Chapter 89 Thousands of miles away
Everyone has different opinions on what it means to be majestic.
Some people want the best in the world, some people just do something that others can’t do, while others probably only need a satisfactory praise from their beautiful wife at home.
Those who are content will always be happy.
After Yinshan, there are very few days when spring is warm and flowers bloom in the year. Most of the time, it is winter when snow is swirling and water dripping into ice.
But the Wu people have their own way of survival, and there are many winter pastures hidden in many valleys.
Some pastures have very special microclimates. When snow is flying outside, they are warm as spring because of the ground heat underground, and lush grass and trees. In some winter pastures, some cold-resistant plants are tenaciously growing under the snow. These plants grow very slowly, but provide higher nutrients than ordinary grasses.
In many winter pastures in Wushi, some of them even have a large number of "cold land maca" growing in the frozen soil of some pastures. This unique tuber can not only greatly improve the cold resistance of the livestock, but also allow the livestock to have a unique sense of fullness, but can even greatly stimulate the reproductive ability.
In some specific times, the Ushi people would drive a large number of livestock to these pastures.
The breeding speed of livestock and the hunting of hunters determine the source of food, but also determine the population of the Wu family.
The population of the Wu clan is pitifully small compared with the dynasties in the Central Plains, and almost every adult man in the Wu clan was a soldier. In the previous battle with the Great Qin Dynasty, the Wu clan paid a heavy price. Although the number of troops lost was even less than that of the Great Qin Dynasty, the soldiers of the Great Qin Dynasty were purely soldiers and were only responsible for wars throughout the dynasty. However, the Wu clan soldiers played a variety of roles in the entire clan. At some point, they were both herders and hunters, and even horse gang caravans leading to more bitter and cold areas.
The same way, one person died in battle, would have a greater impact on the Wu family.
The army was insufficient. When escorting a large number of livestock to different ranches, it was somewhat susceptible to raids from some barbaric tribe clans.
The situation of Wushi at this time is much more difficult than any other period before.
However, as long as some inherent traditions remain unchanged, such a kingdom can always be supported.
The Thornton Festival will be in a few days.
In some warm pastures in Wushi, a beautiful flower will bloom. This flower, called the secret flower by the Wushi people, is one of the secret medicines of Wushi. It can relieve the fatigue of the army's forcing troops to march, but its most important therapeutic effect is to eliminate rheumatism.
At the same time, this season is when Wushi stockpiles a large amount of dairy products. Dried cheese, yogurt products and air-dried meat are foods that only Wushi army eats, but are very reliable. These foods do not carry much weight, but can allow a cavalry to fight self-sufficiently in the wild for a long time.
In a secret ravine where flowers bloom, some women of Wu are harvesting these colorful flowers.
They walked carefully among these flowers, collecting only flowers as much as possible, and not trampling on any vegetation on this land. Even the most ordinary mosses did not destroy them as much as possible.
Behind them is a ravine that has been harvested.
Next to a clear stream formed by the flowing water of glaciers in the ravine, there are several tents with snow on the ground. The edges of the tents are embroidered with golden silk threads on the patterns of secret flowers.
Before this important festival came, such tents only represented the royal residence of the Wu family.
At this moment, there was only one of the tents with a single old woman in the snow-white roof.
If Xie Changsheng said, then this old woman would be truly majestic in Wushi.
Because she is the Empress Dowager of Wu, she has been in charge of this large territory since many years ago. Because of her faith, in the minds of the Wu people, she is the kind of person closest to the gods, or in other words, the spokesperson of the gods in the minds of most of them.
This ravine is facing the sun, and the sun is very bright. Although the most colorful secret flowers have been harvested, there are still many unknown flowers blooming on both sides of the flat stream bank, some of which are even unique colors that are not found in the outside world.
This place is almost no different from the secret realm that many people imagine. It is extremely quiet at this time, with no livestock around. There is only a young maid next to the stream, drying some unmade air-dried meat.
Such simple work without any poetic meaning, but at this moment, it is as beautiful as the scroll drawn by the best painter in the world.
The hillside on one side of this ravine extends to the north, and there is a snow line not far away.
Between this quiet and peaceful, a few black dots appeared somewhere under the snow line inconsistently.
These are some travelers who come from afar, carrying many dusts outside the snow-capped mountains.
These travelers did not seem to be in awe of the Wu royal family as they should have. Their thick black leather boots were trampling on the vegetation treasured by the Wu people, and the soles of their feet brought wet soil that was bound to the remains of vegetation.
The Empress Dowager Wu did not leave the tent. The curtain facing these travelers was blown away by a breeze twisted from her fingertips. She had never seen these travelers, but had seen some of them in some picture albums. Although she was very old, her memory was always amazingly good, so she just took a look and recognized the identities of these travelers.
These people are not guests, but there was no trace of surprise or shock in her dim eyes.
A dark cloud floated over, covering the ravine.
This dark cloud is strange. It not only blocks the sunlight, but also stays above this ravine, and does not leave as if there is life.
These travelers approached these snow-topped tents. Long before they approached, these people had already sensed her existence, so they all had a look of relief on their faces.
At the same time, these travelers were also very alert.
When the distance was dozens of feet, a traveler even released a flying sword, trying to completely break the tent where the Empress Dowager Wu was.
As the sword light flashed, Empress Dowager Wu sighed softly.
She walked out of the tent.
The sword light stopped as she moved.
The shadow of the dark clouds fell on her, and everyone could clearly see the expression on her face.
She just felt a little sorry for the brand new tent, but she was not panicked at all.
The traveler in the lead suddenly felt a little uneasy and frowned.
"Duanmu Hou?"
She looked at the headed traveler and asked seriously: "Aren't you beaten a few pieces of your spine in Minshan Sword Sect by Baili Suxue? Why did the injury heal so quickly?"
Her tone was very sincere, but the other party could not bear such questions, and anger suddenly became in her eyes.
"Is it because of Zheng Xiu's spiritual lotus seeds?"
Seeing the other party's desire to answer, she was the answer to the question of the seeker, and she guessed another sentence.
Her guess was not too wrong. The faces of these travelers who came from afar gradually became soaring, and even Duanmu Hou, whose anger was burning in his eyes, narrowed his eyes slightly.
The kings and princes naturally have the demeanor of the kings.
Just as his eyes narrowed slightly, his anger disappeared, only the coldness as cold as the cold mountains in the distance.
Chapter completed!