Chapter 342: Scientific Expedition Team

After Baifeng returned, he told Changle about this trade with the Xuanyuan Tribe. Changle was naturally very happy, because he had more specimens to study, but there was no way to carefully figure out the growth environment of those plants. Baifeng comforted him, saying: "You don't need to worry about this; there will always be opportunities in the future. During this time, you don't need to run around everywhere either. Just stay at home, systematically classify what you have collected before, and then compile a book. Later, I plan to add this subject to the school, and you will act as the teacher. It just so happens that you can also cultivate some assistants for yourself. The world is so big that you alone cannot finish it."

Changle obediently agreed. Indeed, the territory of their country had already been thoroughly searched by him, and he could not even find a new species. The new territory was still very dangerous now. Last time he went, it was fortunate that he encountered the Luoneng Tribe; if he had encountered the Cannibal Tribe, I am afraid it would not have been so easy for them to resolve it.

Furthermore, they also learned from Xiu that further away in that territory, there were still many, many tribes, large and small. Added to those herds of horses, it was estimated that that territory would still need to be developed for many years before there could be a relatively safe environment for him to conduct research freely.

Baifeng had originally wanted to find a way to catch the horses immediately, but he learned that when the leaves turned golden, there would be a very grand gathering under a high mountain there, and Baifeng's interest was hooked by this matter.

Whether the horses were caught or not, they would still be there, but the gathering only happened once a year. And one point different from the Full Moon Gathering was that the tribes arriving at the two gatherings and the products inside were not from the same region. Naturally, the probability of Baifeng being able to obtain more useful things would be much higher.

But the problem was that Baifeng did not yet know the exact trading location. Asking Xiu, Xiu said that because they had fled here after being defeated, plus the obstruction of the Cannibal Tribe in between, they actually had not gone to participate for several years either.

Regarding this, Baifeng was somewhat distressed. Although those places would still belong to the territory of Huaxia in later generations, there would certainly be changes in things that they did not have now. In Baifeng's memory, walking further northwest would lead to a range of tall mountains, but the places in between were still dense primeval forests in this era. At worst, they were also very excellent grasslands.

There were no necessary conditions for forming a desert there, but later, as the population became larger and larger, grazing, reclamation, and deforestation destroyed that forest completely, and the climate also became increasingly dry.

Baifeng had no choice but to press Xiu to see if he remembered the general route. Xiu also could not give an exact answer, only saying that he knew the direction, but in this era, just knowing the direction was of no use. Walking in the dense forest, it would not be long before you lost your sense of direction.

Baifeng also really wanted to make a Compass, but he had not yet found a Magnet up to this point.

By the way, that Meteorite from back then had already been forged into more than a dozen exquisite Weapons, inlaid with green and yellow gemstones from the Meteorite. The quality was extremely high, better than the Weapons made of Iron they smelted themselves.

However, Baifeng had said that those Weapons could only be used by their Royal Clan. He himself had one Knife, one Sword, and one Dajian; Changle and Yulong also had the exact same configuration. The rest, Baifeng had not yet distributed, so they were still properly kept in the warehouse.

That Meteorite was also large enough, and the Iron content was very high, almost just Iron and nickel. Therefore, even after forging so many Weapons, there was still a considerably large portion that had not been used, also lying quietly in the warehouse. This was also one of the treasures Baifeng left for future generations. Once their forging technology became stronger in the future, that Meteorite would have its use.

Baifeng convened the members of the government team and discussed for a few days. After studying the pros and cons and the possibility of participating in this year's Golden Autumn Gathering, they finally decided to give up this year and look for an opportunity next year.

For no other reason, the final result of the deliberation was that the risk was too high and the investment was too large. It was better to develop this territory they had recovered first before making other plans.

As for how to catch horses, the Ministry of Works of Xinjiu Liangcheng acted together to start vigorously developing that Wasteland. The first thing they did was to plan the route, finding a place that was relatively flat and open, and with the shortest straight-line distance, to plan out a road.

They were now constantly cutting down trees, then digging up tree roots, clearing stones, and filling pits, using the fastest speed to level out a dirt road. The quality was far inferior to the road between Xinjiu Liangcheng. They were just creating a road that ox carts could pass through quickly without encountering obstacles.

Otherwise, the development difficulty of the deeper forest would be even greater. They had their eyes on the Coal Mine there, and perhaps there would be other mineral resources. To get rich, build roads first; this was the truth Baifeng taught them. Although the initial investment was a bit large, they could get a return immediately after it was built.

In order to observe the horse herds, they worked together across several departments during the road construction, sending out a team of nearly two hundred people to camp on the land near the horse herds. And it was not just simply setting up a Tent; they built wooden houses. In this way, living was safe and convenient, and it could also be used for a long time.

The horse herds were originally very wary of this group of uninvited guests who arrived suddenly. For quite a long time, they stayed far away from there to graze in the distance. Later, perhaps because there was a water source here, or perhaps because the grass here was more lush, they returned, but they were still very vigilant, and humans could not get too close at all.

At first, they ran away, but later they discovered that this group of humans was too weak, could not catch up to them, and was not very bold, unable to pose a threat to them. Therefore, the roles of attacker and defender were reversed. As long as humans were a little closer to them, the strong horses in their herd would rush out to drive them away.

Humans were naturally no match for horses. When a dozen tall horses rushed over, they could only tuck their tails and run quickly. Otherwise, if they were hit or trampled, they would not be able to bear it.

These people did not need to hunt, but they needed to collect. What they collected were various plant and mineral specimens here, which would be sent back to the city every once in a while, and at the same time, their food would be brought back. Baifeng said with a hint of teasing that they were called the Kexiaozu.

Unexpectedly, these people actually took it seriously and called themselves the Kexiaozu. The wooden houses they built were called the Kexiaozhan. Baifeng took one look and thought, fine, since their work content was about the same anyway, let's just officially define it.

The team originally formed temporarily to observe the horse herds and the assigned tasks now had official documents and names. They were called the Zhuifeng Kexiaodui, and the wooden house was called the Guanfengzhan.