Chapter 7    Go to the mountains to collect herbs!

Li Zhao wandered around the village for three consecutive days, chatting with the villagers, being close to each other, and having enough presence, which was considered to have completed the first step of the plan.

Next, the second step is to plan: go up the mountain to hunt and collect medicinal materials.

After a period of cultivation, Li Zhao's health has basically recovered, but he is still very thin and has no strength. He will even feel breathless when he walks a little more.

To make your body stronger, it is far from enough to strengthen your exercise. You also need to supplement your nutrition. To put it bluntly, you have to eat more meat.

But the family was too poor. Just relying on Aunt Qing to raise silkworms and weaving cloth, the family of three couldn't even have enough porridge, let alone meat.

Fortunately, the Zhongnan Mountain is next to it, with more than 800 miles from east to west, with high mountains and dense forests, and countless birds and beasts inside. For Li Zhao, a former mountain special forces soldier, it is a natural warehouse. It is not easy to get some meat to eat!

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"Master, be careful, it's hard to walk on the mountain road!"

"Don't worry, I'll follow you!"

The next morning, Aunt Qing went outside the village to collect mulberry leaves. The white buns were about to go into the mountain to chop firewood. Li Zhao followed him on the grounds of relaxing, and carried a small hoe and a small bamboo basket.

There is no real road on the mountain, only the paths that hunters and woodcutters step on are overgrown with weeds and rocks, and are very steep. Even if you often enter the mountain, you should be careful when walking, and it is even more common to fall.

At the beginning, Bai Mo grabbed Li Zhao's hand tightly and walked slowly along the path, for fear that he would slip down accidentally.

But what surprised Baimo was that Li Zhao, who was clearly the first time to enter the mountain, had very flexible movements and his climbing skills. He was not inferior to those who walked on mountain roads all year round. He was just not very good at endurance. He walked for a while and rested for a while and was out of breath, but he never called him tired. After he had a rest, he continued to climb the mountain, and the speed was getting faster and faster!

Moreover, during the hiking process, Li Zhao also occasionally got into the weeds, picked some mushrooms, fungus, herbs, etc., and soon filled the small bamboo basket, including blood-replenishing grass, triangular maple, star anise lotus, evergreen... seven-leaf and one branch of flowers, etc. Each plant has a complete quality and is no worse than the level of the herbicide collector.

This is not surprising. All mountain special forces have undergone strict wild survival training. It is not only as simple as climbing mountains and ridges, climbing trees and rivers, and catching wild animals. Once injured, you must also have the ability to use local materials and treat them by yourself.

What herbs can stop bleeding, what herbs can prevent inflammation, what herbs are highly toxic, and can be used to set up murder traps... Li Zhao knew very well.

To be honest, an excellent mountain special forces soldier is a qualified Chinese medicine doctor!

Of course, while collecting mountain herbs, Li Zhao did not forget to hunt, but the mountain they climbed belonged to the periphery of Zhongnan Mountain. Large wild animals were rare, and more were small beasts such as pheasants and rabbits. They ran back and forth in the woods and grass, and were not afraid of people at all.

Chicken and wild rabbits can fly, and they are very alert. They will run away if there is a little movement. Without tools such as bows, clips, and arrests, even old hunters will find it difficult to catch them.

This is not difficult for Li Zhao. Dozens of small wooden sticks, a tough thorn strip, and a few stones can set up a perfect trap. Then, fresh wild fruits are used as bait, waiting for the pheasant, and the rabbit will fall into the trap.

Walking along the way, Li Zhao set up more than a dozen traps in succession, and he will definitely gain something when he comes back.

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At noon, the two came to a valley where birds sing and flowers scented, the scenery was pleasant, and a few springs gushed out of the stone wall, gathered into large and small puddles at the bottom of the valley, and then flowed towards Qianlonggang... There were three big words engraved on the stone wall next to it: Black Dragon Spring!

It is said that many years ago, a black dragon lurked in the mountains to practice, constantly absorbing the essence of the sun, moon, and mountains and rivers. After thousands of years, he finally achieved his merits and achieved success, breaking through the ground and flying straight to the nine heavens!

There were several springs at the place where the black dragon broke through the ground, so it was named: Black Dragon Spring.

The Black Dragon Flying is just a myth, but the spring water of the Black Dragon Spring is indeed first-class and has a refreshing taste, like drinking nectar... There are also a large number of river fish in the puddles, among which the long-bearded silver-ridge carp are the most, swimming around carefreely and never hide when you see people coming.

After climbing the mountain for a long time, Li Zhao's belly had already been bulging. He hadn't caught pheasants and hares for the time being, so it was good to get a few fish to eat.

The question is, if you don’t bring a fishing rod or a fishing net when you enter the mountain this time, how can you catch fish?

Don't worry, this little thing is not difficult for Li Zhao. There are many wild bamboos in the mountains. Li Zhao used a hatchet to cut a bamboo gun and was about to stab the carp in the water, but he didn't expect to be stopped by a white bun.

"Master, these are all carp, you must not catch them. The government will be punished if it knows."

"Just just catch fish, why do the government punish me?"

"You forgot that this is an iron rule set by the court, and no one is allowed to eat carp."

"Can't eat carp?"

Li Zhao patted his head and remembered the memories in this area.

The founder of the Tang Dynasty was surnamed Li, and Li was surnamed Guo, and "Li" and "Li" were homophones. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty established a strange law: no one is allowed to catch carp. If they are accidentally caught, they must release animals immediately. If anyone dares to sell carp, they will beat sixty plates and slaughter food, and those who slaughter food will be punished for death!

Under such severe punishment, the people of the Tang Dynasty naturally did not dare to eat carp.

Over time, carp are no longer afraid of people, and they even compete for bait to eat. Anyway, they have to be released after being caught. They are more moister than the old man.

Unfortunately, today they met a foodie who was very brave, didn't care about the king's law, and was hungry!

"Brush--Click!"

He picked up a stone as big as a fist and threw it into the water. Countless ripples appeared in an instant, and also alarmed the fish lurking at the bottom of the water, and suddenly became a mess... Taking this opportunity, Li Zhao stabbed out the bamboo gun like lightning, hitting a big carp weighing three or four pounds, and threw it directly to the shore.

After a while, another big carp was tugged on!

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Do you think it’s easy to get fish? Actually, it’s not.

Fish are very alert and swim quickly. It is not easy to stab them with bamboo guns. Eyes, arm strength, and judgment are indispensable!

When he was in the army, Li Zhao had been practicing hard for more than half a year before mastering this fish-stinging technique. Now he has come here and has not lost his skills. However, this body is a little weak. Before he travels through time, he can stab four fish in a row, but now he can only stab one at a time.

After seven or eight fish were stabbed, Li Zhao stopped, then scraped the scales, buckled the cheeks, and opened the cauldrons... After cleaning them, he collected some wild onions, wild garlic, and dandelions from the woods as condiments, and then created a bonfire, put them on and put them on to grill...

On the other side, Baima was about to cry anxiously: "Master, you can't eat it, you can't eat carp!"

"What are you afraid of? The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. This is an unmanned valley. It is a place where the king and the king cannot control it. Besides, my surname is Li, and I am a child of the Tang Dynasty. I dare to eat carp. What are you afraid of? The sky falls, I will hold you back!" Li Zhao didn't care. The world is the biggest to eat, and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the king and the sky cannot make themselves hungry.

At the same time, I also made a secret decision that one day I took power, and I would destroy all these miscellaneous rules and let the people live freely.

How can a foodie nation be restricted in food?

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The fat fish was roasted soon, and Li Zhao picked up one and ate it voraciously, ate it with oil all over his mouth... It has been almost a month since he came to this world, and he finally got the meat.

On the other side, Baifu was so scared that he was trembling and couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He hadn't seen any meat for a long time, and the greedy worms in his stomach starved to death. Finally, he saw that there was indeed no one around. He gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, picked up a grilled fish and ate it in big mouthfuls... It smells so good!

After half an hour, both of them were full, and their belly was not enough to be filled at all, but there were still several big carp left. How to deal with it?

Throwing it away is a waste!

It will be troublesome to take it back and let others see it. Eating carp is a crime of beheading!

Make it into dried salted fish and keep it, without salt on your hands!

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While thinking hard, Li Zhao suddenly felt a chill in his spine, and his sweat and pores were standing up all over his body. It was not good, it was dangerous!

Any soldier who has undergone strict training has a very keen intuition. As long as there are dangerous situations around him, his body will instinctively warn him. Even if he is in deep sleep, he will wake up immediately.

There is danger, so you can't panic. Li Zhao touched the white bun, handed it over, then grabbed the bamboo gun beside him, and carefully observed the situation around him... There was no figure, could it be a beast?

Most of the beasts live in the deep mountains and occasionally run to the edge. This is another source of water, so it is possible to encounter them. What kind of beast is it?

I searched around and found it quickly. Just in the weeds four or five feet away, a dog-shaped creature was crawling. It looked quite big. Could it be a wild wolf?
Chapter completed!