The Survival of the Wild Tribe

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"We can't hunt here on a large scale? If we hunt too much, these animals know that this place is dangerous, will they come back next time?" Luo Zhen expressed his concerns.

Lu Zhan shook his head, "In winter, the temperature on the mountain is lower than here. Animals can't just hide nearby for the winter. They should go farther. Even if they stay nearby, they should choose some hidden cliff caves. It’s not easy for us to find them directly in winter. If we don’t hunt while they are still there, we won’t have enough food this winter.”

"Then we can try our best to not disturb their groups, or just find some animals alone?" Someone gave a suggestion.

"We only have seven warriors who can go out hunting. If we use this method to hunt, how long will it take us to hunt for enough food?" Hei Fu retorted.

"And what Luo Zhen said just now also makes sense. If we don't have a way to preserve the meat, even if the animals come back from hunting, then the food will all rot before winter."

The question came back again, "If you use salted fruit? If you apply salty juice to the surface of the meat, the salted fruit is also salty. It should have the same effect as rock salt?"

"Perhaps we can try." Although the taste of salted fruit is much lighter than that of stone salt, it should also be used instead of stone salt.

Lu Zhan shook his head in disapproval. He is more familiar with this place than these people. Although there are more salty fruit trees growing here than in other places, there are not so many that they can waste all their meat. Besides, the salted fruit is not as durable as rock salt. Estimated the number of those salted fruit in the col, it is just enough for them to use the next batch of salted fruit to mature.

You must know that the second batch of salted fruit cannot be picked immediately in the beginning of spring, and it will take several months to wait for it to bloom and mature. Lu Zhan looked at Luo Zhen, "Didn't you make a kind of dried meat before? It looks like it can last for many days."

"You mean smoked meat?" Luo Zhen remembered that it was hot before. In order to prevent the fresh meat from rotting too fast, he would smoke the meat by the way when burning the fire, but Lu Zhan did not like to eat this kind of jerky at the time. Eating food, he didn't expect the other party to remember. "Although smoked meat can be stored for a few days, it can't last the entire winter."

Luo Zhen thought for a while, "What if we don't kill the prey when we hunt, but catch it alive and keep it in captivity?"

"Like the two cuckoo birds you raised?" Axue asked.

"Yeah." Luo Zhen nodded. "The animals here are basically vegetarian animals. As long as you provide them with enough forage, you can raise them until winter."

"But the weeds here will wither and turn yellow when winter arrives. What shall we eat for them?"

"Isn't it going to snow in winter?" Luo Zhen smiled, "At that time, just slaughter it and put it outside the house and freeze it. The frozen meat can be stored for a long time, and it can be eaten directly until spring comes."

Everyone nodded suddenly. Indeed, in the winter, they would find that the meat would be frozen like a rock hard, and the frozen meat would not rot so easily. Sometimes they encountered it in the wild. I don’t know how long the dead beast’s body was frozen in the snow, but it was also very well preserved. There was no sign of decay at all. The soldiers could still have a good meal in the cold winter.

Everyone felt that Luo Zhen's method was feasible, but there was also a problem, that is, if a large number of arrests would scare these animals back to this basin next time?