Chapter 101: Chasing the Deer (Please vote for recommendation)

Luo Chong was very interested in You Fu's proposal. He also wanted to go around like the You tribe and see what resources were available. Unfortunately, the Han tribe could not do without him. There were more than 300 people in the entire tribe who needed to be managed. He

asked the You tribe to help find things. What should he find? The Han tribe now had crops to grow, trained wild beasts, and metal tools. What they needed most now was clothes.

In winter, they could wear animal skins, but in spring, summer, and autumn, would they still wear those airtight animal skin skirts or those painful grass skirts? Of course not. What Luo Chong wanted most now was cloth, but there was no material for weaving.

There was no cotton; no flax or ramie; there was only sisal around the Han tribe, but there was not much of that stuff, barely enough to make ropes, and it was not suitable for weaving. Ramie should be the best material for weaving.

One characteristic of ramie is that it grows fast. In fact, it is not planted once and harvested once a year as people misunderstand, but planted once and harvested six times. Ramie grows very quickly, just like cutting leeks, cutting one crop after another, and harvesting at least five or six times a year.

But Luo Chong has never seen it near the tribe. Now it seems that it is just right to ask the You tribe to help find it.

After careful consideration, Luo Chong said to You Fu: "Your suggestion is very good, and I agree to change it for you. I need a kind of grass now, and it must be alive, or the seeds on it."

"Oh? What kind of grass is it? Is it used to treat diseases?" You Fu asked.

"No, it is a kind of grass that tall." Luo Chong stood up and gestured at his waist.

"The base of its leaves is round, but the head of the leaf is particularly sharp. Its stems and the base of the leaves are covered with hair, which is not easy to break when pulled. Many fine threads can be torn off its skin. Do you understand?" Luo Chong introduced the appearance of ramie in detail, and then asked You Fu if he understood.

However, Youfu really didn't understand what Luo Chong said, and he didn't know whether there was something wrong with what he said or with the translation. Luo Chong had no choice but to find a piece of wood, draw the shape of ramie leaves with charcoal, and use the sweat hair on his arm to describe the hair on ramie, and tell him these two biggest characteristics.

"I seem to have seen this kind of grass. Is it enough to just bring this grass back? Or how much do you want?" Youfu took the wood and looked at it, then recalled.

Luo Chong thought for a while, went back to the cave to get an earthen jar, and then felt that it was not enough, so he took a backpack.

"After finding it, dig it out with the roots and soil, and then put it in this jar. If there are a lot of them around, pick more and bring them back to fill this backpack, and then tell me where you found it." Luo Chong handed the two things to Youfu.

"Then how much of this kind of pottery can I get, and the horned beast." Youfu asked the question he was most concerned about.

"To complete what I said, one pottery pot, ten bowls, and only one horned beast." Luo Chong said.

"Isn't it too little? I know that it takes a day's journey to get to a place with this kind of grass. It's only this much for such a long journey." You Fu said with some dissatisfaction.

"Don't you know the value of containers? For a pot like this, we usually need two women to trade, and even a pottery bowl needs to be exchanged for a boy. If you think it's too little, you can exchange it with your people. Just look at how many you can exchange with your entire tribe.

As for cattle, it's also very difficult for us to catch them, and we may not meet them. These are all things we never exchange. Giving you one is already good.

If you really need it, you can continue to take the task, and I will give you a suitable price." Luo Chong explained.

You Fu thought about it and it was indeed the case. He just saw that the Han tribe had a lot of containers and thought that the Han tribe's containers were less valuable.

"Okay, then I will go to pick that kind of grass for you tomorrow. Can I let my tribesmen stay here first? I will come back in two days and take them away, and take away the things you want to give us." You Fu asked.

Luo Chong thought for a moment. It was spring now. If he could really find ramie and collect it, he could plant it. There were two ways to plant ramie. One was direct sowing and the other was cuttings. There were no seeds in this season, but tender branches could be collected. It was just that the time could not be too long, otherwise they would dry up and die on the way.

"If you can really find where it is, your tribesmen can stay. I will take care of their meals. I will go with you tomorrow. We will leave in the morning and come back before dark. I am afraid that you will get the wrong things and it will be a wasted trip. I will not give you those things." Luo Chong said.

You Fu thought for a moment. Yes, what if he brought back the grass that Luo Chong wanted? He would not have run in vain, but at this time,

"You can go with me, but it is too far away. We You tribesmen walk fast. It will take another day. It is impossible to come back in one day." You Fu said.

"Haha, you can't, but I can. Let's eat first. After dinner, I will tell you how to get there." Luo Chong said with a smile.

Just like that, You Fu finished his meal in confusion and bewilderment, and Luo Chong pulled him to the corral.

"We'll ride the horned deer tomorrow, and it will be very fast." Luo Chong pulled out two large horned deer by the reins, saddled them, and led a group of people to the two deer out of the fence.

"Can you ride this one? Does it run fast?" Youfu's brother Youye asked curiously.

"Of course, it's much faster than a person walking by himself. Come, I'll tell you how to ride it."

Luo Chong said affirmatively, and then began to instruct Youfu on how to ride a horned deer.

"Put your foot in this copper ring, hold the handle on the saddle with your hand, push the copper ring hard, then sit on it, and hold the reins with both hands."

"It's so high up, how can I make it move now?" It was Youfu's first time riding a wild animal, and he felt nervous, excited, and a little excited.

Luo Chong also turned over and sat on another horned deer, and handed a thorn stick that he usually used as a whip to Youfu next to him.

"Take this and learn from me. Hold the reins tightly with your left hand and the whip with your right hand. If you want it to move, clamp your legs on its belly, like this." Luo Chong said while demonstrating.

"Ah, it's moving, it's moving." Youfu also did it again, and shouted excitedly when he saw the deer start to move.

"Grab the reins on both sides of its head. Pull the rope on the side you want it to turn."

You Fu nervously and excitedly pulled the rope to make the horned deer under his crotch turn in circles.

"When you want it to run faster, clamp its belly with your legs and whip its butt with the whip, just like this, go."

Luo Chong explained the essentials of riding while demonstrating. With a whip, the horned deer under his crotch jumped out.

You Fu also followed Luo Chong's example and learned a little. The big horned deer suddenly jumped out. You Fu leaned back and almost fell down, but he quickly sat up again and controlled the big horned deer to chase Luo Chong.

"When running, lean forward a little and sit firmly." Luo Chong shouted while running.

"Ahhh, it's running so fast, how can we make it stop."

"When you want it to stop, pull the reins back, huh, like this."

Youfu also pulled the reins and stopped, "This deer runs so fast, it almost threw me off, haha, I can ride a deer too."

The two rode the deer back again, running back and forth on the open space west of the wall. Youfu gradually got used to the feeling of chasing deer.

"Brother, brother, I want to ride too, can you let me ride for a while." Youye shouted while chasing behind.

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Thank you to my friend "Yan Yuchuan" for the reward, thank you Yan Zi (squinting smile)

In addition, I solemnly ask for a vote.

(End of this chapter)