The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 370 How to make bamboo bloom

Bamboo has a very special biological characteristic. The underground stems of bamboo (commonly known as bamboo whips) generally grow sideways in the soil, with many fibrous roots and buds growing on them.

Some buds develop into bamboo shoots and grow out of the ground into bamboo, while other buds do not grow out of the ground, but grow sideways and develop into new underground stems.

Therefore, in many cases, an entire bamboo forest is basically derived from the same parent branch, and their lifespans are almost exactly the same.

And although bamboos can grow for decades, they will only bloom and bear fruit once in their lifetime, and then the bamboos will die directly.

This causes the bamboos in a bamboo forest to bloom and bear fruit together, and then wither and die together.

The purple bamboo forest on Fengqi Star is not very different from ordinary bamboo in terms of biological characteristics. Therefore, it is not easy to find bamboos that bloom and bear fruit in the densely growing bamboo forest. Or rather, it is very rare.

The two of them wandered around the purple bamboo forest for a whole day, but they never found a purple bamboo that was blooming and bearing ears.

Even though Ergou is a very patient person, he can't help but feel disappointed.

On the other hand, the Fourth Lady was as leisurely as a person without a heart and lungs. She ran out with great interest and hunted countless wild ducks, geese, swans and other waterfowl. The carcasses of her prey could even pile up into a hill.

This idle woman came back after finding two dogs. She pointed at the piles of prey as big as hills and said to him with a hopeful look on her face: "Come here, sir, let me bake some more food like yesterday with my family. I have never eaten it before." It has to be more refreshing.”

Ergou stared blankly at the corpses of those wild animals, but felt an indescribable feeling of collapse in his heart.

It turns out that the two of them deliberately chose a separate direction to explore in order to find the blooming bamboo faster. Ergou stared at the top of the purple bamboo for the whole day, and his eyes were almost blurred.

On the other hand, Fourth Lady, is this guy really here for training? I’m afraid I won’t be out hunting all day long!
Ergou felt a little bit nagging and wanted to complain, but he finally suppressed his anger.

He ordered the four ladies to work together to gather piles of wild animals to the river, and while plucking and disemboweling them, he asked: "Four ladies, I have been patrolling for a whole day, but I haven't seen a single solid one. What should I do?" ?”

But the fourth lady said with a smile: "Don't worry, my husband, there is no need to rush to collect and practice. The purple bamboo will bloom and bear fruit sooner or later. I and your husband can just wait here."

Ergou finished his work for a moment, then asked, "Are we just going to wait like this? How long will it take?"

The fourth lady said nonchalantly: "Who knows! Maybe it will be established in ten to eight years, maybe in thirty to fifty years, or within a hundred years. This is the commission given by the Phoenix Clan, and there is no need to rush it."

When Ergou heard this, he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

He suddenly remembered some common knowledge about bamboo in his previous life, especially the donation event he had experienced as a child in his previous life regarding the flowering of arrow bamboo and the survival of giant pandas.

Later, when I grew up, I realized that it was a money trap.

But at least Ergou learned something about the habits of bamboo.

The probability that the bamboos in this Purple Bamboo Forest will bloom and bear fruit in thirty to fifty years is very high, but if they really have to wait thirty to fifty years, then the Song Dynasty will probably have cooled down a long time ago, and then it will be useless for him to do all this. It makes no sense.

Thinking of this, Ergou no longer had any intention of continuing to prepare the game. He threw the black swan in his hand on the ground, stood up, looked at the Fourth Lady coldly, and said sadly: "I really don't have the intention to prepare the food! If you want to eat, please do it yourself!"

After saying that, the two dogs turned around and walked into the night.

The Fourth Lady looked confused and asked in confusion: "Mr. Sir, what are you going to do?"

Ergou said without looking back: "Maybe there are blooming bamboos hidden in places that we have never been to. I will go find them!" After saying that, Ergou ran straight into the depths of the boundless purple bamboo forest, leaving only his arms full of flowers. The confused fourth lady was at a loss.

After a while, the Fourth Lady finally realized what she was doing. She shouted into the dark night sky: "My husband, come back soon! If you don't cook with me, what will I eat at night?"

Unfortunately, only the rustling bamboo forest responded to her shouts.

Ergou didn't really go out looking for flowering bamboos all night. He knew very well that when bamboos bloom, they bloom together. There will never be a unique and unusual bamboo hidden in any corner.

He just had a vague idea in his mind and wanted to find a secluded place to verify it alone.

Ergou had heard a statement in his previous life, and it was about arrow bamboo. It is said that during the giant panda incident, the arrow bamboos did not bloom originally, but they encountered a severe cold wave that was rare in a century. As a result, large areas of bamboos froze to death and suffered frostbite that winter. When the weather warmed up, some of the bamboos that were still alive were gone. Flowering.

Ergou didn't know whether this statement was true or false, but he could recreate the scene on a small scale in the purple bamboo forest here to discern the authenticity.

Find a small, enclosed bamboo grove and create an artificial hypothermic cold wave.

The reason why Ergou wanted to find a bamboo bush with a closed environment was because he was afraid that if something went wrong, it would easily arouse the anger of the Phoenix clan.

You must know that the blooming of this bamboo is contagious like a virus. If all the purple bamboos in the Southern Valley bloom and bear fruit, he cannot be sure whether the chicks are happy or angry.

As for creating artificial cold waves, it is relatively simple.

Just use psychic energy to create a low-temperature effect!
Anyone who has studied thermodynamic physics knows that as long as you have the appropriate equipment and master some knowledge and principles, it is not difficult to create a small-scale low-temperature cold wave.

For example, spraying liquid nitrogen.

Ergou does not have liquid nitrogen in his hands, but he has more magical psychic powers.

Ergou found a half-acre clump of purple bamboo in a small river bend. This clump of purple bamboo faced the river on three sides, and was separated from other bamboos by a small earth cliff on one side.

After Ergou found this suitable bamboo bush, what he had to do next was very simple. He only needed to walk around in the bamboo bush a few more times and use his spiritual energy to absorb the free heat from the surrounding bamboo bush environment.

Soon the temperature in the bamboo grove dropped below freezing, and the temperature difference in the air caused a strange wind to blow from all directions in the bamboo grove.

The wind wasn't strong, but it was a bit chilly.

The freezing point did not make Zizhu feel the threat of death, so Ergou continued to swim among the bamboos, constantly absorbing the heat in the air.

The air in this area collapsed due to cooling and became denser, thus gradually forming a relatively stable mass of cold air.

The temperature inside the cold air mass is getting lower and lower, and under the full force of Ergou, the core area has even reached the point where the breath turns into ice.

By this time, the temperature has almost reached the required level.

Ergou doesn't need to do anything more next, just wait for the bamboo bush to change naturally.

(End of this chapter)