wild trail

Chapter 271 An Unknown Omen

Three months later, outside Yancheng, civilian husbands and prisoners of war were sweating profusely digging canals for irrigation.

In three months, under the supervision of the Ministry of Industry, the first water conservancy project in Xia Kingdom has made remarkable progress. Now there are as many as a dozen canals in use, irrigating an area of ​​more than 40 mu of land.

The drought in the last season caused a large-scale reduction in corn production. If it were not for the supplement of potatoes, Xia Guo would usher in the first year of famine since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Wang Lang, who felt that he had escaped a catastrophe, required every household to plant different crops in equal amounts starting from this season. If he only planted a single crop, the risk he would take would be too great.

The dry season ends and the rainy season begins, and from this season, the first horns are officially put into use.

Wang Lang was quite surprised by the plowing efficiency of the ceratopsian. Pulling the heavy plowshares, these strong ceratopsians seemed to be taking a leisurely walk.

Wang Lang, who felt that he had underestimated the strength of these horned dragons, asked the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry to change the plowshares into double rows. Even so, the horned dragons only had a little difficulty pulling them.

In half a month, with the efforts of more than a dozen horned dragons, nearly a hundred mu of land was reclaimed, and Wang Lang began to use this land as public land.

All farmers in Yancheng must complete the cultivation of public land before they can plant their own land.

The crops in the public fields have been lush and lush in a month. Compared with the previous land, the growth rate is quite gratifying.

Whenever people pass by the public land, they will show envy. Looking at the rising trend, they know that this field will definitely usher in a bumper harvest this season.

As for medical treatment, after Wang Lang talked with them only once, those wizards seemed to have completely untied their knots, and seriously studied the uses of herbal medicines, and Wang Lang also taught them the method of alcohol disinfection.

At the request of Wang Lang, the young Qi Yan began to use animals to experiment with the usage of Penicillium, but so far, except for killing a dozen animals, Qi Yan has not made much progress.

In the early morning of this day, on the east side of Yancheng, the second expedition team headed towards Yancheng in ragged clothes.

It's just that there were only 13 people left in the original team of 11 people. Two people were unfortunately killed in the attack of wild beasts, and those who survived were also extremely weak.

The expedition team supported each other, and walked staggeringly on the grassland. When they saw the city wall of Yancheng, their tense nerves were relaxed.

When Wang Lang heard the news of the return of the expedition team that had set off for half a year, it was already the next day.

Wang Lang, who heard the news, immediately sent someone to call Zhou Tianshi over.

After Zhou Tianshi saw Wang Lang, he bowed and said, "Chinese, Zhou Tianshi has seen His Majesty!"

"Zhou Aiqing, sit down!" Wang Lang said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhou Tianshi bowed and saluted, and sat on the chair.

"Zhou Aiqing, you are the first expedition team to come back. This journey lasted half a year, and you have worked hard along the way!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. As a citizen of the Xia Kingdom, it is what we should do to serve His Majesty." Zhou Tianshi said respectfully.

"Okay, if the people of Daxia think like you, why worry about the country not being strong!" Wang Lang laughed.

"Your Majesty, we have made new discoveries in this expedition. I believe Your Majesty will be happy after hearing this." Zhou Tianshi said slowly.

"Oh! Let's hear it!"

Hearing this, Zhou Tianshi cleared his throat and said slowly: "Our Second Expedition Team walked east along the grassland for three months, and finally saw the sea that His Majesty mentioned!"

As soon as this remark came out, Wang Lang stood up from his chair and said in surprise: "This is true!"

"Zhou Tianshi dare not lie to His Majesty. After we walked out of the grassland, we spent half a day crossing a sandy land without a single grass, and saw the sea." Zhou Tianshi said solemnly.

"What does the sea look like?" Wang Lang asked.

"Very dangerous!" Zhou Tianshi said with lingering fear.

Wang Lang was stunned for a moment, he knew that the sea was indeed dangerous, but he didn't think that the expedition team would go into the sea in such a way as to sail on the sea, he asked suspiciously: "What's going on, please tell me in detail !"

"Your Majesty, there are a group of terrifying monsters living by the sea. The monsters are huge and can fly in the sky. When we first arrived at the seaside, we were attacked by those monsters. If we hadn't reacted quickly, some of our companions would have died. .”

Wang Lang frowned. He couldn't imagine what kind of bird would dare to attack a creature as big as a human. Judging by Zhou Tianshi's expression, that thing might not be too small.

"What does that thing look like?"

"That monster has a long mouth. It's very different from a bird. It doesn't have feathers. It flies like a bat!" Zhou Tianshi said slowly.

"Could it be a pterosaur!" Wang Lang was taken aback. This discovery is too amazing. Although dinosaurs are very common in this world, there are too few dinosaurs that can fly. If it is really a pterosaur, then It's not surprising. According to the science and education films he watched, this kind of thing likes to move around the sea the most. I haven't seen them here, so it's understandable.

"Is there a lot of that stuff at the seaside?" Wang Lang asked.

Zhou Tianshi shook his head and said: "Not many, we only saw a dozen or so, but these monsters fly so fast, we can't shoot them at all!"

Wang Lang nodded. Although pterosaurs are dangerous, he now has a bold idea. The size of pterosaurs can bear the weight of humans. If they can be hatched, humans can fly into the sky without even inventing airplanes. The temptation was too great for him.

"What else did you find?"

Wang Lang's team became more and more interested in this expedition.

At this time, Zhou Tianshi looked at Wang Lang with a serious face, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the most important discovery we made this time is not the sea or those flying monsters. We found a huge wooden building by the sea."

"What! Wooden building!" Wang Lang exclaimed.

This news really shocked him. With the current level of civilization in Xia Kingdom, Zhou Tianshi can call it huge, and it will definitely not be small. The deeper meaning of this news is that there is a very civilized country by the sea. human community.

Zhou Tianshi was taken aback by Wang Lang's startled reaction, and quickly said, "Your Majesty, don't panic, the monsters in that building are already dead."

Wang Lang was taken aback for a moment, and asked suspiciously: "Monster? What monster! Isn't it human?"

Zhou Tianshi shook his head, and described to Wang Lang in detail what he saw that day.

After Wang Lang finished listening, his expression was not relaxed, but his face was so gloomy that it was about to drip water.

(End of this chapter)