Natural disaster at the beginning: I will lead the system to build a safe zone

After confirming that the shuttle loom could be used normally, the system belatedly settled the reward for her.

The rewards this time are pretty good. In addition to the fixed currency, there are also some extremely beautiful fabrics, such as Floating Light Brocade, Soft Smoke Brocade, and Moonlight Brocade, etc.

The production techniques of these fabrics are beyond the current era. In any case, Shi Anan definitely cannot make them with her level.

Well, I'll keep these beautiful fabrics to make clothes for myself and my mother. I'll also make a set of darker-colored ones for Xiao Yi. After all, he also contributed to this reward!

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Time flies, and it's the day they are going out. For safety reasons, Xiao Yi and Shi Anan go out together this time.

But what’s different from before is that this time they no longer have to walk on their own legs, but can ride horses instead.

Although Shi Anan had learned horse riding for a while, she still had some difficulty riding a horse on the uneven road. The most important thing was that there was no saddle for riding here!

Yes, in this dynasty people did not use saddles to ride horses. Instead, they relied on the reins and their own leg strength to ride.

This was Shi Anan's own fault. When she was learning, she just felt that it was a little difficult to ride. There was someone leading her when she was learning, and she didn't ride very fast.

Moreover, she was busy with other things and did not have much time to actually learn how to ride a horse. Although she felt something was wrong, she did not even think about the saddle.

It was not until she was about to go out today that she looked at the bare horse's back and suddenly an idea occurred to her: "How could I have forgotten the saddle, stirrups, and horseshoes!"

Xiao Yi asked doubtfully: "What are these?"

"Things that make riding a horse convenient. The saddle makes it more comfortable and won't slide, the stirrup makes it easier to get on the horse, and the horseshoes are used to protect the horse's paws and reduce wear and tear." Shi Anan explained.

Xiao Yi was still puzzled: "Isn't it easy to ride now? How can it run if you put iron on its feet?"

Shi Anan: ...

"Of course you think you're good at riding, but you don't think about how difficult it is for us with short legs to get on a horse. It's slippery when we sit on it, and we can't even ride steadily. Do you think everyone is you?" Shi Anan said unhappily.

Xiao Yi thought about Shi Anan's crooked sitting posture when she was learning to ride a horse, and the way she couldn't get on the horse, and secretly smiled.

It sounds like exactly what she needs.

"Don't think I don't know you're laughing at me. Let's go, get me up there!" Shi Anan walked to the front of the horse angrily, waiting for Xiao Yi to lift her up. Although it was embarrassing, she really couldn't get up there without doing this.

When it came to the idea of ​​two people riding a horse together, Xiao Yi hesitated for a long time before agreeing.

Shi Anan simply couldn't understand the train of thought of this old-fashioned little girl. She didn't know how to ride a horse, so what was wrong with him leading her? He made it seem like she was going to molest him.

However, after Shi An'an's repeated persuasion, Xiao Yi reluctantly gave in.

When I went out the second time, although others were still worried, they were not as reluctant as the first time. After all, I had to go this time.

Shi Anan and Xiao Yi rode their horses around the back mountain where a deep pit was smashed out. This place used to be called a mountain, but now it is probably called a tiankeng.

As Shi Anan walked around the tiankeng, she was still thinking that this deep pit created by such a huge meteorite made her seriously doubt whether all the animals in the mountains had died, especially the wolves that had attacked their village before.

Anyway, after walking for most of the day, she and Xiao Yi didn't even see a rabbit.

The mining map that Shi Anan had obtained before showed that the three mines were located in three directions, almost forming a three-legged tripod. This meant that she and Xiao Yi had to go to three directions separately, and it would take longer.

Among the three mines, the most important one is naturally the salt mine. If possible, An An really doesn't want to spend money to buy salt anymore.

Secondly, it is the coal mine. After all, she cannot do without coal to smelt iron.

The other saltpeter mines are not very important to her now. Saltpeter is mainly the raw material for making fertilizers and gunpowder, and can also be used to make ice.

But not too much of it can be used as fertilizer, and usually some saltpeter-like white frost will appear around the manure pit.

As for gunpowder, it is a highly dangerous thing. Although modern people know the formula of "one saltpeter, two sulfur and three charcoal" for making gunpowder, it is not an easy task to really replicate gunpowder. If you are not careful, you may get hurt by the explosion.

In short, unless the system rewards her with detailed methods of making gunpowder later, or she saves enough money to buy it, she will never figure out how to make gunpowder by herself, and she doesn't have all the raw materials now.

The map showed that the salt mine was to their southeast. Shi Anan held the map in one hand and the compass in the other, pointed a direction to Xiao Yi, and they rode their horses slowly.

Although a large area of ​​the mountain was burned by the heavenly fire, compared to the fragility of humans, the growth power of plants is much stronger.

After a period of recovery, new buds appeared on some of the charred branches, which made Shi Anan marvel at the magic of nature.

But this caused a lot of trouble for them when walking. After being scratched by branches for the 101st time, Shi Anan finally couldn't help but asked: "Do you feel that there are more trees here?"

Before Xiao Yi could answer, Jueying below snorted loudly, as if agreeing with Shi Anan's words.

Such an environment is not good for it either, and it still likes to run on the grassland.

"Yes, there are more of them." Xiao Yi affirmed. The trees here are not only numerous but also tall. It feels like a primitive jungle, except that it is a burnt primitive jungle.

The two of them walked a little further, and Xiao Yi stopped his horse: "There is a cliff ahead, are you sure it's in this direction?"

They finally passed through the jungle and their vision became wider, but they found that there was no road ahead.

Shi Anan was also a little confused. She compared the map with the compass and said, "It is indeed this direction. Could it be that the compass is malfunctioning?"

That's impossible. The compass rewarded by the system is not an ordinary compass, how could it be wrong?

"Let's get down and see if there is another way." Xiao Yi found a relatively flat place, got off the horse, and then helped Shi Anan down.

Jueying is a smart horse. Once it is tamed, it will not run around. It will come out on its own as long as a whistle is blown. So Xiao Yi did not tie it up, but let it find grass to eat on its own.

He and Shi Anan started searching nearby to see if there was any other passage.

Unfortunately, after searching for a long time, he still found nothing, which made Shi Anan couldn't help but question the compass again.

—Waiter, is your compass really safe? Could it be that too many meteorites fell this time and affected the magnetic field?

[The system's compass has absolutely no quality issues]

——That means there is something wrong with the map you gave me!

Waiter:......

"Be careful, there's something behind you!" Xiao Yi saw something flash past behind Shi Anan with his sharp eyes.

"What, what is that?" Shi Anan was startled by his voice and came out of the system, but did not dare to move.