can object to A Yue's proposal.

Just when the engineering team was discussing how to carry out the project, the soldiers of Yu and Xiaohua had already reached the junction of the southwest region and the central region.

When you come to this place, you will naturally visit the tauren and give some gifts...

The tauren who lived a peaceful life of self-sufficiency did not change much after the Lamia caravan did not come to the grassland - Lamia never came again after the Tiger Clan was given to the Beast Emperor to fill the hole in the underground world ——Still working at sunrise and resting at sunset, whenever the soldiers of the Snow Wolf tribe come over, they will exchange their local products with the warriors of the Snow Wolf tribe for some daily necessities such as sauces, bottles and jars.

Not to mention the kindness of dripping water and the spring of repayment, the Ministry of Fire and Fire was taken care of by tauren during its founding. If you suddenly become rich and leave the people who helped you behind, we can't do this.

So, even if all the cats that can be collected in the southwestern region are taken away, the soldiers will still send things to the tauren tribes and share some production and construction knowledge when they do training.

The ground is still covered with snow, and the spring is still holding the pipa half-hidden, dragging its feet, and the whole Huoyan tribe is already busy, while the tauren tribe is still enjoying the spring before the start of spring plowing. Leisure time; when the soldiers entered the Tauren village, all the Tauren families who had already lived in red brick houses were smoking from the chimneys, some were slowly preparing lunch, and some were slowly sweeping snow with brooms , while others squatted by the river and smashed the ice to fish.

"Maomao, Xiaohua!"

The red-eyed Bull Demon King... Uh... the old friend of the Snow Werewolf, Elder Saladin, was squatting by the small river to catch shrimps with twine tied to earthworms. He lowered the twine and enthusiastically opened his arms to greet him.

"Elder Saladin!" Yu quickened his pace and hugged Saladin vigorously.

Saladin let go of Yu, and hugged Xiao Hua again.

The heads of the calves who squatted together with Saladin to catch shrimp ran directly into the team of the snow wolves, looking brightly at the huge panniers carried by the warriors who turned into wolves...

Saladin was a little embarrassed, and took off the head of the calf that was trying to climb onto someone's back to lift the lid of the basket, and led the soldiers into the tribe.

"The Snow Werewolf is coming~~!!" The little bullheads didn't mind, they ran to the front and yelled happily.

Soon, big and small bullheads from every household greeted them from their homes...

Yu and Xiaohua moved more than a dozen baskets of goods into the yard of the patriarch Scalper Hall's house, and showed the gift (exchange item) brought this time to Patriarch Hall and Elder Saladin.

Needless to say, barbecue sauce, bean paste, tomato sauce, etc., every time I come, I have to bring a batch. The refined salt, vinegar and monosodium glutamate produced by the Huoyan Department are indispensable, and there are two thousand catties of vermicelli in bundles.

In addition to these, there are two baskets of tableware - kaolin-fired ceramic bowls, cups and plates, alloy steel forks and spoons, and glass water glasses covered with plastic rubber rings (carrying shatters).

These things are not specially prepared for the tauren, but leftovers from exchanging suncloth and magic mineral powder with the forest elves and snow elves... Forest elves and snow elves are still particular about eating, so exchange these unique commodities with them If it is guaranteed, if it is a dark elf, the Ministry of Fire and Flame would rather not do business.

Uh... It’s not about those gangsters, but those gangsters are really bad. Even if the tribe is now doing military rations (vermicelli, sauces, compressed biscuits) business directly with them, they only deliver the goods after receiving the full payment. .

Dare to give the goods first and then ask for money like the forest elves and snow elves, needless to say, those black skins who renege on their debts can do it after eating and wiping it out—Xiao Yun and Tang Angelo's black hearted black skin How many times has the girl had sex!

Patriarch Hall and Elder Saladin liked these art-like tableware very much, and put them away carefully.They will only keep a part for their own use, and the rest will be sent to other tauren tribes.

Although the Tauren did not live in large groups, they were quite united.Elder Saladin was betrayed by the cat clan and trapped in the royal court of the tiger clan. Patriarch Hall went to other Tauren tribes to borrow soldiers. When he came to the door, others followed Patriarch Hall with their own dry food.

After receiving the gifts from the Snowwolves, the Tauren didn't take advantage of the Snowwolves, and swiftly packed the finely ground wheat flour and the polished rice without the bran into bags, and put them back into the empty panniers.

As far as the exquisite products of the Fire Department are concerned, it is the worst family to barter with the tauren... But business also depends on the place, and there is no need to care too much about the true virgin like the tauren.

After exchanging things, the soldiers stayed in the Hor tribe for dinner, and chatted with these bullheads for a while to deepen their relationship-mainly to inquire about information, don't care about the tauren who only live comfortably, and don't care about the people on the grassland. No one is more aware of the changing situation than they are.

Why, because there will always be cats who come to the door by themselves (beat the autumn wind) and send the news...

From Saladin's wife Qin Kou, Yu and Xiaohua knew a series of changes that took place on the grassland this winter:

The more than a hundred tigers left behind by the royal court of the tiger clan can only ensure that the royal court and the mining area will not be invaded by wild beasts and wandering monsters. They are no longer able to manage the grassland and control the slaves in the grassland; Leave the duergar in the mines behind.

The vacant pastures have not yet been taken over by the cat tribe, but if the strength of the tiger royal court cannot be restored, those pastures will change owners during the spring and summer.

When Yu and Xiaohua heard this, they exchanged glances silently, thinking that there was no one in the Tiger Clan, but they didn't expect that there were still people left to look after the house.

But this is not a problem... There are still more than 400 snow wolf warriors against the tiger warriors who only have a hundred heads and are divided into two groups to guard the royal court and the mining area. If you can't beat it, then the sweat of all these years will be in vain.

The tauren don't care about the life and death of the tiger clan, but they are a little worried about the grasslands that the tiger clan has seized. They are very worried that the cat clan tribes that have not been looted by the tiger clan and are still strong will clash over these grasslands.

Yu smiled, looked at the worried-looking tauren, and said, "Patriarch Hall, Elder Saladin, Qin, maybe we can resolve this matter, or reduce the possibility of disputes to a relatively low level."

Under the surprised eyes of the tauren, Yu invited patriarch Arthur and Xia who had set off with the team.

The snow leopards Arthur and Leopard Xia who were mixed in the team of snow wolf warriors did not attract the attention of the tauren at first. They had known for a long time that the snow werewolves of the Huoyan tribe had pulled 21 cat tribes in the southwest region together to start farming and open up wasteland. ...

Well, even if the Snow Werewolves didn't mention it, the Tauren themselves would be aware of it—the more than 20 cat clan tribes will no longer come to fight the autumn wind, so they can't figure it out?

If it weren't for the lack of so many autumn wind blowers, the tauren wouldn't have so much food left, and they still have the mood to grind fine noodles...

Chief Arthur and Xia cooperated to explain the Cat Clan Farm plan to Chief Hall, Elder Saladin, and Qin. The eyeballs of the three tauren almost came out of the frame.

"Can this work?" Qin looked worried after being shocked, "Cat clan, I'm not talking about you, the cat clan has a bad temper, not to mention whether it will be easier for them to argue when they get together, what are you going to do? How about persuading them to give up their original lives and move to the south?"

Chief Arthur said with a smile: "It is of course impossible to convince all the cat tribes, but we can try it one by one. If they are willing to go with us, we will take them away. By next year, if they feel that they will live with us It’s better than before, then we’ll take them out again and find other cat tribes to show their experiences.”

Xia nodded and added: "We've thought it over, we can't rush this matter, take five years to take it slowly. It is true that it is difficult for us cat clan to be persuaded by others, but if we can see with our own eyes that other people's lives are getting better and better, then they I will think about it myself."

Qin couldn't help but look at the two chiefs of the cat clan again... They both lived in the southwest area, and the chiefs of Xia and Arthur both came to the tauren to fight the autumn wind; compared with before, the two big cats It does seem to have changed a lot now—they are all wearing neat and straight suncloth clothes, layered sweaters, and sheepskin jackets, with plump cheeks and ruddy complexions. Both their mental outlook and their overall temperament are much different from before. Are not the same.

Yu Jianqin, Patriarch Hall, and Elder Saladin were moved, and continued: "I used to be a warrior of the Grassroots tribe. After merging with the Huoyan tribe, we found that planting is indeed much more stable than grazing. It's hard work, but once you get used to it, people who are used to farming will not want to go back to herd."

In less productive environments, grazing is as dependent on the weather as cropping.

But compared with the former, the advantage of the latter is that it does not rely solely on heaven, but manpower can also be used as a supplement.

Xiaohua also said: "Yes, I am a warrior of the Li tribe. In the past, we needed at least three large pastures to graze and feed all the tribesmen in rotation, but now, one tenth of the land in a pasture is used for farming, producing All the people in the clan can’t finish the food produced. Planting requires much less land than grazing. The same piece of land, planting can feed dozens or hundreds of times more people than grazing.”

It's not necessary for Xiaohua to say that the tauren themselves know everything about it. Why have the tauren never had any disputes with the races on the grassland?Because the land planted by one of their tribes is less than half the size of other people's pastures, the food they grow can not only feed themselves, but also help other tribes...

Patriarch Hall and Elder Saladin looked at each other for a while and made eye contact, and they both looked at Yu and Xiaohua.

Tauren's brain wave communication method... Some people can receive the signal, and some people can't; but even if they can receive it, it is still difficult to receive too complicated information...

Yu and Xiaohua met the eyes of the two of them, showing a confused look. This means that the amount of brain wave information they released was too large to be interpreted.

Fortunately, the two tauren also knew the shortcoming of brainwave communication, so they called Qin over: "The Patriarch Hall said that the southwest area has been very stable in the past few years, which proves that the Snow Wolf Clan's approach is feasible. In this case, We tauren can't just sit back and let you snow werewolves work hard on your own, if you don't mind, we are willing to send soldiers to help you convince the cat clan in the middle."

Yu and Xiaohua smiled and nodded hastily: "That's naturally good. There is nothing more trustworthy than the tauren on the grassland."

Patriarch Hall & Elder Saladin showed ferocious and heart-warming smiles (uh...), and they actively called people...

Originally, the tauren were quite disgusted with large groups of people living together. The reason was that the tiger clan made a bad start—this group of tiger heads ignored the shortcomings of grazing and piled up nearly [-] people, which exceeded the environmental carrying capacity of the grazing mode. ; In order to solve the problem of the shortage of living resources, they simply took the method of plundering slaves and exploiting labor force bloodily to obtain living materials.

The Huoyan tribe is not as eager for success as the Tiger tribe when it comes to large-scale settlements. They expand their settlements step by step after reclaiming enough land and producing enough food. The whole process is smooth and transitional, and there is no shortage of resources Disputes and disputes will naturally win the recognition and favor of the tauren. (Crying out suffering and being tired is nothing to the tauren, don't mention how much you can suffer)

Hmm... Another most important reason is that the Fire Department has not forgotten the tauren since it started on its own. They come here at least three times a year to deliver supplies, and they also share technologies such as kiln burning bricks, soil cement, wool spinning and weaving. The tauren can't do things like scolding a mother for a bowl...

In short, with the support of the tauren, they are willing to borrow people and save face for you. This is undoubtedly a very good start!