Chapter 1681

In his eyes, only these camels were of any use, but how many of them could there be?

The rest were all a joke.

Ants, desert poplars, big shovels...

Huyan Gudu kept a straight face, but in his heart, he was utterly disdainful.

Anna, however, had her beautiful eyes flickering, staring intently at Gao Yang's face.

For some reason, she had absolute faith in Gao Yang.

"Prime Minister Gao, I do know about these camels; they have great stamina and are extremely adept at marching through deserts. Our Great Qian border commanderies have quite a few of them. Years ago, the Dayue Kingdom even sent a hundred camels just to trade for our Great Qian's silk and porcelain."

"Although these shovels are strangely shaped, I also feel that you must have a profound purpose, but what use are these copper basins, these ants, and this tree?"

Li Chengye looked puzzled; he even felt that the water skin was nothing like the sheepskin water skins of the Xiongnu.

Once these words were spoken, the curious gazes of the generals turned even more toward Gao Yang.

Gao Yang scanned the camels, desert ants, and desert poplar trees before him, his eyes filled with satisfaction.

Hearing Li Chengye's words, Gao Yang turned his head and spoke to him.

"Commandant Li, that is a fallacy. Even regarding these camels, you have only said half the truth."

Li Chengye was stunned upon hearing this.

"Prime Minister Gao, could it be that these camels have other uses?"

In the world today, camels were not rare; too many people in Great Qian knew of them, let alone Li Chengye, who had long resided in the border commanderies.

But besides transporting supplies in the desert, what other use could a camel have?

Gao Yang stroked the camel beside him as if touching a precious treasure and said, "Camels are not only durable and adept at desert transport, but they can also sniff out water sources in the desert!"

"What?"

As soon as Gao Yang said this, everyone looked stunned.

Camels can sniff out water sources?

This was not just for the Great Qian generals; even Huyan Gudu could not remain calm.

His expression was one of shock as he stared fixedly at the camel before him.

"When a male dog is outside, even if it has no urine, it will still lift its leg to spray a few drops on a tree. One reason is to mark its territory, and the second is to leave its own scent."

"As long as there are enough spots marked, it can rely on its dog nose to sniff its way back. This is also why, when someone is sensitive to smells, people jokingly say their nose is sharper than a dog's."

"And a camel's nose is even more sensitive than a dog's when it comes to sniffing out water molecules in the air!"

"More sensitive than a dog's?"

When Gao Yang said this, everyone looked at the camel before them with suspicion and uncertainty.

Gao Yang said with his hands behind his back.

"Correct."

"A human nose has about several million to ten million olfactory receptors; a dog's is ten times that of a human's. But the surface area of a camel's olfactory epithelium is larger than a dog's. Their numbers are similar, but they are three times more sensitive than a dog."

"Camels can detect three parts per million of water vapor molecules in the air in the desert!" Gao Yang raised a cup of tea and said to the crowd, "It is equivalent to the change in humidity caused by a cup of water evaporating within this Yanmen Prefecture office."

"When the air in the Sudan Desert is dry, water vapor concentrations form stable air masses in the sky. Humans cannot feel them, but camels can locate water sources by comparing the humidity differences in different directions."

Hiss!

Once these words were spoken.

Everyone looked fanatical, and even the eyes they cast upon the camels quietly became heated.

"Camels are actually this OP?"

Li Erji was shocked, his eyes glowing.

Camel: "?"

It felt a tightening in its rear, stamped its hooves, and looked quite uneasy.

"Prime Minister Gao, if that is the case, then as long as we have camels, we no longer need to worry about water sources in the desert?"

Li Erji rubbed his hands, looking excited.

Gao Yang rolled his eyes and said, "Erji, what kind of broad-daylight daydream are you having?"

"Camels can only sniff water vapor within ten miles; there is a distance limitation!"

"And it is best in calm wind conditions; otherwise, it won't be very accurate."

Everyone felt slightly disappointed upon hearing this.

But then, they realized this was reasonable; otherwise, wouldn't a camel's nose be too heaven-defying?

"Prime Minister Gao, then couldn't our army use this point of the camels to find water sources in the desert?" Wang Xiao asked with anticipation.

"Correct!"

"At that time, we only need to remove the camel's nose peg. If the camel is in a state of hunger and thirst and neighs in a certain direction, there is a high probability of an underground river within ten miles!"

Huyan Gudu's expression changed, and his whole body went numb.

He was screaming in his heart.

Was this Living Yama a dog in his past life, or a camel in his life before that?

He even knows this?

Or is it that this Living Yama can talk to livestock, and this camel told him personally that it could sniff out water sources within five miles?

Damn it, he's a beast!

It makes no sense!

"Prime Minister Gao, then what about these ants?" Li Chengye asked, unable to contain his curiosity.

Gao Yang looked dissatisfied and said to Li Chengye, "Commandant Li, I have said it several times; these are desert ants!"

Li Chengye was stunned, "My Lord, is there any difference between the two?"

"Aren't desert ants just ants?"

Gao Yang: "..."

A fine argument: desert ants are ants, and the leader of the Beggar Sect is a beggar.

There is nothing wrong with that logic.

"Forget it, these desert ants are also used by me to find water sources, and compared to camels, desert ants are more accurate and stronger."

"In the desert, for desert ants to survive, they must solve two major problems: one is foraging, and the second is water!"

"Desert ants must maintain a certain humidity to build their nests because they need to sustain the development of their larvae. They are generally located within one to three meters of shallow groundwater, and their foraging routes will actively avoid arid areas."

"Although desert ants are small, they can survive in this vast desert, and their abilities are not small at all. Their bodies are densely covered with over 2,000 humidity sensors. The moment their antennae touch sand grains, they can distinguish a 0.1 percent water content difference in the sand."

"At that time, we only need to starve these little things in batches and then release them; they will actively forage, and that will be the place with water sources!"

"This is the primitive instinct of biology; our army can make good use of this point!"

As Gao Yang's voice fell, the generals stared fixedly at the desert ants in the cage, their eyes turning red. ===== CHAPTER 1683 =====