Seeing the cheering and cheering sounds on both sides of the river, Xu Chen's face twitched and he could hardly stop.
However, for a fifty-meter-wide river, it took an hour to go back and forth. This was incredibly inefficient. If there was a barge, it would only take ten minutes at most.
But what he sees as slowness and backwardness, in the eyes of all primitive savages, is super speed and advancement.
Except for some clan leaders and hunters from the Ji Cang Clan and the Gonghuo Alliance, most people in the Ba Clan Alliance have never seen a raft.
Even if Xu Chen led people to practice rowing in the river bend every day some time ago and even successfully crossed the river, the women, children and children of the Ba ethnic group had never seen a raft.
First, the distance is too far. It is not easy to go back and forth twenty miles.
Second, time does not allow it.
The women have to be busy working, and the children can only move within a mile or two near the foot of the mountain at most, and are generally not allowed to go further.
Therefore, even Mother Ba and the little witch, who is a great witch, have never seen a raft.
Although the little witch sister who has been staying in the Wu tribe has heard of things like rafts, she can't imagine what a raft looks like.
Therefore, with thousands of people watching and cheering, the little witch sisters were even more excited. Seeing Xu Chen's laziness in commanding Ruoding, her eyes were full of little stars. They were so admiring that they wished they could throw away their heavy scepters and shout along with them.
Express your excitement.
It is said that Xu Chen planned to arrange for hunters to take this kind of raft down the river and go further to the southeast.
The little witch sister was very worried at first, thinking that the raft was floating on the water like logs, and then people were holding the logs and drifting down.
Only now did she realize that the raft was completely different from what she had imagined. It was actually made of many pieces of wood connected together, and it looked like flat ground when standing on it. Wouldn't it mean that she could go as far as she wanted along the river in the future?
If Xu Chen knew about the little witch's childish and simple thoughts, he would naturally have no choice but to smile bitterly.
If there were such good things in the world, then there would be nothing difficult.
The two sisters have been like flowers in a greenhouse since childhood. They have never experienced wind and rain, and they are not even as good as the wild survival and life experience of seven or eight-year-old children in the tribe.
They have knowledge far beyond that of children of the same age and even adults, but they do not have enough knowledge and experience to understand the harsh environment outside and the difficulties of survival.
The raft came and went three times and took nearly three hours to finally deliver the hunting team of more than 100 people to the other side. It was almost noon.
"Horn, let's begin!"
Time was running out, and the team was on the other side. After sending the last batch of participating hunters to the other side for the third time, Xu Chen issued the order to start the competition.
"Woooooo~~"
As the horn sounded, many hunters on the opposite side who had been waiting for a long time immediately howled like a group of cheetahs and pounced on the various wild beasts that were grazing leisurely not far away.
The river bank was wide and overgrown with wild grass. The weeds that were half a person tall and a person tall or even several meters tall were withered, yellow and messy. A large group of people, led by their respective hunter leaders, quickly started hunting and chasing on the river beach.
Wild beasts of all sizes began to flee from the river beach amid screams. Hunters chased them into deeper and further areas. Soon, they could only occasionally see figures running in the open space, shouting one after another, or chasing and killing wild beasts.
the sound made.
However, the river is too wide and the distance is too far, so the effect of this observation is limited.
Added to the sound of the river flowing and the autumn wind whistling, the sounds from the other side gradually became silent.
We had already warned them before setting off that the hunting was limited to the area three miles above and below the opposite bank of the river and the forest near the foot of the mountain. Each tribe should maintain a certain safe distance from each other. The leaders of each team should also try their best to restrain the team members from leaving the hunting team alone.
Because the other side is a completely unfamiliar place. Although there are many wild animals, there must be many hidden dangers.
But there will be some disobedience to the king's orders outside.
With so many teams and a completely unfamiliar and complex environment, Xu Chen couldn't control it even if he wanted to. He could only let them seek their own blessings. If they were not picked up by wild beasts, it would be the blessing of the gods of the Ba tribe.
It was the first time to watch a hunting competition in a new environment, so even though they couldn't see anything, thousands of people were still very interested. They looked at the situation on the other side from a distance. Occasionally, they saw figures flashing or heard people and beasts chasing each other and shouting.
When the sound of shouting came, everyone couldn't help but scream and commotion, and everyone guessed which tribe of hunters had succeeded in hunting again.
Xu Chen didn't have so many boring interests, so he called in a group of hunter leaders such as Long Hefeng and ordered them to take advantage of the competition time to quickly take people to the lower reaches to search for traces of wild horses.
So a group of people happily left on horseback with others, and their momentum was even larger and more exciting than the team participating in the hunting competition.
Xu Chen asked people to carry the two big eagles to a flat and open river beach near the pier to try to practice flying.
A year passed in the blink of an eye, and the two young eagles grew into two real big eagles. They were extremely majestic, standing one meter tall, with wings spread over two meters. They looked very fierce and fierce.
However, Xu Chen knew that these two were real silver-like pewter spearheads. They looked good but were useless. Apart from their leering eyes and their tendency to peck people, they were almost useless after raising them for more than a year.
The original four big fluffy wings were covered with plump feathers in four colors: black, gray, white and yellow. Occasionally, if it flaps a few times, you can feel a strong wind blowing from several meters away.
But in fact, these two eagles have never flown before and cannot fly at all.
One is that no one taught them to fly, and the other is that the venue is not suitable.
Large birds cannot take off just because they want to. They need an extremely open environment. Birds of prey such as eagles generally live on cliffs. When taking off, they need strong wind to fly. Their huge wings are mainly used for taking off.
They are taking a ride, rather than constantly fanning like sparrows. When they fly high enough, they can spread their wings and enter a gliding state. With the help of the rise and fall of the airflow, they can hover back and forth, and they can effortlessly float in the air and look down all day long.
In the human world, he becomes the nightmare angel of various small animals.
In addition, any chick that flies will be accompanied by its parents for education, usually with demonstrations and encouragement. Of course, some that are too courageous will be thrown off the cliff. If they can fly, they will live, and if they can't, they will die.
In the eyes of raptor fathers, it is okay to lose your life, but you must not lose your face.
If it is an eagle, it must be flown by me.
So under the manic education of the eagle fathers, the feathered eagles usually learn to fly very quickly, spread their wings to face the strong wind and heavy rain, soar into the blue sky and become the overlord of the sky.
But the two eagles raised by Xu Chen's family were different. They had been kidnapped and sold since they were young, and they were exchanged for two clay pots. Then they were tied to a wooden frame all day long to eat, drink, and sleep in a daze. They had no idea what flying was, let alone what Xu Chen had done.
People have been thinking about the use of the two big meaty wings that have been drooling for a long time.
The spring was too light, the summer was rainy, and the autumn was too busy. Xu Chen didn't have much time to train the two eagles this year. When he thought about training, he realized that it seemed too late.
The most important thing is that these two guys are too big and he can't find a way to train them.
In novels, film and television works, ancient people usually trained falcons, which were not very large in size. They usually used animal skins to make protective gear and put it on their arms or shoulders.
Even the relatively large Haidongqing is not as big as these two eaglets when it is an adult.
But the two eagles in front of me are not only big, but they are also in a daze after eating all day long. They are so fleshy that it is difficult to flap their wings.
Some time ago, Xu Chen took it to the river beach and ran around it. The two birds almost fell down from exhaustion. When they took it out again, the two birds were smashed together, like two and a half people.
It was stuck on the ground like a piece of wood. No matter how hard I tried, I didn't want to move. Every once in a while, I took a few steps as if I wanted to take credit for the fish and meat.
Faced with this situation, Xu Chen has begun to give up on his hunting ideal of holding Huang Qingcang on his left and Qingcang on his right.
Taking advantage of the hunting competition today, Xu Chen decided to take the two big eagles to the riverside to see the world, and use the more open space here to try to see if they could be trained to fly.
Xu Chen didn't care whether they could fly away or not. According to the two creatures' lazy and delicious nature, they probably wouldn't hunt for food even if they flew. In the end, they would either starve to death or lick Bilian back to the compound to get food.
There is a copper ring on the ankle of the two big eagles. This is the mark made by Xu Chen. On it are the words "Eagle of the Witch King of Ba". On weekdays, for safety, one leg is tied with a rope and tied to the wooden frame.
, to avoid pecking people everywhere.
Under Xu Chen's arrangement, two hunters drove the two eagles off the wooden frame and threw them on the ground.
The two big eagles were obviously unhappy. They flapped their wings and pecked everywhere with their sharp curved beaks. They tilted their heads and looked at Xu Chen as if in protest, as if to say that he didn't want to walk today.
But Xu Chen would not be used to these two things.
Although he has always been looking for domesticated poultry, he has never wanted to raise two large eagles to lay eggs, mainly because the gains outweigh the losses. These two animals are so edible that they need to eat plenty of fish and meat all day long.
He felt like he could no longer afford it.
Today you can either fly for me or stew mushrooms with an eagle.
The eagle is so big that it cannot be stewed in one pot, but I can stew it in two pots.
"Let's go~"
Xu Chen blew a bone whistle and used a horsewhip to drive them away. Although the two eagles were very unhappy, in order to avoid being beaten, they could only jump around on the riverbank grass and started playing hide and seek with Xu Chen.
Seeing Xu Chen coming over, I flapped my wings and jumped a few times. Seeing him turn around and walk away, I immediately planted myself on the grass as a stake.
After rushing back and forth for more than ten minutes, Xu Chen was exhausted and sweating, but the two eagles had no motivation to fly in the presence of the old god, and even made a disdainful cry at Xu Chen.
"I don't believe it today!"
Xu Chen's temper also increased.
He rode his pony and chased two eagles back and forth on the grass.
The situation immediately changed a lot.
Under the pressure, the two eagles could only flap their wings and start running faster. Under this pressure and coercion, the two big eagles seemed to slowly begin to understand the wonderful use of their wings, that is, just flap a few times and start running.
It is very light, especially when facing the wind, and occasionally it can even float and take a few steps in the air.
Although these movements look very clumsy and ridiculous, the flying nature that remains in their bones still makes them look a bit like birds.
But even so, the two big eagles couldn't fly. They could just run faster with the help of the wind, but they were still not good enough at the speed of horses.
Therefore, the scene at the scene looked like two big eagles being chased by Xu Chen on horseback and running around on the river beach, making panicked and angry calls.
"Hey~~"
In the crisp autumn sky, you can see more or less eagles circling high at any time.
It seems that I heard the cry of two big eagles on the river beach, or maybe I saw the same kind being chased in such a panic. More and more eagles were circling in the sky near the river beach, and gradually there were dozens or hundreds of them.
They were circling and crowing at the zenith like a race, and some even kept swooping down, as if they wanted to observe more carefully at a closer distance.
"Did you see that, they are your kind? Look at how high others can fly!"
Xu Chen rode a horse and chased two big eagles running around, pointing at more and more eagles in the sky and shouting loudly.
Then, as if they understood, the two big eagles looked up at the sky from time to time, and then flapped their huge wings vigorously, trying hard to fly themselves up so as to get rid of the villain on horseback behind them.
Finally, a big eagle flew up, flapping its wings and leaping off the ground, flying high enough to be higher than Xu Chen's head, and then in Xu Chen's surprised eyes... it fell down.
The withered and yellow weeds were rolled and crushed, leaving a long mark.
The big eagle fell to the ground and lay on its back with its wings scattered.
When Xu Chen dismounted and went to observe, he found that this guy was panting hard with his eyes closed. He was obviously exhausted and about to collapse.
This is so physically demanding!
"Stop pretending to be dead, get up and let me fly!"
Xu Chen speechlessly turned the guy over on the ground and kept poking it with the riding crop, but the guy lay motionless on the ground. His usually sharp and flexible mouth didn't even bother to move. It looked like it was completely broken and unwilling to spread its wings and fly.
The other big eagle was also very tired at this time. It lay down more than ten meters away and craned its neck to look at its companion. When it saw Xu Chen's eyes and looked over, it quickly buried its head under its wings and pretended not to see it.
Xu Chen couldn't laugh or cry.
It seems that let alone flying into the blue sky one day, it will be considered a success if we can make these two fat and big birds fly.