What is prestige, everyone has a different view.
Some people want to be number one in the world, some people just want to do a few things that others can't do, and some people just want a satisfied compliment from their wives at home.
Those who are content are always happy.
After the Yin Mountain, there are very few days in a year when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming. Most of the time it is the winter when the snow is lingering and the dripping water turns into ice.
It's just that the Wuzhi people have their own way of survival. In many valleys, there are many winter pastures hidden.
The microclimate of some pastures is very special. When the snow is blowing outside, it is warm like spring because of the underground heat and the vegetation is lush, while some pastures in winter have some cold-resistant plants growing tenaciously under the snow. Extremely slow, but provides higher nutrients than normal grasses.
In many winter pastures of Wuzhi, some of them even grow a large number of "cold land maca" in the permafrost of some pastures. Abdominal sensation, and can even greatly stimulate reproductive ability.
In some specific seasons, Wuzhi people will drive a large number of livestock to these pastures.
The breeding speed of livestock and the hunting of hunters not only determine the source of food, but also determine the population of Wuzhi.
Compared with the dynasties in the Central Plains, the population of Wuzhi is pitifully small, and almost every adult man of Wuzhi is a warrior. In the previous battle with the Great Qin Dynasty, Wuzhi paid a heavy price, losing Although the number of troops in the Great Qin Dynasty was even smaller than that of the Great Qin Dynasty, the soldiers of the Great Qin Dynasty were purely soldiers. They were only responsible for fighting in the whole dynasty, but the soldiers of Wuzhi assumed multiple roles in the whole clan. Time is both a herdsman and a hunter, and it may even be a caravan leading to a more bitter cold area.
The same death of a person in battle will have a greater impact on Wu Zhi.
The number of troops is insufficient, and when a large number of livestock are scattered and escorted to different pastures, some places are easily attacked by some barbaric tribes and clans.
Ubshield's situation at this time is much more difficult than ever before.
Yet such kingdoms can always be sustained as long as certain inherent traditions remain intact.
In a few days it will be Thornton Festival.
In some warm pastures of Wuzhi, a beautiful flower will bloom. This flower, which is called the secret flower by Wuzhi people, is one of Wuzhi's secret medicines, which can relieve the fatigue of the army's forced march. The most important curative effect is Can dispel rheumatism.
At the same time, this season is also the time when Ubbelohde stockpiles a large amount of dairy products. Dried cheese and yogurt products, as well as air-dried meat, are foods that only the Ubbelt army is used to, but they are very reliable. These foods don't carry much weight, but they can allow a cavalry to fight self-sufficiently in the wild for a long time.
In a ravine where the flowers of the Mysterious Realm are blooming, there are some Wuzhi women who are harvesting these colorful flowers.
They stepped carefully among these flowers, collected only flowers as much as possible, and did not trample any vegetation on the land, even the most common moss, they tried not to destroy as much as possible.
Behind them is a ravine that has been harvested.
In the ravine, beside a clear stream formed by glacier water, there are several snow-roofed tents. The edges of the tents are all embroidered with patterns of secret flowers with golden silk thread.
Before this important festival came, such a tent only represented the residence of the royal family of Wuzhi.
At this moment, among the several snow-white tents, only one has an old woman alone.
According to Xie Changsheng's words, then this old lady is truly prestigious in Wuzhi.
Because she is the Empress Dowager Wuzhi, she has been in charge of this large territory since many years ago, and because of the issue of belief, in the minds of the Wuzhi people, she is the kind of person who is closest to the gods, or In other words, he is the spokesperson of the gods in the minds of most of them.
This ravine faces the sun, and the sun is very good. Although the most colorful flowers in the secret realm have been harvested, there are still many unknown flowers blooming on both sides of the flat stream bank, some of which even have unique colors that are not available in the outside world.
This place is almost no different from the secret place that many people imagined. At this time, it is extremely quiet, there are no livestock around, and only a young maid is drying some unfinished air-dried meat by the stream.
This kind of simple labor without any poetic flavor, in this situation, is as beautiful as a scroll drawn by the best painter in the world.
The hillside on one side of this ravine extends to the north, and the snow line is not far away.
Amidst the tranquility and serenity, somewhere under the snow line, a few black spots appeared incongruously.
These are some travelers who have come from afar, carrying with them the wind and dust from many snow-capped mountains.
These travelers didn't seem to have the awe they should have for the Wuzhi royal family. The thick black leather boots on their feet trampled on the vegetation that the Wuzhi people cherished recklessly, and the soles of their feet brought up patches of wet soil bonded with vegetation stumps.
Empress Dowager Wuzhi did not leave the tent, and the curtain on the side facing these travelers was blown away by a breeze from her fingertips. She had never seen these travelers, but she had seen some of them in some albums , although she is very old, her memory has always been surprisingly good, so she has already recognized the identities of these travelers just by taking a look.
These people were not guests, but in her dim eyes, there was not even a trace of surprise or shock.
A dark cloud floated over, covering the ravine.
This piece of dark cloud is very strange, not only covering the sun, but also staying above this ravine, as if it is alive, it will not go away.
These travelers approached the snow-covered tents. Before approaching, these people had already sensed her existence, so they all had expressions of relief on their faces.
At the same time, these travelers are also very vigilant.
When the distance was tens of feet, a traveler even released a flying sword, intending to completely tear apart the tent where Empress Dowager Wu was staying.
When the sword light just flashed, the Empress Dowager Wu sighed softly.
She stepped out of the tent.
Jian Guang paused when she moved.
The shadow of dark clouds fell on her body, and everyone could clearly see the expression on her face.
She just felt sorry for the brand new tent, but she didn't panic.
The leading traveler suddenly felt uneasy and frowned.
"Duanmuhou?"
She looked at the leader of the traveler and asked seriously: "Didn't you have been beaten into several pieces by Baili Suxue in the Minshan Sword Sect? How did you heal so quickly?"
Her tone was very sincere, but the other party couldn't bear such a question, and anger burst into her eyes.
"Is it because of Zheng Xiu's Linglian lotus seeds?"
Seeing that the other party had no desire to answer, she was the answer to the question of the seeker, so she made another guess.
Her guess was not too wrong. The faces of these travelers from afar gradually became serious, and even Duanmuhou, whose eyes were burning with anger, narrowed his eyes slightly.
A prince naturally has the bearing of a prince.
Just as his eyes narrowed and opened slightly, his anger disappeared, only the coldness like the cold mountains in the distance.
"Shouldn't you be more concerned that we can come to you because we want to get something?"