The sun was like a fireball hanging in the sky while the heat waves wreaked havoc in the desert. This was the most difficult time for the people in the desert. This was because the weather was too hot. Unless it was necessary, nobody would want to go out.
Every year at this time, the people in the desert would hide in their tents. The tents often only had one roof, and the surrounding fur would be removed in order to make them feel cooler.
However, this year was different. The people in the desert today were very different compared to the previous years. This year, the people in the desert were wearing robes that covered their entire body. Only their eyes were exposed as they stood at the gates of their villages and looked into the distance. Those who didn't know would think that they were sick. Only the people in the desert knew that they were looking at the grass and the Bottle Tree outside.
The Bottle Tree had been planted for a long time. It had turned from a mutated plant to an ordinary plant. However, its functions were still there. It can be said that this was the driest time in the desert. Even in the oasis, a lot of the grass would be roasted alive, not to mention the areas outside the oasis.
At this time, they were worried about the pasture that they planted. The situation of the pasture made them nervous. If the pasture couldn't survive this period of time, then it would mean that Zhao Hai's plan to transform the desert had failed. For the people of the desert, this would be a huge blow to their morale.
Because of this, since the arrival of the dry season, the people in the villages didn't do anything else. What they liked to do the most was to look at the grass that they planted.
Zhao Hai had already calculated that the grass would be able to survive the driest time in the desert. It would only be two months before the next rainy season that the grass would naturally die. Naturally, before the grass died, the people in the desert could cut it down and store it.
However, after the dry season, the next rainy season would take about six months. If the grass couldn't survive the dry season, then there was no need to talk about transforming the desert.
But fortunately, Zhao's research was really successful. After repeated experiments, they came to this conclusion. So even in the driest times, although the pasture looked a bit dispirited, it was still alive and very green.
Time passed little by little, and the hottest season of the desert slowly passed. The weather was also much cooler than before. This was also the time when the people in the desert became more active. But today, the people in the desert had something else to do, and that was to herd sheep.
Zhao Hai had already said that the pasture that he researched wouldn't be eaten by sheep. Sheep can eat the pasture, and the pasture would continue to grow. Moreover, the growth rate would be very fast. Basically, it wouldn't affect the pasture's lifespan. Now, the people in the desert were carrying out the second step, which was to let sheep graze on the pasture to see if it would affect the pasture.
Time passed little by little, and in the blink of an eye, nine months had passed since the people planted the grass. At this time, the grass was slowly showing signs of turning yellow. It was time to harvest the grass.
The people in the desert immediately moved and began to harvest the grass. Everyone's face was filled with smiles. Although it hadn't been ten months, the grass had already achieved the effect that Zhao Hai said before. They didn't care about those few days. Also, it would take some time to harvest the grass. They couldn't wait until the tenth month to do it.
Because of this, after the grass was harvested, it would be cut into pieces and then stored. It would be convenient to use them to feed livestock in the future. Everyone's face was filled with smiles, they were filled with hope for their new life.
Besides the grass, they were also very concerned about the Bottle Tree. When harvesting the grass, some people would climb the Bottle Tree to see if there was any water left. If there was no water left, then it meant that the Bottle Tree was still alive. In the next two months, they would have to think of a way. They would either add water to the Bottle Tree or sprinkle some water on its roots. This way, the Bottle Tree would be able to survive until the rainy season.
But when they went to check the situation of the Bottle Tree, they were relieved. There was still a lot of water left. After the dry season, the Bottle Tree still had a fifth of its water left. This was enough for the Bottle Tree to use until the rainy season. It can be said that this was a good thing. This meant that Zhao Hai's experiment with the Bottle Tree was a success.
The entire desert was filled with ecstasy. The people from the strongholds in the desert sent people to the old man's stronghold to deliver the lambs to Zhao Hai.
These lambs were all lambs that were less than a year old. These lambs grew up eating the grass that Zhao Hai and the others researched. Now that Zhao Hai's research was successful, the Bottle Tree was also a success. From today onwards, the desert only needed to expand its oasis every year in order to change the desert's environment. Therefore, the people from the Ten Great Strongholds decided to send some lambs to Zhao Hai and the others. They wanted to let Zhao Hai and the others have a taste of the lambs that were raised with their pasture.
Zhao Hai and the others were very busy this year, especially during the rainy season. They would go to the other strongholds and plant some Bottle Trees there. After the rainy season, they would observe the data of the Bottle Trees and the pasture to see if they had achieved their desired results.
In addition to the Bottle Tree and the Forage Grass, they were also studying the Baobab Tree. In fact, Zhao had been very diligent in his research on the Baobab Tree. The Baobab Tree that grew in the Desert was very different from the original Baobab Tree that Zhao had seen before. If they could plant Baobab Trees in a large area in the Desert, then they would be able to solve a large part of the food problem.
This was because the Baobab Tree's need for water was greater than the pasture. However, the improvement of the desert's environment wasn't as good as the pasture. Because of this, Zhao Hai and the others didn't plant Baobab Trees when they were improving the desert's environment. This would only slow down the process. Naturally, Zhao Hai wouldn't do this. Because of this, Baobab Trees were still being planted in the old man's stronghold in order to solve the food problem.
The elders in the old man's stronghold were getting older and older. More and more of them had lost their ability to work. Although there were new elders coming in, with the speed of the desert's development, it wouldn't be long before the elders stopped coming to the old man's stronghold. When the elders in the stronghold were unable to work, the Baobab Trees would become their source of food.
Zhao Hai and the others have been in the desert for more than two years. In these two years, they didn't return to the Saber Spirit Country. However, their contact with the Saber Spirit Country hadn't been cut off. In these two years, the Saber Spirit Country was very peaceful. Dao Baiying had already been transferred back to Horizontal Blade City. The struggle between the clans in the Saber Spirit Country had also become more intense. Naturally, the driving force behind this was the Imperial Family. The Imperial Family was no longer suppressing the Great Clans, but they still maintained a balance. Because of this, other than the Great Clans, very few clans could become Great Clans. This was because there was no need for the Imperial Family to make peace with them.
The development of the Saber Spirit Country was actually very normal. The Imperial Family was suppressing the Great Clans while the Great Clans were controlling the smaller clans. The entire Saber Spirit Country was much more stable than before.
Aside from these important matters, there was also Hu Xian 'er. Hu Xian' er had already graduated from the Saber Spirit Nation and returned home. Of course, it wasn't that no one from the Hu Clan had entered the Saber Sovereign Pavilion. Now, there were a total of five disciples from the Hu Clan in the Saber Sovereign Pavilion, three men and two women.
The Hu Clan's development was still the same as before. The Hu Clan was the only Great Clan that wasn't suppressed by the Imperial Family. Naturally, this was also related to the Hu Clan's development. In these two years, the Hu Clan didn't develop much. They just guarded their previous businesses. They didn't increase or decrease their businesses. They didn't clash with the Great Clans and didn't get too close to the Imperial Family. It was as if the Hu Clan had been forgotten.
Naturally, the Great Clans were aware of the Hu Clan's strength. They wouldn't provoke the Hu Clan. The Imperial Family had a good impression of the Hu Clan. The Hu Clan had always been loyal to the Imperial Family. Therefore, the Imperial Family had always taken care of the Hu Clan.
The fact that the Hu Clan didn't develop in these two years was already a great thing. Naturally, there weren't any small or medium-sized clans that dared to provoke the Hu Clan. In the past, these small and medium-sized clans wanted to provoke the Great Clans and take the opportunity to rise because they had the support of the Imperial Family.
But now, it was different. If they dared to provoke the Great Clans, then the Great Clans would deal with them first. Unless you had a Great Clan behind you, and if you provoked the Great Clan's enemy, then no one would care. On the other hand, the Hu Clan didn't have any enmity with anyone. Those who did had been dealt with by Zhao Hai two years ago. Because of this, there weren't any small or medium-sized clans that dared to provoke the Hu Clan in the Saber Spirit Country.
Although Zhao Hai wasn't in the Saber Spirit Country in these two years, their prestige was still there. Everyone knew that the crazy Giant Demon was still alive. If you provoke the Hu Clan today, then when the crazy Giant Demon comes back, who knows what he would do. Because of this, no one would dare to provoke the Hu Clan.
The development of the Saber Spirit Country was good, but the situation in the Wolf Spirit Country wasn't so good. In the past two years, the tribes of the prairie had begun a new round of annexation. Now, there were some large tribes that could compete with the Golden Wolf Tribe. When these large tribes appeared, they officially announced that the Golden Wolf Tribe's era of unifying the prairie was over. The prairie might enter a new round of slaughter. It was just like a group of young and strong male wolves appearing in a wolf pack. They would always bite each other, and the winner would be the Wolf King.
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