Chapter 5 This Wilderness's Only Neighbor(1/2)
Lu Zhou wanted to find a forest and build some wooden houses.
You should know that a house built with wood of the same thickness has better thermal insulation performance than any kind of adobe brick.
The thermal insulation effect also far exceeds that of reinforced concrete.
In the past, the nomadic people here could only live in tents and didn't know how to use them if they needed to nomadically.
Later, Tsarist Russia developed farming here and began to build various small manors out of wood.
Lu Zhou had experienced this when he was an exchange student.
In winter, it is indeed very warm!
...
Ulla took two people and left to the north.
The topography of Siberia is complex. There are not only grasslands. Lu Zhou estimated that it should not be difficult to find a forest.
The next two days remain.
Lu Zhou always signed in at the blacksmith shop and never went to the cattle pen again.
Because you can only go to one place to sign in every day, and you can only sign in once.
Lu Zhou was busy chasing the production of iron, but the number of cattle did not increase... However, one cow can produce hundreds of kilograms of meat. Now there are dozens of them in the village, and there is no food crisis for the time being.
There is still some grain in Zhuangzi, of course, it is just enough for Lu Zhou to eat alone and to feed some chickens and ducks.
No one had raised chickens and ducks on the grassland. According to Wula, it was the old farm owner who raised some poultry in order to take care of Lu Zhou, who was always tired of eating cattle and sheep.
From this point of view, my "father" who I have never interacted with is quite fond of him.
It's just that Lu Zhou didn't inherit the memory.
I don't know much about this father, and I only have a mysterious feeling in my heart.
Unfortunately, there is no chance to ask clearly why Lao Lu came to this desolate place in the first place.
Because when he first crossed over, his father died and he was left here alone...
...
Look over there at the blacksmith shop.
The number of people has increased to five, and the other two are arranged alone on the iron-making shaft furnace.
They don't need any skills at all. All they have to do every day is to throw coal and ore into the furnace, and then they will be surprised to find that iron is produced in a short time.
Of course, every time before doing this, the master will take a look...
[Ding, the sign-in is successful, congratulations to the host for getting four pieces of 20 steel!]
"How's the iron doing?"
Lu Zhou came to the blacksmith shop early in the morning.
Whenever he has free time in the past two days, he will check here.
Now this blacksmith shop looks like a blacksmith shop. It is surrounded by a simple wooden fence and has a leather roof on top. Finally, it no longer needs to be open in the open air. It is more comfortable to work here.
"Back to my master, from yesterday to now, I have produced two more daggers!"
Lao Zhangtou had spent the past two days at the blacksmith shop, so he took out two short knives as if asking for credit. They looked much better than the first one.
Lu Zhou found another piece of wood and chopped it down.
Very sharp!
Lao Zhangtou's technique is still good.
Two days ago, their construction speed was comparable to that of the iron furnace.
But today, when Lu Zhou took out four pieces of fine iron from the stove, Old Zhang's eyes widened.
I have lived for most of my life and have never seen anyone making iron like this... Maybe the master is wise and has some new refining methods, but he dare not ask more. The shaft furnace is now surrounded.
It was made by two separate people, and ordinary people could not see it...
"Well, it's really good!"
Lu Zhou gestured twice with one of the knives. He didn't know how to use the knife, but he felt that it felt good in his hand.
So Lu Zhou asked again: "Besides these, what else do you practice?"
"There will be quite a lot more."
Lao Zhang nodded and answered.
He used to feel that there was no hope in life, but now, when he sees this master, he won't beat or scold him, and he even gives him meat to eat!
Although I was a little tired from ironing in the past two days, I had enough energy and recovered a lot in all aspects.
He actually sometimes fantasized that maybe one day he would be able to return to his roots, so he had no intention of hiding anything: "Old man, I can also shoot long swords, axes, arrows, and some other tools..."
"Well, then you don't have to forge the iron yourself in the future. I plan to expand the blacksmith shop to ten people, and everyone will be treated the same!"
Lu Zhou waved his hand: "And your role is to make them know how to forge and stand alone. Do you understand what I mean?"
Lu Zhou wanted to train a group of blacksmiths first.
This is the basis for development.
Old Zhangtou's mind changed slightly, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "Go back to the master, old man, I understand..."
Lu Zhou nodded: "Yes, but I can't let you teach me for nothing. As long as you teach someone to be able to forge alone, I will give you a cow! The better you teach, the more rewards you will get!"
Lu Zhou also understood the saying "killing the donkey to remove the mill and kill the donkey", so he explained the benefits in advance.
Lao Zhangtou was a little worried at first, but after hearing the last sentence, he was so excited that he completely gave up the idea of saving everything.
A person taught by this is like a cow!
Ten people, ten heads!
In your lifetime, you can return to your roots!
Don't think about anything else.
So he quickly and respectfully said: "Old man, I will do my best!"
...
In the north, Wula took three people to investigate, and finally came back today.
The three people were shivering with cold.
But when they returned to Zhuangzi, most of them looked frightened.
"Master, Ula was really scared to death..."
According to what Ulla said.
A day's journey to the north, there is indeed a dense forest!
There are many towering trees.
The kind that even a dozen people can't surround.
If you can cut it back, you won't have to worry about Zhuangzi's wood in the future.
But the point is.
When they came to the base of a big tree, they saw a very terrifying beast!
The beast was so huge that its claws were bigger than a human head. It lay in a tree hole and slept soundly. If a few people hadn't run fast enough, they would have been treated as snacks.
However, based on Ula's description, Lu Zhou could basically conclude that it was a hibernating bear.
Lu Zhou became interested after hearing this. Bear skins kept him warm. There were probably as many bears in the Siberian forest as there were gophers on the grassland!
Only when Ulla said the bear was white.
Lu Zhou became silent again...
...
There are always many strange things happening in this ancient magical geographical environment.
Especially during the cold weapon period, animal resources were abundant and their survival range was very wide. Some ferocious beasts were still terrible natural enemies of human existence.
But Lu Zhou is still a systematic person after all.
After appeasing Ulla.
Lu Zhou then started walking towards the mainland again. No matter it was a black bear or a white bear, a bear was a good one if its skin could keep it warm.
But when Lu Zhou came to the training ground.
Seeing the ten people wandering around on the training ground on the mainland side, I gave up the idea of hunting bears for the time being...
All I saw was the cold wind.
Lu Da is teaching them to lift stones.
To be continued...