Chapter 80: Grassland Camp

The group moved quickly. Before dark, they had already set up the tent and started a fire.

Dinner consisted mainly of pickled fish and meats they had brought with them.

In addition, there are red berries as a snack after the meal.

This is the kind of berry that Ye Jinghong found on the grassland before. After many days of testing, they have basically confirmed that this red berry is non-toxic.

When the red berries were officially added to the farming group's planting plan, they were naturally added to their diet.

Of course, the berries they took out now were not brought from their camp, but picked from berry bushes they encountered along the way.

As for the berry bushes, they did not dig them up with their roots.

After all, they came here to set up a camp, and of course they had plans for farming, but not now.

If they dug up the berry bushes now, they would only be in the way; it would be better to leave them there.

Anyway, in this era, I guess no one would dig them up, so just pick the fruits and let the berry bushes continue to grow there.

I put one in my mouth. The skin is quite tough. After I bit it, the obviously sour juice mixed with the pulp burst out in my mouth.

Zhou Xu has never been a person who likes sour food. In the past, he would never eat a single bite of sour fruit like this one.

But now it has become a rare delicacy in his mouth.

It’s not that his taste has changed, but the environment has changed.

People often wonder, in this primitive era, with few seasonings and simply processed food, could it really be so delicious?

Anyone who would have such thoughts can only be said to have never been hungry.

After a hearty meal, it was completely dark. After arranging the night watch, everyone went to bed early after a long journey.

The next morning, Zhou Xu was awakened on time by his biological clock. He could clearly feel the fatigue in his body, which had not completely dissipated.

Suppressing the urge to stay in bed, he walked out of the tent and looked at the third camp of their tribe, the grassland camp! This grassland camp was still very primitive at the moment, basically maintaining the appearance of a primitive tribe.

The specific location of the camp is not too close to the river, because if it develops smoothly, the area of ​​this camp will definitely be greatly expanded in the future.

Under this premise, if they are too close to the river, the existence of the river will actually limit the expansion of their camp area and subsequent development.

Although there is nothing now, the early camp planning must be done well, which can save a lot of trouble for later development and construction.

After having experience in planning the Salt Lake Camp and the Black Moon Camp, Zhou Xu was able to plan this third grassland camp with ease.

In fact, the planning of this camp is better than the previous two camps, especially compared with the Salt Lake Camp.

At that time, he was still a novice with little practical experience. When planning the camp, there were some things he had not considered carefully.

We didn’t pay attention to it during the planning process, but when the actual construction started, we would find that this part was not good and that part was not good.

In fact, these problems will not be a problem as long as they are planned well from the beginning, and they can all be avoided.

Of course, Zhou Xu didn’t think he could make any perfect plans right now. After all, this was not a construction and development game where you could look at the overall situation from a God’s perspective.

He is now standing at the first-person perspective, and the information he can see and control is very limited.

Therefore, he could only do his best in this matter.

[The resources around here are still abundant, basically not much different from the Black Moon Camp. You can fish in the river next to it, and I confirmed yesterday that there are wild animals such as rabbits in the nearby grass that can be caught.]

As he sorted out his thoughts, the plan for the grassland camp quickly took shape in Zhou Xu's mind.

The process from planning completion to initial construction is actually very fast.

Because when the camp was first established, they needed very little, or there was nothing easy to get.

Basically, you just need to mark out the residential area, set up all the animal skin tents, and then add some basic living facilities like stone stoves in the camp.

As for the large kilns used to fire pottery, you can wait and build them later.

After all, they had brought the utensils for daily use directly with them and were not in a hurry to get new ones.

Under this premise, they also brought two woven fishing nets from the Black Moon Camp, so they could use the nets to catch fish directly in the river.

The resources currently available allow them to solve food and water problems relatively easily.

All in all, it only took three days, and the entire camp was deployed in a very decent manner.

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According to Zhou Xu's original plan, the next step should be to use this grassland camp as a base, start hunting more grassland animals, expand his breeding list, and at the same time continue to expand and explore outward to discover more resources.

But now, due to the appearance of Centaurs, this plan has to be changed.

To be on the safe side, he decided to arrange defensive facilities for the camp first.

At the moment, all he could think of, apart from the extended spear specially designed to target cavalry, was the chevaux de frise.

But once the enemy switched to the archer attack mode, the spearmen would no longer pose any threat to them.

Under this premise, the chevaux de frise as roadblocks are still somewhat useful.

Deploying them around the camp can at least ensure that the enemy cannot rush up recklessly.

At the same time, with the emergence of cavalry archers, the clumsy door-panel shield was used again as a self-protection equipment.

The production of these equipment requires a sufficient amount of wood, and at least a forest is needed to provide them with wood.

But in this grassland, timber resources are not abundant, and can even be said to be slightly scarce.

In comparison, the Black Moon Camp was only on the edge of the grassland, and there happened to be a forest in the outer area that provided them with wood.

For this reason, Zhou Xu might need to go back to the Black Moon Camp.

But before that, he must arrange everything at the grassland camp first.

"Jinghong, you will be in charge of the grassland camp for the time being. There is no need to rush to start exploring. As for food, you should focus on fishing and catching some small animals around. In addition, I have one more thing for you to do..."

As he spoke, Zhou Xu quickly repeated his instructions.

"Okay, that's about it. If you encounter those centaurs while I'm away, don't worry about this camp. Just run away. Put your own safety first."

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