Chapter 224 Well Prepared
Zhou Xu was still complaining in his heart before, this guy Qiansui turned around and collapsed again, but not long after, he also followed in Qiansui's footsteps.
The next morning, Zhou Xu woke up from a good sleep and was obviously more energetic. The first thing he did after opening his eyes was to check on Qiansui's condition.
Although according to his previous experience, Qiansui, who had swallowed the saber-toothed tiger's blood yesterday, might not wake up in a short time, he still habitually confirmed it.
It was a new day, and he had basically given out all the instructions that needed to be given. Even if there was anything else, he could find Ye Jinghong or Li Ce. Generally speaking, they could both handle most of the problems.
There was nothing that needed to be done personally by him as the leader at the moment. Zhou Xu's main task now was to rest. He was currently lying on the bed, covered with a fur blanket, feeling lazy and laziness.
Isn't it for this reason that a leader has a large group of subordinates? If he has to do everything himself, then what is the meaning of the existence of those subordinates? However, this does not mean that he has nothing to do.
After all, there are some things that Ye Jinghong and Li Ce really cannot handle.
Just after noon, Ye Jinghong came over.
At this point in time, Zhou Xu had just finished a nap and couldn't fall asleep for a while, so he was lying on the bed in a daze.
When he heard Li Shitou report that Ye Jinghong was coming, he put on his clothes and sat down at his desk.
"Come in."
After getting permission, Ye Jinghong quickly pushed the door open and walked in.
"leader."
"What's up?"
"It's about the food storage in the village."
Ye Jinghong went straight to the point as soon as he came in.
"I'm afraid we don't have enough food here."
"How can it not be enough?"
Zhou Xu frowned.
"We just dealt with the saber-tooth tiger's corpse yesterday. We should have obtained a lot of meat, right?"
Yesterday, when the saber-toothed tiger was skinning and shaving meat, he had already run to test the new combination of mantras. Afterwards, he was so tired that he went to bed early. Therefore, he was not very clear about this matter.
At this moment, facing Zhou Xu's question, Ye Jinghong shook his head.
"The saber-tooth tiger was skinny and bony. It did have some meat, but much less than we expected."
"Besides that, the Centaurs' stay with us increased our food consumption."
"And the six little wolf cubs, although they don't have big appetites, they all need to eat meat. After a meal, the amount is actually quite a lot."
"According to the current situation, the food in the village can only last for five or six days at most."
Having said this, Ye Jinghong paused.
"Should we reduce the food supply first and temporarily change it to one meal a day? At the same time, send soldiers on horseback to Black Moon Village to transport food."
Obviously, before talking about this matter, Ye Jinghong had already thought of a response strategy, and this is indeed his style of doing things.
Knowing that the roads were blocked by heavy snow and the wooden wheels could not turn at all, he suggested that the soldiers ride horses back to bring food.
But to be honest, this is not a good idea. At most, it is an emergency strategy. After all, there is limited space on the horse's back and you can't carry much food.
According to his idea, the soldiers would not have to do anything else every day. They just had to ride horses and run back and forth between the two villages.
You know, although the snow has stopped, the temperature has not risen at all. The snow in the wild is so thick, who knows when it will melt away? This is a big problem affecting their transportation.
But he didn't seem too nervous about it.
Looking at Ye Jinghong who had a serious face, he smiled and said...
"Don't worry, this problem can be solved. Calculating the time, it should be the day after tomorrow."
“…”
Time flew by and it was already noon the day after tomorrow. Calculating the time, Zhou Xu brought Ye Jinghong to the outside of the village.
The two were chatting casually at the moment, when a noise was heard in the distance.
“Here I come.”
Hearing this, Ye Jinghong subconsciously looked towards the distance. The snow-covered ground was so dazzling under the sunlight that Ye Jinghong squinted his eyes unconsciously.
Then, two horses equipped with harnesses came into his sight, which made his eyes widen.
For Ye Jinghong, it was not surprising to see fine horses. They were wearing horse harnesses and it was obvious that they were theirs.
His current focus was on the back of the horse.
"Is that a wooden cart?"
Ye Jinghong muttered to himself and rejected himself before Zhou Xu could speak.
"Impossible. The snow is so thick in the wild that the entire wheel will be stuck in the snow. It's impossible to run at all, let alone run so fast..."
However, Ye Jinghong hadn't even finished his words when the two horses pulling the carriage came closer and closer, and soon he couldn't help but believe it even if he wanted to.
“It’s actually a wooden cart?”
Ye Jinghong was stunned for a moment, but then he realized something was wrong.
"No, why doesn't this wooden cart have wheels?"
At this moment, Ye Jinghong, who was obviously unable to think straight, could not help but be dumbfounded.
What he saw before him was undoubtedly beyond his comprehension once again, which made him immediately cast a questioning look towards their leader.
He didn't even have to guess to know that this must be a new thing made by their leader.
As someone who has been following Zhou Xu since he came here, Ye Jinghong knows very well their leader's ability to create new things.
There was a time when he thought that he would no longer be surprised by anything he saw.
As it turned out, I was still naive.
"This thing is called a sled. It's a means of transportation specifically used on snow."
While Zhou Xu was speaking, two transporters had already set up their sled and stopped not far away.
Zhou Xu took Ye Jinghong and walked forward, pointing at the supplies that had piled up like a small hill on the sled, and slowly introduced them.
"The back of this sled is spacious and can hold a large amount of supplies. Usually, supplies that would require more than a dozen cavalrymen to carry can now be easily carried on a sled."
Having said this, Zhou Xu paused.
"When I saw the snow in the wild, I guessed that there might be problems with the transportation of supplies, so when the messenger came over, I asked him to bring the design of the sled to Zhuang Mengdie and ask them to speed up the production."
"When the messenger came two days ago, I knew that the sled would be able to bring supplies today."
"But the saber-tooth tiger's meat production is so small. This is beyond my expectation."
(End of this chapter)
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