Travel through space and help the prince’s husband in construction

Xiao Yunyan's question made these people very confused. The high priest is quite knowledgeable.

He told Yun Yan: "There is no industry on our ice sheet, everything is purely handmade. There are also foreign merchant ships, bringing some things from outside. Therefore, life is relatively simple.

If there are any necessary daily necessities that are lacking, there are many things that are lacking.

Most importantly, we have no other condiments except salt.

The clothing we wear is animal skins when it's cold. You need to wear cool clothes in summer.

It's just that there are only simple twine spinning machines here, which are purchased from merchant ships with a large amount of animal skins.

The fabric I knitted with hemp thread was very hard and not very comfortable to wear.

The fabrics sent by merchant ships from outside are very delicate and soft, but they are expensive. A piece of cloth is ten feet long and needs to be exchanged for one tiger skin or two snow leopard skins. You know, tigers and leopards are the most difficult animals to hunt.

Therefore, ordinary people could not afford to wear cotton clothes.

The growth time of hemp plants on the ice sheet is short, and even clothes made of thick hemp thread are very rare and good things.

In the hot summer, some people who cannot afford to wear clothes use cattail grass to knead soft straw ropes and weave clothes like grass skirts to cover important parts. Therefore, materials such as cloth and clothing are the most scarce.

I have been to other continents and often chatted with businessmen coming and going. They have many good things there that we don’t have here.

But in addition to dried fish, dried shrimps, and pickled shellfish, which are their favorite things to buy here, there are also furs and bones of various animals on the ice sheet.

They brewed wine from the bones of animals on the ice sheet, which was a good bone-strengthening medicine. Among the most popular are the bones of snow tigers and white bears.

Xiao Yunyan and the others were very curious. If it was a snowy ice field, how could there be so many animals living on it and what did they feed on?

While carnivores feed on herbivores. And what kind of plants do herbivores feed on on the ice fields of ice and snow?

The high priest gave them a brief explanation, and then said: "If you are interested in visiting, I will send a few people to escort you to the ice field to have a look. You will know what these animals feed on."

The high priest said: "On the ice sheet, plants are luxuriant in summer. In winter, they are covered with ice and snow. Those herbivores feed on those animals and plants."

Of course Xiao Yunyan and the others want to explore how these frozen grasses buried under the ice and snow can support so many herbivores?

Xiao Yunyan and the others had nothing to do anyway. The high priest sent several middle-aged hunters. There were also a few strong young hunters who took Xiao Yunyan and the others for a walk on the ice field. Visit the mysterious ice field that occupies one-third of the entire East Pole Ice Continent. What does it look like?

Xiao Yunyan and the others saw a large number of animal bones in the high priest's room. In particular, a huge cow skull with two curved horns hangs on the wall of the main room. There are tiger skulls and bear skulls next to it, which makes it feel very primitive and mysterious.

People on the ice plains wore animal skins. The boots were also made of animal hide. The texture of the fur is indeed of very good quality.

In fur-bearing animals, when food and water are sufficient, cold will cause the fur to grow thicker. Therefore, the merchant ships outside especially like the furs here.

Outside, the furs hunted here in winter are the best among furs.

White fox fur, fire fox fur, ferret fur, sable fur, chinchilla fur, and golden rat fur are all particularly popular among furs.

The down is fine and thick, making it particularly warm. Used as a decoration, it has high fluffiness and is very cute and fluffy!

Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan were very interested in visiting the coveted mysterious ice field.

Originally they wanted to fly with a sword. Miemengniao said: "The weather is too cold. The two masters and the dragon are here. You should sit on my back. It will not be so cold if you bury it in the feathers."

The black dragon also transformed into a human body and got on the back of the Mengming Bird. The big ray is not afraid of the cold. It still has the image of a fish body, flying behind the Miemeng bird, willing to be a loyal follower.

Because of its flat body, the giant ray is very suitable for flying in the sky. Therefore, the speed is not slower than that of Miemeng Bird.

The two eagles did not go to the ice field together. The two of them directed other birds and were still busy transporting things from the big ship.

Xiao Yunyan took out some of the daily necessities, other daily necessities and various foods that she thought could be used on the ice sheet, and asked the common people, the high priests and elders to select them, and then carried the useful things down in large quantities.

The high priest refused to accept free gifts. Xiao Yunyan promised him that he would not give it away in vain, but would exchange goods for the many good things on the ice sheet. They will buy it at a very high price. Let the people use the money they sell to buy necessary items.

The high priest led several elders with high status and many common people to visit these moved things. The crew helped explain the uses of these things. Let them try some foods.

Xiao Yunyan and the others, led by the hunters, quickly arrived at the ice field. They sat in the air, overlooking the ice fields below, and were very shocked.

The geographical environment here is so strange. It is said to be an ice field with green grass in the middle. But it was covered with a thick layer of snow.

The climate here is particularly strange. Stir-fry. In summer and autumn, it grows particularly lush. Autumn here is almost non-existent. The sun was shining brightly the day before. The climate is warm. On the second day, there may be a sudden drop in temperature. The heavy snow fell like goose feathers, and the green grass was buried under the snow when it was at its most luxuriant.

Therefore, the animals feed on green grass whose roots are half covered with snow. It's just that because of the crazy snowfall recently, the grass as tall as sugar cane has been buried until only the tips are exposed.

Because in winter, plants grow extremely slowly. Therefore, these grasses cannot meet the needs of these animals for most of the year.

In addition to large areas of frozen grass covered with snow, there is also a long canyon. It is green and full of vitality like spring all year round.

Deep ravines and narrow valley bottoms with lush vegetation. The mountain spring flows, forming a clear stream with a large flow of water.

Herbivores are rarely seen here. It's a carnivore's paradise. Although herbivores really want to eat the fresh and tender grass there, if anyone dares to walk into the deep valley, he will soon become a meal for carnivores.

Therefore, an extremely interesting life situation has formed on the ice sheet. Large herbivores are found in the frozen grass areas of the ice sheet. Small herbivores run back and forth between the frozen grass area and the rock walls at the edge of the gully.

Because their targets are small and their speed is fast, they will often run to the gully rock walls to eat some fresh green grass, and then run back.

And those carnivores are leisurely drinking the sweet spring water at the bottom of the valley. Hidden under the shade of the trees and among the green grass, they are waiting for the herbivores who come to the stream to drink from the sweet spring and eat the tender grass. When they are hungry, they will gorge themselves on one.

However, herbivores are still very smart. They rarely go to the bottom of the valley. When they are thirsty, they will eat some snow on the ice sheet or come to the edge of the ravine. Licking the dew off the grass blades and the melted snow on the rock walls.

Because there are relatively few herbivores below the ravine, those large carnivores often run to the ice sheet, find their favorite prey in the frozen grass area, and then return to the valley bottom after eating. The remains left behind were cleaned up by small carnivores, leaving only a pile of white bones.

No wonder there are so many animals on the cold ice sheets. Such a special geographical environment and distinct regional divisions provide these animals with superior conditions for their own leisurely reproduction.

Due to the continuous snowfall recently, the frozen grass area was originally covered with thick snow. Those herbivores gathered at the edge of the gully, staring at the fresh green grass below, wanting to feast, but they didn't have the courage.

So I could only look around for the little food that only had roots left on the edge of the ravine.

The big ray saw that there was still one area that it had not cleaned up, so it did not wait for Xiao Yunyan's command or the black dragon to assign tasks, and flew up on its own, flying towards the ice field covered with thick snow.

It used the huge suction force of its belly to suck the thick and soft snow into its belly, completely exposing the piece of green grass underneath that was pressed by the thick snow.

These herbivores were surprised to find that they could finally eat delicious food. They gave up on the poor grass roots on the edge of the ravine. Move quickly towards the frozen grass area.

These herbivores gradually spread all over the frozen grass area, and Xiao Yunyan and the others saw that there were really too many of them. No wonder people in the ice fields do not live a difficult life in winter. In addition to fish and shrimp, they also have an extremely rich variety of animals to hunt.

The hunters introduced the situation here in local terms with them along the way.

Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan knew his telepathic function, so they could naturally understand what they meant.

Xiao Yunyan quickly learned the local language. After communicating with them, I learned that these hunters hunt all year round and each household has accumulated a large amount of furs and animal bones.

Everyone is waiting for the occasional fleet merchants to come to the East Pole Ice Continent in spring and summer, and exchange these furs and animal bones for some daily necessities and expensive food.

Xiao Yunyan saw that the fur on these animals was very thick, and it was indeed the highest quality fur.

The big ray was very fast, and it only took him more than half an hour to reach the huge ice field. Just clear all the snow here. Most of the fresh green grass is exposed outside, and underneath is a hard crust formed by a mixture of ice and snow. Bury the smaller half of the stem and roots underneath.

The animals only eat the upper part of the grass blades and will not eat the stems and roots frozen in the ice shell. This is how the grass on the prairie will not be eaten up.

And the grass here is different from the outside world, because there is a lot of animal excrement, so it has sufficient fertility.

The rhizomes are not damaged and grow very fast in spring. Every early grass grows tall and strong. The tallest grass is two to three meters high. The grass leaves are long and tender, and the inside of the stem is fresh and juicy. , each grass has well-developed tillers. The advantages are similar to those of papaya or sugar cane.

Such high-quality forage supports a large number of herbivores.

Xiao Yunyan and the others were walking on the ice field. Seeing the magical geographical environment here, I marvel at the wisdom of the Creator.

Now that the hunters are here, of course they can't leave empty-handed. They have to show it off in front of the guests. Their hunting skills.

Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan. I don't want to take part in this killing. because. Except for these hunters. The big ray and the black dragon also wanted to try their skills, and the Mie Mengniao was not to be outdone.

Xiao Yunyan told the three of them not to kill wantonly and stop killing, otherwise the three of them would be killed. These herbivores and carnivores on the grassland will be wiped out.

In that canyon because. The climate is too suitable, so carnivores grow very fast and have a high reproduction rate.

The deep valley floor is home to a large number of carnivorous beasts. Hunters do not dare to go deep into the valley to hunt. Leading to predators there. Too much quantity. Killing each other over territory often happens.

Too many carnivores can lead to a massive decline in herbivores. So these three decided to go to the bottom of the valley to kill the majestic and large beasts, leaving the herbivores on the grassland for the hunters to hunt down.