wild trail

Chapter 301 Migrating School of Fish

On the northern border of Xia Kingdom, a team of transporting supplies ushered in a lonely stronghold.

Although it's not as cold as the northern snowfield, compared with Yancheng, the temperature here is much lower.

The fifty soldiers stationed here have not been idle in the cold winter. Since there is an additional building here, it will always attract the eyes of wild people who wander here.

This time is often the most exciting moment for the soldiers, and capturing this group of savages has become their entertainment in the boring winter.

When the supply team arrived at this stronghold, they were surprised to find that there were nearly 200 people here.

Most of the captured savages were under the supervision of soldiers, repairing the walls, using tools clumsily, and building comfortable houses for the soldiers.

The officials in charge of transporting supplies ignored the actions of these soldiers. For the newly captured savages, Xia Guo had already accumulated many effective methods to wear down their savagery.

The most effective of these is labor reform. This kind of collective labor can quickly cultivate their obedience. After half a year, as long as these people have no problem with their IQ, they will know what the rules are.

When they learn to abide by the rules, that is when they will be free. For half a year, living around the free people of Xia Kingdom will have a strong impact on their outlook on life.

Half a year can make them understand a truth, as long as they become a free Xia people, they can live a god-like life like these people.

Labor reform combined with material temptation can easily make them fall. After these people are free, their loyalty to Xia Kingdom makes even Wang Lang admire.

The officials transporting materials requested that the granary of this stronghold be expanded. Now this is only the first batch of teams, and more materials will be sent over one after another. This stronghold will serve as a transfer station in the future, yes The hub connecting the northern snow fields.

After resting here for a few days, the grain transportation team set off again, and the trolleys and deer carts left ruts on the vast grassland.

As the cold winter gradually goes away, the ice and snow gradually melt, and the forest that was snow-covered more than two months ago now has a new lease of life.

Green grass has sprouted, and in a meandering river in the forest, a huge school of fish swims upstream and swims to the place where they were born.

But this year, besides brown bears or those dinosaurs with thick feathers, there are also a group of fully armed humans waiting for them here.

Shi Yue and Zhao Jian had collected nearly 1000 people after a winter of arrests. Counting the original soldiers, there were nearly 2000 humans gathered here.

With so many free labor forces, under the force of absolute force, soon a new city no smaller than Dingyuan City appeared on this snow field, but the walls of the new city were only surrounded by wood. It seems to have lost a lot of momentum.

The language spoken by this group of white people on the snowfield is completely different from that of the Xia Kingdom. The language barrier has caused great obstacles in communicating with these people.

Unable to communicate, Shi Yue could only choose two smart-looking people from this group as guides.

By using drawing and body language to communicate, I can barely make the two people understand what I mean.

Under the "generous" reward of a full meal and fine wine for finding a human tribe, the two quickly rebelled against their own tribe, and spared no effort to lead Shiyue and the others to capture one tribe after another. Going on an outing in the wild is generally easy, and there is no loss of a soldier in a winter.

At this time, the river where the fish swim back was the information provided by the two white spies. Originally, Shi Yue looked at him with exaggerated body movements and the meaning expressed in the simple picture, which was very suspicious.

But when he saw the miraculous sight of the school of fish swimming back, he was immediately stunned by the magnificent sight in front of him.

This kind of fish, which has never been seen before, seems to be tireless, jumping high from the water, facing the turbulent current, scrambling to head upstream.

The soldier looked excitedly at the school of fish in front of him and said, "General Shi, there are so many fish! This net is enough for us to eat for a day."

Shi Yue swallowed her saliva. There is not much food in this stronghold now. If it weren't for the fact that this snowfield is inaccessible and there are a lot of wild animals living there, it is estimated that it is already in the middle of a famine. Group, will greatly relieve the pressure of food.

"Go back immediately and bring all the empty baskets and sacks, today we won't arrest people, we'll just catch fish!" Shi Yue said excitedly.

Hearing this, one of the guards immediately volunteered to take over the errand, led his subordinates, and headed towards the stronghold in a hurry.

The shoal of fish seemed to be endless, and the crowded shoal of fish passed through the waters in front of them like sardine cans, and the number did not decrease at all.

Curious, Shi Yue called the guide over and drew a picture on the ground. In the picture was a river and fish jumping out of the sleeping water.

After finishing the painting, Shi Yue pointed to the river in front of her eyes, and then pointed to the painting on the ground. Although the painting was very abstract, the meaning it wanted to express was very clear.

The guide understood the meaning of the picture and exclaimed excitedly in a strange pronunciation: "Fish! Fish!"

Shi Yue nodded, let him calm down, pointed to the painting, then erased a fish on it, drew a circle on the blank space above, pointed to the sun in the sky, and said slowly : "How long will it take for this school of fish to disappear!"

The guide racked his brains to understand what Shi Yue wanted to express. His eyes moved back and forth between the picture, the river, and the sun. After a long time, he suddenly cried out excitedly. pointing at the sun in the sky.

Shi Yue signaled him to calm down, and shook his fingers, asking him to tell himself how long it would take for the fish school to disappear by counting them.

Seeing the white man in front of her snapping her fingers one by one, Shi Yue's expression gradually changed from slightly surprised to shocked.

"My good fellow, how many fish must there be for a fish school of this size to exist for 30 days!" Shi Yue looked at the fish school that was still rushing forward in disbelief, and took a deep breath.

If he puts aside other things this month and sends more people to catch these fish with all his strength, he estimates that the food he can harvest is at least enough for these people to eat for two or three months with their stomachs open.

(End of this chapter)