Struggle in the Steam Age

"Where did you go? Why didn't I find you when I came to look for you just now?" Just a few minutes after Lawrence and Nora solved all the problems and returned to the main plane, the bull head who brought them to this ruins before The hunter turned around from behind the bushes and asked nervously. "I was thinking, if I can't find you again, I will go back to the tribe and find someone to look for you. Fortunately, you are back now."

"We just discovered some important things here." Nora floated up and explained. "So we cast some magic in this place just now. I think this should be the reason why you didn't find the two of us before. Because that magic has a function to hide our figure."

"Oh, as long as you're fine." The tauren hunter looked Lawrence and the others up and down, and heaved a long sigh of relief after finding that they were indeed not injured, and then said. "After all, you are our most important guests here now. If you get hurt, it will appear that we are really rude."

"I'm really sorry for worrying you." Lawrence said sincerely, he really didn't expect it would take so long to install the seeds of the world tree, so that the tauren hunter was too busy waiting for too long. I was worried, and even ran in to find them against the prior agreement. Fortunately, they returned in time.

But this incident also sounded the alarm for them, making Lawrence and Nora realize that it is best to find some suitable excuses when encountering the same incident in the future, so as not to be seen by others. Especially when he and Nora have an astral plane, but it is a huge trouble for others to know that they need to be more cautious.

Because they spent five or six hours before, the sun has begun to set to the west now. So Lawrence and the Tauren hunter began to return to the Tauren tribe. On the way, Nora kept holding the tea leaves she had collected in both hands as if she was studying something.

"I think the tribe must have prepared a big meal for you at this time." When he was able to see the smoke from the tribe's cooking, the tauren hunter also showed a smile on his face. "It would be nice to have a whole ox roast, or a whole lamb. The last time I had these hunks of meat was at Harvest Festival."

A tauren said there that he likes to eat beef, which makes people seem a bit strange, and on the way here they found that this group of tauren raised a lot of cattle, but from what the tauren hunter said, they didn’t seem to eat much. Beef and mutton. In other words, for them, eating beef and mutton can be regarded as a very luxurious thing, which makes people feel a little puzzled.

"I see that you obviously raise a lot of cows!" When Lawrence was still hesitating what to ask, the outspoken little puppet Nora asked directly. "The average number of these cattle and sheep is not small compared to yours. Don't you usually eat so many cattle?"

"Yes, what you said is right, our tribe does raise a lot of cattle and sheep." The tauren hunter who walked in front said, "but my little lady, I think you didn't know much about animals before. Farming work. In fact, although those cattle and sheep seem to be relatively large, they mainly provide us with some dairy products and wool.”

"Our staple food is actually the cassava, and then we eat it with the prey from the forest, the fruits collected, the fish in the river and the dairy products made from the milk produced by those animals. It can only be eaten during festivals. Look for those bulls and rams and older cows and ewes in the herd to kill for meat." The tauren babbled. "Thanks to the recent resumption of trade with you humans, we can get some rice and condiments."

Having said that, the tauren hunter showed a reminiscing expression. "The spices and clean salt I bought from you taste really good, at least much better than the leaves with a special taste we picked from the forest and the black salt we found in a valley. .More importantly, after using your refined salt instead of black salt, I no longer lose hair on my body, and the itchy skin on my body has disappeared.”

"That's why we consider you a distinguished guest of our tribe." The tauren hunter finally concluded, "Because of your existence, we have been able to improve our overall living standards by a large margin in such a short period of time." steps. So this time we will definitely prepare a sumptuous banquet to entertain you."

"Ah, it's mainly because of your own hard work. Our deal just gave you a chance." Lawrence scratched his head in embarrassment and said. "If you think that your current better life is the result of trade with us, then it's a bit of putting the cart before the horse."

At this time, he also realized that the tauren's physique was indeed powerful. Not to mention visually, it can be seen that they are as tall as the jackals, but wider than those slender jackals. Just the fact that they had been eating that black salt before was enough to amaze Lawrence.

Because that kind of black salt is formed by the solidification of a part of the underground mineral salt on the ground after being melted by water and breaking through the ground. In addition to the usual edible salt components, there are a lot of harmful ingredients in it. But these tauren people can simply process it and eat it, only to feel hair loss and itchy skin on their bodies. This kind of anti-virus ability is much stronger than that of humans.

Thinking about these questions, they returned to the previous tribe together. At this time, the tribe is busily preparing for a bonfire dinner. A fat cow that has been baked into a golden color has just been dug out from a pit, placed on a wooden board and carried to a large rock that serves as a dining table. Several people watching The Tauren aunt who looked very strong was taking off the banana leaves that had just covered the whole roasted cow little by little.

There was a huge steaming pothole on the ground. Curiously, Lawrence walked to the edge of the pothole and lowered his head, and saw a layer of baked black stones densely packed inside the pothole. At the same time, a scent full of fat was rising from the bottom of the pit.

"So it's stone cooking." Looking at the big hole, Lawrence immediately understood the cooking method of the tauren. I have to admit that this method of grilling with hot stones is indeed very suitable for making roasted whole cows, which are huge in size.

"It's really great to have a whole roasted ox tonight—oh, you're back. I salute you, Your Excellency the Earl." At this moment, the team doctor came over, tapping himself on the shoulder. But because of the resistance of the tauren, he didn't find Lawrence until he got to the edge of the pit, and then hurriedly saluted him.

"This is not a formal occasion, so relax." Lawrence waved his hand to signal the doctor to excuse him, and then asked. "How did you feel after the free clinic just now?"

"Their medical level is really too bad." The doctor said bluntly. "There are better treatments for many diseases, but the witch doctors here don't know it at all. As a result, many diseases that should be easy to cure will cause serious consequences here."

"The only good thing is that the shamans and witch doctors of the tauren do not reject the medical knowledge of the outside world. They are even very interested in our medical knowledge. After gathering the parasites, these witch doctors and shamans expressed that they would order a batch of anti-worm medicine from us."

"Besides, they also intend to order alcohol and some other medicines. But I persuaded them." The doctor shrugged at this point. "I told them that there is still a little difference between you tauren and us humans. So take some of these medicines and try them out first, and it's not too late to order them after you're sure they're really easy to use."