Chapter 2147 Discovery
Close to the ground, Manbao listened for a while before hearing a tapping sound coming from the ground. It seemed to come from far away, but when he listened carefully, it seemed to be right in front of him.
Her eyes lit up and she looked up at Bai Shan opposite her.
Bai Shan also heard it and was equally surprised. He lay down on the ground with his head close to the ground, closed his eyes and listened carefully. The tapping sounds were not all the same. Some were louder, some were softer, and many sounds were mixed together, but a considerable part of them overlapped.
Bai Shan's fingers couldn't help but move up and down along with the sounds...
Manbao listened for a while, then sat up and asked Daji, "How do you tell if these sounds are from horses, cows, or sheep?"
Daji paused and said, "You'll know once you hear it."
He thought for a moment and then said, "The sound of horse hooves should be heavier and more profound. Hoofs are of different sizes, and the sounds they make when they land are also different. Miss Man will be able to tell the difference if she listens more often."
Manbao pondered, "So I still have to listen more."
It was the first time for Bai Shan to lie on the ground and listen to such a sound. It was quite strange, so he discussed with Man Bao, "When we get back to the caravan, let's lie down and listen too. This way we can still hear the sound of the carriage."
Manbao nodded.
Daji: ...
The two of them had already looked in the same direction and asked Daji excitedly, "Daji, is the sound coming from over there?"
Daji took a look and nodded, "Yes, there should be someone behind that hill."
He said, "Now that the snow has melted and the grass is sprouting green, the nomads should be migrating in search of better pastures. We must be experiencing a tribal migration."
Manbao and Baishan looked at each other and were eager to try. "Shall we go and take a look?"
Daji looked back at the way he came and said, "Master, we are too far away from the convoy. Why don't we get back to the official road? I hear they are heading east. If we go north, we should be able to meet them."
"Then let's go take a look first and get some information." Manbao saw that Daji didn't look very worried, so she said, "I'll just take a look from a distance and won't run away."
She asked Koko in her heart, "Koko, is there anyone on the other side of the hill?"
"Yes," Koko was being constantly watched by the main system. It never spoke unless it spotted a species that needed to be included. But since Manbao had asked, it didn't just give a single answer. Instead, it offered more information. "Many people, lots of horses, cows, and sheep," it said.
Unfortunately, all varieties have been included.
Manbao felt more relieved when he heard this and said to Daji, "Since we are migrating, we can probably be friends."
This kind of tribe that migrates as a whole will generally be kind to others and will not deliberately make enemies.
Daji naturally knew this, so the three of them collected the herbs they had dug out, mounted their horses, and ran towards the hillside.
The hill looked quite close, but it took them a quarter of an hour to get there. They slowed down and let the horses go around the side of the hill. The three of them got off the horses before reaching the top of the hill. After comforting themselves from dismounting, they bent over and walked forward. The three of them lay on the top of the hill and looked down.
Below them were dense herds of cattle and sheep, many of them driven forward by herders on horseback. Further behind them were more herders, who moved very slowly. With their eyesight, they could barely make out the elderly and children encircled by the carts in the middle...
"Is this the whole clan? There aren't that many people."
Bai Shan looked carefully and said, "It should be a small tribe, but they have so many cattle and sheep."
"Yeah, that's a lot."
Manbao drooled a little, "They just look so small."
Daji: "Miss Man, it's only spring now."
The sheep are raised until autumn and then sold, so they are naturally small, but...
Daji looked carefully and found that there were actually quite a few old sheep in the flock, but they were scattered around the flock, protecting the lambs in the middle, so they were not obvious.
Bai Shan also noticed this and pondered, "There are still so many adult sheep. It seems their business wasn't very good last year and they didn't slaughter many.
Manbao's eyes swept over the herdsmen, young and old, who were carrying a lot of luggage, and he said, "Brother Yang said that many of them died of smallpox at the beginning of the year."
Bai Shan and Da Ji were silent.
People die, but their cattle and sheep remain.
The two of them lay side by side and watched the large group of horses, cattle and sheep passing by at the foot of the hillside. The herdsmen's convoy also came before them, passing slowly. Manbao could see the sadness on the adults' faces and the smiles on the children's faces.
Bai Shan turned his head as they walked, and a flower that was pressed on his chin popped out. Bai Shan raised his hand to press it down, but halfway through, he looked at it carefully and pulled Man Bao, "Is this medicine?"
Manbao took a look and said, "It's safflower, it can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. I'll dig it up later."
The two were talking when Daji suddenly said, "They discovered us."
Manbao and Baishan immediately turned their heads to look down, and saw a child on a cart that had just passed by, pointing in their direction and saying something to the people around him.
The herdsmen driving the carts and the herdsmen riding horses nearby all looked over, and immediately more than a dozen people emerged from the team and were riding their horses towards them.
Manbao even noticed the scimitar in his hand.
Bai Shan also saw it. Without thinking, he pulled Manbao up and stood up from the hillside. Then he raised a big smile and waved to them happily.
The herdsman paused with his scimitar half drawn, put it back, and rode his horse up the hillside.
Standing on the top of the hill, one can have a clear view of the surrounding situation. The leading herdsman only saw that there seemed to be a convoy on the road in the distance.
He looked in the direction of the convoy, then lowered his head and looked down at the three people standing on the top of the hill, and hung the scimitar back on his waist.
He spoke to them in his not-so-fluent Chinese, "What are you doing?"
Bai Shan took Man Bao forward, bowed, and greeted them in the Hu language they had learned. "Hello, we are a caravan passing through here. We came here to pick some herbs because we saw some. My name is Bai Shan, and this is my fiancée. This is the first time I have seen so many cattle and sheep migrating together, so I watched for a while out of curiosity. I hope I didn't offend you."
After hearing what he said and looking him up and down, the herdsmen thought he was very handsome and did not have the evil aura of those horse thieves, so he should not be a horse thief.
Reassured, they dismounted their horses and glanced at the medicine basket on Zhou Man's back. They became more convinced and smiled. "We're herding cattle, are you a merchant caravan? What merchandise are you carrying? Do you have salt and tea?"
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(End of this chapter)
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