Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 557 Raising food for the winter 1
Snowflakes are gradually falling in the depths of the grassland. Although it has not yet snowed heavily, it seems that the situation is not far away.When the road is blocked by heavy snow and the disaster is severe, many people will starve to death on the grassland. At that time, the hungry prairie wolf will probably find a way to attack the herdsmen or the sheep of nomadic tribes. In short, this The cold winter when the heavy snow came early was not a good thing for the grassland tribes.

"Leader, our current cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock are not enough for us to survive the winter." Aaron looked at Gongsun Xu with a sad face and said, "What can we do, leader, there are so many women and children in the tribe, even if they eat No less than us.

It's okay now, we can still go hunting, and we can bring something back every day, but if it takes a long time, and the heavy snow falls, then we will only have to go hungry.Moreover, the leader is still accepting the herdsmen who came to seek refuge.

Whether they brought half a sheep or not, they all have to open their mouths to eat. If this continues, the whole tribe will be eaten up, and everyone will be hungry by then, and I don’t know if they can survive until next year. "

After hearing Aaron's complaints, the rest of them nodded sympathetically. It seemed that they were particularly afraid of winter in the grassland. If they didn't have enough food to survive the winter, they weren't sure if they could survive.

"Why, do you just have no confidence in me?" Gongsun Xu smiled and said, "Don't look so sad at me, don't you know what to do if you don't have food? Am I already thinking of a way?
Ahu, these days you took the big cows and ponies to check the grasslands and forests. Have you found any good news, such as a large number of yellow sheep or bison, or have you found an excellent camp? Place? "

"Yes, there are." Ah Hu nodded and said, "Boss, you said you wanted to find a valley, and we did find several valleys with rivers passing through them. Perhaps these valleys are the ones that the leader likes.

A large number of gazelles have also been found, but we did not find them. We only found traces left by a large number of gazelles, but this is useless. We speculate from the traces that this group of gazelles may be no less than five thousand heads.

Think about it, leader, there are only thirty or so men in our tribe who can ride horses and shoot arrows, and even if you add those more aggressive women, there are less than fifty men in total.Do you want 50 of us to catch thousands of gazelles?I'm afraid that we will all be trampled to death by yellow sheep.

Besides, we can find the gazelle, didn't they find the antelope tribe?There are five hundred people who control the strings on their side, and they dare not do anything. At most, they are going to catch those gazelles who are alone, let alone us. "

Originally, when they heard that there were so many gazelles, the others were excited, but when Ah Hu explained the situation clearly, everyone was also disappointed.Five thousand yellow sheep, this is not something they can handle.

It's terrifying for the gazelle herd to go crazy, even wild wolves dare not directly provoke such a huge gazelle herd, let alone they have so few people now.Unless there is a small flock of gazelles alone, they have no chance at all.But the gazelle on the grassland are not stupid, they also understand the benefits of living in groups, under normal circumstances, it is impossible for these gazelle to be alone.

"Then is there anything else?" Gongsun Xu closed his eyes and said while thinking, "For example, a herd of bison."

"Boss, we don't even dare to provoke yellow sheep, not to mention bison. There are also bison. There are as few as 1000 and as many as tens of thousands. Do you dare to provoke them? It will be troublesome when that thing goes crazy. Even if you want to run, it's too late.

By the way, in addition to bison and gazelle, we also found traces of wolves, and there are quite a few of them. The less ones are probably hundreds, and the more ones are probably thousands. Well, leader, do you want to Do you want to attack these wolves? "

"Fuck off, you dare to use me to swipe." Gongsun Xu said with a glare, "You know how to complain, don't you know how to find a way? If you don't have enough manpower, you can borrow it, don't you know how to use your brain?
Let me think about it, our tribe can spare up to [-] people now, if there are another [-] soldiers who can ride horses, then we have a chance to attack those yellow sheep whose number is less than [-] ,What do you think? "

"It's still possible." Aaron nodded and said, "But even if there are 150 people, it is impossible to catch a thousand yellow sheep. Besides, even if there are 150 people who control strings, they want to kill a thousand yellow sheep." Yang, this is very difficult, if everyone is as brave as you, the leader, then it will definitely be possible, but the key point is, the antelope tribe can't find a person who is half as brave as the leader, so how can we catch the gazelle."

"I didn't say I wanted to kill a thousand gazelles." Gongsun Xu shook his head and said, "I mean capture, you know, it can be captured or driven away. How about this, Ah Hu, you are more familiar with the antelope tribe, These days, many people from the Antelope Tribe have come to me to eat, so you can go over to discuss with the old man now, and see if he can help us find a way to attract more than [-] people who can ride horses.

You tell him, if a grown man helps me with a few days of work, I will give him a sheep. I mean what I say. They should have seen my credibility these days. At least I don’t make them hungry every time they come. .

"What, leader, what are you talking about?" Ahu asked curiously: "Boss, do you mean that you will give a sheep for a few days of work? Why are you looking for outsiders when you have such a good job? Leader, you leave it all to me." Let me do it, why give a good sheep to outsiders."

"Go if the leader tells you to go." Aaron scolded, "You idiot, what are you still doing here, waiting for dinner, you."

"Uh, alright." Ahu said with a naive smile, "Boss, if you can really offer such a high price, I guess I can find two to three hundred people to help you work."

After Ahu left, Aaron approached Gongsun Xu and asked, "Chief, is there really such a good thing? Or, let me do it. I promise to do it better than others. Work for a few days." Just give it to a sheep, why make it cheaper for others.”

"You guys are not a good thing either." Gongsun Xu shook his head and smiled, "Let's not talk about that, let's build a few things first, maybe we will have to rely on these things to catch yellow sheep."

Two days later, Ah Hu finally came back. He was still curious when he saw that Gongsun Xu and the others were carrying some disc-shaped things on their horses, but he didn't forget the business.

"Boss, everyone is here." Ahu said with a smile: "There are a total of 160 three men, and there are also 52 shrews and half-grown children. Tianhuo can get a sheep, so they all say they want to come.

A lot of people couldn't get out because of the tension in the tribe. If the leader of the Antelope tribe didn't allow it, I might be able to attract more than 100 strong men to come here?How about it, leader, I have successfully completed the task. "

"Forget it, of course." Gongsun Xu looked at the more than 200 people in front of him and said, "Everyone, come here, this time I am going to take you out hunting. Don't worry, I will definitely mean what I say. This time, your basic necessities will be included in the food, clothing, housing and transportation." on me.

We'll be back in ten days at the most, and I guarantee each of you will have a sheep.It’s still early, and you must be hungry. I’ll treat you to a full meal first, and hunt with me. I promise you won’t be hungry. Come, kill sheep and cattle, and cook soup in pots. "

Although it was very painful, Aaron still carried out Gongsun Xu's order without hesitation. There are less than a hundred sheep in the tribe now, and more than a dozen sheep have to be slaughtered at once. Of course, this cannot be eaten in one meal. No, they have to eat when they go hunting these days, and they can't start a fire to cook slowly on the way, so now it is necessary to get some cooked food first. "

Soon, the smell of meat wafted from the camp, the hot broth, and large pieces of mutton, all of which made everyone salivate, especially the people Ahu brought, they would not dare to eat like this at home, you know Food is the most expensive now, they can eat at most two meals a day, and when they are hungry, they can only cook some bone soup to drink. It is absolutely rare to set up a big pot to cook soup like this.

After everyone ate a bowl of mutton soup, Gongsun Xu gave the order to set off. A bowl of soup was not enough to fill everyone up, but after eating this bowl of soup, everyone warmed up a lot. Many people still hugged each other. Come here with the mentality of giving it a try, but now they drank a bowl of broth without doing anything, and they were not at a loss.

Under the leadership of Ah Hu, Gongsun Xu and the others quickly tracked down a group of yellow sheep. The movement speed of the yellow sheep was not fast, because there was water and pasture nearby, and it was difficult for the yellow sheep to find food in this winter. They can find such a good place, they have to eat this before leaving.

Two days ago, Gongsun Xu only sent people out to survey the surrounding terrain. In his spare time, he would also lead people to attack and kill the gazelle and other prey that had been left alone. Calculated in this way, although he didn't catch many prey in the past few days, the At least everyone can still eat.

Everyone was very satisfied to be able to eat meat and drink soup every day without wasting the family's food.Gongsun Xu treated them generously, even those shrews and children could get enough food.

The idea of ​​these herdsmen is also very simple, they will treat whoever is good to them. Although they have not known Gongsun Xu for a long time, Gongsun Xu's style and personality have deeply conquered them.

"Boss, we have been following the flock for three days, and we have hunted twenty or thirty yellow sheep every day. This is not an option." Aaron is almost Gongsun Xu's housekeeper now, and he has to calculate how much prey he has harvested every day , How many things have been eaten.

In his opinion, according to the current speed, it will take at least a month to ensure that everyone has a sheep, but who can guarantee that the yellow sheep will keep them hunting like this?Maybe one day it will snow heavily, and they won't be able to go back.

"It's almost there." Gongsun Xu smiled and said, "It's not far from several valleys, and it's also very suitable for camping. We'll move the camp over when the time comes. Tell me to do it tonight. Everyone is full."

(End of this chapter)