Chapter 797 Wild Duck Station and Pine Forest Station (3 in 1)

Here is a stream. Walk down the stream for a distance of about ten miles, and you will see a large lake with a water surface of about four or five miles.

It is formed by the collection of many streams.

It is most difficult to build roads in such a place, because of the streams, some places need to build bridges.

In fact, if the road is pulled into a straight line, the Bronze Expressway will basically pass through this wild lake.

Such a project, of course, cannot be completed by the current Qingque tribe.

Even if it can be done, Han Cheng will not lead the people in the tribe to do it thanklessly.

In order to bypass the lake and the two relatively large rivers flowing into the lake, after surveying, Han Cheng finally moved the road to the south of the lake for nearly ten miles.

Even this did not completely avoid the stream.

However, compared to the lake and the two relatively wide rivers, moving the road here has reduced the amount of engineering.

What Han Cheng is thinking about now is not about building bridges.

Compared with normal road construction, things like bridge building are much more troublesome.

However, according to the current manpower and material resources of the Qingque tribe, it is not a problem to build some stone bridges with short spans.

What Han Cheng is thinking about now is accommodation, or the establishment of a station here.

The nature of the Bronze Expressway connecting the Qingque main tribe and the Tongshan residential area determines its important role in the future.

This finalized route, when Han Cheng went to the Tongshan residential area this time, made a rough measurement. After cutting the bend and straightening it, it was nearly 170 miles.

It is impossible to run such a long distance in one day before the horse appears.

In this way, building a post station on this road has become a very necessary thing.

In the past and now, people in the tribe, including the trade teams that often travel, always carry tents and ropes with them when they go out.

When camping at night, the tent is set up, and a relatively safe area is circled around the tent with ropes.

This way of camping is much safer than the way most tribes in this era directly camp in the wild without shelter.

But from the perspective of Han Cheng, a latecomer, this camping method is not very safe.

And in addition to the factor of insecurity, there are many other inconvenient factors.

Not to mention the rest, just carrying tents and ropes with you takes up a lot of space and is tiring.

In addition, after arriving at the camping place every day, set up a tent, lay ropes around it, and dismantle the tents the next morning...

Thinking about these things makes people feel troublesome.

The members of the trade team had to travel to many places when they went out to conduct trade. It was unrealistic to build fixed resting places along the way.

It is precisely because of this that although Han Cheng thought that using tents and ropes to build a temporary camp was not only unsafe but also troublesome, he never suggested building something like a post station.

But now, when the same thing is placed on the Bronze Expressway, it becomes different.

In the future, the transportation volume in the Tongshan residential area will definitely be relatively large, and it is different from the road they take when they go out for business. This road is fixed. Under such circumstances, it is also possible to consider building a post station on this road. thing.

This place, which was just named Wild Duck Bridge by Han Cheng, is about sixty miles away from the Tongshan residential area.

It is almost at the node of one-third of the Bronze Expressway.

Here, and on the other one-third of the nodes, a post station can be built respectively, and the entire Bronze Expressway can be artificially divided into three sections.

Walking on a flat road, instead of walking over mountains and mountains like before, it is not a problem to travel sixty miles from morning to night.

As for emergencies, it is not a problem for a person riding a donkey and carrying two donkeys to walk a hundred and twenty a day.

In this way, whether it is a person pulling a donkey cart or a person riding a donkey to announce an emergency, there will be a place to stay on the road.

It is very reasonable to divide the entire Bronze Expressway into three sections roughly evenly with two post stations.

Of course, the post station that Han Cheng envisioned was very different from the traditional post station where special people guarded the place, fed the horses, and provided board and lodging.

The biggest difference is that after the construction is completed, the two post stations do not arrange people to guard them here.

Its main function is to allow the people of the Qingque tribe who travel between the main Qingque tribe and the Tongshan residential area to have a safe and comfortable place to stay, without the troubles like now.

In time, some stoves can be built here for people who come and go to light fire and cook.

It is even possible to store a small amount of food in some dark rooms and use it as relief food for people who come and go.

Some people consume this food, and when they come next time, they bring some food to make up for it.

As for the question of whether there is no one guarding here, and whether it will be destroyed by others, there is no need to think too much about it in this era.

If any tribe really discovered these two post stations and lived in them, it would be...

Not only is this not a bad thing for the Qingque tribe, on the contrary, it is also a very good thing.

These are just Han Cheng's early plans for the two stations.

Later, when the number of people in the tribe gradually increased, and the surrounding land was not enough for cultivation, they could consider 'immigrating' to these two stations.

Then, with these two post stations as the center, it develops towards the surrounding area, reclaims the land, and grows food.

And here, ten miles to the north is a big lake, and there are some rivers around it. While developing the planting industry, it can also develop fishery.

It is foreseeable that these two post stations, one near the Tongshan residential area and the other near the Qingque main tribe, and both are located on the Bronze Highway, as long as there are enough people, they will definitely be able to develop in the future.

Maybe in the future, it is not impossible to develop an economic belt along the entire Bronze Expressway and on both sides of the road from point to point!

Sure enough, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads!

Looking at those mallard ducks swimming in the water, diving under the water from time to time, and then popping up in another place, Han Cheng was in a good mood, thinking of the saying that was widely circulated in later generations, he deeply believed it.

After thinking about these things, Han Cheng took off the skin bag he was carrying with him from behind, and took out the large full map of the roughly known terrain from the Qingque main tribe to the Tongshan residential area, and used it to On the Bronze Expressway marked by the red line, find the location for this place, and put a point on it.

And a simple small house was drawn around it, and the words "Wild Duck Station" were written on the house.

At this time, Mao had already brought people to set up the camp for accommodation.

For members of the trade team who travel frequently, they are already very familiar with building such a camp relying on things like tents and ropes.

And when the camp was set up and the fire was lit for cooking, Shang, who had gone out with some other people, also returned.

In Shang's hands were two mallard ducks that had been shot by bows and arrows, and a dozen or so green-skinned mallard eggs were found in the pockets of the others.

The two wild ducks were happily plucked by Han Cheng, and then they were put on sticks and roasted over charcoal fire.

As for the ten wild duck eggs that were much larger than the eggs in the tribe, Han Cheng didn't let them eat them.

Instead, he plucked a lot of grass and put it into an empty clay pot. After making it soft, he put the wild duck eggs in it.

If you want to have a group of wild ducks in the tribe as soon as possible and cultivate these wild ducks, it is too slow to rely on the three little guys caught last time.

Han Cheng planned to take these wild duck eggs back for incubation, and then get a batch of ducklings.

Han Cheng was not worried at all about how to hatch duck eggs into ducklings for the ducks that did not have adults in the tribe.

It is true that there are no adult ducks in the tribe, but there are many adult chickens in the tribe.

After going back, let the chickens hatch the ducklings and that's it.

Letting chickens hatch duck eggs may sound a little silly, but it's actually not silly at all.

When Han Cheng was a child, he had seen an old hen lead a group of children who were obviously not his own more than once, looking for food everywhere.

In fact, not only duck eggs can be hatched by chickens, but even goose eggs that need to be incubated for a longer time can also be hatched by chickens.

Because chickens are more stubborn, once they want to start hatching chicks, they will not end the incubation period unless they hatch the eggs under them.

That is to say, the length of its incubation period depends entirely on whether something is hatched.

In later generations, some people thought it took too long for chickens to hatch. After the chickens entered the incubation period, they went directly to the town to buy hatched chicks.

At night, put the little chick secretly under the body of the old hen that is about to hatch. The next morning, the old hen will finish the incubation period, and then happily take the chick that has suddenly appeared, Looking for food everywhere is no different from treating your own biological ones.

After the two ducks were roasted, Han Cheng tore off a duck leg, and shared the rest with everyone.

It was not marinated in advance, and it lacked various sauces. Of course, the taste was not as good as the roast duck sold in later generations, but it was still a roast duck after all.

On the second day, Han Cheng didn't take his people to set off from here immediately, but divided them into several groups and scattered them to look for wild duck eggs in the grass.

At this time, autumn is coming, and most of the wild ducks have finished laying and hatching eggs, which is a matter of breeding offspring, and have successfully become duck mothers.

But this is the most indispensable thing in the world is accidents. There are so many wild ducks, there are always some. When hatching eggs, they will encounter some egg thieves, resulting in no eggs to hatch, and the hatching period will end early if they are broken.

After a period of adjustment, the eggs were laid again for incubation.

In the well-known story of the ugly duckling in later generations, the ugly duckling encountered an accident when its parents hatched the last round of eggs.

Otherwise, the swans born in the spring will have grown up in the autumn, and can move south with the large army. There will never be an ugly duckling that hasn't shed its feathers.

At this time, although the peak period of wild duck hatching had passed, the number of wild ducks could not be supported. Under Han Cheng's order, everyone in the Qingque tribe found nearly 20 more duck eggs here after a careful search.

Then, under the leadership of Han Cheng, he continued to walk back.

These nearly 30 wild duck eggs will be able to hatch into ducklings in time.

The reason why Han Cheng had such low expectations for the hatching rate of these duck eggs was because there must be many duck eggs among them, which had been hatched by wild ducks for a while.

In this way, the hatching of the egg is stopped halfway, and the ducklings being hatched inside will definitely stop developing and die...

This time when I go back, I don’t need to do things like surveying the terrain, and I can concentrate on my journey, so my speed will naturally increase.

At noon two days later, Han Cheng and the others stopped in one place.

There are stretches of pine trees growing here, some of which cannot be hugged by several people.

However, the overall terrain is relatively flat, and the time will be more suitable for reclaiming wasteland.

Here is another three-point node on the Qingque Expressway.

The team stopped under Han Cheng's order. Han Cheng wandered around here for a while, then found a more suitable place here, and made a mark with stones. When the time comes, a post station will be built here.

After building the sign, I found the location on the map and marked it out. A simple small house was drawn on the side as above, and the words "Pine Forest Station" were written on it.

After finishing these things, the sun has reached the middle of the western sky, Han Cheng simply gave the order to set up camp and rest here tonight.

As for him, he and some people opened the thick pine needles here, looking for pine nuts, which can be regarded as bringing back some gifts...

Fourteen or five miles away from the end of the Qingque tribe's old road, a group of people are holding tools and building the road in full swing.

Now, as the road continues to stretch forward and the distance from the quarry is getting farther and farther away, it has become more and more difficult to transport the stone slabs. Since six days ago, the paving of the stone slabs has stopped.

The roads that are being built now are all pure dirt.

Because of the large number of manpower used here, there are more than 80 adults working on the road construction. In addition, the people of the Qingque tribe are already familiar with tools such as shovels and copper shovels, so the road construction work is carried out smoothly. Soon, in the last two days, the distance reached 700 meters a day!

"One, two, three! Hey~"

Following the route opened up before, Han Cheng, who led the people all the way back, heard the faint sound of chant from a long distance, and a smile appeared on his face.

After waiting here for a while, Han Cheng led the people to speed up the pace of going back...

"Son of God! Son of God and the others are back!"

Someone saw Han Cheng leading people back from the other side of the road, and couldn't help shouting. The next moment, the entire construction site in full swing became boiling...

After the joy of returning, Han Cheng checked that the time was still relatively early, and he was not in a hurry to go back. After learning about the situation of road construction, he retreated a few miles back, and members of the trade team such as Shang and Mao Clean up the site there, start building temporary living sheds, and let these people live outside after preparing to wait...

The night of the Qingque Tribe.

The tribe that became lively because of Han Cheng's return has completely quieted down at this time.

The night sky is full of stars, and in the grass around the tribe, there are high and low insects singing continuously, and green fireflies are flying slowly under the night, echoing the stars in the sky.

The entire tribe was shrouded in the tranquility of night.

In the room, Little Pea has already fallen asleep, and children's sleepiness is always so good.

The orange lights danced lightly, and Han Cheng leaned sideways and put his ear on Bai Xuemei's gradually swollen belly, listening quietly to the movement coming from inside.

Up to now, Bai Xuemei has been pregnant for more than five months, and sometimes, she can feel some fetal movement.

Looking at the son who fell asleep over there, holding his daughter-in-law in his arms, and feeling the movement of another little guy who was still in his stomach, Han Cheng felt that his life was worth it!

The next day, Han Cheng, who was still asleep, was woken up by Xiao Wandou, who had already got up and dressed by herself, pinching his nose.

"Dad, look at the duckling!"

Seeing Han Cheng wake up, Xiao Wandou pulled Han Cheng out excitedly.

Children will never understand the hard work of adults day and night, and Han Cheng, who wants to lie back and sleep again, sees the little guy's expectant face, so he can only dispel this idea, yawning and trying to get up , After a simple wash, the little guy pulled him down to the small duck house to see the ducklings.

For the three ducklings that Han Cheng brought back, Little Pea liked them very much. During Han Cheng's absence, she often took the pandas to catch grasshoppers and feed them.

I haven't seen them for a while. Compared with when Han Cheng left, these ducklings have grown up a lot, and their growth is very gratifying.

"Good boy, good job!"

Han Cheng stretched out his hand to rub the head of Little Pea, who was wearing crotch pants and squatting beside her to watch the ducklings, and praised him very earnestly.

Little Pea suddenly smiled.

The little pea who got the praise became even more excited, and pulled Han Chengcheng to go out to continue catching grasshoppers and feeding the ducklings.

Han Cheng turned around and called to Bai Xuemei to let her go out together.

Bai Xuemei is already pregnant, so she needs to hang around a little longer.

Han Cheng held Bai Xuemei with one hand, and Little Peas who always wanted to run fast with the other hand, followed by Fu Jiang who was wagging his tail, a family of three and a dog, walked towards the outside of the courtyard together.

Before walking out of the courtyard, the chubby panda Tuantuan rolled over like a ball and joined the ranks of going out.

"YoYo……"

Of course, such an occasion cannot do without Uncle Lu, the leader of the Qingque tribe's animal world.

This guy used his antlers to pick the people out of the deer pen, and when he came out, he didn't forget to use his hind legs to gently put a hoof on the door to close it.

Then, with graceful steps, giving full play to the advantages of long legs, he quickly caught up with Han Cheng's group, and put his chin on Han Cheng's shoulder from behind, walking forward lazily.

It's been a while since I saw Uncle Lu, this unscrupulous guy, and Han Cheng missed him very much, so he tilted his head and rubbed on Uncle Lu's long face.

However, his longing didn't last long, and it developed into extreme disgust.

Because Uncle Lu, taking advantage of Han Cheng's inattention, stuck out his rough tongue and slapped Han Cheng's face.

Looking at the two-legged beast who was wiping his saliva with his hands and glaring at him with a look of disgust, Uncle Lu, whose face was pinched twice by Han Cheng, did not feel the slightest discomfort. Instead, he stretched his neck and closed his mouth. The skin is raised, revealing the big yellow teeth, and the face is not pumped...

Throwing the bunches of grasshoppers and small peas into the duck house together, Han Cheng looked at a duckling stretched out its neck choked by a big grasshopper, Han Cheng suddenly thought of the nearly thirty wild grasshoppers he had brought back. duck eggs.

These things need to quickly find chickens to start hatching!

Han Cheng miscalculated.

Originally, he thought that among the so many chickens in the tribe, one or two would be in the hatching stage, and these duck eggs would not worry about hatching at all.

However, the result is that there is not even a single chicken in the nest!

This made Han Cheng very melancholy.

Chickens without nests cannot hatch ducklings, and if ducklings cannot be hatched, the tribe's duck flock will grow slowly. If you want to eat roast duck and salted duck eggs in the future, you will have to wait longer...

It was at this time that the old rooster, who always liked to hang out with the hens and looked like sisters to the hens, came into Han Cheng's eyes.

This is the rooster that was cast off.

There is nothing to say, this time this great and difficult task can only be entrusted to this guy.

After a while, the panicked rooster was caught by Han Cheng under the watchful eyes of the other panicked chickens.

After drinking half a bowl of fruit wine, the rooster, who had been terrified just now, suddenly became quiet, because the rooster's comb was so red.

Han Cheng put the drunken rooster into a chicken coop made of adobe bricks and golden corn stalks, and after holding it with a bamboo sieve, he began to dig duck eggs out of the clay pot.

Twenty-eight duck eggs are placed there in a big pile.

Generally, it is difficult for a chicken to hatch eggs, and it is difficult to hatch twenty or thirty eggs at once, let alone duck eggs that are much larger than eggs!

Of the twenty-eight duck eggs in front of me, this rooster obviously couldn't hatch them all at once.

Could it be that another rooster had to be gelded so that the two of them could hatch together?

After Han Cheng thought about it, he still didn't do this cruel thing. Instead, he got half a basin of warm water and put the duck eggs in the basin.

After some duck eggs were put into the basin, they slowly sank to the bottom of the water, while others floated on the surface of the water.

Han Cheng fished out the eleven floating duck eggs and put them aside. There was no need to hatch these eggs, and no ducklings would hatch if they were hatched again.

Fish out the remaining seventeen duck eggs and wipe them dry with a sackcloth, and place one by one under the body of the drunken rooster.

After the rooster sobers up, it will go farther and farther on the road to become a glorious mother duck...