wild trail

Chapter 229 Difficulties
"Boss, there seem to be some wild beasts staring at us!" A soldier suddenly reported.

Hearing this, Wang Lang looked in the direction the soldiers were pointing at, and he saw a few beasts that looked like wolves but not wolves behind the slope, looking furtively at this side.

"Everyone be alert, point the crossbow on the bed over there." Wang Lang ordered quickly.

The soldiers acted immediately, untied the giant deer pulling the bed crossbow, and quickly adjusted the direction of the bed crossbow, aiming at these beasts.

Seeing that his whereabouts were exposed, one of the beasts let out a howl, and several other beasts dispersed and ran towards the team.

Facing this group of ferocious beasts, the giant deer pulling the cart suddenly became restless.Pulling the reins vigorously, trying to escape from this dangerous place, the soldiers responsible for looking after the giant deer took great pains to calm them down.

"Keep an eye on the leader and find a chance to kill it!" Wang Lang said coldly.

The archer nodded upon hearing this, and aimed his bow and arrow at the leader of the group of beasts.

The four beasts ran over quickly, spread out, and stared at Wang Lang and the others.

The only two archers in the team were protected in the formation.

"Whoosh!"

An archer saw the right opportunity and shot an arrow towards the leader of the beast.

But this beast moved very nimbly, with a light leap, it easily dodged the arrow.

However, at this moment, the No.2 archer also shot his own arrow.

When the beast landed on the ground, the bastard had no time to dodge the arrow, the sharp arrow pierced its stomach, and fell to the ground with a scream.

The leader was killed in an instant, and the other three beasts panicked and scattered one after another, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Wang Lang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said to the soldiers.See if the thing is dead, kill it if it is not dead, and throw it into the car.

The battle ended in the blink of an eye, and the soldiers, who were falsely alarmed, breathed a sigh of relief.

Two soldiers stepped forward to check the beast's condition, and seeing that it was still alive, they immediately pierced its head with a spear, and they carried the body and threw it into the car.

Wang Lang had never seen this kind of beast before. It looked seven points like a wolf, and a little bit like a bear. In short, it looked very weird.

Touching the beast's fur, he said with a smile: "This fur is not bad, it's good to take it off and use it as a blanket."

The people who had made a false alarm soon regained their composure, and drove the deer cart back to the tribe slowly.

After four days of back and forth, the meteorite-collecting team arrived at the range of the tribe in the evening.

Returning not to fall behind, Wang Lang asked people to take care of these meteorites. These are likely to be iron. Although they are not of much practical value now, they will definitely come in handy when the smelting technology becomes more mature in the future.

After settling down, Wang Lang sent someone to call Lin Huo over.

"How's the progress of road construction?" Wang Lang asked.

"It has been cultivated for a long distance, and in four or five days we will be able to cultivate to the place where we first met that big snake." Lin Huo said slowly.

Wang Lang estimated the progress. According to the current cutting speed, if there are no accidents, it should be roughly repaired to the fruit forest in two or three months, but it may take longer for vehicles to pass. He also knew that the current speed was already the current limit of the tribe.

"Good job, by the way, how is the situation of the slaves?" Wang Lang asked.

"What do you mean?" Lin Huo asked.

"How many people died, and did any resistance happen?"

"Three or four slaves died, and those who died were beaten to death for not working hard, and there were no one who resisted." Lin Hong replied.

"Don't push the slaves too fast, just keep at the current level. If they resist, it will be troublesome for us to suppress." Wang Lang said.

Lin Huo said disapprovingly: "Lang, you don't have to worry about these at all. Those slaves with weapons are not our opponents. With their current physical strength, they are courting death if they dare to resist."

Wang Lang smiled and said, "It's better to be careful, we can't afford too much trouble right now."

Lin Huo nodded and said, "I see."

"It's been hard work for you during this period, and the road will be repaired as soon as possible so that we can eat that delicious fruit." Wang Lang said.

"Hey, when you mention that fruit, let alone those soldiers, my mouth is watering now just thinking about those flavors." Lin Huo laughed.

"During the time I was gone, did any news come from Linhe?"

Lin Huo shook his head and said, "The battle is over, what can they do."

Speaking of this, Lin Huo seemed to think of something, patted his thigh and said: "By the way, Lang, how to deal with the rewards for the soldiers for this victory."

After Lin Huo's reminder, Wang Lang also remembered that there was one more thing.

However, he is also a little entangled now. Regarding the rewards, it is okay to say to those recruits, it is nothing more than giving names, but to those veterans, he really does not know what rewards to give.

Although thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king, but for the current situation of the tribe, there must be actual benefits to make the soldiers work hard. If the reward is too heavy, it will fall into an embarrassing situation in the future, and if the reward is too light, it will inevitably be a little bit complain.

Wang Lang rubbed his temples with a terrible headache, and said to Lin Huo, "I'll talk about this matter later. When you go back, tell the soldiers that you don't have to worry about their rewards."

The two continued to talk for a while, and as it was getting dark, Wang Lang asked Lin Huo to retreat.

After Lin Huo left, Wang Lang thought about the rewards for the soldiers.

For the current public ownership tribe, the food belongs to everyone, and the weapons belong to everyone. Except for women, almost everything is public.

Thinking of the idea of ​​private ownership here, the idea of ​​private ownership can't help but come to mind. If there is private ownership and the clansmen have their own property, the matter of rewarding is simply a headache. Just give money and divide the land and it's over. How can it be so troublesome like it is now.

"It's time to try private ownership, and public ownership is a bit out of date now." Wang Lang muttered to himself.

But it is not a simple matter to change from public ownership to private ownership, and the distribution of benefits is a very troublesome matter.

Now that he has decided to carry out reforms, Wang Lang must be fully prepared. He intends to find a way to let the clansmen subtly accept the concept of private ownership.

While Wang Lang was thinking hard, Fan Xing walked over with Wang He in his arms, sitting beside Wang Lang hesitantly wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to speak.

(End of this chapter)