Riding and chopping: Overlord of the Han and Hungarians

Chapter 41 41. Logging
In the world of riding and hacking, the days are sunny as usual.

Since Zhang Qi came to this world, he has never seen rain.

Chaikan is ten miles away.

Zhang Qi was sitting on the edge of this big river whose name he didn't know. The surface of the river was calm, and it was scattered by the sun.

Throw the rod and the hook enters the water.

Today, the wolf cubs had to go out to cut trees. After three or four days in the blacksmith shop, he also came out, along with the NPC soldiers.

On both sides of Zhang Qi, there are dense forests, and those cubs are chopping trees.

Hu Er led people to chop, and Hu Ling led people to cut.

The 21 wolf cubs were divided into two groups.

The same is true for the NPCs. The champion shooter and the crossbowman sergeant are in charge of protecting the wolf cubs, while the Battanian savages and two armors are guarding Zhang Qi.

On the outskirts of the forest, hundreds of horses were tied to stakes, and they were the main force for hauling.

The cities in the prairie are different from the empire. The buildings here are small and there are many pottery, so Zhang Qi, who can't buy supplies in the city for nothing, looks outside the city.

It was already noon when we left the city early in the morning. Twenty or thirty logs with their branches cut off were neatly placed on the ground, and Hu Ling and the others were working hard to divide them into several pieces.

Children can't work faster than adults, and it still requires a lot of strength, so they don't work fast.

Except for Hu Er, a talented guy, it usually takes two or three hours for other people to work together to cut down a big tree.

But it's okay, a big tree can refine dozens of units of charcoal in the blacksmith shop, and now these nearly thirty logs are enough for him to use for a while.

All the wolf cubs were sweating profusely, and no one complained. Compared with working, they were more afraid of starvation and cold.

"Thirteen, let's take a break, I'll take care of the rest."

The two felled a tree, and a girl with freckles on her face wiped the sweat from her forehead and said to a boy who was still working hard.

"Sister Ajiu, you rest, I'll just come, you sprained your hand yesterday, Mr. Wolf said, if you move around, it won't get better."

The boy named Shisan didn't listen to the girl's words, and continued to cut the gaps in the trees with the ax in his hand. There were several new blisters on his palm, and thick calluses were also worn out where there were no blisters.

Thirteen raised his arm and wiped the sweat from his forehead and face, the sweat dripped into his eyes and it hurt.

After wiping off his sweat, he continued to chop, and said while chopping: "Sister Ajiu, you too, Mr. Wolf has approved you to rest in the city, but you still insist on following, what if you hurt your hand again, what will you do in the future? "

"I know." Ah Jiu said while passing a chisel to Shisan to clean up the sawdust.

"I'm afraid. Now I can eat enough every day. If I don't work, what should I do if Lord Wolf doesn't want me anymore."

The two opened the gap, and the wet sawdust fell to the ground in large chunks.

Hearing what Ah Jiu said, Shisan remained silent because he was also afraid.

The gap was cleaned up. 13 held the handle of the ax with both hands, and continued to cut up and down. After hearing the creaking sound in the tree, the two of them pushed away a few steps and walked to the other side of the tree. , shouted loudly.

"The tree is about to fall, everyone pay attention!"

The two climbed onto the tree trunk at the same time, pushing hard in one direction.

Crackling.

A tree that was fifteen or six meters tall slowly fell towards the open space.

"Okay, you two rest, and leave the rest to Sister and the others."

The tree fell, and Hu Yi walked over from the side and said, his face was also covered with sweat.

Thirteen, Ah Jiu nodded, and collapsed on the ground.

"Here, Thirteen, thanks to you today."

After sitting on the ground, Ah Jiu took out an egg from her bosom, which she hadn't finished eating in the morning, and kept it on her body.

Shisan was not polite, took the egg from Ah Jiu's hand and started to eat, a small egg was swallowed by Shisan in two or three mouthfuls, Ah Jiu handed over the water bag, Shisan took a big gulp to feel refreshed He let out a sigh of relief.

By the river, Zhang Qi's fishing rod trembled, and with a flick of his right hand, a river fish was pulled up by him.

Zhang Qi curled his lips and complained: "Boring."

He came to fish to experience the fun, but the feedback given to him by the world is that when the hook enters the water, fish will be hooked within eight to 15 minutes.

There was no room for the basket soaked in the water at his feet.

Taking the hook out of the fish's mouth, Zhang Qi threw the unknown fish into the basket.

"Forget it, let's treat it as an extra meal for the wolf cubs."

Putting away the fishing rod, Zhang Qi lost his temper for fishing. Fishing in the world of riding and hacking is not challenging at all. You don't need to fight wits with the fish, as long as you mechanically throw the rod and close it.

The wolf cubs have rested for most of the time, and the rest are cutting wood. A log of fifteen or six meters will be divided into three equal parts, and will be hauled back by pack horses later.

And those twigs that are strong enough will also be sent to the blacksmith shop to refine charcoal, while the slightly smaller ones will be dragged back to dry and used for fire.

Before the wolf cub was finished, Zhang Qi started looking around by the river.

This river is quite wide, and the distance from his place to the other bank is about two or three miles, and the other bank of the river is the territory of the empire.

The fighting between the Kussets and the empire has almost never stopped, either sending troops from Makeb into the empire to burn and kill, or the empire sending troops from Onila into the grassland.

The war between them has existed since the empire was not divided.

Looking at the river, Zhang Qi wondered if he could build a wharf here and sail into the empire. In that case, their journey to the empire to buy goods would be greatly shortened.

It's a pity that Zhang Qina doesn't know anything about ships. He had never seen a ship before crossing. The only thing he came into contact with was the general outline in the film and television drama.

He didn't know how long he had been watching by the river, and he didn't come back to his senses until Hu Ling came to Zhang Qi's side to report the situation.

"Mr. Wolf, all have been cut and selected. There are a total of 120 logs, and there are countless branches of different sizes."

Zhang Qi nodded, turned around and said to Hu Ling: "Take away the horses as much as possible, if you can't drag them, put them here. From now on, this will be the lumberyard."

"Okay, Mr. Wolf."

Hu Ling turned and left, and began to call the wolf cubs to tie up their horses. This is what can be done in the world of riding and slashing. If it is changed to the outside world, those horses will be exhausted to death.

When it’s time to move things, these NPC soldiers can be considered useful. If you ask them to cut down trees, they can’t understand such complicated instructions, but if you ask them to move things, they can definitely help.

The forty people worked together, and it didn't take much time. All the pack horses had already dragged two or three logs. Without a cart, we had to work hard on them first.

(End of this chapter)