Treading Blood to Sky’s End Chapter 25: Harvest
Zhang Tianliu expected that Tang Jingcheng alone would not be able to convince these guys, so he came.
"Smoke is not good. There are indeed many stone medicines that can kill poisonous insects after burning, but how far can it be smoked? One mountain or two mountains? Don't make sarcastic remarks if you don't understand. Dead insects are not worth anything."
"It's just that it hasn't been developed well. It's still valuable for medicinal purposes. It can't only be sold to Gu masters. Of course, I don't know how to develop it, but for repelling insects, this is enough."
After Zhang Tianliu finished speaking, he placed a small bottle in front of everyone.
Everyone was curious, but no one touched it. Only Tang Jingcheng picked it up, pulled out the cork, smelled it and said in disgust: "Why does it smell like rotten eggs?"
"I have no knowledge." Zhang Tianliu looked at Tang Jingcheng with a disappointed look on his face.
On the other hand, a Laoshan Tuozi took the bottle from Tang Jingcheng's hand, took a sip and exclaimed: "Rotten flower nectar!"
"Look, I still know my stuff." Zhang Tianliu said with a smile.
Tang Jingcheng frowned and said, "What's the use of this thing? Does it mean that if you rub it on your body, poisonous insects won't dare to come near it?"
Zhang Tianliu did not answer, but Laoshan Tuozi shook his head and said: "On the contrary, this thing attracts insects the most. Fuhua is a flower that blooms and then rots. When it rots, its nectar smells bad, but for some reason, insects like this. When they smell the smell, they will all rush to grab the rotten flowers. Gu masters often use this thing when catching poisonous insects. Does this young master want to rely on this thing to lure away the poisonous insects and let us go up the mountain safely?"
Another mountain trekker said: "Impossible, this bottle of rotten flower nectar should not cost more than three gold. If it is thrown into the mountains, it will be eaten up by the insects in an instant. How many can you attract? Even if you lure and catch a batch, a bottle of rotten flower nectar will cost three gold." Ah, who can go up the mountain with this money?"
"So, what is wisdom!" Zhang Tianliu pointed to the brain, and then greeted: "Ah Qi."
Ah Qi came in immediately and handed a lantern to Zhang Tianliu.
Everyone looked at the lantern in Zhang Tianliu's hand with confusion and found that there were dense holes in the lantern, and the upper and lower vents were covered with paper.
Zhang Tianliu didn’t explain anything. He took off the paper on the lantern, asked for some rotten flower nectar from Laoshan Tuozi, put a few drops into the lantern, then papered it over, and called to everyone: “Come out and take a look. ”
Everyone was confused, but Tang Jingcheng had already expected what Zhang Tianliu was going to do, but he didn't give it away. After all, seeing is believing.
Zhang Tianliu hung the lantern under the eaves at the door. After a while, mosquitoes flew in, lying on the lantern, or circling around the lantern, but they were never able to get inside and taste the rotten egg-like rotten nectar!
Everyone understood now, but someone soon said: "No, it's just mosquitoes coming now. Later, beetles or even bigger insects will come. By then, the lantern will definitely be squeezed, and it will still be broken." Useless."
"Are you stupid?" Zhang Tianliu scolded angrily.
"You!" Shan Tuozi was furious, but saw that Zhang Tianliu was well-dressed and held it back.
Zhang Tianliu said: "I am pressed for time, so I just made a show and didn't ask you to do it. You can use a bamboo basket instead, just cover it with a dustpan. As for a better way, you can think of it yourself. These bottles of nectar will count. I have to thank you Mr. Tang Cha for the gift. If he hadn’t begged me shamelessly, who would have paid any attention to you.”
Before Tang Jingcheng could refute, Zhang Tianliu greeted Ah Qi and left.
After everyone was awakened, they all looked at Tang Jingcheng gratefully and thanked him one after another, which made Tang Jingcheng feel helpless. However, seeing that everyone had hope, he rarely smiled knowingly.
The mountaineers quickly got busy weaving bamboo baskets.
"The gap is too big, make it smaller."
"No matter how small it is, it can hold water."
"What you need is to be able to hold water, then cover it on the pot, boil water in the pot, and then do it as long as the water vapor can come out to attract the insects."
There was an experienced man from the mountain who was very experienced. After being awakened by Zhang Tianliu, he was able to come up with a method to verify the sealing of the bamboo basket without relying on Tang Jingcheng, a stranger with a basic knowledge of physics.
Tang Jingcheng did not take the initiative to teach. He hoped that the people could be self-sufficient. After all, he had other important things to do.
It only took one day for Shan Tuozi to make hundreds of highly airtight bamboo baskets, put a small dish inside, add a few drops of rotten flower nectar on the dish, and use a larger bamboo basket. Put the basket on and put it into the wilderness. Well, in less than half an hour, the area was full of bugs!
Flying, crawling, and densely covering the bamboo basket, it was like a huge black ball wriggling, gathering and dispersing, which made the mountaineers feel numb when they saw it, but they were extremely excited in their hearts. .
"How to take back this basket?" someone asked.
"It's just a few drops of nectar. In a few days, the smell will dissipate and the insects will dissipate. If you are worried about rain, get a shed and place one every other mile. This mountain road will be much easier to walk."
Laoshan Tuozi is Laoshan Tuozi. He was already thinking about these issues when he was awakened by Zhang Tianliu.
On the second day, everyone was still trying, but on the third day, everyone started taking action.
The movement of the mountain warriors was too great to hide from anyone, and soon the whole city knew that a group of mountain warriors were going up the mountain.
This confused everyone. The mountain packs had not gone up the mountain in summer for more than ten years.
Of course, this mountain is not the mountain around the county town, but the farther and deeper mountains and old forests. Only in places like this can there be many mountain treasures.
The mountaineers placed a basket and waited for a while. When there were no insects nearby, they continued deeper until they found insects and then placed another basket. After placing about ten baskets in this way, they had reached the edge of the old forest.
"There are only three baskets for each family. Don't put too much weight on it, and don't be greedy for too much. Three days. You must come back within three days. If you find that the weather has changed, come back immediately. Don't make fun of your life. Okay, who comes first? ?"
Shan Tuozi has many unwritten rules. You cannot choose your own way into the old forest. Instead, you draw lots, and the harvest of a trip is determined by God's will.
Some in groups or alone, they all draw lots and enter the forest.
More than a dozen Laoshan Tuozi are taking care of it outside. After all, how long this thing can last has to be seen to be believed, and if an accident occurs, it can be repaired in time.
"If the price is ten times higher, no matter what the harvest is, it can reduce everyone's pressure."
"Yes, I haven't gone up the mountain during this season for many years, but if this method is really effective, I will save more of the rotten flower nectar collected next spring."
"Well, we can't count on others, we have to rely on ourselves."
The Laoshan Tuozi were chatting and looking at the bamboo baskets along the road.
Everyone smiled knowingly when they were sure that the insects couldn't get in and were reluctant to leave.
The situation was far better than expected. In less than two days, the mountaineers returned home with a full load.
Many summer delicacies can only be collected in summer. Find Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan. com mountain trekkers have not been in the mountains in summer for many years. The mountain trekkers are stunned by the abundance of summer mountain delicacies that are more than ten years old. In addition, mountain fruits and mountain flowers, which only bear fruit and bloom in summer, are the most numerous. Although this is Mountain delicacies have no age, but their value as food and medicine is not cheap.
It has been many years since the people in the mountain have eaten wild summer fruits in the old forest. This fruit is the best way to relieve the heat. Hundreds of people in Longshan once relied on this fruit to resist the scorching heat, relieve fatigue, and relieve fatigue in summer. After defeating the pilgrim army, he later relied on mountain packs to collect wild fruits and distribute them to the army, so that the army recovered and went deep into Quelong Mountain to annihilate several tribes in one fell swoop.
Shan Tuozi was able to gain his freedom. It was also after this battle that the imperial court ordered that all Shan Tuozi be released from their slave status.
Not many mountaineers entered the mountain this time, less than one-tenth of the county, but all of them came back with a full load. The other mountaineers who heard the news immediately came to ask how they got in and out of the old forest safely. Could it be that a Gu Master has arrived?
There are also vendors coming at the same time!
As soon as the major wealthy merchants learned the news, they immediately sent people to collect the treasures. But who would have expected that Shan Tuozi would ignore them and go straight to Lu Taiyong's newly opened treasure collection store.
This excited Lu Taiyong indescribably, ten times. Although it sounds terrifying, you must know that Lianshan's interest groups have pushed the price of mountain treasures to an even more terrifying level!
For example, there is a kind of fruit called frost fruit. This fruit is the only one in the Kunlong Mountain area in the world. The frost fruit is very special. The frost tree grows near the cold pond and absorbs cold water all year round. Ice flowers bloom in spring and frost fruit forms in summer. The outer skin of the fruit is covered with frost, which is cool to the touch. The flesh is thick and juicy, and the mouth is cool and sweet, which is the best way to relieve the heat.
A frost fruit weighing two to three taels is sold for ten silvers and one tael outside Lianshan County, and the purchase price in Lianshan County is one silver and one catty.
A hundred times the difference!
This is still outside the county. If you go outside the county, the price will be even more terrifying!