The autumn harvest is coming in a blink of an eye.

The iron and gunpowder from the Caucasus Mountain are being transported to Truchen at normal speed. It was hidden before, but now it is open and the speed is much faster.

The so-called iron material is actually a concentrate that roughly removes the impurities on the iron ore. There are also iron ore near Magar, but the quality is too low and far less than that of the Caucasus Mountains. Qitad finally decided to transport it from there by truck.

In autumn and summer, small boats can be passed through the Kuma River. As Truchen officially emerges from the water, it can be transported by boat. The transportation volume of a small boat is equivalent to five large trucks, and only two people are needed. The consumption along the way is much lower than that of a large truck.

So, now he has given up the big truck and switched to ship transportation.

The wood needed for gunpowder is also transported from there.

So, since Truchen surfaced, a large number of wooden boats appeared on the Kuma River, which were first purchased from the Cherks, and later made by his carpenters.

Going downstream, westerly winds all year round, and a simple sailing is enough.

The smelters were working hard in the smelting farm outside the city. The blacksmiths continued to sweat in the iron yard in the city. The young craftsman Nogai trained by Qitade himself can now replace him to operate the machine tools. The smelters were tanning the fur and tanned that the herds brought over, preparing for the fur coats, belts, etc. used by the army.

The Noga in the weaving workshop and the newly-entered Christian female workers are taking preliminary treatment of the newly harvested wool and cotton. Next, they will weave it into felt, wool velvet, cotton cloth, and use it to make clothes, shoes and socks.

Another female worker is granulating gunpowder and fixing the installation operation.

Several new brick kilns, stone yards, tiled kiln makers and stone masons are firing bricks and tiles and polishing strip stones. According to Qitade's plan, the next step is to wrap Magar City with a layer of bricks and stones.

Under the mobilization of Shen Muhua, ordinary farmers assisted the army in drying the newly harvested wheat into powder and frying it.

The herds were not idle either. They were turning the cattle and sheep that were ready to be handed over to Truchen into dried meat. Truchen's terrain was low and the westerly winds were constantly. It could be completed by adding smoke and roasting some time in the first half of autumn.

Each person brings twenty kilograms of fried noodles, ten kilograms of air-dried meat, one kilogram of air-dried wild vegetables and tea.

This is the dry food for the Truchen soldiers to fight outside for a month. If the war is not very tight, mix these three things together and cook them, and all kinds of nutrition will be available.

If the war is unfortunately extended, then you can only eat food everywhere. To put it bluntly, it is robbery.

The greater mobilization is still in the Turgut headquarters.

This is not Truchen.

“Where are you going this time?”

Nolbu looked at the sky and it was getting late, and he couldn't help but murmur.

"Since the Khan came to power, although he had fought with Kazakhs and Chechens, he was all on a small scale. This time he ordered to participate voluntarily. Why is this? In the past, he used to take one or one or five goals in ten"

"Other families are actively signing up for Taiji, it seems that they are a bit boring, otherwise they wouldn't be so enthusiastic"

"It's been ten years. According to Eji, there has been no major war in nearly ten years. Fortunately, there has been no major drought on the grassland in the past ten years. Otherwise, even if the sweat does not order, the lower level will be motivated."

"Prepare two horses, thirty days of dry food, which is a matter of scratching your head. It's okay to say that the dried meat is dry, but the grain has to be purchased by yourself. In recent years, Europeans, Shivas, and Persians have purchased wool, and the price of skin is getting lower and lower. A piece of sheepskin can only replace five kilograms of coarse grains"

"At least ten high-quality sheepskins are needed for thirty kilograms. The quality of iron tools of merchants is too poor and they have to replace them again. A lot of sheepskins have been consumed. The family has a large population, so taking out thirty kilograms of wheat to make dry food is also a big consumption."

"As for sabers, bows and arrows are all ready-made. By the way, there are not enough arrow branches. According to the Khan's order, anyone who is selected needs to carry a pot of thirty arrows with conical arrows. There has been no war for ten years, and I don't know if my arrow branches can still be used."

"Forget it, my family still has the feathers I got from hunting a few days ago. I will take time to cut down some wood on the mountain thirty miles away, and replace all the unbearable arrow shafts and feathers. As for the arrows, I don't know if they are rusted. Grind them and use them to deal with them."

"The water bags and coats are all ready-made..."

At this moment, his eji came over.

"Norb, are you ready?"

"It's almost done"

He looked at the look of hope and uneasy in Eji's eyes, and quickly comforted him.

Eji nodded with relief, "My family has a large population. You Abu died early, and your family has a large population. You can only earn ten kilograms of food. However, your sister married in the Heshuote tribe. I heard that she was the Oerdo of Zamuyang Khan recently and gave Truqin a river to apart."

"There are five days left. You will continue to prepare these days. I will go to your sister's house. I heard that since they were incorporated into Truqin, where Huntaiji, they have obtained a batch of grain. There should be no problem with getting twenty kilograms"

"Truchen?" Nolbu was stunned for a moment, and then he understood.

"Truqin, used to be a mysterious place, but unexpectedly, it was the secret hiding place of Salahuntaiji who was resurrected from the dead. He also founded a huge situation. My sister's family became a citizen of Huntaiji. It's really good to have a fortune."

Nolbu nodded, "A few days ago, I made a horse-head toy with wood and gems I picked up from the river. If I go there, I will bring it with me. Even if I give my niece who is just three years old, that stone was something I finally got, so don't lose it."

Eji glared at him, "What's your Eji like? You are so careless? Alas, although your family has a large population, your younger brother is only twelve years old. If he is older, he can go there."

After hearing this, Nolbu said, "Eji won't go any more. I'm going to go to the lower land of Manechi these days. It's close to the wetlands and there are some trees. I'm going to cut down some as arrow shafts, and there are many treasures. If you have good luck, get one or two, and go see your sister by the way."

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When Eji heard this, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Your brother-in-law is a snob. I am his mother-in-law, so naturally I don't dare anything, but if you go, it's not certain. I'll take a trip."

Nolb said: "Who else is going there except you?"

"Two or three more companies"

"Well, there have been a lot of wild wolves in the wetland recently. If there are other families here, I will be relieved, but I still have to be careful. By the way, I'd better take my younger brother with me. He has never been there since my sister got married. Although he is only twelve years old, he is already fifteen years old."

"I often practice archery and saber skills on weekdays, but I'm less strong. I'm more at ease with him. By the way, let him go with other families. The other younger brothers and sisters at home are too young and it's not okay without adults' care."

Eji hesitated for a long time before nodding.

In fact, Nolbu is only seventeen years old.

His Abu (father) died in the last battle with the Ottomans (1739, ten years ago).

Three days later, in the trepidation of preparing for the arrow branches, he did not welcome his younger brother.

He had a premonition that something was wrong and hurried to several other stores.

The herdsmen on the grassland live in scattered areas, and often one family is several miles away from the other, and there are also more than ten miles away. When he found the other families, they had already come back and said they had come back with his brother, but they broke up at a fork in the road.

"Fork in the road?"

Nolp suddenly became anxious.

The fork at the fork is five or six miles away from my home. This is easy to say. The key is to cross a swamp after entering my own road from the fork at the fork at the halfway!

Although his younger brother is only twelve years old, he must be familiar with the path of the swamp, and there is no problem crossing it. However, he has not come back yet, and must have encountered the wolves where the last large number of small animals appeared in the swamp!

When he arrived at the swamp, it was almost dark.

An ominous premonition gradually approached him.

He smelled the blood!

He took down the bow and arrow and put on another newly repaired arrow.

"Pu..."

A large flock of wild birds were startled from the swamp.

Such a scene would definitely not be brought by someone like him!

He took out a few more arrows and picked them up in his hand, and looked around nervously.

Not long after, wild wolves appeared in front, back and left and right!

It is also the most brutal black wolf that has appeared recently!

Nolbu was not panicked. Although it was dark, he immediately caught the wolf in the distance. After an arrow, the wolf fell to the ground.

As soon as the head wolf fell, the remaining wolves dispersed, but they did not go far.

"Swish swish..."

After a few more arrows, at least half of the wild wolf was shot!

"Hiss..."

At this time, his war horse suddenly whineed. It turned out that the wolves had already gone back when he was staring at the front. A wild wolf was kicked away by the war horse, but one bit its hind leg!

Nolbu was furious. He jumped off the horse, held a bow and arrow in one hand and a saber in the other. He cut off the wounded wild wolf that was kicked away by the war horse with one knife, then put the knife into the sheath, and shot the wild wolf that was still wandering around with one arrow!

Wolves are wise animals. They saw that the wolf was killed, and three or four more were shot to death. They continued to patrol for a while and then ran away.

Nolbu used his saber to push away the weeds in the swamp, searching around nervously and hopefully, and finally found his younger brother as the moon rose.

His younger brother was lying in a mud pond, half of his face was gone, and there was only a small amount of food left in the food bag beside him, many of which were sprinkled on the mud, and there was a geese and a remaining corpse of a marten rat not far away.

He immediately understood.

"After entering the swamp, my brother found a group of geese that had just arrived here, so he wanted to shoot a few of them to make arrow feathers for me, and then found a marten rat. The skins of the marten rats are of high value and they shot them all together. But in the end, because it was not early, the wolves suddenly came and fell into the swamp in panic..."

Nolbu couldn't help but burst into tears.

He carefully took out his brother's body, placed it on the horse's back, and then led the horse back.

He didn't notice his brother's horse. He probably ran away after meeting the wolves.

After returning home, Eji, three younger brothers and sisters were crying to death. Eji cried while also blaming himself for not going to his daughter's house.

Norbu stood quietly, his tears had dried up in the swamp.

I don’t know how long it took before he said, “Give me all the food at home, we still have a lot of cattle and sheep. Kill the excess breeding cattle and survive this period and it will be better when I come back”

Five days later, when Nolbu and Xiaotaiji of the tribe and others arrived at Manutohai, a large number of people had gathered there, and the crowds were stationed along the coast of Manuto. At first glance, it looked dense and spectacular.

The eyes were full of excitement.

Yes, there has been no big war in ten years, and the herdsmen are in a very embarrassing family and need to go out to hunt grass valley to make up for it.

They are not afraid of war.

Poverty is what they fear.

Nolbu is one of the few people who are not interested, but his brother's death also made his fighting spirit even more intense.
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