The world of riding and cutting is still sunny as usual.
Since Zhang Qi came to this world, he has never seen rain.
Chaikan is ten miles away.
Zhang Qi was sitting on the edge of this big river that he didn't know its name. The surface of the river was calm, with little bits of light reflected by the sun.
Throw the rod and the fishhook enters the water.
Today, the wolf cubs had to go out to cut wood. He, who had been waiting in the blacksmith shop for three or four days, also came out, along with the NPC soldiers.
On both sides of Zhang Qi, there were dense woods, and the boys were chopping down the trees.
Hu Er led people to cut down, and Hu Ling led people to select.
The twenty-one wolf cubs were divided into two groups.
The same is true for the NPCs. The champion archer and crossbowman sergeant are responsible for protecting the wolf cub, while the Battanian wild man and two equipment are guarding Zhang Qi.
On the outskirts of the woods, hundreds of horses were tied to wooden stakes. They were the main force for hauling.
The cities in the grassland were different from those in the empire. The buildings here were small and there were many pottery, so Zhang Qi, who couldn't afford to buy the supplies in the city, set his sights outside the city.
After leaving the city early in the morning, it was already noon. Twenty or thirty logs with their branches cut off were neatly placed on the ground. Hu Ling and the others were working hard to cut them into several pieces.
Children can't work as fast as adults, and it still requires a lot of effort, so they don't work fast.
Except for Hu Er, a guy with extraordinary talent, it often takes two or three hours for everyone to work together to chop down a big tree.
But it's okay. A big tree can refine dozens of units of charcoal in the blacksmith shop, and now these nearly thirty logs are enough for him to use for a while.
All the wolf cubs were sweating profusely, and no one complained. They were more afraid of starving and freezing than working.
"Thirteen, let's take a rest. I'll take care of the rest."
The two were cutting down a tree. A girl with many freckles on her face wiped the sweat from her forehead and said to a boy who was still working hard.
"Sister Ajiu, you rest, I'm just here. You sprained your hand yesterday. Mr. Lang said that if you move around, it won't get better."
The boy named Thirteen did not listen to the girl's words and continued to cut the gaps in the trees with the ax in his hand. There were several new blisters on his palms, and thick calluses were formed on the areas where there were no blisters.
Thirteen raised his arm and wiped the sweat from his forehead and face. The sweat flowed into his eyes and hurt.
After wiping off the sweat, he continued to chop, and while chopping, he said: "Sister Ajiu, you are the same. Mr. Lang has approved you to rest in the city, but you still insist on coming. What if you hurt your hand again? What will happen in the future? "
"I know." Ah Jiu said while passing the drill to Thirteen to clean up the sawdust.
"I'm afraid. Now I can finally eat enough every day. If I don't work, what will I do if Mr. Wolf doesn't want me anymore."
The two people widened the gap, and large pieces of wet sawdust fell to the ground.
When Ah Jiu said this, Shisan didn't say anything because he was also afraid.
The gap was cleared. Thirteen held the ax handle with both hands and continued to chop up and down. After hearing the creaking sound from the trees, they pushed away a few steps and walked to the other side of the trees. On one side, he shouted loudly.
"The tree is going to fall, everyone, be careful!"
The two people pressed against the tree trunk at the same time, pushing hard in one direction.
Click, click, click.
A fifteen to six meter tree slowly fell towards the clearing.
"Okay, you two have a rest and leave the rest to Sister A and the others."
The tree fell, Hu Yi walked over from the side and said, his face was covered with sweat.
Thirteen, Ah Jiu nodded and collapsed on the ground.
"Here, Thirteen, thank you for today."
After sitting on the ground, Ah Jiu took out an egg from her arms, which she had not eaten in the morning, and kept it on her body.
Thirteen was not polite. He took the egg from Ah Jiu's hand and started to eat it. A small egg was swallowed by Thirteen in two or three mouthfuls. Ah Jiu handed over the water bottle and Thirteen took a big sip before feeling comfortable. He let out a sigh of relief.
By the river, Zhang Qi's fishing rod started to shake. He flicked his right hand and a river fish was pulled up by him.
Zhang Qi curled his lips and complained: "Boring."
He came to fish to experience the fun, but the feedback the world gave him was that when the hook enters the water, a fish will be hooked within eight to fifteen minutes.
There was no room left in the basket soaked in water at his feet.
Taking the fishhook out of the fish's mouth, Zhang Qi threw the unknown fish into the basket.
"Forget it, just think of it as extra food for the wolf cubs."
Putting away the fishing rod, Zhang Qi lost his temper for fishing. Fishing in the world of riding and slashing is not challenging at all. There is no need to fight wits and courage with the fish, just mechanically throwing the rod and closing it.
The wolf cubs have already rested for most of the time, and the rest are cutting wood. A fifteen- to six-meter log will be divided into three equal parts, and will be hauled back by pack horses later.
Those branches that are thick enough will be sent to the blacksmith shop for refining charcoal, while those that are slightly smaller will be dragged back to be dried and used to make fires.
Before the wolf cub was completely finished, Zhang Qi started to look out by the river.
The river was quite wide. It was almost two or three miles from him to the other side, and the other side of the river was the territory of the empire.
The war between the Kusait people and the empire almost never stopped. Either they sent troops from Makeb into the empire to burn and kill, or the empire sent troops from Onila into the grassland.
The war between them has existed since before the empire was divided.
Zhang Qi looked at the river and wondered if a dock could be built here and ships could enter the empire. In that case, their journey to the empire to purchase goods would be greatly shortened.
Unfortunately, Zhang Qina knew nothing about ships. He had never seen a ship with his own eyes before traveling through time. The only thing he had seen was the rough outline in movies and TV shows.
He didn't know how long he had been watching by the river. It wasn't until Hu Ling came to Zhang Qi to report the situation that he came back to his senses.
"Mr. Wolf, we have all selected. There are a total of one hundred and twenty logs, with numerous large and small branches."
Zhang Qi nodded, turned around and said to Hu Ling: "Harness the horses and take them away as much as possible. If you can't drag them away, leave them here. From now on, this will be the lumberyard."
"Okay, Mr. Wolf."
Hu Ling turned around and left, and began to ask the wolf pups to harness their horses. This was how they could be operated in the world of riding and slashing. If it were the outside world, those horses would be exhausted.
When it's time to move things, these NPC soldiers have their place. If you ask them to chop down trees, they can't understand such complicated instructions, but if you ask them to move things, they can help.
The forty people worked together, and it didn't take much time. All the pack horses had already hauled two or three logs. Without a car, they had to work hard on them first.
