Chapter 149 New Stage and New Discovery
Take the hyena queen and the body of the wild antelope and go back to the camp first.
Zhou Xu, who returned to the camp, called people over directly.
“The body of the Hyena Queen can be processed, along with the body of the wild antelope.”
After giving the order, Zhou Xu turned around and returned to his animal skin tent here.
At this moment, the cub was still sleeping soundly in its swaddling clothes in the tent.
Zhou Xu was also very evil in his heart.
Going into the tent, Zhou Xu sat cross-legged in front of the cub and unfolded the swaddling clothes. From birth to now, for almost two days, the hair of the cub that has been sleeping has become a bit thicker. .
Zhou Xu tried to fiddle with it a few times to see if he could wake it up. In the process, he moved bigger and bigger. In the end, he simply grabbed one of the cub's hind legs and pulled it It was picked up.
But it’s of no use at all. This little guy sleeps like a dead pig, no! He slept worse than a dead pig!
If he couldn't still hear the gentle breathing, he would have doubted whether the little guy was dead.
“Forget it, keep sleeping.”
Zhou Xu muttered speechlessly, and wrapped the little guy back into the swaddling clothes.
"I want to see how long you can sleep. This newborn cub really doesn't need to eat?"
Get out of the tent, now time , it was just past noon. Although a battle had just ended before and the alliance with the centaurs had been negotiated in the morning, Zhou Xu had no intention of relaxing this afternoon.
As said before, this situation is too rare and hard-won. He must seize the time to develop himself and improve the strength of the tribe at the same time!
On the pretext of hunting down hyenas, Zhou Xu arranged for Li Ce to be in charge of the grassland camp and coordinate matters in the camp, while he personally led Zhou Chongshan, Ye Jinghong, and others who were still capable of action. Tribe members started exploring on the grassland.
After all, there is nothing happening in the grassland camp at the moment that requires him to stay in the camp. With Li Ce in charge, it is more than enough.
Under this premise, he personally leads the team, with his 'eye of insight', and it can clearly improve the exploration efficiency, which is currently the optimal solution.
The core purpose of this operation is of course not to find hyena people, but to find livestock for their tribe to improve transportation efficiency.
In this area, the wild antelope is considered a grassland animal that they have discovered, and it has a certain size and size.
But Zhou Xu’s goal this time was not on the wild antelope.
Although the speed of wild antelopes is good, their endurance and strength are not good at all. Let alone letting them haul goods, even if they are allowed to carry a person, they probably can't run a few steps without gasping for air.
Of course, this does not prevent Ye Jinghong and others from hunting them.
This is not just to obtain leather and meat from the wild antelope, but more importantly, their leader is interested in the pair of long horns of the wild antelope.
When he discovered the centaurs before, Zhou Xu had already noticed that the bows and arrows in the hands of the centaurs were horn bows made of antelope horns.
The antelope horn is strong and is a good material for making the bow body.
Now that the material is in front of him, Zhou Xu certainly doesn’t mind getting some back to study.
If nothing unexpected happens, the performance of this animal horn bow is definitely better than that of a bamboo bow.
It’s just not as cheap as bamboo bows and easy to mass produce.
As for whether to capture a few of these wild antelopes and raise them artificially...
Zhou Xu had no such idea at all.
On the one hand, the reason is that he currently has limited manpower. He wants to use the limited breeding manpower to raise livestock to improve transportation efficiency. Wild antelopes do not meet his needs. On the other hand, raising wild antelopes, in Zhou Xu's opinion, is very cost-effective.
If the meat can be eaten, and the hides and bones can be used, most animals in the world meet this requirement.
As for, apart from these common basic values, what value does the wild antelope have?
That's the pair of ram's horns that can be used to make the horn bow.
But Zhou Xu had already thought about it clearly before.
If he had the materials, he wouldn't mind making a few animal horn bows, but they couldn't be as cheap and mass-produced as the bamboo bows.
In the future, he will form a troop of hundreds or even thousands of archers. Can he use animal horn bows?
For now, I will definitely use bamboo bows. After upgrading, I will also choose to use wooden bows with suitable materials.
In this way, the value of the wild antelope's horns in Zhou Xu's eyes is far from enough.
Under this premise, it is still troublesome to raise.
It definitely cannot be kept indoors. As for outdoor...
This wild antelope is also very good at jumping. It usually circles a fence and jumps out casually.
If they want to get artificially raised mutton sheep like those before time travel, they must first find a good breed and then domesticate them for a long time. Wild antelope is not a good choice no matter how you look at it.
If you encounter them in the wild, you can just shoot a few and get some related resources. There is no need to waste energy and go out to get them.
In the process, Zhou Xu and the others would inevitably have several encounters with the Centaurs.
No way, the wild antelope on the grassland is the main source of food for the Centaurs.
Although they have negotiated a joint venture before, this cooperation itself has no binding force. It basically depends on the ideas and character of both parties.
Now that they bumped into each other again, Zhou Xu also calmly signaled to Zhou Chongshan and the others to tighten their nerves.
Fortunately, the centaurs headed by Drogo had no intention of going back on their word. After seeing Zhou Xu and the others, they just nodded and said hello from a distance, and then continued to pursue their prey. .
During this period, they did not touch the wild antelope that Zhou Xu and the others shot. The overall performance was very harmonious, which made Zhou Xu feel more at ease.
“Okay, everyone, move quickly and try to explore more areas before dark.”
After watching the centaurs chasing the antelope herd away, Zhou Xu He also led his subordinates to continue exploring.
【Eye of Insight! 】
When entering a new area, with Zhou Xu around, it is natural to directly open the ‘Eye of Insight’ and scan around it first, which is enough to greatly improve their exploration efficiency.
But even so, they basically found nothing new in the first three days, until noon on the fourth day...
At this time, the exploration team headed by Zhou Xu , has traveled quite a distance.
Under the glance of Zhou Xu's "Eye of Insight", through the thick grass, a group of people were covered with black fur, with broad chests, thick limbs, and a pair of curved horns on their big heads. The creature broke into Zhou Xu's field of vision, making his heart beat faster...
[Found, a herd of bison living on the grassland! 】
Due to unexpected circumstances, some time was delayed, and an update will be sent.
(End of this chapter)