After the general situation report, Garland's messenger hesitated for a moment and continued:
"Duke, I encountered a very difficult problem when collecting maple syrup on land..."
"Oh, what's the problem?"
"There is a bear stealing candy..."
"What? Bear...steal candy?" Marin was also stunned.
"Yes, there are big gray bears stealing oak barrels that collect maple syrup. Or, they just robbed them! Those greedy bears seem to like the sweetness of maple syrup, and directly... take the entire bucket that collects maple syrup..."
"The whole... take it away?" Very very powerful. Marin also remembered at this time - it seems that bears do like sweetness. In order to steal honey, they go up trees and dig out honeycombs, and are not afraid of being stung by bees. Of course, the bear's skin is very thick, and if they are stung like a human, they will be hung up long ago.
Although the maple syrup is far less sweet than honey, it also has a sweet fragrance. This season should be the season when the bear has just finished hibernation. The bear's nose is very smart, and it would be strange if he doesn't smell the scent of maple syrup suddenly.
At this time, the messenger continued:
"Yes, those bears hugged and drank wildly when they saw the oak barrels hanging on the tree that collected maple syrup. They couldn't finish drinking, so they took them away. Moreover, there were greedy black bears stretched their mouths to the tree hole and sucked them hard... The local natives stopped them, which seemed to have angered the black bears. Two natives were slapped on the spot. But most of them were only injured and did not die. Because those bears usually held the wooden barrels with maple syrup and refused to let go, and could not spare their hands to kill the natives... Most of the injured were kicked by the bear's hind limbs..."
"Uh...will those Indian natives shoot bears?" Marin was speechless.
"It's hard. The bows and arrows used by the natives are very powerful. Moreover, the arrows are mostly made of stones, which are difficult to shoot through the thick skin of the bear. Even if they shoot through the bear's skin, they are mostly stuck in the bear's cortex and are difficult to hurt the vital points. Moreover, the injured bears are very terrible when they go crazy. Therefore, those natives generally dare not provoke bears..."
Marin thought about it and it was true. The Indians in the Stone Age currently lacked effective weapons to shoot and kill black bears. Unlike Cape Breton Island, because of the powerful large projectile musket such as the Mushket musket, all the grizzly bears that can be found on the island were shot and killed. On the North American continent, there have always been the world of North American grizzly bears, and the local natives lacked powerful weapons to shoot and kill grizzly bears. Therefore, they could only watch the bears take away the sweet maple syrup in the whole bucket without daring to stop them...
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"This is not possible. You can't affect my maple syrup business because of these bears! We have to support those natives hunting bears!" Marin said in a serious tone after thinking about it.
"You mean to provide muskets to those natives?" asked the messenger.
Marin shook his head, muskets were not that easy to provide. Marin was not willing to master this thing in the local natives, even a mescorer gun. After all, when the population is sufficient in the future, Marin wants the colonists to land and seize the land. If the natives have guns in their hands...
Although Marin could limit the combat effectiveness of the indigenous people by controlling the supply of gunpowder, things were not constant. At the beginning, when Britain and France were competing in North America, they had provided muskets and gunpowder to each other's hostile indigenous people. If the French also entered North America one day, they secretly provided ammunition to the indigenous people...
Therefore, it is safest to not give muskets to the natives. At most, give them some excellent European bows and arrows. Anyway, Indian natives are also good at shooting archery.
"Then provide them with heavy arrows for shooting bears!" Marin said after thinking about it.
"Heavy Arrow?" The messenger was a little confused. But he soon thought that if he didn't die with one blow, the bear that counterattacked before his death would be very terrible...
The so-called heavy arrow is actually a triangular arrow used by Qin crossbow. The arrow is engraved with a blood groove. The triangular arrow is heavier, but because of its high kinetic energy, its armor-breaking ability is better than that of ordinary arrows. Generally speaking, the ancients used heavy arrows to shoot beasts, and light arrows to shoot birds.
Heavy arrows have a large kinetic energy, but because of their great weight, the gravity is also high, which makes them prone to fall and affect their range. However, heavy arrows can often break through the thick skin of beasts because of their sufficient kinetic energy; as for light arrows, because they are light, their range is often far, but their power is insufficient, and they are only suitable for killing small-weight animals such as birds.
Originally, the most suitable one for shooting heavy arrows was actually a heavy crossbow. However, Marin could not guarantee that heavy arrows could kill grizzlies with one blow. You should know that those wild beasts can burst out huge energy when seriously injured. Their dying blow is much scarier than humans. If you use heavy crossbows, once the shooting fails, the user's life will be worrying. After all, the grizzly bears run much faster than humans. If you shoot failed, the user will definitely be unable to escape the bear's claws.
Therefore, Marin designed a plan for the indigenous people to shoot grizzly bears-
This plan is to provide Indian natives with strong bows with greater pulling force to shoot triangular heavy arrows. Indian natives are good at archery, and it is not difficult to find those with good shooting skills and strong strength among them. Then, let the warrior climb up a big tree with a strong bow and heavy arrow on his back and ambush the grizzly bear. At the same time, they will carry a short spear with an iron spearhead (more than one meter long) on ​​their backs...
The Grizzlies will definitely be furious after being shot by a heavy arrow. It is best to be shot at the vital point. If it is not shot, the Grizzlies will definitely run under the big tree and plan to attack the shooter. In this way, the Grizzlies have two choices - do you want to interrupt the big tree, or climb the tree to chase the shooter...
Therefore, the tree that Sagittarius climbs must be thick enough. Otherwise, it may be interrupted by the grizzly bear or "Lu Zhishen pulls up the weeping willows". You must know that the strength of the grizzly bear is not smaller than that of Lu Zhishen...
If the big tree is thick enough and the grizzly bear is not moving, then it has to climb the tree to chase and revenge. However, at this time, the hunter is carrying a short spear with an iron head. When the grizzly bear climbs to the close position, the shooter can use a short spear more than one meter long to stab the grizzly bear's head...
At this time, the grizzly bear was climbing a tree with limbs and could not be blocked. It either retreated or was stabbed in the head...
Moreover, before the grizzly bear climbs a tree, the shooter can shoot multiple triangular heavy arrows. If he is lucky, he would have shot the grizzly bear to death long ago.
In addition, you can also engage in a multi-person joint method. That is, there are other archers lying in ambush on the nearby trees, and everyone shoots triangular heavy arrows at the grizzly bears, which is better.
Not only that, archers can also trap deep pits under the tree. After being angry with the shot, grizzlies obviously will not check the trap carefully. Once they are eager to retaliate, they will easily fall into the pit. At that time, the grizzlies that fall into the pit will be fish on the chopping board, and they will do whatever they want... They can shoot to death with random arrows, stab to death with a spear, throw big stones, or throw lit firewood to burn it...
In fact, wooden pickets can be set up at the bottom of this trap. If the grizzly bear falls down, it will be strung directly by wooden pickets... But Marin is worried that when he sends troops to land invade in the future, he will be targeted by the indigenous people using this method. Therefore, he is only willing to teach the indigenous people to use ordinary deep pit traps... In fact, this does not need to be taught, the indigenous people will dig ordinary pit traps long ago...
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It’s no wonder that Marin deliberately wanted to kill those grizzlies, because the grizzlies are too harmful to the collection of maple syrup. The season for maple syrup is the time when grizzlies wake up after hibernation. At this time, grizzlies are the hungryest. When they see the sweet maple syrup juice they like to eat, they will definitely snatch them, and they will be very ferocious.
The only way to avoid being affected by grizzly bears is to kill those grizzly bears.
Grizzlies are extremely harmful to humans. Even in later generations where animal protection is rampant, in order to prevent grizzlies from injuring people, Canadian officials often encourage hunters to use powerful hunting rifles to regularly clean up the flooded grizzlies to avoid humans from harming them. Of course, Canadians in later generations are more pretentious - they require that they must use powerful hunting rifles that can quickly kill to prevent grizzlies from being injured in pain without dying...
That was in later generations with a high level of development. There were actually not many grizzlies. But now, because Indian natives lack weapons to hunt grizzlies, they generally did not dare to provoke grizzlies. Therefore, in this era, grizzlies were more prevalent in Canada, with almost no natural enemies (except grizzlies cubs), and had a wider range. If they did not kill grizzlies, they would not think about developing North America well...
Chapter completed!