Chapter 468: Back to Nature Again
Out of Taoyi City, Peng Zhou slowed down.
Then! He felt hungry and thirsty.
Looking around, he shook his head with a wry smile.
Although it was not yet midnight, there was no one on the road at all.
Taoyi is a new city, and everyone has been driven into the city to live. Outside the city, there is basically no one. Since Taoyi was occupied by the Qin State, and since Taoyi was divided by the Qin State to Wei Ran, the surrounding vassal states basically did not interact with Wei Ran. Of course! It refers to the folk kind. On the official side, there are contacts only because of the needs of national diplomacy. So! At present, there are no merchants to do business in Taoyi.
Without businessmen, the market cannot be active. So! The night in Taoyi is very deserted.
In the past, Taoyi was not only a rich place, but also a commercial powerhouse. It is not only the commercial center of the Song Kingdom, but also the commercial center of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Merchants from the surrounding vassal states were accustomed to trading in Taoyi.
In the past, cash transactions were not very popular, and most of them were "bartering" barter. That is, you exchange your goods for someone else's goods. In addition to trading a small amount of cash, most of the merchants exchange their own goods for other people's goods, and then! Pull the exchanged goods back and sell them.
In this kind of uninhabited place, you have money and no place to spend it.
Peng Zhou is helpless! I had to speed up my pace and walk forward. There are no inns, inns, restaurants, or liquor stores on the road, where do you go to buy food and drink? To eat and drink, you can only go hunting.
As the night progresses, the moon gets brighter and brighter.
On this moonlit night, hunting can be challenging.
The best time to hunt is at dusk and before dawn, when the prey is settled in the dead of night. When the day came, the humans came out and moved, and the prey hid.
But! If there is, it must be big game.
The most active time for prey is when it is dark. Other words! When humans are no longer active in the wild, they will come out to move.
After walking a long way, there was an okay hill in front of me. Peng Zhou felt that there should be some prey there.
Even if you miss out on the best hunting opportunities, as long as you put a little more trapping, you still have a chance to catch your prey.
There are no mountains in this area, and it is flat all around. So! Usually prey will hide on the hills.
When he came to the bottom of the hill, Peng Zhou searched as if he had changed people, and soon found a tree that could be peeled. No hemp was found, only the bark was used to make loops. The bark is generally coarse and hard, and the loops made are not too easy to use. The hemp silk is thin, and the loops made are tight and easy to use, making it easier to lock the prey.
But! The bark of the tree is tightly looped and can lock in large prey.
There is no way but to make do with it. Maybe? Can you trap large prey?
Over here! There should be no big prey. The so-called big prey, the big deal is the wolf!
No matter how large the game is, it generally does not live on such hills. Living on such a hill will sooner or later lead to death. Even if it is a tiger, sooner or later it will be hunted down by humans.
In order to catch the prey as soon as possible, Peng Zhou only had as much as possible, making dozens of circles and placing them everywhere. It was all laid out, and he felt as if he wasn't hungry anymore. But! Still a little thirsty. Maybe it's because I drank too much wine that I really got thirsty!
Taking advantage of the moonlight, he searched for it.
Soon! I found a water source at the foot of the hill.
The stream is not big and not too clean. But I was so thirsty that I had to settle for it.
"Whew! ……”
"There are wolves!" Peng Zhou, who was about to get up, heard the howl of a wolf not far away, and suddenly became excited.
"Good! Lao Tzu drinks wolf blood! ”
Come to think of it! He no longer drank from the stream. Furthermore! He doesn't know either? Is the stream clean? Maybe? Someone in the upstream and pees on it, and you don't know that you drink it downstream.
"Whew! ……”
"Whew! ……”
"Whew! ……”
After only walking a few dozen steps, Peng Zhou felt a burst of scalp tingling! Not far away! The howl of a wolf was constantly heard. Obviously! This is the encounter with wolves.
Nima Di! If you encounter a pack of wolves, you're in big trouble! No matter how much you are a cow, you can't deal with the wolves?
But! Peng Zhou was unconvinced! It would be a shame to just let the wolves go.
If you do encounter a pack of wolves, then! There will be no other prey in this area. Wherever the wolves passed, all the creatures in the wild, as long as the wolves could eat them, almost all of them were spared.
So! If you don't catch one or two wolves, then! He's just going to get nothing tonight.
Wolves are very clever and cunning animals, and they will not leave it alone if they find that their companions are tightly trapped. Opposite! Not only will they save their companions, but they will also take revenge on the hunters.
Not to mention that the wolves do this, even when several wolves do this, they will retaliate like this. Especially the she-wolf, if you capture her cubs, why don't she retaliate against you?
Peng Zhou didn't know: what kind of wolf was trapped in the circle he had placed? Is it a wolf cub or a she-wolf? Or a pregnant wolf? If you trap the wolf cub, then! The she-wolf and her male wolf will be by her side. Not only will they find a way to save their cubs, but they will also wait for an opportunity to take revenge on the hunters.
Whatever! If Lao Tzu doesn't catch a few wolves tonight, then Lao Tzu will be busy tonight.
Peng Zhou felt that there were trees everywhere here, and once he was attacked by wolves, he would climb on top of the trees. While dealing with the wolves, take the opportunity to kill a few. As long as you hold out until dawn, the wolves will disperse naturally.
"Whew!"
That's it! There was a whirring wind behind him, followed by a howl, and Peng Zhou felt a huge male wolf pounce on him. Under the effect of instinct, he dodged to the side while his body flashed, and at the same time slashed through with a knife.
"Whew!" The blow was successful, and after a scream, a huge male wolf fell to the ground.
"It's dangerous! Holy! Peng Zhou instinctively shouted.
"Whew!" That's it! There was another whirring wind on one side.
"Not good!" Peng Zhou instinctively screamed. The figure flashed and dodged to the side, and at the same time, it was a repeat of the old trick, and it slashed over.
"Whew!" A huge pregnant she-wolf fell to the ground.
If it weren't for his good skills and quick flashing, he would have definitely been bitten by this pregnant she-wolf's throat just now.
Not good! The wolves may have smelled me and are looking for revenge on me!
Come to think of it! He didn't dare to run anywhere, and when he saw that there was a tree next to him that was okay, he had to climb it quickly.
"Whew!" Just as he was cradling the trunk of the tree and climbing up, a young wolf of medium stature pounced on him and bit him on the thigh.
"Ahh Peng Zhou screamed in fright and desperately climbed up.
OK! Just a little bit, not bitten.
"Whew!" The young wolf was not convinced, and jumped forward again. Outcome! Hit your head on a tree trunk!
"Brute! You're going to bite? Peng Zhou climbed onto the branch, looked down, and scolded.
In an instant, there were more than a dozen wolves of all sizes surrounded under the tree.
The wolves flashed their fluorescent eyes and looked at him like ghost fire, which was particularly scary.
"Come on! Jumping up a tree, huh? Do you have the ability to come up? Peng Zhou shouted at the wolves like a naughty child.
"Whew!" The wolves were howling incessantly.