Although the Wolf King said so, Zhao Qian could see that he guessed it right.
After all, the Wolf King is just the guardian of this forest. He looks very powerful, but in fact, there are countless such forests on the entire continent, and the number of guardians is even more terrifying.
Compared with the forest guardians, spring, summer, autumn and winter are different, there are only four in total.
If the guardian is compared to a small civil servant, then the spring, summer, autumn and winter are at least provincial level, and may even be higher.
"never mind!"
Seeing that he couldn't count on the Wolf King, Zhao Qian looked at Liu Yun and said, "Sister Yun, let's consider how to get enough food in such a short period of time!"
Liu Yun nodded in agreement, "Although I know what kind of existence Dong is, it is of no use at all. Food is the key right now."
The Wolf King listened to the conversation between the two and opened his mouth to say something, but finally closed his mouth again.
He felt that it was better for him to shut up at this time.
Zhao Qian said: "There is no farming here, so most of the food comes from prey. But these days, we have seen a lot of prey in the forest. In a few days, there will probably be no more prey."
Liu Yun nodded again and continued: "What we have to do now is to increase revenue and reduce expenditure... To increase revenue is to find ways to find more food as much as possible, and to reduce expenditure is to eat less."
Zhao Qian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I think there is no problem in increasing the revenue, but it may be difficult to reduce expenditure. After all, the teacher and Yanshan calculated according to the minimum standard from the beginning, and it is impossible to reduce expenditure."
Liu Yun shook her head slightly, "What I mean by throttling is not to reduce food, but to reduce energy consumption."
Hearing this, Zhao Qian's face was filled with questions.
Liu Yun explained: "Humans are endothermic animals. When the weather is hot, they will reduce energy consumption, and when the weather is cold, they will speed up energy consumption to provide heat for the body."
"Therefore, as long as we find ways to make the tribesmen feel less cold and consume less energy, they will not feel hungry."
Zhao Qian understood what Liu Yun meant and frowned: "That's what I said, but isn't it a bit too difficult to make the tribesmen not feel so cold?"
This world is not the earth.
On earth, there are various ways to make people feel warm... air conditioners, heaters, hot air blowers...
But this world is different. The only way to keep warm is probably to burn firewood.
However, with a cave the size of a cave, it is too difficult to raise the temperature solely by burning firewood.
If you want to maintain the temperature all the time, you will consume a lot of firewood, and it is impossible for the Yanze tribe to obtain so much firewood.
"There is a way!"
Liu Yun lowered her eyebrows and thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled and asked, "Let's find out more about Huo Kang."
Zhao Qian's eyes lit up and he said angrily: "Oh, why did I forget this thing? The fire pit consumes not much firewood. By then, as long as we build a big fire pit in each cave, we won't feel cold."
"Sister Yun, you are so awesome!" Zhao Qian praised sincerely.
When Liu Yun heard this, her face turned red and she said, "Don't be too happy too early. The food you can save won't be much. If this is the case, you still won't be able to survive the whole winter."
Zhao Qian nodded and said, "I understand that the current problem is how to find food."
Liu Yun asked: "If other tribes encountered this situation, what would they do?"
Zhao Qian smiled bitterly and said: "American behavior!"
Liu Yun understood instantly, "Grab it!"
Zhao Qian nodded and said: "The big tribes are robbing the small tribes. The small tribes have no choice but to either perish or eat each other... This is what the teacher told me."
Hearing this, Liu Yun fell silent.
Obviously, like Zhao Qian at that time, she was also frightened by cannibalism.
People who come from civilized society have a hard time imagining what it would be like for people to eat people.
Some netizens even jokingly ask if they will suffer from prions.
"We can't do this."
Liu Yun immediately shook her head, looked at Zhao Qian and said: "We must have our own bottom line, otherwise we will be wild beasts."
Zhao Qian smiled and said: "I told the teacher and the chief the same thing, and they all agreed."
"That's good!"
Liu Yun breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and lowered her head to think.
Seeing this, Zhao Qian didn't bother her and stood aside, waiting silently.
In fact, he felt there was nothing he could do.
Now, the prey in the forest is decreasing, and there are no animals left to hunt.
Although you can find some fruits by collecting them, they can only satisfy your hunger for a short time at most and cannot be eaten as a meal.
In this case, all he can think of is to rob or eat others.
"Yes!"
At this moment, Liu Yun suddenly spoke, glanced at Zhao Qian, and then looked at the Wolf King, "Lord Guardian, you should be familiar with this forest, right?"
The Wolf King didn't understand what Liu Yun meant, so he nodded and said, "No Yuan beast knows this forest better than me."
Liu Yun continued: "Then, Lord Guardian, can you help me find two plants?"
When the Wolf King heard this, he said warily: "What are you going to do? Even if you have helped me, I will not allow you to destroy the forest."
Liu Yunze said: "Master Guardian, don't be nervous, just listen to me and I will slowly reason with you."
The Wolf King asked: "What's the point?"
Liu Yun said: "First of all, even if we help you get rid of the termites in this forest, you still need us, right?"
The Wolf King thought for a while and nodded: "Yes, if it weren't for your army ants, the insect tribe would still release termites into the forest in the future."
Liu Yun added: "Secondly, as long as the trees are not destroyed on a large scale, the guardian can recover, right?"
"You actually know that I have this ability?"
The Wolf King was a little surprised. He had never said anything about his abilities. He could only nod and said: "This is the power of the forest guardian. As long as the forest is not destroyed on a large scale, I can restore it."
Liu Yun continued: "Now, there are only two choices in front of the guardian."
"The first option is, Lord Guardian, you will die without saving your life. We resent you. Even if the insect tribe releases termites again in the future, we will not help you."
"The second option is for the Guardian to help us. The cost is only a few trees. Anyway, it will be restored soon... We are grateful to you. Whenever the forest encounters any trouble in the future, we will help the Guardian."
"Lord Guardian, two choices are before you, which one do you choose?"
After hearing Liu Yun's words, Zhao Qian wanted to applaud. This was really amazing.
In the past, he only thought Liu Yun was smart but spoke very little.
At this moment, he realized that it was not that Liu Yun talked less, but that there was no room for her to express herself.
Otherwise, even the dead can be said to be alive!
"Sister Yun, what are we looking for? What are we going to do?" Zhao Qian asked in a low voice while the Wolf King was thinking.
"Plants that can produce sugar and starch." Liu Yun paused and said, "I plan to try it to see if I can make compressed biscuits."