Chapter 266 The Caravan Returns (Please vote and subscribe)

Winter is approaching, and the Han tribe has made all the necessary preparations. The firewood is full and the food is stored in the warehouse. However, no one knows when the first snow will fall, so some necessary outdoor activities have not stopped for the time being, such as the continued construction of the city wall, and the clearing of grass and trees in the fields east of the river, digging or blowing up those tree roots, preparing to transform them all into paddy fields for rice planting next year.

Just one week before the beginning of winter, the caravan led by You Fu finally returned. 2,000 cattle, horses and sheep were driven into the large fence that had been prepared long ago. The cowshed and horse shed were built on the windproof side. Most of the tribesmen in the Han tribe who had nothing to do came to watch, as if they were visiting a zoo.

You Fu also took Luo Chong and a group of high-level people in the tribe to visit this harvest. The main thing to see was the breed of livestock. The sheep brought back this time were not particularly large in size, and looked about the same size as modern domestic sheep.

Overall, all the sheep were white, and each one looked like cotton candy, with grayish-white clumps. That was because the wool was not clean, and there was a lot of dust.

There were two types, one was all white, and the other had a black head and a black tail, and a white body. It seemed that there were quite a few varieties.

Only the rams had curly horns, not the ewes. Moreover, their wool was not as hard as Luo Chong thought, but rather very fluffy.

In his previous life, Luo Chong had heard of a sheep that broke the world record. The sheep escaped from the farm and lived alone in the mountains for six years. Because it had not been sheared for six years, the wool on the sheep's body was all balled together, as hard as a rock, like wearing a suit of armor. The wool on its body alone weighed several hundred kilograms.

However, these sheep were not like that. They were all raised artificially, and the nomadic tribes also made felts and plucked a lot of wool every year, but they did not accumulate much. There were not as many tree barks and hemp grasses on the grassland as in the mountains. They mostly made ropes with wool, so there was no stock left for Luo Chong.

The cattle were also different from the cattle of the Han tribe. The cattle before the Han tribe were forest cattle, which were generally dark brown, with two horns pointed forward, looking like Spanish bullfights.

The fur of these grassland cattle was lighter, and most of them were yellow cattle. There were also cattle with yellow background and white spots. The two horns also grew upwards, and were slightly backwards. The size seemed to be smaller than that of forest cattle. The maximum shoulder height of forest cattle could grow to two meters, while these grassland cattle could only grow to 1.8 meters at most, with an average of about 1.7 meters.

The rest were the horses that Luo Chong cared about the most. The grassland horses were larger than zebras, with an average shoulder height of about 1.6 meters. In terms of body shape, zebras appeared to be more sturdy, with short heads, thick necks, and relatively short limbs.

On the other hand, these grassland horses have longer heads, thick nostrils, and long necks, but they are not slender. They look very powerful, with long and strong limbs, broad shoulders and backs, and a correspondingly larger chest.

This is very important, indicating that their cardiopulmonary function is more developed, and they can breathe more oxygen when running fast. A larger heart can deliver more blood to the limbs. Just looking at their body shape, you can tell that these horses are very good at running, and they are not only fast, but also have longer endurance.

This transaction made Luo Chong very satisfied, and he couldn't help but praise You Fu. The most important thing is that You Fu is very smart. Most of these 2,000 livestock are female, which is conducive to the expansion of the Han tribe's population and will breed faster.

After looking at the livestock, You Fu also introduced Ling, his family, and ten girls from the Altai tribe to Luo Chong. You Fu also focused on introducing Ling's specialties to Luo Chong.

"Chief, this is Ling, a wild man we met on the grassland. He was expelled from the tribe because he was born with red eyes. But he is very capable. Not only is he a good horseman, he is also a first-class archer. We have seen him riding a horse and shooting wild ducks in the sky. He shot one with one arrow and never missed.

He is also very good at training dogs. The domesticated dogs can not only help herd, but also help pick up prey and arrows.

I think he is a very useful person. The warriors of our tribe don't know how to shoot arrows on horseback. It would be great if he could teach our warriors. I hope the leader will keep him. "

Luo Chong certainly understands this. Luo Chong is good at archery, but that is limited to shooting on foot. In fact, horsemanship and horseback archery are a lot worse. After all, he has never practiced this skill. If it is compared to driving a car or a tank, he must be able to do it, but forget about horseback archery.

Now that there is such a ready-made horseback archery coach, there is naturally no reason not to keep him. Even if You Fu doesn't say it, Luo Chong will stay. He doesn't believe in the unknown.

"Very good, you will be a member of our Han tribe in the future. You will have what other tribesmen have. No one will discriminate against you anymore. I hope you can also contribute to the tribe and teach other tribesmen what you know.

Your name is Ling, right? Since you have joined the Han tribe, you must have the name of the Han tribe. From now on, Ling is your surname. I will give you the name of Feng. From now on, you will be called Lingfeng. "Luo Chong patted Ling Feng on the shoulder to show his affirmation.

After You Fu's simple translation, Ling Feng understood what Luo Chong meant. The chief had agreed to let him join the Han tribe and personally gave him a name. He enjoyed equal treatment with the Han tribe members and had everything that others had.

This made Ling Feng very happy. After all, he was driven out of the tribe before and had been wandering. Some other nomadic tribes he came into contact with were unwilling to let him join, but Luo Chong did not look down on him or discriminate against him. He gave him a name and treated him as one of his own.

Ling Feng was very excited. He immediately knelt on one knee in front of Luo Chong to swear allegiance and claimed that he would not disappoint the chief's hopes and would work hard to contribute to the Han tribe in the future.

After meeting Ling Feng and his family, the grassland girls just passed by. The ten of them were assigned a house and were responsible for looking after the farm. Livestock.

Dashu was arranged to take them to see the house, and distribute daily necessities, animal skins, pottery, and how to use the house, how to light the kang, and how to cook. They had already learned this. Youfu had taught them on the way back.

Lingfeng led his family to walk on the brick road in the urban area. Looking at the tall warehouses and the neat rows of houses, he felt like he had entered a fairy city. This was what civilization should look like. Compared with those nomadic tribes, the nomadic tribes were barbarians, not as imposing and orderly as here.

After listening to Dashu's introduction, Lingfeng could not help but develop a fanatical admiration for Luo Chong. Although the leader was not as old as himself, he was very wise and could manage thousands of people so well and live a rich life. If it were him, he would definitely not be able to do it.

(End of this chapter)