Survival In the World of Beasts

"Boy, let's talk about everything after this heavy snow season."

Qing Apa's last words were thinking all the way, so it seems that Apa still doesn't care about himself. Indeed, apart from the young people in the valley, to the group of Aps, their words do not have much weight. Appa doesn't object for the time being, and he just wants to continue to see his performance. The meaning of noncommittal is completely understood.

Bai Shi laughed, okay, anyway, when the snow season is over, everything will come to light, no, maybe it doesn't have to be the end of the snow season.

He didn't stop much and went to the woods to the north. He looked at Li Shizhen, who was patiently explained by the females, and the males who walked to the side to rest, not knowing what to discuss with Li.

Now there are not only males who have not been ceremonially in the male team, but also some newly-adult males with relatively minor injuries. They may have learned about the work of Bai and Li Zhixun from their own females, and they have also actively asked to join in. As for the males of Apa and their age, some have joined the patrol, but have not joined the planting work. In their view, this is just a tossing by young people, and they will not be mixed up when they are old.

In short, among the adult males in Xinhuigu, Li Shizhen and Bai have a long way to go in popularizing science.

The north side is now in full swing, and Li Shizhao divides the land into groups. Since it is collectively reclaimed land, and the land area is small and the fertility level is about the same, he divides it equally.

After explaining the key points of transplanting, each group transplanted the plants on their own land. After that, Li Shizhao and Ah Hu went back and forth to check if there were any problems.

Li Shizhu’s plan is very clear. From beginning to end, each team is responsible for the same land. Because the males are not fixed in planting, they can be counted as migrant laborers, but the females have to accept a complete planting. For the training, the final look at the harvest of each group, the team with a good harvest will also be rewarded.

He also encouraged these young females to help out in the breeding area in their free time. Asha and the others were moved to Yu Amu to help with the logistics work. Although the breeding area is not heavy, these young females go to help. It is also necessary to learn from experience by the way.

The adult females in the breeding area will also go to the surplus land to the north to grow and collect forage, and by the way, see what is going on growing corn. Two things, the females on both sides will have varying degrees of familiarity with planting and breeding.

It is believed that females will soon discover the meaning of these two tasks: there is no risk, planting and as long as God appreciates his face, no plowing, no harvest; the same is true for breeding, as long as there is sufficient fodder and the livestock is free from disease, harvesting is also possible. Foreseen. Neither of these two tasks has the high risk and uncertainty of hunting. More importantly, this is a rewarding job that they can complete without the help of males.

Li Shizhao is inspecting a small team of transplanting, and it's okay, the density is reasonable, and it can be irrigated. The transplanting just needs to be watered once. He nodded to the female who was in charge of the team next to him and expressed his approval.

The surrounding squad members cheered. Li Shizhen didn't care about them. After all, his work should be affirmed and celebrated. He turned his head to talk to the leading female one by one about the amount of irrigation and the main points. This female took notes, discussed one by one, and asked several males to pull a trailer to the lake to pull water.

Seeing the joyful flushing on the young faces, and then at the rows of young seedlings under his feet, Li Shizhao smiled slightly. Perhaps not only corn seedlings were planted, but also the drive and confidence in the hearts of these young people.

It’s better in the valley. The females have their own division of labor and do some work within their capacity. But outside the valley, males with animal-like shapes are the guarantee of safety. Females can only collect and do miscellaneous tasks, so they are naturally more dependent. male.

Over time, once planting and breeding are promoted, females with more detailed personality are obviously more capable of this job. After they can survive on their own, will their social status change accordingly? Females will no longer be so dependent on males, and their status in the group will not be so weak. At least during hard times like the heavy snow season, the females are no longer the ones to be sacrificed, or even the people who stand up and sacrifice on their own initiative.

Now everything is going well on the breeding side, and they have caught some small animals. The little males and pregnant women can already eat egg products. I believe other people in the valley will be able to taste them soon. The reproduction of rabbits is indeed the fastest. The second batch of rabbits seems to have been pregnant. Li Shizhen didn't let them slaughter. Now it is still the key point to expand the scale. Raise more, it's not time yet.

The other seeds brought by Ahu in the planting area have already been planted, and some medicinal seeds from Yangapa, Li Shizhao, have also come here to see if we can try to cultivate them artificially.

Li Shizhao himself went to Yang Apa to learn some herbal knowledge from time to time. After seeing Yang Apa's various medical treatments, Li Zhizhen put away his hidden subtle pride. The herbal medicine is broad and profound, and it is definitely not the way he subconsciously thought that he could only cure the patient with a few prescriptions by mistake.

Even on the earth, Chinese medicine, regarded by Western medicine as illogical and unscientific, often creates inexplicable miracles. This is even more so in this world with backward sanitation. There is no time and no conditions to develop sophisticated disciplines like Western medicine that requires logic and science, as well as a lot of practice. Herbal medicine can be said to be the only way out at present.

Yang Apa's superb treatment of trauma is also enough to prove that the world's medical treatment is not only herbal medicine, but also other extraordinary methods. For Li Shizhao, who has not received any medical training, these things are enough for him to digest and absorb.

In this dangerous world, it is good to have more means of self-protection. After hearing his plan, Bai naturally strongly agreed. Bai himself didn't have the patience to toss about those things, and Ah Zhao had to follow his own approval.

Yang Apa's attitude is somewhat intriguing, he is actually quite happy. After all, in the eyes of the earthling Li Shizhen, those with craftsmanship will hold it tightly. Didn't it mean that the church apprentice starved to death his master? Yang Apa was so generous, which made the villainous Li Shizhen a little embarrassed for a while. This respectable old man always moved Li Shizhao again and again--

In the evening, Li Shizhao took a shower in the stone hut next to him. When he wiped his hair and returned to the house, he found that Bai had actually returned, and the meal had been "packed" back by him, and he was graciously arranging bowls and tableware.

Li Shizhen asked with concern: "Qiapa is okay."

Bai took the animal skin in his hand and hung it up: "It's okay. Eminem is with him. It's better to lose your life than to change the animal shape. He can figure it out."

Li Shizhao frowned slightly. If he only had a human form, it was indeed less lethal.

"I just watched it. Isn't it going well with your transplanting?"

"It's okay. They are divided into groups, and each group is responsible for their own land. I said that they will be able to compare the harvest in the end. A good harvest will be rewarded. Everyone is struggling." Li Shizhu smiled and his eyes narrowed. Get up: "By the way, Chiapa, or I will make him a handy weapon."

Bai sat next to Li Zhizhen: "We do indeed have to make weapons, but you have to wait until you are not so busy. Recently, it is transplanting and going to Yang Apa again, which is very hard."

Li Shizhao smiled slightly, and took the chopsticks handed over by Bai. The two quietly began to eat dinner. There were vegetables, fish, and fir fruits on the table. Although there was no extra portion, the category was absolutely nutritious, not at all. Signs of a reduction in food during the snow season in previous years.

This is also a free arrangement. This year there is a surplus of food, so you can eat whatever you want to eat. Otherwise, young people will have to patrol and work. .

After the two of them had finished their meal, they went out to Yang Apa's place. They met many people along the way. The young people would take the initiative to greet them. When they met their elders, of course, they would take the initiative to greet them.

This is also a common practice these days. Li Shizhao went to learn some herbal medicine knowledge from Yangappa, but Bai's purpose was not clear to Li Shizhao, but he seemed to see that Bai had been thinking about Yangappa's symbol system?

Forget it, don't guess the mind of the big cat, you can't guess it.

Soon, Li Shizhen didn’t have the thought of thinking about the big cat. There are too many types of herbs here at Yang Apa, and not only herbs, but also insects, animal bones, and animal internal organs. After they were dried, they were all shriveled. Who can tell which of these things is Pueraria lobata root and which is dried snake gall? Raise the table!

The big cat looked at Li Zhizheng, who was listening attentively on the surface and was already frantic in his heart, smiled silently, and started writing and drawing on the table.

As the transplanting of corn seedlings is completed, there will be no jobs requiring a large amount of labor in the valley in the near future. It is estimated that the next time the entire mobilization is required, it should be the season when the corn is mature.

Soon, Li Shizhao knew what Bai was making.

The males in the valley received the order except for the Aps, and the teams on the shift every morning must gather for training.

The content of the training is varied. Li Shizheng has watched for a while. He has physical stamina, such as purely climbing and running in the snow; he has skills, such as how to use a javelin, how to make traps; there is contact, how to use symbols to communicate with each other , How to ignite different smoke messages to send different signals; there are actually squads confrontation, different squads fight each other in different empty forests, use weapons with minimal lethality, or go into battle with bare hands, and see which side can finally defeat each other Completely subdued.

Li Shizhao watched with great interest, and witnessed the orcs from the beginning yelling directly up to fight in groups, and later they communicated and set up ambushes and tricks. He himself gave the big cat a lot of ideas, such as concealment, using paint-dye weapons to judge the injuries, after all, few modern boys don’t like to read military documents, and Li Zhizun himself has accumulated some. Modern military knowledge. But when he came up with an idea, Li Shizhen would never directly intervene in a white training plan.

There is a tacit understanding between Bai and Li Shizhao that outsiders cannot understand. They are honest enough and understand each other enough. Some issues will be communicated with each other before they can work, and some issues will never interfere with each other, such as Li Shizhao's manpower arrangements for planting and breeding, such as Bai's training for males. Strangely, this non-interfering and cooperating system currently seems to be working well.

In this training, or training, what really made Li Shizhao's admiration for nothing was the attitude of the other elders in the valley.

Now that the pattern in the valley became clear, Yang Apa, Lan Amu, and Yu Amu had acquiesced to Bai to continue taking care of everything, and Qiapa had to stay in bed to recuperate, and could not take care of it. As for Qing Apa, it's a bit of an onlooker with arms folded.

Li Zhizhu saw the attitudes of several elders clearly, and found it quite interesting. He wasn't sure what he did in vain, but the effect was good. Ordinarily, they are their adopted sons, so drastically tossing in the valley, the attitudes of the elders are also very delicate, there is no public support, and no public opposition, there are subtle inconsistencies in this non-voicing attitude.

It seems that affected by this subtle attitude of non-committal, the adult males in the valley are divided into two groups according to their own will. One group thinks that the white training is quite interesting. The snow season is also idle, and actively asked to join. This group Most of the people are about the same age as Baixiang; the other group just watched silently and didn't join or object. Most of them were older and belonged to Chiapa's generation.

If you want to join, Bai will make an appointment with them in three chapters. Once you join, you can't withdraw. Otherwise, people come and go, what will happen to him here, anyway, he thinks carefully before making a decision. The Bai who hadn't joined didn't pay any attention, so it was just what to do. In Ah Zhu's words, time will prove everything. In Bai's view, time will change everything.

On this day, the white-collar worker Li Shizhao visited Mu’apa’s workshop again.

To be honest, Li Shizhao didn't want to come. Being pushed out of this house that day was indeed a rare embarrassment and brutal encounter in his life. But Bai's attitude is very determined, without it, in the valley, when it comes to making weapons, Muappa recognizes the second, and no one dares to recognize the first. And because he has been immersed in weapon making all the year round, Mu'apa collected all kinds of materials, and Li Shizhao might have new discoveries there.

It's a pity that Muappa's temper is too terrible. Few young people can get something from him, but Bai thinks that Li Zhizhen can talk to him. After all, they sometimes look alike to Bai. Occasionally, there will be some strange ideas, and occasionally will be immersed in their own world.

"What are you doing?" Muappa glanced diagonally and snorted.

Li Shizhao knew that this would happen. Even if Bai had been mixed up in the valley recently, he might not be popular here with this strange old man.

"I will bring Ah Zhao to see the weapon you made."

"Weapon? Didn't you stole a stone knife to that brat Yong? Don't think I don't know! Let's talk about it, what is your idea."

At this moment, Li Shizhen must have a embarrassing expression on his white face. Haha, I didn't expect to see the embarrassment of the big cat embarrassment being revealed. Li Shizhen felt that even if it was uncomfortable to come here at the beginning, it is now worth the fare.

"Ah, Ah Zhao is also very knowledgeable about making weapons, don't you want to talk about it?"

"Huh," Mu'apa's one-eyed horrible one-eyed glanced over Li Zhizhen's body, making Li Zhizhen feel that he was chilling all over his body. After a long while, he said indifferently: "It's just a female, what kind of weapon will she do, you should talk about what you are here for."

Li Zhizhu felt that the blue veins on his forehead jumped, this feeling of being despised...

He took a deep breath, and rarely abandoned his polite training, stepped forward and grabbed a half-finished bow: "Do you know why you can't make it? Just rely on these things," Li Shizhao stretched his arm and swept over everything. Semi-finished product: "You will never be able to make that kind of bow." His arm finally pointed firmly at the authentic wall.

Muapa glanced at him coldly, without saying a word.

Li Zhizhen calmly put down the bow: "It seems that you have been imitating that bow for a long time." With a bit of sarcasm on Li Zhizhen's rare face, he picked up the one closest to Muappa. You only discovered that the one on the wall is a compound bow, and your other semi-finished products are single bows. Only the few on the table have a little meaning for compound bows, but unfortunately, they are almost a bit far away."

Li Shizhen didn’t look at Mu’apa’s face, and said lightly: “Actually, if you develop a single bow by yourself, you may not be able to make a good bow, but you blindly imitate the one on the wall, and you haven’t found the right one. On the contrary, there is no breakthrough at both ends."

Muappa stood up suddenly and said loudly, "Where is the material wrong?! Obviously this side is made of wood and tendons!"

Li Shizhao calmly said: "It is impossible to have only two materials. The materials on the inner and outer sides of the bow must not be the same. This is common knowledge. When drawing the bow, the inner side is squeezed inward and needs support. It must be a harder material. There is more deformation, it must be a flexible and ductile material, the outside may be animal tendons, and the inside must be another material."

Muappa seemed unable to refute for a while, standing still panting.

After a while, the two of them quarreled about the material and method of the arrow again. Mu Apa jumped on the spot. Li Shizun's face was arrogant and calm, and Bai stood aside, watching with great joy.

For a long time, Li Shizhao could also see that this old man is a technical house, and a grumpy technical house. This kind of person Li Shizhao has the most dealings. They like to lock themselves in a small dark room and ponder all kinds of things secretly. After they come out, they always feel that their invention will be so great that they will shock the world.

It's a pity that the things these people do either go in the wrong direction and go to a dead end at the beginning, or they are out of reality, and there are not many really good ones. What's more tragic is that these people seldom pay attention to the progress of other people. Often when they finally have a hard time to come up with results and come out of a small dark room, I'm sorry, others have already done it before you publish it.

Such people generally have similar characteristics. For example, when you accuse him of his research direction, he will definitely jump his feet. You can see Muappa who is running violently in front of him. For example, they are generally slower to reality—the last time Yangappa and the others The old man came out of the snow cave and then reacted==

However, this kind of people are also very easy to deal with. If you don’t interfere with them squatting in a dark room, you are willing to discuss with them about inventions "great enough to shock the world". As long as you are knowledgeable, you are not here to add chaos but to help. Probably there will be no problem ╮(￣▽￣")╭ Just like today, when Li Zhixun definitely told Muappa that the inner material can be selected from materials such as horns and bones, he succeeded in going with Muappa. Took a javelin.

You know, Bai went through a lot of hardships in order to steal a stone knife back then. How many days and nights he stayed until Muappa left the house. This old man actually even had his meal sent by Yangappa, hate it. [cough, The love of the technical house for the little black house is incomprehensible to a mortal like Bai].

Speaking of it, Li Shizhen’s luck is pretty good. The first time he came, he caught up with the technical house and went out. He was free to visit the workshop [also known as the small black house], which was regarded as a holy place by the technical house. The HP of the technical house was hit the next time. The major technical problems that urgently needed to be broken were always the most itchy place in the mind of the technical house. So Li Zhizhen succeeded in acquiring a javelin that everyone in the valley loves [Mu Ah] Produced by Pa].

To be honest, the old man’s temper is not to be said, but the craftsmanship is really good. The javelin made by Li Shizhao himself is not so thin and sharp, and the shape is not so perfect. The most peculiar thing is that the entire tip is actually Kind of shining black. If Li Shizhen's guess is correct, the success of this nearly perfect gun tip is largely due to this black material, and the other abilities are due to Old Man Mu's craftsmanship.

Back to the stone house, Li Zhizheng was a little tired, and quarreling with the technical house when he rolled up his sleeves was also a work of his own, but when he saw the black material, he suddenly became a little excited: "White, are there any stone valleys nearby? ?"

Bai took a closer look and nodded affirmatively: "There are many under the snow peak further north."

Li Zhizhu's eyes gleamed: "A lot?"

Bai touched his hair: "Well, a lot, so much that you can't imagine, that mountain is almost black."

This kind of obsidian, commonly known as obsidian, is actually a kind of natural glass. The main component is black stone with silica. Compared with other stones, it is better processed. It is no wonder that Muappa can trim the shape of the javelin to perfection. .

Li Shizhao gave Bai a smile: "These stones can be turned into weapons. As many stones as there are, there can be as many weapons as there are, if we have enough manpower."

There is no era when metal cannot change the shape of the material at will. Such easy-to-process obsidian is a god-given wealth. Compared with the distant compound bow, weapons such as javelins and spears seem to be at hand.

Presumably, young males in the valley will be able to hold a javelin or a spear soon. If they perform well, maybe they will have an obsidian inlaid knife?