Chapter 278 Take a break

In the following period of time, the most difficult part for Zhou Chongshan was the journey to and from the destination.

He had to stop to rest after walking for a while, and then start walking again. This made it impossible for Zhou Chongshan to make use of the time in between to train. In the end, he could only take a deep breath and wait by the side.

"Rest, rest for a while..."

Wang Dong waved his hand and signaled Zhou Chongshan to stop, then he casually found a stone nearby and sat down.

During this period, it is worth mentioning that two more people followed them.

But these two people were obviously not here to take care of Wang Dong on behalf of Zhou Chongshan, but were assigned other tasks by their leader.

"See that plant? That's ramie."

After hearing this, the two followers hurried over with small hoes and shovels, dug out all the ramie with roots and soil, and put them into the large backpack on their backs.

According to their leader's arrangement, they had two tasks.

The first is to identify various hemp plants including ramie, and the second is to pick these hemp plants and carry some of them back with roots and soil.

Needless to say, Zhou Xu planned to transfer the ramie back and cultivate it himself.

Although according to Wang Dong, this kind of hemp plant is actually everywhere and can be found everywhere, considering the long-term convenience, it is definitely the easiest to cultivate it by yourself.

You can get it directly when you need it, without having to go to the wild to pick it.

Of course, this cultivation will definitely take time, so in the next period of time, the hemp plants they need will still be mainly picked from the wild.

In order to weave linen, in addition to the spinning wheel being in place, the picked hemp plants also need to be processed.

So now the preliminary preparations can begin.

For picking work like this, Wang Dong certainly cannot follow the whole process, so he needs to train two picking team leaders who can identify this type of plants.

Then at that time, Zhou Xu only needs to arrange two teams to lead them and let them be responsible for picking this type of plants in the wild.

At this moment, although all the preparations have just begun, Zhou Xu has already started to have a headache about the issue of personnel transfer.

[Papermaking definitely requires a separate department, as does weaving. Both require manpower. Under this premise, the collection of the corresponding materials also requires a team.]

[The previous prisoners had already been divided up by the various departments. Now that we have to set up two more departments, we can only transfer personnel from other places. What a headache~]

At this time, Zhou Xu really wanted to find another tribe to fight and capture a wave of prisoners so that they could be distributed easily.

Of course, he was just thinking about it casually.

The construction of the new village here is estimated to be only halfway completed, and the border is still under construction. It would not be a wise decision for him to mobilize troops at this time.

Not to mention that it is already autumn. In other words, he will soon usher in the second winter after his time travel.

There is no need to say more that increasing the population before winter is equivalent to adding trouble and burden to oneself.

Apart from the projects that have been completed steadily, the most important project for Zhou Xu at present is to make linen before winter! It's not that Zhou Xu is in a hurry to make clothes with linen, but he needs to make bags with linen to store food for himself.

Because Wang Dong mentioned before that linen material has the characteristics of anti-corrosion and antibacterial, which is perfect for making grain storage bags.

Looking back at previous winters, their food losses were mainly due to the fact that the stored food was exposed to the wind and snow and went bad.

As for things like the wind and snow being so strong that the roof was blown off, or the snow being so thick that the roof collapsed, these are natural disasters and force majeure.

Not to mention this era, even before he traveled through time, similar things would still happen when encountering typhoons or blizzards.

So what he could do now was to add a few more layers of protection to his winter food reserves, such as putting a sack on the outside.

In this way, even if the roof of the granary is blown off or collapses, the grain will be safer with an extra layer of protection.

During these days, everyone was busy, only Zhou Chongshan was suffering from "torture".

"Take a break, take a break."

Hearing this, Zhou Chongshan, who was walking next to him, stopped silently.

Faced with this situation, from the initial irritability and anxiety to the current complete desperation, Zhou Chongshan felt that he had experienced a lot.

With a light sigh, Zhou Chongshan glanced at the stone next to him and simply sat down.

Wang Dong, who saw this scene, showed a hint of smile in his eyes.

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Before, Zhou Chongshan would just stand by, taking anxious steps, wondering how long he would have to rest before he could leave. But now, he finally began to learn to sit down.

The weather was just right today, with the autumn air high and cool. A mountain breeze blew past his face, and he listened to the rustling sound of branches and leaves by his ears. Some sunlight penetrated the lush branches and leaves on the mountain and fell on his body. The faint warmth was comfortable, and Zhou Chongshan, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but feel dazed.

"The weather is so nice today, and the scenery in the mountains is so beautiful!"

Listening to Wang Dong's words full of praise, Zhou Chongshan nodded subconsciously, not knowing what to say.

In the past, he only knew to run in one direction, but never paid attention to the scenery along the way. He had never sat on the side and relaxed completely like he did now, feeling the nature in front of him and even completely immersed in it.

"Really. So beautiful..."

As the mountain breeze blew, his heart calmed down, and he seemed to sink into the forest, enjoying the indescribable tranquility.

For a moment, he even forgot the time until Wang Dong, who was sitting next to him, stood up.

"It's almost time to rest, let's go."

Hearing the voice, Zhou Chongshan came back to his senses. Then, looking at Wang Dong with a smile on his face, he was speechless.

The journey from now on was obviously much more lively.

Wang Dong would say a few words from time to time, sometimes saying that this wild flower was beautiful, sometimes saying that that rock was quite artistic, and he would even say a few words about a bird or butterfly that occasionally flew by.

In fact, every time they came out, Wang Dong would chat with him like he was doing now, but Zhou Chongshan's mind was full of things before, and he just felt annoyed listening to Wang Dong's chatter, so he just dealt with it casually every time, and his mind was not on it at all.

It was not until today that Zhou Chongshan noticed how interesting this journey was! But before that, he had not noticed it at all...

(End of this chapter)