If it snows, it does not turn cold, but this does not hold true in space, because as soon as it enters winter, it is extremely cold every day, and the chariot cannot enter the Monkey Valley, but it can build a temporary residence outside the valley.
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This is the diversity of the chariots. During the past few days, the soldiers entered the monkey to explore during the day, and returned to the entrance of the valley to rest at night. A group of fifty soldiers was already led by Qin Shou to explore the road.
It could have been possible for Garuda to fly over to check, but winter has affected the travel of sky birds, so we simply used the old method, because we may encounter such inspection situations in the future, and we don't always expect sky birds to cheat.
At this time, Zhang Heng's body had reached a point where he was not afraid of the severe cold. He had already lived in the valley with a few elites, observing the shape and other conditions of the monkeys every day. This was the source of the tribe's monkeys. It was precisely because of this place that nearby people
The monkey group is flourishing, increasing exaggeratedly every year. The larger the base, the faster the growth rate.
In reality, there would be thousands more monkeys in the tribe every day. This was only the number accommodated by the tribe. There were even larger numbers scattered into the forest, in all four directions: east, west, north, and south.
The individual fighting power of the monkey group is not strong, and although they know how to transform together, for example, three thousand monkeys formed a giant ape last time, they only have a powerful form without matching combat power. At most, it should be called creativity.
This seems to be a little better than primitive people.
Maybe it’s because there is a difference between the animal form and the human form. After all, monkeys are also a primate species and are loved by God because they have wisdom that other animals do not have!
"Wang, what are you thinking about? Can you tell me?" Su Xiu asked softly. As someone who has been with the Sun King for many years, how could she not see that there is something wrong with the Sun King.
Zhang Heng smiled slightly and replied half-jokingly: "Buddha said, don't say it!"
After resting, dozens of half-apes were captured. Of course, they were full of wildness at this time. Over time, they would be integrated into the tribe. Now Taihao's half-apes plus congenital apes combined have already passed
The number is three hundred, and the descendants of such evolved species are basically congenital apes, or have a higher probability of becoming half-apes.
Two days later, Qin Shou brought people back. Fifty people went out, but four people were missing when they came back. This made Zhang Heng furious. Taihao's population has been accurate to single digits. Detailed population information every full moon.
It will be delivered to him, and if more than three people die in a day, he will be notified immediately. Basically, human life is the most important thing.
There is also good news. Eight babies were finally born in the tribe. Calculating the time, it has been sixty years. It is not easy. According to his understanding, the pregnancy time of primitive people is actually only about seven months, which is more than two hundred years in space.
It may seem like a long time, but it is not. After the population is on the right track, new babies will be born one after another. After these babies can crawl, they will be uniformly taught and grow up bathed in the glory of the Sun King.
But when they grow up, thirteen is considered the fighting age. By then Zhang Heng will have reached thirty. This generation of babies can still be used by him, but the following generations will probably only be used by his sons.
He smiled, who could tell clearly what would happen ten years later? As for his adopted son Zhang Mu, he was still too young. Even if he wanted to teach him now, the time had not come yet.
"What happened?" Zhang Heng asked with a straight face.
"Wang, fall, water, fall!" It's not that Qin Shou is not smart enough, but that what he encountered this time has never happened before, so naturally he doesn't know how to express it.
But it was quickly translated and it turned out to be a swamp-like place, and four soldiers fell into it and were not rescued.
He had only seen this kind of swampy land on TV, but he could imagine what it would feel like, stepping on the sinking farmland.
"It's a bad start!" Zhang Heng shook his head helplessly. It was too risky for thousands of people to cross the swamp. Although Qin Shou didn't explain clearly how big the swamp was, it was winter, and the environment was already very primitive.
People are disadvantaged.
"Have any traces of population activities been found?" Zhang Heng asked the key.
This time Qin Shou thought for a while and ran to communicate with the soldiers who were traveling together before replying: "Yes, very few!"
It actually happened, "Is the Monkey Valley easy to cross?" The group of people had been out for several days.
"No, it's difficult to climb up!" Qin Shou quickly replied.
Zhang Heng nodded, softened his tone and said: "Let the soldiers go and rest. Let me think about this matter again."
He was silent, so the army could not take action. At this time, he was writing on the ground facing the Monkey Valley. Su Xiu spread out some animal skins next to him. This is a map near Taihao, which he has already drawn.
A large area appears, and the west end is the Monkey Valley.
"The southwest is the direction Tashi took. The terrain in the northwest is more complicated and steeper. Su Xiu, which way do you think we should go?" Zhang Heng did not bring the wizard or expert team out this time. After all, the climate is not good for the elderly.
Su Xiu was the only one who discussed with him.
"Wang, I suddenly remembered a story from the ideological and moral class in elementary school." Su Xiu said in an unreasonable manner.
Zhang Heng immediately became interested and said with a smile: "It's not easy. You can still remember things in class."
Su Xiu suddenly felt a little embarrassed, but she kept talking and explained: "I can't remember clearly. It seems that there was a powerful person in our country who invented the rice we eat today, and he went through thousands of difficulties in the process.
, the laboratory was smashed and so on, and finally I found rice research in the swamp, and there was only one plant, and it is this plant that allows everyone to eat rice now..."
"Ahem~~!" A black line appeared on Zhang Heng's forehead, but although Su Xiu told the story like this, he was asked to add: "Later, after the success of hybrid rice, a female reporter went to interview, and she was wearing kimchi.
I ate four big bowls of rice, haha.”
"So you know it too, I'm not wrong, right?" Su Xiu said happily.
Zhang Heng directly ignored the details of the story and echoed: "You want to tell me that rice may appear in the swamp."
"Yes, that's what it means. Now only the Jiang tribe is growing rice, although He Lao is cultivating rice seed fields. But it has to be cultivated every year, which is very troublesome. The glutinous rice that does not need to be specially cultivated for seeds is too sticky and there is no rice.
It tastes delicious, but it's not to your appetite!" Su Xiu said softly.
The reason why Lao He, a botanist, has achieved status is because he knows how to cultivate seedlings, etc. Especially for the hybrid rice brought in modern times, special seeds must be reserved, and corn seeds must also be specially pollinated.
They can be used as seeds. Otherwise, the seeds can grow into seedlings, but in the end there will be no fruit harvest. That would be a tragedy, and it would be like planting in vain.
Only sweet potatoes and wheat do not require specially cultivated seeds. Perhaps because of this, these two crops have stood firm since their emergence and have become the mainstream types of planting.
"Well, what you said makes sense. Maybe there are actually rice-like plants in the divine soil? When it comes to the environment, only natural swamps similar to farmland can grow, because there are no animals in the swamps to destroy their growth.
The temperature and humidity are suitable all year round, but Su Xiu, didn't you realize it's winter now? Rice is harvested in summer!" Zhang Heng said speechlessly.
Only then did black lines appear on Su Xiu's forehead. She really didn't consider this problem. Or maybe she never quite knew what season rice was planted and harvested, eh!
"Haha. Actually, it's not impossible!" Zhang Heng pondered for a moment and said. The rice has just passed the winter. It can't even wait until the real spring to start cultivating seedlings. It's early winter now, so it's possible that there will be residual grains or premature development.
Seedlings, the former is better, but the latter is difficult to identify. There is too much grass in the space. There are not only small seedlings that look like rice on the roadside, but there are many, but in the end they all grow out of shape and have nothing to do with rice.
association.
"Second the order, the troops are divided into three groups. Cugu, you take 400 people and set off to the southwest. Pay attention to the traces of Tashi's walking along the way. Come back before summer at the latest. There is no time limit for coming back early. It is just to explore the road and carve out the traces.
Topography, population and prey are secondary, be careful to protect the lives of soldiers!"
Then he said: "Wu Yao, you also take four hundred people out from the northwest, but it is a little different from Cugu. Your purpose is to find the population and understand the situation in the northwest. You grew up in the west.
That is a place you are quite familiar with. Work hard and I hope you can bring back all four hundred soldiers intact. You can be injured, but there will be no deaths!"
"King, Cuckoo (Wu Yao) understands!" The two responded excitedly. It is not easy to have the opportunity to lead four hundred warriors alone like this. Yuming was only assigned a few hundred warriors when he was crowned king.
Zhang Heng nodded, feeling quite relieved about the two of them, and said: "Qin Shou, take the remaining two hundred people with me to the west and cross the Monkey Valley. Bearded and Yun, you two will take them with you."
Archer No. 50 also follows."
Since you may encounter swamps, melee attacks are almost useless. Long-range attacks are the biggest guarantee. Basically, the most powerful long-range attack warriors in the tribe have been brought. Yun's hit rate is not as high as that of Beard.
However, it is more powerful and can shoot farther. The power is 1.5 times that of Big Beard. With the metal arrow, it can fight even the fierce beasts.
"Let's set off tomorrow. If there is any danger that we can't handle, light the smoke. I will summon the golden-winged bird to rush there quickly!" Zhang Heng asked himself that even if he could fight against a ferocious beast like the giant snake in the deep pool, he shouldn't be unable to withstand it.
The threat can at least buy the soldiers time to evacuate to prevent too many casualties. This is just an expectation, it does not really happen, but it is impossible to say, so this is the instruction.
Early the next morning, Zhang Heng and his party of more than 200 people entered the Monkey Valley. In just a few days, this new generation of monkeys had seen how powerful the intruders were, and they penetrated unimpeded and reached the other end of the valley.
, there are marks left by Qin Shou along the way. Of course, humans cannot remember the route through excrement like animals, because with wisdom, there are countless ways.
What's more, Qin Shou, who grew up in the forest, never got lost. When he reached the edge of the valley, Zhang Heng finally understood what Qin Shou meant when he said it was difficult to climb. Not to mention others, it was not easy even for him to climb.
Su Xiu can't go up at all. It's not just about physical fitness, but also a strong heart.
"Get a few people up first, and then throw down the rope!" Zhang Heng said. In fact, Qin Shou used this method before, but on this day of delay, the monkeys took away the remaining rattan. He had to start again.
Been here.
Because the height distance is too long, even if there is a rattan, it cannot fully bear the force. It only assists and prevents falling during the climbing process, but this is enough.
Zhang Heng actually wanted to summon 3,000 monkeys to transform into a giant ape again. But the monkeys inside did not listen to his command. The 2,000 monkeys he brought were scattered all over the valley and were indistinguishable, so he did not choose this one.
It was cheap, but it was a pity that he didn't film the scene when he was in the Cloud Tribe, because he was also shocked and had an incredible feeling.
Su Xiu was almost carried up to the top of the mountain by him. After everyone climbed up, it was another problem to meet them. How to get down the mountain? Looking around was a place shrouded in fog. Qin Shou could not describe this scene, but
Once he had it, he would be able to speak the language in the future. He hadn't really taught the primitive people for a while, so he started chatting with Qin Shou on a whim and taught him a lot of modern knowledge, but he didn't know how much Qin Shou could understand.
Suddenly his mind moved and he said: "Qin Shou. When my sister A Fang comes in, you will also follow the class and learn as much as you can!"
"Afang!" The smart Qin Shou only responded with this word.
Zhang Heng was quite speechless and thought Qin Shou was because he was giving some orders about his sister. He smiled and said nothing more. As for wasting time here, it was because he had no intention of going down the mountain today because the sky was already darkening.
If it is dangerous at night when going down the mountain, we might as well stay one night on the mountain. There are not many people, so we can arrange accommodation when we arrive. As for the food, there is no shortage of it, and we can sustain ourselves for quite a while just by bringing it out.
Suddenly he remembered that when the ancient Chinese army crossed the Shu Road, it was actually more dangerous than the road he faced now. If a modern human body climbs an uninhabited mountain, he may pay the price of his life at any time.
For the primitive people, it was just a little more troublesome. Even though Qin Shou and his party encountered a swamp before and trapped more than 20 people, they only lost four people. They still encountered a swamp suddenly without any experience or preparation.
The darkness will eventually dissipate, dawn will come again, and a new day has arrived. Unfortunately, after a few days of rest, it snowed heavily again. This is the third snowfall this winter. By about the fifth snowfall, the whole
The ground will turn white, and the snow will sink your calves into it. Then there will be continuous snowfall. Winter is really difficult, both for people and animals!
However, Taihao had already made preparations and made long boots, which were woven from a special kind of plant and animal skin. The heating effect was not strong, but it could insulate the intrusion of moisture, but it was not time to use them yet.
Chunba can go out naked in the snow, and primitive people can persist in the open snow for a long time. As long as they can stay warm and eat before reaching the limit, their bodies will not freeze. This is a strong body adapted to the environment.
Only Su Xiu was wrapped in a thick coat and looked bloated, which made her regret the suggestion to explore the swamp. But if she really found something valuable, then she would have a lot of credit. A woman's ambition is actually
Sometimes you can overcome all difficulties, such as "Beauty freezes!" Strong men will catch a cold if they wear shorts in winter, but women wearing short skirts can keep their faces rosy. Challenging the limit is actually that simple!
It's easier to go up the mountain than it is to go down. This saying goes well with the scene. It only takes half a day to go up the mountain, but it takes more than half a day to go up and down. If all the fighting is involved, the delay will be longer. Zhang Heng admires himself for adjusting in advance.
Personnel arrangements.
Another day later, Zhang Heng finally understood that the five days that Qin Shou had delayed were not a waste of time, but that the environment here was really not suitable for collective action. The clouds and mist were shrouded in fog and barely dissipated from early morning to sunset.
However, it was the same even at noon, but the fog was slightly thinner and I couldn't see too far away.
It had just snowed. Although it did not last long, it had already accumulated on the grass and trees, which affected the speed of movement to some extent. The ground began to get moister as we walked. The environment here seemed to be divided by mountains. The monkeys not far behind
The valley is still almost the same as normal, but once you climb over it, it becomes a different environment.
And there are no traces of monkey activity here. Even the monkeys don't come here. In fact, if you pay attention to this carefully, you can find that there is a problem here. Zhang Heng is actually doing it as an afterthought. It wouldn't be a problem if it were his first time.
He will pay attention so that it will not affect what he said to Qin Shou and others.
As soon as these words came out, they were immediately greeted with admiration and cheers, but Zhang Heng estimated that Qin Shou and others might have thought that this was to give him face!
Counting the time, another half day passed and finally arrived at the swamp. Along the way, Zhang Heng saw traces of human activities mentioned by Qin Shou, but he could not distinguish them at all, so he could only selectively believe that Qin Shou was right.
But I didn’t see any other primitive people. The heavy snow probably covered up many traces that should have been easily discovered!
"King, there, there!" Qin Shou shouted.
Zhang Heng's expression became solemn, because there was no difference between the place in front of him and the place he stepped on. Even if he looked carefully, he couldn't tell the reason. Of course, Qin Shou couldn't let everything go, and four lives were lost here.
However, he would rather believe that there is a way out in dangerous swamps. There have been many successful cases in human history, but they were too risky and too complicated for primitive people. He just came to see if there was any rice.
I don't have much interest in crossing the swamp, so the stupid method of choosing to survive is the best option.
"Slow down. Everyone is divided into a row of three. They all follow the footsteps of the people in front. The archers stand crosswise on the left and right!" Zhang Heng explained that he did not understand the art of war, but he knew the way of balance, and he also figured out the way to do it.
Some experiences in adapting to the environment. Compared with being born into the environment, others like him who adapt to the environment actually have some more advantages than primitive people, but they can only be brought into play in a specific environment. This opportunity is really
Not many, now it’s just one time.
He, Qin Shou, and Yun, the three of them are at the front, and Big Beard is in the second row. At critical moments, he can catch people into reality, and he can also disappear with the body, and then come back after figuring out a way, so it is also
Su Xiu was told that if he and some of the people in front of him suddenly disappeared, let her take the people back to the foot of the mountain to wait, or return to the Monkey Valley first. This is only the expected escape route. Don't be afraid of 10,000, or be afraid of 10,000.
one.
Of course, he also told Qin Shou and others not to make any noise once they arrived in his room, otherwise they would be discovered by his mother and she would not be able to explain clearly.
When everything is ready, start exploring the path with a spear in your hand. You don't have to go far, just choose the edge of the swamp and stick it in where you walk, so that the people behind you can follow the edge.
, as for the patterns of rice, he has already carved them and distributed them. If anyone finds it, there will be a huge reward. This reward is to eat as much rice as you want in the future, without limit. This is too tempting for primitive people who cherish food. Everyone.
They all opened their eyes wide, trying to see through the fog and find the plant patterns described by the Sun King!
But how could things be so simple? Zhang Heng spent several days on this investigation. He finally cleared a lot of distance in the swamp, but he also found that this distance has no edge, and the swamp is much bigger than imagined, with no end in sight.
He couldn't tell the route, and the weather was getting colder and colder. Seeing that the fourth snow was about to fall, he became a little panicked. He had to take responsibility for these soldiers who were loyal to him.
"King, look over there!" a soldier suddenly shouted.
This was so strange that no one noticed it, but there was a different voice, but Zhang Heng chose to believe it. Although he didn't see anything clearly, he quickly chased in the direction. After a while, he was stunned.
There is actually...
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