Datang: at the Beginning, Eat Fruit

　　"If it is April, this old man can take over this matter." Lin Xuan nodded after hearing this.

　　In March, Lu Xiu's task of arranging the building ship was completed, and more than [-] people were idle.

　　"That's it, the old men will come again in March and give you a deposit of [-] yuan."

　　Fang Xuanling and the others will not be absent when the fleet goes to sea in March.

　　Each of them basically voted several thousand, and they are looking forward to going to Iwami in Japan in exchange for a large amount of silver mines. .

Chapter 278

　　The primitive mountain forest two hundred miles north of Linyi is sparsely populated and barren.

　　Linyi belongs to the Lingnan area, although the Qin Dynasty once occupied a large area of ​​Lingnan,

　　However, the Qin Dynasty only reached Nanyue Kingdom, which is more than [-] kilometers south of Guangdong and Guangxi, and more than [-] kilometers away from Linyi.

　　Although Daqin sent troops to garrison at that time, but Nanyue is a country with sparsely populated land, dense mountains and forests, and the humid and hot climate, it is difficult for the Chinese people who are accustomed to living in the Central Plains to adapt to the environment there.

　　Even if it can take a lot of trouble to occupy it, what use can it be.Large areas of hilly areas cannot be used for farming or living, and they are indeed not comparable to the resource-rich continent of the Americas.

　　"Huhu, it's obviously a cold winter, and there are so many mosquitoes that bite me to death."

　　"Thanks to the fact that it is winter, otherwise there will be a lot of poisonous snakes and poisonous insects in the grass."

　　In the forest, there are countless mosquitoes, snakes and ants, and the biting can be miserable for the expedition team.

　　Especially the eldest grandson Chong, who was born in a rich family, has only just arrived, and he can't stand the idea of ​​going back.

　　Even if the ability to eat the fruit and the physical strength have been strengthened a lot, it is impossible to easily change the fact that he can't endure hardship.

　　"Hey, I don't know how long I will stay in the jungle where birds don't shit." Zhangsun Chong sighed.

　　"Brother eldest grandson, if you want to go back, I can open the door for you to go back later. But think about it, Lu Guoshi values ​​you so much, and will give you the eagle fruit to eat and take. Once you give up, I don't know what will happen to the national teacher. The scolding, maybe the ability of the body will also be taken back' ~." Li Dejian said.

　　"I know, I'm just complaining."

　　He was naturally reluctant to give up the falcon fruit he got, and the ability to fly in the sky is what many people have dreamed of for a long time.

　　"Since that's the case, now I'll start arranging tasks. Brother eldest grandson, you become a falcon to help us find our way in the sky and identify the direction. If you incarnate as a falcon, mosquitoes can't bite you in the sky. Xiahou, you have become two or three meters tall. The stone giants are here to open the way and clear a way for us. Of course, the main work must not be forgotten, explore the stone veins in the ground, and strive to find the jadeite mine that Lu Guoshi told us to do as soon as possible."

　　As for Chu Liang, the ferocious beasts in the mountains and forests are all under his control.

　　In the mountains and forests, Cheng Chuliang, who has become a cheetah, will feel like a duck to water.

　　"Yes."

　　Changsun Chong breathed a sigh of relief, flying in the sky was much easier than walking on the ground.

　　Everyone divided their work. First, a three-meter-tall granite giant stood at the front, smashed with a fist, and a tree in front could be smashed directly.

　　And cleaning up the weeds is also very simple, turning into big round stone balls.Roll forward, and all the thorns and weeds are squashed.

　　Changsun Chong, who was hovering in the air for more than ten meters, felt very comfortable.Flicking its wings gently, it can fly out dozens of meters.

　　The sharp eyes can even see the little bugs crawling on the ground.

　　"Roar."

　　In front, there was an astonishing roar, and I felt a slight vibration on the ground.

　　"Brother eldest grandson, what happened ahead?" Li Dejian said in surprise.

　　"Brother Dejian, there are several elephants. They are so big. They are several times bigger than the cheetahs that Chu Liang has transformed. Chu Liang is fighting an elephant." Zhangsun Chong said in surprise.

　　"Come and see."

　　Li Dejian did not expect that he would encounter a herd of elephants.In Datang, elephants are rare.A piece of white elephant tusk brought by a merchant in the Western Regions can be sold for dozens of tons.

　　On the grass in front of a small river, Cheng Chuliang, who turned into a giant cheetah, was slaughtering an elephant.

　　Although Cheng Chuliang was big enough, compared to an elephant, he looked like a child.

　　Sharp claws gripping the elephant's body.Leaving deep bloodstains, of course, is not fatal for the size of the elephant, but angered the elephant.

　　It's a pity that the elephant's movements are clumsy, while the cheetah is extremely sharp, and the elephant's attack can't touch Cheng Chuliang at all.

　　"¨〃Boom!"

　　Then the last blow, completely crushed the elephant.

　　Cheng Chuliang jumped onto the body of the elephant and let out a majestic roar towards the elephants.

　　In an instant, the six or seven big (Wang Zhaozhao) elephants on the side were so frightened that they all fled.

　　"It's the first time I've seen an elephant, it's really big." Changsun Chong said strangely.

　　"Hey, ivory is starting to be a valuable thing. After I isolate it, I can take it back and put it at home to decorate it well." Cheng Chuliang said happily.

　　"Chu Liang, you probably attacked it for the ivory." Li Dejian said speechlessly.

　　"How could it be? Actually, I just saw the dazzling eyes and thought it was a beast, so I provoke it. Who knew it was an elephant." Cheng Chuliang said.

　　After all, the first time he saw an elephant, Cheng Chuliang didn't recognize it at all. If he hadn't seen the ivory familiar, Cheng Chuliang wouldn't have thought it was an elephant. .

Chapter 279

　　"I don't know if the elephant meat is delicious when roasted." Anyway, he killed him. Changsun Chong wanted to try it, but he was hungry right now.

　　"You can tell by roasting them. Their meat is very firm, so it should be good." The meat of grass-fed animals is more delicious and delicate.

　　Thinking that the roast meat I ate for lunch today was roast rabbit.

　　Although there are a lot of spices added to the barbecue, the taste is actually not very good.

　　The rest of the expedition team came from the Royal Forest Army, but their roasting skills were not to be commended.

　　The cut section of cylindrical elephant leg meat is like a steak.

　　Thick fat, looks very delicious.

　　Cheng Chuliang and the others roasted a little on the charcoal fire, and the surface of the meat suddenly made a sizzling sound.

　　"It smells good."

　　When sprinkled with spices and salt, it gives off a sweet meaty aroma, which is really nice.

　　"Fat but not greasy, and the meat is fresh and tender, which is better than ordinary roast lamb and beef." Cheng Chuliang said.

　　"The taste is really good, you can take it back to the national teacher and His Majesty to taste it." Li Dejian nodded.

　　However, some bad things are too tired, so they had to dig some wild vegetables to accompany them to solve the boring taste in their mouths.

　　After dinner, the sky was getting dark.

　　Using the ability of the door fruit, Li Dejian and the others returned to Mingyu Island.

　　Staying overnight in barren mountains and mountains is very dangerous.Someone must come to watch the night, and if you don't sleep well, it's better to go back to the island and have a good rest.

　　"Lu Guoshi, we brought back some elephant meat from Linyi, do you want to eat it?" Cheng Chuliang returned excitedly carrying more than [-] catties of elephant meat.

　　"Elephant?"

　　There are actually quite a lot of elephants in Southeast Asia, especially now that they are completely undeveloped, and it is not surprising that they can hunt elephants (cfae).

　　"Well, you can try it." Elephants were not unusual for him, but Lu Xiu was quite curious about elephant meat, because he had never eaten it before, so he didn't know what it tasted like.

　　Cut the elephant meat into steak-like slices and cook it the same way you would a steak.

　　It has a lot more fat than steak, and the meat is delicate.Roasted fully cooked meat with a golden color.

　　"Husband, it's delicious. The meat is very delicious, not much worse than steak." Li Yuyao was surprised.

　　"Yeah, the taste is completely different from beef and mutton. By the way, what does an elephant look like, brother Lu?"

　　Such a big piece of meat, it is hard to imagine how big the body is.

　　"The old man also learned something from the book, the elephant's body is extremely huge, and its ivory is exquisite and precious." Li Yuan said.

　　"Emperor Taishang, look at the ivory, I also cut it back, and carved it into a beautiful ivory cup. I think it will be very good." Cheng Chuliang showed two elephant tusks over one meter long in his hands.

　　"Hey, the teeth are so long." Li Yuan was secretly surprised. If he sold it in Chang'an City, he might have sold several hundred pieces.

　　"Lu Guoshi, I found a herd of elephants there. If Guoshi wants ivory, he can hunt a group of elephants tomorrow and cut off their teeth, just like the meat is delicious." Li Dejian said.

　　Lu Xiu shook his head. He didn't want to hunt and kill elephants indiscriminately in order to get ivory like the Western colonists.

　　"It's not difficult for those who want ivory. You don't have to hunt them. Tomorrow, you can search around the elephant herd. You can go to the cemetery of the elephants. There should be a lot of ivory accumulated there."

　　As for elephant meat, you can actually eat it once.In order to eat its meat and hunt it, Lu Xiu did not support it.

　　The next day, Lu Xiu and the others came to the gathering place of the elephants.In the sky, Lu Xiu, who turned into a falcon, followed the footsteps of the elephant and found the cemetery of the elephant more than ten miles north.

　　Many elephants will come to the cemetery to die when they are ready to die, so a lot of ivory can be seen in the cemetery.

　　"Wow, a lot of ivory." Apart from ivory, there were piles of elephant bones all over the place.

　　The elephant they just saw in the sky was the first time Lizhi and the others saw an elephant.

　　On the ground, there are animals bigger than cows and horses, with long noses and ears like palm fans, which opened their eyes.

　　In fact, Lu Xiu has the idea of ​​collecting rare and exotic beasts, and maybe he can find a place to breed them in the future, such as an island, such as building in the sky.

　　Or you can draw the book fruit, and use the book fruit space to load rare beasts like the Big Mom Pirates.

　　In the cemetery where hundreds of elephants died and piled up, Lu Xiu and the others picked up more than [-] ivory.

　　Cheng Yaojin and other officials were also very happy. Each of them could get an ivory from Lu Xiu's hand, and those who saw it had a share.

　　The remaining more than [-] were arranged by Li Yuyao to be stacked in the warehouse.

　　The value of ivory alone is no less than tens of thousands. .

Chapter 280

　　Ivory, coral, etc., were considered extravagant treasures in the Tang Dynasty, but in Lu Xiu's hands, it felt like a street stall that could be picked up easily.