Chapter 191

To be honest, Shixiong didn't expect that Xiaohe tribe had grown so many soybeans. What surprised stone bear most was that the history of soybean cultivation in Xiaohe tribe was more than 30 years

Of course, this 30 years does not refer to the history of soybean cultivation in Xiaohe tribe. It has been more than ten years since the establishment of Xiaohe tribe. How can it be that soybean cultivation alone has lasted for more than 30 years?

This more than 30 years refers to the soybean growing history of the tribes where some members of the Xiaohe tribe used to live.

Xiaohe tribe is a secluded tribe. Although most of the people in the tribe are from the chekasa, there are some people like the Keri, Yuchi and even the Cherokee. The whole Xiaohe tribe is like a big grocery store, with her tolerant mind to accommodate the Indians who are not willing to participate in the war within a few hundred miles.

Several of the older Crees in the tribe are the main soybean growers. According to Lei Ying, when the Crees fled from the south to the Xiaohe tribe, they began to plant soybeans on the surrounding hillsides.

These Crees grew soybeans in their tribe for more than 30 years when they were very young.

Soybean is not very belly friendly, but it is a very good rotation crop. The Xiaohe tribe has known for a long time that the rotation of soybean in the farmland can raise the soil well and make the farmland more fertile.

Of course, this is also brought about by the Crees.

Obviously, the Crees in the south of Dawu Mountain are better at planting. These guys even know that planting soybeans can raise land.

But it's no surprise that the creeks understand these things. After all, the Crees lived further south, closer to the Spanish colony.

The Spanish entered the American continent on a large scale much earlier than those in Britain, France, Germany, Holland and Portugal. Although the Spanish did not develop much in North America, who knew that the Spanish would not bring soybean to the American continent earlier?

The Crees probably got the beans from the Spaniards.

Anyway, it's a surprise to get about 30 bags of soybeans in Xiaohe tribe this time.

If more than 30 bags of soybean are used as seeds, the soybean yield of gaoshu tribe will be greatly improved this year. More than 30 bags of soybean is nearly 800 Jin, so many seeds are enough to sow 150 mu of soybean field.

If the soybean seeds of gaoshu tribe are included, the soybean planting area of gaoshu tribe this year will be close to 300 mu!

Although it is impossible to extract oil on a large scale for the output of 300 mu soybean, there is no shortage of bean curd at least

"What do you think?" White cloud asks stone bear.

Tomorrow, the stone bear will leave. After dinner that evening, the stone bear will take Baiyun out for a walk as usual. However, when he takes a walk, he is distracted and only thinks about the soybeans, which makes Baiyun unhappy.

Also, there is such a charming beauty around you. If you don't think about it, you have to think about the round beans. No wonder the beauty is not happy.

"Oh..." the stone bear said with a sorry smile to the white cloud, "I was thinking about the soybeans I saw in the afternoon. With these soybeans as seeds, our tribe will be able to harvest more soybeans this autumn. You may not know that our tribe also has soybeans, but the quantity is too small. The seeds left last year are not as much as those given to me by leader Lei Ying, so I have been worrying about where to get more soybeans. "

It's not nonsense for Shi Xiong to say this. Some time ago, major hank brought a lot of crop seeds to Shi Xiong, but there were no soybeans. After all, although soybeans were planted in a large area in Europe at this time, no one had brought them to the new world, so major hank could not get soybeans.

As for the French, there is no such thing.

"Can you make more delicious tofu with these beans?" Baiyun asked excitedly. It seemed that she remembered the scene of eating tofu in gaoshu tribe last time. The girl couldn't help licking her tongue, as if she was savoring the delicious food.

"Well, this bean is used to make tofu. After that, there will be more soybeans in the tribe. I will make tofu for you every day. " The stone bear said with a smile, while the girl nodded her head.

"In fact, in addition to bean curd, this soybean can also be used to extract oil, and the extracted oil can be used to make many dishes. As for the soybean meal left by oil extraction, it can also feed livestock and poultry... "At this point, Shi Xiong could not help patting his forehead. He forgot that there were no captive animals in Xiaohe tribe, but there were some poultry, which were far less than those in gaoshu tribe.

Fortunately, when Baiyun went to gaoshu tribe last time, she had seen the tamed bison and a lot of poultry, so she was not surprised.

"It looks like a good thing." White cloud has feeling of say.

Stone bear was about to tell Baiyun about other uses of soybeans in detail when he heard a loud noise in front of him.

"... a female bear... A wolf..."

"Good guy, this bear is really big..."

Far away, I can't hear what the people in front are saying, but it's obvious that some people have hunted their prey, which seems to be a bear.

"Let's go and have a look." Baiyun obviously heard the voice of the people. She took the stone bear's hand and walked quickly there.

In fact, it has reached the depth of the valley, even deeper than the cave where the saltpeter mine is located. The valley where the Xiaohe tribe is located is separated near the cave of the saltpeter mine. The end of one of the valleys is the saltpeter mine, and the valley has a winding mountain road leading to the outside world.

This mountain road is usually taken by the tribe's people when they go out hunting. It's very difficult to walk. However, as long as you cross the mountain, you can enter into the depth of Dawu Mountain. There are still a lot of prey in the depth of Dawu Mountain. Therefore, this safe and close path becomes a hunting channel for the tribe soldiers.

At this time, the sky was dim, and the fire was flashing in front of us. At least twenty people held torches around.

After approaching, the stone bear found a strong man standing in the crowd. The man stone bear once met him. It was the first time he met Lei Ying in the wilderness.

This man, the stone bear, seems to be called Dashan. He is the archer of Xiaohe tribe and a very outstanding soldier. At that time, Lei Ying once asked him to try to open his big bow, but the guy didn't even open half of it, which made him a little embarrassed.

There are three dead wolves at the foot of the mountain. In addition, there is a bear with many wounds and a very big brown bear.

Although the bear is dead, it is really big. According to the visual inspection of the stone bear, the height of the bear is definitely more than two meters, which can be classified as the largest Kodiak brown bear.

In this era, brown bears are still widely distributed in North America. Although the stone bear doesn't know what subspecies this brown bear is, this brown bear, which is comparable to Kodiak brown bear, must have been very fierce.

But the stone bear also wondered, can there be such a big brown bear in Dawu Mountain?

Shaking his head, the stone bear heard Dashan talking to the people there.

"... we had hunted a deer in the mountain and were dragging it back. As a result, we heard that there was a lot of noise ahead. It seemed that there were wolves attacking..."

While talking, Dashan suddenly saw the stone bear who had just come. He immediately nodded to the stone bear.

Dashan admired the Cherokee big man. Besides, the big bow used by the big man was enough to shock Dashan. He had tried the power of the big bow himself. Even though he tried his best, he couldn't pull the big bow half way.

And the big man who can easily pull the big bow is really terrible!

The stone bear gave him a smile and motioned him to continue to tell the story.

Dashan nodded and continued: "we secretly touched it and found that a group of wolves were besieging a bear. Here's the big guy. "

In the light of torches around, the wounds on the bear's body were clearly visible, especially several wounds on its back. It was obvious that the bear was seriously injured by the attack of the wolves.

A little guy asked, "Uncle Dashan, aren't all the bears sleeping in the den at this time? How can they compete with the wolves?"

It is estimated that the problem of this little guy is also the problem of all the people at the scene.

Dashan shook his head and said, "I don't know how they are matched, but I think it's very likely that the wolves are very hungry, and then they find the sleeping bear and the two cubs. Then the wolves want to eat the two cubs. If the bear doesn't work, they fight with the wolves."

When the stone bear had a look, he saw that there were two cubs under the foot of the mountain.

It's a bear cub. It's very small. Its eyes haven't even opened yet. It's just that one of the cubs has lost his breath, and there's an obvious wound on his neck. The other cub is still alive, but I don't know whether it's cold or hungry or afraid. The cub is shivering all over.

Seeing the two cubs, the stone bear understood why the wolves were in conflict with the bear.

Brown bears are usually invited from May to July every year, and then become pregnant for more than half a year. Cubs are usually born in January or February in the middle of winter.

The bear itself is the jungle overlord, especially the bear with cubs.

These wolves are probably hungry. Although they dare not offend the bear with her cubs, they still have no problem with the cubs. As a result, I didn't expect that the female bear got angry and started to fight with these wolves