Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 241 Bull Taming Tribe
The two transport ships were naturally sent by the Lord Mie Ding, and the leader was the old acquaintance, the land official Ringo.

The mechanical octopus introduced to Zhou Yi: "Mr. Zhou, the cattle-taming tribe has been delivered. Please inspect it."

It sounds like a description of a product.

However, in the eyes of Miedinggong, population is indeed just a resource number.

Zhou Yi looked behind Ringo.

The skeletons of the cattle-taming tribe have uniform tribal costumes. They wear coconut shell hats with two horn-shaped pieces of wood nailed into the two ends of the hats, turning them into ox-horn helmets.

They were wearing loose skirts also made of coconut husk fiber, carrying large and small bags on their backs, and stood in silence.

Ringo raised his tentacle and pointed it at the skeleton in the lead.

"This is the tribe's chief, Niu Zhen."

Unlike other tribesmen, Niu Zhen's helmet is made of copper, and he also carries a large tool box with wheels.

"The Bull Chief."

Zhou Yi extended his hand to it: "Welcome to join the Wasteland Development Company."

The Skeleton Clan leader hurriedly wiped her hands on her skirt, then carefully shook Zhou Yi's hands with both hands, with her head lowered.

"The bull-taming tribe is honored and very proud."

"Then Mr. Zhou, I will take my leave and go back to report."

Ringo said and left.

The two transport ships slowly turned around and set sail away.

Zhou Yi's attention was on the mechanical monster led by the skeleton man.

They have two curved horns and are simply wrapped in layers of coconut fiber.

机械牛普遍体长在2米—2.5米之间，肩高1米4—1米8，有大有小，实物和之前展示图差别很大。

The real horned cow is made up of pieces of scrap copper and iron, just like a large-scale figurine made of waste materials, with each piece having its own flaws.

They were not tied with ropes, but had coconut shell mats on their backs and some bags and packages hung on their bodies.

Zhou Yi discovered that all the cows with hanging horns were motionless at this moment.

"What's going on? Are all the phones turned off?"

The tribe leader Niu Zhen walked up to a hanging-horn cow and said, "Yes, Mr. Chairman, we have temporarily closed them and let the hanging-horn cows rest first."

"You see, their horns are the switches."

It pointed to the horns and gestured: "Now the horns are pointing down to the ground, which is dormant mode. They won't move. If you point the horns up to the sky, they will move."

As he spoke, Niu Zhen twisted the left horn of the mechanical bull upwards.

The mechanical creature shook, and then a clicking sound came from its body, as if the gears were constantly meshing with each other, or as if some parts had loosened and fallen off the frame, making a noise.

Its square head twisted left to right, then it walked slowly on all fours.

Niu Zhen took out a piece of iron sheet and fed it to it.

The horned cow swallowed it in one gulp.

Just like a successful coin toss, it nodded towards Niu Zhen.

"Mr. Chairman, if you want it to help, you can feed it iron or copper and it will sit on it, or you can let it help carry things."

"If it's not fed, it won't move. Metal is an important food for hanging horn cattle."

"Another thing is that if it's a stranger, even if you feed them, they may get hit and injured. Taming them is a technical job."

Niu Zhen skillfully climbed onto the cow's back and sat on the coconut shell mat.

It rode the cow and began to walk back and forth in circles along the coast.

After circling twice, Niu Zhen got off his back and pointed his left horn downward again.

So the mechanical bull stayed where it was.

The Skeleton Chieftain continued, "Mr. Chairman, it has two horns. Usually we keep one of them facing downwards to prevent it from getting too excited. This is equivalent to keeping it stable."

"Although the two corners have a high speed, it is easy to make it out of control. If you are not an expert, you generally don't do this."

"Don't be fooled by their appearance. They look honest. Riders still need to get used to them one-on-one. Otherwise, they won't carry things and won't recognize it."

"When a horned cattle runs, the speed is 15 kilometers per hour with one horn open, and 30 kilometers per hour with both horns fully open. They can carry 400 kilograms of weight, but the heavier the load, the slower they walk."

Zhou Yi mounted the ox with horns and experienced it himself.

His first impression was that it was indeed slow, perhaps not as good as riding a bicycle himself.

The second feeling is that it is smoother than expected.

The third feeling is that although this kind of electromechanical life is a semi-civilized body, its emotions are very stable and it does not run around. You feed it food, and it will take you where you want to go. It can indeed be used as a vehicle for a long time.

After getting off the cow's back, Zhou Yi and Niu Zhen started to have an in-depth discussion.

"You said you want to breed them on a large scale? This may take a long time."

"They can absorb the dead light during the day by themselves, but they need a lot of metals, eating equal proportions of iron and copper, about 7:3."

Niu Zhen explained: "Under normal circumstances, an adult horned cow can give birth to a calf in a year, but if the dead light is insufficient, the calf will die. If light seeds and energy packs are used, the gestation period can be shortened to half a year or even three months." "Also, the calf is actually not much different from the adult, as long as there are sufficient materials and energy, it can also give birth."

Zhou Yi looked at the cows with different horns, each of which looked different.

"Each of them can replicate itself?"

"Yes, Mr. Chairman."

Niu Zhen touched the copper skin on the body of the horned ox: "But the young body needs a lot of metal as its main structure."

"To give birth to a young mushroom, you need to feed it at least 280 kilograms of iron and 120 kilograms of copper, which translates to about 28 mushrooms."

"Cattle also need to be fed with iron and copper continuously, because every time they go out, even if they are very familiar with the place, they have to be fed at least 1 iron so that they are willing to move once. They are not smart, they just like to eat and sleep, but if you turn on their horns, they will become very active and will be much more aggressive."

Zhou Yi calculated the cost.

The lowest-paid workers in the company, thanks to their hard work, now have an average monthly salary of more than 13000 yuan, and an annual salary of about 15.6 yuan.

If you save a little, you can buy this vehicle in two years.

According to what Zhou Yi knew, even the cheapest second-hand enhanced vehicle made by the craftsman Guangyin required 5 light species, which was 500 million mushrooms.

This does not even take into account the more expensive process of maintaining the car.

The price advantage of hanging horn cattle is obvious.

What Zhou Yi was more concerned about was: "Can ordinary people use them for a long time?"

"Yes, Chairman."

Niu Zhen nodded and assured: "That's right... they need training. They need to be taught how to adjust the horns, how to judge the physical condition of the cows with horns, and to perform simple repairs and maintenance on the cows. The more basic things and riding can be learned in about a month."

Zhou Yi was curious: "Will the horn-hanging cow replicate itself spontaneously?"

"Under natural conditions, they will not replicate themselves, and they will not give birth to pups just because they eat more. They need to go through a certain amount of training and domestication before this instinct can be activated."

The Skeleton Chief said: "Keep their horns active, control them so they don't get too excited, and give them some pats and internal competition. Then they will give birth in the summer when the sun is the brightest and the energy of the dead rays is the most abundant."

"Their birthing process is... they give birth to the calf directly?"

Zhou Yi was very interested in this.

"not like this."

Niu Zhen waved his hands and patted the iron beast next to him: "Their reproduction is actually very simple. They just use metal from their bodies to transform their limbs and then excrete them."

"Then comes the body. However, the body is usually flattened or wrinkled. After it comes out, we need to further assemble its body and limbs, and the last thing that comes out is the head."

"Our tribe is good at this. We have been domesticating cattle since we first encountered them."

Zhou Yi suddenly realized.

It was originally produced in batches, and then needed to be assembled and debugged.

"Is the first cow still there?"

"It's gone. It was taken away by Lord Mieding a long time ago, saying that he was conducting research. I heard that it was damaged."

Niu Zhen said: "Later, our cows were used as military charging weapons, carrying explosives and self-destructing..."

After it told him the story, Zhou Yi realized that Mieding Gong had indeed thought about mass-producing the hanging-horn cattle before.

But it was eventually abandoned because of the reasons such as the slow movement of horned cattle, not being as easy to breed as ordinary livestock, requiring learning of unique driving methods, and the long breeding cycle.

For the Twin Rivers region, where Rail Riders operate rail vehicles, Hanging Horn Cattle are also uncompetitive in the civilian field.

That's why it had to use this useless thing to pay off the compensation this time.

However, Zhou Yi felt that this kind of electromechanical life had great potential.

As long as the initial investment is sufficient, the number of hanging-horn cattle can quadruple in a year and increase quickly.

Zhou Yi thinks it is normal that one can ride a cow by feeding it copper and iron and learning to drive this kind of electromechanical vehicle. In his time, one had to go to a driving school to learn how to drive.

However, due to insufficient quantity, it cannot be directly supplied to the outside world at present.

Zhou Yi thought for a moment and said, "Niu Zhen, what do you think? If people from your tribe ride cows in the Emerald City area and act as taxis operated by the company, with a starting price of 2 irons, can we do it?"

"taxi?"

The Skeleton Chief was stunned: "You mean, let them carry people and heavy objects?"

"Yes. With you in charge, safety is guaranteed. At the same time, you can put these oxen to work and generate income for you. As the number of oxen increases, you can expand the scale and develop to other cities."

“I can do it!”

Niu Zhen understood immediately: "If we can control the horn-mounted bull, we can use double horns and increase the speed to 30 kilometers per hour! We can also make some money."

Get it done.

Zhou Yi felt relieved. "I'll let Gong Zheng discuss the operation model of this taxi with you in detail. You should pack up and settle down in the mushroom house area first. Your tribe will continue to raise cattle, and this will not change."

"Thank you, Chairman, for showing us the way as soon as you arrived!"

Niu Zhen led the skeletons of the tribe, riding on cows, and walked towards the new home under the guidance of Gong Zheng.

(End of this chapter)