Chapter 260 New grains? (Please vote and subscribe)

Ling's life story is not tragic. In this primitive era, he was driven out of the tribe after he became an adult and started to make his own way. He also had the initial capital given by his mother. It was hard but not difficult to support himself. However,

after understanding Ling's situation, You Fu began to be tempted. Ling is a native of the grassland and has traveled to many places in the grassland. He is not only good at herding, but also knows many languages ​​of grassland tribes. He is an excellent rider and archer. For the Han tribe, he is really a rare talent. There is no reason not to fight for him.

After figuring out the key, You Fu immediately began to win over Ling.

"Ling, your woman is pregnant again. Her belly will get bigger in a few months. You won't be able to ride a horse then. What are you going to do? Have you prepared a place to spend the winter?"

"A place to spend the winter? There is one. It's a small forest. I don't have any cows, so I don't have cow dung to burn. There are many trees there. I can cut firewood there. There are also many shrubs in the forest. The sheep can also eat the shrubs there to spend the winter. I can also build a sheepfold in the forest. I have a dog to watch over the sheep. I don't have to worry about it."

Ling obviously had a plan long ago. The small forest he mentioned might be where he spends the winter every year. Hearing that he arranged it in an orderly manner, it means that he is very familiar with it.

This answer made You Fu feel a little helpless. If Ling had no place to spend the winter, he could use this reason to invite him back, but he had already prepared it.

After thinking for a while, You Fu said again: "Your children are still so young, they should be born this spring, they haven't experienced a cold winter yet, you still have to chop wood and make fire every day, if it snows too much, the children may not survive this winter, you might as well go to our tribe.

We have solid houses to live in, we can make fire directly in the house, we have enough food to survive the winter, we also have a stable water source, and we have too much firewood to burn. It's much safer to go to us than to spend the winter alone."

"Go to your tribe? You want my sheep and dogs, right?" Ling immediately showed a vigilant look.

You Fu smiled slightly, nodded first, and then shook his head.

"I do want more sheep, and I really need your dog, but that has nothing to do with my invitation to you.

As you can see, we have white salt and pottery, which are made by our tribe, and the tribes on the grassland really need them. The cattle, horses and sheep that our team brought were exchanged for these things.

I want sheep, and I can get more sheep by finding a bigger tribe. Do you think I miss your hundreds of sheep? In addition, our tribe also has dogs, but not as many as yours, and they are not as well trained as yours."

Although these words sounded uncomfortable and You Fu looked down on them, they were the real truth. Think about it, this group of people has so many good things, why would they covet his meager assets.

Thinking of this, Ling also became curious about the tribe that You Fu mentioned.

"Where is your tribe? How many people are there? How many cattle, horses, and sheep are there?"

"Our Han tribe is in the mountains in the north. It takes more than a month to ride back from here. There are nearly 3,000 people. In addition to the cattle, horses, and sheep we have now, there are still hundreds of them in the tribe." You Fu said.

"It takes more than a month to walk to the mountains in the north. Oh my God, how did you run so far to the grassland?

Also, you said that you have nearly 3,000 people, but why do you only have a few hundred cattle and sheep? What do you eat with so many people? Won't you all starve in winter?

I have seen large tribes with thousands of people, and they have tens of thousands of cattle and sheep. They can't finish eating meat and drinking milk every day. "

Ling was very surprised by what You Fu said. Similarly, he was a native of the grassland and had never been to the mountains, let alone the lifestyle of the mountain people. In his impression, everyone should eat meat and drink milk. He simply couldn't imagine life without meat and milk.

"There are very few cattle and horses in our tribe, and we are reluctant to eat them. Those cattle and horses are used for work, such as pulling carts, or for plowing the land to grow grain.

Grain is food, which is the seeds grown from grass. It can be eaten when cooked, and it is very delicious. As long as there is land, we can grow endless grain.

We can also fish, and we also raise other animals, so we don't lack meat.

Moreover, our chief is a very powerful man. Although he is not very old, he is the wisest person in our tribe. He can make many things, grow crops, and raise animals. He taught us all to do these things. "

Ling only understood half of what he heard, and didn't understand many of the things Youfu said. He knew about breeding, like grazing on their grasslands, but he had never heard of growing crops, nor had he seen it with his own eyes, so he couldn't understand it.

People eat grass seeds? Are they starving? Is that what people eat? Wouldn't that mean they would eat grass like livestock? Ling was complaining wildly in his heart.

Youfu felt the same way as Ling's misunderstanding. He was also surprised when he first heard about growing crops. After all, this way of getting food was very strange for primitive people.

Fortunately, the caravan also brought food. Although it was not much, they couldn't eat dry rice every day, but it was enough for them to drink porridge every day. Youfu immediately asked someone to bring half a sack of rice.

"Look, this is what we eat. This thing is called rice. There is a layer of skin on it. Peel off the skin and it becomes white rice. It tastes very good when boiled in water. I can make a pot of rice for you to try tomorrow morning. "

You Fu grabbed a handful of rice and put it in Ling's hand, asking him to take a closer look. Because You Fu left in a hurry, the rice was packed in bags right after it was harvested and dried. Even the rice bran had not been pounded off. When eating, he could only pound it himself in a pottery pot, so he could tell at a glance that it was a plant seed.

Ling put down the old duck soup in his hand, took the rice with both hands, and observed it carefully against the firelight of the campfire. This was a plant seed, and it looked very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before, but is this thing really for people to eat?! Isn't this something that only cows and horses eat?

"You said it grew from grass?" Ling confirmed to You Fu.

"Yes, it's the seed of a kind of grass."

"I should have seen this thing before. There is also this kind of grass on the grassland, but no one will eat its seeds. Cows and sheep like to eat those things." Ling returned the rice to You Fu and said.

(End of this chapter)