Dragon God, immortal

Shushan quickly put the child into the cradle in front of him. In the cradle there was a little cat man with big eyes, looking curiously at the shaking tail of the Shushan giant.

Ah, forget it.

numb.

Chapter 41: The Eve of the Explosion

Su Ju's two cubs look the same as the cat-people in the snow leopard tribe, with round leopard ears and big furry tails... The snow leopard's tail is really big!

The base color of the hair is the same gray as the snow leopard, but the circular spots are stained with a little brown. Judging from the color tone, it is similar to that of the black pine. Is it inherited from the previous generation?

"Anyway, this is too fast, isn't it?" Shushan teased the two little cats, reflecting on whether there was something wrong with his education.

Soon, he came to the conclusion...

This is none of my business!

One of the reasons why Suju gave birth to cubs quickly in the Snow Leopard Tribe was to increase local identity, reduce the pressure of promoting the experimental fields, and turn it into a boost "for the cubs."

The second reason might be that the death of a respected elder awakened her to the sense of mission to continue her bloodline. After all, when a female cat is over 30 years old, she is considered an "old" cat.

Reason three... um...

Shushan teased the two cubs with his tail.

The playful one kept stretching out its claws to slap, while the quieter one made hunting movements and then... pounced on the other one.

"Okay, stop peeking there. Suju has left. You can come out now." Shushan looked in the direction of the observation deck. He sensed that there was a cat man standing there.

"...Lord Shushan, good afternoon." Bai Qici scratched his ear and walked out from behind the observation tower. As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest. Su Ju probably won't come back for a while after leaving...

"Here, your kits, play with them." Shushan shook the cradle, and the two kittens quickly lay down quietly... The cradle is really the greatest invention in the world.

White Cheese smiled and did not reject the proposal.

Walk to the cradle and grab your tail.

Just like teasing a cat.

The two cubs were also very considerate. Each of them pulled the hair off her father's tail with one claw, causing White Cheese to quickly retract its tail in pain.

Well, the kittens' nails are very sharp, and White Cheese's technique is too unskilled. How could he use his tail right away?

"They are almost weaned," Shushan whispered, "so you can take them back, right? If I, a dragon, take care of the children, I'm afraid they won't be able to integrate into the cat-people society in the future."

"Even if Lord Shushan says so...Okay, when Suju finishes her work here, I will...um..." Bai Qisi said hesitantly.

"Okay, okay, I know your concerns. There is no big tent (big house) in Shanlu Village to take care of cubs, so you are worried that Suju and I won't be able to take care of them, right?" Shushan nodded and guessed.

The cold plateau is in ruins.

There is a serious shortage of labor.

Although some cat people from the Snow Leopard Tribe have been found in the past two years, and those cat people are willing to join the Foothill Village, the total population here is less than a hundred.

Compared with the Cat-Eared Tribe in the Islands, where nearly two thousand people work together in large and small groups, and an excellent distribution system allows them to invest in production without any worries... the Cat-Eared Tribe in the Plateau appears to be poor.

Well, of this workforce of less than 100 people, half of them need to take care of the Dragon God's light and heat, work as the Dragon God's nanny, and clean the Fire Dragon God's nest and the Fire Dragon God himself. This part of the labor is the hardest...

The other half, more than a dozen cat people are responsible for herding cattle and sheep. Now they are gradually building facilities for herding cattle and sheep, transforming from nomadic to herding. This part of the labor force cannot be moved around...

The rest, except for the old and the young, are all devoted to the production of crops. The goal is to achieve self-sufficiency on the plateau. This goal will take at least ten years to achieve...

White Cheese is the nominal mayor of Foothill Village.

The daily tasks are heavy.

There is no time to take care of the children.

"No, Lord Shushan, that's not what I meant. In fact, I can ask my sister to help take care of the child..." Bai Qisi said with a sigh.

"Oh? Your sister, then you can take them back now, right? Even if you have a third child, it's no problem. The islands can fully supply the food needs of the plateau." Shushan said, "You don't have to worry about these problems, just continue to live with Suju."

"Alas... it's not a question of raising children, but..." Bai Qiche lowered his head and said angrily:

"Living with Suju, I'm really going to be drained dry!"

"Ah……"

Shushan smiled awkwardly.

The third reason is, of course, that white cheese is so cute.

Shushan totally agrees with this view!

I also fully agree with Su Ju's aesthetic!

Compared with the cat-eared people in the archipelago, the cat-eared people in the plateau area have higher nose bridges, wider and thicker pads on their limbs, finer and smoother hair, and a longer and hairier tail, which is also a major charm of the snow leopard cat people.

And White Cheese is the best among them. Since he recovered his hair that was burned by volcanic gas and has enough food and drink every day, he is now a well-deserved "handsome man" among the cat-eared tribe.

Of course, in Shushan's eyes, it was just a handsome big cat. It was difficult for Shushan to tell the age and appearance of a cat person. He could only recognize a cat by its fur color and pattern...

The cat people on the plateau are all of the same style...

Shushan can only recognize white cheese...

. . . . . .

White Cheese waved goodbye to the Tree Mountain Colossus.

The dragon-shaped giant statue collapsed and fell to the ground, turning into rocks.

"Children, you must grow up quickly..." Bai Qiche teased the two children and walked towards the big tent where his sister was.

There are not enough stone houses in Foothill Village at present, so some cat people still live in tents. Fortunately, the planned area of ​​Foothill Village is large enough and the cat people can choose their own living area.

"Sister, please take care of them..." Bai Qiche held the children and lowered his head anxiously. The two cubs took the opportunity to play with his ears.

"No, brother, are you kidding me? Look at me!" The young female cat opened her arms, with an ordinary face and an ordinary thing under it. "Do you think I can feed them?"

"They are going to stop breastfeeding..."

"Huh? What's that?"

"Um, Susu, I really, really need your help!"

"Okay, okay, although I really don't have the ability to take care of them, I will help you find Sister Su Ju... Tsk, the milk is so abundant, is it necessary to stop breastfeeding so early?"

Susu's mind flashed through Suju's image. Are all the cat people in the archipelago like this... they can't starve their children? Really, cats are more annoying than cats...

Bai Qiche hurriedly expressed his gratitude. Lord Shushan had left, and he still had a lot of work to do today, so he really couldn't take care of the child for a while...

As for asking him to go find Su Ju?

Well, I guess Su Ju will help him finish it quickly.

Then go home and do this and that again until he can't get out of bed tomorrow.

Although Su Ju is very capable, gentle, and caring, I, Bai Qi Che, also have my own pursuits! I can't indulge in gentleness! No matter how good Su Ju is, she is still a foreign cat person! We cat people in the plateau have to rely on ourselves to survive!

Bai Qiche left his sister's house and walked towards the fields resolutely... Today the first batch of barley will be harvested, and after the harvest, the second batch will be planted!

When they arrived at the fields next to the lake, there were already several cat people working there. After a simple greeting, White Cheese also joined the harvesting team.

With the help of Lord Shushan, more than 20 acres of land were initially reclaimed here. After Suju came over with farm tools, they reclaimed another 50 acres on their own.

Today, there are nearly eighty acres of land waiting to be harvested.

And Bai Qiche and his team need to harvest all the barley within one day!

Is this difficult? If there are no farm tools, it is difficult, very difficult. Even if a few people use sickles to harvest, they can't harvest 20 acres even if the sickles smoke!

But they have farm tools... To be more precise, they have [Redstone Farm Tools Made in Sleeping Dragon Valley], which are powered by wizards' magic...

Those farm tools are filled with things like wheels, crankshafts, connecting rods, pistons, levers, etc.

Just use magic to push specific crystals.

This will make these farm tools move.

For example, the farm tool called a harvester, as long as you stand in the back driver's seat and drive the engine inside, you can harvest all the barley along the road and pack it into tight bundles of wheat straw.

There is also the kind of farm implement called a tractor, which is said to have the power of a hundred horses and can pull anything heavy. It is a means of transportation for fast and large-scale transportation of barley.

After the harvest is completed, the [tillage machine] will be taken out to turn over the soil while watering, fertilizing, weeding and killing insects to prepare for subsequent sowing.

"The things in the archipelago are really amazing..." White Cheese exclaimed while driving the harvester.

This was not the first time he had lamented these things.

But no matter how you look at it, these are pretty awesome.

He once said to Su Ju by her pillow that these things were all ideas in Lord Shushan's mind, and Lord Shushan selflessly shared the theoretical knowledge with the cat-eared tribe of the archipelago.

Later, Su Ju's father Hei Song followed Master Shu Shan to build fishing boats, and during that time he mastered the use of some mechanical structures... Then one day he got drunk and took a group of people to build the first farm tool, and then proudly showed off to Master Shu Shan...

"This is no longer a farm tool, it's a farm machine..." Lord Shushan muttered at that time.

But in the language of the Cat-Eared Tribe, everything that Black Pine makes is collectively called "farm tools."

They seem to think that this level is not enough to be considered mechanical.

The Dragon God was built with the participation of only Shushan.

Only the large ones can be considered machines.

Of course, Shushan wanted to complain that from levers to ships, they were all machines in a broad sense...

However, the cat-ear tribe has already engraved this cognition into their culture, so we should respect their culture. After all, agricultural machinery is also a tool in a broad sense... It's not wrong to call it agricultural tools...

"Hey! White Cheese! The witch just came to look for you! You're late!" The strong male cat man was driving a tractor. The imperfect magic engine was banging, telling of the powerful power.

"Ahahaha..." White Cheese kept smiling and said, "That's such a pity. But now let's quickly mow the field and feed it to the sheep."

"Okay, I'll leave this side to you. I'll go talk to my sister-in-law and ask her to go to the other side!" The strong male cat man waved his paw and drove away in a cool manner on the tractor.

"Huh...luckily I'm a little late..."

Bai Qiche said thankfully.

Shaking his head, he pushed down the lever, placed his hand on the fixed magic hair crystal, and controlled the magic to drive the engine.

His harvester also began to make banging sounds. Next, he only needed to operate the levers to control the movement. After studying it frantically for a while, White Cheese remembered to turn on the handbrake.

These farm tools are easy to operate. Even children can master them after a few days of training and then join the workforce.

A wizard who is proficient in a type of military force like the Watchers, and who is able to cast magic, has a productivity roughly equal to that of a heavy machine.

As long as there is enough crystal reserve for such a farm tool, it can run continuously for twelve hours without stopping!

The wizard's production advantage was broken.

No one thinks there's anything wrong with this.

"Ah, this harvester has already consumed three hair crystals..." Bai Qiche drove the harvester and looked at the bunches of barley being tied up and placed on the roadside. "There are still three left. Should I remove the hair crystals and send them to Lord Guangre..."

Lord Guangre's job is to replenish the magic power of the hair crystal. Currently, both the archipelago and the plateau are very dependent on the magic storage hair crystal. Now everyone can use farm tools, thanks to Lord Guangre's selfless dedication.

Well, of course, the light and heat only needs to put the hair crystal aside and it will be fully charged slowly...

This kind of work that can be completed while sleeping is really enviable for cat people...

It was soon evening.

All the fields have been harvested.

Presumably, the hair crystals of all the farm tools were running out of magic. Tomorrow he would take these hair crystals to visit Lady Guangre and ask her to help replenish their magic.

"If I visit Lord Guangre, I have to bring a barrel of beer and a cart of bones...ah, in this case, I have to keep at least three hair crystals before I can drive the tractor up the mountain." White Cheese counted on his fingers, calculating the consumption on the road.

Lady Guangre is very difficult to communicate with. If she doesn't want to pay attention to you, she won't pay attention to you. She has a very strong personality.

But as long as you hand her a barrel of beer, she will happily agree to all your requests.

For Guangre, alcohol is not a luxury but food. Theoretically, she cannot get drunk from drinking alcohol, but no matter how much she drinks, she will always use it as an excuse to make a scene...

Shushan had no choice but to deduct the alcohol from her monthly food, leaving her with only one way to get alcohol: trading with the cat-ear tribe...

Just after White Cheese put the farm tools into the warehouse, there was a vibration under his feet, and the vibration gradually intensified, intensified, and intensified!

earthquake!

Big Earthquake!!

Only then did Bai Qiche break away from his relaxed daily routine. He remembered what Shushan once said, that the volcanoes around Gaoling Mountain could erupt at any time!