Chapter 64 Panda
“Boom, boom, boom!”

In view of the fact that someone was bitten by a snake, Chen Guan simply made up his mind to use bombs to blow up the wasteland that needed to be reclaimed.

In just one square kilometer of land, the sound of a hundred bombs is enough to shock the entire place, making all the snakes, insects, rats, ants, birds and beasts here understand that this is already human territory.

The explosion really brought out a lot of things. First of all, all kinds of birds flew around, including sparrows, turtledoves, thrushes, wild pigeons, pheasants, wild ducks, and geese.

Perhaps affected by the sound of the explosion, some of them ran away directly, while others flew around for a distance and then fell down.

In addition to birds, there are also many animals, including various monkeys, leopards of all sizes, deer muntjacs, and even a black bear.

Amidst the chaos, the stumbling block let out a strange cry and rushed out with a red tasseled spear in hand. When the brothers in the mountain stronghold saw that the stumbling block had rushed out, they also rushed out with the same weapons.

Even some young and strong people who came to work rushed out with knives, hoes and other things. Those were not birds or beasts, but piles of meat, which were edible food.

More than a thousand acres is not too big or too small, but the most important thing is that it is close to an old forest, so there are quite a lot of wild things.

Chen Gu took the opportunity to aim his rifle and shot a muntjac. This creature is similar to the silly roe deer in Northeast China. In Chen Gu's opinion, they can even be said to be the same.
Seeing the deer fall to the ground, Zhang San was the first to rush out and carry the deer back. After putting it on the ground, he said to Chen Gu happily, "It weighs forty or fifty kilograms. The meat is very fragrant."

They were not as good as the young and strong people who were reclaiming the land. They did not aim too high to chase large animals, but picked up pheasants, wild ducks and various small birds. Some of the birds close to the explosion were directly killed or knocked unconscious by the shock.

Looking at the two little lumps of flesh struggling in Scar's hands, Chen Gu couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, because the fur of the lumps of flesh was clearly black and white.

Even if some of them could still fly, they would fall down after flying a short distance, so the young and strong people had a good harvest and even picked up a few rabbits.

Seeing a bigger muntjac in front of Chen Jue, the roadblock smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "There was also a spotted bear, and it was about to catch up, but it rolled down the hillside and ran away."

"What is a flower bear?" Chen Gu asked with a frown.

"Haha, then we'll eat meat tonight!" Chen Gu laughed. Deer antlers are rarely seen in later generations. Even Chen Gu had only eaten them when he was a child in the mountains. They really tasted delicious.

The flower bear is the so-called panda.

Even though he knew that there were still many pandas in this era and people were short of food and clothing, Chen Gu would never eat a panda, and he couldn't even watch others eat one.

"That's the kind of bear!" Scar handed two rabbit-sized fur balls to Chen Gu, "The big one ran away, but I found two small ones by the bamboo forest. We can stew them in a pot."

It wasn't long before the obstacle came back with his brothers, and it looked like the gains were minimal.

On the other hand, the people in the mountain village, with so many people rushing out, only shot and killed a muntjac weighing twenty or thirty kilograms.

"From now on, the village is not allowed to hunt spotted bears, and we can't even harm them. We can only drive them away. These two little creatures have to be raised as well." Chen Gu said in an unquestionable tone.

Even Chen Tao was stunned when he heard this, but no one objected. Hua Xiong was rare, and since Chen Gu had said it before and was so serious, there was no need to offend Chen Gu for such a small matter.

Zhang San rolled his eyes and said, "This thing eats bamboo. A bear this big can be fed with bamboo shoots." Chen Tao picked up a panda, looked at it, and said with a smile, "It's still too small. It needs to be cooked with porridge, sweet potatoes, etc. Someone has raised it before. It's relatively easy to raise. If you want to raise it, keep it."

"It's not convenient in the city. I have to keep him in the mountain village. I can't stay there for a few days!" said Chen Gu.

More than 10,000 kilograms of explosives can make tens of thousands of bombs. It is naturally impossible for Chen Gu to do such a large quantity himself. After passing the technology to Zhang San, he let him be responsible for the proportion of the explosive formula, and the rest of the people will also hand it over to others.

After repeatedly instructing Zhang San, Block and Scar to take precautions against fire, Chen Gu left the stronghold and returned to the city.

Not two days after Chen Gu returned to the city, Sanlang finally came back, bringing with him many skilled craftsmen.

Sanlang went to Chongqing. In addition to gathering information, the most important thing was to find all kinds of talents. Every day, thousands of trackers came to Chongqing from downstream, but less than half of them could go back with the boat.

Therefore, there are always tens of thousands of trackers stranded at Chaotianmen Wharf. Although these people are hard-working trackers, there are actually all kinds of craftsmen among them.

It is not difficult to find these craftsmen, but the difficult part is how to make them willingly join the village and stay.

After all, to put it bluntly, the mountain strongholds are dens of bandits. Unless they have no other choice, no one is willing to live with their head hanging on the belt.

Sanlang only wanted to recruit two kinds of craftsmen, blacksmiths and goldsmiths. Blacksmiths were relatively easier to find, as a blacksmith shop would always recruit a few apprentices. However, graduation did not necessarily mean a future for the apprentices.

Moreover, many apprentices were kicked out by their masters after they finished their studies. Therefore, the requirements for new apprentices to learn a craft are lower, while those who have already learned a lot have higher requirements.

Relatively speaking, it is not so easy to find gold and silversmiths. This is because this industry is too high-end and the social demand is not large. Basically, anyone who can get access to this industry can do it for a lifetime.

The only two goldsmiths that Sanlang brought back for Chen Gu were a father and son. The son was seventeen or eighteen years old and his name was Wu You, and the father was in his forties and his name was Wu Hua.

There are about 20 blacksmiths, and according to Sanlang, it is better to pick the ones with the best skills.

Everyone was arranged to stay in the house in the mountain village, but Chen Gu first met Wu Hua and Wu You, father and son, at Liu Er's house.

Chen Gu didn't beat around the bush, but said directly: "I have something for you to make, but we have to negotiate the terms first. You can refuse before I show you the thing.

But after I show you the things, you have to follow me for ten years. Your freedom will be restricted during these ten years. Of course, I will try my best to meet your various needs during this period.

Ten years later, I will give you and your son at least 10,000 taels of silver as a reward. Now you make your choice!"

Wu Hua looked at Chen Jue, then at San Lang, and said with a smile, "Didn't you buy our lives for one thousand taels of silver?"

Chen Gu looked at San Lang in surprise and asked, "What's going on?"

(End of this chapter)