Chapter 63 Unable to Save
After burning the bull's nose, Luo Chong turned around and inserted the copper hook into the charcoal stove to heat it up, and used a thin hemp rope to pass through the bull's nose. Now there was no time to make a nose ring, so he could only use the rope temporarily.
When the bull calmed down completely, Luo Chong asked two people to saw off the bull's horns with a hand saw.
In fact, domestic cattle also keep their horns, but this was a wild bull that had just been captured. It was ferocious by nature and difficult to tame. In order to avoid accidental casualties, Luo Chong had no choice but to do this.
Besides, bull horns are also very useful. They are essential materials for making recurve compound bows. Luo Chong also needs them, so Luo Chong will saw off the horns of this batch of wild bulls.
The bull, who was tortured once, dared not lose his temper again. He was led by the nose and obediently entered the fence. Now the wound on his nose was still very painful, and it hurt when touched slightly, so he could only follow the rope and dared not resist at all.
The first time is new, the second time is familiar. The tribesmen have mastered the order of operation, and the rest of the things are easy to handle. The heart-wrenching roar of the bulls echoed in the mountains and forests from time to time, and the unruly wild bulls all became obedient quails.
Look at the alpacas, they are more cooperative. As long as they are put on the neck, they will immediately follow and eat grass obediently. It is the bighorn deer that are more difficult to deal with.
First, they don't cooperate, and second, they are too tall.
The shoulder height of an adult male bighorn deer can reach more than two meters, which is a little taller than the world's largest draft horse (horse used to pull carts), the Shire horse, and the height of the top of the head is nearly three meters. A pair of huge antlers can grow to a width of three and a half to four meters, and weigh dozens of kilograms.
This is definitely a pair of encumbrances. Don't look at the majestic and domineering antlers, but they are useless. Bighorn deer basically don't use their antlers to fight each other, and the wide antlers are very unfavorable for them to walk in the forest. If they are not careful, they will be caught by branches.
Moreover, its antlers are made entirely of calcium, which is the same component as bones. Young fawns will extract calcium from bones to provide nutrition for their antlers during the growth period. Therefore, bighorn deer at this stage basically have symptoms of osteoporosis, and it is common for them to break their legs while running and jumping.
The most important thing is, with such wide horns, how can two deer stand side by side to pull the cart for Luo Chong? MMP
first trapped the bighorn deer in the passage of the wooden fence, tied its antlers with ropes, and then Luo Chong directed Shouya and Du'er to climb up the railings from both sides, saw off its antlers with a hand saw, and put a halter made of hemp rope on it before leading it away.
The size of a giant horned deer is similar to that of a shire horse, and they are also good for riding, but they are a little tall, so it is not easy to climb on the back of a deer. I remember watching the Elf King in the Lord of the Rings riding a giant horned deer, and he still had his antlers. At that time, Luo Chong thought he was pretending to be a fork, and the
antlers were useless, just a burden. This work was busy until the afternoon, and the whole river channel was taken out, both dead and alive. The half-dead were also killed by the tribesmen because they could not be cured at all
. During the melee yesterday, many animals fell into the pit in panic. The 36 alpacas were relatively light in weight, and there was a half-meter thick snow in the pit, so none of them were injured and they all survived.
The giant horned deer were more miserable. A total of 28 giant horned deer fell, and only 19 survived. The remaining 9 had broken necks and died on the spot, and some had broken legs and lay there waiting to die. The worst was that they were bitten to death by several wolves.
During the melee, a bighorn deer knocked down several gray wolves. Later, there was another fight in the ditch. In the end, several bighorn deer died, but the gray wolves that fell down did not survive either. They were finally trampled to death by bison.
There were 8 dead wolves picked up from the ditch alone, and a moa with a broken leg was also killed and dragged away.
The 47 bison that fell down did not suffer much casualties. 42 survived. The five of them had broken necks and legs. The most unlucky one was the one that fell down first, and then had his stomach pierced by the horns of his companions who fell down. How unlucky was that?
After cleaning up all the harvest, Luo Chong counted the total number again. A total of 97 living livestock of three types were seized.
The dead bison bodies included those that were killed by wolves and then snatched back, those that fell into the ditch and died, and those killed by spears in the fence. There were a total of 45 dead cows, more than the ones that survived.
The dead pigs were killed by cattle and spears. Minus the two given to the wolves and the one eaten yesterday, there were 52 left.
There were also 17 bodies of giant deer picked up from outside, and 14 terror birds shot to death by bows and arrows. There
were 113 dead gray wolves, some of which were stabbed to death by spears in the battle, some were killed by bison horns, and some were shot to death when the Han tribe took the initiative to fight for bison. The number was huge.
In addition, there were only three blue antelopes that were caught in the crossfire in the barn, but they were all injured. Luo Chong directly ordered them all to be killed. Anyway, they could not be cured. Even if they survived, they would be disabled and could not work for Luo Chong, so they would have no way out.
In this melee, the rabbit pen was miraculously preserved. When the rabbits were moved out of the cave, they were not placed together with the barn. It was a blessing in disguise. Luo Chong was still counting on them to reproduce. In Luo Chong's heart, these rabbits were even more important than the more than 90 livestock, mainly because rabbits reproduce quickly.
After a busy day, by the evening, the collapsed section of the wall had been repaired, and five layers of blue bricks were added to the three walls, directly raising the wall to four meters to prevent the gray wolves from repeating the same trick and jumping in from outside.
The collapsed barn was also rebuilt, but now there was only a wooden fence wall and no roof.
But this was not a problem. The captured animals were originally wild animals. They could still survive in the ice and snow outside. Now at least they had food and water, and a safe place to rest, which was already very good.
In the open space within the wall, there was the crackling of burning wood and the laughter of the Han tribe. Hundreds of people were working hard around the campfire. Some women boasted to others that they had skinned wolves before, and asked them to teach everyone how to skin them.
Mu Tong was sawing the horns of the dead cows with a hand saw, and signaled the boys who had been traded from the Black Rat Tribe to watch carefully and let them try it later.
The children held large pieces of barbecue in their hands, sang songs that Luo Chong could not understand, and ran around the dead cows and deer in the yard. They were very happy because there was no limit on the food today.
Luo Chong was holding a torch and giving orders everywhere,
"This is how the cowhide should be peeled. Right, cut off the hoof directly from the ankle."
"Hey, Dashu, be careful. Pull out the big tendons from the cow's legs. They can be used to make bows and arrows. Don't break them."
"Hey, you, get down. Right, I'm talking to you. What's the point of riding a dead cow? If you have the ability, ride a live cow."
"Yes, you did a good job. All the pig fat should be refined first. Go and prepare a few more large water tanks."
"Hey, Rourou, stop spitting at the alpaca, or you won't get the sweet tree roots."
Luo Chong stood in the middle of the open space, looking at the tribesmen who had been busy for a day and a night and were still tireless, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried.
The tribesmen only thought that they had more food than they could eat, but they didn't expect that there was only one month left in winter. When the weather got warmer, what would they do with the meat that they couldn't eat? It couldn't be preserved at all.
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First of all, I would like to thank the book friend "Maomaowangabc" for including it in the book list. It was two days ago. I'm sorry. It's a bit late for me to
thank you. The key is that there is no prompt here in the author's backend. I'm sorry. In addition, I would like to thank the book friend "Situ Kongming" from Qidian and the book friend "Yuye" from QQ Reading for their rewards. Thank you for your continuous rewards. Qingshu is very moved. This is your affirmation of this book and Qingshu. Qingshu will write a good book.
In addition, Qingshu also published a chapter related to the background of this book today, explaining the definition of "civilization" in more detail. In addition, a short story was used to introduce the historical background of "pantheism" in the primitive era, which also explained from the side why there are so many strange tribes in the book. Interested readers can take a look.
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(End of this chapter)
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