Ren Baqian told the empress stories all morning, listening to the stories on the way to the destination by car just passed the time.
And Ren Baqian also suffered a little less, at least he didn't have to be like those people behind him who ate dirt all morning and looked like refugees.
And even riding Wangshanniao, running for a whole morning is a very hard work.
It was almost noon, and everyone arrived at their destination. There was a flat land at the foot of a mountain, with a winding stream beside it. It was a good place to set up camp.
As soon as they landed, the five hundred cavalry scattered and went to scout around. The rest of the guards are more decorative than practical, and the empress's own strength makes her not afraid of any danger at all.
When Ren Baqian got out of the chariot, the others had already gone to the stream to wash.
Brothers from the other three countries also set up camp in the distance.
In fact, there is no camping, most of them are in horse-drawn carriages. Only a very small number of people such as Ning Caichen and Mr. Kongkong got their mounts from nowhere.
Almost everyone brought food at noon, only Ren Baqian came here in a hurry after waking up, even the water bag was a reminder of an iron knife, and there was no food.
Fortunately, he also has a way, since the empress didn't bring a cook, so he had to cook the empress' lunch.
There are fruits on the chariot, Ren Baqian can just prepare some meat.
Finish it for the empress first, and then ask the guards for some meat and roast it yourself. After all, these guards did not go up the mountain, so they all brought food.
Not long after, a guard came back with a rabbit full of fangs and two wild birds that were about the same size as wild geese.
Ren Baqian commanded the two guards to skin and pluck the rabbits and wild birds, and then light a fire there.
People in this world use flint, and he took out a windproof lighter to light it, which aroused the interest of many nearby people who saw it. After all, it is much more convenient than flint to fire with the touch of a finger.
When he lit the fire, a big man squatted beside him: "Brother, I'll trade you something for the one that can catch fire, okay?"
Ren Baqian turned his head and looked, he seemed to have seen this big man before, and he recognized it when he looked at his clothes, it was the big man riding a saber-toothed tiger, squatting there was half taller than himself.
But you are in your thirties, is it appropriate to call me brother
"May I ask how old you are?" Ren Baqian asked curiously. He feels that he is relatively tender-faced, so the other party doesn't have such eyesight, does he
"Seventeen soon." The big man grinned.
Ren Baqian twitched the corners of his mouth, his face was indeed mature enough.
"You don't need to change it, can you take me up the mountain?" Ren Baqian was looking through the things that were hanging in the outer bag of the sleeping bag just now, all the seasonings and so on were inside.
"I'm going to go to the deep mountains, and I may not come back at night." The big man said.
Ren Baqian knew that this harvest would last from noon today to noon tomorrow, but most people would come back at night, after all, they had to rest.
This person wants to go to the deep mountains, it seems that he wants to find better prey.
Ren Baqian was a little hesitant, the forest was much more dangerous at night than during the day. Steward Shi said before that there are many ferocious beasts in this mountain. My original goal was to walk around and shoot a few prey at random.
"Tomorrow, I may still use it tonight, and I will give it to you when you come out tomorrow." Ren Baqian said. It's just a windproof lighter, and it costs tens of dollars each, so it's okay to give him one. You must know that all the young men and women present here today are Dayao's second-generation officials, and it is a huge profit to make a lighter with one another.
"Thank you, brother. My name is Du Changkong. I'll see you when I go down the mountain tomorrow." Du Changkong grinned.
Ren Baqian smiled.
After a while, the two wild birds and rabbits were washed and brought over. Du Changkong was still squatting next to him. Ren Baqian turned to look at him and asked, "Is there anything else?"
"I see that you have a lot of interesting things, can you let me play with them?" Du Changkong pointed at the mountain bird that was driven away and grinned.
Ren Baqian didn't want to go that far, but Wang Shanniao's perfume smell was too strong, and it didn't reduce much in the morning.
"You want to see my crossbow, right?" Ren Baqian knew as soon as he turned his head, Wang Shanniao's sleeping bag, crossbow and crossbow bolts were hanging outside.
"That's called a crossbow? I've seen the crossbow on Daxia's side, isn't it different from yours?" The big man's eyes were full of interest. "You look much better."
The crossbow produced by modern industry is naturally full of modern flavor, and it is not comparable to the ancient crossbow. Especially this crossbow has a scope on it.
Seeing his eagerness to try, Ren Baqian knew that it would be a good idea to wait here for a long time to say hello. Paleo people usually act faster than their brains.
Didn't you see that a few stupid people over there have already gone to their Wangshanniao? When he passed by just now, many people saw the crossbow hanging on Wangshanniao's body.
"Tell them, don't break it, I have to go hunting with it." Ren Baqian said.
"Okay, whoever broke it for you, I'll kick his balls to pieces." Du Changkong laughed loudly, and strode towards Wangshanniao.
It didn't take long before there was an exclamation from that side, and several people were aiming to the side through the scope with crossbows.
In their eyes, the glass and telephoto effect of the scope were miraculous, and they snatched it like a treasure.
Ren Baqian pierced rabbits and wild birds with a sharpened wooden stick and looked at that side with a bit of a toothache. Those guys must be careful, if they are broken, what will they use to go hunting in the mountains
I saw that Du Changkong shot one person into the air with one kick. Yes, he shot it seven or eight meters away, and then smashed the other person to the ground with his elbow.
Ren Baqian couldn't see what was going on behind him, so he happened to be blocked by the guards, so he had no choice but to roast rabbits and birds in peace, but he could hear cheers coming from behind him from time to time.
When the rabbit and the bird were half-cooked, they began to sprinkle seasoning on top, and the extremely strong aroma spread far away after a short while.
Many people who smelled the fragrance turned their heads to look at this side to see what is so fragrant.
The spices that Ren Baqian took are only available in the imperial palace and animal gardens, and none of the bigwigs in the court knew about it, let alone them.
It took almost an hour to roast the rabbits and wild birds, and Ren Baqian was also sweating. Roasting this thing is really not an easy job. After all, it has to be turned there all the time so as not to burn it.
Before sending rabbits and wild birds to the chariot, Qingyuan will pick them up.
Ren Baqian asked the guards for two big pieces of mutton, ready to make his own dinner.
As soon as the meat was roasted this time, Ren Baqian felt that there was another person sitting next to him, and when he turned his head, it was still Du Changkong, grinning at him.
"Where's the crossbow?"
"I'll get it for you now, and leave one for me." Du Changkong shouted while running.
Only then did Ren Baqian realize that this seventeen-year-old Du Changkong with an uncle face was really familiar enough.
Not long after, Du Changkong came back with a bitter face: "I'm afraid I won't come back with your crossbow."
"It fell into the hands of the red girl, I can't beat her."
"What you said at the beginning, but now you can't even beat a woman and come back empty-handed? Do you still have the majesty and ambition of a man? Can you find a wife in the future? Others will look down on you. A man's words are You must keep your word in the water you pour out. If you can't keep your word, are you still called a man?" Ren Baqian urged in a low voice. As for who the red girl is, he doesn't care.
Du Changkong, who was provoked by Ren Baqian, really had a firm expression on his face: "Don't worry, I will definitely bring you back what I promised you just now. I will fight with the red girl." , the momentum of a strong man gone and never returning.
Ren Baqian looked at his back and nodded, the 17-year-old fool really couldn't bear to be provoked.
Silently giving a thumbs up to his own IQ, there is a kind of pleasure of IQ crushing, even though the other party is just a 17-year-old foolish young man.