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Chapter 382 Chapter 381, 20 tons of explosives!

The earth does not grow nameless grass, and God will not let the blind sparrow starve to death; there is no tree that covers the sky, only that which exists can conquer another.

Bees are known for their sweet mouths and sharp tongues, and their fear of smoke is another characteristic of bees. As the smoke drifted around Li Yuexuan, the bees that were buzzing around him immediately became quiet, and some of them fell to the ground because they couldn't stand it.

Li Yuexuan naturally didn't want this hive of bees to be smoked, so at his signal, the brazier was moved farther away. He then squatted down and continued working on the hive.

I don't know how long this hive of bees has been here. The honeycomb that was dug out is really big. Li Yuexuan actually didn't know how to do it correctly, so he could only follow the instructions in the book and take out the top layer of the honeycomb and put it directly into a clean wooden barrel.

It's no wonder that the smallest honeycomb on the top should be the newest one, and the honey inside should also be the latest one. Why? Because as Li Yuexuan picked up the two palm-sized honeycombs, honey with a strong acacia fragrance dripped down. Fortunately, Li Yuexuan's hands were fast, and before the honey fell, it was already in the wooden barrel.

One layer, two layers, the weight got bigger as they went down. The first layer weighed four or five kilograms, and later it weighed seven or eight kilograms. Li Yuexuan collected a total of 11 layers of honeycombs in the wooden barrel.

At this time, he saw the queen bee, which was several times larger than the other bees, and knew that it was time to stop. That's right, because the preparations were not adequate, he needed to leave a few honeycombs and the queen bee in this hive, so that this hive could continue to grow, collect honey, and be harvested... Well, this is called sustainable development.

Li Yuexuan put the dug stones back in place, tried his best to avoid damaging the remaining honeycombs, and even covered the weeds that had been cleared away. Only then did he complete the honey harvesting process for this hive of bees.

Of course, this was only the first nest, because there were wild flowers blooming all over the mountain, so it was impossible for there to be only one nest of bees on the mountain. Because there were also acacia trees on the East Mountain, but not as many as in the village. So, Li Yuexuan decided to lead everyone to continue searching on the East Mountain.

According to the book, you can use honey water to attract bees, and then follow the path the bees take home to find the hive. But before, Li Yuexuan didn't have honey, so he could only follow the path the bees took home after collecting acacia honey.

Now, he had honey in his hand, but he still followed the bee trail that collected acacia honey. Why? It seemed that the previous contact had given his auxiliary panel a new ability, allowing him to find the bees returning home from the chaotic swarm of bees, and even follow the panel's instructions. What instructions? Just a small arrow.

"Could it be that I have become one with the phone? Or is there a system or something like that, but it doesn't have all the functions?" Putting aside meaningless thoughts, Li Yuexuan led a group of people to continue chasing the wings of the bees, and found another beehive at the foot of the southern slope of Dongshan Mountain.

"Wow, this beehive is even bigger! I even suspect that the previous nest was separated from this one!" After digging open a new nest of bees, Li Yuexuan couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Captain, how about letting us do it?" Xiong Wen said.

"No, just cooperate with me and watch me operate carefully. Let me have fun today, and after tomorrow, you will find the hives and harvest the honey by yourselves. I estimate that the nest just now, including the honeycombs, must be more than 50 kilograms. Beeswax is very light, so 50 kilograms of honey should be produced. Wow, it's only been more than a month since the beginning of spring, right? We will finally have honey to eat in the future!" After sighing, Li Yuexuan continued to collect the honeycombs, still leaving the queen bee, and left three more honeycombs, so that the queen bee and others can continue to collect honey and continue to harvest in the future...

Even though we only collected two nests of honey, even on the top of a hill, several hours had passed and it was almost noon.

"Let's go back and let the captain and his men take a good look at it, then mobilize our comrades to spread this method! In this age when everything is scarce, honey is a rare treasure!"

It was slow coming, but fast going back. When the group returned to the training ground with all their gear, it was already time for lunch.

"Comrade Peregrine, where did you go this morning? I just heard you say you went to look for something good. What good thing? Was it pheasant eggs?" Zhao Danian came up to him and asked at the entrance of the village.

"Hehe, good stuff, absolutely good stuff! Come on, open your mouth..." After Li Yuexuan finished speaking, he lifted a corner of the wooden barrel covered with canvas, reached out and pinched out a small piece of honeycomb, and placed it directly in front of Zhao Danian.

"This is..." As Zhao Danian spoke, Li Yuexuan took advantage of the opportunity to stuff the honeycomb into Zhao Danian's mouth, and then pinched a piece and stuffed it into her own mouth.

"This is... honey... so sweet..." Zhao Danian said vaguely, with a satisfied expression on his face. There is no other way. In this era, let alone honey, white sugar is a good thing. The price is 5 yuan per ounce. Can you afford it?
"Haha, it's honey! My comrades and I spent a whole morning finding three buckets of honey, which must have weighed more than 100 kilograms. It's just a pity for those two nests of wild bees. After working so hard for so long, most of the fruits of their labor were taken away by me! Haha, I feel like the bees see me as a bandit!"

"Bandits are bandits, but this is a good thing! Well, since you can harvest honey, then..." Before Zhao Danian finished speaking, Li Yuexuan said, "I will take them out again in the afternoon and teach them how to harvest honey. Then the surrounding mountains will be our honey-collecting fields!"

"Haha, okay, you decide! By the way, while you were harvesting honey, comrades from the 769th Regiment came over and brought 500 boxes of 40-kilogram explosives, 100 pieces of cotton cloth, 3000 kilograms of rice, 8000 kilograms of dried sweet potatoes, 13 tons of rails... They also took away 8000 militia grenades, 2000 military grenades, 150 Type 50 cavalry rifles, 1 semi-automatic rifles, 20 reloaded bullets, 200 grenade launchers, and grenades. Let me tell you about this so that you can have an idea of ​​what's going on." Zhao Danian said.

"I was wondering why the village was so lively today. It turns out they are here to do business with us... Haha, we don't lose money, and the 769th Regiment doesn't lose money either. We all make money." Li Yuexuan said.

"Well, let's put aside other things. There are 20 tons of explosives, all of which are high explosives for blasting rocks in mountains. They can be used as explosives for our grenades and grenade launchers." Zhao Danian said.

"20 tons! Sooner or later, we'll be attacked by the Japanese!" Li Yuexuan said gritting his teeth.

(End of this chapter)