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Chapter 238 The Windbreak's Debut (Part 1)

The stubborn male camel is still fighting alone.

But it didn't know.

After King Atu captured seven more wild camels, he used some methods on them on the way.

As a result, the seven wild camels did not launch a biological weapon attack when they saw Gan Minglan, a stranger.

"Your Majesty, why is this wild camel just like the ones raised by merchants from the Western Regions? It doesn't kick its hooves or spit. You didn't steal it from those barbarian pens, did you? I heard they can find their way back from hundreds of miles away!"

"squeak"

If the wild camel could understand the conversation between its master and pet, it would be furious.

This two-legged creature is no good; it actually wants to see them spit.
That's just sending them to their deaths!
The last male camel that spat at that fat rat has already died a tragic death in the desert.

It was a horrible death, the kind that would terrify a camel to death!
Before the lead camel could even feel sorry for his newly grown son, he was taken by the two-legged creature to a blessed land.

Mmm, one bite of this herbal remedy can make you forget all your troubles.

What if he encounters the wives or concubines of other male camels?
Only one male camel can rule a territory, so it also helped to expand its female camel herd.

The stubborn male camel in the cesspool was stolen!

Gan Minglan: It's hard to say!

While King Atu was plundering the desert to hunt for his master, the sentries of the Right Guard Camp also brought back wild baby rabbits one after another.

There were originally more than three hundred.

The number increased day by day.

These black, gray, and brown wild baby rabbits are different from domesticated baby rabbits.

Wild baby rabbits are born with lanugo, can open their eyes quickly, and have hearing. They can move freely on the ground all day long, and their vitality is quite strong.

Even a rabbit that's only ten days or eight days old isn't easy to catch.

Later, the sentries simply started targeting baby rabbits that were no more than three days old.

These days, the military camp has built all the stone slab pens for raising rabbits in Majiabao, which was slaughtered by the Tatars.

The reason for choosing this village is that it is close to the eastern foot of Junma Mountain, making it convenient for rabbit farmers to go up the mountain to cut grass for their rabbits.

Another crucial reason was that an elderly hunter in his fifties in the refugee camp volunteered to raise baby rabbits.

His twin grandsons are not yet three years old, and he is worried about leaving the children at home while he goes to plant trees. He is concerned about how to support the two children in the future.

They saw the border soldiers using stone slabs to build livestock pens, and upon inquiring, they discovered they could do the work themselves!
His family used to live in the mountains.

People in the mountains can't afford many toys for their children, so they like to keep any rare live prey they catch for their children to play with.

He has raised wild rabbits, various birds, and even squirrels.

So the hunter joined the army at the age of fifty-two, starting as a centurion, specifically in charge of all matters related to managing the rabbit breeding enclosures.

A centurion is a leader.

From now on, their food, clothing, and lodging will be provided by the camp, and their twin grandchildren will be able to take over the old hunter's job.

The old hunter has reached the peak of his career.
Upon receiving this good news, General Zhao, despite still worrying about the food shortage, felt a sense of relief. He privately remarked to his bearded personal guard:

"What do you call that? That's what you call talent! So what if he's a 52-year-old hunter? Not only is he an excellent archer, but he also managed to protect two young children for over a year while on the run! If he really lets me raise all the baby rabbits, his future will be no worse than any of yours!"

"Your Excellency has such good judgment! At first, which of the generals didn't think that the 200,000 refugees were a burden? But in the end, not only did they provide us with military households, but they also solved the long-standing problem of so many old bachelors."

Even children over five years old and elderly people can help plant trees.

Now that we have this capable person who knows how to raise rabbits, our border town will have another specialty besides sheep! This is all thanks to you! The bearded man knew exactly what his master wanted to know, and he hit the mark every time.

Hearing the guards mention planting trees, Zhao Muyun remembered this and quickly asked:
"Did those saxaul trees that Captain Gan had planted really work on Lao Huangfeng? If they did, we could have Yulinwei try them too! If Lao Huangfeng hadn't piled sand outside the city walls last time, how could Yulinwei have suffered such a massacre?"

The bearded man was in a dilemma: "Well, I don't know either! How about next time when the old yellow wind blows, we go to the lookout tower at Chimu Pass to take a look?"

"Okay."

The two did not expect that this opportunity to witness a miracle would come so quickly.

The next morning.

The refugees had planted less than a hundred trees when they felt as if the sun was being obscured by dark clouds.

Suddenly someone shouted, "Look, what's that?"

Those who heard this couldn't help but look up at the sky in the northwest.

A dark, gloomy cloud seemed to be pressing down from that direction.

The sky was half gray-yellow and half azure blue.

The gray and yellow kept squeezing into the azure blue, while the azure blue retreated step by step.

Only the sun, hanging in the sky, was still struggling.

One moment it's pushed away by the sandstorm, the next it squeezes in again, swirling in the gray-yellow sky with a bright light that flickers in and out.

This miraculous sight left the refugees, who had never seen Old Huangfeng in person, completely stunned.

A loud roar came from Chief Steward Gan Mingshou:
"Quickly hide in the woods, quickly hide in the woods we planted a few days ago! Everyone hold onto the trees and don't run around."

Running is too late.

Everyone rushed hurriedly into the tamarisk forest.

"Tree, hold onto the trunk and don't move! Turn your back and cover your eyes and nose with your hat!"

"Don't panic, don't panic! Captain Gan spent so much money planting these windbreak trees. If they don't work, would she throw money away in the sand?"

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On the city wall at Chimukou, the border soldiers witnessed Lao Huangfeng's fierce approach.

They were so shocked that they couldn't utter a word for a long time.

Spring is almost over.

Logically, yellow winds rarely blow in the summer.

But the weather this year is just so strange!
Not only were the sandstorms frequent, but there were also two terrifying sandstorms.

Unfortunately, human beings are powerless in the face of such natural disasters.

"Hey, come quick!"

"Hiss! Those saxaul trees, them."

After the sandstorm passed, a miraculous scene unfolded.

Those saxaul trees, planted less than a month ago, not only survived the wind but also weakened the intensity of the old yellow wind.

These weakened sandstorms, after being blocked by Junma Mountain, can hardly cause any damage to the skies above the border town!

The protective forest formed by tens of millions of Haloxylon ammodendron trees is beginning to show results.

This may be the first time in the entire Northwest that we have witnessed the benefits brought by afforestation!
(End of this chapter)