Yushad is not young, at least sixty years old. It is said that he fought several tough battles in the Sinai Peninsula with President Nasser when he was young. Later, after going back and forth, he hooked up with the Soviets.
This hookup lasted for nearly forty years.
Arahaya was once a small stronghold of the former Soviet Union. Scientific expedition teams with various purposes entered the desert from here. And Yushad often acted as their guide.
In fact, Youshad was not called by this name when he was young. It’s just that people in his line of work can’t always bear their real names, so they simply used a pseudonym. This pseudonym is very appropriate. Youshad is Arabic in Arabic.
It means "guide". He has done this job very well for decades. As time goes by, no one knows his real name.
Jushad was leaning in front of the broken board door, holding an Egyptian-style hookah in his mouth, "Davarisi, I'm sorry, I won't accept this mission, old man. Now is not the time to go into the desert. God will punish me if I do it knowingly or intentionally."
of."
Suddenly the two parties were at a stalemate.
But a baby crying in the backyard broke the deadlock.
Peter glanced at Jushadu. Jusha said without hesitation: "My daughter-in-law's belly is full of energy, just like a ewe, and she has given birth to another calf with a handle."
"In a few years, I'm afraid I'll eat all the skin off your old bones - you're a young man, you're going to eat me to death." Peter said with a smile.
Yusha ignored him and just smoked the hookah one puff after another.
Finally, he looked at Peter with cloudy eyes and said: "40 years ago, I would have dared to reject you. At that time, you were a group of people with ideals, but now, I don't have the courage - not only now."
, twenty years ago I would not have dared to disobey your will."
"I will give you a large sum of money, enough to last your three grandchildren until they come of age." Peter made the promise and at the same time threw three bundles of dollars to Eushadus.
"Yes, I've sold this old bone to you," Jushad said, fully aware of the consequences of being fined for not eating the toast, so he decisively agreed to Peter. And for him, the deal was a good deal: at his age,
I don’t know how many years I have left to live. This US$30,000 is enough for my family’s expenses for the next ten years.
After Jushadus agreed, he made a request: "You can't drive in the desert, you can only ride camels. Camels are messengers of God. With them, maybe God will forgive us. Moreover, even if God's factors are not considered, the desert is not good for cars.
It’s also very unfriendly.”
Everyone in the team fell silent. If they were unable to drive, their movement speed and carrying capacity would be reduced by several levels.
Tom recalled his dream and couldn't help but say something for the old man, "It is true that camels are more reliable."
Alyosha frowned, but Peter tugged on the corner of his clothes, so he shut up and nodded.
Dr. Hunter also agreed. The old man from Yoshadu was more professional than everyone present when it came to entering the desert, so naturally he would listen to him.
In the desert, a camel that can go without water for more than ten days or even longer is indeed an excellent mount. After reaching a consensus, the old man from Jushad raised thirty strong camels for the team in just a few hours.
Most of the camels raised in the town are dromedaries, and all the camels selected by the old man from Yushad are dromedaries.
Camels are divided into single-humped and double-humped camels. From the literal meaning, the single-humped camel has only one hump, while the bimodal camel has two. The reason why the old man chose dromedary camels is that they are more adapted to deserts. Bactrian camels are more suitable for cold climates.
Activities. The dromedary camel, which has been domesticated by people in the Arabian region for thousands of years, is more adapted to the environment here.
The old man in Jushad drove thirty camels outside his house. The camels were three meters long and two meters high, with thick eyelashes and small, hairy ears. After gathering the camels, the old man laboriously moved out a large bucket.
Seeing this, Alyosha quickly took it over.
The bucket weighed seventy or eighty kilograms, and Alyosha's expression did not change.
There was clear spring water in the bucket. The old man sprinkled a bag of salt in it.
In addition to water, the old man from Yushadu prepared a lot of concentrated feed.
"Eat! After eating, we have to go into the desert." As if they understood the old man's words, the camels ate the feed and drank water.
The camel's stomach has three chambers. The first stomach chamber has 20 to 30 water capsules, which can store water. Their red blood cells can also expand greatly to absorb water to store water. Therefore, camels can go without drinking water for many days. When the water is sufficient, they can drink at one time.
More than fifty liters of water.
It took a long time for the old man to feed the camels. During this period, Alyosha and everyone put the prepared equipment on the camels. In addition to his own supplies, he also brought a lot of feed and salt bricks.
Tom thought about it and brought a bag of tea and a bag of dried dates. Dates are a good thing. There is a saying in Egypt that in the desert, one date palm is enough to sustain your life for three days: Chapter 1
One day, you eat the skin of the date, the next day you eat the pulp, and the third day you eat the core.
Although it is a bit exaggerated, dates are indeed a gift from nature to mankind. In Eastern and Western cultures, dates are sacred and are gifts from gods. In the East, dates are even associated with immortals. During the Qin Dynasty, Qi Lian An
Qi Sheng told the First Emperor that he had been to Penglai Fairy Mountain, and the immortals on the mountain entertained him with dates as big as melons. The First Emperor believed it and gave him tens of thousands of golden jade.
Of course, Tom and his party also brought plenty of water. In order to prevent the water from spoiling, Dr. Hunter also added a little rum to each water bag. Alyosha and his team also had several bags of spirits hanging around their camel necks.
: Vodka, rum and local liquor.
The team that Tom is in is somewhat like an ancient camel team. Without revealing his identity as a wizard, the team carries enough food for them to eat for a month and enough water to drink for half a month. The role of the old man from Yushad is
Find oases and underground rivers for them to replenish water on the road.
But to be honest, with the speed of the wizard's "clear water like a spring", Tom and Hermione were exhausted and couldn't provide enough fresh water. Of the thirty camels, only eighteen were actually carrying heavy loads, and the rest were all
The team members' mounts, the old man Yushad, also brought a few packets of black powder, which was said to be a special drink that could be brewed into a drink to relieve the heat.
According to the records in the ancient books that Dr. Hunter found, the ancient city they were looking for was in the direction of the Gerberto ruins. This ancient human relic is located in a remote area of the Sahara, in Tenere, known as the "desert within the desert."
In the desert, scientists have discovered more than 200 human graves here. They also include the bones of some animals, large fish and crocodiles - the area was once a lake.
It is hard to imagine that this barren land was once a lake with lush water and grass.