Xu Chen's main purpose of coming to Mongolia this time is to inspect the salt mine. He won't stay long, but since he is here, he must take a good dip in the hot springs first. Therefore, after a brief inspection by Mongolian, Xu Chen couldn't wait to run
Go to a hot spring.
Looking at the hot spring that was still bubbling and filled with hot mist, Xu Chen stripped off his leather armor and clothes, and jumped into the hot spring naked.
Gu Jumo and the hunters from the Lei Clan, the Gonghuo Clan, the Five Ghost Clan, and the Yu Gong Clan, who followed, were also waiting impatiently. A large group of people stripped naked and jumped in. Like a group of wild beasts, they started scrubbing and making noises, howling like ghosts.
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"Remember, no one is allowed to urinate in the hot springs. Those who violate the order will be punished with three hundred push-ups and are not allowed to sleep with women for three months!"
Xu Chen remembered the last time he took a hot spring bath and couldn't help but give a loud warning.
And a few guys who probably had this idea hurriedly rushed into the woods with the birds in their arms, crawling and peeing.
Xu Chen's head was covered with black lines. He was very lucky that he reacted in time, otherwise he would have smelled like urine after running in the hot spring.
Although the crisis is now over, reminding her like this every time is not a long-term solution, not to mention that this hot spring is not big. In the future, I plan to bring Ye and a group of young witches to take a bath. According to the identity and status of the witch, it is definitely
However, so many irrelevant men are not allowed to watch.
Therefore, Xu Chen comfortably lay half-floating and half-sinking in the hot spring, enjoying it while planning how to build a hot spring villa here so that he could bring a group of little witches and many little savages in his harem to enjoy it in the future.
In the cold spring, I bathe in the Huaqing Pool, and the hot spring water washes away the fat. The servant lifts up the delicate and feeble, and it is the beginning of the new grace. The clouds on the temples are swaying with golden steps, and the hibiscus tent is warm for the spring night. The spring night is short and the day is high. From now on, the king will not go to court early.
"No morning, no morning. The hot spring master wants to bathe every day, but the journey is too far, so he can only bathe once every two years..."
Xu Chen recalled the Song of Everlasting Regret in his mind, muttering the limericks he added in his mouth, imagining a group of orioles and swallows in the pool, beautiful beauties with plump skin, big breasts and long legs, and his saliva flowed down unknowingly.
However, this charming scene was soon awakened by the noise of a group of men splashing into the water. Seeing a group of rough, dark, and cackling men in front of him, Xu Chen slowly buried his head in the hot spring water in depression.
He hopes that this spring, which has been buried underground for hundreds of millions of years, can resolve the vision that he has been unable to achieve in his lifetime.
God, please give me a fair and beautiful Concubine Yang. It’s too frustrating for this dog to be the king of barbarians.
After a long time, Xu Chen emerged from the hot spring.
How he wished that when he opened his eyes, he could travel back to a normal human world.
But unfortunately, there are still a group of stupid, big, black, thick, and funny-laughing wild men in front of us.
So he gave up, rubbed his creaks and chest hair, and began to observe the situation around him.
The hot spring is about 20 square meters, about the same size as an ordinary outdoor hot spring pool in later generations. It is surrounded by various trees, vines and large-leaf plants, and there is a strong tropical forest atmosphere in the dense mist.
There were many strange plants climbing on some big trees and rocks, some of which were blooming with gorgeous flowers. Xu Chen's eyes swept around and suddenly he stared at a tree trunk covered with moss.
After seeing it, Gulu crawled out of the hot spring and walked over naked.
The group of playful hunters in the hot spring didn't pay attention. Several Mongolian officers who accompanied them to take a bath laughed loudly and reminded them not to go too far, otherwise they would be afraid of venomous snakes and insects.
This big tree is almost two meters in diameter, much smaller than the crooked neck tree of the Ba tribe. Many ancient vines are entangled on it. Among them, the stem of one ancient vine almost grows with the big tree, and it is tightly entangled as if
A brown python with a thick waist climbed up into the dense canopy of the tree, and then many vines hung down from the branches and leaves, with many yellow flowers hanging on them.
Xu Chen observed carefully and found that the ancient vine was very similar to the vine fruit. Even the shape of the flower was similar, but the color was different. The flowers of the Ba tribe's vine fruit tree were red.
He couldn't help but turn around and call Gu and Ju over. After a while, the two guys also came over naked and swinging the bird.
"Chen Ga, what are you looking at?" Gu asked with a surprised look on his face.
"Do you think this looks like a vine fruit?" Xu Chen asked, pointing to the ancient vines wrapped around the tree.
The two of them quickly watched, and for a moment they nodded and shook their heads.
An ancient saying goes: "Trees and vines resemble ga."
He raised his head and said: "The flowers are wrong, the red ones are the vine fruits!"
Watching the three people chattering around a big tree, the Mongolian people and a large group of hunters who followed also climbed out of the hot spring out of curiosity, and a group of naked savages crowded around the three people.
After understanding Xu Chen's problem, a large group of men began to discuss it. Some said it was similar, some said it was not. Finally, a few Mongolian men confirmed that this thing was not a vine fruit.
The Ba tribe's delicious vine fruit that can make wine is now famous among all tribes. Almost all the core hunters of each tribe in front of them have visited it, and most of them have even drank the vine fruit wine once or several times. Therefore, many tribes have also
I also want to introduce vine fruits from the Ba people.
But unfortunately, the blow was huge. Not even His Majesty the Witch King had successfully transplanted this vine fruit.
The Mongolian people have lived here for hundreds of years. This ancient vine is older than the Mongolian people. It is said that it was already old and thick when they moved here. Unfortunately, this vine only blooms and does not bear fruit. They live near the hot springs all year round.
I have never seen any fruit on this vine.
So the group of people dispersed in a hurry, jumped into the hot spring, and continued to pick their feet and rub their feet, rubbing and squeaking, washing away the mud and dirt in the gurgling hot spring, which made Xu Chen's face twitch.
Although the Mongolian people were sure that this was not a vine fruit, Xu Chen did not give up his idea.
Some things are not necessarily true just by what you see with your eyes.
Because there are many dioecious plants in this world.
For example, ginkgo is known as a living plant fossil, and kiwi is known as the king of fruits.
These two are common but very ancient plants, but they have the same attribute, that is, male and female plants are separated. If there is no male plant to bloom and pollinate, the seeds of the female plant will not germinate, while the male plant will only bloom but not bear fruit.
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The vine fruit is very similar to kiwi fruit in terms of shape and texture. It is rich in water and has a sweet taste. Although it is not kiwi fruit, Xu Chen once speculated that it should be very similar to kiwi fruit.
Because the vine fruit of the Ba tribe bears hundreds of kilograms every year, all of which fell into the Wild Wolf Valley before, but never sprouted a second tree. Even if he tried to cut it several times, it ended in failure. Every winter and spring, he would
He inserted several canes in front of and behind the house, and even tried to graft the canes on some tree trunks, but none of them survived.
In other words, this kind of vine fruit cannot be successfully reproduced through cuttings and grafting of unknown varieties. Even the fruits cannot be reproduced. This made Xu Chen confused. He had suspected that this plant was dioecious more than once.
, just because I have never encountered another one, so I can't confirm my idea.
But the ancient vine he saw today that was very similar and only bloomed but did not bear fruit made him excited. He felt that it was possible to cultivate vines on a large scale. As long as it could be proven that it was a male vine plant, then this
Things have become seventy-eight.
Just how to complete the pollination made Xu Chen a little hairy.
After all, it is hundreds of miles away from the Ba tribe, and it will take at least four days to get back.
Even if the flowers can be sent back, I am afraid that the flowers will have wilted on the way, and it is unknown whether pollination will be successful.
But no matter what, when he met Xu Chen, he felt that he still had to give it a try, otherwise it would be a pity that such a delicious wild fruit that could be used to make wine would be extinct.
No matter how much it costs, as long as it succeeds once, large-scale cultivation and planting can begin, eventually turning vine fruit wine into a sufficient and commonly available fruit wine drink.
So he decided to take a few flowering branches back to try for pollination when he left.
Mongolian was the last stop of his tour, and he was not in a hurry, so after seeing the ancient vine, he started walking around the hot springs.
Because there are underground hot springs here, under the influence of geothermal heat, the local plants grow extremely lush, including a large number of exotic flowers and various tropical plants that cannot be seen elsewhere.
While Xu Chen was observing, he suddenly had a new idea.
According to his previous speculation, the milk fruit of the Ba people should also be a tropical-style plant, with huge flowers and leaves, lush growth, and the same variety has not been seen elsewhere near the Ba people. If the milk fruit is planted in
Here, I don’t know if it will succeed.
If both milk fruit and vine fruit can take root in the Mongolian people, then...
Xu Chen's heart suddenly became hot as he looked at most of the valley that was shrouded in dense heat.
Agricultural production does not necessarily only include farming and animal husbandry. Cultivating various high-quality fruits and melons is also a very important category.
At present, all kinds of wild fruits in the mountains have not been domesticated, so most of the wild fruits are of poor quality, either very small, with thick skins, or with large cores, and most of them taste bad, except for some berries and nuts.
In addition, a large number of wild fruits are not suitable for consumption.
Even the hazelnuts and chestnuts that are harvested in large quantities every year are still very small, and are completely incomparable in size and taste with the varieties developed and improved by later generations.
The milk fruit is the best among these wild fruits in terms of texture and taste, and it is rich in nutrients. It can be regarded as an extremely rare supplementary food nowadays.
If large-scale cultivation can be successful, the large Mongolian area alone may be able to produce tens of thousands of kilograms a year.
As the quality of life improves, these delicious wild fruits will inevitably bring great economic value in the future.
In addition, the Mongolian people have no other advantageous products except salt. If some unique development projects cannot be introduced, development by mining salt alone will be very slow.
Besides, the salt is still within the territory of the southern barbarians. It is still more than ten miles away from the Mongolian people. It is difficult to pass through the virgin forest. It is impossible for the Mongolian people to give up such a good geomantic omen such as hot springs and migrate to settle near the salt mines. Therefore,
More help needs to be given to the Mongolian people so that they can help manage and develop the salt mines more fully.
If vine fruits and milk fruits can be developed here and turned into a high-quality plantation, the Mongolian people can develop rapidly.
Not to mention, as long as a large amount of vine fruit wine can be brewed, it can also bring a lot of benefits to the Ba people, and it can also be used as a reward to enhance the cohesion of the Ba people.
After all, according to the current conditions, Xu Chen felt that apart from his shipbuilding skills, he did not have many skills that could be upgraded. Developing the economy, improving the quality of life, and improving soft power were the main directions for future development.
After soaking in the hot spring, Xu Chen found the leader of the Mongolian tribe and a group of leaders and expressed his thoughts. Naturally, the group of people were very excited and happy, and they all expressed that they would fully cooperate with His Majesty the Witch King and do whatever they want.
The clan leader and a group of leading officers have tasted the delicious vine fruit wine and milk fruit, and their mouths water when talking about it.
These two kinds of wild fruits are specialties of the Ba people. Not to mention that they are not available in other tribes, they have never heard of or seen them before. If the Mongolian people can really grow them successfully, the Mongolian people will also enjoy more sweet and delicious vines in the future.