Chapter 525 Winter is about to pass
This winter, the Kingdom of Tarago is falling into civil war, and the Principality of Yelgarod is captured by the Piast Kingdom. An important port city, a new generation of women from the Ghazi Empire The warlords led the vengeful army to surround Wanjing City. The Osmaga Empire organized the largest team in the world to build the railway from Ferdinand City to the Bend of the Sea. The construction team of the Principality of Wesson, with the help of Hayreddin Build a telegraph tower on the south coast of the Inland Sea.
And Frederick felt like he was in prison.
When the new year arrives, in the far north, the sun has not appeared in the sky for many days.
The dark night sky is like a canvas, and the aurora is the paint casually applied by nature, creating a gorgeous painting.
The pointer on the thermometer has exceeded the range of minus 30 degrees, and is estimated to be around minus 40 degrees.
Even the dominant snow wolf in the snow forest dug a deep snow hole in the snow, and a large family huddled inside for a short hibernation.
Frederick found a single wolf, dragged it out by its tail, knocked it unconscious and dragged it all the way back to the camp.
He didn’t spend much time outdoors, but his only exposed eyes were already covered with ice scum, and his eyebrows turned white.
“It’s good to eat wolf meat in winter. It will keep your body warm after eating it.”
Hurley dismantled the wolf in the kitchen and prepared to stew it.
Frederick just sat on a chair aside, with the stove in front of him, holding a water glass in his hand, and slowly drank hot pine needle water.
When Hurley served the wolf stew, Frederick was still sitting there, holding an empty cup, his eyes a little dull.
Hurley sat on his lap, put her arms around his shoulders and asked, "Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
Frederick nodded slightly.
Being locked up in a small dark room is a very effective punishment. A person cannot bear it after being locked up for a few days.
The winter here is like a big dark room, or even a big prison, and the harsh natural environment is the prison wall.
People's activities are restricted in the house, like being locked in a cell.
Even if there are strong people who can move around, it is just a short break.
Even though he was accompanied by many beauties, Frederick still couldn't stand such an environment and began to have mental problems.
When we start mining here in the future, I'm afraid we'll all have to go back to the south collectively when winter comes, otherwise some people will really go crazy.
Hurry asked him: "How about we stay here..."
Frederick shook his head and said: "It's easy to catch a cold here. I'll go back and sleep for a while. Call me when you're eating. . ”
Now they keep track of time with one of Frederick’s pocket watches.
He brought two of them, but the spring of one was so frozen that it became brittle when he took it out, and the last one was placed in the relatively warm kitchen.
There was a bit of excitement in the longhouse where people lived, and everyone was trying their best to find something to do to pass the time.
Frederick carved several pairs of mahjong out of wood, and now is the time to get up there.
But playing mahjong every day will make me tired. I don’t know how long this momentum can be maintained. Just take it one day at a time.
Frederick took off his leather jacket and down jacket and hung them outside the box bed, then entered the box bed quietly.
Catherine, who was captured here, is now sleeping in this box bed. She is also not in good spirits and cannot go out for fun like Frederick. She can only rely on taking certain mushrooms like everyone else. Get more sleep during the long winter.
She was sleeping in a daze, and when she smelled Frederick's scent, she immediately hugged him tightly, like a drowning person grabbing a lifebuoy.
At the end of early January, a bright light finally appeared on the southeastern skyline, and the temperature suddenly rose to more than 20 degrees below zero.
Aurora warriors use general cleaning to welcome the arrival of the new sunshine.
Everyone took out all the bedding from the box bed, hung it on a shelf to freeze for a while, and then patted it again after the other areas were cleaned.
Very few people use quilts here. They basically use animal skins, and the bugs in the fur are photographed after they freeze to death. The longhouse, kitchen, sauna and other places also underwent a general cleaning. The accumulated plant ash was spread on the ground and under the box beds. It is said that when insects crawl through, they will block the pores in the abdomen.
Frederick was busy with everyone. Although this would lower the temperature of the room a lot, it was much better than being bitten by bugs and getting sick. After all, lighting the fireplace in the room would warm it up again. If you catch a cold, Just go to the sauna and stay longer.
Everyone has been busy for a long time and finally finished. A large pot of stew was cooked in the kitchen, with a lot of whale meat and oil, and mixed with noodles to eat.
After eating and drinking, the next step is the second project.
The girls broke open the ice on the nearby lake, took off all their clothes and threw them on the ice one by one, and jumped into the water for a few laps of winter swimming.
Catherine was a little confused: "Why do they want to swim in such a cold weather?"
Frederick thought for a while and said: "At first, it may be to freeze the clothes and fleas on the body, but over time it will become It’s traditional.”
Catherine shivered, she had a psychological shadow on fleas.
"What are you going to do?" She found Frederick taking off his clothes.
Frederick smiled evilly and said: "Of course, do as the Romans do."
Catherine's body is in good condition. During this period, she just ate, slept, and played the Frederick dungeon. She gained a little more weight than before, so there was no problem with winter swimming.
“Don’t tease her.” Jin Li came over and pulled Catherine away, “You have to prepare before going into the water.”
The preparation she said was to drink a herbal wine. After drinking it, The whole body will feel hot.
This needs to consume the body's energy. During this period of time, everyone was eating, sleeping and brushing Frederick. He gained a lot of weight, which was enough to consume.
Frederick also jumped into the lake. At first he felt that the water was a little warm, so he dived under the water and swam for a while. After landing, he hugged his clothes and went to the sauna.
There is a large bucket of plant ash made from burned pine needles in the bathroom next to the sauna. Everyone wets their body and hair first, then smears it with the plant ash, and finally flushes.
Frederick said to Jin Li: "Come, let me help you."
Unexpectedly, Jin Li pushed him away, lowered her head and said: "Sir, in the next month Please be patient.”
Frederick was stunned and nodded: “Okay.”
Since he doesn’t want to, he won’t force it.
The following days were different from before. Everyone no longer stayed in the winter and began to walk out of the wooden house.
Wearing only a pair of leather pants and linen vests in the snow, they began to practice martial arts.
It was then that Frederick felt for the first time the strength of these girls as the military force of the Natural Church.
Hurry, who was always busy in the kitchen, held two short knives behind her hands, selected a pine tree, stepped on the trunk with her snow-white feet, and with a push, she flew up around the trunk.
In a few breaths, she had already reached the top of the tree, then jumped to another pine tree next to her and ran down the trunk again.
Frederick was hiding under the tree, because when the girl climbed up the tree, she cut the branches along the trunk with her two knives. In a few breaths, the two pine trees turned into bare trunks.
A group of two-meter-tall icemen emerged from the snow, and the one who cast the spell was Bree, who was not very tall.
The icemen first dragged the branches back to use as firewood, and then punched and kicked around the bare trunk. After a burst of sawdust flew, the pine tree fell.
Another girl came over and slapped the tree trunk with one hand. Countless ice blades pierced out of the wood, and the pine tree more than 20 meters high suddenly turned into firewood the size of an arm.
These were just their warm-up activities. A few days later, the real sword and gun training began.
(End of this chapter)