The two big dogs are very strong. Mongolian purebred dogs in history are not much worse than Tibetan Mastiffs.
On the grassland, for the sake of safety, riders usually stop far outside the yurt, wait for the owner to come out, and drive the dog away before entering the yard. Otherwise, it is very dangerous.
These dogs are territorial dogs and are very wary of their owners' territory, property, cattle, sheep, and livestock. Any creature that comes close may be attacked by them.
Lu Shouli was very happy and made a temporary wooden frame out of tree branches. He knew how to do simple carpentry skills. He put a lot of luggage on the backs of two big dogs to help him carry it so that he could carry more things.
Mainly the bear floss and salt he secretly processed, a few skin bags filled with water, and two wolf skins and a bear skin. They can be spread on the ground at night to isolate moisture. Even in July and August on the grassland,
, it’s also very cold when the sun goes down.
When it rains, the temperature can drop to four or five degrees above zero. The nights are also very cold. You can cover yourself with wolf skins at night all year round.
He also had an iron helmet that he picked up in the wild and kept secretly hidden. This was the pot he planned to use for cooking on his way home.
Bald Ma Chun came over on horseback. Seeing that this bold slave had so many possessions, he was really angry and funny, but he also admired his ability.
They are all so miserable, but there is still a woman and a child. This woman is quite young.
He was obsessed with thinking about whether to go over there at night and get this little girl. If he threatened her, he would throw her child to death if she didn't comply. He was also afraid that she would not serve him obediently.
He was thinking about something good when suddenly he felt that chill all over his body again.
He turned his head and saw the two vicious dogs with heads as high as a man's chest, looking at him with evil eyes, as if they were considering where to bite.
In their eyes, this woman is also their master's property.
These two vicious dogs immediately made him lose all his desires. He didn't want to risk such a thing just for the sake of a girl.
He looked at the humble slave with envy. This bitch had a pretty good life.
Not everyone can have such a good dog on the grassland. The key is that a dog like the Mongolian Ao dog only recognizes the first person it sees when it opens its eyes as its owner.
This may be the only property on the grassland that cannot be seized by power.
The large group of people set off.
Baluma Chun's centurion consisted of 98 soldiers, almost at full strength. They were escorting 432 slaves.
They planned to go east first, then turn south, first to the Hongjila tribe pastureland between Hulun Lake and Beir Lake. Then they would go south through the Xilingol tribe, cross the Greater Khingan Mountains, and arrive at the Chahar tribe.
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Jingang White City is on the upper reaches of the Liao River. It is still a thousand miles away from Lulong County. Maybe there is a chance to escape back.
Lu Shouli's heart was filled with hope again.
Ten days later, their team of men and horses arrived at a savanna, and Bald Ma Chun decided to camp here. It was the hottest time in the grassland, and the men and horses were very tired.
Each of the centurions had three horses and more than a dozen carts loaded with tents and supplies.
That evening, as soon as the procession stopped, the slaves put down their luggage and let the women and children watch. They rushed to the grasslands around them, digging wild vegetables, looking for fruits, picking mushrooms, and collecting cow dung to light a fire.
Lu Shouli settled down Xiao Cui and the child, and prepared to go to a nearby hillock alone.
When he came, he saw that there were many marmot caves there. This stuff was fat and delicious, and it was sizzling with oil when roasted.
Walking is hard work. If you don't eat enough, you will fall on the road sooner or later.
It doesn't take much experience to find marmots. Lu Shouli has already studied and understood that he has survived on the grassland by catching marmots to supplement their oil and meat.
Every time he herded sheep, he observed carefully. On the hillside, where marmots came and went, there must be a hole the size of a washbasin. There were bags of sand and gravel piled up next to the hole. This was the soil pushed out by the marmots when they dug their burrows.
, marmots use this as a watchtower.
After many observations, he found that the larger the mud bag, the more marmots there were.
He also dug up an abandoned marmot cave and found that the cave was divided into several levels: a nursery, a storage room, and an observation room.
But there is only one exit.
He remembered the method of trapping small animals in his hometown, and developed the method of trapping marmots.
Lu Shouli first judged whether there were marmots coming in or out based on the footprints at the entrance of the cave, and then placed the cowhide noose he brought with him at the entrance of the cave.
A wooden stake with a rope set on one end is driven deeply into the ground at the entrance of the cave. The other end of the snare is fixed at the entrance of the hole with two wooden sticks. The diameter is slightly one-third smaller than the entrance of the hole. The top is made of grass.
Ring camouflage. After repeated experiments, it was found that if there is no camouflage, the marmot will never fall into the ring.
Lu Shouli became more and more proficient at catching marmots. He found that once a marmot was trapped, its first reaction was to return to the hole and dig up the soil with all four legs. After a while, the hole behind it was blocked.
Get up early the next day to check if you have harvested any prey. You will know by looking at the entrance of the cave.
Lu Shouli has a principle that a hole is a nest of marmots. He never catches the whole nest. He always releases the young marmots and pregnant female marmots. He only catches the adults and old marmots.
Because when a marmot is caught, it will hold its head with its front paws and scream in terror, sounding like a child crying, which makes it very unbearable.
However, there is no way to survive. We can only try not to do meaningless killings and let some of them go to prevent their descendants from being cut off.
This place was deserted and the marmots were stupid. Lu Shouli soon caught three fat and big marmots and carried them back to the camp.
As soon as he approached the small shack he had built with branches and bear skins, he heard the barking of two ferocious dogs. He was surrounded by a dozen slave men, holding various sharpened sticks as spears.
, confronting two big dogs.
They discovered that there was food in Lu Shouli's salute, and also discovered that Xiao Cui was very tender. They were ready to swarm up, shine the food, and taste the woman at the same time. They had never touched a woman since they were captured.
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Lu Shouli understood what was going on instantly. He had experienced this kind of thing many times.
He hid behind a tree, took out his sling, skillfully put a stone on it, and swung it a few times. The stone flew out accurately and directly hit the tall man in the lead.
His name was Sanhu. Among the slaves, he often bullied other slaves and harmed women because of his tallness. The slaves hated this group of people.
Bang! A sharp stone hit him on the head.
Sanhu let out a scream, and blood instantly flowed down, covering his eyes.
Bang! Bang!
Two more people were beaten to a bloody head.
These people suddenly became commotion.
They didn't see who attacked them.
Seeing the chaos among these people, Bale and Qiao Na immediately rushed out and threw Sanhu down. Bale bit him on the throat.
Sanhu struggled desperately and hit Bale's head with a wooden stick. Qiaona bit him on the thigh, causing him to arch up like a prawn in pain. Qiaona let go of his thigh and bit the back of his neck.
Go down.
Under the tore of two vicious dogs, Sanhu's throat was torn open, and his trachea was torn out by Baler. Blood spurted all over the floor.
Xiao Cui covered her eyes in fear.
The others were so frightened that they shouted and dispersed.
Several more rocks flew in, beating the dozen or so fleeing thugs until they cried for their fathers and mothers.
In the blink of an eye, a group of people fled without a trace.
Seeing Lu Shouli walking out of the darkness carrying the marmot on his back, Xiaocui cried and threw herself into his arms, wailing loudly.
"It's okay. With Bale and Qiao Na here, they won't dare to come again. It's okay." Lu Shouli gently stroked her back to comfort her.
When Bale and Qiao Na saw their master coming back with a marmot on his back, they rushed over excitedly. They didn't even look at the three tigers they killed, and happily circled around their master.
On the grassland, dogs are not domestic animals, but family members.
When the owner catches prey, the dog also shares in the hunt.
They like to eat marmot meat that's been roasted and sprinkled with salt.
The fact that they grew so majestic was inseparable from the fact that Lu Shouli fed them meat.
"Hmph, you are quite a ruthless kid. You killed one of them. How can I handle this?"
When Lu Shouli saw the centurion coming over, he quickly nodded and apologized, saying, "I shot three marmots today. I will roast them in a while and send them to you, sir."
"Huh, if I don't do this next time, if I cause trouble again, I'll look after you." After saying that, the centurion turned and walked away.
The strong man is respected on the grassland, and he kills those who come to rob him of his things and those who come to seduce his women. In the eyes of the Mongolians, this is a matter of course.
Instead, he gained their respect.
If you just accept it, they will look down on you.
Lu Shouli had been on the grassland for twenty years, and he was clear of all these mentalities.
Half an hour later, the centurion and several of his cronies sat together, drinking kumiss and eating roasted marmots.
"Good craftsmanship. In addition to herding sheep, this boy is also a cook. It's a pity."
“I don’t know how to get this spiciness, but the spiciness of barbecue is so satisfying.”
"It's wild onions and leeks that have been mashed and spread on. They've been rubbed with salt and then roasted."
Bald Ma Chun leaned against the big tree, his face illuminated by the fire, sometimes bright and sometimes dark.
He smacked his lips and said, "It's a pity. If I had known that this guy could not only herd sheep, but also be a cook, I and Taiji would have brought him here. Now we can only take advantage of the Chahar people."
In front of Lu Shouli's small shack, there was a simple horse crane propped up with three thick branches. The helmet used to make a pot was boiling marmot oil and mushroom soup.
Xiaocui held a rough black pottery bowl and drank heavily. She hadn't eaten greasy food in a year, and there was salt in the soup.
This black pottery bowl was also made by Lu Shouli himself.
He learned it when he was a boy. Everyone in the village would cook it. Although it was crude, it didn't cost any money. Porcelain was so expensive that farmers could afford it.
These days, Lu Shouli can bring back some food every day, some are mice, some are snakes, some are marmots, and occasionally bird eggs.
With the meat diet, she felt that her milk supply had increased, and she felt relieved. It seemed that her baby would survive.
"Brother Lu, what do you think the Great Khan is going to do by sending us there? Is it better to go to Chahar than to fish in the sea?"
"I don't know, but I always feel that this is an opportunity. I want to go back to my hometown, at least it's closer."
When talking about her hometown, Xiaocui is a little confused. Although she is a pure-bred Han Chinese, she was born and raised in Yuyuerhai, so where is her hometown?
Brother Lu said he was going back to Han, but she didn't know everything there and was full of fear.
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