Struggle in the Steam Age

Chapter 367: Campfire

In just a few minutes, several other attachés of the delegation also approached. They also discovered a lot of places where everyone can complement each other through personal observations in the Tauren tribe. And all this will also provide enough information for the establishment of the new Sauer Island common economic circle in the future.

According to the observations made by these people, the two sides actually have a lot of opportunities for cooperation. Rather than the simple labor export and a small amount of timber business today. To give the simplest example, with the ability of these tauren people to domesticate livestock, it is entirely possible to domesticate cattle and sell them to Lawrence.

Unlike beef cattle, farm cattle require certain training before they can be put into use. It's not that you can pull a plow or a cart by just finding a cow and using a set of those tools. This, on the other hand, also shows that farm cattle are standard high-value-added products. The export of this kind of stuff by the Tauren tribe is more worthwhile than the export of beef alone.

Just as the rats can command some rats, the tauren also have a special understanding of cattle. Therefore, it is much simpler and more advantageous than human beings in domestication. And neither the tauren nor the rat are shy about using cows or mice to work for themselves, and even eat some of them suitable for food.

For example, recently a group of rat people who breed rodents have come to the island recently and brought more than 30 pairs of giant jerbo mice to the rat people gathering area. According to Fatina, this group of breeders Joining, it means that the island now has the most basic ability to train scavengers.

The Jerboa is a mouse about the same size as a pony. It has extremely strong hind legs and can jump as long as a kangaroo. It can also climb over mountains and ridges, passing through places where a large number of human cavalry cannot pass. The only drawback is that it suffers from close hand-to-hand combat because of its size. At the same time, the cost of breeding mounts is very high, and it is difficult to have clusters.

However, due to their powerful maneuverability and night vision capabilities, as well as gunpowder weapons that partially compensated for their shortcomings in hand-to-hand combat, the Scavenger cavalry as the top scout cavalry in the Civilization Expedition of the New World made great achievements. For example, Lawrence saw the sculpture of the Scavenger Cavalry on the Monument to the Second Civilization Expedition in Eagle Fort.

It is a pity that the population of this jerbois is very unstable. No matter how good the breeding rats are, they can only produce two litters a year, with an average of four to five cubs per litter. But among them, the jerbo with powerful hind limbs that can be used as cavalry mounts can only breed one out of every 20 cubs, and 1/10 of the total number can be used as a means of transportation for rat people in the cave. The rest can only be used as a food source to feed fat and eat meat.

Like the tauren, some rat people also came to work in human farms. But they are mainly concentrated in capybara farms. After all, capybara is a rodent and is close relatives to mice. So these rats can also use their racial expertise to better breed these animals.

When Lawrence considered how these inhuman intelligent creatures on the island would integrate into the entire economic circle of the island, the sky gradually darkened. Soon, a grand bonfire party began. At the invitation of the tauren people, he and the people of the mission sat on a stone platform with straw mats, and sat with the head of the tribe and the shaman.

In addition to the members of the current tribe, several chiefs or shamans of the Tauren tribe that are very close to here also rushed over in the afternoon. They also participated in this bonfire party.

However, unlike the customs of Aurora or Xinzhou Republic, the banquet here is where everyone happily eats, sings or dances together. No issues will be discussed at the banquet. So Lawrence and the others soon entered the happy crowd as they followed the customs.

Fortunately, whether he lived in a small church in the country when he was a child or when he lived in a small bar when he was studying, Lawrence came into contact with many songs belonging to the working people, and the kind of simple and straightforward but full of emotion songs is just right for this. Kind of occasion. So in this bonfire party, he happened to be able to use these songs.

The tauren people here use the stamens of a tree to make a wine with great stamina. They used to bring two barrels of wine in the tavern in Neusauer Harbor and sold it for a good price. It's a pity that Lawrence's habit of not drinking for two lifetimes, so he can't taste these legendary wines.

Tauren people often raise wine glasses to toast in order to show their hospitality. Fortunately, the principle that the caster basically does not drink alcoholic beverages is also common in other intelligent races, so it is not considered disrespectful for Lawrence not to drink alcohol. Several tauren girls used a small wooden barrel to give him and a few shamans a purple juice.

This fruit juice tastes sour and sweet. And it just can relieve the greasy feeling of eating barbecue. According to the tauren next to it, this juice is made from a variety of local specialty wild fruits, and it is absolutely impeccable in terms of taste. The only drawback is that the output is too small, just enough to drink.

After this joyous bonfire party, everyone got up late the next day. Fortunately, the quality of yesterday's wine was good, so when everyone got up, they wouldn't have a headache because of a hangover.

Lawrence started earlier than everyone else because he didn't drink. As a result, as soon as he got up from the bed in the morning when he opened his eyes, he saw Nora sitting there and studying the tea he had obtained before, and she was sorted into categories on the small table in front of her There are more than a dozen piles of processed tea.

"Did you not sleep last night?" Lawrence asked with a look of concern looking at the little doll at work. "You really don't need to be in such a hurry. Anyway, this thing is not in a hurry to get it done in two days."

"It's okay, elder brother." The little doll looks very energetic now, and doesn't have the tiredness after working all night without sleeping. "I'm different from you flesh and blood creatures. Even if you don't sleep, there is nothing wrong with it. I usually sleep only because of habit."

"Then why do you sleep every day?" Lawrence felt a little strange to hear Nora say this, because since the doll was born, he would sleep on time for eight hours, and occasionally sleep in. When I get up in the morning, I sometimes rub my eyes cutely to greet him. Therefore, Lawrence has never realized that this little doll is quite different from humans in this respect.

"In order to bring me closer to a normal life! My stupid brother~lightnovelpub.net~ The little doll put down the things in his hands and floated in front of Lawrence. "I received you from when I was born. I saw a book "Do Bionics Dream of an Electronic Sheep" in that pile of memories. That book gave me a lot of inspiration. "

"But you are not a robot, and you definitely have your own soul. This does not need to be questioned." Lawrence looked at the doll with a gloomy expression and said, "This world is different from the world before me. For example, the soul It is not unique to flesh and blood creatures, it can be confirmed by magic."

"You are right, but when I was just born, I was a little confused, so I subconsciously imitated your lifestyle. Then after I figured it out, sleeping became a habit." Nora used her to be pretty. His heterochromatic eyes looked at Lawrence and said. "But I also give up sleeping when I encounter some interesting things."

"Interesting thing, what's that?" Lawrence remembered what he wanted to ask just now. He asked after looking at the pile of tea leaves behind Nora that seemed to have become dark after treatment. "Have you made achievements in your research on these teas?"

"Yes." Nora raised her head high, her expression expressing praise on my face. "After my experiment last night, I finally came up with some results."