Chapter 237 Civil Engineer in the Great Lake
"beaver?"
Liang Qu was puzzled.
Is there such a thing in the Jianghuai marshes?
"Look!"
As soon as the old giant clam finished his words, three figures, one big and two small, swam out from the cracks in the underground river and floated to the surface.
Its four paws paddled the water in unison, and behind its semi-fat and round body hung a large flat tail, which swung like a paddle.
The leader is extremely large, only half a head shorter than a human. The smaller ones are half as long, but excluding the length of the tail, they are at least one meter long.
It's a beaver!
And this breath...
Spirit! ?
Faced with the huge size difference, Wu Long was not afraid. He crouched down and barked at the leading beaver, trying to scare it away.
But the big beaver ignored it and dragged the wood ashore.
Being ignored, Wu Long could no longer tolerate it, so he crouched down, leaped over and bit the beaver's thigh, then shook the dog's head violently, growling in his throat.
The big beaver felt itchy from being bitten, so it stretched out its claws to scratch its butt. It shook its left foot to shake off the black coal balls, picked up the wood on the ground and piled it up. Then it turned its head and met the eyes of Liang Qu who was staring at it.
The man and the raccoon stared at each other.
After a while, the beaver straightened up, pulled aside its thick fur, rummaged inside, took out a golden stone, put it on the ground, and continued to swim into the pond.
Wulong rolled on the ground for several times, got up and bit the big beaver's tail hard, but no matter how hard he pulled, he couldn't move the beaver monster that was almost as tall as a human.
The big beaver flicked its tail, knocked Wulong flying and jumped into the pond. The two little beavers behind it followed closely behind, leaving Wulong sitting on the ground with his head hanging down.
After the three beasts disappeared in the water, Liang Qu picked up the golden stone from the ground and was surprised to find that the stone was very heavy.
It is only half the size of an egg but weighs nearly ten taels. Its density is obviously higher than that of silver!
"gold?"
A beaver gave him ten taels of gold?
The exchange rate of gold for silver is floating just like the exchange rate of silver for copper coins. If you take out a small piece of gold and exchange it for it, you can get about 120 taels of silver!
Liang Qu found it unbelievable. He turned to look at the old giant clam and shook the gold in his hand.
"Old Bei, what's going on?"
"It's a place to settle down." The old giant clam crawled back to the shore from the bottom of the pond. "The fire of Bing is coming, and everything is restless. They want to stay with you for a while."
Liang Qu was stunned: "A group of beavers are going to settle down here?"
"Of course."
"How do they know I'll agree?"
"Not your wish?"
Liang Qu looked at the ten taels of gold in his hand.
It is not impossible.
You can live here if you want. Everyone in Yixing Town knows that Liang Qu is a friend of animals.
But I didn't expect that the big beaver was so smart that it actually knew how humans trade.
He picked up Wu Long and patted his head to comfort him.
After standing for a while, the figures of three beavers, one big and two small, appeared again, dragging three more pieces of wood.
Wu Long stopped barking.
The man and the dog stood by the pond, watching the three beavers going in and out, hoarding wood.
Liang Qu watched it with great interest for about half an hour.
When the trees were piled in a V-shape and their overall height exceeded the courtyard wall, the beavers that came out of the pond were no longer one big and two small, but four beavers, one big, one medium and two small.
It turns out they are a family of four. Have they collected all the wood? Are they going to start building?
Liang Qu expressed his expectation.
I’ve heard that beavers are natural engineers who can build dams using tree branches. I wonder how goblins are any different?
It wasn't until he saw the beaver take out a chisel and a plane from his arms that he realized something was wrong.
Two slightly larger beavers stood up on the tree, opened their mouths to reveal their brown-yellow incisors, and stuck their heads into the tree, neatly cutting off the thick bark.
They peel the bark off the entire piece of tree like peeling a banana in a few moments, revealing the white wood layer. The entire cut surface is very smooth and has almost no thorns.
The big one was planing the wood, and the small one took over and started to chew on it, cutting the whole piece of wood into strips of almost equal proportions.
After the preliminary processing was completed, the two big beavers picked up the planer on the ground and began to level the surface. They used chisels to open joints, used the river bank as the foundation, and built a house in the pond with skillful techniques.
Liang Qu: “…”
He immediately contacted the fat catfish and other water animals to come and watch.
Several water beasts ran along the underground river channel.
The fat catfish moved the fastest. When it swam out from the cracks in the underground river, half of its tail was still sticking out of its mouth. It swung its arms around desperately in a desperate bid for survival.
It swallowed the big fish with a big gulp, then surfaced and looked around.
Unable to move, fists, round heads, and mirage worms appeared one after another, and the whole pond suddenly became lively.
The big beaver that was building a house was frightened by the sudden appearance of several large water beasts. It stretched out its claws to point at the old giant clam on the bottom of the water and kept pointing at the fat catfish looking out of the water.
The old giant clam calmly opened its lid, indicating that they were all family members and it was safe to stay.
The two big beavers were skeptical, but when they saw that the fat catfish seemed to be just watching and had no other ideas, they continued to plan the wood carefully.
The fat catfish spat out half of its head and swam to Liang Qu, swinging its whiskers.
Liang Qu held Ah Fei's big head and turned to the beaver.
They are all monsters, why is there such a big difference between them?
Study hard!
Let the fat catfish observe carefully by himself, Liang Qu looked at the old giant clam.
"Old Bei, are these skills innate or something? So amazing?"
"Half innate and half learned." The old giant clam spit out a string of bubbles, "In the past, there were no beavers in the Jiang and Huai rivers. What we see today is a real dragon that migrated from the north and presided over the construction of the Dragon Palace.
Afterwards, the beaver tribe settled in the Jiang and Huai rivers, multiplied and grew, and there were often master craftsmen who were as good as humans. "
They migrated from the North...
Having a social system and not having a social system show two completely different levels of intelligence, and the beaver in front of us is obviously one step further.
Not only do they have their own social system, but they can also exchange skills with each other within the ethnic group.
Liang Qu had heard the fat catfish describe the appearance of the toad's residence. It was essentially a big cave with all kinds of things in it, all piled up in a mess.
I thought that all the big monsters in the water were like this, and the Dragon Palace was just a beautiful fantasy in people's minds. In fact, it was completely different. It was just the size of the cave.
Now it seems that maybe the toad is just a monster that likes to live in caves?
Liang Qu's fantasy of the Dragon Palace, which was ruthlessly broken by the toad, was rebuilt bit by bit with the help of the beaver in front of him, just like the small wooden house built from scratch.
The fat catfish yawned and just felt bored.
It didn't know why the gods wanted it to watch a group of fat guys chewing wood, as it didn't have such long front teeth.
What’s more, the wood is not tasty and is not as delicious as the Chinese crescent moon.
In the next few days, Liang Qu took time out every day to stroll around the pond.
Witness with your own eyes a uniquely shaped cabin extending from the shore to underwater gradually appearing from nothing.
This gave him an idea: could he ask beavers to help build the boat?
Liang Qu fell into deep thought.
Monsters are much stronger than ordinary people. It takes Liu Quanfu a long time to carve a piece of wood, but it only takes a short while for Beaver.
The overall efficiency is several times higher!
(End of this chapter)
